Brainy Men Found More Appealing to Women

A recent finding by the Official Journal of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society found that women find the brainy guy more attractive than the dumb jock.
The article says that women are surprisingly good judges of men’s intelligence and that, contrary to past studies; women prefer intelligence over attractiveness, even when they’re not looking for anything more than a one night stand.
In the study, 15 college men were filmed answering questions about news reports, what makes them a good date, and what would it mean if life were found on Mars. Men were also filmed playing Frisbee and other physical activities. More than 200 women were then asked to watch the videos and judge the men on four levels: attractiveness, intelligence, creativity, and appeal for relationships.
Reality? In the end if you had to pick from 5 men, you would probably pick the most attractive one – but it’s nice to know that the man with the pocket protector and the copy of War and Peace in his hand won’t necessarily be at a disadvantage to the attractive blonde.

Happy Anniversary Cell Phone

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the first cell phone call. How did we every live without our cell phones. Mine is attached to my hand! Along with myself, 84% of the US population owns a cell phone. Cell phones have become a necessity. Even ½ of all 8-12 year olds, have a cell phone. Some individuals have even removed their land line and use their cell phone as their home phone as well.
The first phone call was made on the Motorola DynaTAC 8000 X -- AKA The Brick Phone. It weighed about 2.5 pounds and would have cost you about $4000.
Cell phones in those days were gadgets for the super wealthy. But today, cell phones have become an essential part of our culture.

85 Days and Counting

Today I heard that Wal-Mart will be cutting prices on 10 popular toys to $10 for the 2008 holiday shopping season. It will also open its Christmas shops within its stores over the next 10 days. (What about Halloween, where do you think they will put all that stuff?) Wal-Mart said they conducted a study, that this year, people will start shopping for Christmas sooner in order to stretch their holiday dollars.

It seems every year, stores in general start to put out holiday items earlier and earlier. We don’t even have time to get through the next holiday without the stores rushing us on to the next big thing. Rushing into any holiday causes the quality of that holiday to diminish.
I first want to enjoy Halloween, then my yummy turkey at Thanksgiving – then it’s onto shopping for Christmas! Wal-Mart will not entice me to start my shopping earlier.

What about you? When will you start your holiday shopping?