get a Mac and get laid. or get Myspace.

according to Mingle2, you are more likely to get laid by more people if you: own a Mac, are female, are a blogger, are into golf, drink, go commando, are a conservative, gay, don't play video games, use Myspace, and not "very religious." probably not all those things together though. apparently you get bonus points if you're from Mobile, AL. see all the stats here. contribute and be a statistic here (it's mercifully short).

it's 100% free. unlike most online dating services. so if you need a little help, there's an idea. Mingle2 is also doing some pretty clever promotions by making Digg-able facets to the site that're worthy of sharing, like Top 10 Reasons it Would Rule to Date a Unicorn (thanks @leighhouse) and 9 Reasons Not to Date a T-Rex. i enjoy the asteroids. disclosure: i have not used, nor do i intend to use, this service. the unicorns and macs just made me giggle. cheers to your weekends!

men... are not idiots?

AdAge gets down on those who dis dad.

and yes, i agree. my dad is awesome. and no, he does not resemble homer simpson or peter griffin. but my dad is one of my best friends, along with my mom (hi mom!).

i am not refuting the fact that "Bashing Fathers and Husbands Isn't the Right Way for Marketers to Sell Products" but there has been women (mother/girlfriend/wife/etc) bashing for WAY longer.

[and you, AdAge, you are LUCKY that it is 5:09 PM because i swear a RANT will come from me one day, misters who say girls are more privileged now than men. my ARSE. PS >> great way to defend your point, as in, not at all. defensive much?]

i'm not saying that makes it alright, but what i am saying is, advertising is becoming an equal-opportunity offender just as we all become more and more sensitive.

my serious questions to you all:
are we getting too sensitive the more we are hyper-targeted?
whatever happened to desensitization through the media, or does that not apply here?



...man, i do talk a lot about the "humanizing" of gender lately, don't i.

engaging in technographics

ahhh... posting this brings me back to my middle school livejournal days.
i wonder whatever happened to those "which icon are you?" quizzes. some were hella funny. anyway, so there's the "badge of honor" and the links are here and here.

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it's times like these that i reflect on quizzes.

why do i post that? do i find it relevant or accurate to how i perceive myself? yes, actually. i'm big on creating. i hate inactivity (score of 0!) and everything else i like to take in at a balance. if i didn't find it somehow accurate, i wouldn't repost it. i suppose that's a given.

the only reason i don't outright resent that quiz for asking me about being a bride or having children is that if i click the radio button for "male" it asks me the same thing. kudos for that. extra kudos for referencing Lincoln Logs. i miss those. sad face for stereotypical questions, but i should know better than to hope.