Sat, 22 March 2008 As usual, I record this podcast last Sunday, and here I am just publishing to my blog/podcast site. As I write this I am down in Ptown for the first time this year. It's under new management, but not the management I thought it would be. Anyway, I figured it was time I publish this file. As usual, this show is brought to you by Esscents Candles. It's the Spring Holiday Season, so please get those awesome Gel Candles for holiday gifts. In this podcast, I talk about the first week in March where I attended the "DrupalCon Boston 2008" conference. It was in my own backyard so to speak. I got up early each day, took our train system we call the MBTA and got myself to the convention center for that week. I also explain what Drupal is in case you don't know. Finally, I get good and angry about politics and money. I talk about John McCain and how he is the last Republicunt candidate. It was the last choice of the GOP, and now they have to back-peddle and support this senile old coot. Oh if Mitt Romney wasn't a mormon, I can only speculate that the GOP would have supported him. The last straw for me has to be the financial crisis. Yes Virginia ... we are in a deep recession and a lot of Americans are gonna get FUCKED!!! As usual, those in middle-America who will be hurt the most are those who supported this administration the most. As usual, they voted against their own best economic interests. By voting for Bush, they hurt themselves, the rest of the country, and the world. Quite honestly, financial ruin isn't the worst punishment for you ... but you got what you deserved!!! Thankfully, I got my new Prius ... gas may be expensive, but hopefully it won't hurt as much. Although, I still have home heating fuel, and that is even more expensive, but Spring is here, and that shouldn't be too much of an issue. And if you're wondering why gas is so high ... OPEC has it right, and the White House will deny it ... but yes, the dollar is in the crapper and almost not worth anything anymore. Anyway, list for more, and you can here more of my rant! Comments[0] |
Sun, 2 March 2008 Yes. I am finally back from the dead, alive, and well, and on the air again. I was so hoping to start podcasting once a week after New Years, but I got deathly ill. Ok, so that is an exaggeration, actually, I just had a really bad flu for the first three weeks in January ... it just felt like death. I also got laryngitis and I couldn't talk for two weeks after that. The whole time I was sick I just couldn't breath, and I had no energy. As usual, this show is brought to you by Esscents Candles. It's the Holiday Season, so please get those awesome Gel Candles for holiday gifts. Anyway, I felt better in February, and wouldn't you know ... the freelance work picked up. So, I had all this free time in January, but couldn't talk. And then then, in February I felt better, but no free time ... sometimes I wish life wouldn't be so busy. Along with that is learning the Drupal CMS package, and just taking care of the household. So, the family is fine, and all the pets are fine. They are all so awesome. The roomie is fine also, but he did lose his temp-to-perm job again. This was a layoff and not his fault. He got laid-off with a bunch of other people. So a couple of other great things happened: I didn't discuss politics this time, but stay tuned for the next episode and we'll cover the last 2 months of politics. Doesn't that sound like a fun evening? Comments[0] |
Thu, 27 December 2007 Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, I recorded a second post this month. I actually recorded this LAST Sunday, and i thought I had uploaded the file. Then several time this week, I went to publish this Podcast and found that the show wasn't even uploaded. That sucked! So, something must be up with LibSyn, and it took me a dozen times to finally get this file uploaded. So, if there is something wrong with the podcast, please let me know, and I will try to fix the file. LibSyn has already been notified of the issue. As usual, this show is brought to you by Esscents Candles. It's the Holiday Season, so please get those awesome Gel Candles for holiday gifts. So, in this podcast I catch you up on what has been going on with me between work, my day job, and the freelance, work. Honestly, since this was recorded a week ago, I can't even remember what I talked about. This has been a very busy week, and I was thinking of recording a new podcast tonight ... and see if I have any luck posting that one. In this episode, I also covered some news items: I did have links to these news items, but my Open Office document messed up. I'll guess I'll have to stick to text from now on, or make a few mor backups. Anyway, you can find most of these items from Crooks & Liars, and ThinkProgress.net. The opening song is: It's Christmas Time by Sudden Death Comments[0] |
Wed, 28 November 2007 Well! Where have I been for the last three months you might be wondering? As you'll find out in this show, I fill you in on where I've been, what I've been doing, and maybe even whom I've been doing ... But don't get too excited, it doesn't mean I've been hooking up with Republican Congressmen. But, I can admit that if I had to do something sexually explicit to Bush or Cheney to get them impeached ... I would have done it by now. On a more serious note, you'll find out that my free-lance is using new technology (the Microsoft Mobile SDK) and that has been a tremendous learning curve for me. Getting back into Microsoft technology galls me, but as far as mobile development goes, Java and he J2ME (java 2 Micro Edition) ain't there yet. Also, I do play World of Warcraft, and I found out some of the kids in the troop play ... and some of the adults, so I created new characters on that server and I've been trying to level my characters. Unfortunately, I put my podcasting on the back-burner. Rest assured, this was not LAST on my list. Actually cleaning my house and going to the gym, and watching my Netflix movies has actually been at the bottom of my list. So, I apologize for the long absence, and I will definitely try to be better in the future. This episode is brought to you by Esscents Candles! The opening intro was: Comments[0] |
Sun, 5 August 2007 Another month and another podcast, if only I weren't so busy, I could do more. But as usual the freelance work takes up almost ALL my time. I definitely did not pod-fade. So ... I am using new (actually old) podasting hardware. I am using an Alesis Equalizer with a omni-directional Cardioid microphone. I bought this equipment when I first started podcasting, and then never used it. So, it sat around for a bit, and now I am starting to use it with my Linux Laptop. If this podcast sounds like crap, please let me know, and I'll work on doing better with the next one. As usual, this show is brought to you by Esscents Candle. They sell the best Gel Candles, and I am usually burning one. In this podcast, there are two things i talk about: The second thing I talk about is politics ... I am so depressed. I listen to KarmaBanque Radio to Max and Stacy, and I always get so depressed. Then to top it off, I listen to Democracy Now with Amy Goodman, and that depresses me even more. In any event, the new opening song is called: Comments[0] |
Thu, 5 July 2007 I am such a busy slug! I recorded this show with my great friend Andy, the host of the following podcasts: Lazy Scranton and Bay State Radio and co-hosts Podcastique! It was actually recorded a week ago from this past Tuesday ... so basically a week before the 4th. Sooooooooo, my apologies go out to Andy for not getting this podcast out earlier ... I am a slug. On occasion I have recorded a show with Andy for Lazy Scranton, check out all the episodes of Lazy Scranton, and I am the temp in the special episodes. LOL ... you might hear him call me temp in this episode even though I am the host. That's just force of habit ... I think it's freakin' hysterical. So, in this episode, we talk about movies we've seen (from last week), his trip to Virginia for a friends wedding, my mouse problem, and a bunch of other stuff. I know Andy is dying for me to post this and any comments that might come in. If there is positive feed-back, he and I can do more shows together. And even if you don't like Andy ... I still might have him on on occasion. :-) Some of you might want to hear what's going on with me, and what I think of the political news ... those shows will be coming! Thanks for listening and being patient with me! As usual check out the wonderful gel candles from Esscents Candles Comments[0] |
Sun, 3 June 2007  Hello everyone, I know it's been awhile since I last posted, but you all know how busy I get with freelance and life, but things seem to be slowing down a bit now that it is summer. Usually, after a month of podcasting I am catching up on what's been going on with me, and not focusing too much on politics ... there has been sooooooooooooo much going on lately ... it's hard to know where to start. Anyway, this show is all about the politics! By the way ... I recorded this show two weeks ago and I am just posting it now. It's probably because I record it so late, and then I am just too tired to post it, and then the next day I get busy again. But in this episode, it' all old news ... even Falwell's death is now old news. Blessedly ... we will never hear any new hate from his fat gullet again. We may get the old recorded nuggets of his hate from the archives ... but he can't be hateful anymore. And as you'll find out in this show ... I am extremely grateful that he is dead ... but wish why God didn't take Pat Robertson, James Dobson, Tony Perkins, Fred Phelps, or Gary Bauer with him? In very old news ... I talk about Nancy Pelosi's trip to Syria and all the flack surrounding her, but no flack when the GOP goes to Syria. The firing of eight U.S. District Attorney's for political reasons and the testimony of Kyle Sampson, James Comey, Monica Goodling, etc. There is no longer any doubt that Gonzales is a liar and a syncophant! And there is so much more. I think we have to remember and we should remind others that the GOP is a bunch of lying, hypocritical, assholes! One they were in charge for 12 years, they made a number of comments about Bill Clinton. Now that the tables are turned with a Democratic Congress and Republicunt President ... the GOP is now singing a different tune that they did before. I am so fucking pissed off that the media never calls them on it. Thank God for Blogs, and Podcasts that pick these things out of the Archives and put them out there for people to see. Americans in general have the attention span of a gnat. They are too much looking at news about Paris Hilton, Spears, Lohan, Anna Nicole's baby, or some other po-culture rubbish to focus on what was said years ago by some politician ... but we remember!!!!!! My opening song is "Touch Of Pink" by Sub-Level-03. Comments[0] |
Mon, 16 April 2007 I wish I had recorded this show much earlier, but believe it or not, I recored this show almost a week ago. And true to form, here it is almost a week later, and I am just posting my podcast. My next podcast which I already recorded right after this one, is already to go ... just gotta post it and publish it. And the next podcast is all about politics. I know how much some of you like that and how some of you don't. But I haven't talked about politics an current events for awhile and now it's time to get back into the swing of things. So, what's been up with me???? Well, this show covers all that and rather than type it all out, I'll let you listen to the show. But I can tell you that it covers my work trip to Las Vegas, and my adventures there. Going to Connecticut to give a presentation of Podcasting at a Youth-based LGBT conference sponsored by True Colors. Getting sick with bronchitis and losing my voice. And lastly, my upcoming trip to Oqunquit, ME and my visit to Boston to hear Amy Goodman of Democracy Now speaking in Boston as part of her book tour. So, lets get back into it. Comments[0] |
Thu, 15 March 2007 There are some people who think that if you apologize for not podcasting on time, there is something wrong ... but I disagree. I do want to apologize for not putting out a podcast earlier or as often as I like. To apologize for one's failures is not bad, it's humbling. We are all human, and we have our failures. When I get to be perfect, then I will criticize other people. So, here is is Episode 90, 10 more episode to Episode 100. It's really just a number, and I don't plan on doing anything special. If I had been podast once or twice a week, I would have already passed this mark by now. Anyway, remember that this podcast is brought to you by Esscents Candles. This is a great candle store near me, and you can either visit their shop locally ... or order gel-candles from them on-line. As for this episode ... it's all about me. :-) I've been busy for the last six weeks, and guess with what? Yeah ... with freelance work as usual. Believe me, I haven't pod-faded. I have been thinking about podcasting every week. I even played around with Pod-Producer which is another free open-source piece of podcasting software. It's really in the early-phases of development, and it doesn't work well with my Plantronics headset. So, I downloaded a different version of Audacity, and that works as good as ever. So, as I said, this podcast is about me, all about me, and just what's been going on. I am so surprised that this podcast didn't go longer than it did ... but I guess I still lead a boring life. But, that's ok, me and the pets like that steady, predictable lifestly. I didn't even bother to talk about politics this time, but the next podcast I am doing ... and doing very soon ... will be all about politics. So, thanks to everyone for being so patient with me, and I promise I will do more podcasts sooner. Peace! Comments[1] |
Wed, 7 February 2007  Hey everyone, I am back from my the dead ... ok, maybe not dead, but just dead tired. I recorded this podcast last Sunday, and since then ... as in the past, I have been doing more and more freelance work. In the past, you know that I have been doing a lot of freelance work, but maybe you didn't know what I was doing. So, in this podcast I explain a little about the woman I am working for, and exactly what it is I do for her. It is extra cash, but at the cost of most of my free time. As usual, I catch you up on the other things going on in my life. Despite all the freelance work, I did manage to accomplish somethings around the house this past weekend. Who knew that I'd look more forward to cleaning my bathroom and kitchen MORE than working on my computer. Everything in moderation I guess. I can say the highlight since the last show was meeting two of my listeners Kathleen and Patty who live in Holbrook, MA. They own a candle store in Holbrook called Esscents Candles. So, I visited their store two weekends ago, and it is a great little store and it is filled with many gel candles. I myself picked up 2 smaller, and 1 larger candles ... and I must say I like the Musk one, and that is the one I am burning first. Every night when I get home and start the freelance work ... I light up the Musk candle and it sooooooooooo relaxes me. So, if you're in the area, please visit their store, and if you're not you can visit their web-site. Also, in this episode, I finally touch on a few political issues, but I didn't bother to provide any links this time. I mean, sometimes we are so over-whelmed with news ... that how can one NOT know what is going on. And because I was catching up on my life and the news of the world ... that I ran the show up to 45 minutes again. Anyway, I'm not done with podcasting, and I hope I can do more in the future ... even if I can do a show once a week. Check out the awesome candles at Esscents Candles.
This shows Intro was: "Touch Of Pink" by Sub-Level-03 Comments[1] |
