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Geek love checklist

Published on January 9, 2006 in women. Closed Tags: , .

Two geek girls ‘in the know’ have just published their “top 10 reasons to date a geek“, which can also be read as: 10 indicators to check if you’re a real geek.

First one is Maryam, Robert Scoble’s wife. I met her briefly when the Scobleizer visited Brussels in December, but I had no chance to talk to her since I had to leave early, and she was totally absorbed by Coolz0r. She struck me as a much warmer and kinder person than the ‘materialistic’ list below would suggest.

1) He can fix your computer
2) He has friends who can fix your computer
3) He can hook up the TV, connect the DVD player and Tivo your favorite programs
4) He has friends who can hook up the TV, connect the DVD player …
5) He can fix your friends’ computers
6) He’ll make you shine every where you go (basically because he has no sense of style)
7) Your geek will give you the hottest techie gadgets
8) Your geek will worship the ground you walk on
9) He won’t cheat on you either
10) Did I mention he can fix your computer ???
(for details, check maryamie)

Let’s say I score a 8/10 on this one.

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What women want

Published on February 9, 2005 in Society and women. Closed

What women want
Things you learn in bars: the list of things girls look for in a guy (or, in this case, as cited by Nathalie and An).
I use the following scale: 1 = nice to have … 3 = definite bonus … 5 = really important, and 6 = conditio sine qua non (if you don’t qualify, forget it). I averaged the weights of both authors. In all cases, the desired answer is ‘yes’.

  • 6: is he free (not married, no girlfriend)?
  • 6: is he over his previous relationship?
  • 5: do you feel like you could grow old together and still have stuff to tell each other?
  • 5: does he enjoy sex (or as one of the authors phrased it: can he get it up)?
  • 4: does he have a job that interest/challenges/thrill him?
  • 4: is he pleasant company in the morning (kind of objective: he should talk little/not be too depressed/not be too jolly/not be horny)?
  • 3: if he has kids, does he have an easy/trouble-free settlement?
  • 3: is he not a colleague (terribly annoying once the affair is over, it appears)?
  • 3: is he clean (like: take a shower at least once a day, change underwear regularly)?
  • 2: does he like (to provide) surprises?
  • 1: can he cook?

Which is fairly optimistic compared to What Women Want at ages 22, 32, 42, 52, 62 and 72

What Women Want in a Man, Revised List (age 52)
1. Keeps hair in nose and ears trimmed
2. Doesn’t belch or scratch in public
3. Doesn’t borrow money too often
4. Doesn’t nod off to sleep when I’m venting
5. Doesn’t re-tell the same joke too many times
6. Is in good enough shape to get off couch on weekends
7. Usually wears matching socks and fresh underwear
8. Appreciates a good TV dinner
9. Remembers your name on occasion
10. Shaves some weekends

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Rediscovering Meshell Ndegeocello

Published on January 16, 2005 in music and women. 6 Comments


I recently rediscovered Meshell Ndegeocello. I had been really disappointed by the concert I had seen of her last year on the Blue Note festival and hadn’t listened to any of her CDs for that time. Basically I was disappointed to see such a talent go to waste.

Who is Meshell? A small black woman with a deep groovy voice and by far one of the funkiest bass players around.
I’ve been a fan of hers since 1993, when her first album “Plantation Lullabies” came out. She was funky, gutsy and tongue-in-cheek (“If that’s your boyfriend, he wasn’t last night”). I saw her live and she rocked. When she laid down a bass groove, the place exploded. Man, she could play! In the follow-up album “Peace Beyond Passion” (1996), she used the Old Testament as inspiration. As unsexy as that may sound, it was also an excellent album, musically exploring the borders between jazz, funk and R&B and with strong lyrics. The 3rd album, “Bitter” (1999) was exactly what the title suggests: tales of grief, deception and lots of heart ache. Who ever broke her heart, did it really thoroughly. The music was also very slow, dramatic and, to be honest, depressing. I didn’t buy any of the later albums, Cookie (2002) or Comfort Woman(2003) after that.

I was however really looking forward to seeing her again live last year. But instead of steaming funk or intimate ballads, we got ‘free jazz’. She had brought a new band of “avant-garde” musicians. It was an endless cacaphony of jazz masturbation. The only moments the crowd actually enjoyed, were those when the Queen of Wicked Bass took the front stage and showed that she still had more skill in her right thumb that the rest of the band together. Unfortunately those moments were few and short.

At least when Spinal Tap played its “Free-Form Jazz Exploration“, it was funny.

Angelina ‘The Lips’ Jolie

Published on October 21, 2004 in women. 8 Comments


The readers of the magazine Esquire have just elected Angelina Jolie most sexy woman alive. I beg to differ. She might be alive all right, but most sexy woman? Those lips, my God! Collagen alert!

The full list in Esquire was:

  1. Angelina Jolie
  2. Halle Berry
  3. Britney Spears
  4. Jessica Simpson
  5. Beyonce
  6. Charlize Theron
  7. Jennifer Aniston

Errm … Britney? 3rd most sexy woman? My take on this: put Charlize on 1, Beyonce on 2 and send the rest shopping!

[Listening to: "Woman to Woman" - Joe Cocker - Sampled Vol 4 (CD 1/2)]