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  1. Public Bookmark 79

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    “I met a dental hygienist that was wearing a dog collar when we first got here, we danced and then he gave me a mint from a little baggy. It made sense that he’d carry those around, but then…” He just shrugs.
    “Oh, Birdie,” He laughs, but it’s desperate, like a cry for help from the bottom of a well. “Was it - minty?” His voice sounds three octaves too high.
    “I couldn’t tell. It’s so loud in here.”

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    Matt and Jay plan to enthrall the Rivoli’s new booking agent at a gay club. Jay accidentally takes ecstasy thinking it's a breath mint, and Matt is subjected to torments previously unique to the trenches of WWI. It's going to be a long, long night.

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    21 Apr 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 18

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    Matt, in his forty-odd years of life, has never seen a storm like this.

    Curtains of rain, wind, and wet leaves beat against the face of the house, threatening to tear it from its foundation and send the whole thing hurdling towards Oz. Gigantic branches slam into the roof like Mother Nature is very poorly trying to play whack-a-mole. A barreling CRACK rings out that could either be the loudest thunder ever recorded or the old dead tree across the street finally meeting the ground, and then some. He’s fairly certain it isn’t a full-blown tornado, because those don’t really happen in Toronto, but with all that climate change disaster shit he hears about from Jay and those print articles he still reads for whatever reason, he can never be too sure. 

    He's also never seen Jay like this.

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    07 Apr 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 6

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    Matt won't let the kiss plan go.

    “Bird, we said we're sticking with one plan. And if the burgers fucked it up, that doesn't mean it can't work!”

    In which Matt and Jay try the kiss plan again. And again. And maybe a few more times.

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    07 Apr 2026

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    "How do you say ‘I love you’?”

    “Oh, wow, holy shit,” Michael coughs. Is his face warm? It better fucking not be. Pull yourself together, Mell. Breathe. “Where’d this sudden romantic side of you come from?”

    Jeremy, uncharacteristically calm, shrugs. “I figure it could be a nice icebreaker for Christine, or something? I don’t know. It’s stupid, you don’t have to tea—”

    Mahal kita,” Michael says. The things he does for this boy. This boy. “I love you in Tagalog is mahal kita.”

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    The misadventures of Michael Mell, pining best friend extraordinaire.

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    13 Feb 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 55

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    A forensic linguist meets a lawyer in Rawtenstall.

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    21 Oct 2025