Quick (Probably silly) Thought
on Jan 4, 2009 in blog online dating LisaQ from 20/40 recently mentioned in the comments (it came up in relation to my telling Mr. Potential about it) that she told a man she'd met online about her blog, before they met.  He checked it out and was very encouraging and thoughtful and pe

Haven't Been Able to Get This Out of My Head
on Jan 3, 2009 in Billy Bragg Levi Stubbs Motown nytimes song of the day The Lives They Lived Today's Song of the Days is Levi Stubb's Tears by Billy Bragg.  I've been hearing this in my head since I read the NYTimes annual, The Lives They Lived last weekend.  Kind of typical of me to be thinking of this and not the actual Motown

Not Enough Potential
on Jan 3, 2009 in dating update half-haked pics online dating risk the end Yesterday was one of those weird days when I thought the day was going to be all about one thing and it turned out to be about something completely different.  Early in the day, yesterday, I made up my mind to do something pretty big.  It was one o...

Timing
on Jan 2, 2009 in parents Relationships second chances timing A while back I read an article, or maybe it was a blog post, that said that men married the woman they were with when they were ready to get married.  I don't think I blogged about it at the time.  Maybe I did. Anyway, it's a concept I've

The New Year
on Jan 1, 2009 in blog Death Cab for Cutie Karma New Year's Eve New Year's resolution seeing other people Sex sleeping together song of the day unhide my profile I'm not going to do resolutions.  What would be the point?  Most of the things that are causing me stress are completely beyond my control.  All I can really do is keep going.  Keep trying. Keep being as honest and sincere and open and I can be a

New Year's Eve Update
on Dec 31, 2008 in blog commitment-phobe cooking together insomnia New Year's Eve red eye text Just moments after I woke up this morning I received a text from Mr. Potential, "Honey, I'm home."  (He flew home on the red eye.)  I thought it was funny on many levels.  I sent him a "Welcome home" reply. I'm only workin

Gloomy Monday
on Dec 29, 2008 in comments dating update New Year's Eve thank you think I love to read.  I think I've mentioned several times that I'd rather stay home and read than be on a date with someone I don't like a lot. So why am I mentioning this now?  2 reasons: 1) To reiterate that I don't actually enjoy dat