Dating Deal Breakers

An extremely funny NY Times article (and comment thread) about dating deal breakers. You know, the things that a potential mate can do that will eliminate them from contention for a relationship. To avoid a situation that would surely devolve into lengthy comments (not to mention an all-out war between the sexes) the NY Times focused on literature.

According to the article (and the bulk of the comments), I'm undateable because I like Ayn Rand. Oops, time to update the bookshelf. Apparently I should have grown out of that idealistic stage before entering college...where minds are permanently molded in reality's template, right?

Links via LRC blog. I particularly enjoyed Huebert's reaction to the author's advice to be careful when disclosing your favorite authors/books.