A North Carolina man got busted for trying to pick up women by telling him he was a narco. Turns out that’s illegal!
“Melton admitted that he had told employees that he was an officer,” the release stated. “When asked why, Melton said that he did it to impress the ladies. Melton said that he did […]

Neil Strauss, author of “The Game” (which I talked about previously), has a new book out: Rules of the Game, literally one half manual and pick-up workbook, one part stories of his adventures as a professional Lothario.
The book is also heavily tied to the Stylelife.com web site, a for-pay community managed by Strauss and his […]

I have a confession: “fancy” restaurants scare the shit out of me. I never feel like I fit in, I’m terrified I’ll order something stupid, and I’m cheap. One place at a time I’m getting over it—it’s a shame to live in such a great food town and not go out more—but I doubt I’ll […]

Don’t let the tenor of this faux news piece fool you—it’s clearly a promotional video for SpeedDate.com, an online videodating service. But it does show the basics of how the service works: three-minute video dates over the web, with big “Yes” and “No” buttons to judge your experience (and suitor) after the chat is over.
I […]

On Bits, the New York Times tech blog, Brad Stone writes about a new wave of online speed-dating sites built around video webcam chat:
After each Web meeting, WooMe asks users to select either “I’m Wooed” or “No thanks” for the person they just met. They can also leave one-word “tags” describing the person — a […]

This was probably inevitable: “Mystery,” one of the primary protagonists of Neil Strauss’ The Game, is now staring in a reality series on VH1, where shlubs will compete to pick up ladies with the “Mystery Method.”
If you do a little searching on the internet you can find the videos Mystery made of his conquests over […]

From Denver’s Channel 7 News site:
A man who told two women they were extremely beautiful was arrested on charges of harassment last week, Denver police said.
Police said 32-year-old Jeff John Hergert approached the women and “expressed interest in them.” He told each woman in two separate incidents that they were extremely beautiful and that they […]

A.J. Jacobs shows why he’s the best writer working for Esquire named A.J. today in this creepy but hilarious article about his misadventures playing one of the oldest tricks on the internet: pretending he’s a hot woman.
In this case his goal is more than just cheap thrills (and a per-word paycheck). His apparently dripping hot […]

Usually it’s a crime to break out of prison; in this case it was criminal to break in.
Either the chick’s got serious nerve, the dude’s the most amazing stud ever, or the power of love truly is the most amazing force in the world. Either way, I’m kind of sad that 29 year old […]

For supplemental income over the past few years I’ve been working the door for an underground, though upscale lap dance party. Quite regularly I’m told by incoming patrons that my job rocks, but the truth is that a job’s a job. The hours suck, the work is tedious, and the pay is the only reason […]

The more orange, the more women. Suck it, West Coast! (Because you’re not going to find anyone else to suck it for you.)
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