Courtney Weaver should be ashamed. Her small amount of self-deprecation in the article doesn't make up for the fact that she wasted the time of someone who she suggests may represent the ultimate in desperation yet who was apparently only looking to meet a new friend/date. Ms. Weaver apparently misled "Mike" into thinking that she, too, was sincerely interested in meeting someone new, when in reality she just wanted some material for her column. Ms. Weaver should have been honest with the guy from the beginning, letting him know her true intentions. That might have livened up their conversation and given the two more to talk about, though I doubt he would have agreed to meet with Weaver after learning that the whole thing was a setup. Heck, more interaction with the guy might have given Weaver more material or inspiration to write an article even slightly entertaining or otherwise worth reading, which this article is not. In the end, though, it's to Ms. Weaver's credit that she didn't try to go for laughs (her column, as usual, is a total bore with no interesting insight or value other than to fill space) by trashing the guy, and she didn't necessarily hold herself up as superior to him or to people who might seek blind dates online. Still, I'm left wondering both why Courtney Weaver was even given this column and what she hopes to accomplish with it.

I agree, great column. Chris, lighten up and go whine somewhere else.

When I was writing my first comment I knew someone was going to say I was Mike.

Anyway, you guys must be friends of the author Courtney Weaver if you can claim that this is a "great" column. Either that or you have really low standards. This one is so BLAH. The lowly interns and kate-o-ind. or whatever are much better.

I have actually used crazy blind date before, and am neither desperate or so overly optimistic that I might find love that way. In fact I'm in a lovely relationship, but find it totally entertaining to go on blind dates. I, however, am upfront with people about that before hand. I've also used CL for similar things, spontaneously meeting a new person with no expectations except maybe a good story to tell an old friend the next day, or a new friend to tell an old story too. blind dates don't have to be about romance or desperation, they can just be about having fun and taking a chance.