Nighty night…
Posted on January 5, 2011 | By Christian | No Comments
Lullaby Renditions of Pink Floyd
If you’re like me you probably remember the good ole college days of drinking excessively and listening to Pink Floyd. Well now you can pass that on to your children! Well, maybe not the excessive drinking… but you get the point.
Check out Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Pink Floyd and you too can send your kids to the Dark Side of the Moon!
TSF 19: Breathe Happy Leaves – NOW ONLINE
Posted on December 6, 2010 | By Robert LaFrance | No Comments
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The Slacker Factor Podcast, Episode 19: Breathe Happy Leaves
Episode 19: Take a moment to listen to this episode of The Slacker Factor where we contemplate the obsession with leaves, late night TV, life moments, Happy Meals, Government legislation, and the toe-tappin’ rock singing of The Mynabirds. That’s right, kids, our all-over-the-place style gives you 38 minutes chock full of auditory goodness. Cheers!
Meandering Rant: A Few Minutes by Christian
Book Report: Ban on Happy Meals By Rob
Music Segment: Numbers Don’t Lie by The Mynabirds
The Death of an Icon
Posted on October 22, 2010 | By Christian | No Comments
It is with a heavy heart that I bring you this news. Its official… Sony Corp has ended all sales of its Walkman cassette players. In some ways its hard to believe that it took this long. The Walkman was first launched in 1979 and sold about 220 Million units that year! The device we all grew up with has gone the way of the Dodo.
Sadly this will likely be the death knell for the mix-tape as well. And what am I going to do with my 80′s Metal cassettes??
The recession is over! Really??
Posted on September 20, 2010 | By Christian | No Comments
June 1 2009 - the new groundhog day?
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) has announced the Great Recession is over! Apparently the experts have decided it began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009. I don’t know what to say other than “what??”.
Watch The Stress Melt Away
Posted on July 14, 2010 | By Patty Pino | 1 Comment
I bought a watch this weekend. Not the most provocative of things, I know, but I haven’t worn a wrist-based timepiece in years. Why? Because, who needs one?! I decided, years ago, that my computer, my cell phone, my cable box, and my car have all the clocks that I need. They keep me on time, or remind me when I’m late.
Let me stress the decision to abandon a watch was made years ago. Recently, I had a revelation; I, again, need a watch.
Learn the way of the Watch
Years ago, I simply had a cell phone; now, I have a BlackBerry. Years ago, I had a computer with email and a by-request internet connection; now, I have constant internet connectivity plus instant messenger. We have evolved to that connect-me-to-everyone-right-now stuff and instead of living in the moment, we are living outside the moment. I have become so busy responding to the immediate requests of others immediately, that I completely ignore the people I’m with and the actual conversation we’re having. To put it bluntly, I’ve become an anxious, rude, half-listener with attention deficit tendencies.
How many of you can say the same? Do you hang out with one group of people, but spend all of your time with them communicating with other people? Catch up with friends at the bar, and you’re all standing around texting friends who aren’t with you? Sitting in your living room with your family, but completely distracted from your kids conversation because you’re too busy updating your Facebook status?
Part of the problem is, when I go to check the time, I am sucked in to my email, my voicemails, my alerts, messages, tweets and the like. And, damn the moment and what I may be doing, I must reply immediately. I’m guilty if I don’t respond and I’m guilty if I do. Stress Recipe 101.
Hence, the watch and my new commitment to bringing myself back into the moment. I’m hoping it tell me what time it is – literally and figuratively. Looking at my wrist will unplug me from the device-dependant ridiculousness that has been so overwhelmingly distracting. Maybe you should consider conquering your time differently, too.
~pp
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