Love in the Time of the Internets

Still Here, Still Working Full-Time on the Political Blog

2007-12-03T09:58:17-05:00

I really DO intend to begin blogging about my own life again. But getting Buck Naked Politics up and running (and with a 200+ technorati ranking) and still working full-time has absorbed all my...

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13 Ways to Have a Fabulous Time at Your Own Wedding without Spending All Your Savings or Going into Debt.

2007-04-19T02:25:00-04:00

Thirteen Things Your Auntie Damozel Has Learned About Weddings. Listen to your Auntie Damozel, my dear little brides (and mothers of same). I've been married three times: divorced once, widowed once,...

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Thursday 13. Meme. 13 Foolproof Ways to Ruin a Relationship.

2007-04-12T00:34:05-04:00

Thirteen Fool-Proof Ways to Ruin a Relationship (with a friend, family member or lover). Some of this is based on personal experience, but most is based on years of observing other people, and...

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Toxic Traits: Why Nobody Loves You, or at Least Not for Long.

2007-01-20T19:48:02-05:00

It's probably not for the reasons you think. Since I'm not trying to write a "Number 1 Bestseller!" for the grocery store check-out line, or trying to be published in Cosmopolitan, Mademoiselle, nor...

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Lessons on Love Learned from Watching Court TV: A Cynical List of Foolproof Rules.

2007-01-15T04:16:45-05:00

<BACK TO INTRODUCTION. You can learn a lot by watching angry couples on Court TV. Our personal favorites are Judge Judy and The People's Court, but really, you can see the same scenarios being...

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Thoughts about My First Husband on his Birthday.

2007-01-15T02:39:07-05:00

So anyway, it's January 13, the birthday of my first husband. Coincidentally, he wrote to me during the week to tell me about some things of mine that he found stored somewhere or other among the...

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Some recommendations for those suffering from break-ups or heart-breaks.

2006-08-03T12:33:00-04:00

advice, break up, dating, finding love, grief, heartbreak, life, losing love, love, relationships, women, Judith Martin, Miss Manners, advice to the rejected, rejection, rejected in love, broken heart

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Look, Look! A Good Relationship Book! "Why You're Still Single" by Evan Marc Katz and Linda Holmes.

2006-07-18T12:25:00-04:00

[published on July 18, 2006 in my previous blog, "The Flatland Oracles"] Why You're Still Single by Evan Marc Katz and Linda Holmes 1. In the interest of full disclosure: my personal bias. Before...

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The Princess Bride Fallacy & An Eminently Practical Approach to Etiquette For Brides

2006-07-07T23:15:00-04:00

I just had a conversation with a 23 year old bride-to-be who actually uttered the dreaded phrase: "It's my day, after all" with a perfectly straight face. I am not her mother, thank God, or even a...

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More Help for Singles! "Why You're Still Single" and Some preliminary-to-reading-it-reflections on the general subject.

2006-07-04T12:14:00-04:00

[published on July 4, 2006 in "The Flatland Oracles," my previous weblog] Why You're still Single. I've said what I think about He's Just Not That Into You. I enjoyed reading it and found it amusing,...

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Perils of Present-Giving

2006-06-21T11:42:00-04:00

[published on June 21, 2006 at "The Flatland Oracles," my previous blog] 1. Present-giving without pitfalls. My husband and I coexist peacefully partly because we have made a practice of avoiding the...

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Forget the Wedding Planner: Cranky Old Aunt Damozel's Infallible Hint for a Unique & Truly Memorable Wedding

2006-06-11T11:52:00-04:00

Before you plan your wedding, consider taking that same amount of money and using it for some other purpose. If you still want a wedding because it sounds like great fun, make sure that it is. [1]...

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An Ideal Ceremony---A Key West Wedding.

2006-06-09T10:49:00-04:00

[published for the first time on June 9, 2006 in "The Flatland Oracles"] I am about as anti-wedding as it is possible to be. My usual advice to brides planning weddings is: don’t. Don’t these...

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Love in Midlife---How to Fail at Finding It. Bonus sonnet: 57.

2005-08-14T10:38:00-04:00

[published on August 14, 2005 in "The Flatland Oracles"] “I came to you because you’re the expert in relationships,” said my friend. “You know--in finding them. You’ve been so lucky that way. How do...

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Advice to Brides Planning their "Dream Weddings": Don't.

2005-08-11T03:27:00-04:00

[published on Thursday, August 11, 2005 in "The Flatland Oracles" weblog, my previous blog.] Selena was in tears. She had been in tears from the moment her fiance got off the plane. The wedding was...

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Toxic Love and Sonnet 36.

2005-08-04T03:18:00-04:00

[published in "The Flatland Oracles" on August 4, 2005] SONNET 36. Let me confess that we two must be twaine, [1] Although our undivided loves are one: [2] So shal those blots that do with me...

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It's Just NOT that Simple. Reflections on He's Just Not that into You by Greg Behrendt & Liz Tucillo

2005-08-03T03:08:00-04:00

[published on August 3, 2005 in "The Flatland Oracles" weblog] I’m at a stage in life where I am sometimes the recipient of younger women’s confidences concerning their love lives. In addition, I’ve...

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Shakespeare and I sort out that expense of spirit.

2004-12-03T12:56:00-05:00

This blog is one "sub-weblog" of our main blog, The Flatland Almanack. Please do visit us there! I will try to post a note on this topic every week or so, but The Flatland Almanack is my daily blog....

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