Fascinating article on Ukranian mail order brides. (via MeFi)

A man badgers a woman for $50 for dinner because she wouldn’t agree to go on a second date with him. Sociopathic behavior ensues (with audio!). The hell of it is, this was after she offered to go dutch on the dinner bill.

Girlfriend 6.0 vs. Wife 1.0: “Wife 1.0 installs itself such that it is always launched at system initialization, where it can monitor all other system activity. He’s finding that some applications such as PokerNight 10.3, BeerBash 2.5, and PubNight 7.0 are no longer able to run in the system at all, crashing the system when selected (even though they always worked fine before). During installation, Wife 1.0 provides no option as to the installation of undesired Plug-Ins such as MotherInLaw 55.8 and BrotherInLaw Beta release. Also, system performance seems to diminish with each passing day.”

Craig’s List: “You’ve heard of speed dating before where x men and x women meet at a bar and spend 10-15 minutes getting to know one another, right? Well, Naked Speed Dating adds a simple twist. All of the participants are Naked….The format is a Wine and Cheese/Veggie format.”