Change the presentation. Change, create, innovate.

Barack Obama used the technology of today to change the politics of yesterday in order to the shape the days of the future. There has been story, after story written about this historical event surrounding the Inauguration of the next President of the United States of America Barack Obama. He is an innovator, a game changer, a pioneer, a role model, and a symbol that in America anything can and will happen if you put in the time and effort. Using our new models of technology including Podcasting, Facebook, Myspace, Iseecolor, etc. Barack Obama created a new game plan for connecting to the American public on a wider scale than any politician in the history of this great nation. There were many doubtful individuals that didn't believe this day would come, when a man of Barack Obama's heritage would occupy the White House. This Campaign, Election and scheduled Inauguration has united people from all walks of life, backgrounds and ethnic groups. Let there be no mistake as voiced by our next President, there is a lot of work that has been done, but there is a great deal yet to do. With corruption in many levels of government, including within state, local, federal and police agencies still prevalent, we must begin in our own community to make the changes necessary to uplift our country in order to insure America remains a World Super Power.

As you go through your day and the American press advertises success is measured in dollars and cents, reshape your thoughts into understanding while money is important, the relationships that you form within your network will be your most important asset. Talk to people, learn more about them, find out what makes them get up everyday, what makes them happy, sad or indifferent. Get out into your community, and speak to the youth of today, be an example of what you want them to be. It is important for Generation Now to understand, you can't ask someone to follow advice you don't use in your own daily routine. As a society, we have seen change in how success is viewed, we all look for the next big "thing." On the Jamie Foxx radio show, I heard Steve Harvey a radio personality and comedian say, "It is better to eat well for 365 days out of the year, than to eat great for 1 day and starve for the rest." To me this means a sustained effort over time will allow for long term success. In many ways, the lessons of life have been taught over and over. When we choose to listen, learn and implement, life as we know it will change. Everyday, I wake up, I will make this world better than I encountered it. There are many ways you can accomplish this daily goal of small change, that will snowball into major accomplishments. These accomplished will be preceded by tipping points that could not have been predicted but in hindsight will be clearly visible. How will you succeed, what change will you effect, whose life will you touch?

Good press, Bad Press, All Press

Recently, it came to my attention via a local new broadcast that a young man, 6 years old to be exact missed his school bus. Now, the next part of this story may shock some of you, others may think I am telling a tall tale that was meant for novel in the fiction section of your favorite book store. The young man returned home after missed his bus and commandeered his parents vehicle and proceeded to drive towards school. Now, we can make jokes that the child was trying to do the right thing by going to school, but what does this say about the parents of this enterprising young man? I am not yet fortunate to have the joy of raising a young man or woman, but I think I would have the ability to keep my children from getting behind the driver seat of my car without my permission.

The young man while en rout to school actually had a accident that did not leave him badly injured, but I am sure was enough to shake him up. When asked how he learned to drive, our young friend indicated that his many hours of playing a well know popular video game Grand Theft Auto helped him acquire the skills he used on our public road ways. There are age restrictions on many video games and this is precisely a reason. I am not trying to say a child should not be allowed to play a game with cars as the subject matter, but a game with the subject matter put forth by Grand Theft Auto should not be in the hands of a 6 year old young man. Our children will one day take care of us. Let's all take the time when they are young to take care of them.

Old v. New Tech

It has been a while since I have written an article.  Well I am back and I have a good one for you. I went around my house looking for some stuff that would remove the writers block from my frontal lobe or my medulla oblongata.  Thats funny haha, not funny fopaux for my commercial lovers. What does one person need 15 thousand remotes for and do the all in one remotes actually work, I was doing some spring cleaning in December and found all these remotes.  Got remote?  Yea, it is over used, but so what.

Well as the article says this is old versus new tech and I found some old stuff including my old Panasonic Pamlcamcorder IQ.  Yes people this one records to mini VHS tapes and it is absolutely huge as the picture that accompanies this paragraph will prove.  I'm not going to bore you with the dull details of how ahead of its time the camera was when it came out, just

 know when I got it, it was all the rage.  Replacing it is my

 SONY Handycam HD which records to the mini DVD and I'm sorry to say is being supplanted by HD cameras recording directly to hard drives located on newer models.  Man technology is moving faster than my bank accounts interest rate.  

Next, in the attic behind some boxes and under a treasure trove of dust and debris, I found my trust SEGA Game Gear, yes folks my Game Gear.  It was my most prize possession back in the day, early 90's.  Did I just say early 90's?  Okay, well it sits next to Americas new baby the SONY PSP.  As you can see, tech has gotten smaller, faster, and more vibrant.  I tell you what though for the sake of bringing back my inner toy r us kid, I'm going to play the Game Gear on the train and see how many people ask me, just what in the world am I doing.  It should make for some interesting discourse. As you can see from many of my posts, I like to get my nerd tech on.  Im on the hunt for my Mini Disc Player now.  When I find it, you guys will be the first to know.  

Basketball News

The New York Knicks have not been a team of championships and back to back playoff appearances of late. The front office of this organization is beginning to feel the pressure from the fans and most of all from season ticket holders. In the right system players can flourish and in the right city players can lose their way. This has seemed to be the case for many players involved in trades to the Big Apple. It is time for the Knicks to approach this from a different angle and all things considered, I believe they are going in the right direction. It may be early to say they are posturing to make a major move at next years stars who will be free agents including Lebron James and Chris Bosh. With the season still in its infancy, New York has been making moves and clearing cap room. The new head coach has the fans and city buzzing about the west coast up and down style of basketball never before seen in New York unless deployed by a visiting team.


The next item on the list is what does the team do with Stephon "Star" Marbury. Marbury has not played in a single game for the Knicks this year, he is arguably one of the better players on the roster but his reputation as a me first point guard has kept him on the inactive list this year. He is owed 21 million dollars in the final year of his contract and it doesn't look like he will be going to any other team anytime soon for that amount of money. He is just to expensive with his past track record. For the time being Marbury seems content being paid to sit on the bench, but for a player of his caliber, his current temperment could change at any time.

Make you go hmmmmm!

While the media has portrayed R.Kelly is the worst man to ever live because of his behavior which I am by no means condoning. I am compelled to say that the man in charge of the Playboy Mansion has seemed to be immune from any public scrutiny for far to long. He has multitudes of girlfriends who are young enough to be his granddaughters and great granddaughters, but our culture hails him as one of the greatest men of our time.

I beg you to ask the question, Why is Hugh Hefner treated like royalty? What makes him so different? Am I hating, or is his behavior that of someone our sons should aspire to be and our daughters aspire to be with? It seems, money is and will always be the great equalizer in this world. I have told anyone reading this something they don't already know, but I have shed a little light back on a topic that has gone to the dark.