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Asymmetry

"A common observation, about both the Internet dating world and the world at large, is that there is an apparent surplus of available women, especially in their thirties and beyond, and a shortage of recommendable men. The explanation for this asymmetry, which isn’t exactly news, is that men can and usually do pursue younger women, and that often the men who are single are exactly the ones who prefer them. For women surveying a landscape of banished husbands or perpetual boys, the biological rationale offers little solace. Neither does the Internet."  - from Looking for Someone, an article about online dating in this week's New Yorker

Two Seconds of Fame

You might want to take a quick look at what flashed on CBS Sunday Morning (at approx 1:19 in the video) on their Welcome to the Blogosphere piece. Thanks to @jmagNYC and @BlondieNY for letting me know!

Hello, Gorgeous!

 My new laptop has arrived. Hallelujah!! It's replacing the one I got over five years ago. Haven't had time to play with it much, but odds are that I won't be leaving the house much this weekend. #nerdalert

Progress?

Due to having gone over my allotted text message allowance for several months in a row now, I just upgraded my text plan.  Feel free to text away, kids!  Of course, you can always just pick up the damn phone and call.

Pro Bono: The Meta Edition

Pro Bono Net profiles me in their latest newsletter, where I mention Pro Bono Net, who profiles me in their newsletter . . .

Geek Love

I am in love.  With my new phone.  We're still getting to know each other, but oh, man . . . it's everything I've been looking for.  The Verizon HTC Droid Eris. Sleek, smooth, functional, and great call quality.  I've even customized it with my favorite pics -- Lucy for when the keypad is locked and, as a tribute to my old phone, "the artichoke," have used the artichoke shot as my wallpaper. 

 

I'll post pics of the phone at some other point, but you can see plenty (without my fabulous customization) online.  Would like to thank my family for including me on the Verizon family plan (big money-saver, despite monthly fatherly analysis of my phone usage), and the lovely gentleman at the Union Square Verizon store who gave me a new phone battery to keep the artichoke alive these past few weeks. 

Happy Anniversary PBN!

Tonight is the 10th Anniversary celebration of the formation of Pro Bono Net, where I worked for about 5 1/2 years.  I started as its third employee -- me and the two co-founders.  It was my first step away from the practice of law and into the world of pro bono as a career. It's amazing how far the organization has come since then -- looking forward to celebrating!

On the Fritz

I returned home last night from a very relaxing weekend all ready to get some work done for this week's blog posts. Instead, I came home to find my internet down once again. Now this has happened twice before, and each time I made an appointment for an RCN technician to come fix it. Also each time, it has fixed itself before the technician was scheduled to come. This time, regardless of whether it fixes itself before 11 am today, I'm having the technician come replace my modem. This is ridiculous. (And PS, I'm posting from my BlackBerry, which is my only connection to the outside world at the moment.)

UPDATE:  And of course, it fixed itself at 11:30, but I'm still waiting for RCN.  Sigh.

I am a Junkie

My internet was down for less than 24 hours and I was having the twitchy fits.  Apparently I have a problem.  Seems to be back up for the time being.  I don't mind being offline when I plan to be -- it's just when I don't plan it and I am cut off suddenly that I start jonesing.  I could have worse addictions, I suppose.

All in the Family

I've been considering upgrading my phone.  Not because it doesn't work, and not because I don't love the artichoke picture I have on it (ordered it in lieu of an upgrade a while back), but because I seem to be texting more and more and the T9 text entry drives me nuts.  I would love something with a QWERTY keyboard.  And no, I don't want an iPhone at the moment.  So, I went into the Verizon store and asked questions about various models, but alas, one of the issues with upgrading is that I am on one of their "Family Plans."  Now this is fantastic, mind you, as it keeps my phone bill quite low (thanks, family!), but at the same time, I have learned that if I want to change to a plan with any sort of "data" use (which I'd have to do, I think, if I upgraded my phone), we have to switch our whole plan, at a potential cost increase to everyone.  I'm still collecting all the details, but I don't think it's worth it at the moment. I'd rather stick with the family and continue to send stunted, misspelled texts, at least for now.  Anyone have recs for Verizon QWERTY phones in case I decide to switch soon?