I think we have a winner in the category of “Dumbest Personalized License Plate Ever.” After months of watching the roads out here in this forsaken backwater burg this morning I came across one that quite possibly is the most bizarre and inane thing I’ve ever seen. Driving to work I found myself behind a car whose license plate read “MY SAAB”. Yes, this guy is so proud of the fact that he drives a Saab that he felt the need to pay extra just so he can reinforce the fact that yes, he drives a Saab. Which would be cool except for the fact that it’s a Saab for Christ’s sake! There’s nothing special or unique about it. Owning one doesn’t make you any more important or interesting. If you had a Deloreon, then I might let the self-advertising pass. But a Saab? At least have a sense of humor and put that license plate on a Honda or something and make a post modern statement. What is with these people?
(Oh, and I have another addition to the “Who is your target market exactly?” file. Please tell me who is buying the complete seasons of “Murder She Wrote” on DVD? Are there that many Angela Landsbury fanboys out there who are dying to get their hands on every episode in pristine digital condition along with surround sound? Does anyone who watched the show actually understand how to operate a DVD player? Maybe I should have focused on marketing in business school. Apparently a sense of reality is not required.)
Changing subjects, long-time blog commenter Super Dave forwarded me an article earlier this week on theories on why very intelligent men have absolutely no success with women. It’s an interesting read (I’ll post a link if anyone wants it) and even though in the end the guy just starts reiterating the Tao like it is a grand discovery he makes a couple of interesting points. But here are two things that really stuck out.
1) He mentioned how smart guys are always looking for one more technique, one more book to read that will tell them all the secrets on how to be successful. And he makes fun of it since to an intelligent guy knowledge is always the solution so the only way to figure things out is by studying harder. This point is good and would be excellent if it wasn’t for the fact that the author started pimping his free newsletter chock full of dating tips a couple of paragraphs later.
2) He made a really good point that smart guys (and let’s be honest what he really means is math geeks/science dweebs/cool engineers) look for logical conversations while women would prefer emotions. It’s the rock band hypothesis. Take any rock band and figure out who gets the most groupies. The order is always lead singer, guitarist, drummer, bass player. The lead singer is putting his heart and soul out there and gets all the chicks. The bass player is standing in the back, counting, keeping time, making sure the songs go in an orderly fashion and when the set is done he’s by himself in the back of the tour bus. What’s my takeaway from this? Until I figure out a way to model a woman’s behavior through the use of If-Then statements (and trust me, one day I will get that to work) I should probably stop being so rational and just let things happen. It will make life more interesting at least. Sometimes predictability is not a good thing.
Last thing before I forget. Congratulations to the Bulls for making the NBA playoffs. It’s been a damn long time as the three year rebuilding process took about eight but we’ve finally made it.
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