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Uh.. umm... Didn't Brad's mother committ suicide and have a severe drug problem. Didn't Will's mother have severe mental illness?

You take that back! 🤣 I've only voted for one Democrat in my life, but Fetterman could be #2. I disagree with 80% of what he beleives, but he seems uncommonly grounded with common sense and practicality.

PS thanks Mark, like Tim, I marvel at your discipline and sacrifice. When Tim and I discuss you and your writing, it is mostly nice 🤣🤣

Will doesn't have problems, he has irritants. The kids at Father Tim's mission have problems. The kids in Covenant House have problems. Many families in the looming Great Recession will have problems. Will lives in a bubble untouched by reality. Forgive me my razor sharp mind, but ro "behaving rationally" and "planned abduction" really go together?🤣 To me, it is the opposite Brad was right and Marie deserved more respect than petulant Will's storming from the cafe. I think that is one of Will's problems. He is used to his family thinking they are a law unto themeslves. Stef's comment, “Come ride in my new helicopter,” he said enthusiastically. “Since it is just you and me, we are taking the small one. It is quieter and thus will hopefully not bother our neighbors.” He said that last sentence with a distinct note of annoyance." That is how far Stef, the impovrished Paris street urchin is from his past. He is upset that his neighbors are upset by the annoyance of his self indulgent helicopters. 🤣 Don't let your tongue get stuck in your cheek!

Jane Austen?

"You Don't Own Me" is like a Baby Boomer anthem? Maybe the Klaus Nomi version.

Jake does not seem like a brotherly advice kind of guy, more like do.

Only if it is Leo.... in the Total Eclispe era 😄 Hubby has stayed in shape, dear Leo has not.

Feel sorry for Travis? Oh man, I'd love to fuck Kendo, he sounds hot. Sort of like Leo. (legal Leo of course 🤣)

Were? 🤨

I have a sense that George was very ahead of his times in promoting cleanliness, not just the ship, but his men; in caring about his men's welfare, in what they ate and how they looked; and understanding that a happy ship is easier to command than an unhappy one.

Did you say Zit boy? He is dog butt ugly. Here is a California It Boy.

I like Jeremy, always have. People forget the turmoil in his life; losing his mother, maybe never having had his father, losing his career, being molested and thinking he loved his molester, losing his football playing boyfriend, his aristocratic boyfriend and more. Of course the poor guy is a mess. What is William's excuse?

I miss Matt and especially Wade.

George will not refuse His Most Catholic Majesty because the King would surely not ask George to do something that would be contrary to the interests of England. He knows George to be an honorable man. Perhaps Don Carlos María Isidro Benito de Borbón y Borbón-Parma needs tutoring in charm and romance? I surely hope Cardona has dismissed all of Ines' servants and replaced them with women loyal to him and that her belongings are searched with a fine tooth comb until the copies of George's letters are found and that George and Cardona learn from this episode.

I really admire the skillful writing in creating four different news article, each with their own style, pace and diction. I was disappointed in Marie for her dig at Will about Austin in Travis' presence, that seemed very disrespectful to Travis. Then I was disappointed in Jeremy for suggesting going to a gay bar, knowing Travis' circumstances. They are in dang New York City. There are jazz clubs, piano bars, nightclubs with singers, comedy clubs, magic clubs, any kind of entertainment you want. They did not need to go to a gay bar.

He told me that it didn’t, because while those other guys had Stef’s body, he had his soul.” I know people, meaning gay people, just don't get Tim and me. We seem anachronistic to the gay community and there are all sorts of unkind ways they describe us. We believe in monogamy, we are libertarians, which in my grandparents day were called "Goldwater Republicans". The two of us and a small cadre of like minded friends wonder what the fight for gay marriage was about since so many of our not like minded friends do not honor the vows they took. "I promise to love and cherish you, in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, for richer for poorer, for better for worse, and forsaking all others, keep myself only unto you, for so long as we both shall live." JP said he had "Stef's soul", but Tim and I think that sex is like a horcrux. Every time you have sex with someone not your partner a detached fragment of your soul is left behind. I also don't understand Will's, "There was absolutely no way I could shower next to him and not get an erection." I knew from the age of 12 or so on that guys floated my boat more than girls did and I was terrified that first day of showers in middle school PE I was going to pop a boner because I was about to see 10 to 15 guys I had the hots for naked. To my surprise, I did not pop a boner, but my mind worked like a Leica camera, taking snapshots of each penis and butt to be reviewed at a later date for nefarious purposes. In the 35 years I've showered with the hottest water polo players, swimmers, beach volleyball players, the quintessential So Cal beach boys and more, I've never been close to an erection and I've only seen one guy get an involuntary erection and that was a guy in high school "on the spectrum" as we politely say these days.

Thank you Ponyboy for a very enjoyable story. I am very happy that unlike that mean Mark Arbour, none of my favorite characters died or lost limbs 😁 Now, if it is too much a bother, can you write a sequel 10 years later? As to Black Box, one of the advantages of living in So Cal with its large gay population and huge gay events is that you get big time entertainers. I saw Black Box as a teen in West Hollywood, also Ultra Nate, Rupaul, TLC, La Bouche and more.

Or, he could grab Brad and make you come to him.

I've been saying and saying, everyone is being too casual with a vicious serial killer on the loose. I wouldn't drink anything, except maybe bottled beer I opened or water, I opened. Roofies are what Corcoran uses and they are easy to slip in drinks. I have the advantage of knowing there are 38 chapters, so we are getting down to it.

No idea what any of you are talking about with the music. But I digress. I think everyone is way too casual with a cereal killer (that's right isn't it, he really hate Wheaties) on the loose. I'd never let Shane and Jimmy out my sight, like they were during the outing with Rick & Adam, Beth & Tom. If I was Adam, my head would be on a constant swivel and I would NOT have my top down. The police should cancel all days off and triple their presence at Mardi Gras and Corcoran's latest picture would be plastered all over the area of the festivities.

I think in Corcoran's twisted mind, he is more likely to go after Adam than Cooper.

You don't find Granger's sister-in-law more detestable?

‘Out of town. Some place where they can’t be got at,’ answered Helen curtly. I think even "out of town" was too much information. I'd have just said, "we have them in a safe house". ‘And I’m Ben,’ the younger guy added, while also offering his hand. I'd have shown the two men a picture of Corcoran in case he tried to talk to them. I think Benevetti is a douche bag, not an accomplice.

I think he wanted it to get back to the AC and Minister that they were openly named in a squad meeting.