Alms. Alms for the poor!
Posted on June 10, 2010 | By Christian | 3 Comments
Ticket Donations
Ok, this is nothing new but I think it’s something that is worth saying again. The summer is here and with it come the fun things we all enjoyed as kids and would like to do the same with our children. I remember going to baseball games as a kid and concerts (as I got a bit older) every summer. It’s a right of passage. Well, it’s a right of passage if you are wealthy anyway. Have you seen how much it costs to go to a major league baseball game?? And God help you if you want to buy a baseball hat or shirt while you are there! Rock concerts are no better. Even has-been bands that are touring, like the powerhouse combination of REO Speedwagon and Pat Benatar, are ridiculously expensive!
I think I need a ticket subsidy.
Here is a great idea from the Hippodrome in Florida. ”Can’t make your regularly scheduled performance? Can’t exchange tickets? You can donate your tickets back to the Hipp and we’ll make them available for another arts patron to enjoy.”
Wired on Chris Hardwick Joke Analysis
Posted on June 4, 2010 | By Patty Pino | No Comments
- Stagetime matters big time.
A long time ago, when Madonna didn’t speak with a British accent and the US was actually cleaning up oil spilled from that Exxon DUI in Alaska, I climbed onstage in front of a bar full of strangers and attempted to make them laugh. I succeeded, and those few minutes in a red-velvet-decorated strip mall comedy club changed my life. I could write a joke.
Before and since that night, I have enjoyed and analyzed comedy. (Admittedly, I analyze everything I enjoy.) How psyched was I, then, when the May 2010 issue of WIRED magazine featured comedian and Web Soup host Chris Hardwick’s article Crafting a Joke: The Arc of an Act? Completely, and I was completely impressed. Many, many comedy professionals and feigned comedic personalities have attempted to describe their joke processes, but Hardwick, in sharing his approach and the perspective of others, boils it down to the essentials.
Want people to laugh with you instead of just at you? Read Hardwick’s advice, start thinking funny, right it down, and go.
~pp
Tags: chris hardwick > comedy > Gen X > generation x > GenX > oil > patty pino > pp > slacker > slacking > stand up > the slacker factor > the slackerfactor
Oil Oil Everywhere
Posted on May 26, 2010 | By Christian | No Comments
oil stain art it ain't
So, its been over a month now since the Deepwater Horizon exploded and sank and from what I have read I don’t think we have made much, if any, progress in containing this mess. Between BP, the Government, and the ”experts” it seems no one really knows what exactly to do about it or the true impact. The only thing that we can be sure of is its not a good time to buy BP stock and probably a good time to get into disbursements.
There are many things about this I don’t understand, including who is really to blame. Initially it seems the blame can all fall on BP and be done with it. However, how could they be allowed to get themselves into this position? > keep reading Oil Oil Everywhere
TSF10: Green Fairy Drink Drink – NOW ONLINE!
Posted on May 22, 2010 | By Robert LaFrance | No Comments
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
The Slacker Factor Podcast, Episode 10: Green Fairy Drink Drink
Absinthe, three ways. Oh, yeah, and there was also some ranting about something..um… Rob invents an economic theory on the fly and some music by Zero 7…the rest remains a bleary, blurred whirl.
Links:
Meandering Rant:
Rob invents a new economic theory on the fly (slackernomics?)
Book Report:
Absinthe Tasting – the crew downs three different Absinthes: Lucid, Absente, and La Fee, and barely makes it through the rest of the episode.
The Little Green Book of Absinthe by Paul Owens and Paul Nathan
Music Segment: Zero 7
Tags: absente > absinthe > christian godbout > economics > generation x > la fee > lucid > music > patty pino > Podcast Episodes > robert lafrance > slacker > slackernomics > the slacker factor > zero 7
Negative? Who? Me???
Posted on May 19, 2010 | By Christian | 1 Comment
Borrowed from BT Internet Rangers
I was talking with a buddy of mine who reads the Slacker Factor and he commented that he enjoys the blog and podcast, but he said he thought I was a bit negative at times. Maybe even bordering on angry on occasion. I certainly don’t view myself as angry. In fact I know for certain that today the sun came up, a puppy was born, and a baby took his first steps. So, life is great!
Unfortunately, Glenn Beck still sucks.
Tags: Gen X > generation x > GenX > Glenn Beck > reality > slacker > slacking > the slacker factor > the slackerfactor > things i hate > tsf
