My distaste for eHarmony and their endless stream of sickening commercials is already well known, but a new service seems to take it one step further. GenePartner matches men and women by analyzing their DNA.

I couldn’t find any information on their site explaining either that they only match men and women or why they don’t match same-sex couples. I find it funny that one site uses religion while another uses science to say what Marge Simpson has said all along, “Girls, Lisa. Boys kiss girls.”

When you arrive at your “work” stop and the moment you step off the car another train pulls in that would take you back home… doesn’t that seem like a sign that you should just take it? Go back home, sleep in a bit more and start the day later on your own terms.

Unfortunately this morning I was spotted by a co-worker also on my train, so it would have been difficult to get away with.

Professor Harvey Dillon, from Hearing Australia on a recent report that young people (18 to 34) risk developing permanent hearing problems if they go to noisy bars and listen to loud music through headphones:

Our rule of thumb is if people have to raise their voice or actually shout at you to make themselves understood while you are listening to music in your ears, then that is loud enough to be potentially damaging.

This is gonna make me an old fogey, but if you’re wearing headphones (with music on) while actually trying to listen to someone speak to you, you need to have them snatched off your head like a bad weave. Rude!

On the way back from lunch yesterday, Betsy and I were seated on the metro in front of a woman whose music was so loud, I assumed she was just disregarding the rules and playing it through small speakers or her phone. Nope, she had headphones on. I don’t see how she’s going to retain good hearing if it’s so loud from her headphones that Betsy and I had to speak up to talk to each other.

Points to anyone that gets the reference in the title.

Tamara J. Erickson at Harvard Business talks about 10 Reasons Gen X’ers Are Unhappy at Work

Many of you X’ers are not thrilled with corporate life. You tend not to trust institutions in general and deeply resent the Boomers’ confident assumptions that you will be motivated by the same things that Boomers have long cared about. Many of you have told me that you are planning to leave corporate life “soon” – to start entrepreneurial ventures or work for smaller companies – options you feel will suit you better than the corporate roles looming ahead.

She makes some good points, and I’ve experienced more than a few of her examples. I don’t feel that being unhappy at work is exclusive to Gen X, but in my time I’ve definitely felt the cultural clash between my father’s working generation and mine.

When I was last out with Gregory in suburb-land, I picked up a pack of the compact fluorescent bulbs for home use. While I appreciate the energy-savings, I don’t like them at all. They give off a light that is too white and makes the room feel sterile. And now apparently I can’t just throw them away!

Governments, utilities, environmentalists and, of course, retailers everywhere are spreading the word.

Few, however, are volunteering to collect the mercury-laced bulbs for recycling — despite what public officials and others say is a potential health hazard if the hundreds of millions of them being sold are tossed in the trash and end up in landfills and incinerators.

– AP: Recycling options lag the compact fluorescent push

Considering the last one was a complete debacle, I wonder if DC will do another recycling day?