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September 22, 2008

what you gonna do when they come for you?

We sat around the fire last week, sucking down cigars and talking about the various romantic weirdnesses in our lives. When I finished, Gary regarded me for a moment, then spoke.

"John, are you a 'bad boy'?"

"No."

"YES!" screamed Kiki from the house. "HELL YEAH."

This cast a pall over the proceedings. Kiki was unable to explain to my satisfaction why I deserved the title. "It's like porn. I can't define it, but I know it when I see it."

To me, "bad boy" is how a weak woman explains her continued devotion to a cheating, unemployable wife-beater. No?

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