Monthly Archives: September 2009
Most Popular TV Shows Have Most Skipped Ads: Yet Another Nail in Corporate TV’s Coffin
Seeking and sharing answers to life’s persistent questions, as Garrison Keillor’s Guy Noir would put it, is more than a reason I blog. It’s a reason I go on living. Not relying on the Bible, Bill O’Reilly or America’s other … Continue reading
MTV/VMA Awards: Kanye West Aside, Not As Bad But as Stupid as I Thought
My oldest friends will tell you I’m a sucker for awards shows. Mostly because you get to see the biggest stars actually perform. But I can’t remember the last time I watched one. Why? I’m not sure. Probably because there’s … Continue reading
Utah Solar Tour 2009: Lots of Interest, But Where are the Buyers?
Just like other segments of the economy, renewable energy is struggling right now. Thanks to the reckless and ignorant policies of the Reagan and Bush(es) administrations, America is now so far behind in developing renewable energy products- solar, wind, geothermal, … Continue reading
Wave Hello to the Microvideo and Robo.to
schreinervideo We used to say in TV news that the difference between us and newspapers was that you could see what everyone else was merely talking about. To a great extent, blogging, Twitter and Facebook are more like newspapers in … Continue reading
Party Time in Utah: What the World Doesn’t Know Won’t Hurt Us
I’ve just come off a week with four parties. One to watch a football game, another a fundraiser for the homeless, the next night’s a welcome to business college students at the U, and Saturday an open house for some … Continue reading
Lest We Forget: Bush Interior Secretary Gale Norton, Shell Oil Investigated for Corruption
It’s been a long time since I wrote about Gale Norton, the former Colorado state politician who coopted her experience and power over western public lands into a cushy position in George Bush the Younger and Much Stupider’s cabinet as … Continue reading
Joe Wilson vs. Max Baucus on Health Care: Democrats Are Losers, Republicans Are Jerks
I’ve never been accused of being a nice guy- not to my face, anyway. Which is interesting because as a child, I was shy, timid, and though I had lots of friends, I preferred to be by myself. That’s still … Continue reading
Jay Leno, Cop Shows and Brian Wansink: TV’s Self-Help Campaign
I like Jay Leno. His new show is not “new” as everyone at NBC would have you believe. It’s just the Tonight Show without a desk. More significant, it’s a throwback to the variety shows of the 1950s-1970s where massive … Continue reading
2009 Utah Solar Tour: Already Underway and Growing
Video Courtesy of KSL.com This year’s Utah Solar Tour unofficially began last weekend with Gov. Herbert visiting a home in Kearns being outfitted by graduates of the new solar installation course at Salt Lake Community College. I wasn’t in town … Continue reading
Republicans Closer to Bottom After Wilson Heckling; Get Ready for the Timothy McVeigh Society
“Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or ill it teaches the whole people by its example.” – Timothy McVeigh The Joe Wilson (is that his real name?) heckling fallout continues. But regardless of how it changes … Continue reading
