Meeting Places and Romance
Current Reading, When Old Flames Beckon Online
Sure, it's unsettling to find out your ex is now more wrinkled, chubby or bald — or a different sexual orientation — than you remember. But it isn't the worst thing that can happen.You could discover they hate you. more »
A Lecture, What Motivates Us: Sex
sex is one of the sort of dicey ones from an emotional point of view. These are difficult issues because sex is, by definition, an intimate part of our lives, and it matters a lot. Moreover, sex is fraught with moral implications. more »
Does It Pay to Be Smart, Attractive, or Confident (or All Three)? A study explores "Relationships Among General Mental Ability, Physical Attractiveness, Core Self-Evaluations, and Income"
Yet, although the inside clearly counts, a plethora of empirical research has demonstrated that when it comes to income, attractiveness makes a difference too. more »
The Woes of the Single Humor Writer
I did try to join one of those couples swap clubs advertised on the Internet — purely for research purposes, of course; but they refused me membership when they investigated and found out about me. Not that I’m a writer, but that I didn’t have a mate to swap. more »