Along with running a blog that is chugging along and beginning to gain a little readership steam and popularity, comes recognition that is sometimes but not always a positive thing. As a result, I’ve been receiving some very interesting emails that give me an idea of just how far reaching and potent my cyber words and stories can be. Here are a couple examples of what I’ve been dealing with.

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I'll start out with the good..

Received from a nice Pug Loving guy from Georgia.

Hi Lori-
Thanks for the compliment, which I passed on to the precious one. Yes, it is toooooooo easy to spoil them rotten! I know what you mean about the social life suffering...the more people I meet, the more I love my pug. I always say that dogs have owners, pugs have staff. Miso technically belongs to my ex, but when we split both Miso and I were so depressed that Susan and I buried the hatchet for the sake of our 'child'. So we 'share' Miso now- two weeks with me, then two weeks with her. It gives us a chance to spoil the princess for half the time, but allows me to get out of the house and ride my Harley the other half of the time.

Pugsley is absolutely adorable! Pugsley is the name of my little Beanie Baby pug, which travels strapped to the rear seat of my motorcycle as I tour the country...Miso does not ride, so I have to make do!

Do you have plans to bring the pug cam back online? I have several pug cam sites I visit at work to get my pug fix, and to gather ideas: I want to set up a Milo cam so I can check on her during the day, now that she is getting older and has had some health problems.

Thanks again for a great site

Bill & Miso

My Response to Bill

Hi Bill,

I think it’s great that you and your ex were able to bury the hatchet for the sake of the pug. I too have been through 2 major breakups during which time the custody of the pug became an issue. Well, it wasn’t really an issue because in my case, there would be no sharing. I have always said Pugsley and I are a package deal, love me, love my dog. The sad thing was, both guys ended up confessing long after the pain of the break ups that losing Pugsley was just as hard as losing me. My guess it is was even harder! So, I sure do feel your pain. But in your case I think the joint custody is awesome and I bet Miso loves all the extra attention. Now, I have the vision of a Big Harley Pug Loving man easy riding around the countryside with a pug beanie baby strapped to his hog which in a funny way, gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling inside :)

Rest assured I am working on restoring Pugcams soon. Trouble is, the cams operated on their own IP address and my ISP only gives me a dynamic IP, instead of static which means the IP address keeps changing and I have to figure out how to go into the Java code and change it to make the cam’s keep working whenever they change. I promise to make this a priority and get them working again soon! Thanks for reading and many Pughugs to Miso.

~Lori

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Hi Lori,

You operate a terrific blog! I was just wondering if you had a spare moment to e-mail me the name and work/office/salon number for the lady who performed your Brazilian wax. I know a lady who is very, very interested.

Thanks a lot!

Sincerely,

Alan

My Response to Alan

Dear Alan,

Thanks for the positive reinforcement and glad you are enjoying the read here. I try to make the stories as enjoyable as possible for readers and hope that they will come back for more. The one thing I don’t ever do though is divulge the true identity of any of the characters I write about. I use fake names to protect the innocent and shield the guilty ;) As much as I’d like to share that personal info with the entire female population, it’s just not something I can do. I’m learning that there are a lot of weird people out there in cyber space (not saying you are one of them) but you just never know who might take that information and use it for some form of ill will. I’m sorry but I am fiercely protective of and will never reveal the true identities of those who I write about, including my Brazilian Wax Mistress. I hope you can understand and will continue to read though…. and I hope that your lady friend finds what she is looking for!

All the best,
Lori

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And now for the Bad and Ugly

Let me preface this one by saying the She Woman Man Haters post that was written as a total piece of humor has somehow sparked off an internet tirade with men and women trying to both recruit me and terrorize me. The following email came from the head of manhaters.com wanting me to advertise their website. Apparently, their site even includes an entire database of men who have ever cheated on their wives or girlfriends where numerous scorned women go to get revenge by entering the offending man's name, address, telephone number, felonies, everything! I had no idea something like this even existed.

What’s much scarier is the way this women found me on the below referenced man hating forum where some evil sect of militant Eastern men who hate Western women’s arrogance and open sexuality are slamming me because they found that post but didn't get the humor aspect of it.. What I can’t figure out is if they are really evil terrorists or a bunch of 16 year old boys with nothing better to do than fuck with me. If you follow the posts, I am the one referred to as “the Bitch”. Me, can you imagine? Innocent little me. All I know is when they started disparaging God, I decided to halt all forms of communication with these vile monsters and I blocked them all from ever accessing my website again.

Hi,

I like your website and was wondering if you would be willing to add a link or banner to mine http://www.manhaters.com ?

I found your website blog by reading the forum at ihatemen.com
http://www.network54.com/Forum/thread?forumid=197189&messageid=1121842108&lp=1121901706
I love Pugs also. I have 3 dogs (Doberman, Shepherd and Jamaican mutt).

Let me know on the above.

Regards, :)
Little Miss Manhater, Webmistress
http://www.manhaters.com

My Response

Dear Little Miss ManHater,

First let me say that I was disgusted and infuriated at reading the trash and ignorance that was being posted about me on the ihatemen.com forum and I’m sorry that that is how you had to stumble upon my blog. Second, I’d like to point out that I am not a man hater. I love men, I adore everything about them. The entry that was referenced in the forum was written as a personal humorous account and exploit. Not a slam to the entire male population. It was a joke!! Had I known then what I know now about so many people hopping on the man bashing bandwagon and thinking of me as a hater of any kind, well maybe I would have thought twice about ever posting it.

I’m pleased that you are a fellow dog lover and wish you no ill will in whatever it is you are trying to accomplish with your manhaters website, but it’s just not something I would feel comfortable promoting on my blog. I’m not a hater, I’m a lover.

Thanks for bringing the forum to my attention, I had been receiving a lot of nasty comments from Nick on my blog and I was finally able to block him and his fellow haters from accessing my site.

Thanks,
~Lori

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Here are some random emails I have received just to give you a further idea of the stuff I get....

Excerpts from a male reader:

At first it was flattering:

Love your website! I know this inappropriate to say, but (LOL).......Just looking at your beautiful face and other godly pictures on your website really puts my heart pounding in my throat! You are awesomely beautiful!!

Then it got scary...
I received this one after my Lust post:

Mmmmmmm! Wow! Lori, your Lust blog has made my face so flushed......I just want to crawl through the monitor to get to you! Sorry......NO.....NOT sorry to write that...............it's the truth! You're one awesome, delicious looking lady! So, there I stated how I feel!) Is it wrong for a person to feel so much lust in their heart for another person that they have never met, or probably never will?

Then it just got rude..
I received this one after my Kong post:

Lori,
If it'll make your "Kong Dream" any easier to understand.....I've got
several old girl friends that referred to me as "King Kong"........BUT, for a different reason!

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So, now you see the other side of all this blogging fame! Why can't they all be like Bill the Harley riding Pug guy??