Evidently, the end of the year is a time for reflection and looking forward to the old in-with-the-new ethos. Fair enough. I'll play your game, you optimistic, nostalgic devils.

Here are some of my favorite and some of your favorite Tomfoolery posts from the year 2009 Anno Domini.

Facebook caught mad love in the '09, to such a degree that my parents even heard of it and, weirdly, some of my parents' friends even joined. And this new frontier was a little like a walk through Deadwood: no rules. The straw-camel's back connection for me was finding out about a good buddy's … Read More

Hey gang, here are the best things that the interwebs have to offer from the past few days in the love and relationships space. Don't thank me, I'm no hero, I'm just doing my job.

According to Reuters, a company is marketing left-handed underpants flies for guys. Ned Flanders is sure to be excited and plenty of HJ-loving right-handed women will be too.

Simone Grant quotes one of my all-time favorite dialogues from Seinfeld. It's about who is "dateable" and it's magnificent. On that note, I once calculated that there are about 5,000 … Read More

These days, women are suckers for anything labeled "lite," whether it's cookies, ice cream or bacon-flavored spread. It was only a matter of time before we started taking our intimacy lite too. Intimacy lite is a new way of dating, bridging the gap between casual sex and full blown relationships.

Two of my favorite sex writers, Em and Lo, recently posted a piece about intimacy lite. As they say, "If you’ve ever spooned your booty call or held hands with your one-night stand, you’re familiar with intimacy lite… commitment-phobes (i.e. 99.9% of male college … Read More

Love Bytes: three must-click love and relationship links.

Cuddle parties give a lot of fun, without the risk. [BettyConfidential]

This tactile trend has been snuggling its way across the country the last few years. Cuddle parties feature consenting adults gathering in their PJs for an evening of cozy (nonsexual) snuggling. No drinking, no unwelcome cuddling (you've got to ask before you touch) and no guilt if you only feel like hugging the "hotties."

You don't think guys talk? Shows what you know. [Single-ish]

"Real Housewife" Bethenny Frankel talks about "trick guys." [TresSugar]

Over the years, I've admitted to a lot of embarrassing things. I told you, dear reader, that I work for a ladies magazine, I have been known to have my back waxed and that I use Facebook responsibly (using anything responsibly is a buzz-kill for a crazy mo-fo like me). But the most embarrassing thing I could think to write about today is that I enjoy being on the inside of a spoon and I'm a dude. I'd imagine that you'd like to take a second to collect your thoughts as your mind has been straight-up blown, … Read More

If you like to snuggle while you sleep, you're not alone (in bed or in your preference!). Last week, DearSugar discovered that 73 percent of their readers like to cuddle all night as opposed to solely after sex. While Love Buzz is wondering whether spooning interferes with beauty sleep, DearSugar's curiosity seem to lie elsewhere: the inside or the outside of the spoon. Which position do you prefer?   Your answer may be more telling than you'd think. Post nineties and pre-Obama era, a professor by the name of Chris Idzikowski analyzed sleep Read More

Springsteen once sang "Cuddle up, angel, cuddle up, my little dove." And, as always, he was onto something. And science now wants in on the action. According to the Brisbane Times, women dig cuddling. Yes yes, shocking. Another case of someone with a clipboard telling us what we probably should have guessed if we thought about it for 2 seconds. But some of the other pieces to this puzzle are pretty interesting. Per the survey referenced by the Brisbane Times, women seem to want additional post-coital cuddling more than they want increased foreplay or … Read More