Speeding is dangerous

Speed dating is coming to Bako. I wonder if people will stand in line like they did when Red Lobster opened. I’ve been hearing about this speed dating thing and it sounds kind of fun. Of course, I’ve been practicing my own form of speed dating for some time now. A typical speed date for me would be accepting a dinner invitation, listening to him go and on about how Buffy the Vampire Slayer is the best television show ever, then going home and shutting off my phone for a week.

The Californian article did confirm some of my suspicions. Apparently the reason there are no decent men to date is because they’re all married! According to the article “marriage rates are higher in Kern County and Bakersfield than throughout the state and the nation.” Yikes! In addition to this, “Bakersfield people also tend to hang in the same groups from high school on into married life and beyond.” Obviously this is true, but I still don’t get how keeping your high school friends translates into there is no one in town worth dating.

Who knows, maybe this speed dating thing will work, but to tell you the truth I’m skeptical. I mean, as we all know, everybody already knows everybody.