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View ArticleLast Nights
Last nights have always been difficult. One tends to get caught up in the details of departure, and within those details are layers of doubt and lingering regret--over the undone or underdone, over the...
View Article"Do the Right Thing...It's Just Business"
As a freelancer, I do a lot of business with different clients. Usually we contract for a certain rate (only in rare cases does that actually involve a real contract), I do the work and they...
View ArticleSo Much Sadness
In addition to my ongoing concern about the situation in Israel, a situation that looks like it may further involve some of my friends and relatives, I've been struck by the number of sad stories in...
View ArticleCoping with the Question
(Here's my latest singles column...I wrote this column before finding out about last week's Upper West Side tragedy, so any thematic similarity between Hamlet's ponderings and those of someone who's...
View ArticleShocking Quiz Development
Taking the "Which Sex and the City vixen are YOU most like" quiz over a year after the series is over... and the results are...shockingly... You Are Most Like Miranda! While you've had your fair share...
View Article"The Love Computer"
Last week, mid-heatwave, I saw a couple--visibly sweating into their clothing, causing darkening patches to puddle on their backs, chests and under their arms--who insisted on not just holding hands,...
View ArticleOnline Dating So Easy a Monkey Could Do It!!
According to the AP, orangutans (don't call them monkeys! I mean, except for clever headlines...) will be using the internet to find mates. Zookeepers are planning to hook up single orangutans from the...
View Article"Coming Attractions" (new JW column is online)
Greetings columnizers. My newest Jewish Week singles column, "Coming Attractions," is now available online. Coming Attractionsby Esther D. KustanowitzNew York Jewish Week, First Person Singular August...
View ArticleThis Just In: Some Men Still Jerks
Over at the Jewish Journal's singles column, we learn--once again--that online dating can be emotionally perilous...even during the correspondence portion of the experience. After finding a profile...
View ArticleBeing Single is a Draw
I always said that you could find a magazine quote to support any position...and if anyone doubted your methods or the opinion's validity, you could always say, "Oh, it's true, I read it in a...
View Article"Wedding Bell Blues" (New Jewish Week Column Online)
From "Wedding Bell Blues," my newest column now online: Weddings are magic. The details have come together according to plan. Two people have found each other and decided to spend their lives together,...
View ArticleAre You Broken Up? MySpace May Know...
Are you and your special lady in a relationship? Are you sure? Are you and your boyfriend, like, totally broken up? Are you sure? In the electronic age, there's only one way to know: check all of your...
View ArticleComing Soon, a Change
Because of various Blogger problems and a customer service department that rivals JDate in the race for the coveted title of "Ignoring Your Customers," I'm going to be moving this blog over to a new...
View ArticleSmokin' Singles: A Dream Becomes a Google Alert
A few years ago, I met someone through the internet. He was a real sweetheart online, but with a serious edge when we met in real life. He lived far away, which wouldn't necessarily have discouraged me...
View ArticleBelated Roundup
I've been compiling some recent posts by other people that I thought were worth linking to, and was hoping that they'd gel into some larger lesson about dating, but I seem to be lacking the necessary...
View ArticleHooray for Singles!
Sometimes singles feel reluctant to admit their uncoupled status, as if it's some sort of stigma or something...well, singles rejoice! Because now we can take couples in a fight--we've got the majority...
View ArticleNever Never Never Trust a...
The good news is I've solved the conflict between Muslims and Jews. All we have to do is agree that the opposite sex is evil and that singles should only mix in pursuit of immediate marriage. Whaddya...
View ArticleNY Times Vows in Video!
If you've run out of friends who decide to get married, you're undoubtedly missing all of the "how we met" stories that happy couples regale listeners with... But now you're in luck: The NY Times has...
View ArticleFlawed Facebook Fornication Foucault's Fault
University-based social networking tool Facebook is all the rage these days for the college and recently-graduated set. And sometimes social networking gets extremely socially intimate. For instance,...
View ArticleLet's Get Married...Britney-Style
If you wanna be like Britney, there are a few ways to do it. 1) Let your baby drive, then drop him on his head. 2) Have "Irish twins" (two kids in under two years). 3) Get married in Vegas. Opting for...
View Article"Recommitment Ceremony" (JW-First Person Singular)
Wishing all my readers a shanah tovah u'metukah--may this year be one of health, creativity, peace and happiness for us all. Recommitment Ceremony (Jewish Week–First Person Singular) by Esther D....
View ArticleNational Singles Week Recap
As you all may know, September held a week dedicated to us, all the singles out there... was it as fun for you as it was for me? I believe I met a few deadlines, earned a few theoretical checks that...
View ArticleMoving Day
Blogger is so five minutes ago. What's new and now? Wordpress, or at least that's what my web team tells me. Don't get me wrong, Blogger's ok for beginners. But it's time to take this whole thing to...
View ArticleHey You! Change Your Links!
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