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September 28, 2007
If this is your first time here ...
Today we'll address something I become concerned about every once in a while.
And that is "What do people see the first time they come here."
the way he obviously does if
I weren't mostly harmless?
Normally, I'm not bothered by this. I am what I am and that's all what I am; and that is mostly harmless.
I genuinely believe I'm a nice guy. I try to be a good father. I make every attempt to be nice to the people around me. I'm tall. I'm sort of blond and that makes it hard to see the gray in my hair. I'm not afraid to make obscure references to Popeye and Douglas Adams in the same sentence even if I suspect I'm the only one who will notice it. And I'm full of crap; but full of crap in a way that lets you know I'm full of crap and that I know you know it.
Oh, I almost forgot: I'm a damned delight to be around.
There are times, however, when I post things here and then I worry about them. And what I worry about is that someone will happen across What's a Delmer Look Like on one of those days I'm going on about Dual Action Cleanse or man parts and that they'll be left with a bad taste in their mouth.
And really, I guess I'm not so much worried about those people who stumble across WADLL. And I'm certainly not worried about those folks who come hear by Googling Granny Gallery hoping to score some mature-woman porn. And really, if I could drag this out even further, I guess I'm not really worried about the people who end up here at all.
I'm concerned for the people that send people here.
I have some great friends and I have a wonderful family. Once in a while a friend of mine, or my mother, will tell me they told someone about my blog and I'll wonder, "Oh jeez … what was I writing about then? Was it about the trip out west? Penis-enhancement products? Kicking butt at backgammon? Life in Hilliard?"
Was it something sort of friendly and useful? Or something I think is funny in a guy sort of way?
I'd prepared Thursday's post a short while ago. The day I'd intended to originally publish it I stopped by another blog and found that the author there had said some nice things about me and provided a link to WADLL and I decided I'd wait; I couldn't do that to her. As the French say, qui semble, resemble (Though they may spell it differently — French class was a long time ago. I really should have gone with birds of a feather flock together.). I didn't want any WADLL tarnish to rub off on her.
What I'm getting at is don't think poorly of my friends or family or other bloggers if they've sent you here and the day you arrive you've found something unsavory. Or worse: boring.
And if you've come here for the first time today or yesterday take a look at one of these:
A cute, though long, story about Samson. This one too.
A Jack Story. And one about his fascination with hobos.
A cute story about Haydn. And another.
About somebody else's child.
Posted by delmer at September 28, 2007 9:24 PM
Comments
Great post ... made me laugh. Glad you posted the pic ... quite handsome! I'll have to go back now and read the highlighted links.
Posted by: Nancy at September 29, 2007 12:44 PM
I *think* the first thing I read was the post you did for your Birthday last year. It can't have been too off-putting. God knows, you've written a lot since then and I *still* invited you over here...maybe that says a lot more about me than it does about you? Hmmmm...
Posted by: Pen at September 29, 2007 1:32 PM
Hey Punk,
Don't worry, be happy.
D
Posted by: Darrell at September 29, 2007 7:33 PM
Folks, I stand corrected ... that link may be live.
Posted by: delmer at September 29, 2007 8:10 PM
It's sweet that you are concerned with what people think when they come here. HOWEVER, the purpose of a blog is for you and anybody who see's it has to understand that.
I like your blog :)
Posted by: Diana at September 29, 2007 11:39 PM
Big A:
Yes you are one of the nicest humnas I have ever known and God knows you can "look tall" when necessary:)
As far as the dog in the pic loving you? The poor pooch is 2 inches from decapitation. There is ZERO slack in that leash! Take out the colors from the pic and we are ready to play Hangman.
Lou
Posted by: Joe at October 1, 2007 12:07 PM
I understand fretting over who may be reading your blog and worrying about what they might have said. One of my daughter's Montessori teachers reads mine and I still haven't quite adjusted to the pressure.
Posted by: Casey at October 5, 2007 5:46 PM
okay, admittedly, i saw that you might have paid a visit through mybloglog and made the bounce over. I kept reading and scrolling down bec. I know NOTHING but nothing about the top 2 current posts. And then I started wondering what people thought when they bounced to my blog. so, I have put a new qualifier below my blog title which I think says it all! :)
Posted by: liv at October 5, 2007 10:24 PM
Lady P: But that post was benign, playful and fun. The next day's was OK as well. It was two full days after my birthday before I mentioned my parts, so you had a sense that, unlike most men, I thought of my man tools merely 33% of the time.
BTW, the birthday post is here -- you'll need to cut and paste that link.
http://www.delmer.com/archives/2006/08/today_i_turned.php
Darrell: I was thinking only of you and the nice people like you that tell people about WADLL. (And I should probably point out to the world that 'Punk' in a term of endearment.)
Nancy: It's hard to believe he's 14 ... he is quite handsome though. And leash trained.
Casey: People don't always understand just how much we suffer for our art.
Liv: I believe those two posts are the ones that led the school system my brother works at to filter my blog.
Joe, Diana: Thanks for the kind words.
Posted by: delmer at October 8, 2007 9:16 PM