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About that...turns out that apparently such seven-figure advances were becoming more and more commonplace at the time that he wrote/released this. That in turn makes me wonder if maybe it wasn't actually as "highly anticipated" as that would suggest? IDK. The Rise of the Seven-Figure Advance (article is from 2014)

This kind of makes me wonder how Phil's history with Matt...came about, so to speak. Back in Chapter 4, Matt said Phil was one of the only people who knew he was gay, doing so "with an expression on his face that [Luke] found difficult to read. [Luke didn't] know if it was guilt or shame, or a combination of both". Then in Chapter 10 when they were play-fooling around, it occurs to Luke that Matt and Phil had been lovers...

And here I was thinking this should've been Monday's word of the day.

A perfect example of how it can be both the most populous city in the U.S. and fairly isolated/insulated unto itself.

That is specifically a sample, where it's made overt that at least parts of the already-existing song are being re-used in the new one, and the creators of the previous song are credited. See also: "I'll Be Missing You" sampling "Every Breath You Take", "SOS" sampling "Tainted Love", "Fantasy" sampling "Genius of Love" - just to name a few.

Zonked is what happens when you just got swindled into Making a bad bad Deal.

Full disclosure: Apparently Kramer and said partner (David Webster) had originally had a relationship in the 70s, but it ended somewhere before 1978 - and that split is in turn what inspired the book. They'd get back together in 1991 - and then, in turn, were together for the rest of Kramer's life.

I could be wrong, but somehow I suspect the second question is the one that's more pressing for Steve here. I go back and forth between briefs and boxer-briefs - briefs slightly more often, I usually just switch if I'm feeling kind of "constricted", so to speak, on a given day. For instance, yesterday I wore boxer-briefs, today I'm wearing briefs. Form-fitting/supportive, and not too tight. I gave up regular boxers years ago - too loose for me, which I don't really find comfortable, especially when they'd bunch up. (And if it matters, having that "slot" does not help; I entered "yes, I don't use" for #2 because while most of my pairs don't have it, some still do.)

Old habits die hard?

I myself am 5'6, so I'd probably consider guys who are...say, 5'9-5'11, taller than me enough that it's noticeable, but not really beyond that. Go 6' and above, and for me it starts to look like a mismatch if me and the other guy got together. In any case, the consistent reference to David being tall made me wonder what kind of height dynamic was in play here.

Question. I'm not sure if this has really been mentioned or not, but how tall are David and Corbin? With the continuing references to David being tall and the moment where he helps Corbin up onto the table, it makes me wonder.

Now that makes more sense. The one potential X-factor in this is - technically, we don't know yet that Lee was the other guy who picked Corbin. Dom and Hutch never actually confirmed that Lee was the second guy - Corbin just guessed that Lee and David were the two, and from among those two choices in his mind, decided to give up Lee. David is obviously confirmed as one - but what if Lee did actually pick someone else?

Spoiler alert? No...rather, I was figuring, why would he tell just anybody? Why tell David of all people just to brag? (Plus also, the possibility that lovestruck David slipped up somewhere we (and Corbin) wouldn't otherwise be privy to.) Does this mean we should expect him to go full-on dynamite explosion when he finds out as opposed to simmering his anger into some kind of future power play?

There's something about the fact that Lee apparently told David all about...well, them (and Lee wouldn't just go offering that up for no reason) - that makes me wonder whether Lee isn't already expecting them to hook up.