A Perfect Face for Radio

I have to laugh when I see my picture atop my weblog these days. As Frank Willison once said, "I'll never model." As Gumby Wallace once said, I have "boxcar looks" (i.e. somewhere near the end of the train).



It is not that the picture looks that bad, but it doesn't really look like me. Certainly, you wouldn't recognize me on the street based on it. For that matter, I might look entirely different. That picture may just be an avatar.



I know several women who use online pseudonyms, and at least one told me she did it specifically to conceal her gender. A few years ago, people communicated primarily via text, but still images are now common, and videos aren't far behind.



Upon meeting my wife, who is quite petite, in person, a client remarked that she had sounded fat on the phone. I'm not sure how someone sounds fat (she's not).



My biting and often cynical online demeanor has prompted several people to assume I'm bald, short, fat, ugly, or single. I'm sorry to report that I'm none of the above (not that there's anything wrong with that). I guess it just goes to prove, you can't judge a book's cover by its contents.



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