Archive for October, 2008

Take Your Meme And Shove It!

Posted on: October 15th, 2008 by Geoff Livingston 12 Comments

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New aluminum MacBooks! Oooh! The world is going to end because the stock market crashed. Blog action day! Do you have an iPhone? Why not (Image: 11 Cloned Men by Bobasonic)?

Oh shove it. Seriously, take your memes and shove them.

Everytime I am online the memes pop out in my Twitter stream, and on Facebook. As a marketer, I am fascinated by the trends. I actually believe in the good of blog action day, but think it should be something incorporated into our daily lives. But this is my personal blog, and personally, the memes make me want to throw my MacBook out the window (I settle by covering up the logo with a gelaskin).

That’s what it means to be punk. It’s not a mohawk, it’s simply counter-culture. You run the opposite direction, just because. And you don’t care whether people like it or not. It’s called being true to oneself rather than running after the herd, screaming “Me, too!”

OK, that’s it.

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Route 211: How Sweet It Is

Posted on: October 13th, 2008 by Geoff Livingston 5 Comments

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I had the opportunity to motorcycle out to the Shenandoah Valley this weekend on Route 211, a gorgeous scenic road. Early autumn had already touched its grace on the road, creating a beautiful red tinge.

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Of course being out there on the Ducati was extra special. It was the first time in three years that I had the pleasure of being on the long road and the hairpin turns. And, it was the first time on the Ducati, which just seems engineered for the dangerous mountain climb up Route 211.

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Ah yes, a glorious day for motorcycling in the stunning autumn wreathed Virginia countryside. How sweet it is.

(Full photo set here).

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Top Ten Reasons Why I Won’t See W

Posted on: October 10th, 2008 by Geoff Livingston 2 Comments

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10) Who needs a historical drama about W? Geez, wasn’t living through it painful enough?

9) Oliver Stone hasn’t put out a good movie in two decades. And what’s with the presidential thing? Nixon, Kennedy, then… W? Couldn’t he at least have done Reagan, Clinton or Carter?

8) Even though Elizabeth Banks is cute, you can’t make Laura Bush hot.

7) Lousy trailer didn’t do it for me:

6) If I want to watch buffoonery there’s plenty of Will Ferrell movies on DVD.

5) Watching McCain and Palin implode is more entertaining!

4) I lost money by betting on North Korea instead of Iraq, and am still bitter about it.

3) I’m afraid mass interest in the movie will trigger another Bush administration financial bail-out, and corresponding sell off on the New York stock exchange.

2) The supporting characters seemed nasty.

1) I voted for W in 2000, and am still ashamed. Seeing the movie would only trigger my Jewish guilt complex.

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