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Sometimes the feed-back here is amazing.
Not necessarily strange (although some of it definitely is), but truly extraordinary. That the people who regularly cruise into this blog will form a mental image of me, which may or may not be accurate, should come as no surprise. That, despite the occasional oddity, they can sometimes be totally spot-on, however is ..... well, rewarding.
Smile-inducing. Nice.


SPOT ON!

Long-time reader and friend of blog Ari left an advisory comment under my recent post "TOAD-MAN WITH PIPE SEEKS TOLERANT YOUNG LADY":
[In that piece I described a recent match-making misadventure that Boruch Hashem did NOT result in any actual meeting. Nor an arrest. Some people mean well. Yes, that's it. ]

[QUOTE]

"Hmmm. Ok, how about this:

'Me: pipe-puffing tobacco enthusiast, mercurial, middle aged, borderline misanthropic, foodie, news junkie, student of history, Judeophile, Sinophile, autodidact, bookworm, lover of all things frilly and silky worn by females of the species, hater of most things Dutch, practitioner of elaborate morning rituals and ablutions, detester of slick marketing types, zest for life yet very cynical, derisive of Berkeley leftists and Sara Palin.

You: petite, whip-smart, feisty, saucy, appreciator of gastronomic delights, admirer of men with life experience, blogger, long-time denizen of the East or West Coast, news junkie, knows when to babble and knows when to keep quiet. Is able to put up with a lot. And I do mean a lot.

Let's meet and hang out for ten, twenty, years or more.' "

[Posted by Ari to At the back of the hill at 11:32 AM]

[END QUOTE ]



ABLE TO PUT UP WITH A LOT

That really says it all. It's the perfect description. Dealing with The Toad takes patience. The way he's word-picture-painted the ideal other person is truly remarkable.
Yes, this is precisely what the doctor ordered.

"Petite, whip-smart, feisty, saucy, appreciator of gastronomic delights, admirer of men with life experience, blogger, long-time denizen of the East or West Coast, news junkie..........."

Just one minor quibbling little detail............

Well, two, actually.

1. One coast only. Not "long-time denizen of the East or West Coast". Local. West. SF. Please.
2. More than one language. Not necessarily two, but more than one. Double Dutch is not a language, fyi.

There. That's perfect. Now let's see how long it will take before anyone notices.

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PS: Ari also wrote: "Pilfer from it shamelessly. Now, get out there and circulate. "

Circulate? Good heavens, man, I'm positively twirling!

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