A Brilliant New Voice in the Blogosphere

by Susan Walsh on May 10, 2012 · 34 comments

in Hooking Up Realities

I ran the plan through my mind again.  This operation had been in the works for a month, and I was terrified of fucking it up.  I was visualizing the primary and secondary egress routes with my eyes shut when I recognized the target’s distinct voice around the corner.  No mistaking that voice – not after all the direct and indirect intel I’d gathered.  I took a turkey-look around the corner for a quick visual confirmation.  I half-hoped I’d see something that warranted an abort, but conditions were favorable.  This, as they say, was motherfucking it.

My mouth tasted like copper.

My abdominal muscles clenched.

My right knee quivered like it always does when I’m scared.

I stepped around the corner.

The target locked eyes with me.

Blood pounded in my ears.

I unstuck my tongue from the roof of my mouth.

“Hi Melanie!” I croaked.  “Will you go to Homecoming with me?”

 

Did you crack up? I did. That’s part of today’s post over at Pill Red, Condition Yellow, the new blog of Dogsquat, one of our favorite peeps. Anyone familiar with Dogsquat from the comment section knows that he’s a smart, irreverent, hilarious and effective writer. He’s one of the best communicators I’ve ever seen, and now he’s hung out a shingle. Great news!

For all the young guys reading here, and there are quite a few, don’t miss this. He’s a good man who inspires and entertains. His advice is golden. 

Welcome to the Blogroll PRCY!

{ 34 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Mule Chewing Briars May 10, 2012 at 4:28 pm

Sue -

I stumbled across this very popular relationship blog for women. The level of ignorance about male motivation and female hypergamy brought tears to my eyes.

I posted there, but I think they need Aunt Sue more than they need me.

Shoutouts ta Dogsquat who is da man. Only JM and Roissy’s KingA equal him. Only GBFM surpasses him.

2 INTJ May 10, 2012 at 4:37 pm

Yay! Good that we’re getting more sane voices in the manosphere. :)

I’ve always loved Dogsquat’s comments, and I’m glad that he took your advice and created a blog.

3 Herb May 10, 2012 at 4:39 pm

I’ve been saying I want a Red Pill alternative to the PUAs.

I’m glad we’ve finally got one.

4 Emily May 10, 2012 at 5:01 pm

Congrats Dogsquat! You are a gentleman and a scholar, and I’m sure that your blog will do a world of good. …now all we need to do is get JM to start a blog! ;)

5 Emily May 10, 2012 at 5:06 pm

>> “Only GBFM surpasses him.”

Lol! Maybe if we say his name enough, he’ll come back. :D

6 ExNewYorker May 10, 2012 at 7:36 pm

Gotta admit that Dogsquat, for a short period, had the most gruesomely funny avatar I’ve seen on HUS (the current one is pretty good too)…

That on top of his good comments…

7 david foster May 10, 2012 at 8:28 pm

Excellent news!

My most recent post…Thank Goodness for the Linotype

8 GudEnuf May 10, 2012 at 9:05 pm

I think most guys can relate to that story. Congratulations Dogsquat!

9 Susan Walsh May 10, 2012 at 10:58 pm

@Mule

This says it all:

I started this blog as a late twenty-something with poor taste in men and relationships.

Oy.

10 Susan Walsh May 10, 2012 at 11:09 pm

@ENY

Gotta admit that Dogsquat, for a short period, had the most gruesomely funny avatar I’ve seen on HUS

Haha, that’s the one he’s using at his blog!

11 ExNewYorker May 11, 2012 at 1:15 am

@Susan,

You’re right! That avatar is disturbingly amusing…

12 Herb May 11, 2012 at 10:54 am

So, I realized this morning what separated this one post from typical PUA posts on learning to approach.

How respectful it was of other people.

Really, everything he suggests are a mechanic can be learned at PUA blogs (at least the ones I’ve surveyed). However, his hints on not being creepy with staff and such show respect for other people.

13 ExNewYorker May 11, 2012 at 2:48 pm

@Mule,

Boy, there’s a lot of denial on that comment you made on that booty call post. Looks like a lot of women there just keep digging…

14 Dogsquat May 11, 2012 at 3:23 pm

Thank you very much, Susan!

15 Dogsquat May 11, 2012 at 3:30 pm

Herb said:

“So, I realized this morning what separated this one post from typical PUA posts on learning to approach.

How respectful it was of other people.”
________________________

I need to work on my camouflage and concealment some more.

16 Herb May 11, 2012 at 3:39 pm

@Dogsquat

I need to work on my camouflage and concealment some more.

Nope, you’re not infantry anymore…you’re ADA and you want them to see you. Remember, every sortie used to try to take you out is a virtual kill (man, you ADA guys are fucked in the head sometimes).

17 Susan Walsh May 11, 2012 at 4:15 pm

@Dogsquat

For a blog that has been open for biz for just a few days, you’re already getting a nice convo going. Well done!

18 Susan Walsh May 11, 2012 at 8:52 pm

Vox Day has just written up a post on Dogsquat’s new blog. That is a great endorsement from a blogger who has an extremely loyal following. We’re ramping up our expectations Dogsquat!

http://alphagameplan.blogspot.com/2012/05/dogsquats-new-blog.html

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the bill of men’s rights

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1) a womenz who hasth been butthexed less than 4 times
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3) said butthexing events not being secretly taped without her conthent
4) no woman shall have a right to her husbands assetts if he comes home and finds her banging the poolboy ontop of his ps3 controller, thusly damaging said controller lzozl that would suck
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20 Dogsquat May 12, 2012 at 2:16 am

Whoop whoop! Thanks, Susan.

21 Bellita May 12, 2012 at 7:11 am

I was so happy when I heard the news! Best wishes for the new blog, Dogsquat! :D

22 Richard Aubrey May 12, 2012 at 11:33 am

Herb. Although a grunt by nature and nurture, I had the misfortune to spend a year in ADA–Nike Herc–which seemed considerably longer.
Terrible place for a simple but honest grunt.
Full of engineers. Ever try to tell an engineer a joke?
Google up “Medal for Horatius”. The ADA guys thought it was straight. Had to tell them about the Temple of Janus, though.

I like Dog’s description of what happens when, having taken the red pill, a guy reflects on what went wrong previously.

23 leadsynth May 12, 2012 at 4:37 pm

Ugh…Susan, I love you, but I find Pill Red, Condition Yellow eye-rollingly bad. His writing is so caricatured, so smug, and so painfully self-centered that I don’t see how anyone can possibly relate to it.

24 Susan Walsh May 12, 2012 at 5:58 pm

@leadsynth

Really? He’s been a commenter here for a while and he’s never been smug. Did you see the post about his parents’ relationship? It was lovely. In any case, I think Dogsquat has a lot of useful things to share with young men – that’s his target audience. And FWIW, I believe he’s a very good man who loves women, and the ‘sphere needs more of that.

None of us is for all markets, and I can assure you many people find my writing intolerable!

25 INTJ May 12, 2012 at 6:07 pm

@leadsynth

Ugh…Susan, I love you, but I find Pill Red, Condition Yellow eye-rollingly bad. His writing is so caricatured, so smug, and so painfully self-centered that I don’t see how anyone can possibly relate to it.

He tells it like it is, and doesn’t sugar coat it. He’s not smug or self-centered, just much more direct. Some people prefer or need that direct style.

26 Dogsquat May 12, 2012 at 10:22 pm

Richard said:

“Although a grunt by nature and nurture, I had the misfortune to spend a year in ADA–Nike Herc–which seemed considerably longer.”
_________________________

Richard, do you think the conventional warheads were worth a crap in those things? I can see the short term utility in lobbing a 28kt nuke into a formation of TU-95s, but I’ll bet the missile was more expensive than those bombers.

Would that system have worked?

27 Dogsquat May 12, 2012 at 10:31 pm

Leadsynth dislikes my fashion sense.

It’s ok, no one’s perfect.

28 INTJ May 13, 2012 at 2:20 am

@Dogsquat

Richard, do you think the conventional warheads were worth a crap in those things? I can see the short term utility in lobbing a 28kt nuke into a formation of TU-95s, but I’ll bet the missile was more expensive than those bombers.

Would that system have worked?

Probably not. The Nike Hercules used a very complicated guidance algorithm to maximize range (in comparison to Russian CLOS guidance or the later Hawk’s semi-active guidance). Having the kind of accuracy required to get the missile within kill distance of a Tu-95, especially a maneuvering one, would have been very difficult considering the range and angular resolution of radars at the time.

29 The Private Man May 15, 2012 at 10:04 am

It’s good to see Dogsquat with his own blog. Even GBFM chimed in with his usual schtick.

30 Richard Aubrey May 16, 2012 at 9:05 am

Dog. I was S1 in a Nike Herc group. Once I found out the Herc had no bayonet lugs, I lost interest in its other characteristics.
Further than that, deponent–having signed something or other binding for life–sayeth not.

31 Dogsquat May 16, 2012 at 9:20 am

@Richard:

Roger, understood.

My sneaky squirrel paperwork only lasts 25 years. That nuke stuff is serious.

32 Richard Aubrey May 16, 2012 at 10:33 am

We assured the public that the booster disposal areas were all in the numerous lakes surrounding the Detroit-Cleveland Air Defense District.
AFAIK, it was true. Lots of little lakes and such. And a couple of big ones.
Thing is, given the context, the sillyvilians worrying about boosters was hilarious.

33 Samantha May 16, 2012 at 1:46 pm

It seems that we truly have a good voice in blogosphere… It will be fun for sure…

34 Kyle Mills September 5, 2012 at 2:53 pm

It indeed is a brilliant voice. Great blogosphere.

-Kyle

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