NewsFeed asked Grant Langston, eHarmony’s senior director of social media and advice blog coordinator, to walk us through the most overused phrases on online dating profiles. “Your challenge is standing out,” he says. “That’s really the game—you need to look different than the other 50 profiles that a person sees, and buzzwords are generic by nature.” Here, Langston lists the five useless phrases online daters should remove immediately:

1. “Down to earth.”

Well, first of all, I don’t even really know what it means. It’s going to vary from person to person, so the term is meaningless. I guess they’re trying to say they’re humble, but that definition is going to vary. It shows a lack of thoughtfulness about the profile that you’re writing. You’ve just filled in a bunch of catchphrases that you’ve heard. Even the most superficial, narcissistic person in the world thinks they’re down to earth, so that one is
particularly ridiculous.

2,. “I love to laugh.”

Who doesn’t love to laugh? It’s another thing that’s completely meaningless. You think it shows that you might have a good sense of humor, but it’s just universal pulp.

3. “I just want a nice guy.”

The truth of the matter is, from what I’ve seen in my time here, women don’t really want a nice guy. They want him to be a nice person, but men who are just nice aren’t very interesting to most women—not for very long anyway. He needs to have something about him that’s compelling. He doesn’t need to be a bad boy or edgy, but that phrase on a dating profile doesn’t give a guy much information.

4. “I love life.”

That doesn’t help me anyway. What do you love about life? Sometimes people will say they love music. That’s just worthless. If you like punk bands, if you like Black Flag, tell me about that. Tell me about a show you went to, or how the music makes you feel. Give me a look inside your head because that’s what’s going to make you stand out. It’ll also give me questions to ask you when we finally do get together.

5. “I can’t believe I’m doing this.”

Somehow, to this day, people still want to include that in their profile as a way of saying, “You know, I really don’t need this online dating thing. I really have a line of people who want to date me.” It’s a silly thing and it kind of degrades the process, and I’d love to see that go away.

There's a new cable channel called DOGTV, designed to keep your pets company while you're away all day.  (Full Story)

Really?  There's supposedly a trend in coffee shops where they sell decaf cappuccinos to little kids, called 'babyccinos.'  (Full Story)

With more women getting degrees and advancing farther in their careers, more men are going to PTA meetings:  Dads attending meetings has gone up 12% in the last ten years.  (Full Story)

 I'm assuming that, yes, if you heard there's a tree that has a knot that looks remarkably similar to E.T. you'd want to see it.  I have a photo of that tree from Chelmsford, Essex, England.  The locals call it "E. Tree."  (The Sun)

SO ...HERE YA GO:

Still lots of Whitney Houston stories surfacing.  Here's some of the latest with links to the full stories.

#1.)  Sony actually tried to jack up the price on some of WHITNEY HOUSTON'S music just 12 hours after she died.  (Full Story)

#2.)  Whitney's cousin DIONNE WARWICK was spotted outside her Los Angeles home yesterday.  (Photo)  Dionne was supposed to have a gig today in Greensburg,  Pennsylvania.  She postponed it until March 2nd.

#3.)   Monday on "Good Morning America", ASHANTI
paid tribute to Whitney by singing "I Have Nothing".  (Video)

#4.)  WENDY WILLIAMS broke down while discussing Whitney's death on her show yesterday.  (Video)

#5.)  The pastor at the Newark,  New Jersey church where Whitney sang as a child remembered her during his sermon on Sunday.  (Full
Story)

#6.)  SHARON OSBOURNE skipped CLIVE DAVIS' pre-Grammy party because of Whitney's death . . . and she's kind of shocked the
party went on at all.  (Full Story)

#7.)  Tuesday's episode of "Glee" will be dedicated to Whitney, with a card in the end credits.  AMBER RILEY, who sings "I Will Always Love You" in the episode, says she just met Whitney for the first time on Thursday.  (--You'll find a link to audio of Amber performing the song here.)

#8.)  There was supposed to be a tribute to CLARENCE CLEMONS
at the Grammys Sunday night, but it was bumped for JENNIFER
HUDSON'S Whitney Houston tribute.  (Full Story)

#9.)  JENNIFER HUDSON says it was the greatest honor of her life to pay tribute to Whitney at the Grammys, and she hasn't stopped crying since Whitney's death.  (Full Story)

ABC will reveal the next "Dancing with the Stars" cast in two weeks.  The announcement will happen on "Good Morning America" on February 28th.

--In the meantime, here are the latest names that are being rumored by various sources:

 --Singer GAVIN DEGRAW . . . At the Grammys Sunday night, Gavin's friend, ONE REPUBLIC singer RYAN TEDDER, said Gavin was going to do it.

 --REGIS PHILBIN 

--Annoying  blogger PEREZ HILTON

 --Quarterback VINCE YOUNG

 --Diabetic chef PAULA DEEN

 --JWOWW from the Jersey Shore cast

 --Former semi-serious Republican presidential candidates MICHELE BACHMANN and HERMAN CAIN.

--Young Kardashian clan members KYLIE and KENDALL JENNER . . . Kylie is 14, and Kendall is 16

--PEE-WEE HERMAN . . . He recently made a guest appearance on "Top Chef".

--Unbearable "comedian" (slash) horrific bodybuilder CARROT TOP

--E! News co-host Giuliana Rancic . . . (--If you don't watch E!, you may remember her from her well-publicized breast cancer announcement last fall.)

--Former "227" star JACKEE HARRY

--JENNY MCCARTHY . . . Although last month, she said she always turns the show down because they can't get A-list "stars."  She said, quote, "They ask me every year, and I just can't do it. 

--STEVIE WONDER . . . He recently told ELLEN DEGENERES he'd consider doing it.  He said, quote, "I'm losing weight.  When I get to where I feel like I'm gonna look good enough for what I wanna do, I'll do that."

--TIM TEBOW and New York Giants wide receiver VICTOR CRUZ say they were invited to dance this season . . . but they turned the offers down.

If you don't understand what an amazing singer Whitney Houston was, check this out: 
Some guy isolated the vocal track from her old-school hit "How Will I Know".  It's powerful
and, given the weekend's events, kind of haunting.   CLICK HERE ----->>> (Audio)