Casual Fridays!!

I'm A Web-Developer

Welp, it's here: GChats From Last Night.

I made my first website! It's going to get better with time, I promise! It will also get better when people start posting! SO go! POST.

Really? Are these real life?

Why are people so awful and ignorant? Every time I sign on to Facebook, open my Google Alerts, or read any piece of news, there is always (literally, always) something that is just so ridiculous that I have to wonder: Is this real life?

Regardless of whether you like him as a President, would you really want to join/be a part of something like this? I mean, maybe some people are just so used to joining/liking everything that passes their way, but this group has over 1 million members- inexcusable. I wonder how many of those 1 million can actually articulate something about Obama that they oppose so much that they would want him dead.

Facebook Group 'Praying' For President Obama's Death Passes One Million Members

If that wasn't bad enough, we have some pure Alabama racism. I can't even believe this is a real video:

Language Barrier

And finally, dumb chicks. Clearly when Iranian cleric Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi blamed earthquakes on scantily clad women, he was speaking directly from his ass. But for someone (a SCIENCE STUDENT, nonetheless) to actually qualify this and promote a "Boobquake" (joke or not), she was feeding into this ridiculous claim. C'MON JENNIFER, WAKE UP. Also, you're a college student- you should know that once something is on Facebook, it is public, and can blow-up right in your face. Maybe cleavage really does cause earthquakes...

Broads Gone Bad

I'm not even going to get started on the abortion or immigration laws/current events. I just don't have the time to rant about 1,000 stupid topics at once.

In happier news, look forward to a new Casual Friday today. It's gonna be a good one with some new scenery!

CASUAL FRIDAYS- A Double Dose

Since I so rudely left some of you hanging last week, we have TWO special Casual Friday entries: Health and Wellness for Women Over 40 and Have You Been Thinking About Your Alcohol or Drug Use.

Turn Ons Vs. Turn Offs

So Cracked.com, a site that requires at least one daily visit, made a list of the 6 Things Men Do To Get Laid That Science Says Turn Women Off. Needless to say, it should bring some good humor to an otherwise lagging Wednesday.

#6.

Talking to Her

So you're in a club and--thanks to those eight shots of Jager, each of which you swear is making you exponentially sexier than you were before you downed them--you finally decide to approach the hot chick you've been leering creepily at all night. You've got your game face on and an arsenal of pick-up lines that would slay a Victoria's Secret catwalk.

With a perfect storm of raw sex appeal like this brewing all around you, it comes as no surprise to you that the object of your carnal desires is flirting back.   

But then, just as you're preparing to land your plane at Bonesville International Airport, she starts backing off. Somehow, the more you talk to her, the less smooth you become. When she awkwardly ends the conversation five minutes later you're literally babbling like a moron. A moron with a now totally useless boner.

What the Hell Happened?!

If you feel like you sound stupid when you talk to women, don't worry, you do. In a recent study, men chatted with attractive women and then were subjected to basic tests. They failed miserably. And when we say "basic tests" we don't mean fourth grade math, either. We're talking not being able to remember your own address (unless you were asked to take a woman there, right, killer?)

"Sorry, it appears I have punctured my copy of the test with my boner."

Unsurprisingly, the more attractive you find a woman, the worse this effect is and the stupider you will sound when talking to her. The scientists didn't go so far as to say what everyone was thinking (that the effect is caused by blood flowing away from your brain and directly to your junk), but women suffered no such memory lapses at all when tested after chatting with handsome studs like you.

However, one of the scientists did say the difference could be down to the fact that women are interested in things other than looks while men are "reproductively focused," which is a much more tactful, scientific way of saying, "Dudes get easily distracted by the thought of boning."

KEEP READING

In this economy...

We need more free food deals! And since Boston (ahem, Roggies) can't do Happy Hour drink deals, I've compiled some great cheap food- some with the purchase of alcohol, some without. Enjoy!

McCormick & Schmick's: Mon-Fri: 3:30-6:30 (Back Bay location). Happy Hour menu and drink specials. This place I actually went to once with my family. It was great, and VERY cheap food (like $1.95 burgers)- just have to buy 1 drink, but they are decently priced. You should do this at least to try it- below is the menu.

Another Casual Friday Brochure

Straight Savin'!

Here's a list of the 11 Websites You Didn't Know Could Save You BIG Bucks.

A few of the gems:

Woot.com- Actually, Woot is pretty good. It's one of those 1-deal-per-day situations, but if you spend your day at a computer, or even start your day off checking one, it is really simple to just go to www.woot.com and check out the deal of the day. They have 4 sites all in one- Random, Kids, Shirts, and WINE. Haven't yet purchased anything, but if I was any more of a wino, I would be happy to receive a few bottles in the mail.

LivingSocial.com- I assume everyone has heard of Groupon.com, but there is also a Livingsocial.com and BuyWithMe.com. They give you a deal-per-day, or a until-we-sell-out, product or service. Lots of spa/hair treatments and gym memberships- we get it: our hair sucks, we're stressed, and we're out of shape. Oh, and poor. Great.

Gilt.com- Gilt Groupe is great, but there's a waiting list to get in. You get emails about awesome deals on high-end fashion every day around noon. Get on the waiting list- worth it.

The others are decent, and the travel and restaurant ones are kind of out of my league- Travel for me isn't exactly "Awesome! Turks for $800, sign me up!", and Restaurants require lots of red tape to get the right deal, aka "Spend $25 get a buy one get one free entree with the purchase of an appetizer"- and sometimes don't let you use them on alcohol!

They didn't mention dealspl.us, which is probably my favorite deals website to check every day. It has a deals section AND a coupon section- so don't do any online shopping without checking there first- even if you only save 30%. They include things like Woot.com and some of the other websites savings, so it's like a one-stop online shopping website. They also always have electronics and computers on sale, and there's usually a nice, huge, flatscreen for under $1000, so if you're in the market for any of those, check here first.

And for coupons, of course Wow-Coupons.com. Great for both online coups and printable coups.

OK- now get shopping!!

Another Round, Bartender!

So a short while back, I found an interesting article about how both men and women drinkers earn more (up to 14% more!) than their non-drinking counterparts. Clearly, this was pleasant news, considering that I haven't yet committed to (or considered) a sober lifestyle. Basically, according to Peters and Stringham, I should continue drinking as long as I'm employed- excellent.

As for the benefit to men, the study showed that men who drank at bars added an additional 7% more income. I know I'm not a math wiz, but if my future husband is making $100,000 (I wish) by the time we are married, and I let him get his drink on in bars, he could be adding $7,000 a year to our vacation fund, or a future college fund for one of our spoiled children, or even my shopping fund, whereas if he isn't frequenting our local pub, I should be considering other men who do?

There's some food for thought there, definitely.

However, much to my dismay, I see this article today, highlighted by the key sentence: “The better-educated appear to be the ones who engage the most in problematic patterns of alcohol consumption.” 


Now I have to decide whether my competition in the workplace is going to drive me to become a problem drinker in the future? Should I make less than other women in comparable jobs because I'm deciding to go home, pour myself a nice, cold glass of water, and shout out incorrect answers at Alex Trebek? Unfortunately for my future self, I am going to stick with the occasional drinking. I think that there's too much at stake for a woman like me to be making less money than another women, especially when the solution is simply something that I've been perfecting for the past four years. And to all the other ladies out there, competitive or not: I'm not much into betting, but my odds are on the drinks.

OMG YOU GUYS!

So this video is actually pretty funny. It's from the Harvard Sailing Team, which is actually a NYC sketch comedy group, and not one of them attended Harvard and none of them sail (Awesome name!). They seem hysterical, so kudos to them. This one below is funnier, but they also have a Girls will be Boys one, too, which isn't quite as funny (mediocre looking chicks just aren't as funny as charming, adorable, funny guys).

This is why I don't like chicks


This is a little too close to home...

Also, for those more interested in pictures-

On a completely unrelated note, we have a great slideshow of the gayest photos of Ricky Martin. It will actually be a montage if you put on Livin' La Vida Loca while you scroll down. Trust me, worth every second.

Livin' La Vida Gay

Intellectual Laughs

Here's a nice little Friday story for everyone to read. Enjoy!

HELL EXPLAINED BY CHEMISTRY STUDENT

The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid term.

The answer by one student was so 'profound' that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well :

Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following:

First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today.

Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.

This gives two possibilities:

1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, than the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.

2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.

So which is it? If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, 'It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you,' and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct......leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting 'Oh my God.'

Good Friday!

Last week, we had a great edition of Casual Fridays at the office. Don't worry- this has now become a weekly blog post. Last week we featured Healthy Women. This week, it's Bipolar Disorder!