Mateless In Seattle
A year ago, Seattle Magazine featured 25 of Seattle’s “most interesting singles,” all of whom said they didn’t think Seattle was an especially good city in which to be single and dating.
The magazine checked back a year later and apparently these people were right about Seattle’s social scene: All 25 are still very single.
One bachelor said he had begun dating a woman between the time he agreed to be one of the featured singles and publication of the article. After the story came out, she grew weary of friends saying “I thought you were dating this guy,” and she dumped him. (From February Seattle Magazine)
* Check out the numbers: Viagra’s been on the market long enough now that researchers are beginning to collect some numbers as to which regions of the country, per capita, are most in need (or at least willing to admit need) of this drug.
The men in southern Montana, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Southern California have shown the most interest in Viagra. But western Montana, Idaho and Washington men have also shown significant interest in the drug. Statistically, the men in Utah and Nevada don’t care/don’t need it. (From Feb. 15 Newsweek)
* Viagra, part 2: Upcoming trials for FDA approval of a new erection gel may soon make Viagra seem impotent.
The new rub-on drug developed at Boston University, Topiglan, was effective in 69 percent of the cases during development. And, since it’s applied topically rather than internally, the only reported side effect so far is “a warm sensation.” (From March Men’s Health)
* Rules to live by: Esquire magazine serves up a variety of tips for right-living folks, and we liked Rules 28 and 29: If there is danger involved, it is fun. It is more fun if it requires you to sign a waiver.
Rule No. 174 also gave us pause: Refusing to eat is a stupid way to protest something, but it has its upside when compared with self-immolation. (From February Esquire)
* Facts of life: At 40, women have half their lives ahead of them.
Nearly twice as many women ages 19-34 as those 35-50 have their breasts surgically enlarged.
At 40, women spend 1.7 hours a week exercising or doing outdoor activities, 5.9 hours socializing, 6.8 grooming, 7 eating, 15.4 watching TV and 16.1 doing housework.
There are 2.3 million 40-year-old women.
Looking out at the second half of her life, 40-year-old writer Nancy Hass says it comes down to this: “Forty no longer automatically cues the theme song that signals the sweet, distant melody of youth growing faint as it pulls away. For us, the train is just reaching the station, with Ella Fitzgerald scatting loud and clear over the PA.” (From February Mirabella)