An Epic of Love, Money, the Internet,
and an Eccentric Astrologist named Raymond

A few years ago, my friend Josh Adler and I started a computer dating service called Scholastic Matchmakers. The company is dead now, but we're still alive. These days, I'm a graduate student at USC working towards a Ph.D. in computer science, and trying to avoid the temptation of making millions of dollars at a startup. Josh is trying to make millions of dollars at a startup. But I'm getting a little ahead of myself.

This is our story.

The Saga

The Gallery

Our Original Web Page

This is an archive of our company's original web page. It was up at www.amour.com from September 1995 until we sold our domain name in November of 1997. It described how the fundraiser worked.

Our Posters

We gave each school free posters that they could copy and put up around the school. The posters encouraged students to buy their Compatibility Lists.

• The Dance (small, large) -- Buy your list now, or start calling grandma!
• The Tatoo Parlor (small, large) -- Don't let this happen to you!

The Washington Post Article

On February 12, 1996, The Washington Post published a 2-page article by Peter Behr describing our company.

• Page 1 (small, large) -- Includes a picture of me in my Hopkins dorm room with our processing equipment.
• Page 2 (small, large) -- Includes a picture of Josh at his desk at Yale.

The Mercury Hour

The day that the Washington Post article was published, Raymond sent me a page from an astrology magazine called The Mercury Hour. He wanted me to help him set up astrologically arranged marriages.

• The Cover (small, large)
• Raymond's Article (small, large)

The Textbook

In 1998, Harcort Brace published a highschool textbook called Holt Economics that described our company!

• The Cover (small, large)
• Our Page (small, large)

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