Naked Creativity

Watching Mad Men tonight gave me a chuckle. Two copywriters were told to go to a hotel room and not come out until they had written some winning copy. They took off their clothes to try to get some inspiration, even though what they were writing had nothing to do with being naked. And the most I ever used to get creative was a glass of wine!

Watching Movies Whenever And Wherever

My sister and brother-in-law and I love movies. I mean really love movies. We have been known to have our own little film festivals, focusing on a theme or a director, etc. During those events, we pop a lot of popcorn.

But whereas I only enjoy movies on a personal level,  my sister and brother-in-law also are involved in film on a professional level. They love them on a personal level too, but they have been employed as film editors and such. They mention all kinds of technical methods and equipment such as DVD Ripper, DVD Ripper Mac (since they have a mac), and Video Converter Mac. They have all kinds of film projects lined up that they want to work on.

I am getting an iphone in a couple of months, and they suggested I look at some equipmet that would help me rip and convert movies to the iphone. I would feel so cool if I could actually do that! Movies anywhere and everywhere. Here is one kind of software I looked at.

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Stop The Presses, er Email!

In case you need to quickly rethink that email you just sent (and if you use gmail), here is a handy dandy way to take it back. Being a journalist, I am pretty good at wording emails the way I want them and to know how they are likely to be perceived. But I'll add the feature just in case.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/08/23/undo.gmail/index.html?hpt=T2

Law and Order: SVU Mirrors Real Life

Guest post from: Winston Stewart

I'm not usually a big one for procedural dramas, but I often find myself watching "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" when I flip through the channels on tv direct in Texas. The stories are interesting because they often are yanked right from the headlines of contemporary news.

"Law and Order: SVU" is a long-running spin-off of the even longer-running Law and Order. The focus of this particular show is victims of sexual assault. Hence, many of the episodes contain disturbing elements, though the material is rarely presented in an especially graphic manner.

Detectives Elliot Stabler, played by Christopher Meloni, and Olivia Benson, played by Mariska Hargitay, are the team at the heart of the series. Theirs is an intense partnership, and their friendship is so profound that it sometimes compromises their cases. More often, however, it helps them to catch perps more easily because they make such a great team.

One of the most intense episodes in the series called for Olivia to go undercover at a prison in an attempt to lure in a corrupt guard who had been accused of sexual assault. In the process, Olivia almost was raped herself, leading to mental trauma down the line. While each episode is self-contained, there are story arcs that continue throughout the series, so following the series regularly makes for a more satisfying experience than watching occasionally.

Silence From Laura Schlessinger Is Golden

I am glad that Laua Schlessinger is off the air.Not that I ever listened to her. Except once in a long while in the distant past. I would occasionally run into her on the radio and listen to her for a few minutes. She is so filled with anger and hate. She really needs to get help. And she thinks she can help others?

I love it how she talks about getting her First Amendment rights back. Como? First, she has been a media person for a long time, and she should know how to conduct herself on air. She should also know when to zip her mouth. As a so-called doctor, she should also know how to respond to people who reach out to her for help.

Since she did none of these things, I can see why the sponsors pulled the plug on her. Good for them. She cries about the interest groups pressuring the sponsors to do so. Maybe they are just using their First Amendment rights to not sponsor her? They are not required to do so. People like Schlessinger never undersand the free marketplace of ideas, and that people may choose not to do business with her because of what she represents or espouses. It's the market baby! You lose.

Frenemy Is Now A Real Word

Frenemy, meaning both friend and enemy, has been a word bandied about for a while. I know I have used it, since I have had a few frenemies in my life. But it has only been a casual word until now. I heard today that it is being included in the Oxford dictionary. I love the English language!.

Nashville Needs To Improve Its Black Males High School Graduation Rates

Almost everything is rated today. I just saw on the news a few minutes ago that Nashville is one of five cities with the worst graduation rates with black males. That is horrible! That is not a rating that you want. The people on the news program were talking about the need for black role models who can encourage young people to aspire to higher heights. Hopefully Obama will do that, and we will see it trickle down in future years.