Finally, a place where profiles would be spelled correctly (nothing kills passion faster than a guy who spells it with a "u"), a site where people had intellectual interests (politics! First on my list was Intellect Connect.com, a free and fairly new dating site for "thinkers, brainiacs and the intellectually curious." Slapping together a quick profile, I searched for men within 10 years of my age and 50 miles of my ZIP code (or was it the other way around?) and immediately came up with 30 promising candidates.

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