If I had a chance to actually meet "God" face-to-face and ask "Him/Her/It" any question, here's what I would ask:

"Hey God, if that's what you really are, why have you put me here? Why did you have me born on March 24, 1980, into a life that YOU KNEW I would never be anything? Why have you given me a life in which I serve NO useful purpose, where there exists NO woman for me to mate with, a life in which you knowingly don't create or provide me ANY means with which to obtain them, all while expecting me to be happy-dappy dippy **** every day that I suffer emotionally and DEMANDING that I "worship" you, BLINDLY, and giving me ABSOLUTELY ZERO acknowledgement of EVER hearing ANY prayers I send to you? Why have you made me this broken, very cynical, EXTREMELY BITTER!, mentally disabled, lonely, useless pile of garbage and put me in a world, in a life where no one wants me, no one really loves me and, if killed, would never, ever be missed? Did it not once cross your mind that you might have been making A BIG MISTAKE in putting me here in the first place? Was there not once ANY moment, in all of your all-seeingness, in all of your all-knowingness, where you genuinely and honestly questioned whether putting me in this place at this time was a really good idea? Was there no point at all in ANY of your "creating" where you thought, even if only briefly, even if only once in passing, that doing this would actually result in YOUR CREATION, THAT WHICH YOU GAVE FREE WILL TO, OPENLY REJECTING POSITIVELY EVERYTHING THAT RELIGION HAS TRIED AGAIN AND AGAIN, AND FAILED EACH AND EVERY TIME, TO MAKE THAT CREATION BELIEVE IN YOU?! You made me, and I hold you AT LEAST half accountable for my UTTER FAILURE at being what you designed me to be! I blame YOU, GOD, CREATOR OF AN ENTIRE UNIVERSE, for FAILING me and COMPLETELY DESTROYING ANY FAITH I MAY ONCE HAVE HAD IN YOUR ACTIVITIES!! HOW DO YOU PLEAD?!! WHAT HAVE YOU TO SAY FOR THIS?!! I DON'T CARE IF YOU DESTROY MY SOUL!! I HAVE NOTHING TO GAIN OR LOSE!! I SEEK ANSWERS!"

...Unreasonable? Maybe, but this is how I feel. No words shall be minced. Peace to all this coming Christmas.

Yeah, I understand. I'm not uncomfortable around guns, per se, though I have never been out hunting or to a shooting range. My comment was purely my appraisal, albeit a little unfair, of what I'd probably do with a gun, a prediction at best, crudely worded rhetorical sarcasm at worst. My thinking is pretty much similar to yours in the "different strokes for different folks" department. :-)

No, I don't. Which is probably a good thing since I might decide to be depressed with my life and shoot myself. BLAM!! Goneski. One bullet right between the eyes.

Nothin'. Absolutely nothin'. I don't do anything before I go to bed.

Thanks Jan. So far their suggestions have all been what I'm looking for, or at least close enough to it. It's become pretty evident that I have many things to change. I'm glad to see that I haven't been totally ignored. I just hope I can do this without too much difficulty. Describing myself is not my strong suit as I've never really had to do it. Not even for a job interview, which is telling.

Good luck to you, too. I see you a lot in the forums, too, and I hope that some of my help and comments have proved useful to your own needs. Stay cool.

Hmm...I don't have much confidence. Indeed, I've never really had any confidence about much of anything. That's been an issue all my life, the lack of confidence and self-esteem. It's funny that you mention my forum persona as being "quick" and "smart". I try my very best to not be just completely stupid. I do experience life in quite similar fashion as everyone else, albeit colored slightly by some of my own personal issues. I am apt to think of myself as being "useless" and "incapable". As for there being a lack of depth in my profile, I guess I'm more of a "prove it to the world directly" type than an "advertise, advertise, advertise - never mind if there's any proof!" type. I just don't like talking about myself. I'd often prefer to show my true colors in the "field" over saying how good I am and run the risk of not delivering later. Thank you, SitkaRains, for your input here. You're very observant even if I am a bit obvious and unambiguous. I'll have to re-think the concept of "depth" in my profile. Describing myself to a finicky and oft judgmental world is going to be a challenge. Hopefully, not too challenging.

Hey, Cat. Thanks for your input. Perhaps you are right about how I start off my profile. I don't know if I have all that much to offer. I'm super "average" and kind of awkward at talking about myself. I don't really like doing that too much because doing so tends to make me feel a little self-conscious or like I'm overselling something that isn't as great as all that. I don't really know what women want and I'm timid or headstrong depending on my mood. I admit that I haven't give enough thought to that and I'll definitely keep your suggestions in mind.

Hey, thanks for the tips, Peggy. I've wondered if stating my "career" was really a good idea or even necessary to the end purposes of this site. So, yeah, I can definitely change that yesterday.

As for what positive things I bring to the table...I'm not totally certain if I actually have all that much to offer. I'm pretty, let's just say, "average", if I'm even that. I'm not much of an adventurer. And I don't count myself as being heroic in any sense. I've got a lot of life issues, a LOT of 'em, most of which I don't really want to talk about for various reasons. And, obviously, I don't want to come off as a perverted old fool to anyone, young or old. Maybe that's where I'm falling short. I'll see if I can think of something to better "capture my essence". I'm really not apt to sing my own praises, that is, I don't really like talking about myself too much. So virtues might be muted a bit for sanity's sake. To be honest, I haven't given this aspect of my profile enough thought. So I'll keep all of your tips in mind.

Just an comment, if I may. I think you're pretty and I've seen you around here often in the forums. I wish you luck in your pursuits whatever they may be.

Thank you Blondey. I know my current photograph sucks. And I'm well aware of the female's tendency to judge first on looks, everything else second, third, fourth, etc.. That's why I put "...beyond my photograph, of course" in my initial post. I know that has to change. Unfortunately, I don't have a proper camera and it's kind of cumbersome to figure out a good way to mount my phone so that I can take a good clean photo of myself with it. The "selfie cam" (front-facing camera) is crappy, to say the least. I mean, I don't know how else to put it...the resolution of my particular phone's front camera is only VGA quality at something like 640x480 px., so it's really not good. The main camera is far and away better, but I'd need someone else to hold my phone and take it for me. And then there's the issue of not having a suitable environment to do the photo shoot. My room's a horrible mess and you people do NOT need to see my room, it is HIDEOUS. I will, however, keep your suggestion in mind when I am able to take a more decent photograph.

Oh come on, now... There must be SOMEBODY that has seen this and would be willing to give me some help here, right? In fifteen days, 40 or so have viewed this, but NO replies?! And you people wonder why I get so mad when I am ignored?!! What's the point of writing messages or posting in the forums if I'm just going to be ignored?!

And THAT'S why I don't play Pokemon Go!

Unfortunately, the real world is scarier in this respect than many are willing to admit. Seems like everything, even simple necessary things like food can cause some sort of addiction. How ironic.

Hey all,

Just writing to ask for some advice/tips/suggestions/additions/modifications from the community for updating and improving my profile. I'm not getting any action and I am considering a rework of my profile and the information in it. I know the text is badly lacking, but I'm not sure where I need to start or what I should put in or what is safe to put in my profile, description, headline, etc.

So, if you would, please take a look at my profile and write in your suggestions, beyond of course my photograph (I can't really do anything about it at the moment...bear with me), of what I can do to improve my profile data. BE NICE! Don't be mean or impolite and thank you in advance. I would especially like some feedback from the 20-something/30-something ladies out there. Your input will be greatly appreciated.

You're right on, Igor. The whole thing's a free-for-all. There ain't nothin' sacred, not a thing. So yeah, this isn't news...at least, not to me anyway.

Thank you, SassyEuro. We so need it.

Okay. Papa John's, Domino's or Pizza Hut?

Hey man, you're not the only one. I'm still looking and haven't found it yet.

Hmm...sounds more like a case of sore-loser syndrome more than anything else. But I do agree with the IOC's stance here. You cannot bring political sentiment to what should be an event where all participants are expected to be friendly and demonstrate some form of civility and humaneness toward opponents, even when there is normally hostile sentiments between the two outside of the Olympics. It's one thing to compete, it's quite something else altogether to be mean-spirited and display poor sportsmanship by dredging up political strife and being unfriendly to the other participants, whatever their ethnicity, nationality, religious persuasion or political persuasion. The Olympic Games are not the place for that!

Well now, this is interesting. I wonder what's going to happen next. Is the NSA going to admit to their "dirty deeds"? Or, are they going to classically give the old "We can neither confirm nor deny..." deflection clause when they are eventually exposed and confronted? My bets are on the latter and not the former.

Thanks RebelArcher. Your thoughts are well received here. Here where I live (Metairie/New Orleans), we haven't seen anywhere near as much rain as our neighbors in Watson, Denham Springs, etc.; maybe 2 to 6 inches at most. So, NOLA residents are fortunate, but we are also very much thinking about our neighbors to the west. New Orleans folk know what that's like.

Biggest turn-off for me is ignoring me and failing to reply to messages I send! That really kills my desire to be more active and defeats the purpose of a dating website!! Not to mention it triggers my anger and depression issues!