Match.com

So I went ahead and did it... I joined match.com. You'll have to search for the ad yourself if you want to see it. After a conversation with Dana on Saturday about how are we going to meet people to date, and the resounding silence that over took me and the failed attempt to even make friends (Mr Nice Smile seems not to be interested in my olive branch of friendship) I figured I needed to take matters into my own hands make some new acquaintances and go on a couple of dates.
I have done the internet dating thing before, and actually dated the polish princess for a while (now not really friends), Joel, who we never really dated however had possibly the best sex summer of my life with, I also met a good friend, who we still, even though he is in Chicago, talk about once or twice a week. So I'm no stranger to electronic match making
The thing with Match.com and its ilk is that it can be just a damaging to your self esteem as face to face meeting. One of the things that you can do is see how many times and by who your profile has been viewed. I find myself logging on just to see if anybody has looked at my profile, many times a hour. If I do decide to send someone an e-mail or a "smile" (the chickens way out) they can block you, you get an e-mail saying something like "xxxx isn't interested, there are many more like him here are some more for you too look at" followed by a list of others like the one that rejected you.
I give it up to those that do check that box and send the "regret" message. The only thing in my book that is worse that waiting for the phone to ring, from someone that you have left a message with is waiting for an e-mail.
Whats next speed dating?