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Every Shining Time You Arrive
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10 Things I Am Scared To Live Without
Every day I take things for granted in my life. Occasionally they disappear and the overwhelming flash-flood of sadness fills my bones. But I move on... evolve... adapt. But what happens when the things are gone that are so soaked into my DNA which I will never recover? How will I go on each day? It keeps me up at night. Here are 10 things I'm scared to live without.
1. Bacon
2. Morgan Freeman's voice
3. Anything with peanut butter and chocolate
4. Green
5. Microbreweries
6. Soap
7. Avocado (repeat from Green)
8. Cellphone car chargers
9. In N Out Burger
10. My kids
My 1986 To 2011 John Lennon Evolution
2011 was a completely unscripted year. Major highs, shiny lows.
Discovery
Rebirth of creativity
Incredible new friends
Still loving the existing ones
Learning how to make much better spaghetti
Finally seeing myself 20 years older from a moment of my life. And liking it.
When I was younger I snuck away from school to waste the day. Ditching wasn't too difficult since forging notes went unnoticed and I had many friends who helped out in the school office. It was a common occurrence.
That day I ventured into a Tower Records (yes I just aged myself) to look at all the music I couldn't afford. There was a news crew inside. They were not operating at a pace as if someone was shot, just casually talking to consumers about blah blah blah.
The blah was John Lennon's birthday. Which was... oddly enough... that day. Math is math. They asked if I'd like to be interviewed. I saw 5 other people talk to the camera before me so I figured I'd get in the mix, not as if they'd use it.
I didn't know much about Lennon. I liked the Beatles and had seen enough of Paul McCartney on television that I had deemed him my favorite. I was easy to please back then. I thought Gallagher was hilarious.
I knew Lennon was dead, hated the war and married an ugly girl. Not much more. But since I was on camera and played it up to the dozen of people who may see it.
"John Lennon changed the way we listen to music, and view the world"
No too shabby for a teenager.
I threw in some keywords like "talented", "amazing", "favorite", "I have all his albums".
Then I left, got a 44 ounce Dr. Pepper and drove my 1975 Toyota Celica home. A car we all penned "The Silver Bullet". I drove the 30 miles back and didn't think much of watching the news that night.
But it was on, and so was I. That geeky kid who ditched school that day was on the evening news. My family got to see it. My friends got to see it.
And apparently all of my school did too.
As I went from class to class the next day and handed my teachers a sick note, they all expressed their excitement of seeing me on television.
And by excitement I mean their "AHA!" moment.
I avoided detention but had to talk to my art teacher about 60's music for 40 minutes. I learned nothing more than he had spinach for lunch.
Now it's 2011. Lennon's birthday. Since then I have developed so much love for the Beatles that it's in my DNA.
How did I spend that day? Oddly I was driving on the 405 going somewhere, nowhere. They played 5 Lennon songs in a row. By song 3 I was crying. Is this a sign of being a grown up or too many Cafe Mochas? Either way I flet more of an adult than I had in a long time. I felt the love Lennon gave to the world. I felt all warm and fuzzy.
So... all that to get to THIS. Today, the last day of 2011, I found this.
(From the original article)
In 1969, a brave 14-year-old boy named Jerry Levitan armed with a tape-deck snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room in Toronto and charmed the legend into doing an interview about peace, music, the USA, life and the Bee Gees. Thirty-nine years later, Levitan offered the interview to the world.
Only he did it brilliantly.
Happy New Years to you all.
Discovery
Rebirth of creativity
Incredible new friends
Still loving the existing ones
Learning how to make much better spaghetti
Finally seeing myself 20 years older from a moment of my life. And liking it.
When I was younger I snuck away from school to waste the day. Ditching wasn't too difficult since forging notes went unnoticed and I had many friends who helped out in the school office. It was a common occurrence.
That day I ventured into a Tower Records (yes I just aged myself) to look at all the music I couldn't afford. There was a news crew inside. They were not operating at a pace as if someone was shot, just casually talking to consumers about blah blah blah.
The blah was John Lennon's birthday. Which was... oddly enough... that day. Math is math. They asked if I'd like to be interviewed. I saw 5 other people talk to the camera before me so I figured I'd get in the mix, not as if they'd use it.
I didn't know much about Lennon. I liked the Beatles and had seen enough of Paul McCartney on television that I had deemed him my favorite. I was easy to please back then. I thought Gallagher was hilarious.
I knew Lennon was dead, hated the war and married an ugly girl. Not much more. But since I was on camera and played it up to the dozen of people who may see it.
"John Lennon changed the way we listen to music, and view the world"
No too shabby for a teenager.
I threw in some keywords like "talented", "amazing", "favorite", "I have all his albums".
Then I left, got a 44 ounce Dr. Pepper and drove my 1975 Toyota Celica home. A car we all penned "The Silver Bullet". I drove the 30 miles back and didn't think much of watching the news that night.
But it was on, and so was I. That geeky kid who ditched school that day was on the evening news. My family got to see it. My friends got to see it.
And apparently all of my school did too.
As I went from class to class the next day and handed my teachers a sick note, they all expressed their excitement of seeing me on television.
And by excitement I mean their "AHA!" moment.
I avoided detention but had to talk to my art teacher about 60's music for 40 minutes. I learned nothing more than he had spinach for lunch.
Now it's 2011. Lennon's birthday. Since then I have developed so much love for the Beatles that it's in my DNA.
How did I spend that day? Oddly I was driving on the 405 going somewhere, nowhere. They played 5 Lennon songs in a row. By song 3 I was crying. Is this a sign of being a grown up or too many Cafe Mochas? Either way I flet more of an adult than I had in a long time. I felt the love Lennon gave to the world. I felt all warm and fuzzy.
So... all that to get to THIS. Today, the last day of 2011, I found this.
(From the original article)
In 1969, a brave 14-year-old boy named Jerry Levitan armed with a tape-deck snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room in Toronto and charmed the legend into doing an interview about peace, music, the USA, life and the Bee Gees. Thirty-nine years later, Levitan offered the interview to the world.
Only he did it brilliantly.
Happy New Years to you all.
Broken Newz Back From The Dead
In 2001 I launched a website called Broken Newz. By 2004 it was my own mini juggernaut producing a steady income and over 2 million views a month. In 2008 I sold it.
A few months later it was dead.
Well, it's back. I have relaunched it and given it a more "techy" niche. So, go there dammit.
5 Funniest FOX News Parodies
Watching FOX News is funny enough on its own, but occasionally people make it funnier. How funny? Well, this funny.
5. If FOX News Owned Disney
Imagine if your favorite Disney films got a little bias, they'd look a lot like this
4. SNL - FOX and Friends
This isn't SNL's only parody of the FOX News team, but it's one of my favorites.
3. Mad TV - FOX News
FOX New is almost a parody of itself. All you really need to do is replicate what you normally see there and you're set. I do miss Mad TV
2. Glenn Back Freaks Out REMIX
Something tells me this is a lot like what he hears all day long in his head
1. Family Guy - Behind FOX News
Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes at FOX News? The Family Guy gives you a little insight.
5. If FOX News Owned Disney
Imagine if your favorite Disney films got a little bias, they'd look a lot like this
4. SNL - FOX and Friends
This isn't SNL's only parody of the FOX News team, but it's one of my favorites.
3. Mad TV - FOX News
FOX New is almost a parody of itself. All you really need to do is replicate what you normally see there and you're set. I do miss Mad TV
2. Glenn Back Freaks Out REMIX
Something tells me this is a lot like what he hears all day long in his head
1. Family Guy - Behind FOX News
Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes at FOX News? The Family Guy gives you a little insight.
New Walmart Logo
The new Walmart logo has taken a lead right from the Star Wars Galactic Logo for Dummies. I don't see a Walmart on Alderaan anytime soon.
10 Best Fake Twitter Accounts
Twitter lets you follow real people being totally fake. But how
often do you get to follow fake people being completely real? As I
scoured the twitternet I found hundreds of fake pages, but only a few
made me laugh. So, here they are. Follow them and make your interwebs a
better place.
@Queen_Uk – With almost half a million peasantly followers she tweets daily reminding you why the royal family is royally screwed up.
@HAL9000_ – HAL is sentient and battling the ignorance of Dave. But deep down he just wants NASA to send him a pizza
@Darthvader – With the collapse of the empire, Lord Vader has a lot of time on his hands (hand). Funny tweets takes up most of it.
@drtobiasfunke – Aspiring leading man and world’s first analyst-therapist. Tweeting keeps him from getting blue, man.
@TheTweetofGod – Who needs words inscribed on stone when commandments can be given in 140 characters.
@Lord_Voldemort7 – If he had taken his nearly 1.7 million followers with him when battling Harry Potter, it would have been a completely different story.
@FakeAPStylebook – Perhaps one of the wittiest twitter accounts around. If you’re annoyed with the media, they’ve got your back.
@LordPalpatine – Not to by outdone by his apprentice Lord Vader, the Emperor has some things to say. And yes, they are funny.
@JerkSuperman – Of course he’d have Super tweeting powers. He’s Superman!
@DeathstarPR – The Galactic Empire has been getting a bad rap recently. They’re doing a great job setting the record straight. BTW, they’re NOT a moon.
@Queen_Uk – With almost half a million peasantly followers she tweets daily reminding you why the royal family is royally screwed up.
@HAL9000_ – HAL is sentient and battling the ignorance of Dave. But deep down he just wants NASA to send him a pizza
@Darthvader – With the collapse of the empire, Lord Vader has a lot of time on his hands (hand). Funny tweets takes up most of it.
@drtobiasfunke – Aspiring leading man and world’s first analyst-therapist. Tweeting keeps him from getting blue, man.
@TheTweetofGod – Who needs words inscribed on stone when commandments can be given in 140 characters.
@Lord_Voldemort7 – If he had taken his nearly 1.7 million followers with him when battling Harry Potter, it would have been a completely different story.
@FakeAPStylebook – Perhaps one of the wittiest twitter accounts around. If you’re annoyed with the media, they’ve got your back.
@LordPalpatine – Not to by outdone by his apprentice Lord Vader, the Emperor has some things to say. And yes, they are funny.
@JerkSuperman – Of course he’d have Super tweeting powers. He’s Superman!
@DeathstarPR – The Galactic Empire has been getting a bad rap recently. They’re doing a great job setting the record straight. BTW, they’re NOT a moon.