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On (speed) dating preferences (in USA): some old stereotypes reconfirmed but also some news. Here’s the full paper (Fisman et al, QJE 2006) on which the Slate article linked above is based.
Author: Sebi Buhai
The Wine of the Year: Clos des Papes, Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2005

Wine Spectator’s best wine of 2007: Clos des Papes, Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2005. Apparently an easy choice, almost unanimous decision among the senior editors of Wine Spectator for the best wine of Vincent Avril’s domain.
Song of the day: “Call me” (in Eliane Elias’s version)
Nicole, your turn :-). The song of the day (tonight dedicated to Nicole, if she can handle it…) is “Call me”… and not just any version of this superlative piece, but indeed my very favourite one: Eliane Elias’s “Call me“ (I’d almost consider the artist’s intro here as part of the piece).
→ Read more Most promising photoblog in the ROblosphere
True talent is true talent and you can’t pass by without noticing it. So I decided not to. In my (always subjective, of course) opinion Cristina Grosan’s photoblog is the very best (young) photoblog I had the chance to fall upon, within the Romanian blogosphere.
→ Read more Quote for week 4th- 10th of October ’07
→ Read moreAnd who are the peple who like just about everything, from Chinese pipa music to Bach to Algerian Rai to Stockhausen to bebop to 1920s blues? They are either musical professionals or nerdy upper-middle-class professionals, usually with some experience living abroad.