Get a Life and Leave the Real You at Home in Virtual Online World

Dave Evans, a computer consultant in Boston who edits a blog about online dating, was hanging out in a strip club the other day when he noticed an extremely tall woman with horns and a tail standing next to him. He thought about asking her to take off her shirt -- hey, they were both in a strip club -- but thought the better of it.

"It turned out she was the brand manager of a multinational corporation," said Evans, 38. "Thank God I didn't ask her to take off her top! I bought her a beer and we did talk about doing business together."