Nearly three years ago, an email arrived via LinkedIn.

LinkedIn is a social networking website. Unlike Facebook, the main purpose of LinkedIn is not social. It’s business. It has since become the hottest website for job seekers and for professionals in general. It’s like having a business card and a resume online. Recently, I even offered someone a pretty good paying job because he had the prescience to connect with me via Linkedin.

Back in spring 2010, the email was telling me Neil was seeking contact.

Neil was one of the few people I dated who ended up not a friend. That was because the relationship ended badly. Or rather it just ended messy. I guess he’s not a true sip and go because I did see him after our initial date. But that’s just semantics.
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