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Something Good Finally Results from “Twilight”

19 November 2009 in Personal | Tags: cancer, charity, children, donation, fandom, friend, gives, kids, new moon, people, series, twilight | 2 comments

The Twilight book/movie/sexually-frustrated-women series is the most awful thing to ever happen ever.

Ever.

But a friend of mine has gathered some friends together to actually make something good happen from the TwiliMania (trademark pending) that is sweeping the world.

Below is the message I received, with all incriminating information removed and grammatical mistakes fixed:

There is a close community of women and four guys (yes, Twilight fans) working together to raise money for cancer research. It is called “The Fandom Gives Back” and so far we (as a group) have raised over $19,000. Please see if you can help get the word out.

There are ongoing auctions, from signed TW gear to a weekend getaway. There is also a PDF version of a cookbook people can “buy.” Everything is “bought” by donating to the charity. (The site has all the details.) There you can find how to get a hold of the people organizing the madness. Any little bit helps and it is for the kids.

So go ahead and visit Twilight Fandom Gives Back, and if you have extra money just sitting around (and you don’t want to give it to me) and don’t have a nauseating feeling every time you think about the Twilight series, go ahead and make a donation. Everybody loves kids, right?

Realization of a Dream

12 October 2009 in News, Personal, Politics, Satire | 2 comments

Here’s the short of it:

I’ve started a new Web site and podcast at www.ApoliticalSHOW.com. It’s a chance for you to now HEAR my rants instead of reading them.

Here’s the long of it:

I haven’t updated this site for a long time because I’ve been putting all my energy into a NEW site – ApoliticalSHOW.com.

I’ve always loved radio. My dream as a small child was to be a radio DJ. However, since that wasn’t a realistic aspiration, I ended up getting a degree in journalism (insert irony here).

After producing a radio show for the past eight months or so, I’ve learned enough to feel comfortable about doing it myself. So I bought all the equipment and started doing some podcasts. It’s going to take some time for me to get really comfortable behind a microphone, and to be able to get a good flow to what I’m saying, but I’m hoping these next few weeks and months will produce a great site/podcast.

So please listen to the episodes – they’re at most 10 minutes – and please give feedback. Let me know where I’m wrong, and I’ll be able to comment/clarify on another episode.

And if you have anything to contribute – including if you’re a musician and want me to use your music as my intro/outro for an episode or two – please send it my way. You can e-mail me at Scott (at) ApoliticalSHOW.com

The Inverse Proportionality of Social Media

17 September 2009 in Media, Personal, Thoughts | Tags: cool, Media, people, real, social, twitter, wall, world | 1 comment

I have a love-hate relationship with social media. I’ve tried them all, and stuck with a few. When using them I’ve felt confused, hopeless, juvenile, awkward, voyeuristic – among other things.

I’m annoyed by all the “What Disney Princess Am I?”-esque quizzes on the Facebook (Aurora, by the way) and all the retweeting of nothing but trending topics on Twitter. And if someone leaves me a message on my wall, do I respond back by commenting on their wall post? Or by creating a new post of my own on their wall? Read the rest of this entry »

Celebrities I Confuse: 6

8 September 2009 in Humor, Personal, Thoughts | Tags: chenoweth, cross, frank, julianne, kristin, marcia, mike, room, rowe, table | 1 comment

: Mo Rocca

: Ira Glass

: Marcia Cross

: Julianne Moore

: Mike Rowe

: Ernest P. Worrell

: Kristin Chenoweth

: Amy Sedaris

: Barney Frank

: Dining Room Table

Poor Babies

21 August 2009 in News, Personal, Rants | Tags: jets, mcafee, million, money, private, rich, worth | 1 comment

The Gray Lady was telling me about how the super rich are not getting super richer anymore. I guess there’s some sort of blip happening with the economy – in that the end of the financial world is imminent – and that blip has made these multi-multimillionaires only regular multimillionaires. Read the rest of this entry »

Heath Care Solutions

12 August 2009 in Media, News, Politics, Thoughts | Tags: care, companies, free, government, health, healthcare, insurance, market, money, option, pay, plan, programs, provide, socialism, solution | Leave a comment

Where does one begin?

First, you have former governors and right-wing nut jobs who are shouting from the rooftops that the government is trying to kill all the old or infirm people – if not everybody.

Then you’ve got the we’re-here-to-rescue-you, superhero-complex liberals who refuse to admit that it’s possible for a rational individual to disagree with them.

Add this misconception that having health insurance is some sort of mandate from on high – that everyone must have it or their soul will meander through limbo for the rest of eternity. Read the rest of this entry »

Protected: My Boy

6 August 2009 in News, Personal | Enter your password to view comments

Kettle v. Pot

29 July 2009 in Media, News, Personal, Politics | Tags: american, democracy, democrats, Media, palin, Politics, profession, republicans | Leave a comment

Yesterday I caught a bit of Hardball with Chris Matthews. When it comes to television pundits, Mr. Matthews is one of my least favorite. He’s rude and unreasonable, even for a TV personality. Regardless, it was on in the background while I cooked my pasta.

Anyway, he showed a clip of former Governor Sarah Palin’s farewell speech which irked me. In the clip, she says this: Read the rest of this entry »