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Kissing through the ages

Is kissing good for you?

• A real kiss quickens your pulse to 100 beats in a minute.
  
• One little kiss burns up to 3 calories. The longer the kiss...the better the exercise!

• A long-lasting kiss quickens the pulse and heightens level of hormones in human's blood so much that it shortens the lifespan by almost a minute. Or does it?
  
• Kissing can lead to the transmission of germs, aiding the spread of pulmonary tuberculosis, colds, scarlet fever, syphilis ... and the kissing disease, mononucleosis.

Indie folk-rocker Devendra Banhart has been spotted frequently over the past two days with actress and Harvard student Natalie Portman, stirring rumors. Music blogger Brooklyn Vegan offers proof that where there's twin double-breasted pea coats, there's love. The pair already appeared together in Banhart's new music video, Carmensita, shot last weekend in Los Angeles, and Portman helped the musician get his single "There's Always Something Happening" on iTunes.

Try some high-tech healing at the two-day-old Relationshipobit.com.

The Associated Press reports:
Relationshipobit.com is the brainchild of Kathleen Horan, a 38-year-old reporter for WNYC public radio. She recalled that after a two-year relationship fizzled she found it “oddly comforting” to write her father’s obituary. It made her think that if she wrote an obituary for her relationship, it might help her.

“It made it feel real so I could finally cremate the thing and move on,” she said.

She said the response to the Web site was much bigger than she expected.

In a video entry on the site, a woman describes how her relationship ended when she caught her boyfriend cheating at Monopoly.

“My philosophy is, if you’re going to cheat in Monopoly so blatantly, what hope do we have really?” she wrote.

If you're one of the estimated 30 million people who will spend Valentine's Day alone this year -- and you don't want to be -- check out WooMe, a live, online dating site that launched a few months ago. Today, it's hosting a national "meet-up" where people can engage in speed-dating sessions via their webcams.
The event, called "no need to spend Valentine’s Day alone," will take place today from 2 p.m. to midnight and is free to everyone.
According to the company's press release:

In its first 10 weeks of operation, WooMe has introduced over 500,000 people from across the world. Recently the company hosted a local online event focusing on Los Angeles that attracted over 6,000 visitors.

Registration is always free on the site but users are charged a small fee if there is mutual interest from both parties and they decide to "woo" each other. WooMe is waiving the fee for this event.

Your biggest challenge may be learning to understand your significant other.

HowStuffWorks offers a scientific look at the minds of men at women.

So now you know why your mate thinks that way. And you’re wondering: Why do I love them?

HowStuffWorks has that covered, too. Enlighten yourself on the chemistry of love.

HowStuffWorks, the Web site that is a compendium of explanations, has prepared for Valentine's Day with a trove of information on dating and love and more. Just one of the site's features explains online dating -- how to make a good profile, the science of it and how to meet someone after an online introduction. Happy dating.

With Valentine's Day looming, maybe it's time for singles to see how the other half dates. Check out Bravo's "Millionaire Matchmaker," where Patty Stanger helps millionaires and the women who want to date millionaires connect. Go to the Web site for advice that costs Patty's clients big bucks. You can also take a quiz to see if a millionaire would really be right for you.