Fri 30 Mar 2007 – 10.46
That is, an inexpensive outing with a romance partner.
Found a list of cheap date ideas, ways to spend an afternoon or an evening without breaking the bank of fancy wine and overpriced coffee (and the automatically included 19% tip). My favourite from the list, definitely the Shakespeare. Then again, I haven’t had a date since last century, so don’t take my advice.
Shakespeare. I like watching plays, especially by the Bard. If the girl likes that too … well, she’s worth her weight in gold, as far as I’m concerned. And Shakespeare is very romantic. Quote her some lines afterward.
posted by Scott in personal finance, relationships.
Thu 29 Mar 2007 – 21.19
Whoa. I know we live in the future and all, but I had to do a double take when I saw this headline a few days ago. As someone with a very eccentric last name, you might say I’m sensitive to issues regarding family names, which is why I felt so compelled to post this article.
From USA Today comes the tale of how there is apparently a growing trend of men taking the last name of his wife.
There are few quick tales of those daring, daring (and probably whipped) men who are challenging our good ole western traditions. Here’s a sneak peek:
“Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought it would have caused as much of a stir as it did,” says Mike Salinger, 27, of Seattle, who was married in November. “We knew people might be surprised, but we figured they’d say ‘Huh’ and get on with it.
Incredible.
posted by Scott in life, relationships.
Tue 27 Mar 2007 – 10.22
We mentioned a while back on the podcast about how young people today feel a sense of entitlement. I think it was Bonetti who was really peeved about this. The point is, an editorial turned up concerning this subject. Good for a read.
posted by Scott in life, personal finance.
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Sex
– 5.52
Actually, I did know this:
2. Humans aren’t the only horny members of the animal kingdom doing it just for fun. Dolphins and a type of chimpanzee called the bonobo have also been observed engaging in sexual activity when they are not in their natural reproductive cycles.
But only because I read it somewhere…
posted by Scott in relationships.
16 Things It Takes Us 50 Years to Learn
Fri 23 Mar 2007 – 21.23
Not too sure of the origins of this list, but it turned up on Digg and I found it witty and insightful. Like a cheeky old grandfather who somehow manages to beat off that ‘old person smell’.
Via Scribd
Things It Takes Most Of Us 50 years to learn:
- The badness of a movie is directly proportional to the number of helicopters in it.
- You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight-saving time.
- You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests you think she’s pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.
- The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above-average drivers.
- There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is: age 11.
- There is a very fine line between “hobby” and “mental illness.”
- People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.
- If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be “meetings.”
- The main accomplishment of almost all organized protests is to annoy people who are not in them.
- If there really is a God who created the entire universe with all of its glories, and he decides to deliver a message to humanity, he will NOT use as his messenger a person on cable TV with a bad hairstyle or in some cases, really bad make-up too.
- You should not confuse your career with your life.
- A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter/janitor, is not a nice person.
- No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously.
- When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that individual is crazy.
- Your true friends love you, anyway.
- Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance.
posted by Scott in careers, life.
Thu 22 Mar 2007 – 21.40
An intro to body language - useful if you’re looking for a sneakier and more-biological method of picking up dates. Or just amusing for people-watching in Union Square, for example.
posted by Scott in life, relationships.
Consumerist’s 9-Step Beginner’s Budget
Wed 21 Mar 2007 – 21.25
The Consumerist is a great blog about consumer’s fighting back against big companies, rip-offs, con artists, and all other riff-raff of a capitalist society. Many of the stories are downright scary and reading the daily grind can raise your blood pressure a bit, just out of empathy.
But the other day a great article turned up regarding my favourite subject of personal finance. Now, me, being a stickler and a computer geek, already have a pretty tight system in place. For everyone else, this is an awesome place to start. Check out the post and read it through. Seriously.
posted by Scott in personal finance.
Tue 20 Mar 2007 – 9.57
In the mode of my college days, when I would record these journal-like entries on a slightly-more-frequently-than-seasonal basis, here comes a bit of relfexion and thought on the state of things.
First things first. As you have no doubt noticed, I have become pretty active on my various blogs. At this point, I’ve got three up and running and I’m adding content to them multiple times a week. It’s nice to have all the content segregated by relevance in a very “lid for every pot” way. But what’s lacking from all three blogs is some quantity of original content, like this which I am writing at this very moment. Clearly, I have opinions on stuff — from design, to money, to life in the City, and being a twentysomething. Yet I don’t express it as much as I should. Nearly every article I read about promoting your blog/podcast says, very close to the top of the list, post often and consistently. That’s a challenge in and of itself, but making the content original and unique is just as much of a challenge, if not moreso.
posted by Scott in careers, life, music, this website.
How to Treat Your Geek (at work)
Mon 19 Mar 2007 – 21.59
I know there are more than a few geek readers/listeners here on twentyhood so I reckon you will find this interesting, or the least, controversial.
In short, it’s an article telling bosses how to treat their most uniquely-skilled and eccentric workers, ie, the geeks! This of course means the computer guys, the designers, the scientists, the bookkeepers, and really anyone else who works better when they don’t have to be “on”.
What do you think? Leave a comment, dammit.
posted by Scott in careers, life.
Why Do Men Fall Asleep After Sex?
Fri 16 Mar 2007 – 20.46
Oh, the question that has riddled women since the dawn of time. It’s actually pretty simple science:
Prolactin levels are naturally higher during sleep, and animals injected with the chemical become tired immediately. This suggests a strong link between prolactin and sleep, so it’s likely that the hormone’s release during orgasm causes men to feel sleepy.
So read the article, and next time you get mad at your fella for some dumb reason, remember that Biology beats Society every time.
posted by Scott in health & fitness, relationships.