That's so funny. I sheepishly admitted to one of my buddies a few years back that my mom and my sister basically dictated my fashion sense by buying clothes for me all those years. You know what he said? "Man, we all get our fashion sense from our moms. Otherwise, we wouldn't have a fashion sense."

"Obsessive stalker", you say...that's funny because that was the exact phrase on the police reports. Uncanny.

I always bring a shovel to first dates. It shows I'm prepared and responsible.

Then again, one person's creepy is another's endearment. If I remember correctly, James and Nora Joyce were together for decades until his death. But, yes, his letters were so lurid they could make a drunken dockworker blush.

Yup. I learned the hard way not to do the following things unless you're already dating the person:

Not doubting it. But, the two seem kind of the same from an outsider's perspective.

Eh. One person's "romantic" is another person's "obsessive psychotic".

Luckily, my first year was mostly covered by scholarships. Otherwise, I probably would've stuck with it. Undergrad, on the other hand...

Hell no. I left after my first year after seeing the abysmal state of the legal market up close and personal.

Compelling governmental interest, yo. First Amendment rights are not absolute.

You missed the joke, I think.

Craigslist doesn't count.

DougExeter has that market cornered. Plus, that was a pretty weak effort. I'm trying to improve, though. Maybe someday I'll be able to step into the big leagues.

Here's the Times article that cites the "one out of 18 men" statistic:

You're like a walking dating service for convicts. You should start a website: "Love Con-nection".

She's definitely been working on her punches.

I thought so, but could you provide me with a link to an online English to "hysterical asshole" dictionary? I'd be happy to translate it for you...

Jesus, really? I hope you never, ever feel the need to apologize to someone, lest karma takes its turn on you.

You do realize that Boko Haram has been killing people indiscriminately for quite some time now, don't you? Adults, children, infants—both male and female—are all targets.

Thanks for your input, darlin'.