80s Video of the Day for Wednesday, March 18th!!!

Blog tomorrow...MUSIC TODAY! Check it out...Love it!!!

and for you, Josie...

Sorry, but you're going to have to copy and paste this one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgfSzuFD8rw&feature=related

80s Video of the Day!!!

This is a new feature...basically because I am freak for the 80s.

Today's video is dedicated to the man who irritated me enough to start this blog in the first place. Enjoy, Denny!

Family and friends, are you CONNECTED???

It seems like every year, there is some new technological communication avenue.

Myspace began in 2003, and now has approximately 106 million accounts. I’m on there. However, before today, I don’t remember the last time I logged in. I set up an account because my oldest friend, Bill, is in the Air Force, and it’s a convenient way to keep in touch with him when he’s globetrotting. Well, he has been back in the states for a year now, so I don’t really use Myspace anymore. Another problem? I just don’t have the time to really take advantage of all the “cool” features. These are the features that you put on your Myspace page that differentiates you from the other everyone else (the 105,999,999 others!). These features make YOU UNIQUE! I’ve decided to be a really unique Myspace user…by not going there anymore.

The other issue I had with Myspace: every time I visited my friends’ or family members’ pages, I’d have to reach for the Imitrex. It seemed liked almost everyone had such garish, obnoxious pages (not you, of course—you know who you are)… It may have been an age thing, I thought. I’ll be 40 in August, and really no longer have the need to be garish or obnoxious; millions of people over forty on Myspace would disagree, I’m sure. No matter—this is MY blog.

At any rate, I was happily not social networking when FACEBOOK comes along. Around the same time, I hear on NPR and see on NBC that Facebook is considered the “Myspace for adults…” Okay, that is very incendiary statement (which is not necessarily the opinion of this blogger), as it calls to the floor not the age of the subscriber, but the maturity level. So, I go on to Facebook… and like it! It actually works! Friends and acquaintances from life experiences past have contacted me. Two of my sisters and most of my close friends are on it. It’s not garish. It’s not too obnoxious. I did see a steroids ad, but that better than a penis enlargement ad…But, of course, it’s not perfect (but, NOTHING is). Check out this little blurb from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Facebook%23Connectu.com_lawsuit

That being said, find out for yourself. Go here: http://www.facebook.com/

Tomorow, that right, Denny and Josie, TOMORROW: Do you Tweet?

TONS of FREEBIES and DISCOUNTS!!!!!

I will blog later today. For right now, check out this blog! It rocks! It'll save you $$$$!!!

http://mommyswishlist.blogspot.com/

Insert random "celebrity" name here!

I was recently shocked and saddened to hear that someone close to me spends much of her time…“Keeping Up With the Kardashians.” She also has an unrelenting thirst for knowledge in relation to Katie Holmes’ new hair cut, what advice Oprah has for Rihanna, and whether or not there are any new details surrounding the alleged pairing of Ashley Olsen and Lance Armstrong. In short, she is a gossip junkie. I am not certain why I was so flabbergasted by this revelation; my sons and are often nearly brought to tears (laughter tears) by the row upon row of tabloid “headlines” with which we are bombarded at the grocery store. I was about to type that I was “fascinated” by these headlines and the interest that they apparently provoke. However, “fascinated” is truly not the word. More accurately, I am confused.

My confusion is primarily insular; I guess it stems from the fact that I just cannot see how knowing whether or not Britney Spears is still in contact with the paparazzo that she once dated, or finding out why Kelly Clarkson does not want children, impacts my, or anyone else’s life (unless you know them). Since research shows that these magazines and websites are thriving, people are obviously spending the time and money to seek out and read these “news articles.” If you’re going to surf the web and peruse the newsstands, why wouldn’t you read, absorb, and ruminate on ACTUAL news? There would seem to be very little journalistic rigor in the analysis which concludes that Nicole Ritchie was seen about town “without a baby bump! She’s THAT thin!” Neither Nicole Ritchie’s weight nor the fact that she hides her pregnancy well is relevant to my life.

Of course, people will say that this idle idol worship is just entertainment; it’s just escapism for the economically harsh and morally corrupt time in which we are living. I contend that if MORE people paid LESS attention to this psyche-softening, voyeuristic celebrity (and I use the word quite loosely) emulation, there would be far fewer things from which we would need to escape.

INTRO! Welcome to my world!

Greetings from SUNNY Arizona! This is Anthony grinning at you, just introducing myself, and thanking my buddy, Denny, for saying, "Get off your butt and do it, already!" Thus, this blog was born. Sometimes, it takes a friend to light that candle underneath you to turn "talk" into "action." This has been, and will continue to be, a stunning year. Nearly everyone I'm close to is in the midst of, or preparing for, a major transition. That being said, I have decided that TODAY is the day that I start making changes in my life. Those changes and improvements that have not yet taken place, regardless of all my "planning and strategizing." In fact, much of that "planning and strategizing" has proven, in retrospect, to be an excuse not to put those plans into action.

This year will be the year that I will finally "do," instead of "say." This blog will assist me greatly in this endeavor, I am certain. I will be using it as a means of accountablilty, for all the world to see!

Peace be with you, now, as I depart. Just getting my feet wet tonight; will dive in tomorrow!