This afternoon Micah and I were hanging out and I picked up a new Reader. As usual we read Savage Love (this week some guy was writing about how he liked to be suffocated by bread - eep!) and also the Missed Connections (which have now been renamed "I Saw You" - boo!). We were browsing through the missed connections, past 'Retro on Roscoe - You're Handsome' and 'Red Line 8/5 Noon' when I saw 'Mr. Bartender at North End' and yelled out "Holy crap!"

The ad reads, "After Market Days. Me: drinking with girl and guy friend, white sleeveless T-shirt and jeans. You: hottie as always flirting behind bar in khaki shorts and black sleeveless shirt. I totally dig you but I am too shy to do anything but smile. You made us several Purple People Eaters. What do you think?"

"That's totally Russell," Micah said. "Yeah," I replied. "Too bad he's moving to Hawaii in three days." We both were stunned for a few minutes, shocked that a Missed Connections ad had actually hit so close to home.

About an hour later, after Micah and I parted ways I got a text saying, "OMG! Black sleeveless could be George too!"

...For those who know George, I doubt he'd be classified as 'hottie as always'.