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bad dates

  • The Day I Dated a Model

    June 17, 2009

    •            My date was much too good looking for me.  This was my first thought upon meeting him.  Second thought:  holy cow, he’s uncomfortably attractive!  Third: this cannot end well, but for now, I’m just going to enjoy how pretty he is.  He joined me at the bar and I swear every single person there did a double take.  How nice it must be to live inside that ...
  • The Night Connie Francis Came Home with Me

    November 8, 2008

    • As I sat at the bar eating spaetzle at the only German restaurant in New Jersey, I thought of the song “Lipstick on my Collar.” Hmmm…why did he have lipstick on his collar? Was the traitorous woman making out with Connie’s boyfriend’s collar? Wouldn’t that be a strange moment, looking down and seeing some girl grooving on your shirt and not on you? Or maybe he wiped his mouth on his ...