Archive for the 'Food' Category

A Weighty Issue, Part Two

June 20th, 2008

(This post is the second in a two-part series on physical attractiveness and the effects of how you look. Part one was about the data involved and some basic findings. Part two will talk about my personal experience with beauty and dieting, and how you can use the information I found to your advantage.)

Last time I talked about the book “Looks: Why They Matter More Than You Ever Imagined”, by Gordon Patzer. I also talked about why looks do in fact matter, and how well researched the author’s claims were. (Reading the first part is a must to …

A Weighty Issue, Part One

June 6th, 2008

(This post is the first in a two-part series on physical attractiveness and the effects of how you look. Part one will be about the data involved and some basic findings. Part two will talk about my personal experience with beauty and dieting, and how we can use this information to our advantage.)

Recently I finished reading an interesting book called “Looks: Why They Matter More Than You Ever Imagined”, by Gordon Patzer. (I found out about this book from The Brazen Careerist, a blog about getting ahead at work that’s featured in my sidebar.) The title …

Ethnic Tensions

February 29th, 2008

I was trying out a new Indian restaurant the other day with my friend, and at the end of the meal we had an interesting conversation with the owner. He told us that he started the first Indian restaurant in our area in 1993. (This was after he told us about the deadbeat cook he fired after just one day, for grabbing the butt of the female dishwasher. Ironically, that guy was the one to recommend the very restaurant he was fired from.) That really got me thinking about what ethnic cuisines are popular in the …

Fortune Favors the Prepared, Part Two

January 18th, 2008

(Last week I wrote about general trends in fortune cookies, and the fortunes they contained. You don’t necessarily need to have read that post to understand this one, but I’m sure you’ll appreciate the content more if you have.)

This week’s post is the second part in a two-part series I’m doing about fortune cookies. This time around, I’ll be discussing the specifics of the fortunes I read.

As I said before, fortunes come in 3 basic flavors: Compliments, Advice, and Predictions (though there were a few weird fortunes that didn’t fit in those categories, or any other from what …

Fortune Favors the Prepared, Part One

January 11th, 2008

(This week’s post is part one of two on fortune cookies. As with my two part series on Everybody Votes, this week will be general observations on fortune cookies, while next week will be more specific.)

Fortune cookies have always intrigued me. It’s not for any rational reason, really; I’ve just always had a soft spot for them, I guess. Maybe it’s the idea of a dessert that appeals to more than your sweet tooth, or maybe it’s because they try to say something meaningful to a total stranger in two sentences or less. Or perhaps …