http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm Adventures in Online Dating Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:04:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en this discriminating fellow was entertaining enough to bring me out of blog retirement (that and I'm procrastinating on my blind date book. Again, SEND ME YOUR BLIND DATE STORIES). Actually, going out to California to meet this guy who's about to become a billionaire turning health care, computers, agriculture, etc. ... http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2009/06/27/pets-drain-my-energy/ I need funny, bizarre blind date stories for a book that will come out next year. Tales with happy endings are welcome, but let's face it, terrible dates usually make better stories. I'd especially like stories of dates set up by mutual friends, family or matchmaker, though great online-dating stories ... http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2009/01/31/help-me-write-my-next-book-win-gratitude-karma/ I'm miffed that this article does not tell me WHEN International Orgasm Day/cancelled orgy day is! (The day Israel started bombing Gaza, one wonders?) http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2008/12/29/dudes-make-love-not-war/ fluffy little news piece about saving money online dating; and more filling one about our untapped ability to be happy. Why can't we curb our own dissatisfaction, especially when we're wired to love the familiar?!! Worth pondering (capitalism, I'm looking at you, not just at online dating). And when you're ... http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2008/12/20/online-dating-cheaper-but-more-confusing-cussing-at-cute-animals-funnier/ 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/