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God Don’t Make No Junk

Ok, first off, yeah I know what day of the week it is. It’s Friday and I’m supposed to post lists on Fridays. I started a half dozen potential lists for this week.  But I couldn’t be bothered to finish any of them. I have all of these real thoughts in my head about things [...]

No Limits

So the other day I mentioned a man I’d exchanged a few messages with online. He lives in Europe and says he comes to New York all of the time for work. He wanted to meet me. I told him thanks but no thanks. He seemed interesting (smart, funny, handsome, all the good stuff) but [...]

Kick Him To the Curb?

So once again I feel like the universe is trying to tell me something. But first the story. Last night I was talking on the phone with one of my best friends in the world (it kills me that he left NYC a decade ago). We were talking about something going on in my life, [...]

Quick Dispatch from Online Dating Land

A few weird things I’ve been musing about this afternoon (as I try to convince myself that it’s not too cold to go outside and run my long list of errands): A guy sends me a message a few days ago. He says that he knows that I wouldn’t be interested in him (and then [...]

The Game Is On

So we’re now a few days into our little matchmaking game/experiment and I think that both Lucky Girl and I are starting to feel it. It’s a very different thing, looking for a guy a friend might like vs. looking for a guy for yourself. For starters, I find I have higher standards for her [...]