Archive for December 30th, 2009

30 Dec 2009 Ice Skating At Nathan Phillips Square
Author: Gail |  Category: Out + About  | 5 Comments

The ice was packed with skaters this evening! But it was really cold and I didn’t last that long. Rental Alert: the queue was ENORMOUS tonight. Get there early, or borrow skates!

A few of my favourites from the evening, which were all shot without a flash in low light with the 50mm f/1.8:

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The rest can be viewed as [thumbnails], a [slideshow], or in the Pictobrowser below:

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30 Dec 2009 Poll: Who Should Pay On The First Date?
Author: Gail |  Category: Memes, Polls, Quizzes, Music, Singleton Life, Videoclips  | Tags: ,  | 14 Comments

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Last night I got into a rather heated debate with a friend about who pays for dinner on the first date. I will hold off on stating our opinions so as not to influence this poll in any way (until later!), but I think my close(r) friends would easily be able to guess what I said…

Anyway, my friend are I were completely divided over who should pay for the first date, so I put forth the question to people at work today… the selection zone was anyone who walked near the printer closest to me, haha! The dating question started another debate but I don’t think I’ll be polling THAT one… besides, most of the people I work with have been married or in a relationship so long they’ve totally forgotten who paid what and when.

Since this is a hypothetical situation, let’s assume a few things so it’s easier to answer (or not, we’ll see):

  1. It’s a date between a man and a woman (it was a gender debate, sorry to exclude anyone) who are romantic interests
  2. The date was arranged mutually, there was no official “date asker” or discussion about the tab/bill
  3. This is a FIRST date, with no discussion of a second date
  4. This is a blind date, i.e., first meeting for both people
  5. Both people are currently employed
  6. It’s a dinner date, but not fancier than business casual

I’ve answered similar polls, and there are a bunch I could link to, but I want to hear your answers first. I’ve randomized the possible choices to avoid bias, and I’m leaving this poll open for 30 days. I’m really curious about this one! Feel free to write a comment — the poll is anonymous, anyway. Most people just vote.

poll by twiigs.com

(By the way, the photo wasn’t from a date, it was just a random sushi meal with a friend. Mobile phone pic from 2006.)

Video for today: ABBA’s “Money Money Money”. This first video makes me laugh, but then I saw the official one from 1976 and I had to paste that one in, too!

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