April 28, 2008
An Expirement With A BBW Dating Service
You know, my old Uncle Olaf used to say that there's somebody for absolutely everybody out there. I'm pretty sure that these days that statement is not so far from the truth, especially with all the Internet dating sites that there are to choose from now. For example, there are tons of BBW dating services out there. If BBW girls are your thing, then you should check out a site like BBW Personals.
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January 20, 2008
False Advertising And Meeting Famous People Online
Even when people are out looking for romance they tend to be a little suspicious of strangers. Come to think of it, maybe people are particularly suspicious when they're looking to meet that special someone. It's an understandable tendency. No one wants to meet a scary weirdo or get hurt. People's fears are even more pronounced when it comes to dating personals. On top of their usual fears, no one wants to fall victim to flagrant false advertising. It would just add insult to injury. A lot of people use these sites and find it worth the risk, but did anyone ever stop and thing maybe there was something to be said for false advertising?
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January 23, 2007
Love Spells
There are many different types of love spells. I’ve seen them at work over the years and they all seem to amaze me. These aren’t the pseudo-spells you hear of tell in tales of the occult. I’m talking about the real magic that comes when two people encounter each other and circumstances, personalities and internal chemistry match so well that you can see sparks without fire.
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October 2, 2006
The Price of a Perfect Match
I was going through sites we reviewed on the weekend, looking to see what changes have been made to them since they were originally reviewed. One that I came across that really struck me was Perfect Match. In particular, it was the pricing that got me wondering.
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July 17, 2006
Sunshine and Dating
Is it just me or is it too nice outside to be inside surfing dating sites? I was looking at my inbox last night, watching the stack of un-answered email grow, wondering if I would ever have the inclination to answer them. Then I looked outside.
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June 30, 2006
Language of Love
It can be hard enough falling in love without putting yourself in a place where language barriers are an issue. Such was my thought as I pulled into the Montreal train station for a recent visit.
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June 26, 2006
No Interest Here
This past weekend was Pride here in Toronto. Needless to say, it was off the hook! The streets were packed yesterday and, as can happen, you start bumping into people you know. I was on the dance floor at this bar, hanging with some friends and dancing up a storm when I suddenly turned into the face of someone who I knew.
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June 21, 2006
Italian Personals and Me
I was out having a quiet dinner the other night by myself. I like to do it every so often. There’s a nice Italian restaurant just down the road that makes fantastic food for a great price. Their portions are so big, I get two meals from one! It’s a great little spot to take dates for some pizza, pasta or veal parmesan. But as I was sitting there the other evening, it became strangely clear how attractive women from the boot really are. They have dark skin, gorgeous hair and some even come with a great accent! It is times like that when I wish I could belong to any and every dating site. In this case, there are a bunch of Italian dating sites that fit the bill. I mean, it’s just as easy to go to any general dating site and sort through the masses by nationality, but you may not get the focus you’re really looking for. In the meantime, I think I’ll just sit back and enjoy the view. Mama mia! this summer is getting off to a hot start!
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June 9, 2006
I Want U, South America
I may be moving south for a couple of months. A friend of mine is heading to Venezuela to do some NGO work. I was thinking about tagging along. I can work from there as easy as up here and it would be a great opportunity.
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May 30, 2006
I'm That Guy
What a mean couple of weeks it’s been around here. My laptop—which is my life—went awry, and left my plunking away on a friend’s machine. This is bad enough, but I use it for work. When it crashes, I have to transfer files and setup programs. There’s lost time there. Then add on a much slower machine. Then add emails that begin to pile up in your inbox that you have no time to respond to. Then look around and see the dating disaster that has befallen you—errrr, I mean me?
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May 23, 2006
Dating the Brain
On the most wonderful things about this world we live in is that there is just so much that’s beautiful! Specifically, when it comes to people, there is a whole kaleidoscope of character traits and physical attributes that make people sexy or attractive to us. Everyone weights the importance of these characteristics differently. Some people are after guys with sculpted abs or women with large breasts. Others find humor to be a big turn-on or social standing. The qualities people admire are practically endless and as people, we often play towards what we feel are our strongest attributes when looking for love online.
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May 17, 2006
Can't Take a Hint?
You know who I feel sorry for? I feel bad for those can’t read signs. I really do. I’m not talking about the blind or dyslexic. I’m talking about people on dating sites. I must admit that I’ve written a long profile, and it’s difficult to get through it all – although you should if you plan on chatting with me.
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April 24, 2006
Return To The Dating Site
Well, it looks like it’s another manic Monday. I have no idea what happened to my Sunday but it certainly wasn’t spent trolling dating sites and hooking up meetings with prospects.
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April 9, 2006
New Ebony Friends
Well, it happened again. Another dating site seems to have switched horses in midstream, jumping from one domain to the next. I just finished switching Christian Mingle after they decided to drop their domain in favor of Relationships.com. Now it seems like Ebony Connect has decided to roll over to EbonyFriends.com.
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March 17, 2006
A New Dating Site?
Have you ever heard about Mate1.com? I hadn’t until a couple of weeks ago. I was chatting with a reporter from The Wall Street Journal about the dating industry and how sex sites, in particular, have grown on the Net. He was the one to bring up Mate1. Never having heard of them, I took a look.
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February 27, 2006
Sexing Adult Friend Finder
I was yapping with a reporter last week about Adult Friend Finder. His story was about how they became popular and what other sites were looking to make a name for themselves in adult dating.
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February 14, 2006
Happy Valentines Day
I can’t believe we’ve made it to V-day! It was almost a year ago that I joined the Cupids Reviews team. This time last year we were just readying the database, working on graphics and content and trying to figure out the dating industry.
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February 6, 2006
Circles for Seniors
Every so often we go through our database of sites we’ve reviewed and we find what we term as “lost sites,” sites that have been reviewed but for some reason were never posted. Our search this past week turned up a few different sites, one of which was Seniors Circle. This makes for our third addition to the seniors category on CupidsReviews.com.
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January 23, 2006
Hit Dating a Miss
The worst thing about having reviewed so many dating sites is that you never know what you’re going to get when finding a new one. The big dating sites were easy to find. Advertising is everywhere for them and they are usually the first names out of anyone’s mouth when the subject of being single comes up. When it comes to the smaller ones, though, you just never know what you’re going to get.
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December 29, 2005
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
The New Year is upon us and we’re in the same damn boat we were in last year – we’re single! No matter how many dating sites are reviewed at Cupids Reviews, it doesn’t take away from the reality of it all: dating isn’t easy! It got easier with the advent of dating sites, but we’re talking only a fraction.
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December 9, 2005
Single Ethiopians Get Dating Site?
Out of all the countries in Africa, what makes Ethiopia so special that it gets its own specialty dating site? Ethiopian Personals is part of the World Singles network of sites and they have a number of dating sites for specific markets.
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December 2, 2005
Gothic Grumble
You have to wonder how much good business translates into good service. I began to wonder this last week after contacting support at Gothic Match. I had approached them for a simple link exchange. They had written back, agreeing to the terms, and so I thought things were set.
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November 22, 2005
A Broken Computer / Life?
I used to enjoy watching TV on a Saturday afternoon or going out and playing with friends in my subdivision. That time was many moons ago. Now I’m a different person. I’m a man. Now I love dating. I love computers. But sometimes computers can get in the way of dating, and vice versa, and the results can at times be tragic.
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November 16, 2005
Goth Model Match
I recently reviewed a great little Gothic dating site called Gothic Match. There are a number of dating companies these days that are attempting to fan out across numerous niches. The more sites they have, the more money they make. GothicMatch is one of the offerings from the SuccessfulMatch affiliate company.
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October 31, 2005
STD Positive Dating
Niche dating sites suffer from the very thing that they seek to attract: targeted audiences. You won’t get as many people on a dating site that caters to knitting fanatics as you would on a general site, such as eHarmony.
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October 23, 2005
A Great Body
The good life, for me, involves keeping in shape. I try to get to the gym at least
three times a week. Most weeks I make it. Some weeks I don’t. But when I go in, it’s nice to see all the others who made the effort to get their buns in there. And I have to say, there on some mighty nice ones! Working out is a lifestyle for many. Keeping in shape is good for life, but it’s also good for love!
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September 28, 2005
Writing Romance
I’ve always wanted to write a romantic love story. Not the harlequin romance type – something a little more fantasy oriented. Romance as a genre doesn’t interest me. It’s not the type of world I like to wrap around myself when I’m looking to escape. It’s not fantastical enough. When I have free time, and I need to escape, I like to crawl into other worlds or write some for myself. In each one, though, romance is always one of the draws for me.
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September 23, 2005
Circles Around Cuba
Last night was fun! I joined up with the speed dating crew and watched as 46
men/women did circles around this little Cuban bar downtown. It’s funny to see everyone who arrives sitting around looking a little awkward. Yet a couple minutes into it, everyone is chatting up a storm. I think I need to do another round of speed dating really soon!
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September 22, 2005
For the Speed of Dating
Tonight I’m off to a speed-dating event. Actually, I’m not “dating” – just going to chat with the owner about some business. I’ve been to a number of her events here in Toronto. She puts on a good production but boy is it work!
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September 21, 2005
Bra and Thong
A girl who had webcam pictures of herself in a bra in her profile and another shot where she was showing her thong hit me up the other day. She even went as far as to point it out in a caption under the shot – just so nobody could miss it. Her online name was PlayboyBunny. Cute, right? I thought so at least. I
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September 20, 2005
Virtual Sex
I recently reviewed the dating site, HighJoy.com. Its sole purpose is to act as a way for people to have virtual intercourse. Essentially you buy an appropriate personal pleasure device, hook it up to your computer and someone else controls it remotely from their computer. Like any good investigative journalist, I graciously accepted delivery of both versions of the two High Joy – Doc Johnson products.
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September 18, 2005
Don't Fall Down
Last night I ventured out for an evening to celebrate a friend's birthday. We hit a club I hadn't been to in years - but it was a regular haunt back in the day. The place filled slowly but the drinks came quick. The crowd was hopping as the beats broke in and everyone seemed to have a smile from ear to ear - or at least that's what I told myself.
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August 12, 2005
The Love Blog
This is my love blog. I don’t mean a personal type of love – more universal. It’s about love in all its forms and how it affects each and every one of us on this fair planet. My love blog talks about the day-to-day trials of running a dating review site as well as general romance topics that come up from day-to-day. Someone asked me today what it was that I blog about here so this is my response. It’s all about the love, baby! And spreading it is what this blog, and my life, are all about. Spread the love!
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July 26, 2005
The Art of Seduction
This entry shall serve as a place marker – a time in my romantic life where I think things are about to change. I’m about to embark on an intellectual adventure. A friend of mine recently plugged “The Art of Seduction” into my book list.
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July 25, 2005
One That Got Away
There was this girl I met back in the beginning of high school. I remember we went out on a double date on Remembrance Day, which was a few day after my birthday. I had received a huge bottle of Polo cologne and made sure to use half of it that night. I’m still not sure how any of us survived but I think it has to do with the great air and wide space of a movie theatre. She stole my heart right from the start. Her personality was bigger than anything I’d ever encountered in my life and she had the smile of an angel. Needless to say, that encounter led to at least three years of heartache, as all good relationships at that stage should. We drifted apart as time went on but reconnected a few years back. She’s married and has a little girl and is living a life that makes her happy. I just got off the phone with her, actually, which is probably why I’m writing this now. I’m glad she’s married and loving life. I know things wouldn’t have worked between us in the long run. We're different people. But at that age, you don’t have the experience to see the vast scope of human connection. I don’t know that any one person ever can. There are just too many variables. What matters, though, is that even after all these years, we stil have the memories to share. Things were up and down before but now there are just smiles and no heartache. That, in my books, is a relationship worth holding onto.
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June 27, 2005
Steamy Sex Chat . . . From 411?
I’ve never really got my head around sex chats. Have I had a few dirty conversations on the phone with girlfriends? Of course! For sure! But for some reason, I can’t see joining a site just for the aural stimulation. I know many people are right into it. I was speaking with a former telephone operator the other day that, by all accounts, has a very steamy phone voice. She was saying that she regularly had callers who phoned for directory assistance in hopes that they could engage in conversations of a more intimate nature. She even had regulars! Obviously there’s a need for this type of service and if it makes you smile at the end of the day, why not? I’m just saying that if I want to pull some of the levers of pleasure, I’ll pop in a movie or use my imagination. And for the rest of you . . . leave telephone operators alone and find a proper site, will ya?!?!
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June 16, 2005
Catching the Sun
Caught this quote on Cupids today . . .
“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.”
What a great image! I can almost feel the warmth again! Sometimes words have such a great way of evoking feelings that sink straight to the heart. This quote did it for me. It was by David Viscott, and although I have no idea who he is, I know for a fact that he speaks the truth. It’s been a good while since I felt sun on both sides like that. How long has it been for you?
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June 7, 2005
CupidsReviews, Live & Broadcasting!
CupidsReviews.com released its first press release today. It’s our announcement to the world that we have officially arrived! Whoohoo! The site has een years in the making – or at least the idea has taken years to come to fruition. We’ve been live now for over a month, but working out the bugs has been fun. It seems that everything is working well and we’re slowly building each element of the site, from this blog to the chat board to the articles and reviews. The site will be completely different a year from now, no doubt, but in the meantime – WE’RE LIVE AND KICKING! WHOOHOO!
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May 23, 2005
Dating Chat Forum From Hell!
Today I went on to one of the dating chat boards around the
net – another one beyond Cupids
Dating Chat Forum. As is usual, when I join a chat board I start by building
my profile. I add a picture, set my time zone, and enter some personal details
such as my location and job description. I also add a signature with a quote,
my ICQ and a link to my site – in this case, Cupids. Little did I know
– this was baaaaaad!
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May 20, 2005
The Star Wars III, Revenge of the Sith Date? Boohoo!
Tonight I’m heading out with some work colleagues to
check our Star Wars Episode III, Revenge of the Sith. I’ve
seen all the other movies that have been done to this point. I’m not a
fan, but I do think they’re well done. However, I know that there are
many fans around the globe that are clamoring to see the last installment of
the series. That leads me to believe that there will be a number of dates being
dragged along to see a movie that focuses on heavily on a dark side
victory!
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An Affair to Remember
I was getting very close to passing this day without a suitable entry for the blog. Yet, in the nick of time, I was saved by none other than Jay Lenno. It turns out there’s some new greeting cards in town. Here’s a hint for ya: they would be in high demand on AshleyMadison.com.
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May 13, 2005
IWantU in Montreal
Last week at this time I was riding down in an elevator inside
the Sheridan in downtown Montreal. I was on my way to a great lunch atop one
of Montreal’s tallest buildings. The day was big, blue and bright and
the sight was spectacular. It was lunchtime, yet it seemed it was the first
meal of the day for most. I sat down next to a couple of guys from IWantU.com
and the gang from AdultFriendFinder.com.
I ordered a glass of white wine, a cream of spinach soup and a peppercorn steak.
For those of you taking notes, this is the proper way to start your day!
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May 5, 2005
Toronto to Montreal: Dating Abroad?
It’s twenty minutes into my train ride from Toronto to Montreal for a business conference and a short Indian man with hunched shoulders and thick-rimmed glasses is pushing a cart of snacks up the isle. I’m chatting with the girl sitting next to me who’s from Melbourne, Australia. She was working in Whistler, British Columbia and is on her way through to New York. Next to her sits her boyfriend who she picked up in while working out west. Travel can be fun. It can be an adventure. And sometimes, without really knowing it, it can lead to wild romance!
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May 3, 2005
Cupids First Blog!
It was January 2002 and I had yet to discover online dating. I had been in a relationship for three years, so this should come as no surprise. But as 2002 rolled in, I was single again and figured I’d give the Internet a try. I’ve had a few great years meeting people and learning how various sites operate. I’ve met mostly wonderful individuals who, although not being a perfect match, have still helped change by life in some way. Now it’s 2005 and I sit here typing to you from a site that seeks to explore all the pros and cons of an industry that I have really come to respect and admire.
Hopefully over the next little while, this blog will begin to shape itself into more than just a collection of thoughts and words. I hope it expresses the trials and tribulations of what’s going on at CupidsReviews.com. With that in mind, I’ll enter this:
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