Milestones

Today is a big day.  Not only is it Veterans Day (thanks to all the veterans for their sacrifices), but it is also the 99th anniversary of the company I work for being in business.  That's another way of saying it's the start of our 100th year in business.  To commemorate it, our CEO rang the closing bell at the NYSE while employees watched the live feed of it over the internet as they ate cookies and drank sparkling grape juice.  It was kind of cheesy, but when you think about it, it's also a very significant accomplishment.  That means the 100th year anniversary will be 11/11/11.  Cool, huh?

A while back I read an article on Yahoo! about how to tell if you're being too picky when dating.  I thought of it again today, so I dug it up.  I found it to be kind of interesting with the most relevant excerpt given below.  Overall, it seems to be a fairly good philosophy even though I've never really tried to implement it, so I can't speak from experience.

So if you’re in need of some too-picky therapy, think of it this way: you’re not lowering your standards; you’re expanding them. Here’s how:

1. Edit your checklist. You are allowed only three essential requirements and none of them can be physical attributes. For example: “Kind to others, intellectually curious, likes animals” — or if you’re not into pets, “wants children” (as far as you can tell on date #1).
2. Go on a second date. Anyone who passes your three-point checklist gets to date #2. Anyone.
3. Broaden your “type” but trust your gut. If after two dates you honestly can’t see it — e.g., you struggle for conversation, you clash on a moral principle — you may let it go without guilt. After all, you’ve got to make time for all the new possibilities you’ve now opened up for yourself.