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The singles ("challengers") span the age range of 23 to 59, and are going to receive matchmaking, coaching, and other dating-related services to help them jump-start their searches. How does a winner get picked? I don't know, but I think that anyone who finds someone with whom they believe they can make a commitment, there could be more than one (winner).

Similar to how the EHarmony dating website works, couples complete a 310-item online questionnaires concerning communication, romance, sex and other topics. They then receive a computer-processed marriage profile that points out strengths and possible problem areas. The fee: $75 per couple. A series of instructional online videos hosted by Warren can be added to the package, bringing the total to $239.

Since no discounts are offered for folks who met on the Pasadena-based EHarmony (Warren said that more than 16,000 marriages had resulted from matches on the site since it was founded in 2000), I'd say this just adds proof to the pudding that it doesn't matter where you meet someone. "Every good marriage," Warren says, "has conflict."

Yahoo! Personals hooked up with Starbucks so singles can also hook up over a cup of [ --fill in the blank with your favorite coffee drink-- ]. You get a $10 Starbucks card when you join Yahoo! Personals, and they have a special joint webpage called Espresso Dating. Did you know that you can tell a lot about a person by their choice of coffee drink? The Espresso Dating Guide will tell you more about how coffee and dating are a natural hook-up. I'll have that half-caf low-fat latte now, please.

Online dating has also hooked up with your cell phone. Yes, you can now find your soulmate on that teeny tiny screen. And to think that she was there all along just hanging out in your shirt pocket.

Feeling left out? Then come hook up with me for one of my teleclasses!

Here's one -- SelectiveSearch-inc.com utilizes executive recruiting techniques to help singles form exclusive relationships. As Barbie Adler, Founder & President, says, "If the vetting process is so effective in corporate America, why wouldn't I apply the same methodology to persohal lives?"

It's because of the "Midnight Run" sponsored by the New York Road Runner's club (the same group that brings you the New York City marathon). The Midnight Run is actually a 4 mile course around the park that starts exactly at midnight, with many runners wearing all sorts of costumes; but even if they weren't wearing costumes, I say that all of them are crazy. I say that in a loving way, of course, because why else would thousands of people go running in 25 degree weather at midnight?! It's because they're crazy, that's why!

Many of you know that I usually eschew most of the blown-out-of-proportion secular holidays, such as Valentine's Day, Mother's and Father's Days, and even Thanksgiving.

In an attempt to shortlist the hundreds of possible matches for frustrated online dating users Compatti.com employed a reliable tool based on Jung?s astrological marriage indicators. . . .Jung's Synchronicity marriage indicators are provided in addition to the existing Compatti? Match feature. The popularity and simplicity of this approach are quite apparent. Since users must answer only 3 questions: date, time and place of birth, the retest reliability of this test is higher than any online psychological tests. . . .it provides a simple, but reliable, way for online dating users to narrow their search for suitable candidates in a long-term relationship.

As an online dating website, Compatti.com is small. I did a quick search for men and women in different age ranges and found singles all over the U.S. Many professed interests in various New Age subjects, such as "divination, tarot, palmistry and meditation," as well as the more mundane activities like gardening, dancing and golf.

As someone who moved across the country to marry my husband, I believe that I know of what I speak. I disagree with Annabel Lee when she said -- "I've built a life where I am, and just as I wouldn't expect anyone to move for me, I don't want to be expected to move for anyone. So if I met a great guy who knew, with certainty, that within a few months he would be moving to a city I couldn't drive to in under an hour or two, I'd probably write him off."

I was born, raised and trained in L.A. and had no desire to live anywhere else. But I went to N.Y. to attend a wedding and was introduced to my husband. I actually went out with another guy while I was there too. But I would never have said yes to either date expecting that they would have moved for me to L.A. So just agreeing to a date meant that I was agreeing to moving to N.Y. And as it turned out, I did.

Esther is right by wondering if singles are getting too comfortable. The way I see it, this comfort creates a big fat boulder for singles who want to get married. "Writing off" a guy who is geographically undesirable because you've "built a life where I am," implies that your life as a single woman is more important than being married . . . anywhere. I wasn't going to stick around L.A. as a single woman no matter how comfy I was there. If it meant navigating a long distance relationship, I was willing to do that because I met an awesome guy. I would have preferred that he live in L.A., but that wasn't the reality.

**In the Modern Love column, Point 1: We Had Fun. Point 2: It's Over. Point 3: Get Lost, Raya Kuzyk breaks up with her boyfriend via a PowerPoint presentation. Nice. Except readers clearly see that she should not have even dated him in the first place since he was engaged to marry someone else. Good overall reading of an example of how you can't deny reality, no matter how obsessive-compulsive you are.

**"Test Adds New Twist to the Dating Game," presents the new "quick do-it-yourself H.I.V. test." Singles may soon be able to purchase a 20-minute test which is currently only available at clinics. The test (requiring a simple swab of the gums) could be available on pharmacy shelves within the next year, as the manufacturer, OraSure Technologies in Bethlehem, Pa, encouraged by a federal drug advisory committee earlier this month, is expected to apply to the Food and Drug Administration soon for permission to start selling its H.I.V. test over the counter.

How the availability of such a test will affect dating behavior, and in particular, sexual activity, amongst singles is discussed. The article particularly mentions the influence of the internet on dating, stating that "the H.I.V. test also addresses an issue that more and more singles face: knowing next to nothing about their next date.

This just in from Detroit, the car capital of the U.S. (via UPI, Nov. 13) -- "Eighty-nine percent of men and 95 percent of women said they were extremely or somewhat likely to notice their date's car, a U.S. survey of 400 single men and women, conducted by the Ford Motor Company.

"Singles said it's not just the make and model of a car that's noticed; 58 percent said the condition of their date's car would have an impact on their attraction to the person. Sixty-nine percent of the women said the condition of their date's vehicle would at least somewhat affect their attraction to their date compared to 47 percent of men."

And I'd say that the following results would affect a dating relationship too -- "About 20 percent of respondents said they had been 'asked to chip in for car-related expenses by their date' -- 15 percent said they were asked to contribute for gas followed by 9 percent for parking and 6 percent for tolls.

"Twenty-two percent said their 'most embarrassing car date moment,' was being told by their date that they were a bad driver." Or that they were cheap.

We recently had a group of people over for dinner (singles and marrieds), and the topic of restaurants came up. It's well-known that most restaurants are giving over-sized servings of food these days, and so the question of "what do I do with the food I can't finish?" came up.

Since I usually expect that the entree I order will be too much for me to finish, I usually ask for a "doggie bag" to take home the leftovers so I can enjoy the food again. BTW -- The term "doggie bag" refers to how the food one brought home from restaurants was given to the dog. Restaurants used to have aluminum bags that said "doggie bag" on them. Nowadays however, your leftovers are usually packed into nice tins or eggshell containers. But I digress.

A single woman at our dinner table said that restaurant dining with a date is filled with challenges for her -- when served large portions, she doesn't want have to force herself to eat more than she's capable of, nor does she want to ask to pack up the food she can't eat, since that means carrying around the food bag to their next destination. She's also not sure if she should offer to share her food with her date. And to top it all off, the thought of having it thrown away is aversive, as she hates wasting food.

The men weighed in with their opinions --