It seems to be geared as a sort of anti harmony.com because the pictures are always of people "rejected" by harmony for whatever reason.

I saw a hilarious commercial for it, with a guy looking intently at a Playboy centerfold from various angles. After a while, he said "nope, still gay", and then there was a VO talking about how he wasn't a candidate for eHarmony, and then the chemistry.com logo.

Cereal-

I'm not really a Rachael Ray fan but I ended up buying this week's People to read during lunch and I read the article and I like her a bit more.

She was very frank about the fact she and her husband have no plans to have kids and motherhood isn't for her. She also addressed some rumors about her , including one that she's barren and her response was something like "then I've been wasting a lot of money on birth control."

I still find her overly perky and a bit annoying but it was a refreshing attitude to see.

A brief stint on eharmony a few years ago sent me screaming for the door. Which really, really surprised me considering I think I know which personality inventory they base their selection process on...but that whole 'we rigorously screen' thing didn't end up being so much true.

I finally had to block some guy from SF who vowed, after 2 emails that I was his dom-mistress-dreamlover and that he was going to fly to DC post haste. And then there was the fellow who didn't mention that he lived in Japan.

Why am I doing this again?

Sean, if you're still around, we're watching Ice Pirates and Terror Firmer tonight. You said you wanted to see them.

An interesting fact--Chemistry is owned by Match.com and they founded it solely in order to be able to attack eHarmony while keeping their brand "clean."

Beej, maybe because meeting new people is usually good?

In memememe news, I had a really good weekend. I got more work done on my tat, it was warm and beautiful, the Sabres won their series, and I hung out with M a lot.

At one point during the 2.5 hour tattooing session yesterday, the burly Samoan dude who was next to me getting his arm worked on looked over and said, "Wow. That must be painful." You think, dude? Still, it's worth it.

When Allyson was looking at eharmony - I filled out the free profile. So did DH. DH was rejected which is bizzare, because although not perfect - he is definitely a catch.( I am guessing his views on religion cut him off) And I came off as some sort of domestic goddess homebody.Oddly inaccurate , yet not completely false.

Juliana I wanted to say I'm a total Fernet convert. I'm more of a home body but I'm definitly going to be going in search of a bar that serves it.

Even though I think it tastes nasty there's something about it that's sort of, endearing (that's the only word I can come up with) about it.

I wish you could have been there to see Bev slowly sipping it and savoring the flavors while the rest of us are tossing it back and shuddering.

mmmm, Fernet. I've got to remember to buy a bottle.

In memememe news, I went for a bra fitting on Saturday. I was right about what band size I should be wearing, but wrong about cup size. Apparently losing weight means I've lost 4" from the band, but nothing from the cups. Which means I have a bunch of pretty bras that I got from eBay that are the wrong size. I mean, I knew they were the wrong size, what with the not fitting when I tried them on the first time, and they've been languishing in a drawer since then.

I think I need to organize a clothing swap so I can find new homes for the pretty unworn bras and the roughly eight squillion black jackets that I don't want anymore.

An interesting fact--Chemistry is owned by Match.com and they founded it solely in order to be able to attack eHarmony while keeping their brand "clean."

So interesting, Robin. It's bizarre how antediluvian America is. And of course the irony is that my first reaction to hearing it's owned by Match.com is that they'd want to hide that fact just so they can better reach out to a hipper, cooler market.