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I thought my “my dry cleaner set me up” story was pretty solid. It generally trumps all other set up stories in any sized collection of people and is enjoyed by males and females alike. Then last Thursday happened. I was out to dinner with Gillian, Erica, and Erica’s co-worker Sara(h?), whom I had not previously met. As tends to happen when the convo turns …
This is a make or break your life kind of article. Not saying I buy it, not saying I don’t, but it feels like there is some logic to the below. Full article here. Smart people spent more time on achievements than on relationships when growing up. It’s a value system thing. Smarter people value acheivements and personal successes above almost all. So then dating …
I have this set of mini business cards from a company called Moo. I ordered the little guys awhile back to help legitimize my freelance writing career. They have my personal, not 9-5 info and a photo that I believe to be subtly artsy and yet possessing of a whit factor relative to the business card itself. It’s this picture – a shot of …
This is the 200th post – the two hundreth post (much better). Since the 100th post this blog has produced some interesting developments – like I was asked to write a one-act play about 20-something issues by a small New York production company. Also I was contacted by a bar that’s actually interested in offering name-tags as a social experiment. And the other day my …
Yesterday I was feeling particularly accomplished. I ended a successful day spent in a nice straight-legged black pant with some quick wink slinging on match then popped a little Gensis on the pod for my-two-subway-stop ride home. It wasn’t raining. I had the makings of a nice little stir fry in the fridge. Me: 1 Day: O. On my subway ride home an old, learned–looking …
I’m growing increasingly concerned about the milestone adult skills I haven’t had the occasion to learn. Several kids I went to high school with now own homes slash children. I recently decided that storing extra shoes inside my oven was crossing the line – and so I ordered another set of rack raisers to increase storage under my bed. For the record they’re very hard …
…as an experiment, of course. Perhaps you’ve heard of it, but hopefully you haven’t. CrazyBlindDate is a localized online dating site offered insta-dates to very brave slash desperate people. Basically you sign up for a blind date within the next 6 hours to 3 days. Yes, you read that right. That very night or up to 3 days from that very night. You specify a …
Awhile back my dentist went on a tirade about girls and their online dating habits. He said we’re all just too painfully detailed about everything we love and hate — that we don’t give a guy the chance for a little mystery. Valid point, but as what you’re about to read clearly proves — it’s not just a girl thing. I went back and forth …
This past Saturday I got together with a few brave friends for the pilot shoot of a series of digital videos I’m currently calling Sunday Night Sex Talks. You may remember the idea from this post on the convo series we “organized” in college. (Yes I know we shot it on a “Saturday,” but Sunday has a better ring…and traditionally higher web traffic) I’ve been …
Among the endless fascinating things about match.com (the guy-in-ballpark-with-one- male-friend-picture phenomenon, the fact that options for the “do you drink?” field are “no, not really”, “yes, one to two drinks”, or “regularly”, and that I’m universally attractive to 35 year old Indian men) is the reaction you get when you tell people you’ve joined. Drop the “so I’m trying out match” bomb on any close …