And it also blows my mind that the clod was dumb enough to fall asleep on a trick, for hire or not, with his wallet available to be nabbed. Whatever happened to the classic “That was fun, now leave” tricking scenario?

The closet just ain’t what it used to be.

Good to see that, thief, hustler, extortionist, or none of the above, the young man stands by the safe sex rules.

Is Matt Lauer going to bother with this one?

How do you have a droll sex life? Do you, what, give your breasts different voices and have puppet shows with them?

My same first reaction. Having come to terms with my sexuality I’ve lived a rather droll, if not satisfying sex life. Of course it could have something to do with not having the economic privilege to devote much time to being kinky, I dunno.

Possibly living on a Wal-Mart salary or just living with no important connections would help these boys get their priorities in order? Living a double life takes money you know.

What is it about the Spokane area? First the (conservative Republican)mayor getting jobs for and hitting on interns, and now this guy.

Ditto Betsy. There’s a kind of a cultural gradient as you move west to east in Washington. The Puget Sound region (and especially Seattle) is relatively gay-friendly. As you go eastward into the Eastside ‘burbs and towns/exurbs in the foothills of the Cascades, the social climate becomes increasingly conservative. When you cross the Cascades, you are in solid Republican territory, with a mix of leave-me-alone-and-don’t-raise-my-taxes types and the crowd that emphasizes social conservatism. Spokane, as the “metropolis” of eastern Washington, is the focal point of all this.

Wait, is it pronounced spoke-Ann or spoke-ayne.

The “a” in “Spokane” is short, so it’s pronounced “spoke-ann”.

I grew up there and I’d say the complete and utter homophobia causes them to put up a big homophobic smoke screen to hide behind. They know coming out will result in losing jobs, being disowned etc. Its a white-bred redneck area.

Spokane isn’t really close to Seattle or Portland. Its a 5-6 hour drive if you speed like crazy the whole way. Going the speed limit pushes it up to 7. They are very close to the Idaho border and old Aryan nations compound. Does that put it in a bit more context?

And don’t forget that our illustrious mayor also had some problems keeping his hands of his boyscout troops. Plus the obligatory priest scandals of a Catholic community.

(I don’t know how to get the little long a syllable over letters, sorry.)

I’m thinking maybe Castagna is a big black Italian man and Curtis got scared… so he invited him up to his hotel room for hot sex…??? Yes? No?