New Phantom Husband Nate Silver of fivethirtyeight

This time, it's different. This time it's more substantive, because it wasn't founded on looks, at all, but this Nate character is cute, in that "I can crunch a bigillion number for the purpose of tracking baseball and politics" type way.

First, I began reading fivethirtyeight.com religiously because I am a political junkie freak. Then I started hearing the founder, Nate Silver, on the radio and thought he was so interesting and smart. Finally, he began appearing on the teevee and he is that lovely geeky cute that I adore so thoroughly, so I have decided he will be next Phantom Husband.

Open Letter to Nate Silver, My Next Phantom Husband:

Dear Nate Silver,

Thank you so much for your website, fivethirtyeight.com. I use it to avoid working on my graduate thesis and also because it's mind-blowingly fascinating. I was at a Red Sox bar in Chicago this weekend and talked to a Loyola Law student who was also enthralled, so I'm not alone in my obsession.

I dropped that reference to the Red Sox bar to let you know that I, too, love baseball, in addition to politics, so much that I seek out a place to watch my team when I am on vacation in another city. (Tripoli Tap--pretty fun time, actually. Highly recommended.)

Let's get straight to the point: give me a pie chart or a line graph of the chances of you and me getting hitched some day. What sort of things will have to happen for that even to occur? Let's crunch the number, fivethityeight style:

If Bridget is redheaded and Nate digs redheads, but doesn't like bangs, then there's 70 to 30 chance.
If Nate likes girls with beautiful blue eyes and, um, ta tas of substance, in addition to someone who's smart with a sense of humor, then there's a 90 to 10 chance.
If Nate is younger than Bridget and only interested in finding another G-list celeb, like another media personality, to hook up with, then there's a 10 to 90 chance...

etc. etc.

The point is, we belong together baby. You know what I'm sayin'?

Unless he's--I mean you are, since this is an open letter to you--gay, which is always a possibility with any given person these days. Like that Silver Fox Anderson Cooper. If I were gay, I'd have the hots for him big time. Cocky as he is, I just love those sparkling blue eyes.

That was a tangent. Sorry. Anyway, you're great, fantastic, amzing. Good job on On Point, Olbermann and Colbert, you media hooker, you.

So, I hope this letter does the trick. bridge at dreamingbridge dot com -- get in touch. I'm all yours.

xoxoxo,
Bridget