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This is the Useless Information Podcast.

I am Steve Silverman.

Useless Information. information.

Years ago was sitting in the library in the high school that I teach in and I was reading an issue of USA today. There was an article talking about a new service that was starting up in and was called

Match.com. I bet you've heard of it. It seemed like the perfect way for a quiet guy

like me who never went to bars, you know, to meet women.

So I went home that night and I signed up only to find out

that there was so few people using the new service at that time

there was no one in my area to be matched up with.

From what I could figure out, I was the only person in the Albany, New York area

that had signed up at that point.

So a couple years go by and I somehow ended up back on match.com, I think a friend mentioned

that she was using it at that point. By this time the internet had exploded and the service

had more potential matches for me than just dating myself.

To my surprise, since I was a charter member, Match.com had given me a lifetime membership

that expired. You're going to love this. It

expired in the year 2009. I was joked that they knew something that I didn't,

that I'd remain single for the rest of my life and would always need their service.

Well, I did get a few dates to their service over the ten years I was a member.

It was through one of my students that I ultimately met my wife.

And since February is what many people consider to be the month of love,

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