Tic Toc – An Observation
Posted on April 7, 2010 | By Christian | 2 Comments
This is more of an observation… I had an interesting conversation over the weekend with my step father. It was his birthday and he was saying he has another 3yrs to go before he can retire. Of course, I am much further away, but it sparked my curiosity and wondered how old I would have to be. The answer is 67. That is 27 years from now. 27 years is longer than the amount of time from when I began “officially” working at 16 and today! I don’t know what to say other than… shit.
Check Who’s Listening: Tasty Snack Option for Slackers
Posted on March 25, 2010 | By Patty Pino | No Comments
These guys from mrmonkeypants.net share their Midwestern hullabaloo, exhibiting that they are onboard with the slacker lifestyle. Check out Wade and Ryan’s perspective on a classic snack, amped up for relaxed consumption. Oh, and don’t forget to listen to The Slacker Factor podcast here or on iTunes. It is free, it is delicious, and it is HUGE in St. Louis – kinda like Wade and Ryan.
MTV Pushing out ‘cynical’ Generation X
Posted on February 24, 2010 | By Christian | 3 Comments
Here's to you MTV!
Well, its official. MTV has announced their focus on Millennials, casting aside Generation X… the generation that made MTV. Sad news indeed. I’d like to give a big FU to MTV. Not just for this recent admission, but for the crap they have been broadcasting for the past 20 years. There was a time when MTV was about music television. It was certainly a revolutionary, but simple, concept that changed music forever. Play popular music but with supporting video. It changed everything. No longer were we sitting by the radio listening to music while doing something else. Now we were completely focused on the music as a total sensory experience. And when I say focused, I mean sitting like a zombie starring at the TV, one music video after another… completely enthralled. It was a perfect formula and our generation shaped it. Read more
On Slacking, A Meandering Rant from TSF4
Posted on January 1, 2010 | By Patty Pino | No Comments
I am honored that you are even listening to me, listening to us, at this moment. Alright – maybe “honored” is a little thick. I’m more like surprised and impressed – in a good way. Hey – I know what it took for you to get here. Booting up things, clicking around places, having to pay attention, downloading stuff, maybe. All of that is work. Really, and I know you have better choices than anything that even resembles work. You could be half-passed-out on the living room couch right now, test-tasting the snacky things that your kid dropped between the cushions, drooling a little. That would be easier; but instead, you’re here. Well, maybe you’re both. Anyway, if you are here, then you, my friend, qualify as a slacker. THAT is why I am honored. Thank you, fellow Slacker, for listening.
Slackers, like me and Chris(tian) and Rob and you, are not incapable of doing stuff. We are actually really capable, and we actually do stuff. It is just that, when given the choice, most times we’d rather not. Well, that isn’t totally true – we like to do the stuff we like to do, just not the stuff we’re supposed to do, or stuff we have to do, or stuff that sucks.
I find myself in total, almost constant, conflict. Do I do the laundry, or surf the web for strange pets-in-costume photos? It is important that I visit my parents and help them take out the their garbage, but just one more episode of Anthony Bourdain’s snarky world-travel show can’t hurt, and then, I’m out the door – I promise. Believe me, besides you, I am the least-disciplined person you know.
The place where my slacker-factor has the most negative impact is in the area of EXERCISE. Can you relate, you couch-loving snack-forager? Even the word sucks – ex-er-size. It sounds like an awkward and uncomfortable way to cancel out the beautiful size of me. I suppose that that is the point, but does it have to sound so dorky? “I’m going to exercise.” Sure…some people call it “working out”, but that involves WORK, and I’m not into that.
I suppose if you could exercise an actually look cool, which you can’t, or maybe if you could hang out with Henry Rollins or Iggy Pop at the gym, which you can’t, maybe it would be appealing. But Rollins and Iggy are like the anti-slackers, and that would bring up so much additional guilt…forget it.
So, how does a slacker survive in this responsibility-filled, money-oriented, you-gotta-work society? Often, in a bitter, and begrudging way. Really, we seek out other slackers who can bring things to the table to assist our lazy-asses. Who wants to reinvent the wheel, when some other guy is into sharing his wheels with his friends? The network of slackers is huge, and we’ll bring it to you, when we’re motivated. We wanna help you, friend, enjoy the moments of your life, with minimal effort. Let’s use this networking and technology crap to ease the pains of your intended efforts and relieve you from the toils of your existence.
~pp
<Hear this amazing rant, as well as other nonsense, on the podcast TSF4: Mary’s Gone Slackers, is NOW ONLINE!>
TSF4: Mary’s Gone Slackers, is NOW ONLINE!
Posted on December 29, 2009 | By Robert LaFrance | 1 Comment
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The Slacker Factor Podcast, Episode 4: Mary’s Gone Slackers
We’re mysteriously hungry for crackers, thirsty for new music, high on caffeine but not motivated enough to get this podcast done in a more timely manner. Subscribe with iTunes
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Meandering Rant on Slacking by Patty Pino
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