SWM seeking SWF for conversation and fun times. Non-smoker, who loves to take life to the fullest extent.

That is the ad one my roommates placed in a local paper. I guess maybe he thought, "Hey, nothing else is working, what could it hurt." I don't know what kind of response he has gotten, but I hope he finds Ms. Right, or at least Ms. Right Now.

There are a ton of personals on the Web. They allow you to place an anonymous description and receive e-mail from prospective people who think you might make a good fit.

Who: Campus Singles

Where: http://www.campusingles.com

What: Wired college singles all over the country.

Why: Allows you to search by geographic location and see picture of potential dates.

Ratings:

Speed: (A) Pretty fast.

Graphics: (B+) Clean graphics.

Content: (B+) Place your own ad.

Who: Match.com

Where: http://www.match.com

What: Another personal service.

Why: Search the personals for women seeking men, men seeking women, men seeking men and women seeking women. Also allows you to search for a specific profile.

Speed: (A) Fast access.

Graphics: (A) Nice graphics layout and cool icons.

Content: (B+) Contains a lot of user profiles, and sound clips.

Who: Web Personals

Where: http://www.webpersonals.com

What: Yet another personal service.

Why: This personal service allows you to search such as the others, but it also provides a personal user I.D. to keep your personals.

Speed: (A) Good speed.

Graphics: (B) Limited graphic content.

Content: (A) Loads of personal ads so you can find your new soul mate.