Okay. There isn't much to this posting but this video made me laugh out loud. Do you sense the theme here? I am practically jamming the sappy Christmas antics down my throad. I have never heard of this show but I may need to check it out. It looks decent.

I realized today that I have NOT talked at all about some of hte things I am doing when I am not writing (sort of) on my blog. There are numerous things that I have been creating and helping to build and I normally tell people these things. Yet, this year has been rough and I haven't really been in the mood to "toot my horn". Are you dying to know what the hell I have been up to? Well, the simple answer is podcasting. I have been recording my voice and posting it on line quite more often than posting things here. I have also been experimenting in different styles and characters.

Dyscultured

This little bitty is one of the coolest Canadian podcasts around. The podcast was started by Mike Vardy, Andrew Currie, Ryan Wiseman, and Anthony Marco (I joined the fray about a year ago) and we talk about tech, culture, and how it applies to Canadians. If you want to know what important things are happening in the nerdy world, subscribe and educate yourself. It is crisp. Edible. Wonderful.

The S&M Rants

This is where things get crazy. This NSFW podcast has two awesome people talking about stuff. We review crazy and unbelievable real stories from news all over the world, get other people to review the same stories, and we conclude with a weekly winner. Just listen to know what the heck I am talking about. Monica Hamburg runs this show and keeps me in line.

The Sound of Awesome

This is just me. Raw. Unplanned. Rambling. You will know me better if you subscribe.

NOTE: This post was written some time ago but it isn't "time sensitive"  and I thought it was worth posting. This is called "catching up".

This is quite the pointless but I wanted to toot my horn a little bit post-PAB2011 and show off a lot of the work I have been doing in the podcasting world. Here is a couple of them:

Dyscultured (Episode 139)

The S&M Rants (Episode 7)

Give them a listen and let me know what you think in the comments. I think I am going to go to bed now.

I have had some trouble sleeping tonight, so, I thought I would post up a few blog posts with. This video was passed along to me today and I love it.

I hope VW doesn't make me sad by doing something stupid. Why not work on those electric cars we've been hearing about. Oh, right...

I mentioned the other day about Christmas movies that I liked to watch and what kinds of holiday rituals I have. That conversation inspired me to create a new ritual. I live tweeted the Christmas film, Die Hard. It is the first in a series of (from what I gather) could be six films. If you have never seen the film and don't mind the odd action flick, I would check it out.

What I found interesting about my tweeting a film (and something I did as a lark) was the response. I was sent e-mails that wanted to start "serious discussions" about the merits of business and Twitter. There were a couple of grumblings in the Twittersphere about unfollowing me (which is understandable and I do the same thing to people I follow who fail to amuse me) but it was the three raging e-mails that mentioned I was being "just weird" or I didn't "take Twitter seriously". I began to wonder if those people who took the time to e-mail me their thoughts had gone outside any time in recent years. I was understandably grumpy with them to tell me how "serious" Twitter is.

It struck me as bizarre that people couldn't take my posts with a grain of salt or, at the very least, understand that there is some fun to be had using social media tools. Where did the fun go, people? Did it die with Yahoo? (Oh, too soon?) It made me sad (and a little grumpy, to be honest) to think that there is some level of expectation that everyone on Twitter must be serious or "share serious links" at all times if they work in the "social media market". I also don't want to insult the people who did send me an e-mail about my Twittering habits but - dudes, come on - rejoin us individuals who live in reality.

If I were to take these rants at face value, the message I was sent boils down to Twitter having become the jurisdiction of "serious Twitter people". I dispute this claim 150%. If you do a survey of Twitter accounts and their related content, Twitter has some serious posters and some accounts that are made into television shows.

Anyway, I don't want to be overly gumpy about it (can't you tell?) but I was surprised and happy all at the same time. You like me! You really, really like me - and think I am smart! S-M-R-T! Perhaps I need to start a business and social media Twitter feed and reclaim my personal space.

If you want to see the live tweeting of Die Hard, click to read more!

I have been quite busy with the day job of late but I have had some time to get back to writing some new posts.  I was intending on starting this coming weekend but I couldn't not share this song.

For all you literary types, you will really get a kick out of this.

Hmmm.  I just noticed this 30 minute video of a show called "Heat Vision and Jack".  It is a pilot made for a potential Fox television show from 1999.  I don't see how this never got made by Fox.  It fits right in with their "let's make Bantha poodo" mission statement.  Of course, Fox could have dropped more money on a certain show that I like, cough, Firefly, cough, Firefly.