As you know by now, Ploomy is not a skin site, but that is not to say we don’t like beautiful women.
I’m proud to let you know that one of our very own Ploomy Girls, Brittany Taylor Diana appears in a 6-page spread in Playboy’s Special Edition Lingerie April/May edition out March 3, 2009. Congrats Brittany!
Although she’s already in the magazine, she still needs our help on her journey. Please take a look at her message below and help her out if you can.
From Brittany’s Facebook Group:
Brittany Taylor, Fashion Institute of Technology’s fashion major struts her stuff for PLAYBOY!!!!!
Hi everyone! My name is Brittany Diana, but you will find me under the name of Brittany Taylor in Playboy magazine! Playboy has always been a dream of mine, and I am so happy to be able to accomplish this dream! But, I need everyones kind words and support to keep me moving on my Playboy journey!!!!
Email Jeff Cohen Playboy Editor and let him know what you think of me and my pictorial!! This will be VERY helpful for me for future appearances in Playboy!! I would very much appreciate everyones support!!!!! One sentence is all it takes!!!!! His email is: jeffc@playboy.com
If you’d like to be our next Ploomy Girl or if you’d like to nominate someone, go here.
Dear Elle,
Why don’t girls like beer?
-J
Dear J,
Why don’t girls like beer? Because we can’t pee standing up, and the instances in which only beer is provided, are instances where a toilet isn’t a given accessory. For example: tailgates, camping, and bonfires. A man must have had the stupid idea of lugging a 30 pack into the woods for these events. No woman would ever think, “I want to get drunk in the woods, lets bring alcohol with the lowest alcohol percentage and largest liquid volume.
Besides the fact that beer = overactive bladder syndrome, I like to reserve beer for activities like eating wings and at the end of multiple rounds of liquor. I think other women do this as well. It’s not that we don’t like beer (although, some do). it’s just that beer isn’t our stand by. Plus, there are other things to consider, like looking classy. Nothing screams “trashy” like seeing a woman in a formal dress swigging out of a beer bottle (or two). The answer here is really sort of – it’s not that we don’t like beer, it’s that we only like it sometimes. As I’m sure you know, women are fickle.
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If you would like to ask Elle a question about dating, relationships or something else ridiculously interesting, send an email to askelle@ploomy.com.
Elle Chyun is a dancer and arts collaborator living in NYC. She’s a graduate of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and currently dances with cakefaceart.com and robot hands. She likes vodka, shoes, and sarcasm.
The Back 9: Golf Etiquette Tips for Weekend Hackers, Part II
Since Tiger is back, the Masters loom, and days are becoming longer, we felt it would be a good time to revisit an old Ploomy favorite—golf etiquette tips. After many suggestions from readers and additional tips from recent rounds, here are more golf etiquette advice and general tips for your next time on the fairways.
10th Hole: Arrive on Time – You have a tee-time at 8:07am, but 1 person in your group is missing ten minutes prior to tee-off. He’s not answering his cell phone, no one has heard otherwise, and the starter is about to fill his spot with a single. If you’ve played enough times, you’ve been in this situation. It causes anxiety for the present golfers, which clouds the precious time before a round in which you should be focusing on your upcoming game. So give a good enough cushion or provide warning if you’re late. And please, traffic is never an excuse since there’s minimal traffic early Saturday morning.
11th Hole: 2nd shot on a Par 5 – You’re 300 yards out, and you might hit the green once out of every 100 times. You really don’t need to wait for the group ahead to finish up. How many times have you waited, then proceed to hit, only to not even getting remotely close to the green? This slows down the group behind, since they should have already teed off. And if by some miraculous shot you do approach the green, then great shot!
12th Hole: Dude, Where’s my ball? – Yes we all lose balls on a course, which is why the recycled golf ball market is so robust. You shouldn’t take no more than 5 minutes looking for a stray ball. Take a drop and penalize yourself. I know it was a brand-spanking new Pro-V1 that you paid $50 a dozen for, but again this contributes to slow play. If you anticipate having difficulty finding your ball, proceed early on to get a head start. Who knows, you might find additional balls during the process, even though they always seem to be Pinnacles.
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Why don’t women like the word “moist”? I have yet to meet a girl that doesn’t gag in their mouth at the word’s mention. What makes “wet” so much better? And while we’re at it, why do so few girls like jazz? No girl has ever professed anything more than a mild tolerance for it, and, when given the option of a, lets sat for example, tapas or jazz club date, they always choose tapas. An ex girlfriend once went to a club with me almost as a favor, that’s it. Explain.
-Hector
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As someone along with the many thousands of others told to “hit the streets” and “take a hike Jack” (not that they actually said this but you get my drift), starting the job search to find gainful employment in this market can be daunting and downright depressing.
After four and a half years at the same employer, I found that I needed to have my resume taken in for a tune-up if not a major overhaul. There are a lot of services out there that can help you out, from monster.com to theladders.com, which have services that start at $140 for entry-level services and go all the way up to $400 for executive services. I found that a new up-and-coming service resumedonkey.com can offer all that value for a lower cost.
A little disclaimer is that I’m actually friends with the owner of resumedonkey, (Morgan Brown) but when I got the news that he launched this business a couple months ago I thought the timing couldn’t be better. Resumedonkey is a network of leading business professionals, HR veterans and professional writers who use their writing skills and HR experience to create stand-out resumes that get noticed. They offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee and their resume services start at a low price of $49.95. They offer this service at this price because they realize:
“If you’re here it’s probably for one of two reasons:
1. You don’t have a job and desperately need help finding one
2. You have a job that doesn’t pay you enough and are looking to climb the ladder
Either way, you probably don’t have a ton of cash to spend; but still recognize the importance of getting your foot in the door.”
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Dear Elle,
Recently, my girlfriend broke up with me. we’ve been together for a year, and I wasn’t really expecting it, so I think that she’s been talking to someone else. When I asked her, she said no, but she wants to see other people. I don’t think she means it. Can I get her back?
From Ted
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This is the time of year that many people already start to give up on their New Year’s Resolutions. Especially fitness goals. Don’t be one of those people!
Not getting to your destination? Having trouble achieving your goals? You may have a problem that you haven’t considered – how you set them in the first place.
When you are doing everything you possibly can to achieve your goals, but just can’t quite seem to reach them, the problem might be that you are setting the wrong type of goal. Here’s a real-world example that you might see in business:
My goal is to increase company sales this year.
What’s wrong with this goal?
“This Year” is too long a time frame to measure progress. You can easily lie to yourself each month you fail to see higher sales, by saying “I’ll make up for it next month”.
You don’t directly control company sales. Most likely, you aren’t in a position to control company-wide sales. Even a director of sales doesn’t technically “control” sales because customers must buy something for sales to increase, and you can’t control the customers. You can only take actions that will influence their decision to purchase.
Not measurable. How will you measure your success here?
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In celebration of Canadian Club’s 150th anniversary late last year, they released a limited edition 30-year reserve Whisky ($200, only 3,000 bottles distributed). Since their Classic is already aged 12-years, you can only imagine what 30-years of aging will taste like.
Known to many as “CC”, Canadian Club is also the drink of choice of Mad Men character Donald Draper. As readers of this site know, I am a huge fan of the show Mad Men. So when I heard CC was releasing this reserve I really wanted to give it a whirl in the glass.
Having sampled the Canadian Club whisky, you can see the fruits of the 30-year aging process results in a nice luscious oak character with subtle hints of fruit and some cinnamon spice. The first few sips hit me right in the face, but after the initial turbulence it was very very smooth. The color was rich and antique and there was a velvety texture which complemented its warm finish to the last sip.
The bottle itself was presented in a stylish black satin-lined box with gold etching. And the bottle had a wax dipped cork which added a very impressive touch.
If you’re interested, be sure to check out more about Canadian Club’s history which actually started in the United States (go figure).
And for all of you out there who haven’t drank much whisky, here are some great tips from Canadian Club’s main whisky man Dan Tullio.
