“So you said in your profile you enjoy traveling…?” “Yeah, love it. Try to get out of the state at least once a year,” Conor said around a mouthful of steak. Mia breathed in deeply and resumed cutting into her grilled chicken, taking another tiny bite of it. Finally, some common ground, she thought. That … Continue reading
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The Al Bundy Phenomenon (aka GTFO of the Past)
I never once understood those people who love living in the past. Personally, I find it almost masochistic, reliving those days one cannot get back, never mind those days where too many mistakes were made. It’s a bleak viewpoint, I realize. It seems ever more evident though in the public sphere—the old, rich, white guys … Continue reading
Online Dating Field Notes
Match.com Boy, has this site changed since I was last on it back in 2010. Apparently, the company figured out a sneaky way to wrest more money out of their customers. The trick is to completely ignore set preferences just so that, out of desperation, the customer “power(s) up” their profile by paying more money … Continue reading
Singletown, again.
Right, so I may be looking for a rebound, but I’m not sure. At my age, rebounds seem as if they’d be just as exhausting as an all-out relationship. I think the last relationship I was in was kind of a rebound, one that lasted seven years. I’d been long unable to let go of … Continue reading
Why You Should Date a Feminist
Apologies in advance for the heteronormative pronoun use here as this is addressed primarily in response to a specific essay/piece. Mr. David Hon, Oh, my good sir, where does one begin with the likes of you? Like so many, so curious, I read your little opinion piece over the weekend because the title of … Continue reading
You Only Like Me When You’re Drunk (a song)
I wrote this little country-ish diddy some time ago, while I was performing with a comedy improv troupe during my off days. I never got to perform it, and I’d so wanted to. I guess it just wasn’t meant to be. This was also written back during the ancient, long forgotten days of Myspace, and I’d posted it … Continue reading