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Note: this is is the third installment of Dating Week, a series of blog posts sparked by a discussion last Saturday with two other single male friends.
Although meeting women when they’re out with friends isn’t the best time to pick them up, it does have its benefits. They tend to be more open, more […]
All day long, something didn’t sit right with me about the last two days’ worth of posts. At first I figured it was content, as I’m notorious in my circles for being my own worst critic when it comes to writing (or anything else). However, reading a post from a fellow TU blogger made me […]
-or- “Terrible Flirt, Terrible at Flirting”
Our second installment for Dating Week is based on the same conversation with the two men we will refer to as Adam and Paul, because those are their real names.
As the evening wore on, Adam, Paul and I continued to bond over tales of what it was like […]
As mentioned on Friday’s update, Albany-based web designer/developer and Twitter user @kirpaul is currently on a 10-day mission in Haiti to help with the recovery effort there. As promised, he has been providing periodic updates of his trip.
Additionally, he has started […]
I wanted to take a quick break from “Dating Week” to touch on a recent development in a story I’ve been following for quite some time.
Word came down today that WNYT is back at the top […]
It’s DATING WEEK here at In the Present Tense.
While there will be additional posts this week that touch on other subjects, at least one a day will be devoted to stories, subjects, and concerns I have being a single man in his mid to late twenties. While providing a glimpse into my mind (a […]
Spring has sprung, and so has the offensive behavior…and sex offenses.
Yesterday I went to visit my oldest sister (a mother of four including a brand new baby boy every bit as handsome as his Uncle Kevin). Yesterday, her and my brother-in-law […]
From its early days as a niche hobby to its expansion as a part of everyone’s daily life, the internet has catered to those with a slightly unconventional sense of humor. Some of it was due to previous constraints and conventions being sudden lifted, bringing together folks that otherwise wouldn’t find others with whom their […]
As I was engaging in my traditional civic duty of cruising the Times Union website in a half-hearted attempt to keep my finger on the pulse of our region, I came across a photograph in Jimmy Vielkind’s story on the
Erin go bragh!
St. Patrick’s Day began as a Catholic observance in honor of – who else – St. Patrick, the most recognizable patron saint of Ireland. Legend has it that he drove all of the snakes out of Ireland, although some research suggests that the term “snakes” may have actually been a euphemism for […]
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