There were two great little news reports of a romantic (or perhaps quasi-romantic) nature on the CBC Radio’s ‘The Current’ yesterday morning that are really worth checking out in the CBC Radio archives.

(go to http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2007/200703/20070307.html and click on the little listening icon for PART 3…or download it to your ipod thingy)

The first is an interview with Dave Rose who is the Personal Classifieds Editor of the London Review of Books. That personal ad space has become what ‘The Current’ host Anna Maria Tremonti calls a “much-celebrated forum for the forlorn and a compendium of clever come-ons” - even if some of them are totally over the top! Rose’s job is to read through every single (clever, witty, strange, unique, bizarre, erudite) personal ad that eventually finds its way into that publication. He’s put together a book of the best of them entitled They call me Naughty Lola. It is a very entertaining piece and fun to listen to with your sweetie. Anyone who has ever tried online dating, or contemplated a personal ad will relate…and laugh!

The second piece has more of a cultural anthropological bent…but don’t let that turn you off!! It was really interesting! Interviewed was Chris McCollum of Pennsyvania, USA. He wrote his PhD dissertation on how people tell their love stories and what that says about how we understand romance and relationships. Surprising findings! This story may just give you something new to think about the way you tell YOUR love story.

Happy listening, and…

Happy Couples, Happy Planet!