Archive for April, 2009
The Science of Sex Appeal
Call me a closet-nerd all you want, but nine times out of ten if my TV is on I’m watching the Discovery Channel (that or one of VH1’s CelebReality shows). Along with the nature documentaries, and wilderness and science series, they tend to have really good specials. Last weekend I happened to catch one called [...]
Deal Breakers (The Male Perspective)
Everyone has their own set of deal breakers when it comes to the opposite sex. In fact, a while back my boy Carl over at FunkyMinds did his “10 First Date Deal Breakers.” While I’ve written about my “Top 10 Turn-Offs” before, I haven’t really delved into those subtle things that can turn a green [...]
Poppa Was a Rolling Stone (Dysfunctional Family)
The other day my homegirl Shelly and I got caught up in a conversation about family. See, when I think of the people I consider my real family, the list begins and ends with my mother and my three siblings. That’s not to say I don’t consider cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc. as my kin, [...]
Would You Date Yourself?
I was talking to a good friend the other day and she told me about her latest date—with herself. It consisted of dinner at a decent restaurant capped off with a movie. I looked at her like she was crazy: “You went to the movies by yourself?” “Yes, I did,” she replied. “What’s wrong with [...]
Would You Stick By An Injured Lover?
The other day a reader left a comment on my post about great love stories that really made me think. She wrote about a guy she met online and fell real hard for. The entire year they dated, they were inseparable. Everything was picture perfect until he got into a serious car accident that left [...]
Where Are All the Good Men & Women?
The other night a friend of mine hit me up on IM with a simple question: “Where are all the good men?” Jokingly, I responded, “At the library.” Clearly not amused, she pressed me further, “No, seriously, where are all the good men?” “Hell if I know, they’re probably off hiding somewhere with all the [...]
