Notes from the Upper West Side

 Parp gives Paul a special pill.  Paul remembers Sandy McLuhan.

 Jessica helps Paul overcome his fixation.   Sam starts work on a new project.

 The Man Squad drops Harry off at the gym.  Paul begins to connect the evil dots.

 On the morning of FDII, Paul and Sammy escort Harry to an assembly of Northscouts.

 Jessica warns Paul about wearing Cammy's edges down.  Cammy goes nuts for earthy and silky.     Text:  Notes From the Upper West Side (danroentsch.com)

 Paul and Cammy agree to schedule their phone flirtation later that night.  Jessica meets Paul and does not look amazed.Full text: https://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/78

 Paul and Parp discuss Paul's upcoming phone call with Cammy.  Paul promises to keep his voice down for Shembla's sake.Full text: https://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/77 

Sammy and his friends hack each other with lightsabers; Paul and Parp discuss Paul's upcoming call with Cammy.See : https://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/76 

Paul tries to keep up with Cammy's texts.  Cammy gives them both a new name.See : https://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/75 

Paul remembers Freddy Lipton.  Cammy keeps Paul in a constant state of arousal.(Text:  https://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/74 )

Parp tells Paul about daemons.  Rick Cutter gets Paul a modeling audition. (Text:  https://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/73 )

Paul has a flurry of minor triumphs.  Parp tells Paul about a kind of staircase. (Text:  https://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/72 )

Fern makes Paul an offer.  Paul remembers the Michelin Man. (Text:  https://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/71

The gym, Fern, Sammy, and Junior at the Newbie School turn Paul's daily routine into a marathon. (Full text: https://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/70 )

Paul apprises Junior of l'affaire du rat.  Junior's imagination takes her bleaching. (Read the full text at http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/69 )

Paul leaves the rat locked in his bedroom and takes the boys to school, while trying to decide if meeting Cammy again is worth the sacrifice of his American birthright. (Read the full text at http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/68 )

Paul saves urban wildlife from death by broomstick, while pondering the implications of Junior's Newbie School plans.  (Text is at http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/67 )

Junior discovers Paul's illicit gym membership.  Paul starts feeling sore.  All over. (Text - https://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/66 )

Paul brings Sammy to the gym with him.  Terry prepares Paul for the airshaft eventuality. (Text - http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/default.html#/book/65 )

Paul joins a gym and meets Terry, who seems revolted.

Paul gets serious about his second date with Cammy.  Fern invites Paul to the Commodore Hotel. (Text:  http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/63)

Paul makes a date with Cammy.  Harry and Sam watch Rocky & Bullwinkle. (Text:  http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/62)

Paul is careful about reading his email in the morning.  Junior dresses like a slave girl for work. (Text:  http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/61)

SAG sends the check on time.  Paul gets caught in one of his connivances. (Text:  http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/60)

Paul argues with Kurt Libby over Parp's motivations for helping Paul out.

Paul confides his quandary to Jessica and finds out that even squares go to the gym. (Text:  http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/58)

Paul's current quandary reminds him of his first real girlfriend, a Summer at the Provincetown Shakespeare Festival, and his pairs-of-things-in-the-universe theory. (Text:  http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/57)

Paul begins to think he may have sold his soul to the devil, a.k.a. Parp. (Text:  http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/56)

Parp tells Paul what he needs to do to get in shape for his next encounter with Cammy. (Text: http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/55)

Paul says sex is what comes naturally.  Parp tells Paul he has to train himself for it. ( http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/54 )

Harry builds a thing for NorthScouts.   Paul tells Parp about the date with Cammy. ( http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/53 )

Paul tries to make sense of the evening with Cammy.  Tourists swarm a Starbucks at World Wide Plaza.    ( http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/52 )

Cammy continues her role as Mommy.  Paul does what he must to avoid recriminations. Full text:  http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/51

Cammy plays another role.  Paul resists the urge to call "time out." Full text:  http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/50

Cammy plays a role.  Paul makes that mental fist. Full text:  http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/49

Paul and Cammy meet at the Roundabout Inn. Full text:  http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/48

Paul decides he doesn't need to understand why Cammy is into him.  Cammy meets Arvo, Paul's manager. Full text:  http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/47

Paul considers that he might be giving off a vibe that makes people turn on him.  Parp tells Paul about Belinda's latest blog entry. Full text:  http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/46

The Man Squad encounters adversity at Riverside Park.  Junior wants to know why Paul doesn't tend bar at Vider's club Full text:  http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/45

On the morning of the Inaugural Ball, Junior tempts Paul with an international symbol. Full text:  http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/44

Parp promises to help Paul with his alibi.  Paul wants to know what's in it for Parp. Full text:  http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/43

The crew takes a liking to Paul.  Cammy and Paul look forward to next Saturday. Full text:  http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/42

Parp rescues Paul from a day of obscurity.  Paul shows Skizz how to roll cable. Full text:  http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/41

No one gets it that Paul is a producer.  Cammy pronounces the "b" in "dumbass."

Paul gets down to Vider's at a reasonable hour.  Junior needs help coping. Full text : http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/39

Parp gives Paul a hard time about the Cynthia incident.  Paul tells the story of Parp and "The Doll." Full text : http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/38

Paul asks Jonno for advice about Cynthia.  Kurt Libby asks Paul for a favor. Full text : http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/37

On the way into her apartment, Cynthia reveals an interesting fact about herself. (Full text : http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/36)

On the way to her apartment, Cynthia tells Paul an adventure she had growing up. (Full text:  http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/35)

Paul tries to figure out why he attracts women sometimes, and doesn't attract them other times. (Full text:  http://www.danroentsch.com/nfuws/#/book/34)