Married life so far: pretty awesome, actually. Pro tip: marry nice people who like you. Also works for dating.
Adventures in Dating, Pt. 3
So we’ve covered the failures of computer dating pretty well: hateful algorithms that match you with the exact opposite of what you were looking for, and boilerplate come-ons that don’t exactly seem heartfelt. What about successes? After experimenting with Match and eHarmony I began to despair. Would I only meet conservatives and robots on the [...]
Adventures in Dating, Pt. 2
Further details about how computers suck, especially when they pretend to be human: I don’t think the people eHarmony.com matched me with are even real. Some selections from the suggestions they emailed me (emphasis mine): Kim (Alexandria): It’s important for me to make new friends, and to keep physically fit. amy (Abingdon): It’s important for [...]
Adventures in Dating, Pt. 1
So here’s a little story about how computers suck: As some of you know, I’m the kind of person who likes to agonize about things for 9 months before doing anything about them. Buying a car? Gotta research, gotta test drive, gotta agonize. Getting a loan? More agonizing. But what you may also know is [...]
Not finishing up the things I wanted to get done today – slept instead. Had great date last night though, so it’s a fair trade.
Trying New Things
Lately I’ve been feeling pretty adventurous. Over the course of my life I’ve waffled between a complete openness to new things and a desire for sameness and consistency. As a child I was terribly picky, but once I left home and realize that nobody was going to make food like Mom (actually Dad, most of [...]
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