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		<title>By: Mel</title>
		<link>http://randommel.com/2009/09/10/dating-site-profile-pictures-you-should-always-avoid/comment-page-1/#comment-1559</link>
		<dc:creator>Mel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jason - that&#039;s very sweet of you.

James &amp; Phil - I heart it too.

Adam - ahem, ok :)

Internet Romance - That made me smile!

Jason - aw that&#039;s so nice, thanks.

Rob - This is very true. I hope that&#039;s not the voice of experience? :)

Matt - Wow, those are all so true too. Maybe I was a bit mean to boys?

Laurie - Thanks, it&#039;s Such Great Heights by Postal Service.

Christian - Oh good one, I didn&#039;t think of that.

Dave - You&#039;re very welcome, thankyou so much.

Dan - OK, maybe I gave boys a bit of a rough deal :( Sorry :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jason &#8211; that&#8217;s very sweet of you.</p>
<p>James &#038; Phil &#8211; I heart it too.</p>
<p>Adam &#8211; ahem, ok <img src='http://randommel.com/wordpress/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Internet Romance &#8211; That made me smile!</p>
<p>Jason &#8211; aw that&#8217;s so nice, thanks.</p>
<p>Rob &#8211; This is very true. I hope that&#8217;s not the voice of experience? <img src='http://randommel.com/wordpress/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Matt &#8211; Wow, those are all so true too. Maybe I was a bit mean to boys?</p>
<p>Laurie &#8211; Thanks, it&#8217;s Such Great Heights by Postal Service.</p>
<p>Christian &#8211; Oh good one, I didn&#8217;t think of that.</p>
<p>Dave &#8211; You&#8217;re very welcome, thankyou so much.</p>
<p>Dan &#8211; OK, maybe I gave boys a bit of a rough deal <img src='http://randommel.com/wordpress/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' />  Sorry <img src='http://randommel.com/wordpress/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Dan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve never used a dating site but I&#039;d imagine the same fundamentals apply to social networking sites profile pictures too.

That being the case, Girls need a lesson too.

* Photos that have been cropped to show a giant cleavage but ommit thigh-width arms and an inevitable broad-back... That illusion doesn&#039;t work. You&#039;ll come off a lot better if you&#039;re honest about your size and don&#039;t crop your photos in an obvious attempt to hide it.

* Photos of you on a hen night with a bunch of mates all dressed as nurses/bunnies/cave women... Fine for your album... Not cool for your main profile picture!

There are more but that&#039;ll do for now.

Great video as always, Mel</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve never used a dating site but I&#8217;d imagine the same fundamentals apply to social networking sites profile pictures too.</p>
<p>That being the case, Girls need a lesson too.</p>
<p>* Photos that have been cropped to show a giant cleavage but ommit thigh-width arms and an inevitable broad-back&#8230; That illusion doesn&#8217;t work. You&#8217;ll come off a lot better if you&#8217;re honest about your size and don&#8217;t crop your photos in an obvious attempt to hide it.</p>
<p>* Photos of you on a hen night with a bunch of mates all dressed as nurses/bunnies/cave women&#8230; Fine for your album&#8230; Not cool for your main profile picture!</p>
<p>There are more but that&#8217;ll do for now.</p>
<p>Great video as always, Mel</p>
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		<title>By: Dave Ashenden</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave Ashenden</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great vid, made my morning, cheers.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great vid, made my morning, cheers.</p>
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		<title>By: Christian</title>
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		<dc:creator>Christian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mel, how about a picture of me next to my not so good-looking friend? :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mel, how about a picture of me next to my not so good-looking friend? <img src='http://randommel.com/wordpress/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Laurie Davis, eFlirt expert.</title>
		<link>http://randommel.com/2009/09/10/dating-site-profile-pictures-you-should-always-avoid/comment-page-1/#comment-1555</link>
		<dc:creator>Laurie Davis, eFlirt expert.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So cute!  I&#039;m an online dating coach and wrote about how you can take some appropriate pics for your profile with pals.  (Also loved the music. Who is it?) http://eflirtexpert.blogspot.com/2009/06/say-cheese.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So cute!  I&#8217;m an online dating coach and wrote about how you can take some appropriate pics for your profile with pals.  (Also loved the music. Who is it?) <a href="http://eflirtexpert.blogspot.com/2009/06/say-cheese.html" rel="nofollow">http://eflirtexpert.blogspot.com/2009/06/say-cheese.html</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Matt T.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Matt T.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, just to defend the honor of men, or I suppose to offer a criticism to women&#039;s photos on dating sites to even the scales slightly, Ladies:

Don&#039;t do the fish face. Ever.

You know, that weird puckered lips thing that seems to be endemic on dating site photos for women? Gah. It isn&#039;t sexy. (If you are a science-oriented woman, form an ansatz about why women paint lips red, and then you&#039;ll realize why the fish face doesn&#039;t work from the perspective of a primal-man-brain.)

Oh, and as Mel said, fish face with your more attractive friend...double whammy.

Of course, in the end, the dating site photo trespasses of men are legion compared to those women can do. We are men, after all. A woman, just out of bed, bleary eyed in an out-of-focus photo is good enough for most of us men. Women, though, they actually look at the photo! :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, just to defend the honor of men, or I suppose to offer a criticism to women&#8217;s photos on dating sites to even the scales slightly, Ladies:</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t do the fish face. Ever.</p>
<p>You know, that weird puckered lips thing that seems to be endemic on dating site photos for women? Gah. It isn&#8217;t sexy. (If you are a science-oriented woman, form an ansatz about why women paint lips red, and then you&#8217;ll realize why the fish face doesn&#8217;t work from the perspective of a primal-man-brain.)</p>
<p>Oh, and as Mel said, fish face with your more attractive friend&#8230;double whammy.</p>
<p>Of course, in the end, the dating site photo trespasses of men are legion compared to those women can do. We are men, after all. A woman, just out of bed, bleary eyed in an out-of-focus photo is good enough for most of us men. Women, though, they actually look at the photo! <img src='http://randommel.com/wordpress/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Rob</title>
		<link>http://randommel.com/2009/09/10/dating-site-profile-pictures-you-should-always-avoid/comment-page-1/#comment-1552</link>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wearing wedding rings in a photo is a bit of a give-away too!  Never a good idea if you&#039;re looking for a date and you&#039;re attached... let alone dumb enough not to cover it up!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wearing wedding rings in a photo is a bit of a give-away too!  Never a good idea if you&#8217;re looking for a date and you&#8217;re attached&#8230; let alone dumb enough not to cover it up!</p>
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		<title>By: Jason</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cute video. You&#039;ve brightened my day, again.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cute video. You&#8217;ve brightened my day, again.</p>
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		<title>By: Internet Romance</title>
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		<dc:creator>Internet Romance</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Fabulous, as always. Here&#039;s a shameless plug for why you should use a good photo on your online dating site profile - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgJ5xSp9y6A</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fabulous, as always. Here&#8217;s a shameless plug for why you should use a good photo on your online dating site profile &#8211; <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgJ5xSp9y6A" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgJ5xSp9y6A</a></p>
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