To my beloved: I saw the girl of your dreams today. It wasn’t actually her, of course, it was just someone like her. I didn’t even realize that she existed until I saw her, or rather her facsimile. I knew then that this was the girl that you were meant to be with, whenever and wherever you should find her. I don’t know how I knew. The only clues I have are her appearance – I can see her, but I don’t know her. It’ll have to be left up to you to pick her out from others like her…. [Read More]

This was NOT what I wanted to write about. I wanted to write about something completely different. I even had a Venn diagram. That’s right, this topic has so taken over my mind that it trumps the beautiful nerdity of a Venn diagram. Because, you see, I had a conversation today, and it was about something that keeps happening to my friends (and has, of course, also happened to me, and in fact has almost definitely happened to you too). This is the thing that keeps happening: You meet somebody and you are attracted to one another. Perhaps you then… [Read More]