Eureka!

I can't remember the dream I had. All I remember about that cloudy Sunday morning is springing out of bed and reaching for my laptop. The following entry was posted on Craig's List Missed Connections on Sunday, June 13th:

To All the Chunky Guys in Chicago - w4m

You are by far my favorite! Put down your gym bag, hang up those unnecessary insecurities, and let me love you and appreciate you for what you are - a chunky man!

Why do six-packs and small frames get all the hype?! I'd take meat and potatoes over a bag of bones any day!

There you stand, 5'10" plus with your big ass, generous thighs, and solid build. You drive me absolutely insane! Don't you see how flustered I become when you sit next to me on the train or how I stutter when exchanging pleasantries on the elevator? It's all your doing, you sexy beast!

Seeing a ring on your finger incites the greenest of envies. Your wife is a lucky girl!

If you're single, please call Bally's RIGHT NOW and cancel your membership. Tell them that there's a woman out there looking for a little extra weight on her man and that every pound counts. Let me kiss those insecurities away and show you just how much you turn me on.

Must have been one hell of a dream, don't you think?! I wish I remembered it!

I don't know what the motivation was behind that post. What's more, I had absolutely no clue how it would be received by the Craig's List audience. I just felt compelled to write, bringing a month-long writing drought to a close. The words flowed naturally and steadily from my brain, to my fingers, to Craig's List itself. I was done within five minutes.

It was that five-minute burst of uninhibited free writing that led me to Beau...