Lesser Men

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Just as Darwin could have predicted, the researchers have found that women are pickier than men. While men concentrate mainly on looks and will ask out a lot of women as long as they’re above a certain threshold of attractiveness, women focus on fewer prospects.

They’re less willing to date someone of another race. When using online services, they pay more attention than men do to a potential partner’s education, profession and income. They prefer taller men, but they’re willing to relax their standards for the Ron Perelmans of the world, as revealed in a study of more than 20,000 online daters by Gunter Hitsch and Ali Hortacsu of the University of Chicago and Dan Ariely of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

They found that a 5-foot-8 man was just as successful in getting dates as a 6-footer if he made more money — precisely $146,000 a year more. For a 5-foot-2 man, the number was $277,000.

-- John Tierney for The New York Times

That's real life for you. That's why I don't see any point in having anything to do with it. It would be a waste of time.

xXx

Lesser Men

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Just as Darwin could have predicted, the researchers have found that women are pickier than men. While men concentrate mainly on looks and will ask out a lot of women as long as they’re above a certain threshold of attractiveness, women focus on fewer prospects.

They’re less willing to date someone of another race. When using online services, they pay more attention than men do to a potential partner’s education, profession and income. They prefer taller men, but they’re willing to relax their standards for the Ron Perelmans of the world, as revealed in a study of more than 20,000 online daters by Gunter Hitsch and Ali Hortacsu of the University of Chicago and Dan Ariely of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

They found that a 5-foot-8 man was just as successful in getting dates as a 6-footer if he made more money — precisely $146,000 a year more. For a 5-foot-2 man, the number was $277,000.

-- John Tierney for The New York Times

That's real life for you. That's why I don't see any point in having anything to do with it. It would be a waste of time.

xXx

Sunny Afternoon

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A sunny afternoon!
The cold front is broken
and April gets to be April again
and not February.

I think that's the end,
and now we're on the downhill slide
to hell and summer,
southwestern summer,
where July and August is always July and August.

xXx

Sunny Afternoon

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A sunny afternoon!
The cold front is broken
and April gets to be April again
and not February.

I think that's the end,
and now we're on the downhill slide
to hell and summer,
southwestern summer,
where July and August is always July and August.

xXx

Tall in the Nest

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The Birds.
They are no longer hunching down in the nest
desperate to keep those eggs warm
against that unseasonal blast of winter air.

I hope you guys were able to make it;
I'll take a happy story whenever I can take it.

They could have used a little more of that global warming.

xXx

Tall in the Nest

♠
The Birds.
They are no longer hunching down in the nest
desperate to keep those eggs warm
against that unseasonal blast of winter air.

I hope you guys were able to make it;
I'll take a happy story whenever I can take it.

They could have used a little more of that global warming.

xXx