Tweaking the Profile
|
Posted:Aug 19, 2019 7:44 am
Last Updated:Aug 19, 2019 7:46 pm
2417 Views
|
I like to look at my profile now and then just to remind myself of what other people see when they look at it. I'm not happy with it so I'm trying to think how to say what I want to say and say it in such a way folks will actually read it.
I had forgotten about the purity test. Have you taken it? According to the gurus here, I'm 66% naughty, which seems a bit low, IMHO. It turns out they ask 100 yes/no questions and the percentage is calculated how many questions are answered yes, which in my case, is 66 yeses.
My issue with it is there's no weight on any of the questions...I mean, aren't some things more naughty than other things? Of course, the weight of a question is open to personal mores and evaluations so just a flat percentage is easy. For example, isn't sleeping with a friend's significant other more naughty than getting laid on a first date? Or is just me?
We can't see each other's answers, so whole percentage thing is pretty much useless, anyway.
I also made a few changes to the profile , which has to be "approved" some editor with a green visor, reading our while seated in a dark basement somewhere in Lower Slobbovia* (more likely, a 'bot somewhere on a desert island in the Caribbean) making sure us non- cheapskates don't include contact information. In school, I wallpapered my locker with Contact paper and got into enough trouble for without even thinking of it here. (Let's see how the 'bot handles reference.)
Meanwhile, back to my profile. I'm still not happy with it so as Madison Avenue would say it, "Watch This Space".
* - Lower Slobbovia sprang from the fertile imagination of Al Capp, the cartoonist who created Li'l Abner along with Daisy Mae, Moonbeam McSwine, General Bullmoose, the Shmoo, Kickapoo Joy Juice and Jubilation T. Cornpone, amongst others. You could consult duckduckgo and learn more about him.
|
|
|
3
Comments
|
|
When it rains...
|
Posted:Mar 20, 2019 2:07 am
Last Updated:Sep 28, 2020 6:04 am
2084 Views
|
Now that the coffee maker issue is resolved, the soap opera continues.
Literally a soap opera. My washing machine took a shit. It needs a clutch, which I've already replaced once before. I don't think I want to go through that battle again, even though I have the tools and experience of having done it before. Meanwhile, off to the laundromat, one of my favorite places in the world, just ahead of the dentist.
The washer is even older than the coffee maker was, so it doesn't owe me anything, either. I'll take the motor out, then off to Miller Compressing with it. May it rust in piece.
Sigh. Hard come, easy go.
|
|
|
1
comment
|
|
My Coffee Maker Died
|
Posted:Mar 9, 2019 5:08 am
Last Updated:Mar 9, 2019 5:08 am
1689 Views
|
One morning, it had a puddle under it, not unlike...well, I'm not going there. This was a case where a puddle is not a good thing.
It doesn't owe me much of anything, I bought it for my office before some of you up here were born. A dozen years or so ago, it sprung a leak like this one and the manufacturer sent me a repair kit for it. In that correspondence, they told me that if the unit were not reparable, they would recycle it and give me a credit toward a new one.
I'm waiting to hear back from them if that offer still stands. They have one that I like the looks of online but I've never seen in a store around here. Amazon, yes. Around here, no.
Anyway, I've gone two days now without my beloved coffee pot, making coffee a cup at a time with an old fashioned drip wedge with a filter and all that bother. It's slow and annoying but at least I'm getting my maximum daily allowance to caffeine.
No, I'm not interested in a Kurig. I'm not going to pay 30 bucks a pound for coffee stuffed into those cute little K-cups and I don't want to screw around with the little do-it-yourself cups that have to be emptied and cleaned each time I want a cup of coffee. That's almost as dumb as buying those $35 a pound bags of potato chips out of a vending machine and more work on top of it.
So, I wait impatiently for another cup of coffee to brew while I wait impatiently for the manufacturer to get back to me.
|
|
|
0
Comments
|
|
Retirement
|
Posted:Mar 7, 2019 8:55 am
Last Updated:May 26, 2024 4:12 pm
1641 Views
|
A few years ago, when I created this blog, I was in kind of a playful mood and created a character to be on the masthead and serve as a mascot. I portrayed said character as a slut, which is where the title of the blog came from. There was even a post that "he" created as kind of a biography. I don't know if he created much of a stir or any outrage. Even though a few thousand people read the entry, no one expressed any dismay or outrage, nor even any compassion, for the character.
I've come to the conclusion it's time to retire the Satyrist and just be me from now on. the reality is that most of the posts here are me anyway, and not the character. I've been undergoing a series of medical exams and tests lately, at least one invasive procedure, and I have some more tests scheduled.
Do I think I have something fatal? I dunno, maybe, maybe not. I'm not Alex Trebek, his announcement of having Stage 4 Pancreatic cancer yesterday made my mortality come crashing into my reality. I support Mr. Trebek's determination to beat his cancer, after all, I've already beaten the bastard in my lifetime, so I hope he can, too. The reality is that I had a different kind of cancer from his, and pancreatic cancer is pretty hard to beat.
But back to my reality. Have I grown up? I doubt it. I've heard it said growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Like Peter Pan, I won't ever grow up! Unlike Peter Pan, I will grow old. At least, I plan on it. I've done pretty well so far.
The Satyrist is retired, may he live in peace with his memories. I can't change the title of the blog, lest I lose any followers or lose any connection to stories I've submitted over in the magazine area - you can still follow the links. To paraphrase the old song, the character has ended but the title lingers on.
As for me? As the billboard advertisers used to say, "Watch this space".
|
|
|
0
Comments
|
|
It's happened again
|
Posted:Mar 2, 2019 7:06 pm
Last Updated:May 26, 2024 4:12 pm
1546 Views
|
I'm getting gun shy here.
I start an electronic conversation with someone, it gets interesting, and then we meet.
The meeting is pleasant, but then I get ghosted. At best, she stops answering my messages and inquiries. Then she just disappears. At worst, my profile gets blocked.
I hate finishing in second place.
|
|
|
0
Comments
|
|
Election Day!
|
Posted:Nov 6, 2018 1:22 pm
Last Updated:May 26, 2024 4:12 pm
1448 Views
|
No, not "Erection Day" because every day is erection day.
It's the first Tuesday in November, the day set aside in the United States for citizens to go to the polls and decide who will represent us in government. Now, I'm not going to get into politics (I know better than that!) but will dance around the edges a bit because if your state is anything like mine, your television and radio has been completely inundated with continuous bull excrement for the last several weeks.
I miss the days when candidates went on the air and said, "Vote for me because if you do, I will do 1) Blah 2) Blah blah and 3) Blah blah blah" instead of today's "Vote for me because my opponent is a skunk" or worse.
I encourage you to go out and vote today, because if you don't, you forfeit your right to complain when government goes sour. That said, if you're making your decision on who to vote for based on crap you heard on a broadcast advertisement, stay home. There are lots of sources out there to learn about candidates and the issues. Don't rely on only one of them because every news outlet has its own prejudices which will leak into their coverage.
The best advice I ever received came from a mass comm professor I had many years ago who said, "Question everything."
Question everything, then go vote.
|
|
|
0
Comments
|
|
Election Day!
|
Posted:Nov 6, 2018 6:02 am
Last Updated:May 26, 2024 4:12 pm
1446 Views
|
No, not "Erection Day" because every day is erection day.
It's the first Tuesday in November, the day set aside in the United States for citizens to go to the polls and decide who will represent us in government. Now, I'm not going to get into politics (I know better than that!) but will dance around the edges a bit because if your state is anything like mine, your television and radio has been completely inundated with continuous bull excrement for the last several weeks.
I miss the days when candidates went on the air and said, "Vote for me because if you do, I will do 1) Blah 2) Blah blah and 3) Blah blah blah" instead of today's "Vote for me because my opponent is a skunk" or worse.
I encourage you to go out and vote today, because if you don't, you forfeit your right to complain when government goes sour. That said, if you're making your decision on who to vote for based on crap you heard on a broadcast advertisement, stay home. There are lots of sources out there to learn about candidates and the issues. Don't rely on only one of them because every news outlet has its own prejudices which will leak into their coverage.
The best advice I ever received came from a mass comm professor I had many years ago who said, "Question everything."
Question everything, then go vote.
|
|
|
0
Comments
|
|
Photography Class: FAILED
|
Posted:Oct 22, 2018 11:17 am
Last Updated:Oct 22, 2018 2:22 pm
1723 Views
|
I came across a couple of photos yesterday on another site I sometimes visit. The thumbnail on her profile looked interesting, so I clicked on the photo to see her profile. Her profile tells us she is looking for a SD situation. (If you don't know the code, SD= and SB= Baby.) That made me giggle at first but then I looked at her two photos.
Those made me laugh out loud! First of all, if you're looking to be a baby, you might try to look the part. She was dressed in trashy clothes. No, not trashy as in " appeal" but trashy as in Goodwill would throw them in a dumpster, right from the box. Her "Fuck me" shoes were the best part of her photos.
But what really made me shake my head was that she gave no thought to the background, as many people don't. Her photos were taken by a second party, so the pics were reasonable portraits. That's better than selfies taken in a mirror where the phone blocks half the image, but the background! Oy! Her pics were taken in an apartment. There were hoodies hanging on hooks on the entry door. A half-open closet door. Crap all over a cocktail table, including a half-filled bottle of something. Clothes laying on the sofa. Stacks of magazines on the floor. The carpet had not been vacuumed. You could see into the kitchen where dirty dishes were piled up on the counter along with open food packages and other debris.
I knew I didn't stand a chance with her because several much more well-off daddies are lining up for a date with her.
Please, people, pay attention to your background. I often see photos in bedrooms with unmade beds (and not in the good way) and bathroom doors open with the toilet lid up. Bathrooms with towels hanging slipshod on the shower curtain rod. Piles of dirty clothes on the floor. Crap and used tissues stacked up on the nightstand.
Straighten up the place before you shoot an important photo! You're trying to impress people and the junky background screams out in pain, telling people to pass your profile. If your background is that junky, go outside! Find a park and pose with a tree or a woody background. Maybe pose on an empty picnic table. Keep it simple and keep it neat. Use an editing tool, even as simple as Paint, to crop your pic and cut out some of the distracting background. It will really help, trust me.
|
|
|
0
Comments
|
|
To link to this blog (Voyuer97) use [blog Voyuer97] in your messages.
|
|
|
| Sun |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
| |
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
61
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
|
|
|
|
|
