http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm Adventures in Online Dating Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:01:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en on HuffingtonPost http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2008/09/04/i-join-the-palin-bloviation/ Well, the break has already begun as alert or even not-alert readers will have noticed. It feels odd having a blog and just drifting off and posting less and less, so I'm making it official. I shan't be posting again (unless something earth-shattering in the world of Internet dating happens ... http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2008/07/30/i-love-you-but-im-taking-a-possibly-permanent-break/ and there's also a point here about male dating columnists telling women that rude behavior is "natural," so guys can't help it. It tends to feel more like excusing or special pleading than explaining or arbitrating. http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2008/06/30/its-fun-to-say-douchebag/ Online dating in Ghana is a web of deceit. Daniel Pryce decodes some ads for us and corrects some spelling. (Double dang, nay, triple dang that he gives no link to his article on "the third leg"!) http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2008/06/21/guile-in-ghana/ or why I do anyway: when someone who's lived something you've only researched/imagined tells you, "You got it, and you made me feel less alone." I asked Autumn if I could post her letter, and she said "Sure, I'd love to be interviewed about my story, and as a writer, ... http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2008/06/02/why-writers-write/ Pretty funny account of a scam. The "hold a sign with my name" test is clever -- unless the Pho-mancers have Pho-toshop. http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2008/05/28/phishing-for-phomance/ great title and book cover and of course we all like to hear encouraging things about dating older. It seems particularly rosy now for gay Jewish men of a certain age; Bob Morris, in his 50s, found his guy and Michael Musto ("between 45 and death") is on a hilarious ... http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2008/05/28/flesh-still-willing/ sort of a good idea for a date activity (all except for being filmed!) http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2008/05/28/watch-a-cooking-date/ rather commonsense advice (which characterizes the whole dating-advice industry. And the diet-book industry, too: How do books keep getting into the bestseller list that are simply riffs on Eat less, Move more?) from e-harmony. If a person acts like a big jerk, don't marry him/her. Thanks, Dr. Warren. But check out ... http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2008/05/28/when-the-real-you-is-an-android/ guess that last line didn't work, seeing as how this post has been viewed over 10,000 times! http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2008/04/27/step-away-from-the-computer/