March « 2007 « not so silent (e)

March, 2007

me me me / technology / work — 3 Comments
27
Mar 07

and 15 cents in change

WOOT!! Just really excited about my first IPO ever!!!!! we priced at $11 a share and ended the day at $14.15 per share!

It’s been a long time in coming. I moved out here in ’98 and have lived through the lean times of the post-2000 bail-out of all things Internets. It’s nice to be on the upside of good times.

Thanx to all those that deserve but don’t get naming (sorry, for strict reasons of privacy). If you think you deserve thanx, then I give you those thanx and more. You know who you are. I’ve worked with the best and it shows. Many amazing people have stood alongside me and I have worked for many amazing talents during the downturn in the .com economy and we’ve come out of it all and stood tall. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I can’t begin to express my thanx.

[holding a glass of Veuve Clicquot in the air] here’s to the future everyone. Keep your feet on the ground and keep looking to the stars… or what ever Kasey Casem used to say.

pets / wtf? — 1 Comment
23
Mar 07

Update to dog cruelty story

CNN is reporting that the man believed to have committed the heinous act of severing a dogs head and giving it back to the young girl who owned it, IN A BOX WRAPPED AS A PRESENT, has been arrested!!!! JOY!!!!

I wrote about this despicable act a little over a week ago, when it was first reported. I haven’t changed my position…

Death Penalty!!!! fucker.

However, there is something that bothers me about this recent event. It’s how he’s being charged. He’s “being held on suspicion of terrorist threats. Police said he may be charged with animal cruelty.”[1] Terrorist threats? Okay, I suppose I can see this. The word “Terrorist” has grown in ominous-ness… ominousity… [shrug] to include much larger targets (see: Bush, War, Osama, etc.) but it still relates to the little guy too. An act commited to terrorize. This, clearly, is such an act.

The part that flummoxes me is that he MAY be charged with animal cruelty. What is the rationale that says that this ISN’T animal cruelty. MAY? MAY??? If this guy isn’t charged with animal cruelty, I weep for our justice system.

Is there a silver lining to this whole story? Yes. This story has touched so many hearts around the world that the reward for information leading to an arrest has grown to over $20,000!! The LARGEST reward amount ever collected by the Humane Society, for any case in their history. One person even offered the girl and her grandmother a vacation! Just to get away for a while.

So, hug your pets today. Tell them you love them. And help out the ones you don’t know. Donate to the Humane Society. The dog/cat/ferret/wombat/pelican you help just might be the one that comes home with someone you know tomorrow.

[1] CNN.com

me me me — No Comments
19
Mar 07

My name in lights

I got my name in lights with notcelebrity.co.uk

music / wtf? — No Comments
19
Mar 07

finetune… kinda fine, not tuned.

While perusing the Internets today I came upon a website called “finetune“. It’s another “Social Music” website in the growing online-music-space, dedicated to listening to your favorite artist’s music and discover new music that you can buy like the good little consumer that you are. There are many others but I won’t discuss them here. The list is just TOO long. You can see a “small” list in this comment at another website.

On finetune I did some searches for my favorite artists. However, due to the broad range of my musical interests, the website doesn’t have my top picks. Peter Mulvey, Willy Porter, Eddie From Ohio… nada, zilch, bupkus.

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video — No Comments
17
Mar 07

Thank YOU Ze

It’s been an amazing year. Wishing you the best in your future endeavors.

Watch his last show.

Watch his first show.

cool / me me me / pets / photography — 1 Comment
16
Mar 07

WOOT!!! Famous Kitteh

So there’s this website called Consumerist.com. If you don’t know about it, you owe it to yourself to go read it and learn about how to be a smarter consumer and find out about evil evil companies… So like I was saying, there’s this website called Consumerist.com and they have started to use flickr images for pictures above each of their posts. Guess who’s been chosen for one of those pictures…

JASPER!!!!

WOOT!!!!

See the Consumerist post here and while you’re at it, check out the picture they chose on it’s original flickr page.

funny / me me me / video — 1 Comment
15
Mar 07

Blast from the past

My buddy Dave just posted this video to YouTube. I had completely forgotten about it! Totally takes me back… Here’s the story, as Dave puts it…

This is an old PSA (1993) for the Church of Latter Day Saints. Not that I’m big into that cause, but the story behind this PSA for me…

Back when I worked at WEEK, sometimes our newscasts would run short. When they did, we would add a station promo or PSA to fill time. When we discovered this gem, it became a favorite of the crew and we would run it whenever we could. The 60 version is a lot better than the 30… it features extra rejections.

funny / tv — No Comments
15
Mar 07

CSI: Pie Ami

If you’ve ever watched CSI: Miami, you ought to enjoy this. Especially after my previous post.

wtf? — 1 Comment
15
Mar 07

Prepare yourself if you’re a dog person

Update 3/23: The person believe to have commited this act has been arrested. Read my updated post here.

I don’t like posting about sad, disgusting stories like this but I just wanted to vent my anger and disgust at such a heinous act of cruelty. If you’re a lover of dogs, you should prepare yourself.

Girl finds missing dog’s head in box on doorstep

Funny, I was just telling Cathy last night that you shouldn’t want someone who does something you dislike to die. We watched the Dixie Chicks documentary “Shut Up and Sing” last night (SOOOOO good, you really should see it, even if you don’t like their music) and they’d received a death threat because of Natalie’s statement about being disappointed that the President is from Texas. Hey, I’m sad he’s from America but what are ya gonna do. We joked at one point about wanting someone dead, and I can’t remember who or the exact circumstances behind our desire but it was totally innocent and sarcastic…

THIS????

Whoever you are that did this. DIE!!!!!

If you feel you need to cleanse yourself after reading this story. Watch this video about 10000 times!!! Yeah, repeat but it always brings a smile to my face.

PS – Yes, it’s “you’re”, not “your”. Thanx Cath.

cool / funny / music / video — 2 Comments
14
Mar 07