Hey Bran_don2, good topic ideas, we'll cover them for sure in the next podcast or two. To answer your points:
* humour should only be self-amusement in the Attraction phase, not try-hard entertaining
* Text the same day you got the number with a non-needy statement. Send a few "ping" texts before inviting her out. The main rule for texting is making them non-needy.
Tom