Makeup at work?

So, I saw a little piece today about how women wearing makeup to work is like a man wearing a suit.  Is it true?  Should a woman always wear makeup to work?

While, I'm pretty casual when it comes to most things - I find that makeup is essential - especially in the workplace.  Makeup helps you look put together, and not that rolled out of bed look.  It's important to put your best face forward (pun intended) when going to work, and in that it includes makeup. Right? 

I know makeup is not everyone's best friend, but I'm not telling you that you have to make your self up like a drag queen, but just a swipe of mascara, a little dot of concealer.  It's all you really need if you don't like makeup. 

Take the "stars without makeup" as a hint - nearly everyone can look better with a little (or sometimes a lot) of makeup. 

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And no, not a butt plug!  I know how all you people reading this blog have a very dirty mind!

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How Honest are You?

So it's a little off topic, but I found this "social experiment" very interesting. 

Honest Tea (a local DC company - yeah!) put out tables and carts with bottles of tea in 12 cities with a box asking for $1/bottle.  No one was manning these stands - in person!  A webcam field monitored how many people paid the $1 and how many just took a tea.  I watched the feed for about 5 minutes when it was in DC, and I was amazed - people did pay, but more interestingly a lot of people just walked by like it was insane.

So, what did the results say?  Chicago is the most honest city.  I have to say, I'm not surprised!  I grew up in the midwest and the people there are just a tad bit nicer...  And New York City was the least honest.  Humm...

But overall, the results are pretty damn amazing, New York, with the lowest percentage was still at 86%.  That's pretty damn high!


Chicago 99

Boston 97

Seattle 97

Dallas 97

Atlanta 96

Philadelphia 96

Cincinnati 95

San Francisco 93

Miami 92

Washington D.C. 91

Los Angeles 88

New York 86

Dating Disasters

So, I'm not in the practice of putting personal stuff up here.  I don't like to hurt people's feelings and I would rather avoid any confrontation with people I know.  Mostly, I just want it to be fun. 

Well... lately my dating life has been quite the comedy.  I can't help but share my latest dating disasters from the past couple of months.  Note, I will be very vague, because I would like to protect the not so innocent. 

#1: The TOO nice guy
Don't get me wrong, I love a nice guy.  There is nothing better than a guy who is nice to animals, waiters and kids.  But I have to tell you - there is such a thing as too nice of a guy.  Mine was just boring.  You need a little spice in your life.  Or what I like to call, a bit of doucheyness.  The date with the too nice guy was a little boring, and I was afraid that when I hugged him at the end of the date he might freak out.    Now don't get me wrong (again), nice is good and he could have been nervous and all that - but I like to have a bit of entertainment.  STRIKE 1

#2: The Sister-Fucker
OK, maybe not exactly "fucker" but everything but... Yes, I went on a date with a guy - it went well, he was cool, there might actually be a second date.  But then when we were talking a couple of days later, he tells me that he feels really comfortable with me and would like to tell me a secret.  He and his sister have fooled around (when they were kids and recently as well!!!).  The kicker, he didn't understand why I thought it was so weird.  And we are not talking about a step-sister or anything, but his REAL blood sister.  Ouch.  STRIKE 2

#3 The Military Guy
I've always been against dating guys in the military, I don't want to move with them, and honestly they have a bit of an attitude (a bit too much doucheyness).  But lately, I've been opening my net wider (I'm getting older and still don't have a man - you have to bend some - or most - of your rules).  So, I've been talking to said Military Man and we go on a date... He shows up fall down drunk, you know the times when  you can't keep your head up - he was there.  Now, I played along (our conversations had been great!), but appeased him at every step because there is no sense talking to a drunk man.  STRIKE 3

#4: The Disappearing Man
So, I posted on Craig's List when I was bored (as I'm prone to do) and told the men in Craigland that I was looking for a nice guy with a bit of douche (reoccurring theme here).  I figured that I could find a guy with just a little bit of ego, and all that.  Well, I found him. . . We emailed back and forth for a couple of days.  The "last" day it was emails every couple of minutes.  We scheduled to meet after work, and I emailed him to confirm (elapsed time, less than 5 minutes), and the email is returned to sending, yahoo address unknown.  I tried a couple more times (and from different email accounts) and still, returned to sender, yahoo address unknown.  Turns out the fucker deleted his email.  STRIKE 4

After a while, one would get a complex, if the stories were so outlandishly weird.  At least I can provide entertainment value with my bad date stories.  So enjoy!