Writer’s Strike: best thing ever for Reality TV

The writer’s strike resulted in “Black Monday” last week during which the major studios fired many of the best writers, producers, etc. in the entertainment industry. I don’t really watch public television, but I do purchase the shows I like, via iTunes, and the selection has been pretty slim and the episodes pretty strangely spaced and noticeably off since the strike ensued.

I don’t like it. I don’t like it because it messes with my fun, but primarily I don’t like it because this guarantees an abundance of default consumption of the stupidest stuff to ever hit the tube: Reality TV.

How does reality TV suck? Let me count the ways… Continue reading

How much are you willing to sacrifice for your dream?

Ironically, after contemplating the cost of my decisions up to this point in my life today… I saw this video of a little guy willing to give anything for his dream.

(Today, my baby turned 10 years old, so I am a bit melancholy and feeling a bit older than usual. It’s one of those “I’m-old-and-I’ve-not-accomplished-enough” days.)

The video was too cute not to watch, and so sad it brought tears to my eyes. (Sometimes I think we pay too dearly for our dreams.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0G9vDKcdLg&feature=related

Nobel or stupid? Hard to say, isn’t it? Check it out for yourself.

*sniff*

Crushing on Obama Rides a Media Wave

The “new” media approach to self-publishing multimedia on the web is doing more in the political arena of late. This one, highly questionable presentation IMHO, has struck a cord on the web by using sex to sell the candidate. It’s produced by BarelyPolitical.com and is cute, albeit bothersome.

http://www.youtube.com/v/wKsoXHYICqU

And you thought Apple’s iPod had great fan-created multi-media stuff!