Watch the video after you’ve checked out the link below.

Eg White was half of the duo who made the best record you’ve never heard “24 Years of Hunger”. Now he applies his talent to younger prettier people, helping lead older uglier people believe the aforementioned are smarter and more skilled than they really are.

His new solo album was lead with “Broken”, whose video which I can’t embed here, reminds us how webcams are as useful at the end of relationships as at their start.

Watch it here: Broken – Eg White, and the next time this happens come back to it and feel good feeling bad.

Original Plumbing, a new magazine with a focus on female-to-male transsexuals, is having an event on Saturday, December 19th in San Francisco.

If you’re into the unique charms and opportunities presented by trans men this is a rare (unique?) opportunity to be in a room packed with FTM singles (which sounds like a processed cheese but isn’t).

Yes – the photo’s the kind of guy I’m talking about…

For people who worry about meeting people online, here’s ample evidence you need to worry about people you meet in bars too.

Jason Calacanis used Twitter to put out out a tender for a logo for his ‘Open Angel Forum’, a group he’s forming as an antidote to the predatory, pay-to-play, cons being run on aspiring entrepreneurs.

I’ve taken a very late shot at it.

The first idea is obvious, but a little clever (I hope). The icon would be easy to brand and has the advantage of containing some information even without the text – useful at small sizes.

The second idea plays on the idea that the forum will be a hotbed of deal making. ‘Angel’ is shown as a signature and the entire logo is reminiscent of a sign, something people will look up to and follow. The emphasis of “Open Forum” underscores the frank and direct approach Jason’s known for.

Amazingly, sometimes working for free is fun.

Aside from his brilliance as a scientist, skeptic, and popularizer of rational thinking, Carl Sagan also new a lot about living.

“For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.” – Carl Sagan

According to the Telegraph, ‘hiberdating’ is a new American buzzword used to describe starting a new relationship during fall and winter.

As the founder of a dating site based in Southern California I’ve never heard of hiberdating, and a quick Google search reveals 30 (there are no zeros or decimal points missing in that number) references.

J’ACUSE TELEGRAPH!

Not only are you re-printing a press-release fromYahoo! Personals, you don’t even have the testicular fortitude to check the veracity of your copy. As for the suggested reasons for the failure of wintertime relationships – a lack of daylight and the stress of the holidays – wouldn’t that mean divorce rates would be highest furthest from the equator? Shouldn’t you have checked that?

Pathetic.

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There are certain words which in context, whatever the intent, are universally interpreted in unambiguously negative ways.

Today I saw a profile in which the man had described himself as “tactile”. I’m sure he thinks that suggests he’s warm and friendly, but a straw poll of women in my immediate vicinity makes it clear it suggests to them he’s an octo-pervert who needs mace, restraint and therapy.

More seriously, if there’s an appropriate time for physical contact on a date you’ll know. There’s no point in pointing out it’s something you desire. You only suggest you’re likely to lunge inappropriately and make what should be organic opportunities to get close to someone awkward and tense.

When it comes to meeting new people, certain principles are universally true. If you stand out and are sincere (even if that’s sincerely funny or self-absorbed) you’re going to make an impression and that’s most of what’s needed to start a relationship.

Standing out online is harder than it is in person. You can post an amazing photo, but many people will assume it’s not real. You can write a brilliant profile, but then have to rely on people taking the time to read it. So what other options do you have?

If you’re talented you can do what Brian did and, though the content might be considered a little… (what’s the word… pathetic?) the execution is stunning and smart and makes brilliant use of Craigslists formlessness.

I bet he’s got more offers than he knows what to do with.

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It’s easy to forget that Craigslist allows for advanced page designs—as long as you have the coding skills to wrangle their comically unfriendly user interface (see all those poor people who can’t even inert a line break).

This woman has put the effort in and I bet it’s yielded significant dating dividends. Geekiness pays off again.

Sturdy chassis, lightly used (but highly driven) seeks new prospects.

After yesterday’s fake awful video-dating profile it seems fitting to follow up with a montage of real ones. Be warned, some of these guys are creepy. You’re going to want to take a ‘Silkwood’ shower after this.