Matty D

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Tactic Tuesday: Just Do It!

Matty D posted an article on - Dec 2, 2009, 6:19 pm
It's been a tragically long time since my last post, but there's a good reason for that that blends perfectly with this week's Tactic Tuesday: I have been doing things. Yes, this holies...
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The Hot-Cold Game

Matty D posted an article on - Nov 12, 2009, 11:28 pm
If you've had experience with the opposite sex, then you've most likely also had experience with the king of all games, the Hot-Cold game. The Hot-Cold game is one of the most frustrating ever...
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The self-helpers got one thing right, anyway: Be Yourself

Matty D posted an article on - Nov 11, 2009, 2:23 pm
I know I promised you a video in Monday's post, but I'm still bogged down with a cold courtesy of Project Kayak, and I do not look or sound human. So text it is! As someone who did an inten...
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Tactic Tuesday: On Kayaking and Decision Making

Matty D posted an article on - Nov 10, 2009, 11:16 pm
Decision-making skills are important. They're important in dating, they're important in life, and they're important in choosing your extra-curricular activities. This weekend three of m...
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Helloooo Week!

Matty D posted an article on - Nov 9, 2009, 10:26 pm
Greetings lovely readers! I've been remiss in posting updates over the last week or two. The good news is this means I've been busy, out living life and having adventures in order to be able t...
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Tactic Tuesday and Minutiae

Matty D posted an article on - Oct 27, 2009, 10:05 pm
Greetings internet! Those of you who notice things may have noticed that there was no Tactic Tuesday last week. I spent the time I would normally spend writing a Tactic Tuesday (and much more time tha...
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If You Can't Be Fed, Be Bread

Matty D posted an article on - Oct 27, 2009, 12:08 am
As fantastic as I am, my big sister is even more fantastic. I, on the one hand, have constantly been told (despite my best efforts to tone it down) that my writing borders on pretentious. My sister, o...
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Dating and AI

Matty D posted an article on - Oct 22, 2009, 6:51 pm
The link between the health of your dating life and artificial intelligence may not seem overly clear, but in the video below I explore it.
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House Rules

Matty D posted an article on - Oct 13, 2009, 12:33 pm
I hope you've all had a fantastic week full of adventure, because it's time for another Tactic Tuesday! After a somewhat gloomy weekend in my neck of the woods its finally started to rain s...
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Less is More. (OK, that's not true–more is more–but more can be a bad thing.)

Matty D posted an article on - Oct 7, 2009, 1:40 pm
I was reading through my well-worn copy of Tony Robbins' classic Awaken the Giant Within the other day, and came across a section that made me laugh. Before I go any further let me say: I like ...
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How to Get a Woman to Like You By Calling Her Fat: Tactic Tuesday: Revisited, Refined

Matty D posted an article on - Sep 29, 2009, 12:53 pm
This Tuesday I'm going to get back to the heart of what I wanted Tactic Tuesday to be all about: an insanely short (and easy for me to write and post) blurb containing a tactic you can add to your...
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You are an Excuseaholic

Matty D posted an article on - Sep 24, 2009, 2:20 pm
My Dad used to say: "Excuses are like assholes; everyone has one and they all stink." You've probably heard something similar from a paternal figure in your life. I have my own cute little sayi...
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A History of Dating Services

Matty D posted an article on - Sep 23, 2009, 1:13 pm
Happy hump day folks; I know I'm a little late with the Tactic Tuesday, but it's coming soon! In the meantime, here's a video you may or may not have seen showcasing who are by far the mos...
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Tactic Tuesday: Anatomy of a Date

Matty D posted an article on - Sep 16, 2009, 12:28 am
Greetings lovely readers! I hope you had a great weekend and are ready to jump right in to the self-improvement week with another Tactic Tuesday. This week I want to talk about the anatomy of the d...
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Choose Your Locusts Wisely

Matty D posted an article on - Sep 9, 2009, 2:42 pm
It's Parable Wednesday! The day where I take a story seemingly unrelated to dating or relationships, and tie it in at the end. -- I was playing the mind-bogglingly addictive smash sensation ...
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Tactic Tuesday!

Matty D posted an article on - Sep 8, 2009, 10:50 am
Hope you all enjoyed a great Labor Day Weekend, and to welcome you back to the work-week, it's Tactic Tuesday, the day in which I cut the meandering blogging and bring a clear-cut dating tactic to...
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On Being Nice

Matty D posted an article on - Sep 1, 2009, 1:08 pm
Why Do Nice Guys Finish Last? I get this question all the time, and my response is always the same: I doubt your premise. Nice guys don't always finish last. Guys who supplicate and end up comi...
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"I'm Greek…I'm Giving You an Opportunity Here."

Matty D posted an article on - Aug 31, 2009, 3:46 pm
Now, I am Greek. And I'd like to think that I'm giving you an opportunity of sorts by taking the dating and relationship knowledge that's in my brain, writing it down, and throwing it up o...
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You Have Too Many Friends

Matty D posted an article on - Aug 26, 2009, 1:46 pm
... and "friends" can seem subtle. But it basically boils down to something simple: there are friends who like you and care about you and hold up their end of the friendship, and there are "friends"...
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The Flaking Report

Matty D posted an article on - Aug 6, 2009, 1:06 pm
A client e-mailed me the other day, telling me that he had set something up with a girl only to have her flake. The surrounding questions were predictable: what does it mean? What do I do? To be hones...
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Stalking Does Not a Relationship Make

Matty D posted an article on - Jul 30, 2009, 10:55 am
One of the biggest things that separates my style and thought process from the prevailing wisdom of the pre-existing community of people who think and write about dating or or pickup or seduction or w...
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Don't Be Creepy!

Matty D posted an article on - Jul 18, 2009, 2:44 am
I have two golden rules: don't be a pussy and don't be creepy. Today, we'll talk about the latter. Before we can do that, as always, it helps to have a working understanding of our term. F...
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I'm Begging You Not to Supplicate

Matty D posted an article on - Jul 12, 2009, 12:10 pm
If you come from a background of "The Community" then you're already familiar with the concept of "supplication." If not, the idea is hardly complex: supplication (in this context) is the act of a...
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I'm a dating mechanic--I look under the hood of men's and women's social and dating lives and tinker till they're running write. I blog. I tweet. I do everything but windows.

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