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It appears that if you don't use Facebook, women you've dated can't rate you on Lulu. Says Hilary, who confirmed the non-existence of reviews for the reporter, if an app like this allowed men to rate women it would be shut down in short order. ...


Dress the Same Every Day, or Let Your SO Pick Your Clothes?

bacha.jpegWho's got it right, drab President Obama and Mark Zuckerberg, who wear the same outfit over and over and over to spare cognitive expense. Or hipster chic Kevin, whose fiancée picks his clothes. ...

 

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What are NationBuilder Staff Members Tweeting About?

Expand the livestream. ... Does anyone besides Jim have the word "fuck" in their pinned tweet? ...


Ground Rules

It's not just Dr. Yuval (pronounce, "Dr. Evil") who knows that gossip is key to a healthy sapiens community. David Sloan Wilson, a professor of biology and anthropology at the State University of New York at Binghamton and the author of "Darwin's Cathedral," a book on evolution and group behavior explains in a New York Times interview: "Gossip appears to be a very sophisticated, multifunctional interaction which is important in policing behaviors in a group and defining group membership." ... This reporter, in the early days of blogging, curated political notes of interest in a Herb Caen-inspired style for the San Francisco Examiner, a publication read daily by a small but influential group. ...

Contributions will be moderated for good taste. You all have it, so please do post. ... Questions in comments will be answered. ... If something's interesting, log in and post it. If it's really interesting, tell the reporter and he'll post it. ... First, last or nicknames only - you'll not get Google alerts on mentions of your name, you have to check in daily. ... If it's been covered in an all-staff email or a staff meeting, it's not gossip. ... In addition to the name dropping convention, this blog has other quirks of style that you will come to know and love. ... This whole project frightens Henry. ...

More from the Times: "We all know people who are not calibrated to the social world at all, who if they participated in gossip sessions would learn a whole lot of stuff they need to know and can't learn anywhere else, like how reliable people are, how trustworthy," said Sarah Wert, a psychologist at Yale. "Not participating in gossip at some level can be unhealthy, and abnormal." ... Now, get back to work. ...


Where is Farz?

Australia.


Nathan Believes

Odds this blog sees at least five posts a week through Christmas? Pretty damn good. World from DC: "just in case you fuck up…bam. 5 posts on friday." ...


That Music

If you're in the reporter's odd cubicle in our temporary LA HQ, you might think the hip-hop is coming from Frontline. Nope. Phil. ...


Religon, Politics and Car-Free Living

Add that to the list of things that are uncomfortable to talk about at Thanksgiving dinner. Stephen's post on Medium asks why LA drivers don't seem to feel the least bit guilty. ...


Magic Castle

Harmony can get you into the world-famous Magic Castle. Be like Gob. But watch out Harmony, I'm going to be best friends with Simon Coronel, too. The reporter joined Harmony, Simon, David and Annie and Kristin and their SOs at the Castle on Tuesday night. Legit. ... Be on the lookout for the YouTube series "Farz Watching Magic." ...


Oh, Canada

Oliver rallied dozens of staff to Casey's Irish Pub last night for a happy hour in honor of Amy heading back to SF and the Oakland office, and Victoria and Peter moving north to Vancouver to open our first international outpost. Said Oliver, "It's great to work at a place where after three weeks you feel comfortable sending an all-staff email." ... The first vegan DTLA downtown dinner party was immensely popular. John Salley brought the wine, Conte helped cook. ... Edward, NationBuilder's first Director, is no longer leading the business team - he's off to Canada, too, and will split time with the Toronto and Vancouver offices. He also is no longer carrying a BlackBerry (iPhone 6). Edward promises he'll give me a picture of his fiancée to post. (We know Mike's girlfriend is real because she once brought cookies into the office.) ... Trevor (the Toronto one) ended up at NationBuilder because he met Harmony at a conference in July. ...



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