1. My sister suggested that "non eecky" might be "non tecky" (sic, of course), since he had just said that he'd lost my number when switching to a new Blackberry.

2. He just called, and we are meeting for dinner after I pick up my race packet for the tri. He seems polite, funny, employed (financial analyst), is a triathlete, about my age, and ... we shall see. The beat goes on.

3. I sing "no less days". For some reason, less/fewer does not bother me. Maybe I'm so grouchy about other errors that this one doesn't fit in my grouch-bin. L.