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American Idol Season 9 Live Blog – Top 12

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Well, year 2 of American Idol live blogging (for those who don’t know, this post gets updated after every performer so just hit refresh to see what else I have to say!)… Anyone who actually wants to pay attention can listen to all of my stupid ranting on the contestants and the judges… A lot of folks seem to tell me they enjoy it (though no one ever COMMENTS…hint hint…) But it’s the first night of the TRUE competition, the TOP 12! SOOOO I shall start the live blog tonight at 8! Hope all enjoys! +Continue Reading

Greater Hartford Arts Council Revisited

Recently the Greater Hartford Arts Council had a meeting where we did a little shaving and repurposing of the video I created last fall. Thought I would share the new version, nothing crazy different, but still sharable :)

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AIM Interview: Hilary Duff

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When I was at AOL Music I did a series of “AIM Interviews” over AIM with some pretty awesome (and some kinda awesome) people. Popping up my interview with Hilary Duff. Enjoy. +Continue Reading

The New Mantra…

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Time to live it! I recently stumbled on this, and it just blew me away, so simple yet powerful. I haven’t gotten trained to it yet, but hoping that will happen in time….

Photos from the 2010 Penguin Plunge

On Sunday I went to my friend Jackie’s fundraiser for the Special Olympics Connecticut, where crazy people jump into really cold water in the winter. No I did NOT go in, I don’t like going in when it’s summer, but I lent some help in taking photos at the event. Events do make you photo happy and I took as many as I could. Congrats to Jackie for shattering her goal and hosting such a successful event! You can see my photos below…

Idol Slims 4 off to 20

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Finally, people are starting to get the axe live. The top 24-12 doesn’t come close to the full entertainment of the Top 12… but first to go was Janell Wheeler who had performed Heart’s ‘What About Love.’ She seems sweet, and very pretty but she just couldn’t sing that song. I am quite fine with loss #1.

My biggest heartbreak is Ashley being voted off. Her audition was by far my FAVORITE and she was AMAZING, but singing Leona’s ‘Happy’ was just a big fail…. I can’t believe she blew it, I will definitely miss her in the Top 12.

Joe? Peace out… The “cute” one did worse, but you weren’t much better so best of luck.

No love lost on Tyler either, thought he did have a strong voice, but he had no chance on going much further.

See ya next week!

What I Want In A Phone… Part 2

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What will end up being a ridiculous series of posts, I changed the phone designs a bit, instead of a notification list, i thought interactive widgets were really where it was at… millions of changes ahead but thought it would be interesting to share the process…

iMix- Flavor of the Moment

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When it rains it pours, this time I put a very long iMix up that was approved by iTunes, I’ve been in a little crabby mood lately so I decided to put together a little mix to listen to for a little pouting and uplifting. Check it out, and if you like it, rate it with the stars! I have some ratings so far but more would be really cool!!

What I Want In A Phone… Part 1

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So I wrote an insane amount of info on my thoughts on the state of cell phones right now, but I figured I would try and illustrate exactly what I wanted. This is no easy task especially since I have never done this before, but I am working out the kinks but wanted to get a quick draft done to show I am actually putting my money where my mouth is! Any thoughts are VERY welcomed…..