TSF 18: Tasty Televisionary – NOW ONLINE
Posted on November 15, 2010 | By Robert LaFrance | 2 Comments
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The Slacker Factor Podcast, Episode 18: Tasty Televisionary
Episode 18: We carefully blended television, technology, and mega cool futuristic music together to make another delicious episode of The Slacker Factor. Appreciate the taste of the decade-defining talent of Ed O’Neill, the smell the next phase of online program delivery, and the sweetness of Mathew Deer. The yummy goodness melts in your mouth, not in your hand.
Meandering Rant: Ed O’Neill by Patty
Book Report: Online TV Part 2 By Christian
Music Segment: Gem by Matthew Dear from his album entitled Black City
Rally Within a Rally
Posted on November 2, 2010 | By Patty Pino | No Comments
Photo of Me taken by a Totally Sane Stranger
What happens when you and over 250-thousand like-minded people show up in the same place at the same time? You experience lots of interesting, cool, and plan-changing stuff. Here is my wrap up from the “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear”…
I was surprised by so many people of my parent’s age: Call me an ageist or whatever, but I consider Stewart and Colbert representatives of Gen X and Gen Y. When I showed up in DC and was preparing to go the Rally, I was surrounded not just by folks my age and younger, but by baby boomers and people of my parent’s generation. Sure, my mom and dad like John Stewart, but I never considered that they would make the trek to a Rally. So cool that this event inspired sanity-desiring people of all ages to attend.
The Metro turned out to be a bad option: How could we possibly drive into the event, we thought. Too much traffic, no place to park? Let’s park further out of the city and take in the beautiful DC Metro, we planned. Got into the station, waited in line for tickets, waited for train, and it arrives packed like the Japanese Metro at rush hour, but worse. Read more
