Posted in Miscellaneous on March 30th, 2012 1 Comment »
July 4th, relaxing after dinner on a hilltop patio facing west, the lights of Bakersfield in the distance, an almost full moon hanging in the star-studded eastern sky, FlirtySomething’s Queen Bee discusses the up-coming marriage of her son and her hosts’ daughter with the soon-to-be in-laws and the happy couple.
The conversation is loopy. We talk […]
Posted in Miscellaneous on March 20th, 2012 1 Comment »
For those of you who may have wondered who Ms. Robinson dated before eventually meeting Mr. Obama, here’s Michelle in slit-to-the-thigh shimmery gold prom dress, with her first boyfriend!
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Posted in Dating Advice, Miscellaneous on March 15th, 2012 2 Comments »
It’s taken two thirds of my lifetime (if I’m lucky) to even begin to wrap my mind around the meaning of the phrase, “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” so skillfully borrowed from John Locke and embedded in the Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson’s only change to Locke’s phrasing was to replace […]
Posted in Miscellaneous on March 10th, 2012 No Comments »
Sad news today of the deaths of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett, and just days ago Ed McMahon. Death, especially when it’s a celebrity’s and trumpeted instantaneously and incessantly through the media, is the most urgent sort of messenger, and the message is to live life. Carpe diem. Seize the moment, because that’s really all […]
Posted in Miscellaneous on February 29th, 2012 No Comments »
Relationship experts are having a field-day with the First Couple. And so should we all. In a series of subsequent FlirtySomething posts, I’ll use “5 Love Lessons We Can Learn From the Obama’s” by Ian Kerner, Ph.D. as a jumping off point for discussions about how the Obamas’ example may inform our thinking about relationships […]
Posted in Miscellaneous on February 19th, 2012 2 Comments »
FlirtySomething is premised on the notion that flirting is a good thing, an art and a science both, a way for two people to communicate beyond words, and often preceding and over-riding words.
Flirting involves body language. According to experts, women are masters of body language. They have approximately 52 moves to show men that they […]
Posted in Miscellaneous on February 9th, 2012 No Comments »
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt may be, second only to the Obama’s, America’s most watched couple. Sure, they’re stunningly beautiful, almost extraterrestrial. And with their eccentricities and ever-expanding brood, excellent fodder for the voyeur in each of us.
But, perhaps we’re also captivated by the unique quality of their relationship. They seem so committed to each […]
Posted in Miscellaneous, Online Dating News on January 30th, 2012 No Comments »
Well, that’s not exactly true! The economy may be in the crapper, but according to this recent L.A. Times story, online dating is one of the few industries that’s thriving.
That’s good news, for sure, and at FlirtySomething, we’re not entirely surprised. We think 2009 is going to be a great year for love, and a […]
Posted in Miscellaneous on January 20th, 2012 3 Comments »
How apropos that “Mercy” is today’s Daily Tao Meditation. The verse reads: “Uphold precepts, but be merciful./Gradually absorb, until there is no need for law./Gain wisdom beyond right and wrong.” The “church folks” who are so afraid of their own latent “queer” nature and, therefore, against gay marriage might do well to ponder these lines.
Leaving […]
Posted in Miscellaneous on January 10th, 2012 2 Comments »
According to Sigmund Freud’s theory of personality, the id is the pleasure principle, the superego is the morality principle, and the ego is the reality principle. The ego’s job is to satisfy the needs of the id while respecting other people’s needs. According to this theory, a person who is unable to delay gratification may […]
