WOAH (it's cold) WEDNESDAY

...but it'll be even colder tonight...lows near 0 or below, plus frigid windchills. YAY!



TURN UP THE ROMANCE
According to a new survey by ProFlowers, 16% of the guys who give flowers on Valentine's Day say that they're doing it because they don't want to get YELLED AT.

Another 26% say they give flowers on Valentine's Day so their significant other isn't DISAPPOINTED. The rest say they give flowers as a way to, "express their love." Whatever.
More than three out of four guys have given flowers for Valentine's Day in the past two years.







LAUGHING AT THE STUPID!!!
Virgin Atlantic airlines just did a survey of more than 3,000 flight attendants and asked them for the strangest, craziest, and dumbest requests they've ever gotten from passengers.

And the number one most common "stupid request" they've heard is..."Can you open the window?"
Number two is "Can you show me to the showers?"

Here are some less common...but equally bad...requests that different flight attendants have heard.

"Is there a McDonald's on board?"
"Can you take my children to the play room?"
"Can you ask the captain to stop the turbulence?"
"Will you fix my hair?"
"The engines are too noisy, can you turn them down?"







QUOTE THIS
"When I was a kid...I had enormous boobs that I didn't know what to do with...Little did I know that these things would come in handy someday."

That's Katy Perry in the new issue of "Elle" magazine. Katy even tried to hide her TWIN GLORIES when they started to develop

She says, "I wore minimizers, which were not cute. Those thick-ass straps! I got made fun of for the over-the-shoulder boulder holder.






OHHH MILEY...THE LITTLE LIAR...
Now that we know MILEY CYRUS is a smoker, it makes the following passage from her 2009 autobiography, "Miles to Go", more interesting . . .

"I guess my idea of a good party is someone getting their face smashed in cake, not getting smashed. I don't drink and I would never smoke.

"I always say that for me, smoking would be like smashing my guitar and expecting it to play. I'd never do that to my voice, not to mention the rest of my body."

Oh, the irony. Hypocrite.






SIMON'S X...
SIMON COWELL dropped a few details about "The X Factor" yesterday. Some of the stuff is new...and some of it has been mentioned before. Here's a rundown:

First off, the winner will receive a $5 MILLION record deal, which Fox says is the largest guaranteed prize in TV history. It won't be a lump sum, it'll be paid out over five years. (The deal will be with Sony Music.)

Also, anyone age 12 or older can try out, and unlike "American Idol" that includes groups and bands.

Simon said, "I like the idea that a 12-year-old on this show can compete with an older singer...times have changed. You have to make a case-by-case decision based on them as a person. [I learned] I have to be more open-minded.

"I don't believe SUSAN BOYLE would've got through in the old-fashion audition method...God only knows what we would have said to [LADY GAGA] if she walked into 'Idol' with a lobster on her head three years ago."

Simon confirmed that he'll be a judge, but said the rest of the panel hasn't been figured out yet. An announcement on the others isn't expected for "several weeks." Simon also wouldn't say PAULA ABDUL WON'T be one of them.

Simon said, "I'm a massive fan of Paula. We've been in regular contact. I'm not going to say today who we are going to confirm or not, because the truth is we haven't made up our minds up yet...

"It comes down to who I think is interesting, and the commitment and the expertise each person offers."

Other names that have been rumored include: Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls, Rihanna, Jessica Simpson, British singer and "X Factor" judge Cheryl Cole, Katy Perry and Will Smith.

"X-Factor" auditions begin March 27th...and will be held in Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Miami, New York City and Seattle. If you're interested in auditioning, hit up this site: http://www.fox.com/thexfactor/registration/


Here's a news flash for you: SIMON COWELL has NOT watched an episode of "American Idol" this season, which probably shouldn't come as a surprise.

If Simon wanted to watch the same tired old "Idol" auditions this year, he could've stayed with the show and had a front row seat, not to mention an extra $130 MILLION in the bank.

Simon explained, "I haven't seen a full episode. I've seen three minutes of a recap. From what I've seen and from what I've heard, it all seems to be going well.

"What I was more concerned about [was] the ratings falling off a cliff, and that the whole genre might be over. But people are still excited about these shows...[and] I think they've done a good job."

I'm sure he wishes the ratings would have fallen into the toilet, right?






MORE V-D STUFF...
1,317. The number of candy and chocolate manufacturers in the U.S. California has the most, Pennsylvania is second.

24.3. Total number of pounds of candy consumed by the average American in 2009. That averages out to about one candy bar every one-and-a-half days.

18,509. The number of florists in the U.S.

26,683. The number of jewelry stores in the U.S. Last February, they combined for $2.4 BILLION in sales.

2.1 MILLION. The number of marriages in the U.S. in 2009. That's an average of about 5,800 per day.

28.2 and 26.1. The average age of men and women, respectively, getting married for the first time in 2010.

73%. The percentage of married women who made it to their 10th anniversary.

393. The number of dating services in the U.S., including online dating sites.

19%. The percentage of married people who are on their second marriage.

8. The average length, in years, of first marriages that end in divorce. For people who get remarried, it happens an average of three-and-a-half years after the first marriage ends.







DREAM OF SWEEEEET FORRRRNICAAAAAATION...
With thanks to the Red Hot Chili Peppers for letting me borrow their lyrics.
According to a new study, if you're planning to go out and have some random fornication with a stranger...do it as a way to get over a bad mood. Don't do it because you're having a great day and want to top it off right.

Researchers at the University of Louisville found that people who hooked up when they were depressed became HAPPIER and LESS LONELY after they were done.

But when people were happy and hooked up, they ended up LESS HAPPY and lonelier.

In other words...when you're feeling lonely, a little bit of strange sexual intercourse makes you feel connected again. But when you're ALREADY happy, dropping it on a stranger just depressingly reminds you that human contact can be fleeting.








USE EMAIL? YER OLD!
Every time you send an email, just realize this: When you hit the send button, you might as well eat dinner at 4:30 P.M., hitch up your pants, and move to Florida to play shuffleboard. Because email is now officially for OLD PEOPLE.

According to a new study, between December of 2009 and December of last year, the amount of email use by people aged 12 to 17 dropped 59%. For 25 to 34 year olds, it dropped 18%.

In fact, email use dropped for every age group...except people over 55. People 55 to 64 spent 22% more time emailing. For people 65 and over, email use went up 28%.

Instead of emailing, younger people prefer to communicate...well...every other way. Except actually talking to each other, naturally. Facebook, instant messaging, social media, and texting all went up as email use went down.

But, what about in the work place? I'm just wondering out loud. It's not like you facebook message your co-worker. You email them!