SkivinatorLight a man on fire and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life.

Problems With Living In A Condo CommunityFiled Under: Life, Rant

I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.
- Clarence Darrow

Tags: sarcasm, trash

InfoTainmentFiled Under: Rant

What my wife affectionately refers to as “InfoTainment” is one of the many reasons that I do not watch TV.

InfoTainment |ˈinfō-tərˈtānmənt| -noun

•Useless information paraded as useful for entertainment purposes: Fox News is 70% infotainment.

•(A contraction of “information” and “entertainment”)

A problem I find with mainstream television is the blur of pertinent information and entertainment information.

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Just after this appearance on Fox, Montel William’s 17 year show was canceled.

PerspectiveFiled Under: Life, Rant

It continually amazes me that after a moment of insight what was once so mundane and typical is transformed to odd and Jamais vu*.

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*(French: “never seen” opposite of Deja vu)

“Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.” -Marie Curie

My most recent insights have been from an educational film from a Professor at the University of Massachusetts named Sut Jhally . I watched a graphic but extremely enlightening interpretation of how the media (particularly the Music/Music Video Industry) and our culture are intertwined and interact. The film is called Dreamworlds 3.

The film discusses how music videos have moved from a cultural fringe to the mainstream, and how this change has effected our society in the form of cultural stories and cultural acceptability. The film shows footage of riots and group molestations caught on film and the startling, almost exact, similarities in some music videos.

The most moving and, and to be honest, the most disgusting part of the film discusses how the objectification of women in the media (in the makers opinion) is changing the inner understanding of how young girls view themselves and the world.

I would suggest it to any adult.

This film deals with subjects and content that is not for children or adolescents.

The film brings a type of accountably and rational that I have sensed lacking from our “mainstream” media. We should be holding makers and broadcasters of this content accountable for what they are encouraging.

This is you Viacom (in the form of MTV and BET), Sony BMG, Warner, and Universal.

Watch at your own risk, anything you watch.

Thank you Mr. Sut Jhally. I appreciate your thoughts.

Franky Fard and the Scooter LoungeFiled Under: Rant

        The Scooter Lounge is the best and, in my opinion, the only place to buy or repair a scooter in Utah County. The guys there have sold me parts for my scooter a couple of times over the last 3 years. They are great, honest, and will be inconvenienced a little just to do what is right for YOU, the customer.

        This last summer I got 3 flats on my scoot and didn’t have any cash. (Now, in telling all of you this I don’t mean to imply that you should do the same, but with that said…) The guys at the Scooter Lounge let me use their pry-bar to get my tire off of the wheel to replace the tube. They let me use their pry-bar in their shop for FREE, and they were really cool to do so. Granted I  bought the tire from the Scooter Lounge, but come on, no where else would that happen.

         Point of Story: This guy Farzad Fard is screwing them over. He has written them bad checks and now is threatening a law suit because they decided to do the public a favor and let everyone one know, who reads their blog, that this guy won’t pay.  

Mr. Fard I hope you get your just deserts from your actions. 

TouchéFiled Under: Rant

Well well. You have won this round… until next time!

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