It's All Around You [1]
Continuing in the Valentine's Day-inspired vein of sex and jobs, salary.com has published the results of a survey listing the sexiest jobs. Survey says [2] that these are the sexiest jobs:

• Firefighter 16%. One word: "9/11." Incidentally, perhaps my fellow New York bloggers could answer a question; after 9/11, how many guys went into singles bars claiming to be firemen when they really weren't firemen?


• Flight Attendant 13%. Huh?


• CEO 11%. The best things in life are free, but you can keep them for the birds and bees.... [3]


• Reporter 10%. Salary.com believes that this job ranked high because of Sarah Jessica Parker's role as a reporter in "Sex in the City." Unfortunately, when I think of a reporter, I think of Bob Woodward, who I don't consider sexy at all.


• Interior Designer 10%. Again, salary.com attributes the popularity of this profession to TV; specifically, "the popularity of TV's Debra Messing, who plays interior designer Grace Adler on 'Will and Grace'... and casts of such home improvement shows as 'Trading Spaces' and 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.'"
  
• Event Planner 10%. Although salary.com didn't mention it, I suspect that the high ranking of this category is almost entirely due to Jennifer Lopez.


• Nurse 9%. By the way, has anyone noticed that nurses aren't in white any more? They all wear this multi-colored stuff now.


• Teacher 8%. Attribute this to Van Halen.


• Doctor 7% and Lawyer 4%. Attribute this to fans of the Huxtables. (Incidentally, Keshia Knight Pulliam grew up.)
  
• Veterinarian 3%. I don't want to know the story behind this one.

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Off-topic meanderings:

[1] See this.

[2] Check out the Manson Family Feud.

[3] OK, maybe you didn't know the Devo reference, but you should have known this one; one of the best cover versions ever.