Sticking the other foot in since 1996
I have been doing a lot of different kinds of computer support during my time in the computer support business, more so since coming to Austin in December of 2005. Most of it had been with Wintel PCs, desktops, laptops … Read More »
So A lady I met recently found my website and just loved my collection of Strange Dating Emails. Especially as she has gotten more than her share of them. Most she had deleted but this one was new and not … Read More »
Been a bit since I have posted here, what can I say the spirit hasn’t moved me, till now. This time the spirit has moved me to add to my list of strange dating emails. You will find links to … Read More »
I have blogged written, some would say excessively, about my adventures in online dating. Over the years some have encouraged me to write for a living. An article in a magazine or the like. Still others telling me I have … Read More »
I have a friend that I met on plentyoffish.com about a year ago. She’s a great lady, a lot of fun and one of those people you would refer to as a force of nature. You wouldn’t think a woman … Read More »
So I was fiddling with my profile on one of the dating sites I belong to, and I noticed that I had checked the box under religious preferences for “spiritual but not religious.” I realized that is something I had … Read More »
I have recently written about pain. Pain in the context of being a single man dating in his early 50s. This time, I think, something a wee bit more subjective. Something that as a man swimming in the online dating … Read More »
My friend Lynne is the best. Today was not the best day ever. And what should arrive by actual postal mail would be this creative little card that she made on her new little cricut machine. Nothing like a smile … Read More »
Pain, that’s the big problem with online dating. I’ve seen it in discussion groups. A plea from someone wondering why they get no response. And their profile gets critiqued and their photos get critiqued. And there are long discussions about … Read More »
Some people make a big deal about having rules to live and/or work by. Some have even codified them into numbered lists. TV shows do it too, usually for humorous or dramatic effect Although it is usually incumbent on the … Read More »
I have a friend that I have known for going on 13 years. When we met she did freelance website design. One day, just for fun, she put up a domain called websitelabels.com (linked above) which was originally designed to … Read More »
I have amassed a small collection of strange dating emails. I love those things. And almost universally they are examples of how not to make contact with someone online. Today I received a very short and simple email from a … Read More »
So I spent a fair amount of time over the last week re-designing the static pages of my website. Any real web designer would have taken about a day and a half. But then I just do this for fun. … Read More »
I get up from my desk and head down the corridor to a vaguely hidden exit from the office I am in. I walk down a flight of stairs, maybe two, and exit into a small vestibule. I am a … Read More »
A long time ago (so long ago it seems like it happened to someone else) I met a girl that I fell in love with. Hopelessly in love. We were living at the Jersey Shore at the time. A couple … Read More »