With all of the news today that people never use the phone anymore, one woman apparently didn’t get the memo. A 42-year-old woman from The Hague is being prosecuted for stalking her ex-boyfriend after he filed a complaint that she called him 65,000 times in one year. That’s right, 65,000 times. That is 200 calls a day, and assuming she is awake for 16-hour days, 11 calls an hour or roughly one every five minutes. Let’s just assume this amount is correct. There is a book this woman … [Read more...]
Gay Marriage: One Woman’s Perspective
June 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Gay couples can now marry in New York State, and I for one couldn’t be happier. You see, I was engaged to a gay man. And I’m a woman. It wasn’t one of those “mixed-orientation” marriages I’m hearing about now—the ones where the woman kinda-sorta knows that the man is kinda-sorta gay but they decide to make a go of it anyway, usually because of religious considerations. It was, instead, one of those relationships where one party (him) had a very deep, very dark secret that he … [Read more...]
In Which I Suddenly and Inexplicably Become Irresistible to Women 15 Years Older Than Me
April 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I'm not old. Contrary to what some of my younger friends tell me, I'm still in the spring of my life (late spring, but spring nonetheless). Let's call it May? Which is why I'm still trying to wrap my mind around last Friday night and failing to do so. Perhaps it was the venue. Perhaps it was the lighting. Perhaps it was the copious amounts of booze (some fruity wine, no doubt) clearly imbibed by my potential suitors, but I inexplicably found myself the main course of a cougars only buffet. … [Read more...]
18 Similarities Between Women and Computers
March 30, 2011 By 2 Comments
Before you read any further, please note that this is not a piece out to damage or cut down the important role of women in our society. Read below only as humour and nothing more. These are intended solely for a good laugh. Women are unique in many ways (and by this I mean different than men) and its this specific uniqueness or certain traits that I refer to when likening a woman to a personal computer. Do not get offended; it is intended to create a smile. 1) A woman is like a computer in … [Read more...]
