JK NYT

[Susannah]

Yes, can we please put a moratorium on the use of the text message as a means of communicating anything other than "I'll be five minutes late?" I know Paul F. Tompkins echoes this sentiment, but lord, do I hate it.  Getting asked out on a date via text has become a dealbreaker for me.  How hard is it to make a phone call?

I am in a bad mood this morning.

[erika]

Yes! Down with texting!

Can we add Instant Messenger to that list as well? Pick up the phone and TALK on it, you guys.





A few years ago I did have an idea to benefit from this electronic age of horrible dating. I was going to call it "Soul-crushing form emails for the dating deceased" and provide a service to those who want to end their brief relationships via email. Fill-in-the-blank emails and consultations, that sort of thing. After I got past the funny part of my confounding dating experiences (and they started being deathly depressing instead of darkly humorous) I abandoned the idea.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

I actually got married via text message. 

[Laurie]

I actually got married via text message. 

You mean, via pager, old man?

[iAmBaronVonTito]

I actually got married via text message. 

You mean, via pager, old man?

yikes...

although ill raise your text message wedding to meeting someone on myspace, after three days moving in with them/dating them/eventually becoming engaged- 


the future freaks me out.

[masterofsparks]

JK's like the Anka Radakovich for the new century.

I loved it!

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

I'll have you know that I'm very futuristic.  I had my wedding on the deck of a Starship:




Just kidding, everyone.  I met my wife before internet dating and we got married outside of a log cabin in Indiana.  Also, I'm not that much of a nerd.

[Spalding]

Any guesses on the ID of the dreamboat?

[Julie Klausner]

Spalding,

Love your monologues, regretted it was "just an evening"...I was devastated when you jumped off the Ferry.
That said, let's not dwell in the terrain of the guessing game. There are other sites for that information.

And I spell "class" F-O-T.

Thanks again to everyone on this site who had such kind things to say about my piece. You made my last 48 hours more Eddie Murphy, less Nick Nolte. What does that mean?

Julie

[Stan]

Thanks again to everyone on this site who had such kind things to say about my piece. You made my last 48 hours more Eddie Murphy, less Nick Nolte. What does that mean?

Julie

 New sheriff in town?

[dave from knoxville]

Forget the "Modern Love" moniker, NYT needs a bi-weekly "This American Klausner" piece.

[Emily]

move over, Maureen Dowd!

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

move over, Maureen Dowd!

Yeah, way, way over.  What can we do to get AM Rosenthal or whoever to fire Dowd and give us three Klausner op-eds per week?

Feeling kinda Nolte,
Grote