As a follow on from my last blog I thought I’d discuss Internet Dating again. Okay - I know I slated it last time. And with good reason!! It’s imperfect at the best of times, and downright crap at the worst. But for once I’m having fun with it  - mainly because I’ve had a […]

I have formulated a scientific hypothesis. Put on your thinking caps and don’t doze off, because after the academic stuff I’ll be talking about boobs.
One day I was watching Allan Gregg in Conversation on TVO. Psychiatrist and Medical Researcher Norman Doidge spoke on neural plasticity in relation to memory, stroke, Alzheimer’s, etc. and […]

An ongoing discussion within the erotic writing and reading community is to define the difference between erotic literature and pornographic literature and when does erotic writing become pornographic. There’s a similar discussion going on with romance writers and readers of when does romance become erotic. Since I don’t read or write straight romance, I won’t […]

I have a strong sense of smell. Sometimes I notice a smell that triggers something in the reptilian area of my brain, and I’ll remember an event from my childhood that I hadn’t thought about in years. For instance, recently smelling low tide near my home brought back a memory of the time I was […]

Why is internet dating such a trial?
It should be easy. After all, how difficult can it be to scroll through dozens of online profiles and decide which ones sound the least dysfunctional?
Maybe I was naïve when I first started playing the game. I (stupidly) thought that people (men) were being honest when they filled […]

Hi, all!
I have some “informations” for you, as we say in franglais (aka Frenglish):  I like to write music in my beyond-ample spare time.  Not just that, but I’ve fished some of it out from under my mattress and posted it to my lovely little Myspace page for all to hear. Myspace.com/gisellerenarde
Most of my work […]

Have I ever mentioned how much I love the oldie-baldies?  I do.  I love those physically fit bald men in the 50-65 age group.  What can I say?  I’m a grave robber (the opposite of a cradle robber…?)
And what’s not to love? Bald is the new leather.  I love those shiny crowns, I love that […]

I was musing the other day about what flicks my switch. Okay, so maybe it doesn’t pay to over analyse what turns me on, as going too far down that road is likely to lead to madness as well as many hours of fruitless therapy! But in this instance, there was a valid reason for […]

photo credit: fredseibert
Born on the Fourth of July:
Calvin Coolidge
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Ann Landers
Geraldo Rivera
Neil Simon
John Waite
Leona Helmsley

(cue Twilight Zone music)
Found via Encarta: 1826: Fifty years to the day after the approval of the Declaration of Independence, which they both had a hand in drafting, former presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die on the same day. […]

photo credit: gruntzooki
Are you superstitious?
Because it’s come around again - Friday the 13th! Thankfully, we can only run across this day three times a year, so if you’re really afraid, just take off work and stay in bed!
Do I think the number 13 is unlucky? And the 13th of Friday especially unlucky? Well, let’s […]