response 77 of 594:

Jul 1 21:27 UTC 2003

I think it is easy to be critical about people being "overly picky". 
Let me ask you this, since you are about to get married. Are you in 
love with this woman who is your fiance? I would submit that most 
people who disqualify every potential match on some grounds or another 
probably are not really in love and are looking for a way out. In other 
words, they havent been lucky enoungh to find a person they could 
really fall in love with. If you didnt really love your fiance, would 
you stay with her or would you maybe start thinking of reasons to 
disqualify her? 

Of course, there are people who choose to be single but pretend to make 
an effort to be with someone because of societal pressures.  

And there are certainly things a person can do to improve the odds in 
the romantic relationship game. I dont dispute that at all. Let's face 
it, the Jennifer Anistons of the world have more options than the 
Roseanne Barrs. But, ultimately it still comes down to luck. 

response 79 of 594:

Jul 1 22:29 UTC 2003

How many people think you have to fall in love with someone to want to live
with them?  That seems like a pretty unrealistic requirement.

response 81 of 594:

Jul 1 23:49 UTC 2003

IBB Katherine Hepburn died on Sunday.  Not only was she one of Hollywood's
greatest stars, but she was a feminist well before her time.  She was living
in sin with a married man, Spencer Tracy, for many years during a time when
such arrangements would have been scandalous.  She didn't care what other
people thought, she did her own thing.  Katherine Hepburn was cool.

Also liked the story that she won a record four best actress academy awards,
and never showed up to accept any of them.  When Hepburn won for "Lion in
Winter", a friend went and picked up her oscar at the ceremony.  She told him
to just drop by her house, put the statue in a paper bag, and stick it in a
cupboard.  Two decades later, this friend was visiting and remembered doing
that.  He looked in the cupboard and the oscar was still there, in the paper
bag.  Hepburn had never looked at it, much less had it engraved.  

She was one of a kind.  RIP

response 83 of 594:

Jul 2 03:10 UTC 2003

I'm talking about people who disqualify peotential mates before it gets very
serious.  Of course, people don't always realize what's involved in committed
relationships.

response 85 of 594:

Jul 2 17:19 UTC 2003

Gahhh.  I have about 48 hours' worth of work to do in the next 24.  Also, 
my boss is a complete ass.  Just in case I haven't mentioned it before.

response 87 of 594:

Jul 2 21:20 UTC 2003

re 81:  I would argue that "living in sin" with a married man could/would and
perhaps should still be considered "scandalous", or at least wrong.

I've said it before, I'll say it again:  there's too much cheating in the
world today.

response 89 of 594:

Jul 2 23:49 UTC 2003

Oh, I'm pretty sure he knows he's an ass.  And positive he doesn't grex.
IBB Richard misspelled "Katharine Hepburn".

response 91 of 594:

Jul 2 23:59 UTC 2003

richard's original post:

"IBB Katherine Hepburn died on Sunday.  Not only was she one of 
Hollywood's greatest stars, but she was a feminist well before her 
time.  She was living in sin with a married man, Spencer Tracy, for 
many years during a time when such arrangements would have been 
scandalous.  She didn't care what other people thought, she did her own 
thing.  Katherine Hepburn was cool.

Also liked the story that she won a record four best actress academy 
awards,and never showed up to accept any of them.  When Hepburn won 
for "Lion in Winter", a friend went and picked up her oscar at the 
ceremony.  She told him to just drop by her house, put the statue in a 
paper bag, and stick it in a cupboard.  Two decades later, this friend 
was visiting and remembered doing that.  He looked in the cupboard and 
the oscar was still there, in the paper bag.  Hepburn had never looked 
at it, much less had it engraved.  

She was one of a kind.  RIP"

don't see any misspelled katherine hepburns...

response 93 of 594:

Jul 3 00:07 UTC 2003

okay I did a google search, and its spelled both ways in numerous places. they
are both correct spellings 

response 95 of 594:

Jul 3 01:21 UTC 2003

IBB famed children's author Robert McCloskey died today at age 88.
McCloskey was the author of one of my alltime favorite books when I was
little, "Make Way for Ducklings"  I love that book.  In fact I gave a
copy of it to my little niece not too long ago.

RIP

response 101 of 594:

Jul 3 19:01 UTC 2003

Richard, "Sarah" and "Sara" are both correct spellings, but you'll get
beat if you spell my name as "Sara".

Get it now?  :)