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  1. Madelaine McMasters
    I get this, though I keep in mind that I might be the person someone else lowered their standards to meet, after which I suck the life out of them. This is not a matter of being a good or bad person, it's the result of mismatched expectations, interests, and personalities. At the end of the day, I want anyone who spends time with me to walk away happy. The challenge is finding someone who doesn't want to walk away at all. I don't subscribe to the misanthrope's motto, however. I have my own - people are weird, and I am a people.
  2. Madelaine McMasters
    Year ago, while kayaking on the Wisconsin River, I heard the sound of drumming from the shore. A group of people had climbed into the Steven's Point Bandshell and were joyously banging away. If I'd had my bodhran, I'd have scared them all away*. *That's a lie, you can't scare drummers. Gunfire is just another form of percussion. 1812 Overture anyone?
  3. Madelaine McMasters
    People have told me I'm difficult, no matter what their gender orientation is!
  4. Madelaine McMasters
    That's a stupid and dangerous requirement that likely violates the law. I have met submissives that required (or even demanded) treatment I would not (as a matter of interest) or could not (as a matter of morality) give. I've also met dominants that were abused by their submissives. Like Seicher, my life would certainly be easier if I were different. But, we are who we are and we make the best with what we're given. I've been given a hell of a lot.
  5. Madelaine McMasters
    ...tosses you some chopped liver and sets you on fire* *not even a barbarian would have no onions at the ready
  6. Madelaine McMasters
    As the "other person", I have been quite put out when my partner REQUIRED "kink". It felt..selfish? But perhaps I was the selfish one for not agreeing to their terms. These things are touchy, and quite personal. I didn't understand myself well (or at all) when I got married. Kink didn't sink the boat, not wanting kids did. Though I have requirements, that needn't be selfish. My last partner required my requirement, and was patient as I eased into the control she needed me to take. I didn't perceive her as selfish, I perceived her as amazing... and out of her damned mind. I don't see this as different than straight people requiring partners of the opposite gender. I simply have a much smaller pool to fish from.
  7. Madelaine McMasters
    Well, my life would have been easier if enjoyment of intimacy didn't require kink. Batting for a team requires batting, right? I did round the bases during my marriage, but advancing on walks probably doesn't count. Mostly I'm too lazy (or scared to death) to pursue that particular dream. Thankfully, there are lots of other things that interest me.
  8. Madelaine McMasters
    Harry, thank you for leading me to Russian Doll...
  9. Madelaine McMasters
    Ooooh, streaming/broadcasting is a challenge. Da5id. Whatever confidence I lack over playing my bodhran in public can be replaced by pizza given to the band... or the audience.
  10. Madelaine McMasters
    ...throws you an onion and sets you on fire.
  11. Madelaine McMasters
    I grew up listening to "Old Time Radio Drama" on Wisconsin Public Radio. The show was cancelled in 2020, largely because the material was looking both dated and insensitive. I was a member of a local community theater for years. At our after parties, we'd sometimes do little radio sketches that members had written, or impromptu lampoons of scenes from the play we'd just wrapped. Neil Simon would have filed a lawsuit if he'd seen what we did with "Barefoot in the Park".
  12. Madelaine McMasters
    ...starts a rumor that LL will automatically rename things titled "Object" if they find more than 5,000 of them in any folder.
  13. Madelaine McMasters
    You have to do more than ask sometimes. Describe that you've tried and what didn't work.
  14. Madelaine McMasters
    Some issues never die.
  15. Madelaine McMasters
    I'm in my 39th year of failure free enjoyment of Macs, 14 of them spent in SL.
  16. Madelaine McMasters
    You can adjust trackpad tracking speed in the "Trackpad" pane of "System Preferences" (2nd from the top in the  menu). The same setting is available (via the "Mouse" pane) for Apple's mouse, should you use one with your MacBook. Apple's security provisions to require an extra permission step, as explained in the link I provided, and Rowan re-provided.
  17. Madelaine McMasters
    Oddly, yes! That's even, 41 or 43? Oddly, both are prime!* * @Love Zhaoying ain't the only one who can elicit a groan.
  18. Madelaine McMasters
    Was it 42?
  19. Madelaine McMasters
    While Melissa Ferrick's "Drive" reflects my SL aspirations, my SL actuality is somewhere between these two... Even the Pink Panther theme is somewhat aspirational. Though I like to think of my self as the Pink Pantheress, I'm really more like Inspectress Clouseau. That's okay, my ego runs fine on sympathy.
  20. Madelaine McMasters
    This is a demographic shift that works against SL. Laptop/desktop sales are in a decline that's projected to continue for years, while most humans have smartphones capable of running at least some form of SL competition.
  21. Madelaine McMasters
    Welcome to Second Life, Momma! (May I call you "Momma"?) But do take ice cream... If it's good enough for a rainbow unicorn, it's good enough for you!
  22. Madelaine McMasters
    I think it is @Madelaine McMasterswho talks about the sap occasionally. And no, I don't mean "the ladies" (you know which ones). For many years, I'd go maple sugaring with friends. Their sugar shack could process up to a thousand gallons of syrup in a season, from 40,000 gallons of sap. After collecting sap into a tank-sleigh pulled through the snowy forest stand by mules, we'd get all toasty around the wood fired evaporator while eating potluck. It's a fun way to spend a crisp late winter day, even if you are prone to sugarfooting*. *Accidentally spilling sap into the top of your boot, because you're too proud to admit you're not strong enough to carry two full buckets to the sleigh, like the boys.
  23. Madelaine McMasters
    I'm playing the long odds. I'll send you one if I win.
  24. Madelaine McMasters
    ...orders nine "Mindful" shirts.
  25. Madelaine McMasters
    Ditto for me...
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