http://www.svgalview.com Thu, 05 May 2011 19:34:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I thought I would take a short break from the Ex's to provide you with the latest dating disaster. This one didn't even get out of the gate. It consisted of about three hours of chatting online. I thought he was interesting and worth meeting, which I told him. He ... http://www.svgalview.com/2011/05/05/dating-dork/ When did I become so cynical about love? That was the question I asked myself while listening to a song I loved from 1987. The song is "The Border" by Mr. Mister. Every time I hear this song, I think of a couple who has been through a few things ... http://www.svgalview.com/2011/04/28/when-did-i/ This was another man I dated who left a lasting impact. It has been so long that I can't remember how we met. It was probably online. We did a lot of chatting on ICQ--the predominant chat service on the internet at the time. It was also quite popular in ... http://www.svgalview.com/2011/04/26/the-dutchmans-gift/ [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="387" caption="Image by Photo8"][/caption] Since I apparently have at least one reader, I will comply and write. The next guy with some positive impact was an avid cyclist. He even shaved the hair off his arms and legs. He said it made him faster. I don't know if ... http://www.svgalview.com/2011/04/25/the-cyclist/ The one thing that I have from my ex-husband is my son. While the past 18 years of my son's life have been riddled with crazy-making emails, phone calls, and even attorney letters, my son is well-balanced and kind. My son was coming with or without getting married. I often ... http://www.svgalview.com/2011/04/03/a-thorn-in-my-side/ Very few people know that the first guy I fell in love with was a French exchange student. He was on some special program where he came for the summer. I didn't like him much at first.  He was younger than me, although we were in essentially the same grade. ... http://www.svgalview.com/2011/04/02/my-first-love/ Even though I'm having little luck meeting the kind of man I am willing to date, I have dated quite few over the years and gotten something from each one. In this upcoming series, I will talk about some of the men I've either met or dated who had some ... http://www.svgalview.com/2011/04/01/the-boyfriend-experience/ Every now and then you get a weird one when looking for jobs. This one was really weird. It requires a list just to see the full oddities that I encountered over several days. I had never heard of this particular agency that appears to place contractors. The position was ... http://www.svgalview.com/2011/01/13/job-hunting-is-like-dating/ Even a site with members with higher than average salaries has its creeps. This is from a man who claims to be 43 and have a net worth of about $3 million. You intrigue me - can we get to know each other? Going to cheetah to work with cheetah's ... http://www.svgalview.com/2011/01/12/from-the-pits-of-online-dating/ I can hardly believe that this year is over. It has been a good year. I'm still looking for a new job for when my current contract is over in February. http://www.svgalview.com/2010/12/31/happy-new-year/