A statement in a recent Financial Times article about data mined and analyzed from Match.com took me a little by surprise: “Women are less likely to e-mail with men who live far away, men who are older than they are, and men who are short.” Running counter to the “known fact” (as proclaimed by this Askmen.com author) …
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Is the Allure of the “Older Man” Fading?
A statement in a recent Financial Times article about data mined and analyzed from Match.com took me a little by surprise: “Women are less likely to e-mail with men who live far away, men who are older than they are, and men who are short.” Running counter to the “known fact” (as proclaimed by this Askmen.com author) …
Shakespeare in the original Klingon
William Shatner interviewing Christopher Plummer, love it! aka – Captain Kirk and General Chang “You can’t appreciate Shakespeare until you’ve read him in the original Klingon.”
Irreverent and scary: the other comic con movies
Total Recall Set to come out in 2012 with Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, and Jessica Biel. From Rotten Tomatoes: “Director Len Wiseman (Underworld) jumps into the remake game with this retooling of Philip K. Dick’s short story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale, originally brought to the big screen by Paul Verhoeven in the 1990 …
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Beautiful surfing sketch of the Huntington Pier
Need a Spotify invite?
Ok, I’m not promising anything here but I am 2 for 2. Both times I received a Spotify invite in my email pretty fast. The backstory is that Ashton Kutcher is a big fan of Spotify and he tweeted his fanboy-ism. Then his millions of twitter followers were like, “we want to try!” The company …
US Open of Surfing…expect big crowds
..and fun!
Top Events for the US Open of Surfing 2011
Welcome to the 2011 US Open of Surfing! The party officially starts today with check-ins for the athletes and the big on-beach retail stores opening up. Though, with a big swell hitting right now most are probably in the water. If you’re looking to attend I pulled together my favorite, must-see events, check ’em out:
Geeks on a train
If you ever have a chance to geek-out, don’t hesitate to take it. There is nothing greater, no more pure joy than that. Ok, maybe there is romance and you’re child being born, but we are talking about geeks here. — I revel in these moments and seek them out, like the recent Harry Potter …
Ginormous nuclear haul from California to Utah
Today the largest truck ever to travel in California transports a nuclear steam generator weighing 750,000 pounds to Utah. The 50 foot long turbine is classified as nuclear waste and is travelling on a truck with 192 tires to a nuclear waste dump in Utah. The story of the journey is fascinating. A large police …
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