These days the old-fashioned blind date - aka the setup - seems the least of three evils, the other two being the new old-fashioned online date (Spank Me Frank's provenance) and the double old-fashioned bar or party encounter (how Howey met her cheapskate).

It used to be that blind dates felt, well, dated, practiced by the likes of Larry and Jack on "Three's Company" - and then not so s...

Forget the awkward first dates and the nervous laughter about jokes that just are not that funny. More and more people are having that first connection in cyberland and forming long term relationships from them.

Daniel and Christina Leach have been married for six years, after meeting each other on a message board in 1995. The 25-year-old sophomore art majors are content together in their...

The continuing acceptance of unprotected anal sex, gaypornography's depiction of the act, and the extent to which online dating hasreplaced face-to-face cruising were the most compelling hot button issuesduring a gay men's health forum last Wednesday night, November 30.

At the San Francisco Gay Men's CommunityInitiative-sponsored forum, panelists from the health department and otherswe...

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Robert Wells advertised himself on an online dating service as a semiretired physician who enjoys wine tasting, "The Sopranos" and reading science fiction.

But a woman surfing the Web site recognized the Walnut Creek man from another dating site she'd used a year earlier. She told the current service, Dallas-based True.com, t...

Covance Laboratories has long been one of the Madison's area's premieremployers. The company, which has a worldwide presence, conducts clinialtrials to test new drugs and therapies. A story in the Dec. 2 issue ofIsthmus contains a lighthearted look at a local human clinical trial for anew drug that treats erectile disfunction. Accompanying the story is asidebar that details the company's eco...

Many HLS students know the Boston Craigslist, at http://boston.craigslist.org/, as a website where they can find an apartment, buy cheap furniture, or get tickets to a Sox game. Craigslist is a network of online classified ads sites organized by city - a less formal version of eBay that emphasizes local transactions. Started in San Francisco in 1995 by Craig Newmark, Craigslist has become a nat...

Why are there so many “39” year-old gay men? I like you for who you are, not for who you were six years ago.

Why is it that people think gay guys can get laid anytime, anywhere? I am lucky if I have a date, period.

If you’re looking for a husband, go where you’re likely to meet men who are good husband material. I met mine in a gay religious organization, not in a ba...

Why are there so many �39� year-old gay men? I like you for who you are, not for who you were six years ago.

Why is it that people think gay guys can get laid anytime, anywhere? I am lucky if I have a date, period.

If you're looking for a husband, go where you're likely to meet men who are good husband material. I met mine in a gay religious organization, not in a back room or a �...

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Divorced; freaky friendships with Tin Man, Scarecrow and Cowardly Lion

I can sing, dance, and kill witches (it's a long story). I'm a fun person to be around (unless you count the flashbacks from an old head wound). I enjoy the smell of rain, the sound of wind in the trees - and now know if it picks up, I head for the storm cellar, with or without Toto. I want to find someone brave and...