Missed Connections...

In honor of my friend Sara's birthday, I have decided to write about the popular "Missed Connections" section of Craigslist.com.  For those of you who do not spend most of your days at work browsing this completely amazing/horrifying site I will give you the general gist of what goes on here: It is geared for people who feel that they have a connection with someone, but failed to get their name/number.

However, in the m4m section (thats male for male), the connections seem to go a bit further...

In the post "little west 12th street, you taught me to tie sneakers to my balls- m4m - 40 (Greenwich Village), we find a man who posts about a guy who taught him to make slip knots with his shoelaces and attach them to his testicles and jerk off.  Now, I am not a fan of that sort of thing, but here is the crazy part- the posting was today Feb. 11 2009, and the man says they met in the early 90's.  Like you aren't finding him, I am sure this guy has shared this unique fetish to hundreds of other men throughout the last 10 or so years. 

And then there are those who truly think that this site is for lovers, the man who wrote "If you'll be my bodyguard, I can be your long lost pal.. - m4m - 31 (Online); states that "we've only been talking for a couple of weeks" but wishes he "could reach out and pull you through the computer and into my open arms."  My only comment about this post is the fact that if you felt this way and have been talking for a couple of weeks, why are you posting a missed connection? Oh, and good luck opening that bar in Key West that you two discussed.  Might be hard to get financing especially if you dont have your business partners' number.

About seven months ago, my friend George was reading these missed connection's and came across one written about me.  The sad thing is, even in the post, I came off like an asshole. Unlike, the guys who got of with random strangers or who wanted to embrace their lovers through the computers, I was described as a "jerk in a black baseball hat."  Hey- at least I wasn't showing how to make boy-scout knots to strangers in the early 90's.

Clean it up kids,

Dan