tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358737.post-13689892629369011432008-01-16T09:05:00.000-08:002008-01-16T09:12:27.746-08:002008-01-16T09:12:27.746-08:00When a visiting Halabi friend of a 50 something, unmarried, old maid aunt of yours has made it her mission to find her friend's 25 year-old niece (me), who she has never met, a husband.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_eAkXOd50bFQ/R4sgOX3pukI/AAAAAAAAAJA/y9Sg9rw2ky4/s1600-h/jewish-matchmaking-site.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_eAkXOd50bFQ/R4sgOX3pukI/AAAAAAAAAJA/y9Sg9rw2ky4/s320/jewish-matchmaking-site.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155249629753358914" border="0" /></a><br /><br />When I mentioned this last point to a friend, that besides my obvious rejections to this "friend"'s self-appointment as my surrogate matchmaker, on a logical basis, that I was incredulous that a woman I had never met would find me the perfect mate, he responded with this:<br /><br />"Well, I mean, there are some universals in matchmaking"<br /><br />Maybe this is the "universal" he was talking about:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_eAkXOd50bFQ/R4ufA33pupI/AAAAAAAAAJo/6q3tRO0d4ZU/s1600-h/url.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_eAkXOd50bFQ/R4ufA33pupI/AAAAAAAAAJo/6q3tRO0d4ZU/s320/url.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155389035801852562" border="0" /></a>BTW: when I searched "Match making syria" in google images, why did the cover of Barry Rubin's "The Truth About Syria" show up on the first page of the search????Maythahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00807786255484384743noreply@blogger.com