My Point Exactly

Wow, I haven't published a blog posting since February 6! Well, for all of you out there who aren't reading my blog anyway, here's a new post which you won't read.

But this brings me, sort of, to my point, and this is not meant to be a criticism to those who enjoy writing a blog posting every day. I know people like that and I totally respect what they do. But after spending a whole day at work, and a full Saturday in Grad school, I just can't park myself in front of my computer and start typing away in a blog or newsgroup. There are some newsgroups (or what they today call "social media") that I do lurk on and people post on what seems every minute of the day. I just wonder, don't people have anything else more productive and better to do than to sit all day and night posting onto a newsgroup or updating their blog all day long?

Look, I like the idea of a blog. It's a glorified online diary where one can post thoughts and get things off of their chest. It's the same thing that would occur if you used an old fashioned notebook-diary. Except in this case, others can read it. It's quite an interesting concept in this Web 2.0 generation. But try to become a new member of a newsgroup.. forget it! You'll need to go through a hazing period to get into these strange fraternaties.

So my thought... go outside.. play.. see a movie.. kiss your wife/husband/loved one... go to school.. stop texting.. join an organization to meet people in person, but get off the computer! I'm going to do that right now... to study my homework.

My point exactly.

Simple Optimism...and other stuff

Every night from 8-9PM, WPLJ (95.5FM) here in New York plays "the 80s at 8" which is an all request hour of 80s music. I guess I am a child of the 1980s, and hearing the music just reminds me of a time that was so much simpler. Yes, I had my own issues and problems like every kid growing up does, but over all, it was a happier, simpler, optimistic time. My family was doing well financially, we were healthy, all of my Grandparents were still alive. And while people and the media like to make fun of Ronald Reagan for the way things were in the 1980s, it overall was a good decade in my opinion. A very simple decade. Things aren't so simple anymore. We've managed to make life very fast paced and very complicated in so many ways. Makes me wonder... where's the optimism with Obama, Clinton, McCain, or Romney? Scary... very scary.

On Pat Sajak's blog, he talks about the importance of buying vowels when playing Wheel of Fortune. While I agree about the importance of buying vowels on the show and how, if done strategically, can help a contestant solve the puzzle and win the game, I think some of the strategy of buying vowels is taken away because vowels are still so cheap at $250 each. When the show first debuted on daytime television over 25 years ago, $250 was a lot of money to spend on vowels, considering the top dollar amount on the wheel was $750. Today, a contestant can earn thousands of dollars with a single spin of the wheel, and if all 5 vowels are in the puzzle, a contestant could buy all 5 for $1,250. The price of vowels should keep up with the times, the money given away on the show, and increase strategy and competition. Increasing the price of vowels to $500 would not hurt the integrity of the game.

To 2009.... and Beyond!

It is a testament to the City of New York, and to our Country, that over 1 million people can enjoy the NY Giants Ticker-Tape Parade in the Canyon of Heroes, and it goes off without a hitch and without incident. Only in America.

Today was Primary Day. I said back in 2004 that Hillary Clinton is going to be the next President of the United States. Many people disagreed with me. Sadly, it looks like it's coming true.

So much for celebratory parades without her permission when she becomes President. Say goodbye to the little bit of Democracy we have left, and hello Clinton socialism.

Blogging Value

It was just sweet revenge to see the NY Giants beat the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl yesterday. Sweet revenge for when the Red Sox beat the NY Yankees in 2004.

I haven't blogged much lately. I've been busy with lots of things to do, and I really don't want to park myself in front of my computer at night after a full day of work in front of one.

I was at a conference for work last week, where we learned about Web 2.0 and Social Media. What boggles my mind is how important blogs are to content distributors. They want to license blog content from blog writers. In other words, what you or I write in an electronic diary people or companies want to license and earn revenue off of. This seems like a crazy notion.. but maybe in 5 years it will be commonplace.

But what concerns me is that kids today don't know anything about playing outside or being social at school or camp. Whatever happened to the good old days when we all played outside and didn't park our butts in front of a computer or video games? Everyone's got their blackberries or they are texting or they are doing something in front of an electronic device. How did we survive before cell phone and the internet? I thought society did just fine, actually better than we're doing today.