Season 3

Tried embedding music files inside the damn posts. Worked fine for sometime, but then it stopped all of a sudden ... my little song player 'inside' the post.

What is this crap?

Skills for Men - Things Men Should Be Able to Do - Esquire

http://www.esquire.com/features/essen...

A man can be expert in nothing, but he must be practiced in many things. Skills. You don't have to master them all at once. You simply have to collect and develop a certain number of skills as the years tick by. People count on you to come through. That's why you need these, to start.

I am not hip enough to read Esquire regularly, but some guy sent a link to this article. Interesting stuff - skills you should have if you're a guy.

I disagree with #56 though ... being able to create a playlist of 10 songs so you can send a secret message to someone. That's probably romantic, but wouldn't it work better if I just asked the woman, "do you really want me to gift you a CD with 10 songs on it or just tell you how I feel about you?"

Like they say, don't believe everything you read.

Desire varies widely among men: research - Yahoo!7 News

http://au.news.yahoo.com/080430/2/16o...

Among the revelations from their focus groups in which men talked about what influenced their sexual desire, one man's turn-on is often another's turn-off, an erection doesn't always signal arousal and not every guy wants to jump into bed at the drop of a hat.

Read this a few days back. Now I don't usually run my eyes across the train looking at women, but today on the way back I scanned the ladies, with this article as the subtext inside my head ... as a sort of experiment ... wondering which ones I would want to ask out.

The results (reverse countdown). I am not judging anyone and I am not perfect. But, hey, it's just a blog post.

#6: Glam Dolls: Excessive make-up. Over accessorized. High Heels. Too much skin. Constantly looking at a tiny mirror. You give off the signal you're finicky, spend too much time in the ladies' room, and spend too much money on stuff. And the conversation may or may not be interesting. Nothing in common.

#5 Fashionistas: Unlike the Glam dolls, they are not over accessorized. They are classy, usually sport designer bags and sun glasses. And man their hair - well groomed to a t. Dress in fitting tops and matching dark skirts. Top of the line footwear that would give any man with a foot fetish a reason to not get off at his station. Sexy, intelligent, smart. But I am a burger and milkshake sort of guy. It ain't you. It's me. You're just too rich for me. So the attractiveness just plummeted. Nothing in common.

#4: Mountain Bikers: Sports tees. Shorts. Carrying bike on the train. Tanned, muscular, well built. But, my idea of exercise is bowling. It's not you, it's me. I find you intriguing, I respect you and I find you sexy. But I just don't picture us together. Nothing in common.

#3: The Book readers: Reading a book, doing crosswords, or doing that sudoku thing while listening to music. Impossible to judge, unless I can see the title of your book or get some idea of what you're listening to. Sorry, but you just sort of blend in way too much into the scenery, unless of course you're strikingly cute ... even then, not sure what to think about you. Not sure.

#2: Confused but kinda cute: Too many carry-ons. Cell phone, mp3 player, key chain with something funny dangling, sun glasses sitting on head, looking for something inside a big bag frantically, while talking on the bluetooth - rushed, and hassled - but well groomed and neat. She's going to be late for dates, will never order her own food, but will be down to earth and friendly. Probably easy to talk to. If she can focus.

#1: It's all in the eyes: Well groomed, neat hair, tall, smiling, kind eyes, cheerful - prefer talking to a co-passenger rather than being aloof listening to an mp3 player. Laughs a lot - freely. So probably has a sense of humor. Fun to talk to. Easy to be with. So I don't care what kind of footwear you have or what sunglasses you're wearing - but please don't be over accessorized or made up. And, if we were not on the train, I would have chatted you up.