there’s this comment thing going on in Tonya’s blog where some girl who used to work here is expressing her unhappiness at me and Tonya and…well I’m not sure what. Life, I guess. And Tonya’s been letting her run with it, and actually posting the comments (which are really sort of mean comments in my opinion). I even answered one though I’d probably have been better off not getting involved at all.
But one of the things she said has triggered a thought I’ve had recently. she accused me (if accused is the right word) of being a male boss. well, that’s true. i’m a guy. i even checked.
is it bad to be a male boss in a phone sex business? most of the (female) operators and owners actually seem to think it is. i’m not sure why, though. i mean, wouldn’t a man who likes phone sex calls bring something to the table? especially in terms of choosing operators? is it inherently BAD to be a man? or is that being a little bit sexist? or maybe even showing a bit of disdain (or worse) for men in general? i don’t think women would or do appreciate the same attitude when it’s turned around.
i was accused once, a while back, of making potential operators audition for me. as if it were a horrible thing and nobody should work for a guy who did that and it were as if i were taking freebies and taking advantage of girls. i don’t audition them and never have.
but would it really be a bad thing if i DID audition potential operators? maybe i SHOULD. what do you people think? i’d actually be interested in hearing from anyone interested. callers, operators, business people, anyone at all. i have started to think that maybe it’s something that should be normal…you’d audition someone for a play or a movie, right? and this business seems to be similar.
i’m interested in your opinion. i really am. comment, write, etc. but keep it spam free and flame free please. i actually will probably post your website etc with the comments if you want me to, but i’m not turning it into an ad place. and yeah i’ll moderate all comments because i’m not letting my blog get out of my hands. but i’ll try to be fair with it.
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i’ve heard that in the future when all humans are gone, nothing will be left on earth but the cockroaches. my opinion is different. i think the last living organism on earth will be a one celled organism with no goal other than to make continual updates to wordpress.
i read about military history and i’m now reading the second book of what will eventually be a three book trilogy called The Liberation Trilogy. i think it’s terrific and recommend it to anyone who might be interested. it’s written by Rick Atkinson, who won the Pulitzer Prize for the first book in the series, called “An Army At Dawn.”
the series is about the liberation of Europe, focusing on the allied armies, especially the American army, during World War II. the first book is about the war in North Africa. the next book, “The Day Of Battle,” which i’m about two thirds of the way through, is about the war in Sicily and Italy. Atkinson has written a tremendously researched work which doesn’t stint on the personal details, both of enlisted men and general officers, which make such large scale situations as war so compelling. but he doesn’t stint on strategy and tactics either, and seems to me to be exceptionally knowledgeable and able to point out both shortcomings and talents of those involved. my biggest regret is that to write such a work takes a tremendous amount of time and research, and the second book didn’t come out until five years after the first, which means i’ll have to wait a while for the third book as well. i’ll do so. it’s worth it.
on a lighter note, i’ve been watching, with my extremely discriminating love Tonya, some of the worst movies ever made. and it got me thinking…well, what IS the worst movie ever made? there’s actually a list at IMDB of their voters’ choices for what they call the IMDB Bottom 100. but, sadly, my choice isn’t on it. probably that’s because i’m older than most of the IMDB users. a lot of the movies on the list (and most of them DO belong there) are relatively recent. my choice, however, is from 1964. it’s actually so bad that it starts to become good in some perverse manner.
Featuring six songs, including “The Zombie Stomp,” by the Del-Aires, who have a fascinating story themselves, which you can read about at Bad Movie Planet, it is a chilling story of radioactive monsters who feed on human blood, which they tend to get from teenagers at slumber parties and beach parties. for those of you with strong stomachs, here’s the trailer for “The Horror Of Party Beach.”
i hope you enjoyed it and that you didn’t get TOO scared.
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today’s recommendation is Phone Sex With Erin, whose website you can see by clicking on her name. for those of you who might be new to phone sex and considering it (and it’s a fine thing to do before or after tonight’s Baseball All Star Game…or for those of you who are quicker, perhaps the seventh inning stretch would be a good time), come check out our Phone Sex Specials and see how you can get extra minutes with a call! normally specials are for those who are already callers, but for those of you who actually read this far in my blog, i’ll make an exception. if you get me on dispatch, just tell me you got the link from here. if you get another dispatcher, just tell her that i said in my blog that it’s ok to give you the special.
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some good things going on. my brother got the material that i purchased for our philatelic business, and he seems pretty pleased with it. i had a very good eye for material years ago, and while i’m rusty as can be, it isn’t completely gone. i think i might miss a few good pieces, but i don’t think i’m seeing any bad stuff as being good. the summer is a slower time though, as far as i can tell. a lot of our customers are foreign (especially European), and there’s a lot of vacationing going on. i think we’ll hold some of the material until September.
by the way, for those of you who are interested in selling any material, we DO buy. we specialize, however (who doesn’t?). we’re interested in covers (mailed envelopes), pre 1940, especially air mail covers. we buy collections, and would rather purchase collections and accumulations than single pieces. we normally do NOT buy groups made up solely of stamps not on covers. feel free to email me!
i’m also once again trying to learn how to play the game of Go. i got inspired once again because while looking for groups/clubs/players around Portland, i discovered that this year’s Go Congress will be held next month in Portland. I’ll see if it isn’t possible to get in and watch a few games and try to meet people and learn a little. i downloaded a program called SmartGo, which is, of course, much better than i am. i’m in the trial period, but i’ll probably buy it and keep plugging away. i’m pretty good at math, but this feels like more of a spatial type game, requiring some skills that are not at the top of my abilities. but i like the game (even though so far i could barely call myself a beginner), and i will push it this time.
Tonya took me out yesterday and it was just a terrific day. We had lunch at Fenouil and it was delightful. It’s a Brasserie (well a Portland version anyway) and it’s on this nice square called Jamison Square and it was a nice warm sunny afternoon and I really enjoyed it.
Later on we got a little restless and went to the movies and saw Hancock. I enjoyed that as well. First of all, I’d like to vote in favor of movies that are an hour and a half as opposed to this fad going on for two and a half hour movies. I just can’t handle sitting in the theater for that long. I get restless and it just detracts from the whole experience. Plus most movies don’t have two and a half hours worth of story. I also know that people were all worked up over Hancock because of some big giant “plot twist.” While I’m not going to write spoilers, to me it was a lot less of a “plot twist” and a lot more of just plot. I recommend the flick.
We picked up a couple of movies at a local place as well. She told me go pick out an old movie so I got one that I don’t think she’s seen, called Murder, My Sweet, with Dick Powell as Philip Marlowe. For those of you who also visit us at our phone sex business, this would help you with the answer to our special.
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Today’s recommended girl of the day is Linda, mostly for efficiently answering the call I dispatched this morning while shaving, dangerously, while at least half asleep.
Anyway, today looks like a nice day as well, so I’m going to try and finish up the bookkeeping for today and see about going out. I would have considered going to see a ballgame today, but the local PCL team, the Portland Beavers (yes I know. Excellent name, isn’t it?) are out of town this week. The TV is saying 90 degrees today so we’ll see if we can’t get outside for at least a little while.
we had a nice group of people over on friday evening. enough food to last through the week i think, though. Tonya made great cookies including snickerdoodles and chocolate chip/pecans & walnuts/oatmeal cookies and they were great. burgers, hot dogs, sausages (vegetarians were byo hehehe). i think i’m approaching my burger and hot dog quota now though.
a week or two ago she went out one evening and i made myself spaghetti carbonara. i pretty much learned to make this when i lived in Philadelphia and could walk to the Reading Terminal Market. by the way, i saw a story on Yahoo about the best ice creams available. and after living and working in philly for over a year, i’m going to cast my vote for one they skipped. i think Bassetts Ice Cream is as good or better than anything else you can find.
anyway, spaghetti carbonara.
1 lb spaghetti
2 tbs olive oil
1/2 lb pancetta (get it in strips if you can. cut strips to about 1 1/2″ by 1/2″.)
1 onion (yellow, medium size, chopped)
1/4 cup dry white wine
4 eggs
4 tbs heavy cream
6 tbs grated parmesan reggiano
2 tbs grated pecorino romano
Turn on oven to lowest setting (usually around 170) and put a large bowl in oven to keep warm.
Mix two grated cheeses together. Put eggs and cream in bowl and mix together with a fork. Add half the cheese mixture to the eggs and cream mixture and blend.
Saute chopped onions and pancetta pieces in the olive oil. Add wine when it’s begun to cook for real. Reduce temperature a little. You want the pancetta cooked but not too crispy.
Cook spaghetti. Drain spaghetti. Take the warm large bowl out of the oven and add the spaghetti and then the eggs/cream/cheese mix. Toss it well. Do this quickly so the bowl and pasta stays warm. Add pancetta/onions/wine mix. Don’t drain it first. Toss it again. Sprinkle the remaining cheese on the pasta. Toss once more. Serve IMMEDIATELY.
Timing is important. Try to have stuff ready at the same time (easier said than done i know). Measure the heavy cream. Too little will give you scrambled eggs and spaghetti. Too much and everything will separate. It’s a little tricky but it’s worth it.
Ok I’m going to spend some time with Tonya and then maybe go get more coffee. Come visit us at Bay City Blues Phone Sex for the world’s best phone sex. Today’s recommendation is our new girl. Come try Phone Sex With Destiny. We welcome her and i’m sure you’ll like her too.
well it’s actually july 3rd today but you get the idea.
this means (at least to me) that it’s the time of year i start paying a little more attention to baseball. this weekend has a yankees/red sox series and that’s always fun to watch. yesterday i watched tampa bay and boston. i think tampa bay is NOT going to fade. and i don’t care how much the red sox win, i do NOT think Francona is some great manager.
yesterday’s game was a perfect example. tampa bay has a lead after Delcarmen and Hansen suck and can’t get a single out between them. but boston’s coming back in the ninth. they’re only down by one run and Youkilis had just taken Weaver to the warning track. so the sox have one out and Lowell on first. this is a GOOD place to be when you’re trying to come back.
so what does Francona do? he puts on a hit and run play. Lowell’s got what? ONE stolen base all year? and Varitek is at the plate. you would be hard pressed to find a WORSE guy to make contact. What did he have last year? over 120 strikeouts? and he’s going at a better pace than that this year with over 60 strikeouts so far and barely a .300 on base percentage. Lowell gets nailed at second by a mile. Varitek completely misses the ball with a terrible swing. and Varitek follows up by striking out to end the game. the sox would have been better off with NO manager. Jeez. doesn’t the guy even know his own players?
i like tampa bay. no stars really except a hurting Percival but they come through when they have to. Garza was a good pickup and a couple young guys are playing very well (like Longoria…i think he looks like a real nice young player…especially after watching him when he has a day like yesterday). i would not count them out anytime soon. they look like they believe in themselves and that’s a big deal.
i’m also going to give my opinion (once again) on alex rodriguez. i don’t blame him at all for skipping the home run derby. it DOES fuck up your swing just like he says. i like watching it but here’s a guy who is the best player on his team (easily). he’s hitting 321/406/621, which is a better than average year for him, a great year even in the steroid era, and if he thinks the home run derby will fuck with his swing, i’m inclined to believe him. he’d just be causing harm to himself and the yankees by participating. and btw, if he wants to sleep with Madonna and get a divorce, that’s his call too.
speaking of calls, call us at Bay City Blues Phone Sex somewhere in between burgers and beer while your holiday barbecue is going on and nobody’s paying good attention. My recommendation for this week’s phone sex call is the All-American Amy, who can help raise my flag any time she likes.
i thought i would share this picture since it looks pretty cool. i got it in email, so it’s probably been circulating and a lot of you may have already seen it. but i like it anyway. it’s marked that it was taken at the north pole with the moon at its closest point, and that you can see the sun below the moon. i don’t know if it’s real or photoshopped or what, but i think it’s pretty neat.
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you’ll notice i added a link. Chef Crush brings you cute chefs from the Portland metro area, and i wouldn’t be surprised to see the area covered continue to grow. everyone knows food is special. here’s the special guys who deliver the goods, as chosen by one special group of crush girls (crushers?).
nice day today. beautiful outside, so we took a ride to the coast and got to eat clam chowder at Mo’s. if you haven’t been there, i recommend it.
i managed to tear myself away from the golf tournament. i really wanted the guy to beat Tiger and win, but it was like you KNEW that no matter what he did, Tiger would find some way to beat him. Mediate made it interesting but didn’t surprise me by coming up just a little short.
At work, Bay City Blues, we have a page we call “Suggestion Box,” where callers can leave us suggestions for things they might like us to include.
So yesterday I start getting these notes in the suggestion box “oh your so hot” “oh you prabably even look hot on your way to work” and so on. Complete with misspellings. Well they’re cute but I have no clue who the person thinks is hot or why they bothered. (Mind you, this happens a lot. The suggestion box collects a lot of crap.)
Anyway, after a few of these, the dispatch phone rings. It’s a kid. No sign of his voice changing yet or anything like that. Cough, cough. Tries to make a deep voice. “Hello. I’d like to hook up with suggestion box please.”
I couldn’t even bring myself to be mean to him. Unrequited lust is practically as bad as unrequited love if you’re 12 years old.
