Did an interview with Jay Louis, creator of the website Hot Chicks With Douchebags, and soon to be author of a book by the same name. The interview stirred up some controversy. Lots of Calgary people assume Douchebaggery is just popped collars, but it’s more than that. Douchebags come in all shapes and sizes. Making tough/angry-guy faces and flashing the devil horns when getting a pic taken, 45 degree hat tilt, big glasses, chains, spiky hair, the Gotti-kid look, wigga look, bad tats, mandana, unfortunate facial hair…these are all signs of potential douchebaggery. Here’s the interview in three parts:

HCWDB #1

HCWDB #2

HCWDB #3 

I’ve had an ongoing debate with a girl I dated a few times. Recently I said we should hang out, and she countered with “only if it’s as just friends” as she’s seeing someone. Her Facebook says “single” so I enquire about it. It goes back and forth until she admits that she is dating around, but only sleeping with one guy. I maintain that, if you’re exclusive intimately with one guy only, then you are in fact not single as you’re limiting yourself with anyone else. She maintains she’s single. I’m guessing she’s one of a few girls on this guys roster since he’s likely “single” too. Is it low self esteem? I dunno. I say sh*t or get off the pot.    

Here are some reasons to have more sex, courtesy of Men’s Health:

• Sex as exercise. Making love three times a week burns off 7,500 calories over the course of a year, which is equal to jogging 75 miles.
• The heavy breathing that goes along with sex raises the amount of oxygen in your cells, which helps keep organs functioning at their best.
• When men have sex, or do any type of physical workout, they release testosterone into their system. This testosterone works to help keep men’s bones and muscles strong.
• Having regular sex can lower your cholesterol level.
• Did you know having sex can actually HELP your headache. The excitement that comes with sex lower levels of certain types of pain.
• Sex is known to lower stress levels.
• Regular lovemaking can increase a woman’s estrogen, which can protect her heart and keep her vaginal tissues more supple.

I’m not buying these figures. Women may say and believe these things, but the proof is in their actions and I think, sadly, looks trump humour and sweetness every time. Hence so many hot chicks with douchebags. In my experience, I’ve not come across very many funny guys who are hot. Cute maybe, yet it’s the physically attractive guys, not the funny ones that inevitably win the race. In any case here’s the results of a recent survey:

What’s the most important quality in a potential man?

2% said looks

3% said financial and career success

42% said sense of “humor”

38% said “sweetness”

As you might know, I moved to Calgary from Toronto at the beginning of the year. I have a few relatives here, but they have the kids thing going on. I’ve made friends with people at the radio station, but many of them came from other places too.

I’m not much for meeting people in bars. It’s a tough environment to get to know someone. I’ve always found the best way to meet interesting women is through friends. Here in Calgary I don’t have a ton of local friends, so it’s kinda tough.

Out of curiosity, I started browsing some of the dating sites like Lavalife (paid), Plenty of Fish (free) and OK Cupid (free). Some interesting people there, but again it’s not really casual social, but people aggressively trying to meet people.

We’re still working on some singles events that’ll hopefully be able to bring together X-listeners who like good music for starters.

As for me…still looking, but not desperately.

My friends and I would always notice that hot girls seemed to consistently end up with douchey guys. Take a walk around Calgary, especially in some of the 17th Avenue bars, and you might see it live in person. Yesterday, one of those friends e-mailed me a fantastic website chronicling the phenomenon. Ladies and gentlemen…

Hot Chicks with Douchebags

So, I’m new to Calgary, and a single guy. Judging from the calls, there seems to be quite a few of us out there. Initially I thought it might be a good plan to get a gang of single guys togther and hit a hotspot, or do a crawl. Now, I’m thinking that might be kinda scary…a bunch of us desperados coming into a place trolling for women. So I have a new idea.

I think it might be cool to throw a big singles bash for both single men and single women who are X92.9 listeners. I’m sure there are lots of single people listening who might be game. Maybe we could have a limited but equal number of passes for both men and women. That would ensure it wasn’t a sausage-fest (too many dudes)?or a clam-bake (too many ladies.) No couples!

If this were to happen, who’s in?

P.S. anyone know the girl on the left?

These are simple rules, with very few exceptions. The mullet hair cut is never cool, not even in an ironic way. The only exception is for hockey players, like Ryan Smyth of the Oil, who have had it for years. Like mandatory helmets, he’s grandfathered in this case. As for moustaches, if you’re under 40 years of age, you shouldn’t have one. They are ridiculous. Exceptions: Cops, gay guys, and guys in bands with super-ironic handlebar or fu manchu styles. I don’t know why cops often have moustaches, but you can’t fight tradition. The moustache seems to play a part in gay culture, and that’s cool too. The worst moustaches are those guys with young or babyfaces who grow a moustache cause they think it makes them look more mature. No. It makes you look more ridiculous.