“Women would be amazed if they knew what men desire about them. Yes, of course, they want to see women naked and supine and melting, but male desire is far more readily stimulated by what the oblique glance discovers: the parted lips, the micron of eyelash which the mascara brush missed, the changing angle and shadow of cleavage, the bra-strap alternately displayed and covered up, the ripe-camembert plumpness at the edge of hips. There is, inside every adult man, a relentless Peeping Tom, a perennial 14-year-old boy, still amazed by the phenomenon of women on display, flagging their sexuality, their availability, with every square inch of visible flesh, clothing, make-up and curve.

We desire the personality that we discern in the walk, the clothes, the laugh… We look, and sigh, and wish to do certain things to her, first urgently, then luxuriantly, and keep doing it indefinitely; but we also hunger to have her do certain things to us, unimaginable though it may seem—we want her to want us. We don’t just want her surrender, like a slave captured in battle; we want her approbation, her adoration; we want to enchant her to desire us back. For, no matter how humble we feel before the dizzying fact of female beauty, men are just as narcissistic as women.”

- John Walsh

That about sums it up. Desire: What realy turns us on?

So here’s my question.  For the same reason why it’s suggested you don’t bring your bike on the train during rush hour, shouldn’t fat people be advised to stay off the train?

From the MTA regarding bikes:

Bicycles are permitted on Subway trains at all times. However, we strongly recommend that cyclists avoid boarding crowded rush hour trains. Be courteous to your fellow passengers by standing with your bike, moving it so others can pass, and not blocking doors

This could easily be applied to fat people simply by substituting the words “bicycle”, “cyclists” or “bike” with “fatties” or something to that affect.

Fatties are permitted on Subway trains at all times.  However, we strongly recommend that fatties avoid boarding crowded rush hour trains.  Be courteous  to your fellow passengers by standing with your fat, moving the folds so others can pass, and not blocking doors.

See simple right?

I’d also like to know why you must swing your arms in a circular and horizontal flapping motion, as if you’re like an overweight penguin trying to take flight. (This is especially prominent with verys short and obese people)

Please don’t tell me it is to help stabilize you as you walk. That’s a bunch of crock since you’ve got such a giant center mass anchoring you, your proportionately tiny flailing arms aren’t going to do anything.

By walking like this you are a total douche. You block the stairs with your slow pace and your wild arm movements prevent anyone from circumnavigating you.  If Columbus tried to sail around your waistline he’d get stuck in your ass crack and proclaim it India.

You already move at a snails pace, there’s no need to hold up everyone else. Either stay off the train during rush hour, or do us all a favor and get the hell out of the way. You’re almost worse than a tourist on the sidewalk snapping photos.  Don’t even get me started on tourist fatties.

Don’t act surprised when you get the dirty stare by the guy sitting next to you in the morning when your fat spills over the 1.5 seats you’re already occupying to repeatedly suffocate him with each jolt of the train.

Stop eating all those burgers, maybe start walking over a few stations more before hopping on the train and eventually you’ll have brought your weight back in line with the average subway rider.   It’s pathetic when a subway car’s bench seating that normally fits 4 comfortably can now only hold you and a small child.

Seriously MTA, you should be like the Airlines that make fatties buy an extra fare for the extra seat.  You raised the price for everyone, how about you charge the fat people extra for the extra room they take up.  That has to be at least 2 less riders on the train/in the system.  The money you’ll make will help plug your budget deficit.

I suppose the following amazingly cool dog feats I’ve found are probably due to their natural survival instinct, it is extremely contrasting to what we are used to seeing in our domesticated evironments.

Take a look at this dog saving another dog that’s been hit by a car!

Then there’s these smart Russian dogs that take the subway into the city every day in search of food from humans.  How they go about adapting to their environments is amazing!

Check them out at English Russia.

Meme details after the jump:

Orignated on Facebook.

1 – Go to “wikipedia.” Hit “random… Read More… Read More”
or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 – Go to “Random quotations”
or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.

3 – Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”
or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4 – Use photoshop or similar to put it all together.

5 – Post it to FB with this text in the “caption” and TAG the friends you want to join in. (you can untag yourself if you don’t want this photo up)

Note: I’d also feel free to hit those links a few times to get stuff that will have the best impact. Rules were made to be broken! Or just follow the directions to the letter if you want. Fun!

I set upon the task of trying to figure out whether or not I would be able to get back on a lower priced plan.  You know seeing as we’re in a recession and all.  I thought I was going to be up for a lengthy and annoying battle with them trying to negotiate something, either that or forced to cancel my service if they weren’t willing to budge.

Surprise surprise, who knew their customer service was so polite and willing to help. I certainly wouldn’t have imagined it after having read some other people’s horror stories.  Perhaps they’re feeling the pinch of the economy as well and are doing what they can to hold on to their customers.

I dial in and was surprised there was no wait to reach an agent. A friendly woman by the name of Pamela comes on and I quickly explain I can no longer afford my plan and ask if there are any promotions available.  I tell her how I see there are plenty for new customers and inquire about any for existing.  She puts me on hold to check on a few things and returns to offer me the same introductory rate I had for my first 6 months for an entire year.  I accept. She makes the switch. Voila! All in all I’m on a cheaper plan and it only took 5 minutes of my time.

Kudos to Time Warner!

If you’re like me and are looking at keeping your account but still want to do what you can with the US options then it’s certainly frustrating.

While fooling around I found a way to get Netflix to stream through my Xbox on my Canadian account and here’s how I did it.

First I logged in with my Silver US Xbox Live account and downloaded the Netflix application. I went through the various actions to link it to my Netflix account and voila I was ready to go. It’ll complain that you need a Gold membership and will then allow you to switch over to your Canadian Gold account.

From there you’re still within the Netflix app can begin streaming anything you have queued up.  This process has to be repeated each time you watch movies. There is a way to save you from the trouble sof having to sign in and out of various accounts. If you just hit your Xbox button and select “Quick Launch” then swap over to the tab with “All” it will list all your applications and games. You can select Netflix and resume watching movies without having to do the switcheroo.

Hope this helps others.

I own the Hoover S1361 Portable Canister Vacuum and from some searching it appeared other people were having the same issues as I was. Apparently this is quite common. Thanks to Joe on the thread over at FixYa, I discovered there was a 5th screw holding everything together.  Unfortunately he had destroyed his vacuum tearing it apart. Good thing I did a search, I was about to do the same thing.

I thought I’d post up some photos of the process to help along anyone else who might be going through this same problem.

After getting the cord stuck I tried to open up the housing in attempts to unwind the stuck cord, there are 4 screws when you open up the panel that covers the filter that are easy enough to get at. However, there is a hidden 5th screw just underneath the cord retract button.

The button has to be pried off and you’ll need to be careful not to snap the tabs that hold the button down. The screw is down a long hole, so you’ll need a nice long screwdriver to get at it.

After the fifth screw is removed from the vacuum, the cover itself comes off rather easily. You’ll want to be careful still as there are wires attached to both pieces and a delicate circuit board on the inside. Now all you need to do is just unwind the cord from where it is snagged. Knowing how this all works now I’ll probably be careful with how it retracts the cord.

What is their deal anyways? Their staff really have ill tempers and the worst attitudes ever. Service both in terms of the people and the flights themselves suck.

The last straw for many people is this holiday season when they cancelled many flights and delayed many others with a “sorry you’re screwed” attitude towards the customers.

I’m surprised at the fact that one flight was kept on the tarmac grounded for 12 hours with them rationing the “food” and water. Many starving and hungry and worried about their health.

It’s funny reading articles like this from News 1130.  Amazing how 3/4’s of the calls to the Consumer’s Association of Canada has been complaints about Air Canada and the other 1/4 has been praise to their competition Westjet.

Westjet has done an exceptional job with their staff and customer service training. I’ve always had great service from them even when things were bad or not even Westjet’s fault in the first place. This really shined through this holiday season apparently.  Westjet was helping out all their own customers and even going above and beyond and taking care of stranded Air Canada passengers where they could.

I don’t understand how Air Canada can make such a bumbling customer service / PR move time and time again. Do the people in charge there never fly their own airline? I’m not sure how one can fathom treating others the way they do.  I hope all these complaints and situation this Christmas gets them to make some solid changes in their policy and improve their service. They definitely need some brand repair.

Check it out, email provider specific instructions on ensuring you’ll receive properly delivery of their emails.  Most people that use email regularly are already pretty familiar with checking junk/spam folders in their email clients if they don’t receive what they’re expecting.  However, it is always nice when you’re given specific instructions on how to prevent this.

Here’s a screenshot, specific to Gmail.  I’m sure they only have instructions for the most popular providers eg. Hotmail, Yahoo, AOL, etc

That video was sent around quite a bit and despite the misfortune of that reporter breaking her ribs it became one of the more humorous videos sent around in awhile.  Well it just keeps on going with the spoofs.  There was the SNL Scarlett Johansson skit and just the other week Family Guy took a go at it too.

Too funny. Check them out after the fold.

The original clip.

SNL Skit

And Family Guy