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    Introduction

    Diminishing Returns

    Get Over It


    Why You're Still Single is not about chasing men, so you will not need a butterfly net. It is not about making them chase you, because they are not wolves and you are not a bunny. We will not suggest that you treat men like hostile alien presences, pretend you don't understand football, buy padded bras, or refuse to call people back. But the benefit of other people's experience might point out a few things that are tripping you up, no matter how much of an amazing, smart, hot, totally worthwhile ass-kicker you may be as a general rule.

    Go here for more about our philosophy.

    We recommend: Honesty (usually), playing fair, shutting up (sometimes), speaking up (other times), respecting that voice in your head that says "You're doing WHAT?", making compromises, knowing when to cut bait, good sex, giving yourself a break, being needlessly generous, and periodically leaving your apartment.
    We don't recommend: Pretending to like what you don't like, treating winking and giggling like a Get Out Of Jail Free card, testing people, stubbornness, martyrdom, talking everything to death, and convincing yourself that you're desperate.

About Linda

Linda is a writer from the frozen tundra of Bloomington, Minnesota, where she writes for Television Without Pity and MSNBC.com, in addition to holding down a day job and making frequent trips out for overpriced coffee. She also is the maveness of Frolic and Detour, where you can read about her friends and, if you look through the archives, the night she met Evan.

She once discussed The Food Network on The Splendid Table, and she appears about halfway through this here file.

Selected pieces of Linda's writing:

From Television Without Pity:

  • Recaps of The Amazing Race
  • Occasional recaps of American Idol
  • Recaps of Survivor
  • A special recap of the Three's Company behind-the-scenes expose
  • Recaps of The Apprentice (seasons 1-3)
  • Recaps of perhaps the worst dating show of all time, Married By America

From MSNBC.com:

From Frolic and Detour:

Also check out: The Salon.com Television Round Table (requires you to watch an ad); and Hugh Jackman's Fame Audit.