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The Dating Road to Damascus
Bob Hope and Bing Crosby made a series of movies called “The Road to…” like “The Road to Singapore” and “The Road to Hong Kong”, but it was Saint Paul who took the road to Damascus, and it made him … Continue reading
Dates via friends, but not as we know it, Jim
A friend of mine, let’s call him Cecil, emigrated last year, and after he had settled into his new town and indeed new country, I found myself talking to him on Skype from time to time. I extolled the virtues … Continue reading
How often should a man change his sheets?
Well, how often should a man change his sheets? This is sort a sequel to the post on how often you should change your socks. Changing sheets, at least in my experience, takes more effort than changing socks. As indeed … Continue reading
Movie Clubs as a dating device
Bullit is cool because it has Steve McQueen Ford Mustang Aviator Sunglasses Lalo Schiffrin soundtrack really, nothing to do with dating here, but an assessment of the factors that make this movie a legend. The dating lesson in this: OK, … Continue reading
The Big 4
The Big 4…not to be confused with the Big 5. I had breakfast at a cafe in Cape Town and they offer two variations – Big 5 (sausage, bacon, egg, chips, coffee) and Healthy 5 (muesli, orange juice, yoghurt, fruit … Continue reading
The definition of insanity…
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Now I have seen that quote attributed to various thinkers though history: from Benjamin Franklin to Roy Keane, via Einstein. or to put it another … Continue reading
Trust your emotions to tell you how you really feel, trust your reason to tell you what to do with it
I got a card at Christmas from one of my greatest unrequited loves. Ben Elton once said that if unrequited love was reciprocated, then all marriages would truly be made in heaven. But it isn’t, and we have to deal with … Continue reading