The Seattle Times reports on dating services that match singles on the basis of politics
After Lance Barker met Jennifer Stein Barker through a lefty dating service, he asked if she read Home Power magazine — the must-read of the renewable-energy community.For some reason, efficiency doesn't seem as romantic as inefficiency. What excites you more, ladies, a man who uses electricity sparingly, or a man who rides an elevator nine extra floors just to keep talking to you? Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at August 17, 2004 10:48 AMThe very question filled her with longing. She had all the back issues.
"It was practically a done deal," she said of the man she would later marry.
To me, there always seemed something bloodless and calculating about dating services. But if two shallow, superficial people find each other based on a laundry list of likes and dislikes, and live a long, meaningless bland life together, who am I to complain?
Posted by: Steve Skubinna on August 17, 2004 12:52 PM$5 will get you $10 that neither of them live in a house that applies ANY of the energy-saving approaches in Home Power mag.
Posted by: Toren on August 17, 2004 01:29 PMToren, please check out our website and then send us our $10. We not only use most everything in Home Power, we've BEEN FEATURED in Home Power. Please then come to SolWest Renewable Energy Fair and find out about the "laundry list" of things we care about. This is just another example of how wrong people can be who claim that others are "mindless." Which is more important to YOUR future, a "romantic" spouse, or one who is passionate about creating a liveable future in the same way that you are?
Posted by: Jennifer Barker on May 11, 2005 06:16 AM