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5 Steps To Be in a Geeky Relationship Before Next Valentine’s Day

14 February 2012 by 1 Comment
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Originally published in the Geek Love Rules issue of the DriveThruRPG Newsletter. Valentine's Day is all love and fancy dinners when you're in a relationship, but when you're single, it's a different story. It's a day to complain of capitalism gone awry. It's time to crow about Singles Awareness Day. It's a day to lament that you're "forever alone." Geek friends, let's not do any of those things. Instead, here are some simple ways to level up your love life. As with all strategy guides, … [Read more...]

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Why Waiting To Date Won’t Make You More Successful

17 January 2012 by 4 Comments
The "Perfect" Date

You'll start dating after you lose 20 pounds. Or get your degree. Or stop working so hard. Or once you move into your new place. Or after you've gotten a new job. Here's why you should kick those excuses to the curb --> See that picture right there? That needs to be your motto. New Year, New You? Everyone starts the new year with aspirations. And we think, if I can just get those things on track first, then I'll put up a dating profile. If I can just have this one habit cemented in my … [Read more...]

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Come Hell or High Standards: Why Anime Hasn’t Ruined “Real Girls” For You

25 July 2011 by 2 Comments
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So there I am on Friday, worrying about what to write for this week's blog post  (you know, as you do) when I got a very interesting tweet from E to tell me that someone had come to one of my articles (my one on worst “regular” anime jobs) after searching for something on Google. Not a particularly unusual event, perhaps. But what was unusual was the search string the user had entered into Google. “Anime ruins girls in real life.” I immediately had a jumble of reactions. Reaction … [Read more...]

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Dear Anon-O-Box: I’m A Geek Girl With No Emails…

29 April 2011 by 4 Comments
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Dear Anon-O-Box, It is mentioned in several places that women on dating sites are inundated with emails and (ugh) winks. I don't seem to suffer from this problem. I get absolutely no response; emails, winks, rotten tomatoes or otherwise. Not even creeps or scammers bother me. I have a picture (it isn't the greatest, but I don't look like a swamp beast), and a passing grasp of the English language. And those are just the basic qualifications! What am I doing wrong? Signed, Single Female … [Read more...]

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No One is Holding Your Face in the Twitter Stream

29 March 2011 by 14 Comments
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I've been noticing a trend on Twitter in the past few months that baffles me. It involves people bitching and whining about things they're reading on Twitter. It involves people demanding that other people change the way they use Twitter. It involves people asking that other people change the topics they care about and the things they care to share. And I think it's a load of bull. You're Doing It Wrong If your social networking experience isn't fun, you're doing it wrong. Mike … [Read more...]

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Why Red Dragons Are Horrible At Online Dating

22 February 2011 by 10 Comments
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RAWR! Who doesn't love a ginormous red dragon? They incubate their eggs on open flames without hard-boiling their young (impressive!), they're deadly minutes after birth (impressive!), and they amass large hoards of treasure, which you could have if you manage to survive long enough to slay one (impressive, on both counts!). But why does a red dragon suck at online dating? More importantly, why do you if you share its attitude? Let's take a look. Superiority Complex Red dragons are … [Read more...]

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Irrational Fears In Dating: Don’t Let Your Mothman Win!

13 November 2010 by 2 Comments
moth

We all have them. My close friend James cannot stand the concept of the hagfish. My friend Jay finds that photos of basking sharks trigger a primal skin crawl. My husband Steve has said that if he ever saw a ghost, he would probably have a heart attack. Me? I’m terrified of the Mothman. Post Pleasant – Anything But Now, I’m not talking about the dreadful Richard Gere movie “The Mothman Prophecies”. I’m not talking about some obscure Batman villain. I’m talking about a hulking … [Read more...]

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Ways You Convince Potential Dates To Turn You Down

20 July 2010 by 4 Comments
nokissing1

It amazes me how many dating profiles practically list out the reasons why nobody should date you. You say you want a partner, but in the very place you should be putting your best face forward, you're slyly convincing every new reader to skip you for someone better. Amazing, date-able, talented, smart people do this. You shoot yourself in the foot. Repeatedly. Sometimes, you don't even realize you're doing it. You know that pain from being single? Hate to say it, but some of you are … [Read more...]

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Unleash your Inner Pretty Boy: 4 Dating Tips from Anime Bishounen

12 July 2010 by 6 Comments
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Bishounen for those not in the know, is a Japanese word meaning, literally, “beautiful boy.” While it used to refer primarily to an ideal of a youthful and pretty boy, it has now expanded to refer to an entire character archetype within anime and other media: a beautiful adult male with fine features, long and/or well-styled hair, and a generally refined demeanor. While they’re most often found in anime for girls and women, such as Kyou Kara Maoh and Fushigi Yuugi, there are plenty of … [Read more...]

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Dear Anon-O-Box: How Do You Stay Hopeful When You’re Single?

25 June 2010 by Leave a Comment
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We're deviating from the normal Anon-O-Box this week for a very special note from Sean Patrick Fannon. You may know him as the man behind Shaintar, an epic high fantasy RPG setting. Or from his work with RPGNow and DriveThruRPG. I met SPF at ConCarolinas 2009, where Dave and I played in his Savage Worlds game, set in Shaintar. We had a blast... which then extended to a fun dinner... which then extended to an impromptu party. Good times! Sean met the love of his life, Carinn, in a pretty … [Read more...]

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