September 2007


shit you should try before you die18 Sep 2007 11:58 am

What:  Jerry’s Sports Bar
Where: 6352 Village Center Drive
              Bealeton, VA 22712
When: Weekdays noon – 10pm, Weekends 11-midnight
Eat:  NY Style Cheese Pizza
Drink: Draft beer – cold, clean taps, CHEAP ($2.29 – happy hour is $1 off).

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from the road... and shit you should try before you die18 Sep 2007 11:54 am

What:  Miller’s Pub
Where: 134 Wabash St.
            Chicago, IL 60603
When: 7 days a week 11am – 2am (kitchen)
                                      10am – 4am (bar)
Eat: Open face sandwiches – skip the ribs, though
Drink: Honker’s Ale on draft.

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from the road... and shit you should try before you die18 Sep 2007 11:47 am

What: The Dubliner: An Irish Pub
Where: 4 F Street NW
             Washington, DC 20001
When: 11am – 2am (3am on Friday and Saturday)
Eat:  Beef O’Flaherty or the Guinness Burger

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shit you should try before you die18 Sep 2007 11:41 am

What: Hodges Sandwich Shop
Where: 616 New York Ave. NW
              Washington, DC 20001
When: Monday – Friday 11am – 3pm
Eat: The roast beef sandwich – it’s that good.

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did you get a copy of the memo? and i probably should be working now... and no shit04 Sep 2007 02:12 pm

So CNN.com has an article up referencing a study conducted by Peter M. Todd of Indiana University, Bloomington’s Cognitive Science Program – based entirely on speed dating data.

Participating men and women were required to fill out “pre-dating” surveys about traits they found desirable in the opposite sex – “wealth and status, family commitment, physical appearance, healthiness, and attractiveness” 

After the speed dating, researchers found that men’s choices in women did not line up with what their prescreening questionaire selections -  They just picked the hotties. 

I want to contact Mr. Todd and ask him “IS THIS SUPRISING TO YOU?!!”

we’re talking about speed dating – of course looks are going to weigh much more than someone’s political idiology or dietary needs – i wonder if these things even come up in a three to seven minute speed date.  This is just a snapshot* of time, in which you have to make a decision – would you like to see* this person again?  Essentially speed dating is making a judgement based on a very limited amount of time and information presented.  It’s no suprise the eye’s have it. 

I think I should come up with some important research projects, just as insightful as Petey’s, too.
Anyone wanna fund the “Do Men Think Hotwings Go Well With Beer?” study?
How about the “Does taking free vacations to Europe to conduct silly social engineering experiments really lead to professional satisfaction?” survey?  We could ask Mr. Todd – he conducted his research in Munich. 

By stating what I feel is mind numbingly obvious with the study, I am in no way whatsoever attemtpting to be mean and callous – I’ve just never heard someone say,

“Man, I’m really happy with my wife/fiance/significant other/DNA extractor in all ways, but I just wish she wasn’t so damn hot.” 

Sorry – Zero percent chance.  Even the jealous types I know wouldn’t trade down for the ugly-twin-version of the exact same girl they are dating. 

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