With straphangers desperately seeking another Patrick Moberg and Camille Hayton story to warm their commuting hearts (don't deny it), the boys at Zoomdoggle are stepping in to force their own missed connections. Their solution to finding love in the big city boils down to a Wookie suit, pensive stares and an occasional smile. Sadly, the efforts of the Wookie, ex-MTV Road Ruler/writer/photographer Jake Bronstein, led nowhere -- as not one person he encountered in......

People are having mixed reactions to Patrick Moberg's simple quest in trying to find the girl of his dreams. It's really working some folks up that he's attempting to track her down through more creative ways than, say, Craigslist. Well, we approve, but we too were left wondering why oh why he didn't just speak up on the subway that fateful day, when she was right there before his very eyes. He explains: Do you......

With Craigslist becoming ever-increasingly creepy, this smitten young man has gone and purchased his own URL to find the girl he ogled on the subway last night. NYGirlOfMyDreams.com has a simple mission, it's "skinny, tall, not insane" creator would like to meet the the "fancy-braided, rosy-cheeked, journal writing" girl he saw on the the 5 train at 9:30pm last night. And if it doesn't work out, we're sure he has that URL for at......

Today is an all Brooklyn edition of the Gothamist Newsmap: a multiple murder suicide at the Walt Whitman Housing Project in Fort Greene, a bomb threat on Meserole Avenue in Brooklyn, and at fire on St. James Place in Park Slope. Most amusing Craigslist Missed Connection EVER: "I vomited in the bakery and you asked me if I was ok - m4w - 27 I answered that it must have been the tacos I......

In this age of craigslist (and soon Google base?) it can be easy to forget the long and varied history that the classified has had over the years. Which is why there are people like Sara Bader out there whose new book, "Strange Red Cow: And Other Curious Classified Ads From the Past", serves to remind us what has and hasn't changed in the wonderful world of the personal ad. Some selections from the excerpt......

How do you approach a stranger on a subway that you’re making eye contact with -- without seeming like a total freak? You know what I mean ... when you lock eyes with a stranger and you think there's some vibe or chemistry... then they walk off and you will never see them again. How can one grab hold of fate without coming across as a total stalker or scary person, which I’m not! Ah,......

I bet you all have a good subway story in you. Actually, if you only had one that would be disappointing and we'd say you need to get your upscale ass out of that cab and ride the rails more. So what's your story? Is it about the time that cute guy sat across from you with his nose buried in the Corrections and later that day you wrote a Missed Connection for him, he......

Swore it was you. I have seen you at Sweet Sue's a few times and I believe today I saw you on 9th street in Park Slope. I've heard from various newspapers that you are no longer with Uma I have to say it is sad to see such an artistic couple no longer together. If you ever want to grab a drink in the slope e-mail me. - A Craig's List Missed Connection Free......