Quietly, in the warm glow of a May afternoon in the lower Hudson Valley, Pcad realized his Addiction Thread had just turned Gay.

Oddly, he was comfortable with that. Perhaps it was the Bendover Fuschia polo shirt he had just donned after his trip to the Tommy Hilfiger Outlet Store. Perhaps it was the Kinder, Gentler Pcad emerging after a week off the bicycle. Or was it the lack of sufficient heterosexual activity in his happy but mundane marriage? Two things were clear: it was time to get back on the bike, and it was time to get laid whether he needed it or not.