The Single Guy vs the Last Day of School

The following tale is based on actual events which occurred a number of years ago. This is the final part of a trilogy of stories about the Teacher. Part one is here, part two is here... Seven simple words. String them together and throw in a question mark at the end for good measure. How … Continue reading The Single Guy vs the Last Day of School

The Single Guy vs. the Obstacle Course

The following tale is based on actual events which occurred a number of years ago. This is the second part of a trilogy of stories about the Teacher. You can read part one here... I don't just set out to find things to add to the Murtaugh List. Sometimes, these things just present themselves to … Continue reading The Single Guy vs. the Obstacle Course

The Single Guy and the Teacher

The following tale is based on actual events which occurred a number of years ago. This will be the first part of a trilogy of stories about the Teacher... I didn't have a lot of opportunities to meet single ladies in those days. Nor did I try. I spent a good 85% of my time … Continue reading The Single Guy and the Teacher

The Single Guy Takes a Step That Is New

The following tale is based on actual events which occurred a number of years ago... I took a quick trip to Radford one sunny afternoon to take a look at a couple of potential apartments. Well, they weren't potential apartments. They were both apartments. But one of them could have potentially been my place of … Continue reading The Single Guy Takes a Step That Is New

The Single Guy vs. The Ninja Turtle

The following tale is based on actual events which occurred several years ago... Over the last few days, I've posted some fairly serious content here. While it's not necessarily out of character for me to post something that's of a serious nature, it is a bit odd that I've done it for several consecutive days. … Continue reading The Single Guy vs. The Ninja Turtle

How to Avoid Annoying Single People on Valentine’s Day

Sunday is Valentine's Day. It's that one day out of the year when couples seem to make it known to the world that they're in a relationship. It's the one day that single people are reminded in bold italics that they are SINGLE. But, to those of you who are a part of a couple, … Continue reading How to Avoid Annoying Single People on Valentine’s Day

The Single Guy vs. the Roommates

The following story is based on actual events which occurred a number of years ago... When I moved from North Carolina back to Virginia, I found myself in a new living situation. It was a situation I hadn't found myself in since about a year after college. I didn't want to complain about this new … Continue reading The Single Guy vs. the Roommates

The Single Guy Talks About the Weather

The following is based on actual events which occurred a number of years ago... He knew it was a mistake as soon as he opened his mouth to speak. But by then it was already too late. The path from his brain to his lips was far too short a distance and before he could … Continue reading The Single Guy Talks About the Weather

The Single Guy and the Spider-Girl

The following is based on actual events which occurred a number of years ago... The Single Guy got to a point where he just didn't like sharing about the women that frequented the bank where he worked. This was mostly because it never really got him anywhere. Let's take a look at the previous examples: … Continue reading The Single Guy and the Spider-Girl

The Single Guy vs. the Awkward Email

We can all agree that it's awkward when someone wants to set us up, right? Which is more awkward: to be set up with someone locally? or to be set up with someone on the other side of the state? About a week ago, a coworker began telling me all of the wonderful qualities possessed … Continue reading The Single Guy vs. the Awkward Email