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What not to order on a date
- Zucumber84 Nov 9, 2007 08:17 AM
So, I always get nervous when I'm on a dinner date. I love good food, I love eating with my hands and I love having a bit too much wine. I always feel a bit self conscious unless I am eating with an equally passionate foodie (not always easy to find these days). So, I try and stay away from salads (hard and messy to eat), soups (slurping sounds anyone? but gooddd I love French onion soup) and often spaghetti pasta (red sauce on a white shirt too many times).
Anyone else have any ideas of what NOT to order when on a date?
What about what NOT to drink? I often go straight for a strong cocktail at the beginning before ordering wine, which some people might find aggressive...
I'm with you on french onion soup and spaghetti. Red wine is another one. It can stain your teeth and tongue as well as give you a mustache if you sip to big!
Lobster or anything where you're given a bib.
But you know, I think cuisnes such as Morrocan or Ethiopian etc.. where you eat with your hands would be terrific fun and an ice breaker.
re: monavano
I agree that you have to be careful with the red wine. It can lead to very unappetizing stained mouth, lips and teeth. I also think that one should be prudent on how much to drink. A girlfriend of mine never has a problem getting first dates but has issues getting second ones because of the booze factor.
re: FrankJBN
Table manners are a good indicator of manners of another type. As far as what to eat with a date, I would go for a gratin. I would be careful to avoid smelly spices, escargots (too much garlic) and raw oysters (splurping). Frog legs might also put off a date.
re: Peg
Amen. I firmly believe in being myself on a date. I mean, if you eat like a total animal, maybe you need to check yourself. But any guy or girl worth keeping isn't going to be put off by a healthy appetite, or a bit of messiness.
The question reminds me so much of my college roommate. When going on a date, she'd eat only salad, wear only her best clothes, do perfect hair and makeup, never smoke (she was a smoker), etc. And this would continue through numerous dates with the same guy. And she'd always come home ravenous and eat a pint of ice cream and/or a cheeseburger. I'd always ask how she could stand not being herself with these guys--I mean, they'd have to find out eventually who she was! I realized that it must be women like her that men complain about after years of marriage: "she was so thin/pretty/...when we got married!"
And just re the OP's alcohol question: as others have said, go with the flow. But common sense should apply. It may not only be unattractive to get blotto on a first date, it can actually be dangerous. Better to keep your senses about you with someone you don't know well.
I agree on eat what you like - be yourself!!!!! While I will avoid bbq or red sauce stuff if I'm wearing a white shirt that I treasure it has to do with the shirt, not the company. As far as cocktail then wine - I usually go with the flow so if he wants one, I'll have one, if not, I'm just as happy to move right into wine but thats out of being sociable, not a desire to do as he does.
re: alanbarnes
you run the same risk with pesto. steer clear!
garlic and/or onions, however, can be absolutely fine...as long as your date is eating it/them as well.
First and foremost, you ought to get past getting a buzz before dinner and then drinking too much wine. You may be trying to settle your nerves, but you are only enabling foolish or embarassing behavior which is apparently your concern.
Learn to eat soup without slurping. It is not hard. If you slurp when eating clams or oysters half-shell, don't worry about it.
Again, if you have to, cut back on your drinking. I mean, you post about how difficult it is to eat salads, soups and spaghetti. It really is not that difficult to eat these things with a measure of style and decorum.
I try to avoid food with a lot of garlic or a lot of hot pepper - any foods which might ... intrude on later intimacy, shall we say? For me that also precludes raw broccoli, anything that may play hell with my guts later in the evening. In fact, I avoid eating such foods during the day if I am going on a dinner date later.
No spinach salad, as I've found that raw/fresh spinach leaves cling like no other veggie to one's front teeth. In the same vein, no corn-on-the-cob or ribs, unless you carry floss and aren't shy about using it (assuming kissing will be introduced into the evening at some point). And if you're a naturally hearty eater, go ahead and order pounds of foodstuffs throughout the meal if you so choose - BUT - try not to order *any one item* larger than your head. I've found its best not to imagine large-scale internal food processing/digesting going on, if romance is in the cards. I just don't wanna contemplate where that full rack of beef ribs is headed!
re: silence9
Haha Silence9 and Alan - you are so right, but it is funny because I thought that spinach salad is always one of the easier salads to eat. Its neat and not too messy - but I am totally that girl with the chunk of spinach in my teeth..haha.
As for the drinks, yes I like to calm the nerves with an initial cocktail, but I actually judge the date if it goes well on whether or not we order a bottle of wine or just order a glass each. I think that finishing a bottle on a date means good conversation, not just a way to calm the nerves (although they are probably both related, haha).
re: revsharkie
Depending on the context and comfort level, working one's way through a crawfish boil could either be very disturbing, or possibly intriguing....
(for those who have not had the delight of a crawfish boil, you pinch the heads off, peel the bodies much like shrimp, then suck all the tasty juices out of the head. it tends to freak out the squeamish).
re: jettababs
One of the best weddings I've been to included the bride making her way through a huge crawfish boil. Luckily, someone wrapped an apron around her dress.
re: swsidejim
Beans. Definitely, no beans.
(I love a date with music, but not THAT kind!!!!!)
re: aurora50
By this standard, no cauliflower either!
You have to be kidding, right? I must have had over 200 dates with different women, and I never once thought about what I ordered to eat or drink, other than what sounded good on the menu. You can't eat spaghetti without getting stains on your shirt? You can't eat soup without slurping? Where was your mother when you were growing up? She made certain my table manners were impeccable. As she put it, the essence of good table manners was to be certain you were not offending your guests.
And for the record, most of those 200 women were happy to have a second (or third, or fourth) date with me. I have often been appalled by the table manners of those who dine with me (people who plunge their fork vertically into their meat and then saw against that with their knife are particularly offensive) but I never judge the person solely on that aspect of their character.
And while I have nothing against drinking.. geez, do you feel it necessary? I would often order a scotch while looking at the menu, and then wine with dinner, but I never did it out of feeling nervous, and I certainly never spent a moment thinking about what my date would think of me.
re: KevinB
Agreed 100x, from the female perspective - same experiences. Order what you want or feel like eating and drinking, and eat it politely, engaging in appropriate conversation when your mouth ISN'T full!
Turn of your cellphone and/or anything else distracting.
Soup. Don't ever do soup on a first date. I had a first date in a Chinese restaurant. As I lifted the too big piece of wonton to my mouth, it slipped off the spoon, and fell back into the bowl. The broth went everywhere....the tablecloth, my blouse, my chin, and his glasses. I was mortified. That was until the waiter came and removed my date's plate, and I saw all the rice the fell off the edge of his plate. Man, what a slob that guy was. LOL
Anything where you're too involved with the food could be a problem, unless your date is eating it too, in which case it might be fun. Trying to deal with mussels, prying them out of the shells, putting the shells in another bowl, sopping up the broth with bread, all while making conversation was pretty hard. Especially since he was eating a chicken breast. No, that didn't go too well.
Ribs- I do not want to see chunks of meat stuck in between your teeth. Bad pre kiss visual.
OR you can eat what you want but excuse your self after the meal to go to the restroom to check your teeth and clean them if needed.
Also no cruciferous vegetables in large quantities. Not for your date but for yourself. Being bloated and witty is hard to do...you don't want to laugh and gas.
On a wonderful date, whatever she spilled, dripped, splattered, sprayed, tripped over, or had captured between her teeth, didn't matter at all.
I recall a few dates who possessed such surprising strength of personal carriage that they turned the event into a positivley memorable experience.
There's almost nothing incorrect to order on a date, after you turn your cellphone off.
On first dates or even business meals, i used to order foods that were easy to eat: shrimp, crabcakes, boneless salmon. No smellly onions or garlic. I'd always stay away from whole fish because once a bone got caught in my throat that was supposedly deboned at the table by the waiter. I don't order big fat steaks where I'm so busily cutting away at the meat and look like Henry the 8th. I also don't order messy ribs. I will order pasta but the easy-to-eat kind like ziti. I don't want to be swirling spaghetti around my fork with sauce flying at my shirt.
Also ordering appetizers to share is usually easy to eat and breaks bread with your dining companion. Try to relax a bit because dining and dating can be a very enjoyable experience.
I would stay away from hard liquor before the meal.as It kiils the tastebuds. Wine or an apertifif is more chowhoundy Don't guzzle if you order a bottle - pace yourself.
Order sexy desserts and savor them. Anything with melted chocolate is good to share and take small bites so you don't splash it on your shirt.
Bon appetiti!
In my dating days, I tried not to worry too much about what I ate. I imagine I might have avoided the messiest foods (whole lobster, for instance, or ribs), but it's possible to eat soup and pasta without embarrassing yourself, and it's a good life skill to learn. Ditto, chopsticks.
I think good manners are far more important, like the first-date don'ts offered by that Bud Dry TV ad of a few years back: stay off the damned cellphone, don't go on and on about your mom's brisket, don't reach across the table with your fork while saying, "You gonna finish that?", and don't talk endlessly about yourself ("There I was, there I was, there I was, in... the Congo!").
With two dating daughters jfood has this discussion real time many times.
The answer is it depends. The first question you need to ask is prioritization. Are you there to eat knowing this guy/gal is not the one or is there a possibility that this may be the right SO. If it's the former, try to order something that will not embarass you or your date. Remember you are still in a public place and as many of us have told our younger children, you still need to have resataurant manners. If this may be mr(s) right, then downshift and try to keep the focus away from the food and onto the conversation. Rememeber the server is going to take the empty plates away in an hour or two but the date will be there longer.
As to the liquor, jfood would say lighten as much as possible. A strong cocktail and then wine is a recipe for the "what did i do's?" Have you ever heard anyone say, "man, i was really sober last night, can't believe i did that?" Jfood hasn;t, but substitute "drunk" for "sober" and everyone has heard that. So jfood suggestion is downshift on the cocktail and nurse the wine. The last thing you want with a date that you like is a case of the "Oh No's."
Enjoy yourself, your date and the food, in that order.
re: jfood
I think I would avoid Hot Wings on a first date, although I think it is sexy to watch someone pick up their food and lick their fingers others may not think so. There is also the whole spicy factor...bad breath, runny nose, sweating. As for the cocktails I am a bit of a party girl so I would say drink up but do be mindful of your safety when dealing with a new person. Anyone that is overly watching my alcohol intake might not make it to date #2
re: jfood
You're right, it tends to be "what didn't I do" when it was sober. A little bit of alcohol can definetly push the envelope a little and maybe send the messages you are too shy and or reserved to send. I'm not saying it is a method of dating, I'm just saying things get a little less awkward when there is a bottle of wine involved.
re: dagoose
Yes, so long as I can convince everyone else to have as much wine as I do. I will then be thought to be as witty and charming, by them, as I feel that I am...
Actually, a few of my worst dating memories revolve around too much alcohol, for either me, or my date. Somehow I survived, but, if I was to find myself as a teenager, or twenty-something, I'd definitely do things differently. OTOH, I've been happily married for over 35 years, so maybe if I was able to change something, I'd have married an earlier "date," and never have been as happy as I am now. Who knows?
For me all food is an obstacle to dating because I have an unfortunate tendency to spill/dribble even the most innocuous of foods. I can even manage to get soda that I'm drinking through a straw on me. My table manners are really quite good, I'm just a klutz. So I carry a Tide pen in my purse and when I inevitably have to fish it out to deal with some stain on my front -- salads are particularly dangerous with inevitable oil and vinegar drops on my bosom -- I try to make a joke of it. After all, this is something I'm most likely to repeat and if my date doesn't have a sense of humor -- a real dealbreaker -- then it's best we part ways early on. I've also learned to make at least one trip to the bathroom to check for foreign particles in my teeth -- that rapt attention to my latest amusing anecdote could in reality be someone tracking the unfortunate piece of green's progress. I also steer clear of hard liquor because I'm loquacious by nature and tend to get even more chatty when nervous. Drinking can turn me into a babbling idiot.
My mother and grandmother always taught me to take the lead of your date. If he/she orders a cocktail then feel free to do the same. If they order big, sloppy food, feel free to do so too. Likewise for onions and garlic. It makes thing easier during those awkward beginnings to follow the other's lead. But I've also found that when I'm with someone with whom I "click," I can abandon all the "rules" and dribble and chatter without fear. A high comfort level is a better portent than about anything for a continued relationship IMO.
re: Fuser
Fuser -- that's hilarious! You must be my doppleganger ;) It's awful that though our manners are impeccable, we still end up in such slapstick-like situations. I keep telling myself to get a Tide pen.
In addition to spilling things on myself, I tend to trip on everything, including my own two feet, and drop things easily, so it's best for me to stay with either a fork or chopsticks and not have to add in the danger of an extra utensil.
I don't like ordering dessert on a date because 1) don't particularly care for sweets, and 2) if the date goes well, you can walk around and find a cute ice cream shop instead!
I avoid foods that are super heavy (it'll make me sleepy) or super spicy (runny nose). Other than that, I watch out for sneaky garnishes (like seeds or herbs that get stuck in your teeth), messy sauces and onions/garlic.
Drinks have never been an issue since I almost never order any.
I agree about the onion soup. I love it, but the cheese on the FR variety creates problems. Fortunately, I've been happily married for 38 years, so my wife expects me to twirl the strands of cheese and comment that "one day, I'll invent a utensile that is a spoon with sissors, just for the cheese... "
Since I've had a moustache (and full beard) for the last 44 years, I kinda' steer clear of chicken stew. The father of a girlfriend delighted in serving this, to see how I'd handle it.
Other than the FR onion, other soups do not present a problem, as I always move the spoon away from me, then drink in the soup, with few, if any slurping noises.
Salads are a real problem, as too many in the US are not cut finely enough. I hate to cut my food, prior to eating it, but there are few choices at too many restaurants. Who wants a 1/4 head of lettuce on their fork?
In my case, regarding the drinks, I always order wines and try to pair each course with them. I cannot think of any recommendations, or caveats, along those lines. If I were "dating," I would definitely be considered a "wine snob," but that is me.
Interesting topic. Sorry that I cannot add more to it.
There was lots of good advice above
My advice is:
1. Don't eat anything you have to eat with your hands, or prefer to eat with your hands. As this is rather carnal looking for a first date.
2. Agree cut back on the booze I think waiting to order wine then perhaps a cocktail for dessert or afterwards at a bar is most suitable. Unless you have had to wait meeting someone then a glass of wine, or if they offer a half pour would be suitable.
3. If you would like to order pasta why not learn to twirl it on a spoon? I find I never have a problem staining my shirts when I eat this way. Of course I can eat a 12" meatball sub without a napkin I was raised to eat neatly. It really is about practicing eating neatly in a social way.
4. I often order easy to eat things like steak, avoid onions and garlic, and I avoid salads because even if I want a salad and normally don't eat a salad guys really are judgmental about this.
5. Even now that I have been with the SO forever and he has seen me eat hot wings and etc I still eat neatly and politely when out in public. I really think it was how you have been taught to eat... perhaps you could get an etiquette book on it? They can be very helpful for tips, but try to get one that doesn't sound too over the top some just are so snobby sounding I find them almost offensive to read.
I agree you should eat what you like, but I think on a first date there are limits if you can't eat it neatly. And I do think some people can get the wrong idea about you and are not neccessarily the wrong person, nerves and expectations of behavior on a first date can be tricky.
The only things I would not order on a date would be drinks with a sexual name, and very awkward to eat foods like ribs and shellfish that must be removed from said shell. However, that would only be during the first dates. You do not want to become too standoffish of your favorite foods though. Be yourself, enjoy your meal, and if your date is so judgmental as to be put off by a single thing such as a stain on the shirt from pasta, or a slurp of a soup spoon I would not want to date that person. My first date with my husband, he spilled an entire sauce bowl of soy sauce on the table trying to make me a dipping solution of soy/wasabi. I just giggled and said "I take it you are not that into sushi" He replied "ahh... how did you guess?" :) It was the thought that counted to me, he really tried hard to please me, even though he did not know what he was doing at all.
haha.. honestly, everyone is going to spill something sometimes. especially when nervous. just have a sense of humor, and hope that your date does as well. could you imagine going through life with someone trying to be perfect all the time? cant we just embrace our imperfections?
if i had to avoid anything, id avoid super messy, spicy, and foods heavy on onions and garlic. however, if the dish looked good, id probably try it anyways... and do a quick brush/mouth spray in the bathroom after dinner. yes, i am that person.
re: mariekeac
Though I tend to think of myself as a refined diner, I seem to have a habit of getting my tie into my coffee. I've even thought about tucking it into my shirt, but that would just not be proper! Still, my dry cleaner knows what I need and works wonders with my ties. They also have saved my behind, with the removal of red wine stains on my white suits - none due to MY problems, but those of others, serves, fellow guests, folk walking through the dining room with a glass of Cab, etc.
re: mariekeac
Spilling things - yes, I know. On an early date, with my now wife of many years, we were at a local yacht club having drinks before dinner. She happened to spill her drink. Things like this happen. I went to the bar to get her a replacement, and when I returned, she poured MY drink on the floor. Her explanation was that she thought that I might be mad and throw MY drink on her. I overlooked that one faux-pas, and decided to marry her, anyway. Stuff happens.
Chew with your mouth shut, be careful with your utensils, and don't get drunk.
anything beyond basic rules of decorum seems a bit forced to me.


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Cabell County Commissioner Bob Bailey (D) wants to be the next mayor of Huntington. By the looks of this invitation to his fundraiser, he has a heavy hitter in his corner. Or does he?
West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin appears on the cover of Bailey's fundraiser invite, which is set for January 24th at Pullman Plaza. However, when you open the invitation, you see that Manchin is NOT one of the hosts for the event.
So is this a Manchin endorsement? No, says the gov's staff. They say Manchin is a friend and thinks highly of Mr. Bailey, but the governor does not "officially" endorse candidates. They say they can't control the use of these photos once others have them, so they don't mind when people use them.
Theoretically, current mayor and Bailey opponent David Felinton (D) could use his own picture with the governor as well, neutralizing the Manchin effect.
Incidentally, the list of hosts for the Bailey fundraiser include Robert Shell, Lyle Stowers, Edsel Rollyson, Diane Foreman, Nick Ciccarello, John Hankins, Joe Randolph, Charles Draper, Steve Williams, Bradley Richardson and Paul Turman.
Dave Higgins started it. The current member of the House of Delegates out of the 30th District also serves on Charleston City Council. Governor Manchin appointed Higgins last year to replace Jon Amores, who took a job in state government.
Now, John Miller hopes to follow in Higgin's footsteps. Miller is holding a press conference Friday at 11am to announce his candidacy for the House of Delegates in the 30th District. He says if he's successful, he will still keep his seat on Charleston City Council. There is nothing in state law to prevent a council member from serving in the WV House or Senate.
Mea Culpa: Apologies to Thornton Cooper (D), a candidate for Congress out of the 2nd District in WV, who was inadvertently left out of our story about Richie Robb's consideration of a run for Congress. Robb says he is leaning heavily toward a run as a Democrat. In the story, I mentioned that WV State Senator John Unger was the only announced candidate on the Democrat side at the time. Cooper announced his candidacy on October 4th.
Cooper lost previous primary races for WV Senate against Brooks McCabe and South Charleston mayor against Mark Wolford. He sued to stop the user fee in the city of Charleston. Charleston won.
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That might be how the WV Republican Party feels at times this month.
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Stampede at German Love Parade festival kills 19
At least 19 people have been killed in a stampede at the Love Parade dance music festival in the German city of Duisburg, police have said.
Police had been trying to stop people reaching the parade area because of overcrowding.
But the revellers panicked at a tunnel entrance. About 100 people were also injured, dozens seriously.
Police and city officials have launched an investigation into what sparked off the disaster.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has sent her condolences to the family and friends of the victims.
"Young people came to party. Instead, there was death and injury. I am aghast and saddened by the sorrow and the pain," she said.
Duisburg Mayor Adolf Sauerland defended security measures for the festival and vowed to hold a full inquiry.
"In the run-up to the event, we worked out a solid security plan with the organisers and everyone involved," he said.
"The investigations that have already been launched must uncover the precise course of events."'Way too full'
More than one million people were believed to have attended the event.
The stampede occurred at about 1700 local time (1500 GMT).
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- Techno-parade celebrating club culture, held in Germany since 1989
- Originated in peace event in Berlin staged four months before fall of Berlin Wall
- Seen as an institution in Berlin through 1990s, but suffered from increasing tension with city officials
- Cancelled in 2004 and 2005
- Held in the Ruhr region of western Germany since 2007, with 2009 event cancelled
Duisburg police initially reported 10 deaths but the toll later increased to 19.
At least 10 people were resuscitated at the scene.
Reuters news agency quoted police commissioner Juergen Kieskemper as saying the situation had become "very chaotic".
He said police closed the parade area due to overcrowding. Those trying to get in were told via loudhailer to turn around, but panic broke out.
A number of eyewitnesses say police were warned of a huge crowd build-up and some report seeing dozens of people piled up on one another, the BBC's Tristana Moore in Germany says.
Emergency workers reportedly had difficulty reaching those crushed.
One festival-goer, named Marius, told the Bild newspaper: "There was no escape. People were pressed into the wall. I was afraid I'd die."
Another man told local television: "The pressure from behind become so high that... we couldn't do anything any more. People were just pushed together until they fell over."
Another participant, Isabel Schloesser, told Reuters: "There were piles of injured on the ground, some being resuscitated, others dead and covered with sheets. It was way too full in the afternoon, everybody wanted to get in."
A young woman told Die Welt: "Everywhere you looked, there were people with blue faces.
"My boyfriend pulled me out over the bodies, otherwise we would both have died in there. How can I ever forget those faces? The faces of the dead."
Police closed off an elevated motorway bridge to allow helicopters to land and evacuate victims.
City officials were said to have chosen not to evacuate the grounds of the day-long festival immediately, fearing it might spark more panic.
City spokesman Frank Kopatschek said: "The crisis meeting determined not to stop the event because at the moment there are too many people on the grounds."
Many of those attending appeared unaware of what had happened.
German President Christian Wulff issued a statement saying: "It is terrible that such a catastrophe brought death, suffering and pain to a peaceful festival full of happy young people from many countries."
The event attracts music fans from all over the world, with floats from Brazil, Russia, the Netherlands, Spain and Australia among other nations.
The floats had been expected to parade through the city for 10 hours. Many top international DJs also perform.
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A former employee of Jindra's Auto Service on Cypress Avenue is in jail after police say he robbed the gas station Tuesday night around 7:15 p.m.
He is identified as Ryan Peterson, 30.
Peterson used to work for Jindra's but, according to cashier Dustin Panger, was fired a few years ago for stealing from the service station.
Surveillance video shows a man thought to be Peterson open the cash register and grab money out of the drawer.
It also shows Panger trying to stop Peterson from getting away. Panger was out collecting squeegees from the gas pumps and caught Peterson at the door where he says he wrestled Peterson to the ground.
At that point Panger says Peterson threatened to shoot him if he didn't let go and Peterson escaped.
Police arrested Peterson less than half-a-mile away.
Another man named Glen Black was arrested around the same time and very near to where Peterson was caught.
He caught investigators' attention when he tried to break into his own van to hide from police after locking his keys inside.
Panger thinks the two incidents might be connected since he said Peterson has had previous problems with drug abuse, was reportedly acting like he was on something and Black was allegedly caught with a large amount of meth and marijuana in the van.
Police have not connected Black to the robbery and believe it to be a separate incident.
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The defense has done its job, for the most part. The offense -- 95 total points (11.8 avg.) during the eight-game losing streak, has not.
Yet, you won't find any finger pointing in the Cardinals' locker room. They remain one solid unit.
"I think it's what you do," Kerry Rhodes said. "We're in this together as a team."
But it can't be easy, especially as of late.
The defense has forced 11 turnovers in the last three games. The offense, however, has shown very little from that good fortune. Only a field goal was scored off of four turnovers at the Jets Sunday.
"We've invested so much in this year to do what we can do and try to be the best we can," Rhodes said. "We know the offense is doing that. We're doing that as well. We're not perfect on the defensive side of the ball either. Until we have a perfect game and we shut somebody out and they have zero yards, then we can't say anything."
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When you throw the new Rayko/KRB release Six in the old stereo, the first thing that comes to mind is the halcyon days of the 1990s rolling out with your homies, scoping for hotties, rocking out to Sublime, and likely packing that pipe full o' weed. The mix of hip-hop and alt-rock of Six will surely please fans of that bygone era. Fronted by the vocal talents of Rayko Pipes, the six-song EP is the product of Rayko's pipes and the Kenny Ryan Band, whose namesake handles guitar and sitar duties. Lyrically, Rayko's rhymes are reminiscent of Eminem and Tupac, with the Miami-based MC proclaiming that he is "a dirty little rebel." This often includes a bit of white male angst (and misogynism) as Rayko spins tales of a young man without a "money stack," making heavy use of urban vernacular.
Although Pipes claims that his lyrics have "evolved" beyond what, we're not sure they sure seem retro in practice. "Shady" contains the quarto, "Left her number on my sidekick/Sweet lips, thick hips, and silent/Till I got her in the bedroom and boom.../Little rich girls screamin'." "Miss Marianne" continues in the same vein: "Now thank you in advance for the chance you're giving me/You'll thank me later for favors in your security/Your broken watch is reading that it's 1:13/Let's take this shot, we can bounce and we can hit the sheets." It's not that such lyrics are necessarily bad in today's bling-obsessed world. But they don't match up with the band's claim of enlightenment. The melodies are definitely there, though not as stick-in-your-throat catchy as they could be. On the plus side, the musicianship is topnotch. Fans of Incubus, Hoobastank, Smash Mouth, and G. Love would do well to drop by Rayko's website at www.raykokrb.com.


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Robert DoQui (April 20, 1934 - February 9, 2008) was an American actor who starred in film and on television. He is best known for his role as King George in the 1973 film, Coffy, starring Pam Grier, as Sgt. Warren Reed in the 1987 science fiction film RoboCop, the 1990 sequel RoboCop 2, and the 1993 sequel RoboCop 3. Robert starred on television and is also known for his voice as Pablo Roberts on Harlem Globetrotters cartoon from 1970-1973. He was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
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As far as our home is concerned, we are in the process of getting our plans perfected and approved. Unfortunately we are fighting a group of preservationists that want the old house to be preserved. These people have never been on the property and have no idea about the bad condition the house is in, but feel they have the right to tell us what to do and have actually gone so far as to dry to designate the home historic without our consent after we had purchased it. Fortunately the city of Miami Beach is respectful of private individuals' rights and understands our situation. Our neighbors unanimously support our new home. It just seems odd that people who don't even live on the island would be so nasty. The names we have been called in the press for wanting to do nothing more than build our family home is disgusting. We look forward to sharing our plans in the near future.
As far as Adriana and Joanna, my feeling is that I like them both and there is no need for me to take sides; no one should expect me to. During filing of Season 2 Joanna and I were close, but once we wrapped, we became distant. Blame it on our miles apart, our schedules, or whatever. I did however try to text and call a few times but did not feel reciprocated so I gave up. I am not one to beg or pine after friends. Adriana and I were friendly but not close during filming. Since we wrapped I have spent more time with her and Fredric, and we just get along. Lenny also adores Fredric, so it's fun to double date.
I felt Alexia was wrong in how she handled Bimini and Karent. I didn't like the way she spoke to me at the reunion. I will never back down to someone who wants to have an argument with me. I usually don't argue, but when I do I make sense and I'm usually right.
I hope all the women on this cast find happiness and peace if they have not already and I truly wish them all the best!


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British Courts Minister Helen Grant said in a statement Thursday that "justice must be seen to be done, that is why we are introducing limited television broadcasting in courts from next month."
Long banned in most parts of the U.K. by the country's tradition-heavy justice system, televised trials have made small but significant inroads.
Proceedings in Britain's Supreme Court have been carried live online since 2011. Last year filmmakers won rare access to Scotland's High Court, broadcasting footage from inside the court as part of a documentary called "The Murder Trial."
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Change resolution temporarily or permanently with command line switches
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Con-Techie is a promising new site serving up geeky event news. Site admin Kendra "Admin" Schaefer shares her views on how the open source community should approach the growth of FOSS.
Q: Who are you?
A: My name is Kendra "Admin" Schaefer, abandoner of social networking accounts, surreptitious eater of last years' Halloween candy, FOSS graphic design advocate, and Ubuntu fan girl.
Q: What do you currently do in open source? What do you love about it?
A: Along with some extremely competent volunteers, I edit, administrate, and write for http://con-techie.com, a new open source conference directory and tech events blog.
Not to get too rah-rah-dead-Victorian-people on you, but when I think of open source, I think of Emma Goldman. She was feminist before they'd really sorted the word out, she had a lot to say about the social order of things, and she wrote an autobiography that makes me remember why I like reading in the first place.
She said, "If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution". So I think, if I can't dance, I don't wanna be part of your software. Open source lets me jitterbug.
Q: You're speaking to a group of women from other fields who are considering switching careers. Why should they consider moving into an open source-related career? What should they know about the open source environment to prepare them for the transition from a different field?
A: Well, I'll be honest. As a woman involved with open source, you're in a unique position. You don't have to be the first one to take the leap, there's already a support network – several support networks – of other smart, involved women there for you. You also get to be a bit of a novelty. And as a novelty, you place yourself in a position to pull other women up, and in, with you. As a novelty, you get to set an example. Open source is a career where women can still find plenty of uncharted territory.
On the flip side? "Here be dragons." And you are, as they say, particularly crunchy and good with ketchup.
Q: You're speaking to a group of high school students (male and female). Why should they consider exploring career options in open source?
A: Oh, man, convincing a classroom full of teenagers to do anything except squelch around in their own juices is beyond me. Tell them that shooting your co-workers with Nerf darts is part of the job description?
I don't think the challenge there is to get high school students to consider open source as a job description, because the ones that are already into tech are going to sidle that way if they're so inclined, but rather to let them know that it exists, and help them understand it, so when the non-geek kids hear the words "open source" somewhere down the line, they can go "oh, yeah, I know what that is." Defining and making the concept less oblique and lets open source companies exert a bit more gravitational pull on young talent. ...Muahaha.
Q: What question do you wish I'd asked? And how would you answer it?
A: I wish you'd asked how I think the open source community needs to approach the growth of FOSS, to which I would say, You're never going to get everyone in the world excited about, and willing to devote extra time to, your project. I mean, if I could only get six people to join my "I eat ice-cream in winter" Facebook group, no one's gonna be interested in your open source "telephony platform." Hah. Go-getters hate to hear this, but really, people are very attached to their apathy, and a healthy, popular, stable community has systems in place that allows for people to be as
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Everywhere I go, I still hear squabbles over long vs. short copy.
I thought the debate was settled, but apparently not. I must admit, some of these discussions are painful. It's like watching hunters fighting over an anemic squirrel while the big game strolls by.
If you're still having the long/short copy argument, you're confusing the vehicle for the message. Make no mistake; you're falling further behind the times by the minute.
For years, my stock answer about copy length has been that it's not about length but its relevance. I'd explain that it's the lady's skirt principle: copy needs to be long enough to cover the essentials and short enough to be interesting.
I'd sum up by encouraging each side to focus more on what was actually said rather than word count. Writing great, relevant copy isn't easy.
And it isn't getting any easier.
AdWords, Twitter (microblogging), social media, text messaging, and the continual assault of data on our senses is raising the bar. My brother Jeffrey observes, "The skirt just seems to be getting shorter and shorter."
Before you label me a short copy advocate, let me say that if it were as easy as just writing short copy, then all the Web's short copy (including all those short AdWords/AdSense ads) would convert like a winning slot machine.
"It's like watching hunters fighting over an anemic squirrel while the big game strolls by."
Great mental image. I'll have to steal that one. You should use that as a slide in your presentations.
[...] Gr8t Web 2.0 Copy by Bryan Eisenberg [...]
Web 2.0 Copy Should be Short as a Lady's Skirt…
The lady's skirt principle: copy needs to be long enough to cover the essentials and short enough to be interesting. AdWords, Twitter, text messaging – the skirt keeps getting shorter and shorter.
Debate: Short or Long Web copy???…
Anyone that know me knows how much I hate those long hypey ebook sales pages.
Today's 5 Star blog had a good article.
Short copy or long copy? Which converts better? That is the question.
You can have a long conversation with mum over the phone.
You can have a short conversation with mum.
Which one works?
Stupid question, eh?
Of course, it's stupid. It's worse than stupid. The point isn't the long or short conversation. The question is: Have you said what you wanted to say? If you have, then put the phone down, and go your merry way.
People read what they want to read.
They listen to what they want to listen to.
They view what they want to.
Because we all make a really stupid assumption when we say we're writing copy. No one writes copy. Ever. If you're writing copy, you're in the wrong business.
You can only ever have a conversation.
Yesterday I had a conversation with mum that lasted 45 minutes (I have to call her from New Zealand to India). The last time I spoke to her it was just 15 minutes.
Which conversation has more impact?
Which conversation has more conversion?
Can you not say "Fire" and get enough conversion?
Can you not explain how a fire takes over a building and hold an audience for 30 minutes?
Of course you can.
Both the conversations have their validity.
The conversion factor (if that's what's being debated in the first place) is simply one of 'what do I have to say, in a way that gets the other person to act.'
That's it.
And if you have any doubts, go and see the copy you have to read for one crappy $12 book at Amazon. And you thought Amazon had short copy, eh?
I have to agree with Sean. Though of late I have found some of the observations comming out of the "Long Copy Vs Short Copy" debate rather unnerving. I have recently extolled the virtues of long copy to one prospect who has since become my client. Wanting to give his lifeless brochure of a website its best chance, I wrote a long sales letter.
However halfway through I downloaded Michael Fortins new FREE Report "Death of the sales letter." All of the sudden I felt like a fool for doing so much research on the clients product and having made so many notes, in the anticaption for writing a long sales letter. However I've decided to stick with what Ive got and test further.
Interestingly enough a couple of months ago I did a PO.Box A4 sized post card drop in my local town. Their were 282 business boxes and i recieved only one response! Thats 0.35 percent! The headline on the post card was "I Guarantee You Will Never Run An Advert That Dosen't Pull You At Least 100% Better Response Than You Get Right Now…Or Else I'll Refund Every Last Dime You Give And Pay You $100 For Wasting Your Time!" (Phew)
Well I had 4 Columns of copy plus one column of testimonials. AND I put copy on the other side. And still I only got one response. BUT here's the kicker – That one lonely soul that responded to my postcard – Ended up being a $10,000 business coaching and copywriting deal. (Which he ended up closing the sale by the way…talk about qualified)
On top of the "long winded" ( as my wannabe copywriter mate keeps telling me) post card – I offered a free report plus I included a 13 page sales letter in the response kit. Well my client tells me he read the post card, report and sales letter TWO TIMES EACH!
What the hell? Go figure?
My advice is – I DONT BLOODY THE ANSWER?
Yeah right: Death to the sales letter. Whatever.
If you wrote sales letters in the first place, then you were following the wrong strategy. People don't read sales letters. And this hoopla about Web 2.0 is nice. But hey Web 2.0 already existed. It's called pre-Internet days. All the real life stuff, the feedback, all that stuff. It already existed 2000 years ago.
Yes, technology allows us to do stuff like we couldn't do before. Yes, it reaches across boundaries like never before. But yada, yada, yada, and hoopla be praised. Because in reality, most people don't understand 'conversation 1.0.
And if you don't understand conversation 1.0, then you'll never understand persuasion 1.0. And in the end, the Internet is indeed a medium, no matter how you spin it.
My Um Note: Um, that 51 page document is a 51 page salesletter. If you see the 'subtle links' in the text, you'll know exactly what I mean. The report that said that the Internet is all video and interactivity, then took 51 pages to spell out the concept in words. Oh the irony of it all
That's just one thing.
The second thing is that people don't buy on reading a salesletter. Advertisers have brainwashed clients into thinking that's what clients do.
When was the last time you bought anything the first time you saw it? (Let's not count chewing gum, ok?;))
[...] while the big game strolls by. If you're still having the long/short copy argument source: Gr8t Web 2.0 Copy, Conversion Rate Marketing Blog – GrokDotCom by [...]
[...] "Gr8t Web 2.0 Copy" — [...]
sales letters have been replaced by thank you emails
I agree. Short and long copy have their different purposes