Jesse has tons of good stories from online dating, not to mention the people who found their spouses that way, like bon, or Lisa from Anarachy. I don't think there are more weirdos as a result--and, in fact, it makes them much easier to step around.
And me! I showed that tumblr to Biyi, just to remind her that her experience of creating an account, sending out
one
email and accepting a marriage proposal eight months later is atypical.
I clicked, saw what it was, and went away.
On the lighter side, The Famous Tommy Tucker. How about the Beverly Hills Fighting Chiweenies?
I'm running around asking people for citations now. It's cheering me up. Seriously, you can't just say "sugar used to be a prescription-controlled substance" and use "I googled it and found references easily" as your proof.
I didn't even know Conan O'Brian is filming in Chicago this week.
I need to remember that Conan's going to be launching stuff over the State Street bridge every day this week, because it's right by my office and I may need to pad some detour time if I need to get someplace.
I'm running around asking people for citations now. It's cheering me up.
Whenever I try that, they come back at me with, "Well, why don't YOU give me citations that prove I'm wrong?"
No, asshole, YOU were the one who made the crazy incorrect assertion, and the burden of proof is on the one doing the crazy incorrect asserting. And then I usually want to punch them in the neck.
Seriously, you can't just say "sugar used to be a prescription-controlled substance" and use "I googled it and found references easily" as your proof.
Was that when you could get heroin over the counter?
"sugar used to be a prescription-controlled substance"
This may become true in New York, the way things are going.
I met Beau online. We met in 1999 and we are still together.
And here's my question about the Bloomberg soda thing: You could still buy a 2-liter bottle, right?
And here's my question about the Bloomberg soda thing: You could still buy a 2-liter bottle, right?
Yeah, the new rules would just apply to restaurants, not stores.