GO ABBA GO!!!

[Not Bob]

Huh.

• After two years of serving as academic love brokers, we had data on thousands of decisions made by more than 400 daters from Columbia University's various graduate and professional schools. By combining all of our choice and ratings data with separately collected background information on the daters, we could figure out what made someone desirable by comparing the attributes of daters that attracted a lot of interest for future dates with those that were less popular.
  
  With the obvious qualification that we're talking here about a four-minute version of love and dating, we found that men did put significantly more weight on their assessment of a partner's beauty, when choosing, than women did . . .
  
  By contrast, intelligence ratings were more than twice as important in predicting women's choices as men's. It isn't exactly that smarts were a complete turnoff for men: They preferred women whom they rated as smarter—but only up to a point. In a survey we did before the speed dating began, participants rated their own intelligence levels, and it turns out that men avoided women whom they perceived to be smarter than themselves. The same held true for measures of career ambition—a woman could be ambitious, just not more ambitious than the man considering her for a date.
  
  When women were the ones choosing, the more intelligence and ambition the men had, the better. So, yes, the stereotypes appear to be true: We males are a gender of fragile egos in search of a pretty face and are threatened by brains or success that exceeds our own. Women, on the other hand, care more about how men think and perform, and they don't mind being outdone on those scores.

From Slate: An Economist Goes To A Bar.

[dtb]

Originally posted by Icky Thump
I didn't say that there is amonia in sweat?

Yes, you said that, but that's not my "problem". I don't smell LIKE ammonia, I smell ammonia. It's only in my nose! And it's even worse in the shower. Apparently, I'm not the only one. On the internet, anyway.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Icky Thump
It could've been worse, she could have got leaked on by my jars of ammonia-sweat.

You jar your sweat? Wassup with that?

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by dtb
Yes, you said that, but that's not my "problem". I don't smell LIKE ammonia, I smell ammonia. It's only in my nose! And it's even worse in the shower. Apparently, I'm not the only one. On the internet, anyway.

You are a freak. A freak, I tell you.

[Gattigap]

So I'm talking to a friend in another office of my firm, who needed some help on X, which is fine. He prefaces this by telling me that he's only had 4 hours of sleep in the last 48, and because he's so tired, he may not be explaining things too well. He then proves it to me by taking about 15 minutes of rambling discourse to explain something that should take about 5. I tell him that's fine, I'll help him with X, and he says Thanks, I'm going home now to get some sleep.

At the end of the conversation, he tells me in an aside that he's a bit surprised at where he is, because notwithstanding the lack of sleep, he still feels pretty functional. I explain to him that he's already passed the Rubicon. He only thinks he's still functional. Odds are, his colleagues in the office are just being kind, and neglecting to tell my friend that he's so out of it, he forgot to put on any clothes today.

Gattigap

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by dtb
Yes, you said that, but that's not my "problem". I don't smell LIKE ammonia, I smell ammonia. It's only in my nose! And it's even worse in the shower. Apparently, I'm not the only one. On the internet, anyway.

then your running partners need to eat more carbs. duh.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
To prove how uncool ABBA is, I only need to give you this one tidbit.

My mother's cell phone ringtone is Dancing Queen.

I was scrolling and was momentarily befuddled until I realized the context. And I think it is awesome that you recognize that you are too pretty to be inside.

By the way, tomorrow is my LAST DAY AT WORK. Yippee!!!!!!

Free ABBA!!!!!

My ipod is named Che Guevara and has only the songs that my running partner in 2005 loaded onto it. I really need to update the playlist. I wonder where I will find the time to do that......WAIT -- I DON'T HAVE TO WORK!!! I HAVE ALL DAY, EVERY DAY!!!!!

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
I was scrolling and was momentarily befuddled until I realized the context. And I think it is awesome that you recognize that you are too pretty to be inside.

By the way, tomorrow is my LAST DAY AT WORK. Yippee!!!!!!

Free ABBA!!!!!

My ipod is named Che Guevara and has only the songs that my running partner in 2005 loaded onto it. I really need to update the playlist. I wonder where I will find the time to do that......WAIT -- I DON'T HAVE TO WORK!!! I HAVE ALL DAY, EVERY DAY!!!!!

Strip Tour 2008?

I am planning to get one more tattoo, hopefully in 2008. I expect you'll travel here for the subsequent pole dancing.

[Icky Thump]

Originally posted by Not Bob
Huh.

• After two years of serving as academic love brokers, we had data on thousands of decisions made by more than 400 daters from Columbia University's various graduate and professional schools.

From Slate: An Economist Goes To A Bar.

'Nuff said.

I think the attractiveness categories are least dowdy, least ugly and least nerdy rather than hot or not.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

What religion should you join?

According to this test, I'm a perfect match for Reform Judaism, which is a little odd to me, as I am not MOT, NTTAWWT.

Your Results:

1. Reform Judaism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (99%)
3. Liberal Quakers (98%)
4. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (91%)
5. Bahai (83%)
6. Sikhism (79%)
7. Neo-Pagan (75%)
8. Secular Humanism (69%)
9. New Age (69%)
10. Orthodox Judaism (68%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (65%)
12. New Thought (62%)
13. Islam (62%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (54%)
15. Taoism (53%)
16. Theravada Buddhism (53%)
17. Scientology (52%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (48%)
19. Jainism (43%)
20. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (43%)
21. Hinduism (42%)
22. Non-theist (41%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (40%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (37%)
25. Roman Catholic (37%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (31%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (20%)

[Icky Thump]

Originally posted by Gattigap
So I'm talking to a friend in another office of my firm, who needed some help on X, which is fine. He prefaces this by telling me that he's only had 4 hours of sleep in the last 48, and because he's so tired, he may not be explaining things too well. He then proves it to me by taking about 15 minutes of rambling discourse to explain something that should take about 5. I tell him that's fine, I'll help him with X, and he says Thanks, I'm going home now to get some sleep.

At the end of the conversation, he tells me in an aside that he's a bit surprised at where he is, because notwithstanding the lack of sleep, he still feels pretty functional. I explain to him that he's already passed the Rubicon. He only thinks he's still functional. Odds are, his colleagues in the office are just being kind, and neglecting to tell my friend that he's so out of it, he forgot to put on any clothes today.

Gattigap

OK, OK, this "friend" is wasting time posting on the internet too.

[Icky Thump]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
What religion should you join?

According to this test, I'm a perfect match for Reform Judaism, which is a little odd to me, as I am not MOT, NTTAWWT.

Your Results:

1. Reform Judaism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (99%)
3. Liberal Quakers (98%)
4. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (91%)
5. Bahai (83%)
6. Sikhism (79%)
7. Neo-Pagan (75%)
8. Secular Humanism (69%)
9. New Age (69%)
10. Orthodox Judaism (68%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (65%)
12. New Thought (62%)
13. Islam (62%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (54%)
15. Taoism (53%)
16. Theravada Buddhism (53%)
17. Scientology (52%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (48%)
19. Jainism (43%)
20. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (43%)
21. Hinduism (42%)
22. Non-theist (41%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (40%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (37%)
25. Roman Catholic (37%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (31%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (20%)

Hope you don't mind that I used your email address for the spam.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
I was scrolling and was momentarily befuddled until I realized the context. And I think it is awesome that you recognize that you are too pretty to be inside.

By the way, tomorrow is my LAST DAY AT WORK. Yippee!!!!!!

Free ABBA!!!!!

My ipod is named Che Guevara and has only the songs that my running partner in 2005 loaded onto it. I really need to update the playlist. I wonder where I will find the time to do that......WAIT -- I DON'T HAVE TO WORK!!! I HAVE ALL DAY, EVERY DAY!!!!!

I don't want to work I just want to bang on the drum all day...

Congrats Abba!

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Strip Tour 2008?

I am planning to get one more tattoo, hopefully in 2008. I expect you'll travel here for the subsequent pole dancing.

I am in. 2008 is going to be the Year of Excitement and Sleep.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by dtb
Apparently, I'm not the only one.

Don't ya think that you need somebody
Don't ya think that you need someone
Everybody needs somebody
You're not the only one
You're not the only one


Sorry, GWNK. GNR has struck again.