Cheerful Curmudgeon » Women http://cheerfulcurmudgeon.com A complete lack of ideas and the power to express them. Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:32:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 ©Art Zemon art@zemon.name (Art Zemon) art@zemon.name(Art Zemon) 1440 A complete lack of ideas and the power to express them. Art Zemon Art Zemon art@zemon.name No no http://cheerfulcurmudgeon.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Cheerful Curmudgeon http://cheerfulcurmudgeon.com 144 144 How To: Romance http://cheerfulcurmudgeon.com/2007/08/14/how-to-romance/ http://cheerfulcurmudgeon.com/2007/08/14/how-to-romance/#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:15:12 +0000 Art Zemon http://CheerfulCurmudgeon.com/2007/08/14/how-to-romance/ Romance baffles me. Hey, I’m a guy; what do you expect (not that gals do much better, from my scientific conclusions gleaned from watching Sex and the City). Fortunately, the universe is conspiring to point me in the right direction with both visual and audio clues. First, the visual from xkcd.com:

XKCD comic

Second, and probably most useful, Christine Lavin was good enough to record the song “Don’t Ever Call Your Sweetheart by His Name.” You can hear a 25 second sample of the song at emusic.com’s site.

It’s such a relief to know how to relate to Cheryl Cindy Candie Candy when I get home tonight. I love the internet!

]]> http://cheerfulcurmudgeon.com/2007/08/14/how-to-romance/feed/ 0 My Wife as an Atypical Prototypical Librarian http://cheerfulcurmudgeon.com/2007/04/26/my-wife-as-an-atypical-prototypical-librarian/ http://cheerfulcurmudgeon.com/2007/04/26/my-wife-as-an-atypical-prototypical-librarian/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:37:03 +0000 Art Zemon http://CheerfulCurmudgeon.com/2007/04/26/my-wife-as-an-atypical-prototypical-librarian/ A Day in the Life book coverI am more than a little bit proud to share the news. My wife, Candy, has a chapter on her career as a senior product strategist in A Day in the Life: Career Options in Library and Information Science. See chapter 72, pp. 315-318.

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So what is your style? Post a comment here and let me know.

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The Good Wife's Guide

For some odd reason, I am having trouble holding a reasonable conversation with Candy when I have this piece of paper in my hand and I start with, “Why don’t you….”

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