A Peculiar Blog

Lately, over the last three months, I’ve spent a lot of time watching (and often just *trying* to watch) online videos of some of my favorite old tv shows. Particularly those that I did not have the chance to watch when they were on tv.

The problem is that so many of the links for those old tv shows either just plain don’t work or they run really slowly, making it a real pain to watch the shows in two and three minute bites instead of the whole thing.

What I need to do is expand my search and find the overall best video download site where I can get reliable, fast downloads of these shows. Something that will let me watch every episode of a show without having to stop multiple times during the show or have to wait unreasonable amounts of time for the stream to start and become watchable.

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Thanks to Olga Quinn

I have made a very serious resolution this year to donate more money to charity. I have pledged money to a couple of animal rights organizations in my community, and I’ll be donating regularly to the local community center as well. I feel great about my resolution, and knowing that I’ll be helping people is one of the best feelings I’ve ever experienced. That being said…money is tight. Very tight, actually. I’m fairly young and at the beginning of my career, so I don’t have a lot of extraneous income right now. To be able to donate the money I want, I’ve had to really start cutting back on what I spend. I clip coupons now and shop store brand. I don’t buy a coffee every day, and I don’t spend silly amounts of money on things I don’t need. It’s definitely helped. I also discovered through someone at the community organization that since we live in Texas we can select our own energy providers. I was able to shop around for a better rate than what I was paying, and I’ve already started to see a cost savings. Check out Texas Electricity Providers to see if you can save too.

Another clue in the case of the missing rodent (Bob) has been discovered.

As you may know my co-host / sidekick Bob who is the host of “Points of View” disappeared about two months ago and has not been seen around here since. In that time there has been countless rumors and mostly bogus “Bob sightings” around the world however there has been very few actual clues as to his whereabouts, why he left and what he’s doing now.

I was doing some much needed cleanup of the incredibly over packed mess of an excuse for his room when I discovered something. Apparently he took both of his cameras with him. I can say this because I found both of the camera cases as I was doing the cleanup job. They were empty. This tells me that he expected to need the cameras for whatever he’s been up to.

Not only that, but it also adds confirmation that he left in a hurry. That’s because while he may have left the cameras out of their cases at home, he NEVER took them anywhere without packing them securely in the cases first. He may be a slob but he’s always been ultra careful with things like his cameras.

The question still remains however, where has he gone and just what is he up to?

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Ever notice how you can so easily get into habits regarding when you do things?

For example in the early days of my youtube video making career I had a habit of making my videos early in the morning, usually before 11:00am and it worked great. It meant that once that video was uploaded I had no need to concern myself with “what am I going to talk about in this video” for the rest of the day.

Oh it’s true that I’d jot down notes about things that might be good talking points in the next days video but there was no pressure involved. It was just causally recording a few thoughts that I could review the next morning and turn into a video.

Since then I fell behind. One delaying circumstance after another had me getting things done later and later. Before long I was making videos at 10:00pm or later, hurrying like mad to get it uploaded before midnight, always working against the pressure of that self imposed deadline of midnight for the day’s video.

It’s a long time since the last time I tried (unsuccessfully I might add) to change back to the morning schedule and now I’m thinking that it’s long past time to give it another shot. I’m sick of having the pressure to come up with something good right away only minutes before the deadline, often not getting the video uploaded before 2:30am.

Time to get the schedule back on track and take the pressure off. Maybe then I’ll have an easier time of coming up with better videos that people actually want to watch and subscribe to my channel because of.

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You’d think that after all this time she would have finally given up on what certainly appears to have turned out to be a hopeless quest. You would think that she would have finally seen the futility of her efforts.

But no, she hasn’t. The would-be Mrs Helpful is still at it. Never mind that Mr Helpful has made it clear that he has no intention to marry her or anyone else. He’s done so in every way and at every opportunity possible.

I can almost picture him speaking to her in a Borg-like voice, saying: “I will not marry you, persistence is futile”

Yet in spite of his clear intention to remain single she continues her quest. Her latest plan of attack is to use eyelash growth products and other things that are intended to enhance or emphasize various feminine qualities in the hopes of hitting on something that makes her more attractive to him.

The problem is that, as I see it, the only thing that will do that is distance. The farther she is from him the more he will like her. If she were to board a starship and head for the outer limits of the known universe he would no doubt fall in love with her. However if she returned that feeling would evaporate like a drop of water in the Sahara.

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