Origin Stories

Over the past few months I have been asked many times how I met The Slackmistress and the short answer is that I found her web site one day and left a comment, she returned the favor on this blog and soon I admitted my Slack crush and we were emailing, then we met and she swore she’d never go out with me. Eventually she came around; it’s your basic romantic comedy script with a much appreciated internet cheering section. Last night The Girl and I put our detective skills to work to determine how I managed to find her web site that first time and after much searching and some fine sleuthing we found the very place where we first crossed paths. Several months ago I was looking through someone’s Flickr photos when I found a comment left by someone called The Slackmistress who even as a thumbnail photo caught my eye I clicked over and was immediately interested in finding out more. After working my way through to the profile page I saw she had a website…was single, AND LIVED NEAR ME…I clicked over to that site immediately, watched her video blog and commented something that I hoped was witty enough to get her attention. Clearly it worked out just fine for me although it took a little time.

So you may be asking yourselves a question now which is this….who was the owner of the mystery Flickr photo where I first found my detective partner and future Mrs. Be the Boy?

Well the credit for the accidental introduction goes to Mickipedia, whom the Slackmistress and I had both met separately in the past. Without knowing she was doing so, she managed to set something very good in motion and for that I owe her big time. If she even need a mystery solved my lady and I can handle it gratis.