Hold the Mayo

July 22, 2004

This Is Not Me

I have numerous rules for this blog and from time to time I mention them. Most often this happens when I am about to break one of them. One of the rules I have never even come close to beginning to thinks about considering breaking is the one that says there will never be a picture of me on this site. It's the last vestige of anonymity I possess - with the exception of Spork, with whom I have shared lunch though not Miso soup.

There are lots of bloggers who do put up their pictures though, and I'm O.K. with that. But there is the whole reciprocity aspect of blogging that I feel I have to honor. This is a close as I'll get.

This is called Hold the Mayo. But it has nothing what so ever to do with this web site or its author.

This is a photo of Steve Macklin. This is not me. This is a guy who does bicycle races in England.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 02:44 PM | Comments (9) | Add Comment

1 I had that same no-photo rule, and for the same reasons. But, after a phone converstaion with Jennifer last year, I decided that I would put a photo on if she did. Don't ask why; I really don't remember!
She finally put one up, and I had my friend Lawruh scan some photos and make .jpegs out of them. Then I got the idea for the Susie on my shoulder photo for my munuversary and *ta da!* there it is.

If I ever put a photo in my sidebar I'll probably spice it up in photoshop first, mheh.

Posted by: Tuning Spork at July 22, 2004 03:58 PM (Rt6NU)

2 The one thing about photos for me is that while I have considered putting up shots of the kids, I have held off because I don't want some pedophile doing who-knows-what with the images. Am I being overprotective/overreacting?

Posted by: Random Penseur at July 23, 2004 01:34 AM (X3Lfs)

3 One of the other rules I have is that I don't write about my family other than in the most generic way. Not so much out of protecting them from freaks though that is part of it, but to respect their privacy. If and when they want to spread their lives out on the internet for the world to see, I'll help them start their own blog.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at July 23, 2004 01:38 AM (4819r)

4 For all the family stories I tell, I've always gotten permission first, or they'll suggest telling the tale. There are things that've happened that aren't told for various reasons.

Nice rocket, by the way!

Posted by: Ted at July 23, 2004 02:09 AM (blNMI)

5 I take your points, guys. Thanks!

Posted by: RP at July 23, 2004 07:00 AM (LlPKh)

6 Yeah, the privacy thing is pretty big. Sometimes I've mentioned significant others by name -- when I figured that no one who was reading would know who I was talking about. Other times I used only initials... just because.

You just can't talk about yourself without mentioning others. But you also don't want to take liberty with their privacy. I figure we just calls it as we sees it and, in the end, I guess we instinctively know when to say when.

Posted by: Tuning Spork at July 23, 2004 06:11 PM (tpVOv)

7 Oh, and RP: Are you being "over-protective" by worrying that a pedophile might "do something" with a photo of your kids? Yeah, probably.
But that's what Dads do: worry about crap like that.
If you're not comfortable with posting pics of the kids then don't. You're the Dad and you and no one else makes that call.

Posted by: Tuning Spork at July 23, 2004 06:20 PM (tpVOv)

8 Absolutely right Spork! I personally don't worry about that particular thing because there isn't a darn thing I could do about it. Nor would I be likely to ever find out, so why worry?

Posted by: Ted at July 24, 2004 09:31 AM (ZjSa7)

9 Thanks, TS. I appreciate your advice.

Posted by: RP at July 26, 2004 11:46 AM (LlPKh)

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