12 Wonders From The Past That Post-Modernity Has Stolen From Us

 
I was a high school kid in the early ‘80s when the term “digital” gained traction in the public headspace. I specifically remember the very moment I learned what the term meant relative to the analog nature of, well…everything in life up to that point.

As naïve as I may have been, I wondered then what life would be like when everything was reduced to simple ones and zeros. Wouldn’t it all be so finely-calculated to the point of being hyper-sanitary…and boring?

As it turned out, my simple teenage mind was prescient in many ways. In the rush toward digital everything, plenty of what made life interesting—and arguably better—has been lost, probably forever.

Realistically speaking, plenty of what I’m about to throw on the table happened long before “my day”. As such, my intent isn’t to sound curmudgeonly. It’s just that with technology moving at such breakneck speed toward The Singularity, I haven’t seen much written about what we’ve sacrificed along the way as collateral damage.

 
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Behind The Scenes: 15 Secrets About The Mountain Top Podcast I’ve Never Admitted Before

 
Edroy And Odem, Next RightLots of you listen to The Mountain Top Podcast, and possibly even X & Y On The Fly also. Awesome. I’m grateful for every one of you, and genuinely appreciate your support over the years.

Well, except for any of you who are among the handful of angry, easily-offended women out there who’ve left appallingly hateful reviews, as if they’re going around searching for relatively decent dudes like me to ruthlessly lambaste for their personal enjoyment.

And to be clear, I’m not excepting them from my appreciation. I’m actually glad they cared enough to show up too. Rather, I’m simply doing them the service of excepting them from being referred to as “supporters” of the show. After all, I’m sure that would offend the hell out of them.

But enough about that. After over a dozen years of producing episodes, it’s time to let you in on fifteen of the deepest, darkest secrets we’ve carefully hidden from public knowledge for years. I mean, why not, right?

 
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15 Things No Man Should EVER Say

 
Scot and EmilyMost of my online research on the subject du jour uncovered articles by angry women whose baseline vitriol toward men was barely concealed under the surface. Predictably, the vast majority were specifically about what men should never say to women in particular.

I found myself reading enduring endless rants over purely innocent, and in many cases ostensibly innocuous (e.g. “you look beautiful tonight”) alleged mistakes by men who meant well, it’s just that they were apparently ill-equipped to read angry women’s minds Said angry women, in turn not able to read men’s minds, therefore assumed the worst, of course.

Yeah, well…if you’re at all worried this is going to be that kind of post, save your brain cells. I’m not an angry woman, nor have I been hanging out with any lately who could theoretically influence my thoughts.

Rather, this is a man-to-man post with the well-meaning brotherly intention of saving guys from clearly demonstrating they have zero skill with women whatsoever.

That means I’ll be sparing you any semblance of politically correct regurgitation, including but not limited to “dog-whistling” or “virtue signalling”. That said, I make no apologies for “triggering” anyone. After all, Job One here is watching out for your best interests as a man who loves women.

So let’s get on with it, already.

And by the way, I’m not limiting the list to what we should never say to women per se. What follows is a more pure rendering of what should never be said by a man period.

 
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5 Weird Things That Happen To Men After Sex

 
Shocked By SexKnowing you’ve grown accustomed to mostly serious dating and relationship advice around here, I’ve been thinking it’s time to take a break and look at the lighter side.

And what better way to take ourselves less seriously than to turn our attention to sex? More specifically, let’s talk about the strange, crazy things that happen to us as guys after “doing the deed”.

I’ve rattled off five such weird phenomena below, right off the top of my head. In doing so, I quickly realized that I’ve never heard any of these talked about publicly…ever. Yet, I’m 100% sure I can’t possibly be alone in experiencing them.

So here we go… Gentlemen, can you relate to any or all of these, or am I some special sort of “basket case”?

And ladies…did you ever in your wildest dreams realize any of this was going on?

 
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8 Surefire Ways To Tell: Are You A Fun Person?

 
Why Should India Have All The FunAstonishingly, there’s very little on the web addressing the topic du jour. Mostly, it’s a few quiz sites asking pretty random questions that carry the personal assumptions of whoever authored them. There’s nothing really, well, helpful or definitive there.

So then, given how absolutely crucial being fun is to the attraction process, let alone building a healthy and vibrant social circle, I decided to go ahead and let the fur fly (or the powder, if you were in India earlier this month).

What do you say we let the fun begin? Right on…

Like everyone tends to believe that they have a sense of humor, everyone also typically thinks of him or herself as a fun person. After all, how much of a true “stick in the mud” does one have to be to self-identify as “no fun”?

A sense of humor is rare enough, so what about a sense of fun? Do you have one? There’s no irony in the fact that both of those factors are directly related. That could be why there are as few truly FUN people as there are folks with a sense of humor. Just sayin’.

Part of the problem, I think, is that people don’t recognize fun when they’re potentially heading for it, or even in the midst of it.

I mean, what IS “fun”, and should it be a priority or not?

So much of how you might answer that question for yourself is based on personality and mindset, for sure. But hey…the weird twist there is that even people who aren’t any fun tend to recognize when others ARE. Weird, right?

It’s all too easy to lapse into the philosophical or psychological factors at play here, isn’t it? But that wouldn’t be any fun!

So on with it. Here are 8 factors that pretty much tell the tale of whether you’re a FUN person or not:

 
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Adventures In Relationship Management

 
Don't Freak Out...It's Just A LizardToday, with the long weekend approaching I wanted to take a break from the dating advice stuff per se and tell you what happened here at El Rancho McKay this morning.

As she often does, Emily held one of her now infamous “Estrogen Fests”.

Actually, they’re not really called that. That’s just what I refer to them as. The real name for the daytime version of such an event is a “Play Date”.

You see, Emily is the queen of the local MeetUp group for stay-at-home moms with pre-schoolers desperately in need for someone to play with. (I’ll let you decide for yourself whether it’s the pre-schoolers or the moms I’m referring to there.)

For what it’s worth, the nighttime version of the “Estrogen Fest” is called “Mom’s Night In”. The kids don’t show up for those.

One night I somehow got blindsided by a “MNI” and was therefore at home when the “festivities” started. As it so happened, I was booked as a guest on a national radio show that same night. During a commercial break, I conspired with all twenty or so young mommies to shout “hello” in unison to the show’s host right after we got back on the air.

I didn’t give details of how or why there was literally a crowd of women at my house on a Thursday night. The show’s host never asked. Beautiful.

Anyway…this morning’s edition was the “PD” version, of course.

I used to get the heck out of Dodge when these things were scheduled to happen at our house. But sooner than later, I decided I actually enjoyed the idea of a bunch of young women running around my house in the morning barefoot and giggling with each other.

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10 Simple Tests Of Whether You’re A Wimp Or Not

 
By now you know all too well that being a “wuss” is not attractive to women at all.

The very essence of what ignites femininity is directly tied to facing fear with courage, coming up with a plan when crisis hits and being a protector when danger and uncertainty loom.

And, well…you just can’t be ANY of those things if you’re a “scaredy-cat”, now can you?

Most of us will never be faced with storming Bin Laden’s camp in Pakistan, landing an airliner in the Hudson River or fending off a pack of wild tigers in the Sri Lankan jungle.

That’s all well and good, but you WILL need to be able to get through normal, everyday life in post-modern culture.

For better or worse, life in that context really does present nearly constant challenges to “man up”…even if they’re small or even subtle ones.

Nevertheless, you can bet your bottom dollar that women are watching.

With that in mind, I hereby present to you ten very basic, simple tests to tell with almost 100% certainty what kind of man you are.

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Thank You For Your Contribution To Limiting Global Population Growth



[Ed. Note: Fair warning, what you are about to read is a mostly
satirical piece. You’re going to need to activate your sense of
humor before proceeding.]

Hey you know, with the global population now estimated to be at
about six-and-a-half billion (and growing), it’s become critical
that we as a human race do SOMETHING to keep the population from
exploding at an even greater rate than it has been lately.

What with people living something like twice as long on average as
they did roughly a century ago, the need for this is even more
apparent…as anyone can plainly see.

The formula I propose goes something like this:

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Is There A Problem With Chicks?

A Couple Of Hot Chicks...Or Warm, At Least.First of all, rest assured I have no problem with women. We love women around here.

Actually, I have no problem with chicks, either.

And by that I don’t mean the fuzzy future KFC delights seen to your left . In fact, I’m not even referring to actual female human beings.

I’m talking about the very term “chicks” itself.

But apparently someone else does have a problem with “chicks”.

Granted, it doesn’t happen often, but every once in a while I get an angry e-mail purporting that I should immediately cease and desist from usage of the word in my favorite context for usage thereof.

Almost invariably it’s the name of the podcast, The Chick Whisperer, that gets them going.

 

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True Story: How To Handle AMOG Attempts By Pro Athletes

First of all, I just wanted to let everyone know that it’s me, Scot, who is posting this. Jim didn’t originally intend for what you are about to read to be a blog post. He was simply dropping me a note to tell me what had happened the night before. Posting it is purely my doing.

As a coach for X & Y Communications, Jim has come a LONG way with women in a relatively short amount of time. These days he’s got the greatest woman he’s ever met in his life…and she apparently is just as happy as he is. What you’re about to read underscores that.

Enjoy this story from Jim. In my mind, it clearly demonstrates the all-conquering power of being a “big four” man, as outlined in The Master Plan.

 

Hey Scot,

Funny story for you from last night. So Heidi and I went to a country night down the street from where I live at a local watering hole I frequent. Heidi was looking GORGEOUS and dropping jaws and derailing freight trains last night.

So she and I noticed a table of guys who were being extremely obvious staring at girls and then saying the usual stuff. So Heidi went to go to the bathroom and I could not help but smile when the three of them were staring at her with their tongues hanging out.

 

 

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Mainstream “Dating Experts” And The Mama’s Boys Who Love Them

Over Thanksgiving, I was in my hotel room flipping through the small amount of channels on the television. I stopped on one of those morning shows. You know the typical ones. The people are over the top happy, Rachael Ray cooks a roast in two minutes, and corny jokes are made.

So right before I was about to change over to Sportscenter, I heard that they were bringing on two dating experts to talk about a couple of things. The topics to be discussed were: what it means when he is crying, why he texts you, first date manners, and what is he or she really saying.

I had to stay tuned in. After the commercial, the two “experts” were there. It was a guy and a girl. The guy was a very metro looking guy who was a DJ on Cosmo satellite radio. Strike one and two, trust me. The girl I believe either worked for Cosmo magazine or something similar to that nature. Before they opened their mouths I had an open mind to see what they had to say. Needless to say, before I get into it, they began arguing with each other like two 8 year olds.

 

 

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Let’s Hook Up And I’ll Do You

I started surfing back in the 80’s. Part of what went along with that, for better or worse, was using a certain lingo unique to surfers (or allegedly so). Some called it “dudespeak”.

A key example of this was when you’d meet some other dude who surfed, you’d say, “Yeah, man. Bring your stick and we’ll hook up…definitely.”

Of course, the intention there was to meet and go surfing.

Over time though, “hooking up” started to be a term that some people only used when referring to MOTOS (Members Of The Opposite Sex). All of the sudden, dudes weren’t “hooking up” any more to go surfing.

“Hooking up” was reserved for chicks.

Though nowadays you’ll still encounter the occasional clueless attempt at invoking the “colloquial” usage of “hooking up”, it pretty much always raises eyebrows when it comes up in that context.

After all, “hooking up” has long-since been hijacked by sexual innuendo.

But this phenomenon is certainly not limited to “hooking up” by any stretch.

Essentially, everywhere you look our language has been affected as such, hasn’t it?

Basically, you really can’t “drill”, “pound”, “bang”, or especially “ram” anything anymore these days, let alone “give it to me”, without eliciting a chortle from anyone within earshot.

As far as “poking” people on Facebook goes, who knows what they were thinking over there? I mean…don’t they know what they’re implying?

Well, at least when someone friends me on Facebook, the “personal message” can still say, “Hey, I came across your profile” without being misinterpreted…or can it?

And to be sure, the whole concept of the Flintstones having a “gay old time” these days evokes some disturbing images.

But the one that really causes me to wonder what kind of monster we’ve created for ourselves with all of this is how the word “do” has been reduced to bedroom humor. These days, it’s pretty much universally synonymous with “have sexual relations”, of course.

I mean, this is one of the most essential verbs in the English language. Little kids in ESL are taught “do” on day one, right along with “be” and “make”.

Well, then again, Mick Jagger was “making” some girl way back in 1964. So perhaps this is just natural progression. No basic tenet of our language is immune. Just ask anyone who’s ever BEEN WITH you before.

So “do” was actually late to the party, I suppose (whatever “party” means nowadays).

As recently as the mid-’80s, the verb to “do” was tough-guy talk for “put a bullet in his head”. Go watch some action/adventure flicks from back then and have a good laugh when the uber-badguy coldly hisses, “do him” in response to some henchman asking what to do with the innocent hostage.

And that was a ridiculous enough twist on the language in its own right.

So, apparently we have Bell Biv Devoe and/or Aerosmith to thank for flipping the switch from “do me” meaning “kill me” to “have sex with me”.

On second thought, considering some of the women I’ve dated in my darkest past, what’s the difference?

But I digress.

Very recently, I showed up somewhere that required I make an appointment. I forget whether it was to get my car “serviced” (*ahem*) or the dentist’s office or what. But the leather-faced senior lady with the “smoker’s voice” smiled at me and announced, “We can do you tomorrow morning, hun. How’s that?”

Or not. Sheesh.

I guess I’ve been brainwashed like the rest of us. Chalk it up to the game.

Be Good,

Scot

 

 








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My Best Online Dating Horror Stories

Whatever You Fill These With, Don't Talk About It On A DateYeah, yeah. It’s absolutely true that online dating worked out pretty well for me, ultimately.

But having given it some thought, I wanted to come clean with you about something.

It’s not like every single date was a blissful stream of perfection.

Sure, I met lots of great women and had a blast for several years…culminating in meeting Emily on Match.com.

But along the way, especially at the beginning, I certainly encountered my share of sometimes hilarious and sometimes downright nightmarish situations.

Here are the four most memorable ones

 
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What New-School Women’s Birth Control Means To Men

Paris All Patched Up.  Nice.I think it’s time someone talked about women’s birth control from a man’s perspective.

Yeah, yeah. I understand that what a “woman does with her own body is her own business”, etc. But that doesn’t mean we as guys aren’t going to have opinions about it.

After all, by definition, we’re affected. At least somehow.

And never before have we been MORE affected than these days, when women’s birth control has become as much of a “fashion accessory” or something as a practical solution to preventing pregnancy.

So here it is. We have “ribbed” condoms, flavored ones and so forth…which only goes to show that contraceptives are everyone’s business after all.

So if women’s interests can potentially be met by male contraception, it’s time for us guys to have a voice.

1) The Patch

The birth control patch apparently works well, and fast. But this is not meant to be a dry, clinical piece on objective functionality and medical pros/cons. So let’s get to the point.

The point is that I don’t want to see a big ol’ sloppy Band-Aid ™ on her tail section. And no apologies either. A good, well-placed whack at key moments just doesn’t quite resonate the same way (literally or figuratively) when that thing’s stuck there. And since most women and men are right-handed, this just underscores my point. If that last sentence didn’t make sense, think about it until it does.

So ladies, if you must use The Patch, I fully get you’re trying to make it discreet so you don’t look like you’re healing from road rash or something. But it can’t go back there either.

And since I’m at a loss for recommending a better place for it myself, I feel your dilemma. Especially since even if you decide to just yank the patch off and chuck it there tends to be a nasty mark for a while. It’s as if some mutant square-faced leech has been macking away at you. Nice.

2) The Ring

Formally branded “NuvaRing“, nothing quite takes the “ce” out of “contraception” like this contraption.

Yes, it works, and it’s probably a major improvement upon diaphragms and IUDs.

But you don’t think it adversely affects your sex life, guess again.

First and foremost, don’t listen to your gynecologist, who will probably tell you that “you won’t be able to feel it, and neither will your guy.”

Whatever.

That theory goes out the window the first time “your guy” pulls out wearing the thing. Bulls eye.

Me: “It looks I won the ‘ring toss’ game. Where’s my big teddy bear?”

Her: “[gasp] OMG…that wasn’t supposed to be possible! LOL Here, let me put it on the nightstand/dashboard/kitchen counter/shower head”

Unfortunately, you only get three hours worth of a “time out” from that thing before the whole transaction is null and void and all bets are off. Ouch.

Speaking of “ouch”, if you just leave The Ring in and deal with carnival games, there’s always the off chance that Louis Leakey is going to find it right at an inopportune moment…sideways. Let’s just say that’s a mood killer.

And we won’t talk about the likelihood of finding “temporarily” removed rings on the carpet by the bed with lint all stuck to them. Uh oh.

 

So what’s a woman to do? Sure that’s your business, ladies. Then again, we could wear latex condoms even if you’re viciously allergic, couldn’t we?

But we won’t. And we’d appreciate if you’d stick to the pill if at all possible, please.

And by the way guys, don’t be talked out of wrapping that rascal, either by her or by yourself.

And if she says, “I’m on the pill so you don’t have to pull out”, there’s no proof like solid evidence in the form of a pill case with the “numbers matching”.

At least you have tangible evidence with rings and patches, huh? Well, that’s at least one in the “plus” column for them. Draw your own conclusions.

Be Good,

Scot McKay

P.S. Emily (who is ring and patch free, thank you) and I are off to Mexico for a week of vacation. Don’t complain. We’ll be WAY less cranky when we get back all refreshed. Everything will run “business as usual” at the X & Y Communications Shop however, thanks to the magic of the Internets.

 
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You Can Take Her Bra Off With One Hand, But You’ll Need BOTH For This

Maybe you remember this post about how to take a woman’s bra off with one hand.

Well, apparently women have the exact opposite problem.

Enjoy this video:

YouTube

Somehow, the appearance of “feo” in the URL’s character string is ironic, especially if you’re a Spanish speaker.

Anyway, for the record I have a hard time believing this is a real issue. But the video is clearly intended for a female audience nonetheless.

OK, no more messing around. Part Two of “The Car You Drive” is coming up next…

Be Good,

Scot McKay

 
Life Is Too Short Not To Have Your Messages Answered By Hotties On MySpace

 








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Online Dating: My Rant On eHarmony [Video]

A warm welcome to the second video blog in the latest series dealing with Online Dating.

By now, you know that I’m generally a good-natured guy. So I figure that I’ve built enough “emotional capital” with you that I can indulge myself in a good, old-fashioned rant or two now and then.

With that in mind, what better place to turn than eHarmony. (or is that, “eHarm-Me”?)

OK, well…enough of an intro. I’m already getting carried away. I’ll let the video do the talking.

But did I mention that eHarmony actually rejects over 20% of it’s applicants without explanation…after they’ve spent over an hour completing the questionnaire? To me that’s gotta feel kind of like losing a hard-earned Word document to the “blue screen of death” before hitting “save”.

Wait…I have to throw in that if you are a guy under 5’7″ they’ve already predetermined that you’ll get rejected, since–after all–you’re “unmatchable” (read about it here, on eHarmony’s own server under “The Chemistry Factor” section.

Okay, okay. It’s time for the video. Really this time…

 

 

So what are your experiences with eHarmony? Are yours different than mine? Share your point of view by leaving a comment.

At 5’7″, I guess I made the cut (FYI, 5’6″ does indeed get rejected, as noted here).

I was set up with women 2000 miles away who were the exact opposite of what my preferences stated (including smoking habits and spiritual beliefs). In fact, my “potential soulmates” were literally all over the map–literally and figuratively.

So after systematically rejecting my allotment of ten per day (?) for the first few days in a row, I asked customer service about all of this.

The response? “Well,” they said matter-of-factly, “why didn’t you just limit your responses to your own metro area?”

Go figure. When you actually fall for their plaintive exhortation to “not limit your geography…this is your soulmate we’re talking about here!”, what happens? They lead with Sacramento, California and Nampa, Idaho when they actually had “the girl next door” in their back pocket all along. Great.

As it turned out, my “soulmates” in San Antonio didn’t cut it either. The one that was interesting I had already met…on Match.com!

OK, then.

Lest I be branded a “Match.com apologist” by the masses, I’ll give you my “rant” on them next time around! It’s all in good fun.

Be Good,

Scot

 
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10 Ways To Maximize Your Pickup Game At Karaoke Bars

Emily Demonstrating Proper Karaoke Technique

Recently I received an e-mail from a guy in Australia who had heard Emily and I talking about karaoke here and there on X & Y On The Fly. He wanted to know if we had any advice regarding getting the most out of karaoke and therefore meeting lots of women…especially if you aren’t naturally gifted with world-class singing ability.
'You Got Me Feelin' Hella Good So Let's Just Keeep On Dannnn-cin'

Karaoke…ah yes. The world’s most OVERLOOKED bar/club strategy. Nowhere else can you FORCE women to notice you like you can at a karaoke bar. Better yet, play your cards right and you have ridiculously silly built-in ways to meet the sharpest women in the place.
'Upside Down...Boy You Turn Me'
Here’s my top ten ways to get all of this done:

1) Don’t care…just GO FOR IT. Confidence pulls better than talent. Overall, taking yourself much less seriously than you usually do can be a massive plus.

2) Go after cool songs by people who can’t sing anyway. Anything by the Blues Brothers is perfect. Try “Sweet Home Chicago”. A caveat–some songs seem like they don’t require much talent, but they really do and the songs are HARD. Anything by Nirvana applies here. “Wonderwall” by Oasis is a song that also comes to mind, as is “Jumper” by Third Eye Blind. Curiously, those two songs in particular also get every girl in the place to sing along with you–which is a MAJOR plus. I love ’em all but they took major practice.

3) Assuming a firm grasp on how your personality conveys, go learn a song or two that is COMPLETELY UNLIKE your personality…and master it/them. The way to do this is to drop a measly buck on iTunes and download the song. Play it back to back to back until you have every nuance. Usually 5-10 times does it, and then you have it forever. I know one guy who only does songs by women like Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight–and he nails them every time. He’s a masculine enough guy and the irony is rich, so people are loving it. Chicks cheer for him. Incidentally, you don’t know me well enough yet to hear what my personal secret weapons are…LOL.

4) If you can’t sing, rap. Try “Baby Got Back”. Goofball raps are generally better than serious gangsta rap, unless you’re just flat-out stone cold. Then, it’s a lot of fun. Again, iTunes is the ticket.

5) You may not be as bad a singer as you think. Sing along to stuff in the car and start getting a grip for whose stuff you can carry.
'Thunder Only Happens When It's Raaain-in'
6) A little known trick–you can get the KJ (karaoke jockey) to raise or drop the key. I drop two keys and I’m Jon Bon Jovi or Vince Neil. It drives other dudes nuts, especially nights when my pipes are on. They’ll say stuff like, “Dude…you NAILED that. There’s NO WAY I could hit that.”

7) Some songs are MUCH cooler as karaoke songs than in “real life”. You’ll get a feel for this by watching. The point is not to get caught up in making sure you sing a “cool song”. Maybe “7a” here is singing songs sung by guys but that women LOVE.

8) Know an “old standard”. Dean Martin or Frank Sinatra are killers. One of my favorites to pull this time of year is The Christmas Song by Nat King Cole. This is straight-up pimping out of the box, I’m telling you. And the younger you are, the better this goes over.

9) Tip the KJ and get to know him/her like you would a bouncer or a bartender. Things will go better for you.

And the ULTIMATE…

10) MASTER at least one amazing M/F duet. As soon as some chick you want to meet turns out to be brave enough to get up there and sing tell her (not ask her) that you want her to do a duet with you. “Picture” with Sheryl Crow and Kid Rock is the default, easy standard these days.

That's Enough...Someone Else Take Over
On the topic of that last point above, I fantasized for the longest time about finding a “wingwoman” who could master “Paradise By The Dashboard Light” by Meat Loaf and belt out her part like a champion. These days, Emily and I have now built that particular duet into our trademark. At least half the times we go to our regular places we close out the night at 10 mins. to 2a with that and it brings the house down (including last night). I still get a rush doing it. I’d love to get Meat Loaf on The Chick Whisperer sometime…LOL

Be Good,

Scot
 








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Emily’s Got An Evil Twin

Emily's Cartoon Doppelganger
…and it’s a CARTOON.

Seriously, check out the pic to the left here. I found an ad for the company who does these things in my inbox. The hilarious part is that the difference between the chick in the e-mail’s graphics and the one you see here was literally two minor adjustments. I’m convinced this was pure coincidence, but still…it caught my attention.

So basically, I call this Emily’s “Evil Twin” because she: 1) Refuses to smile,… 2) …had the WRONG voice, which was something I saw happen in The Exorcist, and… 3) …has the distinct look of some Japanimation super-chick from one of those bizarro “Adult Swim” shows on Cartoon Network.
The SitePal Interface
Yeah, well. I’m glad I got the better of the two “twins”, right? The good folks at SitePal may yet sell me on “Emily II”, if they can somehow teach her to smile and if I can overlay an actual recording track of Emily being friendly. That would change the whole ball game.

BTW, I tried to get one of the many avatars they have on their demo site to look like me, but no joy. As if that’s what we need around here anyway.

Be Good,

Scot
 








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