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		<title>“I’d Like You to Meet my New Boyfriend”</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Eric</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Why is so important for some people to ensure their ex and their current beau become friends? I think it’s because they want to ease any tension there may be but really all that does is make situations awkward.
Take for example a good friend of mine, let’s call him Derek.  Derek had known this girl [...]<br/>
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		<title>Review: OkCupid</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Red</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I first came across OKCupid back in 2005 (maybe late 2004, randomly) after being redirected to one of their tests from Livejournal (oh yeah, I&#8217;ve been blogging since 2002. I just checked &#8211; I received over 18,000 comments back in the day, was I ever committed to LJ). OKCupid was originally mostly a site for [...]<br/>
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		<title>Guest Post: How to Bat Above Your League</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Red</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We have a guest post, guys. A male opinion this time, just to shake things up a bit. Stay tuned for more posts.
Have you ever seen those guys going out  with women that are much, much more physically attractive than they  are? I was recently re-watching the classic Who Framed Roger Rabbit  [...]<br/>
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		<title>Last Good Bye</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Red</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Via Torontoist I found this very poignant video created by the third year Radio &#38; Television students from Ryerson.

Last words, a handshake, the goodbye. The final glance and a wave of the hand.<br/>
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		<title>About the First/Second Dates Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Red</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been talking to my friend about first/second/third dates, about the idea of assertiveness and gender expectations recently. There are several scenarios here. We&#8217;ve all probably been in one or another.
When you go on a date, and you don&#8217;t know whether you like the other person, you give it another try (or you don&#8217;t. Or [...]<br/>
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		<title>Memorable Movie Couples: 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Red</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a pretty impressionable person. I like stories. I like memorable characters. I like passionate people. So, naturally, I fall in love with couples depicted in films. Thought I&#8217;d mention some of my favorites. This is a Part 1 as there are more interesting couples than I can remember now.
Check them out on Netflix. In [...]<br/>
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		<title>The Mini Stalker</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Red</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I sometimes suffer from the gum-stuck-to-the-shoe problem. You know, you&#8217;re doing your thing, walking around, being yourself, and &#8211; bam, &#8211; step on something you didn&#8217;t see and now the sole of your shoe is covered in gum. How irritating.
The same happens with people sometimes, right? I have a semi-stalker story.
I&#8217;m not really bothered by [...]<br/>
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		<title>What to Have in Your Apartment to Interest Ladies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Red</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[This morning I (somehow) stumbled on Bullz Eye, which is apparently an online men&#8217;s magazine. I don&#8217;t know who really reads it, and it looks like it has some potential once the writers up their ante, but let&#8217;s get back to the point of the post.
Some items I think are pretty interesting, while others are [...]<br/>
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		<title>What Not to Wear on a First Date</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Red</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[No flip flops. Summer or no summer, you don&#8217;t want to write yourself off as a beach bum, or a 17 year old high schooler, or, worse, a man with surfing aspirations but absolute lack of the beachy environment. Why do Toronto men wear flip flops? We&#8217;re not in Miami, and I&#8217;d rather see your [...]<br/>
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		<title>I’m a Sucker for a Woman That’s Kinky Like I Am</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Red</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Poor chap, but a funny chap.
There is this wonderfully lighthearted (or maybe not?) website, Dating on Demand, that lets your participate in a &#8220;casting call&#8221; for dates. It mysteriously caters to less than the most popular US destinations. New York City, and Los Angeles are not served. Or the television teams just haven&#8217;t gotten around [...]<br/>
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