Download or read book The Decade of Blind Dates written by Richard Alther and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Bauman, a forty-five-year-old divorced gay painter, plunges into the personal ads just prior to the Internet in his quest for the perfect partner. He dates a colorful cast of characters from a Connecticut physician, a rabid Republican, to a Texas-two-stepping, tattooed punk. Next there's the heavier-than-advertised geek who arrives with a bag of sex toys, but Peter is more serious with a handsome, stern Maine woodsman, followed by a British aristocrat patron who declines further intimacy because of his AIDS. As Peter negotiates his new gay identity, his best friend, Barry, counsels and supports him at every step, especially as Peter deals with a health crisis. During a decade of sex and shenanigans, Peter, encouraged by his ex-wife, daughter, and son, examines his life and, at last, discovers his soul mate. Acclaim for "The Decade of Blind Dates" "SPECTACULARLY WITTY...The Decade of Blind Dates is a brave novel, a remarkable work of social and personal history. It is gay life as so many Americans lived it in the last decades of the last century, an alternately glorious and confounding picaresque of the mind and heart. It is also spectacularly witty-I started writing down lines that made me laugh out loud and soon ran out of paper." "--Richard Stevenson, author of the Donald Strachey series" "HILARIOUS...Pre-Internet personals, perseverance, and a strong swimmer's sturdy build all pay off for the narrator of this engaging episodic novel about a rural gay artist's decade-long-search, after coming out at midlife, for heart-connecting love-not just sweaty sex. Alther's word portraits of men met along the way-among them a Nordic-god New Age bodybuilder with a dullblack toupee, a burly Bear with a bagful of erotic toys and a miniscule member, and a reclusive basket-weaver with magisterial forearms-are as humane as they are hilarious in a warm-hearted story." "--Richard Labonte, Books To Watch Out For" "The Decade of Blind Dates is refreshing in its realism about what gay men experience-friends who die of AIDS, gay men who marry in an attempt to convince themselves they are straight, only to end up divorced. It's not just about hot sex but rather a very serious novel about dating. Anyone who has suffered through years of dating to find a soul mate will feel empathy and humor over Peter's situation." "--Reader Views" "Whether you are gay or straight, Richard Alther exposes the hilarity and challenge of starting over romantically in midlife." "--The Bottom Line, Palm Springs"
Download or read book My Blind Date Went Blind written by Virginia Vitzthum and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The awkwardness. The anxiety. The sweaty palms. Ah, the joys of a blind date. But then there's the laughing about it afterward with friends, and doesn't that make it all better? A hilarious collection of more than 50 true stories of dates gone crazily wrong—though sometimes with a happy ending—My Blind Date Went Blind! is as much fun as sharing stories with a best friend. Here's the date who shows up with his soon-to-be ex-wife in the backseat. The date who thinks it's sexy to eat a bowl of noodles in one mouthful, tearing off the dangling ends with both hands. The date who can't pay for the $2.00 matinee when he discovers the price went up to $3.00. The forgetful woman who administers the same pop quiz—Can you spell "segue"? Who is Frank Lloyd Wright?—two dates in a row. The rabid Harry Potter fan who just won't stop calling (with updates about his therapeutic progress). And the date of the title, who loses his vision in the middle of dinner—a literal moment of hysterical blindness—and needs to be walked home. (Oh, and he wasn't able to pay the check either, of course.) With sidebars including Worst Pickup Lines Ever and Very Bad Movie Choices for First Dates, it is the perfect antidote to the dating blahs: You just have to laugh.
Download or read book 10 blind dates written by Ashley Elston and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 10 Blind Dates written by Ashley Elston and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sophie wants one thing for Christmas—a little freedom from her overprotective parents. So when they decide to spend Christmas in South Louisiana with her very pregnant older sister, Sophie is looking forward to some much needed private (read: make-out) time with her long-term boyfriend, Griffin. Except it turns out that Griffin wants a little freedom from their relationship. Cue devastation. Heartbroken, Sophie flees to her grandparents' house, where the rest of her boisterous extended family is gathered for the holiday. That's when her nonna devises a (not so) brilliant plan: Over the next ten days, Sophie will be set up on ten different blind dates by different family members. Like her sweet cousin Sara, who sets her up with a hot guy at an exclusive underground party. Or her crazy aunt Patrice, who signs Sophie up for a lead role in a living nativity. With a boy who barely reaches her shoulder. And a screaming baby. When Griffin turns up unexpectedly and begs for a second chance, Sophie feels more confused than ever. Because maybe, just maybe, she's started to have feelings for someone else . . . Someone who is definitely not available. This is going to be the worst Christmas break ever . . . or is it?
Download or read book The Decade written by Gabby Means and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-17 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Decade was the birthplace of rock "n" roll in Pittsburgh, at the corner of Atwood and Sennott. The eclectic bar with parachutes covering the ceiling was home base for local bands such as the Iron City Houserockers, but it also served as a showcase for rising international recording acts, including the Police, U2, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and the Ramones. Under the shadow of the University of Pittsburgh, The Decade was an oasis of live rock and blues music in the 1970s to the early 1990s. The small venue had wide appeal to bands who felt they could intimately connect with their audience. Owned and operated by Dom DiSilvio, The Decade will forever be a home to many Pittsburghers, and Images of Modern America: The Decade is a home for their stories.
Download or read book Blind Dates written by Anna Fuerstenberg and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Blind Dates written by Steven Hull and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Blind Date Survival Guide written by Jeff Nagel and published by . This book was released on 1988-11 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book All Men Are Cremated Equal written by Elizabeth Fournier and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Armed with a 10-point list of dating criteria, skin-tight jeans, and flash cards on Nascar, football, and micro-breweries, she enlists everyone in sight to set her up on blind dates in a passionate quest to meet just one really great guy. Names are changed to protect the rejected as she humorously dishes dot-com hunks, rappers manques, and tattooed graduates of the Gene Simmons School of Dating. Bridget Jones would be proud of her American cousin. Elizabeth chronicles her true-life dating spree set off by the broken engagement as a marriage-minded mortician in her mid-30's.
Download or read book Holla If You Hear Me No More Blind Dates Please written by Shawne White and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-02 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "My coworker, Jennifer, and I had had this conversation plenty of times and she always said that if God could raise a man from the dead, surely he could send the one for us." "The One" is out there somewhere, and author Shawne A. White intends to find him. What better way to search for the perfect mate than through blind dates arranged by well-meaning matchmakers? She didn't go on just one or two rendezvous, but many, many blind dates with an eclectic assortment of men. And she's willing to spill the details. This first-person account of White's encounters is a collection of sometimes funny, sometimes touching short stories. She invites you to tag along vicariously as her blind date blunders--and occasional successes--unfold. A touch of humor, therapeutic observation, and commentary on North Carolinian etiquette and cuisine keep you turning pages as she shares her newly developed understanding. Whether you prefer to profit from lessons learned along the way, or simply be entertained, White's blind date experiences will keep you laughing and dating, because you never know, your next date may be "the One".
Download or read book Blind Dates and Other Disasters written by Ally Blake and published by M&b Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three easy ways to keep your love life clean and simple - don't get your friends to fix you up, don't go on a blind date, and don't try your hand at internet dating. This is a collection of three disastrous dating stories.
Download or read book Bad Blind Date written by Laran Mithras and published by Laran Mithras. This book was released on 2018-09-26 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renee is back, yearning for more. Determined to be the best wife she can for Keith, she pursues his fantasy on her own – without his approval. Becoming addicted wasn't something she foresaw. Going from plain to exciting, she embraces her husband's fantasy and finally agrees that maybe the other man should be a stranger. The explosive revelation in the end will change Renee in drastic ways. 110 Standard Paperback pages. This is part 2 of a 3-part series.
Download or read book Blind Dates written by Helen Lea Lansdale and published by . This book was released on 1927-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Blind Dating written by Kerry Taylor and published by Cecila Hunter. This book was released on with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kimberly, a divorced mother-of-three in her mid-forties, feels that since the divorce her life has become meaningless. Her reality is laundry, dishes and life emergencies. Encouraged by success stories from people at work, she joins a dating chat room. Online, she is sexy confidence, SeattlesAnswerToBradshaw with a penchant for dirty talk. This encourages her to ditch the 'boring' Kimberley and hit the gym, change her closet and hairstyle. Until, that day when her cyber Romeo wants to meet in real life. Imagine her surprise when she realizes that not only does she know him online but she knows him offline too. A light-hearted, romantic comedy about a single mom finding true love, which was right before her eyes.
Download or read book BLIND DATES AND DRAWN CURTAINS written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Beauty Or a Beast written by Jacquelyn Higley and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Higley explores blind date stories, looking for patterns to explain why so many blind dates go badly and why people go on them. Some of the major problems in blind dates are people wanting to be too friendly, lack of good qualities in the other person, and having nothing in common. Discusses some cases where blind dates led to a second date, and rare cases that led to friendship or marriage.
Download or read book Blind Dates written by Lisa L. Hansen and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Typed research paper for Rudy's English 391 class at Brigham Young University. Hansen looks a the problems with blind dates as expressed through the accounts of her informants.
