On this day, 18 years ago, I got married. No, don’t congratulate me. In fact, for the entire first half of today I had completely forgotten about it. It’s actually been a few years since I’ve even remembered that fact. You’d think it would be the most important day of the year to me, but … Continue reading Requiem For a Date
I haven’t been single for too many periods of time in my life. You know, outside of my teenage years when I was generally seen as a pariah by both girls and boys. It was so easy to be celibate back then that I could have been the poster boy for virginity. I used to … Continue reading The Trouble With Dating
Growing up in my household, we never had Fig Newtons. Either it was the strict adherence to monetary concerns (Fig Newtons were awfully expensive), or the fact that the innards could get stuck in our teeth, or even perhaps due to the sweet nature of the product. I’m not entirely sure of the reasons, but … Continue reading Fig Newtons, Dates, & Touchstones
I’m the overtly sentimental type, and my wife… isn’t. I’m the person who remembers every single “first,” like the first time we had dinner together, our first trip as a couple, the first kiss we shared, and even our very first “I love you”‘s. She would be lucky to tell you the date of the … Continue reading All Those Dates
When was the last time a date leapt up and challenged you to remember why it is important, or even why it used to be important? For me that seems to happen every day, a sense of day-ja vu, if you know what I mean. And then I have to rack my brains trying to … Continue reading Footprint Dates
What do the following people have in common? Jamaal Charles, running back for the Kansas City Chiefs Savannah Guthrie, co-anchor of NBC’s Today Show Hayley Williams, lead singer of the group Paramore Louis Pasteur, the father of Germ Theory John Amos, the father from the ’70s TV show Good Times Cole Hamels, star pitcher from … Continue reading What Makes Dates So Special
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