This is an interesting article I found on Slate.com

Essentially, the argument goes kind of like this.. (quoted from the article)

The pill also meant women felt more able to postpone marriage—why hurry? They could enjoy sex and a career without rushing to get married. And as more intelligent women delayed getting hitched, that meant that more intelligent men would be floating around, unattached. The dating scene became a more interesting place to dip in and out of for a decade or so, and the risk of being “left on the shelf” plummeted. The fewer people sprinted up the aisle, the less need for others to hurry. It looked like a cultural shift, but it had rational roots.

This sounds quite compelling to me… I’m 27 years old right now, and I really don’t see myself getting married for a hell of a long time. Sometimes I wonder if pickup has ruined me for marriage, that I’ll never ever settle down (if I wanted to), but I like this answer a lot better.

It just makes sense for guys these days to remain single well into their thirties. There are a lot more options these days for a single guy than there ever was before, and women are pretty much doing the same thing we are.

So we can afford to be choosy, and in the event that we eventually decided to settle down (wayyyyyy off in the future), we’ll know that the girl we picked was top-of the line.

Anyway, I’m interested in hearing what you guys think of this article.

I haven’t updated my blog in quite a while, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been up to anything. Some unanticipated events left me with the month of June off, and nothing to do with my time, so I decided to hop in a plane and head out to Thailand, where I’ve been for the past week.

Sheriff is out here, so we’ve been hanging together and went out to Ko Phi Phi, which is where The Beach was filmed. We met up there with Todd and Tynan (aka, Herbal from The Game), who are traveling the world and blogging about it on www.lifenomadic.com. Both guys are a lot of fun, and we’ve gotten up to quite a few shenannigans, including a boxing match between Tynan and I that earned us both a bucket of rum, earned me my first boxing victory, and Tynan got some good stuff from his blog and the right to say he bloodied up my nose pretty bad.

All in all, I’ve realized something important out here. You can’t be bored when you’re surrounded by interesting people, and you’ll always be bored when you’re surrounded by boring people. The contrast between grad school this winter, where I was surrounded by far too many negative types, and this summer, where I’ve been hanging out with great guys like Cajun, Sheriff and Herbal, is huge. Surrounding yourself with good people is one of the best things you can do for your life.

Anyway, there are a lot more stories to come from Thailand yet… I’ll keep you posted

Hey guys!

I disappeared there for a little while – exams, bootcamps and the holidays kept me really busy over the past two months, but I haven’t abandoned this blog.

I saw an interesting article today, and thought I would share it about you guys. It’s an interesting look at the social habits of animals, and there are some pretty interesting parallels with human behavior.

Political Animals

The NYT has another article about Mystery’s new show “The Pickup Artist”. It’s from a few weeks ago but I just found it today.

Nothing shocking or revoluntionary, but the author closes with something that got me thinking.

“The Pick-Up Artist” is intriguing — far more intriguing than its tawdry subject might suggest. Mr. Strauss’s thoughtful book showed how sophisticated Mystery’s experiment actually was: What if modern men could be taught the art of swashbuckling Byronic seduction and thereby be saved from the depression and loneliness induced by therapy culture?

BAM! The author hits the nail on the head. This is why I love my job, and it’s what people don’t understand about MM. MM isn’t about magic bullets (despite the title of our book), or fancy quick-fixes. We’re not about therapy, and fixing your damaged egos. We don’t believe in meditating to get rid of your approach anxiety, or fixing your inner game. We believe in get the f**k out there and do it!

So how do you cure approach anxiety? You get off your ass and talk to girls until you realize you’re scared of NOTHING.

So how do you get good inner game? You get off your ass and talk to girls and realize that they like you. Nothing boosts your confidence like having girls laughing at your jokes, complimenting you, and doing crazy stupid things to get you into bed.

Now if you’ll excuse me, it’s Saturday night, and I’m heading out to push myself (I’ve been lazy recently).

Now it’s your turn- get the f**k out there!

The New York Times has an interesting article today on the keys to desire. Check it here

I found Stumbleupon.com, which is actually a pretty useful little tool.

I found some interesting links that I thought I would pass on to you guys.

The SIRC guide to flirting: A hilariously dry and analytical guide to flirting, written by the Social Issues Research Centre. This actually contains some pretty decent advice, despite the way it’s written, other stuff is just weird. For example:

Flirting is most socially acceptable at parties, celebrations and social occasions/functions. At some such events (e.g. Christmas/New Year parties) a degree of flirtatious behaviour is not only socially sanctioned, but almost expected.

You heard it here first, folks. Flirting is socially acceptable at parties. Thank you Social Issues Research Centre.

Also, here’s another: How to detect lies.