Hello… Is there anybody in there ?
Yeah… I know… It’s been two fricken years since I posted anything here… But to be honest, I haven’t had anything to say.
All that is going to change in 2012.
And I’ll start by talking about the experience of moving Dreamworks Animation (my current work place) from our comfortable and stable email infrastructure to the wild world of Google Apps for mail and calendar…
Stand by it’s a real slice!
Jeff
CBS Rememberances (Part 1)
KCBS was originally licensed as an experimental station on May 10, 1931 and carried the call letters W6XAO. On December 23, 1931, the experimental station went on the air one hour per day, six days per week. (There were all of five TV sets in all of Los Angeles at the time.)
On March 10, 1933 the station broadcast the first full-length motion picture ever presented on television, “The Crooked Circle.”
Is it the Messenger or the Audience ?
Do we continue to allow the nationwide media pool to provide us with the cultural junk food that provides no nutritional value or do we (to paraphrase the words of Howard Beale (actually Paddy Chayefsky the author) of the film “Network” from 1976) get “Mad as Hell and Not Take It Anymore!” Should we insist on greater responsibility and information from those we trust to speak truth to power and are we willing as a society to put down the candy for the plate of spinach ?
If California Courts want us to support them… Perhaps they should support us!
I understand that most citizens look for any way possible to avoid their civic responsibility. I appreciate that you implemented the “One Day, One Trial” system to reduce the amount of wasted time and productivity that comes from keeping a jury room full of people sitting around for a week. I’m OK with the juror pool being drawn from the DMV rolls. But I am appalled that the State of California does not recognize the hardship it causes working families by forcing the caregiver parent of a family with young, school age children to have to find child care for jury service.
When Did the Lie Become a Virtue?
We live in a time where we either believe if it is on some form of media it must be true, or we think that everything on the media is crap that should be ignored. Combined with a 5 minute attention span, truth becomes a moving target and I guess that is why it doesn’t seem to matter what anyone says anymore.
So in light of that… How do you select a Leader ?
It’s Enough to Give You Gas!
What is your point of no return when it comes to fuel costs ? And what are you going to do when you hit that wall ?
Hello World!
Well… As far as birthing pains go… That wasn’t so bad…
Welcome to my blog. I’m Jeff. I’m a tech guy who works in the entertainment biz in LA LA Land…
I’ve often kept a diary on and off over the years. I keep it on paper, mostly because it gives me a really good excuse to use my fountain pen on a regular basis, but also because I never really thought about anyone reading it (including me).
But I’m here doing this, because lately I’ve begun adopting a philosophy of quiet frustration at the modern world that manifests itself into this air of apathy to others that is more based in acceptance that the world is just fucked up and there is no point in ranting and raving about it.
You know what I’m talking about… That moment when you are so pissed off at something stupid that you go from being on the brink of exploding to that sudden sense of calm that scares everyone and forces them to carefully check your profile for the bulge of a gun…
That moment in your life when you look at the person that is doing the totally stupid thing that has pissed you off and you just want to say “Yeah, Sure, Whatever…”
So… Here I am… Looking for an outlet to share some outrage… If you are here, welcome to the club!
I’ll be posting when the muse is upon me and I look forward to any potential comments that may follow along. Let’s all get it off our chests!
Cheers…
Jeffro
