Hemingway. Poe. George Thorogood. All creative “geniuses”, all alcoholics. What’s so bad about alcohol anyway? Let me tell you. We’ve all heard the famous quote, “alcoholism runs in our family”. Well, to hell with that, I say! I had a…
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Before I reached my senior year of high school and started embarking on dates that did not include a stroll through the local mall or a basement movie, the dating world was a place of fantasy, glamour, and romance. I…
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The answer is pressure. On the first Friday of every month, employees at my old (and dearly missed) job venture out to a local restaurant and bar and revel in the end of the week by celebrating “First Friday”. One…
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Contrary to popular belief, human nature is not always conducive to thinking things through. Sure, we’ve evolved enough to make complicated decisions and multitask, activating multiple sectors of our brains at once. But when it comes to fighting, thinking things…
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Tonight I went out for drinks and diner cuisine with Shar and her coworker. Prior to the outing, Shar had informed me that her coworker, whose name was Gina, had recently been asked by her husband of almost one year…
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While subbing in a high school the other day, I read an amazing little short story entitled “The Difference Between Men and Women” by Dave Barry. Humorous, brief, and accurate, the story detailed a car ride home shared by two…
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When we hear people talking about “abusive relationships”, most of us immediately picture bruised arms or battered women, associating the word “abuse” with physical mistreatment. But abuse comes in many forms, and verbal abuse delivers emotional wounds that can be…
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I think one of the toughest things about “the blindside” breakup is getting over it sans closure. If your guy or gal decides out of the blue to end things and figures that you’ll realize it on your own after…
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Coco Chanel said it best: “In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.” What attracts us to members of the opposite sex? Some women harbor the quintessential image of a man in their brains and scour the world…
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Last weekend I went to brunch with my older cousin to discuss romance and the mysterious events surrounding my “exclusive” other. Conversation drifted onto the subject our grandparents, both deceased, and the question of chivalry. “The thing I always loved…
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For the hopeless romantic, love is a mixture of romantic gestures, gallant acts of admiration, candlelight dinners, and deep, meaningful, intimate sex. For the jaded (and scientifically inclined) romantic, love is a combination of neurotransmitters and hormones reacting in complex…
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To be concise: breakups are buzzkill. Most of us go through life in a generally happy state, enjoying the more invigorating moments, empathizing over the sad ones with friends and a 12-pack of cheap beer, learning what it’s like to…
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One of the challenges of dating and meeting someone compatible is accepting their flaws and finding you like them enough to overlook the occasional uncovered burp or the sporadic bouts of snoring. Some people enter the world of dating with…
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