I am single. Have been “officially” since 1993, the 8-year debacle with Completely Clueless notwithstanding. It’s been 5 years now since that ended in a blaze of glory (quite literally – the house burned down, too) and in the time since I have gone from completely swearing off men to now considering that there may be some guy out there worth...

Social networking is great for reconnecting with old friends and distant family members, and even for making new business contacts, and I do all of that with it. But there is a humbling downside to it – at least on Facebook, anyway: Your ‘friends’ can post pictures of you, tag you in those pictures and share them with all their friends – and...

What’s not an aberration, you ask? That others really like this site! That’s what! (Pinching self…) You see, last week, when Wander (bless her heart!) sent me my very first blog award, I was…well…ok, I know you’re probably not going to believe this coming from me…but…I thought it was an aberration of some...

The old song says, “rainy days and Mondays always get me down…” Well, not this girl. Today was a most excellent day, as a matter of fact, and it was both a rainy day AND a Monday. What was so excellent about today? Let’s see…. First, there’s a new man in my life. We’ve had two dates. I like him. He likes me. We enjoy each...

Quick note to all you, my beloved Internets, tonight. I’m approaching 40 hours of being awake with only a 1 hour ‘nap’ last night, so I’m fading fast. And before you do the math (and possibly hurt yourself, or me vicariously – I am in quite a fragile state right now…) yes, that means I’ve been awake since 6:30am Wednesday...

“She was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self which we assume like a garment with which to appear before the world.” — Kate Chopin

I find myself bound by all sorts of self-imposed restrictions in the love life department. To my mind, I have no business engaging in a ‘formal, full-blown relationship’ as defined pretty much anyway you’d like to define one. Here’s why: 1. There is much residual ‘damage’ yet to un-do where my children still living at home are...