Missy Suicide didn't know what kind of monster she was creating when she launched the Suicide Girls Web site in 2001.

Suicide - the founder of a group that will headline Seattle's Neumo's tonight - had lived in Los Angeles for a while before returning to her hometown, Portland. And it was there that she reconnected with the edgy, tattooed women of the soggy Pacific Northwest.

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On the Net: www.suicide girls.com Missy Suicide didn't know what kind of monster she was creating when she launched the Suicide Girls Web site in 2001.

Suicide - the founder of a group that will headline Seattle's Neumo's tonight - had lived in Los Angeles for a while before returning to her hometown, Portland. And it was there that she reconnected with the edgy, tattooed women of the ...

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This is a recent personals ad from the highbrow London Review of Books: "I like my women the way I like my kebab. Found by surprise after a drunken night out and covered in too much tahini. Before too long I'll have discarded you on the pavement of life, but until then you're the perfect complement to a pe...

I need a date. Of all the things I've done in my life, admitting to the world I could use some help in the dating department is probably one of the least enjoyable. Despite the fact I get paid to talk to people for a living, the process of communicating with women who are potential dates is an area in which I've never excelled - despite all my best efforts.

Throw in my status as one of ...

True, I am a forest, and a night of dark trees, but he who is not afraid of my darkness will find banks full of roses under my cypresses. Part-time heavy-metal Guardian sub-editor (male, pale, drinks light ale).

"August 14th. Saw Alan Bennett riding his bike. Briefly made eye-contact. Wondered if I'd get a mention in the Alan Bennett 2002 diary." Peripheral bloke (47). Always the bridesm...

A gay sex Web site has filed a lawsuit against PayPal, the web staple that acts as an intermediary for money transactions online, after the financial giant dropped the adult site.

Though CruisingForSex.com (which stands for Cruising for Sex) claims it only used PayPal to process donations for Hurricane Katrina victims, PayPal issued a statement that the adult site's content violated its ...

Aware of this, some posters choose to undersell, mocking themselves and potential respondents at the same time. They see their dark worldview as something to be proud of, not to hide, and post ads like “In search of bird with broken wing,” “Total jerk seeks total bitch,” or “Damaged Goods.” The philosophy is that honest, if negative, ads will reach the right people. And if these ads attract mor...

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The new matchmaking site from Match.com aims to add the ineffable to the online experience, by quantifying that mysterious but essential ingredient in good relationships. That thing we call "chemistry."

Match.com worked with Helen Fisher, a Rutgers anthropology professor, to develop The Chemistry Profile, a personal...

One June evening five years ago, Judy Sennesh, 51 at the time, was setting up her new computer while "reclaiming space" in her Manhattan apartment.

"I had just split up with my husband of 20 years three weeks before and I was still taking down pictures I didn't like," says Sennesh. "I remembered that a friend had met some nice men on Match.com and decided to take a look. I enjoyed the pr...

While perusing the personals in a cafe near our nation's capitol, I came across one ad in particular that really piqued my interest.

Wanted: Very important, married white male seeks obscure, unrenowned, single white female for a lifetime appointment to the country's highest court. You must be 1) a woman, 2) inexperienced and 3) a friend of mine. Current or former judges need not apply.<...