TERRIBLE TUES-DAY

BACKSTREET'S (ALL) BACK, ALRIGHT!When you're 40 years old, and in the midst of a mid-life crisis...sometimes you stop thinking clearly, and do things you normally wouldn't do. And SHOULDN'T do.

That must be what's happening to KEVIN RICHARDSON...because he's officially re-joining the BACKSTREET BOYS. (This isn't a huge surprise. Back in October, he said he'd "love to perform with them again on a more regular basis.")

The group made the announcement at a concert in London on Sunday night. They also announced that they're recording a new album this summer. (There's video of the announcement on BackstreetBoys.com.)

Yesterday, Kevin Tweeted, "Hello beau-ti-ful people. Yes, the cat is OFFICIALLY out of the bag. It's on and cracking!"

Kevin left the group in 2006 to "pursue other interests." That wasn't a bad idea. He was 34 at the time...the oldest guy in the group...and at that point it's strange to still be in a boy band.

Now, Kevin is 40...and WAY too old to be doing the boy band thing. But Backstreet has been doing stuff with NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK, and most of them are in their early 40s, so maybe Kevin feels more comfortable with that.

Or, he could use a little extra cash, who knows.








NEW MUSIC...
THE OFFSPRING have put out a new single called "Days Go By". It's the title track off their new album, which comes out June 26th. (The song is on their VEVO channel.)







J.LO/ENRIQUE CONCERT DATESIf you're a SUPER FAN of JENNIFER LOPEZ and/or ENRIQUE IGLESIAS, well you'll want to know about the tour the two will be embarking on this summer. Dates were announced yesterday, with more to be added later. Chicago is the closest they get to us, so far.
http://jenniferlopez.com/blog/post/official-announcement-of-tour-dates






THE TV NETWORK WHO FORCED US TO SEE EVEN MORE RYAN SEAMONKEY...
...is now bringing us MORE award-winning television. The E! network just announced a rundown of some new shows they have in the pipeline, and believe it or not, a KEVIN JONAS reality show is the best thing they could come up with.

Because the rest of their programming sounds TERRIBLE. (At least for now. There's no casting information yet...so there's a chance some of this stuff could get more interesting. A slim chance.)

There's a talk show hosted by comedienne WHITNEY CUMMINGS...and a reality competition that will "comb the Internet to find the web's most talented amateurs."

There's also a ton of hilariously bad-sounding scripted shows:

A crime drama about a "late 20-something, culturally-obsessed detective"...a drama about Henry the Eighth "reset in present-day Hollywood"...a show about a band who's trying to solve the disappearance of their lead singer...

A "Wizard of Oz"-inspired show about "a girl from Kansas City who falls for a man and moves with him to the Emerald City to work at his Emerald Hotel"...a, quote, "fast-paced drama set in New York society of the 1890s"...

A story about a "good man" who "accidentally kills a woman who has been blackmailing him," and then frames another man...and a drama about a "billionaire with a penchant for hooking up with lobbyists" in Washington D.C.








CLIMAX OR BIGFOOT
Wait, what? In a survey by Durex condoms, 46% of people say they're more likely to SEE BIGFOOT than to "finish" at the same time as their partner during sex. That means about HALF of us think climaxing in unison is MORE elusive than Bigfoot?

It's sad to see how few people have faith in their sexual chemistry. Either that...or a LOT of people believe in mythical creatures roaming around the Pacific Northwest.

Here are a few other findings from the survey...although, unfortunately, none of them bring up the Loch Ness Monster, the Abominable Snowman, or the Chupacabra.

More than half of Americans are unhappy with how long sex lasts...37% say it ends too quickly, 14% say it lasts too long.

53% of people use lube in bed, and 39% use toys.

33% of women say they fantasize about meeting for sex in the Eiffel Tower...31% of men think about doing it in the White House.








THE LAZY STUDY!!!!!I know what you're thinking...I was FAR too excited about laziness just there. According to a new poll by Weight Watchers, here's how lazy we are...

The average person does nothing but SIT four nights a week.

The average driver gets in their car to go someplace within walking distance an average of 3.7 times per week.

28% of people say they're so lazy they ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs.

12% of people clean their room by shoving things under their bed.

17% regularly choose sleep over sex.

And 20% say they never do ANY exercise, ever.












CLEVELAND SPORTS WILL MAKE YOU BEAT ANIMALS?Someone brought this to my attention...and you wanna laugh, but it's honestly troubling. In Sunday's newspaper and "Dear Abby" column, a dad wrote in to tell Abby he and his eight-year-old son love watching sports together. But they're from Cleveland...home of almost all the most heartbreaking sports losses in the past 30 years.

And after the BROWNS, TRIBE or CAVS lose, his son has trouble reacting to the loss and, quote, "he'll take out his disappointment by beating the dog." So he asked Abby what to do.

Her response is, "Stop trying so hard to be your son's sports buddy and try harder to be a parent...do not wait another day to get him the counseling he needs. Children who hurt animals often go on to hurt other children."

TRANSLATED: relocate to Pittsburgh.








THE FB GUIDE FOR THE NEW PARENTPosting Facebook updates about tiny, insignificant things is annoying. But parents...especially NEW parents...can be the MOST annoying, because they constantly post insignificant updates about their KIDS.

If you're a mom or a dad...or you're about to be one...here are six more things you shouldn't be doing on Facebook.

#1.) Announcing You're Pregnant as Soon as You Find Out. First of all, you should tell your parents and close friends first...either in person or on the phone. It's just rude to tell them AFTER you tell your 500 random Facebook friends.

And even if you're not waiting the traditional three months before you tell people, you should at least wait until you're SURE you're pregnant. You don't want to tell everyone you know, then find out the pregnancy test was wrong.


#2.) Making Your Profile Picture a Photo of Just Your Baby. If you want to show off your kid, that's fine. But at least make it a photo of the TWO of you.

Also, stop posting NAKED pictures of your kids. It's a lot different than keeping them in a photo album where only YOU can access them.


#3.) Letting People Know the Laundry Is Done. This isn't just for parents, it applies to everyone: Unless you accidentally turned all your clothes pink, nobody cares about how much laundry you did.


#4.) Discussing Dirty Diapers. If you're a new parent, one or two dirty diaper stories are acceptable. But any more than that and you'll just start grossing people out. Especially if you go into detail and talk about things like color and consistency.


#5.) Giving Play-by-Play Potty Training Updates. The same rule applies: The first time they use the bathroom, feel free to post something about it if you want to. But stop there.

And don't specify whether it was a "number one" or a "number two." Your friends realize it was one or the other, and they don't really care which one it was.


#6.) Making Every Single Status Update About Your Kids. Obviously they're the most important part of your life, so it's easy to do.

But if you NEVER talk about anything else, eventually your friends will ONLY think of you as a parent.








TEXT SPAMSpam text messages in the US soared 45% to 4.5 billion last year, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

"I don't even get that much junk mail in my Gmail account," says a journalist in Washington, DC. "This is my phone. It seems more personal." But her effort to seek revenge on one spammer—by calling him back 20 times—was more personally satisfying than effective, because the texts are still flooding her phone.

The ire of wireless carriers like AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint has prompted some action, because angry calls to customer-service lines cost between $5 and $50 per spam complaint, according to one expert.

The Federal Trade Commission reacted by filing suits against major spammers and settling one last year.

But consider the temptation for spammers, who can find our phone numbers online or generate them randomly, and send out dozens of texts per minute, all day long—without having to worry about all-too-common email spam filters.