Anyone seriously interested in online dating, and that would be me (of course), and You — should find the following article very interesting —
Chemistry.com’s Wonk, Helen Fisher

Love is chemistry. But only we ourselves can determine the effect of blending with another. That’s why scientific testing on sites like eHarmony, Chemistry.com & the multitude of others, is on the order of using astrology. Interesting… because we love anything that’s about ourselves. But not definitive. Only way to test the chemistry is in […]

Chemistry.com is Match.com’s attempt to meet eHarmony’s bet on “scientific” testing for love, and to raise them one. Without doing a blow-by-blow comparison of the two “scientific” methods for matchmaking, based on my own limited experimentation with both — Chemistry’s system is as ridiculous, labyrinthine, and self-defeating as eHarmony’s!
Full disclosure: I’ve never first-hand experienced […]

An interesting little article for those of you who are deliberating about entering the online dating arena. The big takeaway for me is that of those who have tried online dating, 42% of Americans polled (admittedly, it was a small sample) met their life partner or spouse. Them’s pretty good odds, doncha think?
http://www.onlinedatingmagazine.com/news2007/globalperceptions.html

My takeaway from the following interview with Bill McKibbon — It’s never too late to try to make a good difference. In fact, it’s our duty as moral creatures. If indeed we believe that we are moral creatures. McKibbon is a lifelong environmentalist, not at all preachy. Aware of the compromises we all make for […]

flirtysomething is about opening up dialogue. And that dialogue should include a variety of points-of-view, and will at times turn to political debate. But let’s debate in the Rogerian way, by listening to each other, and seeking to understand — before judging. And the best part is it’s okay to change your mind. [Hillary — […]

“The idea that women’s sex drive can match men’s is politically correct piffle, says Joan Sewell, who is 45. Her memoir, I’d Rather Eat Chocolate: Learning to Love My Low Libido, recounts one frustration after another in a buildup to an anticlimactic conclusion: she’s just not that into sex…
“Libidinous ladies parade across our television […]

When getting your teeth cleaned is the high point of your day (as for me today), you know your life is sucking big time! I’m not going to lie to you. If I’d known what starting a business was going to entail…the year and a half of capital-related stress (is there any other kind?)…the scraping […]

Kurt Vonnegut’s,
A Man Without A Country
a gift yesterday from my neighbors, Michael and Terry. Thank you so very much. 144 pages. I read cover to cover in bed last night. Best read I’ve had in a long time! I totally recommend it. It’s writing that doesn’t seem like writing, echoes of Mark Twain…
Here’s an […]