Phaedrus

Don't get too discouraged! Sure, there's bad actors out there - there probably always have been and probably always will be. But there's lots of fantastic ladies to go and see too. CK's diary is a great resource for avoiding the bad ones, and the recos here on CERB are a great way to find the good ones. At least, I haven't been disappointed yet...

Mmmm... hemlock :) The Yukon!

But it's so desirable, you'd need a bag with an equally awesome anti-theft device to put it in. (Not steampunk, but still fantastic)

I'm too lazy to send feedback, but denying them their data is the nastiest thing you can do to them - that's their lifeblood! So obviously I do that too. The other thing you can do is kill off their cookies as often as possible - they use those to track you as a unique user even if you're not logged in. I hae my browsers set up to delete all cookies on exit.. The downside of this is that you have to log into everything again every time you do this, but I can live with that.

Sussex. Because I feel like being a bastard, that's why :)

Gleneagles. Damp as well as cold.

Get up. Shower. Drive to work. Coffee. Emails, meetings if unavoidable. Wake up sometime before lunch, with luck. Seriously, don't ask me hard questions in the morning. If you do, I'll have to get back to you. It's true... and without external stimulus, that's what we revert to. More here. So does mine... unfortunately it seems to think that mid-afternoon is about the right time, if left to its own devices.

Too far away. Can we go with Aylmer?

Man swallows dentures during sex and dies

Sparta!

I hadn't thought about these for ages... and now I'm craving them too! Fortunately for my ass, I don't have any :(

Another melancholy theme? I know it's winter, but really... Everything But The Girl - Missing

A useful link, for those who care about this: how to clear your web history in Google.

Nebraska, for no good reason that I can think of.

Well, if we're getting into self-pity... time for the blues. B. B. King - Why I Sing The Blues

You could also post it in the reco section too... I don't think Robyn has a reco thread yet, and she may appreciate having one :)

Oh, shit. I'm doomed!

Happy birthday, Spud!

A very good thread! One thing that hasn't been mentioned is that, for me at least, the method of communication matters. There's no permanent record of what's said in person or over the phone, but texts and emails sit around for longer. I'm sure most ladies don't hang on to personal information about the people they see, but you never know how diligent people are going to be about cleaning up their inboxes - so I prefer that some things not be there in the first place, if possible. There's no such issues in a conversation.

Belated congratulations from me (since I've been away for a bit). Thanks for all your contributions, Cato!

Back to rain again? Okay... Travis: Why Does It Always Rain On Me? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwh3FmpZ7kg

Congratulations, Soleil! Always look forward to seeing what you have to say :)

Thanks for the reminder, baileydog. I'm sure Google knows enough about all of us already, without helping them even more. On a lighter note: http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2012/03/01/vatican-defies-critics-over-new-simplified-privacy-policy/

Congratulations, Katherine!

Congratulations, Sophia! Well deserved!