Another instance of, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Ran across this recent ivillage article on the plights and perils of online dating, What has changed, according to the perspicacious writer of the article, is that online dating is now mainstream. Imagine that! Online daters no longer need to blanch with […]

Sorry for my protracted absence. I’ve been caught up in a Bat Mitzvah, birthdays, fund raising, end of semester, Mother’s Day and all the blow back that ensues from such engagements. And frankly, who’s reading anyway? And if you are there, dear Reader, perhaps your heart has grown even fonder in my absence.
So here are […]

I’m playing with new software from Vuvox in the hope of adding it to the flirtysomething tool kit. Wouldn’t you like to be able to create multimedia profiles, rather than just fill in the blanks? Your “story” could include video, photos, audio, and text. Well, here’s my first experiment with Vuvox….not much, but a […]

Coming soon to a light post, freeway onramp, busy intersection, telephone pole near you — flirtysomething’s first guerrilla marketing campaign. I’m very excited to have connected with a brilliant marketer who believes in the potential of our brand. He’s an old hand at helping dating sites get the message out, having worked with established companies […]

What Not to Write to Someone You Don’t Even Know
You’re looking for a companion, a friend, a lover, a date, a partner…call it what you will. You’re on flirtysomething because you’re single but not miserably or stubbornly so. You have a life. You have plenty to do. Sometimes you’re bored or lonely, sure, but so […]

I’m taking the following article to my English class today. George Orwell wrote it in the late ’40’s. It’s as relevant today. As an English teacher, I’m especially aware of the difference between disemboweled language and thinking (the language of the masses) and language empowered with awareness, precision, and truth.
One of my guiding principles […]

Match is trying hard to be Web 2.0. The Match “Stars” ad campaign, a case in point. Match hires 25 good looking people, actors I’m guessing, to become or represent (hard to tell which) Match.com members. They are the “real people” in the TV ads with the “It’s Okay to Look” tagline. Of course […]

Want to know why you’re not getting very much bang out of your online dating buck, so to speak? It’s probably due to one of the following:
1. No picture; or a lousy picture. Anyone can take a decent photo. You don’t have to be Angelina or Brad and appeal to all of humanity. You’re only […]

Let’s face it. Sometimes you don’t know whether there’s chemistry on the first date, or maybe little red flags went up when he referred to a certain demographic as “those people”, or when he called his mother a narcissist. So you’re not sure about whether to book a second date. Three tips about second […]

Hank L., a great friend to many and patriarch of a long-standing Belmont Shore
family, passed away a couple of weeks ago at 86. Hank’s life was rich with stories, and his memorial service was a storytelling session of the most sublime kind. Friends and family took turns at the mic and told impromptu stories of […]