This is what happened.

Finally kicked out the last of those cutters. And I'll tell you why.

It is hot. Really, really hot.

So, because it was hot, I stopped off at Starbucks this morning to get some cold water, when I run into this girl wearing a bright red jacket and scarf. She can't be more than twenty-one, but she gives me this shy smile and starts hitting on me.

Now, I'm middle-aged, but I guess there are people who go for older fellows. However, there also another little, itty bitty factor that would prevent this girl from getting what she wants: I am gay.

I try to tell this girl that, but she starts telling me that it doesn't matter. I start telling her that it does.

Then she introduces herself as "Ruby Tuesday." She says that those cutters I kicked out last week? Those are her "Scarlet-marked." She says she can show me a good time. She can make me one of her "Scarlet-marked."

And so I dumped a cup of cold water over her. It seemed like she needed it.

Anyway, she was surprised by that, so I just turned and walked away. And since those cutters weren't runners, I kicked them all out. They weren't earning their keep anyway.

So that was my day.