http://quirkyalone.net It's a mindset Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:30:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_1326" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="My Portuguese language teachers, me, and my fellow student, enjoying our very own SoSingular"][/caption] Happy International Quirkyalone Day, or, should I say, Feliz Dia Internacional do SoSingular! This year will be the eight annual celebration of International Quirkyalone Day, a holiday that I have grown to ... http://quirkyalone.net/index.php/2010/02/05/happy-international-quirkyalone-day-from-brazil/ A preamble: First, apologies for the long gap in posts. I've been distracted from blogging by much tumult in my life, a combination of family stuff and a long-anticipated dream that has required much planning. As I post this, I am sitting in Logan Airport at the Fox Sports Box ... http://quirkyalone.net/index.php/2010/01/12/my-big-life-churn/ “Dear Quirkyalone: Advice for QuirkyLiving” is a guest column by Lisa and Christina (crossposted at Quirkyalone). When you’re making up your own road map for (quirky)living, you need thoughtful advice. We’re here for you. Quirkyalone and Onely welcome your questions; send them on to onely AT onely.org. I have gone out on ... http://quirkyalone.net/index.php/2009/12/07/dear-quirkyalone-the-laws-of-chemistry/ Dear Quirkyalone: Advice for QuirkyLiving is a weekly guest column by Lisa and Christina at the singles' advocacy blog Onely. Our column appears here every Monday -- but we're running low on questions! So, dear readers: Do you have dilemmas, conundrums, burning (or mundane) questions about quirkyaloneness and quirkytogetherness? What questions do ... http://quirkyalone.net/index.php/2009/09/21/dear-quirkyalone-send-us-your-questions/ Welcome to the online candy store of love, our dystopic world of disposable dating. Internet dating can become an exercise in ego stroking and gratification, getting emails and winks about how pretty and wonderful you are. It can be a perpetual dip into window shopping for love, rather than a ... http://quirkyalone.net/index.php/2009/09/16/radically-honest-online-dating/ “Dear Quirkyalone: Advice for QuirkyLiving” is a weekly guest column by the authors of the brilliant blog Onely. It appears every Monday. When you’re making up your own road map for (quirky)living, you need thoughtful advice. We’re here for you. Quirkyalone and Onely welcome your questions; send them on to ... http://quirkyalone.net/index.php/2009/09/14/dear-quirkyalone-where-are-all-the-quirkyalone-men/ “Dear Quirkyalone: Advice for QuirkyLiving” is a weekly guest column by the authors of the brilliant blog Onely. It appears every Monday. When you’re making up your own road map for (quirky)living, you need thoughtful advice. We’re here for you. Quirkyalone and Onely welcome your questions; send them on to ... http://quirkyalone.net/index.php/2009/09/07/dear-quirkyalone-draft/ I had no memory of where I parked my car. Why? While I was parking the car, a friend called. Against my better judgment I took the call. I wanted to talk to him, and I found myself so engrossed in the experience of telling him everything that happened with ... http://quirkyalone.net/index.php/2009/09/01/stop-the-multitasking-madness/ “Dear Quirkyalone: Advice for QuirkyLiving” is a weekly guest column by the authors of the brilliant blog Onely. It appears every Monday. When you’re making up your own road map for (quirky)living, you need thoughtful advice. We’re here for you. Quirkyalone and Onely welcome your questions; send them on to ... http://quirkyalone.net/index.php/2009/08/31/dear-quirkyalone-am-i-too-picky/ Choosing to remain single in a coupled world is sometimes a lonely gig, never more so than when all of your close friends are smugly cocooned in their couple-bubbles. It can make you feel like the last single person on Earth. As once-single friends morph into couples, it often becomes ... http://quirkyalone.net/index.php/2009/08/28/zeitgeist-imaginary-bitches/