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This Quirkyalone Day, Celebrate Your Secret Single Behavior

Sasha Cagen | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Quirkyalone, Quirkyalone Day, Self Love, Singledom, Singlehood, International Quirkyalone Day, Being Single, Valentine's Day, Culture News
Sasha Cagen

Hark! It's Feb. 14! You might think that means it is Valentine's Day. You would be right. It's also International Quirkyalone Day, a firm reminder to celebrate yourself whether you are in a relationship or not.

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Old-Fashioned Matchmaking Meets Facebook

Sasha Cagen | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Matchmaking, Quirkyalone, Online Dating, Weak Ties, Dating, Facebook, match.com, Media News
Sasha Cagen

Jenny doesn't know any matches for us personally, but maybe her friends' friends do. If she posts on enough Facebook walls, will she find us all our soulmates?

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Be Grateful for Being Single

Sasha Cagen | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Divorce, Relationships, Personal Growth, Grateful, Single, Thanksgiving 2010, Quirkyalone, Gratitude, Healthy Living News
Sasha Cagen

The American holiday Thanksgiving is approaching, and with it, millions of families (and urban tribes like mine, pictured above) will gather to gobble...

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Radically Honest Online Dating

Sasha Cagen | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Radical Honesty, Quirkyalone, Relationships, Online Dating, Dating, Healthy Living News
Sasha Cagen

In cities such as San Francisco, L.A., and New York, where online dating has been destigmatized, it's easy to meet someone for drinks, but much harder to build a relationship that spans longer than four dates.

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Twitter's Aspiring Micro-Celebrities

Sasha Cagen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blogs, Geeks, South by Southwest, Twitter, Sxsw, Quirkyalone, Twitterati, Micro-Celebrity, Followers, Twitter Celebrities, Media News
Sasha Cagen

The rules of fame are being rewritten. Andy Warhol would be pleased. Forget fifteen minutes, now you can create a cult of yourself on Twitter and be in constant conversation with every fan.

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This Is Your Brain on Twitter

Sasha Cagen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Media, Twitter, Social Networking, Quirkyalone, Media, Facebook, Twitterati, Twitter Culture, Media News
Sasha Cagen

What are these peak moments the Twitterati are experiencing? Are their lives more fun and enlightening than mine, or are they just marketing their lives 140 characters at a time, and therefore appreciating them more?

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