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My 3-year relationship ended and, while maybe I was in the stone ages back then, I don't recall much texting prior to my last relationship. Now, I meet girls and they want to text all the time. I'll try to call them, I'll leave a voicemail, and they'll text me later saying something like "sorry I missed your call" and go right back to texting. I've met up with a good majority of the girls I text with like this, but it feels like I'm just stroking her ego and not getting any closer to an actual date.

Am I reading too much into it? How long and how often should I text before I should take a hint? I don't want to call repeatedly, leave messages, and only get texts back. When it the line drawn, or am I too sensitive?

Suddenly, I can't click anything on my desktop or anywhere else on my computer. I also can't drag files or folders. My mouse moves and will highlight whatever it's hovering over, but won't click on it. It just suddenly happened when I came back to my laptop today (I never turned it off). I tried resetting it but that didn't help.

I am using Vista 64-bit and have run anti-malware scans and anti-rootkit scans to no avail. I am able to select programs with my keyboard but not my mouse.

I had all four wisdom teeth taken out quite awhile ago. Every once in awhile, my two lower teeth closest to where the wisdom teeth were, start to feel uncomfortable. When I run my tongue over them, it feels like they are sharp and pointing up, almost like a dinosaur tooth or something. Today, I felt the lower right tooth area with my finger and the bone that sticks out toward the teeth feels tender and like it has a sore over it. The other side feels find but still hurts. Any ideas what this is? It only happens 3-4 times a year and seems to go away after 3-7 days.

What things bother you about a guys' profile? Or about the emails you get? Or anything else?

Would it look stupid to wear a black V-neck top with black yoga pants? GF thinks that is too much black; I disagree. Thoughts?

I cut my lip ever so slightly recently. Now my lower lip is a bit darker than normal, with a small, painless area of swelling where the cut was. I also have a few tiny bumps on the inside of my lower lip and my lower gums. Before I cut my lip, I also noticed the last 24 hours that brushing both sides of my teeth hurt a little near the gum line (although my upper gums/lip look fine). Any idea?

Is there anything in paper towels beside paper? I heard some also contain shards of fiber glass? I cut my lip using one to wipe my face, and my lip is swelling a bit. Wondering why that's the case if it's just paper?

Specifically looking for dinner (I think it starts at 5pm??) but open to other prices as well. Also, I think it's cheaper during the week??

Yes, I tried Googling it, but the data seems out of date (and too cheap).

I have family coming in from out of the country and they want to know which has the best selection.

Girls, help settle a debate...

Which of the doctors is more physically attractive to you? Which would you find more attractive overall?

I am looking to see the less stupid movie, and both look pretty stupid:

Dinner For Schmucks or Lottery Ticket

I've seen everything else and want to go to a movie.

I am aware some European states (and possibly other world states) have a program to offer citizenship to people whose descendants were citizens of that country within the past 50-100 years. How do I find a list of which countries do this, or is there a specific term for this?

How much money would an artist him/herself make for one song going platinum? What about every additional time it goes platinum? If an artist got very little ongoing airplay or royalties, how much would they have made?

Is there any exchange where you can trade "mini" options contracts; that is, contracts that involve fewer than 100 shares? For example, sites like Sharebuilder allow you purchase partial shares of expensive stocks like Google? I am interested in writing covered calls but don't necessarily want to invest tens of thousands of dollars into a particular stock in order to do so.

Perfect Butt sweat pants so special?

Amazon.com's Kindle DX says it can play MP3s as "background music" while you read. Could the Kindle be a suitable replacement for an Ipod Touch? I don't want to lug a lot of devices around. I only use the Ipod on planes when I travel.

I often wear contacts but sometimes prefer to wear glasses in a work environment to make me look more mature when I work with older clients. My eyesight is relatively bad but stable at this point; if I were to purchase glasses frames without a prescription, would it be harmful to wear these with prescription contacts in my eyes at the same time? Ie: wear glasses with no prescription solely for effect?

Let's say I buy a call with a strike price of $100 on XYZ. Then, at some point before expiry, the stock reaches $110 and I want to close the position and call the stock away. Do I need $10,000 in cash to be able to call the stock at $100, or can I just engage in two near-simultaneous trades to buy at $100, sell at $110, and pocket the $1000?

Let's say I own a stock trading at $20 and write a covered call with a strike price of $22 and get an option premium of $1. When should I expect the stock to be called away from me; as soon as the stock hits $22 (the strike price) or as soon as it hits $23 (the option buyers' break-even price)? I am curious how near-the-money of a call to sell; I think the stock will hit the strike price by expiration but not the buyers' break-even... does that make sense to do?

What would you consider an expensive price for a decent silk tie? Not a very high-end brand like Zegna, but a normal solid color or pattern tie?