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Archive for April, 2009

It Never Hurts To Ask

As I mentioned earlier in the week, I read a LOT of blogs.  Some that you probably wouldn’t imagine I’d be a fan of. I was laughing my ass off yesterday as I read this post in Very Smart Brothas – How To Answer Questions So That I’ll Never Call You. The gentlemen at VSB are [...]

What Was I Waiting For?

I’m just going to dive right into this one.  No meandering run-up to this.  On Sunday, The Washington Post published an article by Mark Regnerus, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin, titled Say Yes.  What Are You Waiting For. He seems to think, and believes that he has [...]

Alright, Already

Enough with the whining and the moaning.  No one wants to hear it. I’ve decided that maybe the best way to handle this crisis is to handle it the way I’ve handled similar crisises in the past (no, not get drunk and sleep with the first gorgeous but inappropriate man who seems convenient, although that did [...]

Forgive Me As I Overshare

Today is my last day at my current job.  I found out that I was being let go on Thursday (and wrote about it then).  I’m not heartbroken about leaving the job, but I am scared shitless about my future.  I have lots of ideas about how things might work out.  And, truth is, this [...]

Online Dating Update – A Quickie

It’s been a while since I’ve mentioned this and so I figured it was time. I was wrong in my initial assessment of OKCupid (when I said there were no decent guys on there for me).  Totally wrong. It’s been a few weeks now and I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the guys I’ve met on OKC.  [...]