Karsh Writes

Fig. 1: You know you done fucked up, right?

I’m a firm believer in the idea that there’s a time and a place for everything.

Precisians would call this “effective communication”. I think everyone else would just call it common sense.

I thought about this last week at a coffee meeting with Hot Chocolate, my new business mentor who’s just a year older than me, but is extremely well-established in his professional and personal life. I had been trying to pin him down for a one-on-one meeting since January, and our schedules finally aligned to meet up one chilly afternoon in April.

He gave me some good leads and ideas to try with my business, but then he threw this in: “Now just because the people I’m telling you about are black and you’re black doesn’t mean you can talk to them any kind of way.”

Fig. 2: Whut?

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Last night, I had a dream about being in a triad with two local guys that I’ve been crushing on lately.

We rented a cabin in the North Georgia mountains for the weekend and had tons of rest, relaxation, and plenty of sex. This is kinda odd considering I’ve never entertained the thought of a polyamorus relationship and yet here it was playing out in my subconscious like a full-length motion picture. And it was great.

Fig. 1: Not a bad position.

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I think we can all accept that online dating has become the norm, right? It was seen as a bit taboo and weird in the 90s and early 2000s, but now sites like Match.com are earning over $1B in profit exploiting the hearts of lonely singles worldwide.

In this digital age, online dating has moved to mobile phones as well, and there are several smartphone apps which let you meet people on the go (or see how many horndogs are in your area). While dating has become more technologically advanced, there’s still one aspect of it that seems to be stuck in the Dark Ages.

Yes, I’m talking about the personal ad photo.

Now I’ve been doing the online dating thing for quite a while (because I’m old), so I can spot the red flags about someone from a mile away. There are ten types of bad personal ad photos out there that seem to keep cropping up. Being forewarned is being forearmed, so take heed daters.

(Note: Some of these photos are NSFW.)

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I currently have 23 posts in Draft status, and I have no idea which of these posts I want to write first.

Here’s where you come in. Tweet me with a number between 1-23 (integers, for you smarty pants out there).

Just one number. Once the number’s taken, that’s it.

I’ll choose the numbers you post and write those posts based on the draft order.

(UPDATE: The following numbers are taken: 3, 6, 7, 8, 12, 17.)

Fig. 1: I like a little mystery, don’t you?

Ready? Set? GO!

Fig. 1: “Rabbit’s gettin’ old, baby.”

New posts a’coming.

(Meanwhile, I’m accepting Paypal donations and Amazon gift cards if you want to give me a little birthday gift. I would be most appreciative.)