Melissa Gira Grant commented on Fake a phone number for your online hookups

"@mariamargarita: Having multiple hoops for clients to jump through can make having these throwaway numbers worth it."

Melissa Gira Grant commented on The last thing the Internet needs: more solutions

"@cal_forgot_password: Ted's Internet-sneaky like that."

Melissa Gira Grant commented on Twintro reads Twitter so you don't have to

"@Nick Douglas: You have 47 more characters."

Melissa Gira Grant commented on New York Times reporter poses as hooker on Twitter

"@AnnaZed: Totes."

Melissa Gira Grant commented on Getting punk rock on the "iPhone bubble"

"@sample032: Two demerits for sample032 for implying that there's anything punk rock about Green Day. Raising the Boutin Bet to $3 if he can drop in a reference to Iggy Pop."

Melissa Gira Grant commented on "Sexhobbyist" Twitters sessions with hired girls

"@smashface: In this guy's parlance, it's actually "Strippers with benefits." Damn, Paul *told* me you'd ask, too."

Melissa Gira Grant commented on At DNC, Google beckons bloggers with happy endings

"As the nice man at the Genius Bar just told me (and I would think Ted would have beaten him to it): spelled that way, it should be pronounced, iPwn."

Melissa Gira Grant commented on Hype Machine, totally adorable, and this week's Cute Startup Alert

"Dance break! [hypem.com]"

Melissa Gira Grant commented on Getting rich as a mommyblogger without the messy mommy part

"What Huey Lewis said."

Melissa Gira Grant commented on Tumblr -- our very first Cute Startup Alert!

"@lizey and others: Valleywag is, as the girls in tech say, mostly a boy's club."

Melissa Gira Grant commented on How Craigslist's Erotic Services helps cops stay busy -- and get busy

"@ROIpositive: To continue with this afternoon's results: Sex for sale on Craigslist, Woman breaks foot trying to escape prostitution arrest ("According to Craigslist, this has been going on for at least a couple of months," said Sgt."

Melissa Gira Grant commented on Leave Julia alone!

"@Nick Douglas: No, I think it was a coke joke."

Melissa Gira Grant commented on Luxury sex toy maker JimmyJane gets $6.3 million from Valley VCs to get you off

"@tjohansmeyer: I've asked JimmyJane for a tour -- maybe we can find an investor or two through their introduction who will speak to us."

Melissa Gira Grant commented on Julia Allison is in town

"@tawni: Hey, now, we know from whore."

Melissa Gira Grant commented on Violet Blue tries to restrain critic with court order instead of sexy rubber strap

"@GinaMuchava: Given the material cited as evidence of harassment, the Talk page edits of all parties involved might be more relevant than the edits to the actual entry itself."

Melissa Gira Grant commented on Violet Blue tries to restrain critic with court order instead of sexy rubber strap

"@scarcat: Updated."

Melissa Gira Grant commented on Ballot measure to promote Internet over jail for San Francisco prostitutes

"@MalcoveMagnesia: Yeah, I used to live up there -- in an apartment, hush."

Melissa Gira Grant commented on Marrying into billions still acceptable so long as you're a smart girl

"@lastweeksdate: No, really, spell it out -- we can say "cock" here. Find me some good sugar cougar sources, and I'll do a story."