I hope I don't sound condescending when I say that trying to understand what a woman wants, of any age, is a task few men have ever succeeded in. To this humble man, women are a singular enigma, who are both otherworldly strange and earthly familiar. They are all very different from one another yet, there seems to be a commonality that also defines them.

There are many women that I like, some that I love dearly, and some, not so much, but all are intriguing. My Baby-Boomer generation was new to open attitudes about sex, women in the workforce, and women wielding social, political, and economic clout. The generation before had just gone through a period of repression where morals where dictated by a few and a woman's place was firmly behind that of a man.

When my generation rallied against the stodgy Ozzie and Harriet morals of The Man in the 60s and 70s we set into motion the ideas that seem as apparent and right as rain today. But women were still mysteries -- I believe that was likely true because, during that time, women had so many new options open to them that they had trouble defining themselves.

Of course, that's just my theory, which is why I found the Lifetime special, Spotlight 25, so interesting. The show discusses the wants, desires, needs, and capabilities of today's twenty-something women. It's a fairly open, fairly honest examination of young women today, how they view themselves in the world, and where they think they are going.

It's a Lifetime show, which means that the audience will primarily be women, but I think twenty-something guys could learn a lot by watching the show. I wish there were shows like this around when I was 25, it certainly would have answered a lot of questions for me and perhaps remove some of the mystery (but never the beauty) of women.

Spotlight 25 is one of this week's free iTunes downloads.

I'm sure there are certain aspects about men that women find equally puzzling; a good example of this is why we think The Three Stooges are funny.

I can tell you that watching Larry, Moe, and Curly-Joe slap, poke, punch, kick, and otherwise brain each other can get me laughing even when I don't feel like laughing, and couldn't tell you why even if you put a gun to my head. (Don't get any ideas, please.)

Watching the skits in the tutorials for Acceptable.tv, another one of this week's free iTunes Store downloads, brought that question to mind, except the wording was more like, "Why would anyone find Acceptable.tv funny?"

The executive producer, and one of the actors in the tutorials (if you can call what he does acting) is Jack Black, who seems to be desperately trying to find a venue that will best showcase his odd form of humor. After watching Acceptable.tv tutorials, and having seen Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny (another one of Jack Black's odd musicomedy movies), I can tell you with utmost confidence that Mr. Black has yet to find that venue. (I will say that there were some funny moments in Nacho Libre, most of them you can find in the previews.)

The skits are tutorials designed to help you create a video that might have a chance to appear on Acceptable.TV. The content is informative for those who know nothing of how to create a video, but the humor is as dry as yesterday's burnt toast.

Acceptable.tv is kind of a cross between American Idol and Mad TV; skits or videos are shown and people get to vote on which gets shown again tin another episode.

If the tutorials are any indication, I'll stick with the Three Stooges.

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