May I Have This Danse Macabre?

(That’s okay. Keep the ring. No, really.)

Not long ago, I had a brief mental lapse. Or I hit my head. Whatever the cause, the result was I started thinking about dating again. Maybe. Probably not, but maybe.

But three things I saw in the news caused me to can that idea.

1) a woman with well-kept skin shot her boyfriend

2) …and stabbed him 27 times

3) …and forgot she did it

Aaaaand … boom. End of urge. Lapse over.

See, in the fairly simple cause-and-effect world of a Single Guy, when the lady you’re...