Although, that reminds me of the people I thought I might set up, only to find out that they had met already, due to eating lunch at the same place. Whoops.

Yeah, he called my apartment after not speaking to me for, oh, 9 months or so, and the first few seconds were awkward, because he asked me if I were seeing anyone, and when I said that I didn't, he didn't want to say "oh, good! So I didn't call in vain", because it's not the most polite thing in the world, to be happy about somebody not seeing anybody, but he was relieved. He ended up only saying the "not in vain" part of the "oh, good!", and it was all well.

Of course, these sort of friends-of-friends things are exactly what leads to having a second blind-date with the same person (when it happened to me, to my credit, I recognized it was the same person before I got to talk to him. A friend, however, was actually an hour into a blind date before either she or her date realized that they've met before).

amych, am I wrong in remembering that you were planning a wedding party? Did you just separate the ceremony from the party, or is my sieve playing its usual tricks on me?

I have a really big conviction that all the men I might be interested in are taken

Do you have any idea why? Or is that a too-nosy question (and sorry if it is)?

The tv address should be about 30 seconds.

Yeah, but then there'll be 55 minutes of analysis and rebuttle. And since I just fell for House about two weeks ago I'm in that giddy gotta-have-it stage with my new fandom.

55 minutes of analysis and rebuttle

From the prestigious "Did not!" "Did too!" "Mo-om!" School of Rhetoric, I presume.

Do you have any idea why? Or is that a too-nosy question (and sorry if it is)?

I think it's because I'm old, and they are. Sort of a (and as a single person myself, this is very flawed) if they're this old and single, what's wrong with them?

Makes no sense. What'll happen, will happen, as long as I don't sabotage stuff.

if they're this old and single, what's wrong with them?

You know what's sad? That I had to explain to several friends (around my age) that it doesn't mean that there's anything that is wrong with them. But they definitely think that about themselves - if they're this old, and still single, they must be flawed.

What'll happen, will happen, as long as I don't sabotage stuff.

Yup.

[Edit: 4+7=11]

Grokster decision's in. Grokster lost.

Whuzza?

(That "whuzzah?" was meant to convey "I have no idea what those 2 sentences even MEAN.")

But they definitely think that about themselves - if they're this old, and still single, they must be flawed.

Hee. I don't think that about me (most of the time, anyway). I mean, I am flawed, but so is everyone else. But for me, if I see a guy I think is interesting, I figure my timing sucks so bad that someone else found him interesting first, and has staked a claim.

if I see a guy I think is interesting, I figure my timing sucks so bad that someone else found him interesting first

Oh, gotcha.

I mean, I am flawed, but so is everyone else.

One of my roommates seems to think that she won't deserve to find a SO unless she finishes fixing all her flaws. She has to become perfect in order for anyone to be interested in her enough.

I guess there's a place that whines, in me: "in what am I less than everybody else, that they got what they wanted and I didn't?". Not "what is so flawed in me that nobody wants me?" sort of whine, though. Closer to "what am I doing wrong? Am I doing something wrong?". And then I keep reminding myself that it's not up to just me. And then it's back to timing and luck and that's out of my hands.

Grokster, a file-sharing service, had a case before the Supreme Court, about whether or not they could be sued for providing the means for people to illegally share stuff. They can, say the Supremes.

Thanks, flea!

We talked here about the kid in Tennessee whose parents sent him to a "rehab" program for curing homosexuality after he came out to them, right?

Tennessee officials, including Child Services, are investigating the program: [link] And, relatedly (sorta), the gay penguins who raised a chick together now have a book about them: [link]