Is it just that men are lame?

I think it's that the majority of men without college degrees can earn more money than a woman without. College is not as much an imperative in the fiscal stakes for them.

Is it just that men are lame?

Here is my totally uninformed take. I think there are more good "male" job paths without a college degree than there are "female" job paths. Also, I think there is less pressure against academic achievement for girls than boys.

From The Onion:

Computer Being Stupid

CAMBRIDGE, MA—After multiple attempts to get the thing to do the thing, 38-year-old freelance writer Joe Garvin gave up Saturday, citing the fact that his stupid computer was too dumb to print something as simple as a travel itinerary. The computer, a PowerBook something with some kind of core that does this every single time, reportedly refused to just tell the printer to print even after Garvin spent a full 10 minutes yelling at it. "Why won't you just help me out here?" Garvin asked his computer after it started beeping at him just to rub it in. "I checked your nums lock already, and that's not it. What is the matter with you? I hate you." Although the computer will likely go on being retarded forever, Garvin refused to call tech support to resolve the problem, claiming they're all "Wha, wha, wha," and saying a bunch of stuff he doesn't even know what.

I think it's that the majority of men without college degrees can earn more money than a woman without.

I'm not sure that explains it all. Don't African American women earn more on average than African American men, due to to African American women being more likely to have gone to college and hold professional jobs?

Maybe I'm disremembering my stats....

I think that Iceland has a significant fishing industry, which skews male in employees and doesn't require a college degree. That might factor in.

Oh, that makes sense.

If I lived in Iceland, I'd probably be considered one of those wusses who are too wussy to fish.

In Reykjavik the bars can stay open all night and Warren Ellis is a gets-recognized-on-the-street celebrity.

These things may be related.

If I had to do it all over again I think I would have spent my highschool and early college summers learning plumbing or air conditioning repair. Women are vastly under-represented in those kinds of fields, the work is in demand and if you do good work, you are in high demand. Furthermore, you can move anywhere in the country and not need a new skill set.

did my non-sequitor kill the thread?

If I had to do it all over again I think I would have spent my highschool and early college summers learning plumbing or air conditioning repair.

I've been tempted to go to my local community college, which has programs in electronics, including AC repair.

NPR story on overseas puppymills that ship dogs to the US. And a New Yorker profile on the woman who blew the whistle on Blago.

And in about 40 minutes - there is supposed to be a press conference where Blago announces his choice to take over Obama's senate seat.