Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 24, 2012, Winnipeg, Manitoba C M Y K PAGE 15 Concerts Red River Exhibition Concert Series The Backyardigans, 8 p. m. Red River Exhibition Park. Free with $ 12 gate admission. Complete schedule at redriverex. com. Theatre Footloose Rainbow Stage, Kildonan Park, to July 8. Tickets $ 59.50 at 989- 0888. Ghostbusted Celebrations Dinner Theatre, 5 p. m., Canad Inns Fort Garry. Tickets from $ 28.95 to $ 64.95 at 982- 8282. Out and About Man Up For Max Max Poulin and Beyond borders raise awareness about child sexual abuse, 10: 30 a. m. breakfast, followed by 1: 30 p. m. game, Hu's Asian Bisto, Shaw Park. Tickets $ 100 at borders. org. Prairie Dog Central The Mystical Magic Train, 11 a. m. Tickets $ 19.95 and $ 27.95 at 832- 5259. Red River Exhibition Assiniboia Downs, ends today. For more information see www. redriverex. com Sunday Jazz Series Leo Mol Sculpture Garden, Assiniboine Park, 943- 7555 www. assiniboinepark. ca Fight For Freedom A film by Anna MacDonald, 6 p. m., Pop Soda's Coffee House & Gallery. Donations. Literary Alison Hutchison Launch of Through the Eyes of The Wean: Growing Up on the South Side of Glasgow, 2 p. m., McNally Robinson. Nitespots Cavern ( 112 Osborne): Open- mike comedy Juss Jazz ( 240 Portage Ave.): Marco Castillo King's Head ( 120 King): All the Kings Men Le Garage Cafe ( 166 Provencher): Pink socks Lo Pub ( 330 Kennedy): Bry Webb ( ex- Constantines), Snailhouse and Zach Lucky Marion ( 393 Marion): Rena Semenko Palm Room ( Fort Garry Hotel): Elmer Negado Tavern United ( MTS Centre): Julien Desaulniers Tavern United ( 826 Regent): JJR Times Change( d ) ( Main & St. Mary Ave.): Big Dave McLean Upperdeck Sports Bar ( McPhillips Station Casino): Pepe Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I have a male friend from a related company who's supposedly platonic, except whenever we say goodbye, he does something sneaky to get me all hot for him. Then, we see each other a week later for this project we're doing and he acts like nothing every happened. Last night he nibbled and kissed my neck and murmured, " You're so beautiful, baby." I would have gotten excited about that, but the next time I see him I know it will be platonic all over again. What is he doing to me? I feel like I'm going crazy. - Hit and Run Victim, Portage & Main Dear Hit and Run: Maybe he's just exercising his sexual power - flexing his muscle, so to speak, because he knows you'll let him play his game. It could also be he doesn't have the guts to ask you if you'd be willing to switch gears in this relationship from platonic to romantic. Or, maybe he just wants a friends- with- benefits deal. You need to call him on this. Say something like: " Let go of that doorknob. We need to talk. Why do you pull this hit and- run- trick every time I see you?" If he won't answer, say this: " Think about it, because it's important to me and I need an answer by the next time I see you." It's quite likely he's developed a crush on you and pulls the first move over and over, hoping you'll will respond by throwing him on the floor, and taking him. Clearly you have a little crush on him yourself, so it's time to move this along. WARNING: If he's just being a flirt - and comes on to other platonic friends this way, you don't need him. So ask around. If that's the case, next time he zeroes in, tell him to keep his wandering lips to himself. Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: My boyfriend is a pretty weird sexually, but I love him. For instance he gets a big kick out of " playing horsie" where he is the pony and I am literally his bareback rider. I think this is a bit silly and I have no idea why it turns him on, but I go along with it on occasion. Sex, it seems to me, is kind of a bizarre activity anyway, so what the hey. But what does he get out of it? I have asked but he has no explanation except one session can rev him up for a week at a time, and I like that aspect. - Giddyup, St. Boniface Dear Giddyup: Some male " ponies" enjoy the submissive aspect of being ridden. Others enjoy the proud feeling of strength carrying their smaller partner on their backs. ( This is not a game for people with bad backs.) For others, it is mostly a leather fetish to do with a fancy saddle, stirrups and harnessing. Some women also like to pretend they are prancing ponies and wear all the fancy gear you'd see in a circus, but they are not into the carrying aspect because of the strength required. It all comes under the umbrellas of submission and de- personalization. While it may seem an extreme fetish to you, it's certainly more personal than a scene where the submissive enjoys being used as a table or footstool. Please email problems to lovecoach@ hotmail. com or send letters to Miss Lonelyhearts c/ o the Winnipeg Free Press, 1355 Mountain Ave., R2X 3B6 THE LINEUP MISS LONELYHEARTS MAUREEN SCURFIELD lovecoach@ hotmail. com WIRED DAVID BELL thedavidbell@ me. com www. iBellix. com David Bell (@ thedavidbell) is a young entrepreneur in Winnipeg. He specializes in emerging technology and online aspects of business, including web and social media consulting. Access his company online at iBXMediaGroup. ca. He is an active member of the YouTube community ( http:// www. ibellix. com), with more than two million views and 5,000 subscribers. He was also a Dragons' Den contestant. Email: thedavidbell@ me. com ENTERTAINMENT A15 SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2012 Force the issue with Mr. Hit & Run to get an answer McDonald's Photoshop magic It's inevitable that in your lifetime, someone will tell you McDonald's is bad for you. It happens to everyone and everyone realizes it. What most consumers think is that there is an insane amount of editing to those tastylooking ads for burgers and junior chickens you see when you walk into a McDonald's or go through the drive- thru. Hope Bagozzi, director of marketing for McDonald's Canada, did a documentary style video on the whole photo- shoot process. To my satisfaction, there wasn't as much editing as consumers believe. Bagozzi first went to a McDonald's, ordered a quarter pounder, and then took it to the photo studio. They shot it and then compared it to a photo- shoot ready burger. The main difference between the two is that a food stylist created the burger for the photo shoot. He uses all of the same ingredients; he just positions them nicely so they appear good on film. A McDonald's employee doesn't take four hours to create a burger like the food stylist does. That's the difference. Same ingredients, but a longer amount of time assembling it. Check out the four minutes film on YouTube: http:// www. youtube. com/ watch? feature= player_ embedded& v= oSd0keSj2W8#! iPhone 5 concepts I realize that over the past few weeks, I've included at least one article each week that talks about the iPhone 5. Why? It's the hottest story in the tech sphere week in and week out. This week, several new images of possible iPhone 5 prototypes have been posted. To start off, we don't even know if it's going to be called iPhone 5 yet. However, heavy speculations points to that name. Speculators are still arguing over whether it will have a home button or not. I side with the people who believe there will be a home button. It'd be silly not to have one. Apple is extremely secretive about launching its products. Not one single peep, hint or clue is given. This is what makes the speculation so much fun. Many wild pictures have been posted this week, but I am only going to show three. The first two are real possibilities, and the third is somewhat of an outrageous idea - but extremely fascinating. Tell me on Twitter (@ thedavidbell) which one of these prototypes if your favourite. YouTube could net Google billions this year Who would've thunk it that a site where you can watch cats play the piano can net billions of dollars of revenue in a year? YouTube is growing insanely fast. Seventytwo hours of video footage is uploaded every 60 seconds. that's crazy. YouTube has been growing 20 per cent quarter after quarter after quarter. Google will net $ 2.5- billion in revenue from You- Tube this year alone. They gross $ 3.6- billion, but after divvying it up to the YouTube partners ( like me), they end up with $ 2.5- billion. This just shows the power of video content. Not too many people would read a five- page blog post anymore. A lot of people would sit down and watch an eight- minute- long YouTube video, however. Microsoft Surface A few years back, Microsoft released a video about their product called Surface. It originally was a coffee table that allowed you to do many things that a coffee table couldn't do. Some of those things may have been: placing a camera on the surface and being able to drag all the photos off of it, emailing your mother or checking Facebook. People loved the concept of Surface. However, it never was made available. On Monday, Microsoft finally unveiled Surface - except it looked a lot like Apple's iPad. Surface will be running Windows' new flagship operating system Windows 8. Windows 8 is very mobile and has a touch- screen- friendly operating system. I don't know if I should be happy or sad about this new product. It's certainly nice that Microsoft unveiled its first go at the tablet market, but I feel like this is going to be another BlackBerry PlayBook saga. I assume the Surface will attract a lot of attention early, then sales will plummet, and then a fire sale will happen. Just an early prediction ;). A_ 15_ Jun- 24- 12_ FP_ 01. indd A15 6/ 23/ 12 8: 24: 44 PM ;