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I thought Mary Ellen and Alex named their son Frederick.

I'm debating if we should add the birth of Fred Granger since he is a Danfield. I can't remember Mary Ellen and Alex had their kid before or after Robbie Van Den Boss Carrswold. I think it was after and was not "on book", so to speak. I think Mary Ellen announced her pregnancy at Thanksgiving 2002 in Streak, so she was probably pregnant in August. Maybe a June 2003 birth?

I'm debating if we should add the birth of Fred Granger since he is a Danfield. I can't remember Mary Ellen and Alex had their kid before or after Robbie Van Den Boss Carrswold. I think it was after and was not "on book", so to speak. Mark?

Maybe they could turn it into a tourist destination as a massive art installation. Think of it as like an urban vertical park with murals throughout.

The Graffiti Towers of Los Angeles. It's a failed abandoned skyscraper project that has since become a canvas for "taggers" and a curiosity for urban exploration. Pretty amazing to think about the vast amount of money that was wasted on something that will never become what it was intended to be. Now it's just an empty billion dollar shell, but has somehow become a monument to the unrealized ambitions of the American dream...

I recently re-read the opening of Paternity and it's still hilarious that Jeanine and Tiffany thought there was any chance that Wade would just walk away and be hands off when they revealed that Riley was his biological son. LOL

It's an interesting time in your life. My grad school period was honestly the best two years of my life. I'd go back to 25 in a heartbeat in a way I wouldn't for 21.

I mean, it's a Matt story where he kind of freaks out about graduating college and tries to hold on to his youth for just a little bit longer before surrendering to adulthood and his family with Wade.

Came across this video detailing the San Diego Chargers leaving for Los Angeles. Kind of a sad story.

I vote candy maker like Willy Wonka instead:

The term "Gold Star Gay" comes to mind.

Agree with Oxford Blue with silver finish.

Well, you need the star of the show. That's Will. Once he got past his peak bratty behavior in Paternity he's actually been quite fun. If Mark does go through with Travis and Will getting married in 2008, it'd be kind of cool if he uses that as the "endpoint" for Will's storyline and then the focus picks up with Wade's kids as teenagers in the mid-2010's.

Well, Zak is really from Greenwich, Connecticut. Do they wear tank tops there? If not I can just assume he had zero input in wardrobe for that particular photo shoot.

That reminds me of this really wonderful gay film called Big Eden from 2000. It's about a man in his late 30's/early 40's who comes back to the small mountain town he grew up in after his grandfather gets sick. He explores an old friendship he had with his best friend from high school, who is currently going through a divorce. They kind of get into this weird relationship "will they/won't they" deal but when push comes to shove, his friend just can't go there. As much as the friend wishes he could go there, he just can't. Clearly the friend was flirting with the idea, and liked feeling desired, but he just couldn't go there. It's not compatible. (Don't worry though, the hero gets his happy ending a different way.)

I feel like a 2010's model named Zak Steiner has the "look" I'm thinking of for Preston: He later became an actor on the t.v. show Euphoria and a couple of other shows. He mostly specializes in "bro" roles which is why I was thinking of him. But like, at a younger age. (Good thing he's a model so there's plenty of photos of him at the right age!) Definitely gives off the uptight "I'm hot so I never had to develop a personality" vibes that Preston gives off. LOL

I gotta admit, sometimes when the discussion is on a topic that I know the spoilers for it's really hard not to spill. That's when I remember that Sharon could rent a bus, and she's only about 90 miles away from where I live. LOL But yes, confirmation here that JP was having the same thoughts about Jeremy seemingly being directionless and trying to figure out a way to get him on a path. I did find it pretty in character for JP to expect all of his grandchildren to attend college just like all three surviving children did. I think he was hoping that Jeremy was just planning a GAP year, but upon hitting his 19th birthday with no plans for college in sight JP decided to spring this on him. Hell, I wouldn't be shocked if it was Tonto's idea to set up trusts this way back when the babies started being born in the 80's. I could see Bitty's downward spiral being a big factor in this. I mean, of course, Bitty's downward spiral could have still happened even if she had gone to college, but I could see Tonto thinking that it could have given her focus and discipline. I've always pictured Jeremy in his 30's, wearing high-thread count Egyptian Cotton pajamas, sipping on wine, and reading everyone for filth on an absolutely hilarious Twitter thread.

I've always thought that Jeremy, at some point, is going to run into snobby East Coast intellectual assholes who dismiss him as a dumb blond West Coast flake like what happens to Elle in Legally Blonde. I feel like Stefan was saying as much. While Jeremy isn't exactly "noveau riche", I don't think he naturally has the pedigree that Bawston Brahmins have. I feel like that was generally true of Jeremy until he turned 15 and everything went to hell in a hand basket. LOL

So this is totally non-related but I just binged "Boots" and thought Max Parker was hot as hell. My god, he looks like he could be a Schluter. LOL (They're all supposed to have strawberry blond hair, right?)

It's awesome you're still getting new readers all these years later.

Supposedly that's true for most frat boys.

Private Tim is a lawyer. Mark's stories are his vent that keeps him from engaging in a raging cocaine addition, co-mingling to fund the blackjack table, or having sex with a 22-year old paralegal.

I remember thinking when Travis showed up that he was going to be Will's nice, normal boyfriend, and Will was finally going to have a stable domesticated relationship.

The links expire in ChatGPT.

I've always assumed that Riley is on track to be a narrator whenever we get to 2016. He'd be 16 then and from a Republican political dynasty. The Donald Trump election makes perfect sense for Will and the Millennial narrators to hand "off", so to speak, to the Zoomers. (As Mark would probably say, I'm tuned into the years 2001 to about 2015. After I hit 30? Not so much although I did love the movies that came out in 2017. LOL) Anyway, R.I.P. Jack Hobart, 1963-ish to 2004. (James Marsden was my Jack fancast but your mileage may vary.)