At the risk of stepping in a pile of angry red ants, I'll just go ahead and ignore the subtext here and say what I logged in to say.
I've never posted in the Saloon before, unless I did so in a drunken stupor, because, frankly, I think threads like this exacerbate sexual tensions at RI, to the detriment of the intellectual subject matter. I liked it better when I didn't know who was male and female. If I allowed myself, I could turn this into a long dissertation on how real or perceived sexual tension impacts dialogue, especially in a medium where you must take a poster's word regarding gender. But hey, we're all human (except for the reptilians), so I suppose it's natural to get a little frisky, even if it's not my ideal of what a serious discussion board should be. I learned a long time ago opinions don't really matter if one has no control.
With that disclaimer out of the way, PW, even though you speak espanol rather than francais, I cannot hide my excitement at interacting with a female artist who loves Paris and speaks a foreign language. You also have made some observations I noticed myself but chose not to mention because I generally try to avoid conflicts here. You may be my first official virtual crush, but don't let it go to your head. Even with avatars, relative anonymity allows us to cross boundaries we might hesitate to cross in the real world. I've only met one RI personality in the RL - chiggerbit - and that only because she lives in my state and has land across the river from some cabins my family owns. I'm probably too paranoid to attend an RI meetup, though I won't rule it out if one ever comes a little closer to the middle of nowhere. As I finish the last glug in my last beer, I raise my glass to you before I retire to bed, and hopefully find sleep in the midst of this mid-July heat.
