Can I presume that you know what MeetUp.Com is all about?

In a sentence or two, it's an on line social networking site developed to give people an off line connection to other people. "Bowling Alone" (which says it all) was the inspiration for the concept. "Clapping with One Hand" might have worked, too.

As of the last statistics I lifted from Wikipedia, it has 5.7 million members, 66,725 groups. That number changes every seven seconds. Or less.

Their site is a magical mystery tour. Who knew, or could remotely imagine, the groups people are looking to form or join.

Linguist that I am, I saw one for Celibataires which I immediately assumed was for those who were, yeah, wanting to either celebrate their purity or have company in their misery. Not so much, it apparently means unmarried. Anyhow, at this moment in time it has no meet up group.  Go figure. What I realized is that I am looking for a meet up group that would instruct me in 'how to put an accent in foreign words when using a Mac.'

What struck me is, if this site is the purported panacea for loneliness, why are there so many lonely people? Maybe the formation of a "take your meds and then join us meet up" is an idea. 

Okay, maybe not.

Craig's List apparently started with a similar mission. Looks like, for me, that figuring out how to get people to work and play well together is a very very profitable concept. 

Now that is a meet up group that I would like to become a member of…