1/3/09 I'll come back and redo this or add to it once I get a feel for the place. Maybe before I have a chance to do so, my perfect woman will contact me. Dream on romantic optimist. If I decide the site is worth the effort I will come back and upload a photo. It may even be of me.

Later the same day: OK, the site is a bit confusing, but I'm sure I will get used to it in time. It does offer lots of cool features you don't find on other sites. In searching I stumbled across the Forum. I could hardly believe some of the topics there! I was shocked to find a whole category for "Recipes and Cooking"! A man's dream come true!

Even later in the day: OK, I put a photo on here. So much for those of you who had hoped I was better looking! Edit: So how come my photo looks fine on the site full sized, but when it gets smaller on the email messages or the search results it looks like I have a glass eye?

1/4/09--So I must be the new fish on the block, because I received more messages than I expected. I bet it dies off today and then I'll just be another one checking my computer all the time wondering why I didn't get any more messages. Maybe I shouldn't have put that darn photo on there??

By the way what's up with those who answer no to smoking but put prefer not to say when asked if they do drugs? Doesn't that pretty much mean you do, because if you didn't you'd say no?? Besides is anyone stupid enough to answer yes to the question? Seems like a great way to meet someone in uniform if that's your thing. Get rid of the question and ask something of value like do you like long walks on the beach at sunset.

Later that day: I've been thinking more about the "Do you have a car question." I answered yes, but realized that's not correct. I don't have a car. I have an SUV and a truck. Neither of them are a car, but if I answer no, do you expect me to ride up on my bicycle? Not that there's anything wrong with riding a bike. I have a couple of them, but don't depend on them for regular transportation.

Perhaps I think too much??

1/5/09 Another what's up with that!

I don't understand the women (and I would imagine men but don't know for sure because I'm not writing them to find out) who make such a big deal about honesty in their profile only to find out they misrepresented (lied) about their age, posted decades old photos, claimed to be athletic when they aren't, or were not truthful about anything else. Don't they know that being honest is the most important thing and starting out with a misrepresentation on a profile is not a good start. Even if they immediately claim "it was just for search purposes", it's still NOT the truth. Men who are truly honest and know the value of trust want complete honesty in return. Wouldn't it make you wonder what else they might lie about? It does me. Having said that I better go back and correct my own profile!!!

Breaking Newsflash: Fat old guy arrested for using high school photo on POF claiming it's recent. Police were shocked saying, "He even looked old in high school."

Update later 1/5/09....Harsh reality.

I just discovered the rate my picture/photo/image or whatever they call it. Turns out I'm never going to make it into the top 500! I also discovered that not only can't you rate yourself above a 10 but you can't even rate yourself at all. I was even given a '1' rating, but that was by a man between the ages of 20 something and 30 something and, frankly, he's too young for me even if I were so inclined. In reality I don't get my self esteem from other people rating my photo, but I wouldn't have minded if my average ended up above 5. I look in the mirror and think I'm decent enough looking. Well, except for the glass eye thing I've got going on. Besides I have a knockout personality and a great, but kind of warped, sense of humor.

1/5/09 More reflections: What if all you have is a motorcycle? No motorcycle choice leaves out all them Harley boys and you know how whiny they get when you hurt their feelings. Someone has to take a stand on their behalf. Give them a choice! If you agree copy this paragraph and put it on your profile! Stop their tears!

I finally figured out what the heck the fish names were on some of the profiles. I had no clue it was a choice you made and the options are under the field called "Your Fish Personality." I thought it was another test you had to take which gave you a fish name. I bet a lot more women make a choice than men and I bet the choice the women make the most is Dolphin, then maybe Angelfish or Sunfish. I'll have to pay more attention to figure that one out. However, I bet you all the money in my piggy bank that not one woman has chosen Whale as their fish personality!

OK, it's obvious I have way too much time on my hands.

1/6/09--more photos: Yes I'm a dancing fool. Though quite often the word dancing is left out of that sentence.

1/8/09--Men are precious: "hay there sweethear i am stoked u checked out my paage so well hay there so u want to no about me well there not to much to say besides i like the beach who dosent i like to go bowling with the friends i like to just go outt and have a good time i like just doing suff that u will talk about tomarrow i meen that in a good way lol so ya just haven fun so ya if there that girl that would be down to han and just party a little hay hit me up ill show u a good time"

Out of curiosity I looked at a few men's profiles. The above was copied directly from a profile. Good looking guy, but are good looks enough to overcome lack of...well something has to be lacking to write like that. Perhaps I need to thro in a couple of spelling errors remove some periods get rid of grammer ignore sentence structure get a beter pic hit me up babe u can show me a good time

1/10/09 I just ran across a profile (it was a woman!) that had the phrase "cocktail dress" on it talking about how quickly she can go to it from a pair of jeans. Funny how the site masks certain word combinations like****ail even if they shouldn't be! Not sure why they also masked the 't' that followed the ****. Maybe it fit to a tee?? Oooh, bad joke.

2/7/09--For those who asked what happens when I reach the end of the allowed space. See the very bottom of my profile.

2/25/09--Psychic hot line: Well the psychic hot line finally paid off. She told me in January during one of my daily phones calls that I'd meet the perfect woman in February and I did. I was sceptical that she could see into the future, but I will never doubt again.

5:21 PM. There's still time. If you're reading this and you're my perfect woman, you better hurry or else that poor psychic is going to wonder how she missed predicting her untimely demise.

2/26/09 Crushed...

1/3/09 A first date should be casual and allow for an easy exit for either of us if we just aren't feeling the potential for friendship or more. Sit close to the door and when the other person looks away, make a run for it! That fat old guy with the high school picture can't move that fast. What we do will depend on the likes or dislikes for the two of us. While I love dancing, it's not always the best kind of place to carry on a conversation getting to know each other. I like to talk and get to know someone so a great first date would involve...talking!! Who would've thought it'd be so simple. For the second date....ummmm....I don't know...never got that far. Couldn't catch her when she made a break for it.

1/13/09 Continued from above. Turns out there's a limit on how much you can write. Though I may be the only one to actually use ALL the space!

Advice for men (not that they are reading this)...Put your shirt on! You're trying too hard. I don't think that works with women like it does for gay men.

Advice for women...When you're trying so hard to look sexy you just end up looking silly. Sexy is natural. Just be yourself. Smile and let your eyes sparkle. Now that is sexy!

Advice for me...Shut up?

1-20-09 A female friend told me that women love seeing a pet on your profile. Says it makes you more attractive because you have learned to take care of an animal. So I uploaded a photo of my dog. His name is Lassie which confused the heck out of him. I don't know who the kid is, but he seemed to hang around with the dog a lot.

1/30/09 It’s been a while since I last updated and I apologize to all my fans who have written asking when the next update is coming.

Answer for women—A friend who's on POF asked me why so many men have a photo of themselves standing in front of or riding their motorcycle. Women need to realize that men who have a motorcycle are compensating for a certain…ah…lack of manhood. It’s a subconscious thing on their part. It’s like a cowboy, the bigger the belt buckle the smaller the…

A very nice woman wrote me, ”I find it a turn off along with the no shirts, the harleys and the pictures with big busted women hanging all over them…” I’ve addressed the shirts and Harleys, but I need to know how I go about getting some of those photos of me and “big busted women hanging all over” me??!!!

2/2/09--for the ladies. If you haven't read any women profiles, you may not be aware that approximately 83.47% of them say something about being able to dress up or dress down or how quickly they can go from down to up. 99.997% of the men only care about how quickly you can undress.

2/7/09--I actually do have a dog and she's a great dog. However, one has to wonder about someone who puts one photo of themselves and 7 photos of their dog or cat! Or, a bunch of photos of some scenery, their car/motorcycle, their children. No, I don't agree with those who