David Cross was a Jewish looking man, too Jewish if you asked some people, and was quite obviously balding. Both of these, however, were part of his charm. The final third of his charm consisted of Arrested Development's inability to afford a steady cam, or perhaps a tripod. Though, in retrospect that's more part of Arrested Development's charm, rather than David Cross'. One must suppose, then, that half of David Cross' charm consisted of his good Jewish looks, the other half of the baldness, and, if three halves could make a whole, the third half would be reserved for those glasses of his.
Onward, then, to the story . . .
To the barkeep said David Cross, "Get me gin and tonicβand hold the tonic," and the barkeep supplied this with him.
David Cross thought for a moment that he was being clever. Then, after nearly vomiting at the thought of being clever, he retracted the it.
David Cross sat alone at the bar on a barstool that rocked from one leg to its diagonal opposite and back to the first leg and so on, sipping his gin and tonic (hold the tonic) through a small straw that, he supposed, was meant to be a stirrer of sorts. Nevertheless, he used it as a straw.
This was no ordinary bar, for you see, the barkeep the author had just described was no ordinary barkeep. He was, in fact, a homo-sexual barkeep; this bar was, in fact, a homo-sexual bar.
David Cross knew not how he had ended up in such a place, for he was not a homo-sexual, nor was he a bi-sexual, nor was he bi-curious, nor was he trans-gendered, nor was he anything but heterosexual, or so he has been known to tell the general public. The author has his or her doubts, just as all of Los Angeles has no doubts that Tom Cruise is a homo-sexual, despite Katie Holmes and the whole Scientology thing.