If you like music or want to see some of those old music videos from the 1980′s, then You Tube is a great place for that. I like seeing the music videos I grew up watching on TV. Like for instance, do you remember a group called Culture Club? They were led by a very interesting character known as Boy George. I never was much of a Culture Club fan and I don’t think anyone would admit being a Boy George fan. I can’t embed the actual Karma Chameleon video; which Boy George and Culture Club was most famous for in the 1980′s decade. Here is them singing the song and you can find the actual video, if you hop on over to the website YouTube.

Karma Chameleon by Culture Club

Another popular group from the 80′s generation was Duran Duran. I’m not really sure if they have a “Karma Chameleon” song that you can quickly identify as their number 1 hit or the best song. I would have to say The Reflex by Duran Duran was their biggest hit ever. A close 2nd on the list would be the song called Hungry Like the Wolf. The wolf song by Duran Duran was a really good song and I don’t think anyone disliked that song. I do remember a true story movie, which had the late actress Farrah Fawcett in it and her character in the movie, actually played the Duran Duran song Hungry Like the Wolf; while she was attempting to kill her kids. Yes, this was based on a true story. She was in love with a man, but felt like her kids were preventing him to be with her, so she felt like she could have him, if the kids were out of the way.  Here is that song, which even got brought up in her trial; which she did get convicted for.

Hungry Like the Wolf by Duran Duran

The Reflex by Duran Duran

There is just a ton of these 80′s songs and videos at You Tube and other places that allow users to upload their own media and videos online. You could spend a whole day there just looking at videos from the great 1980′s generation and would only be scratching the surface, since they have just about any song you can think of. Here are some more notable songs just off the top of my head you could check out from the decade of the 80′s.

1. Toto – Africa

2. Dire Strait – Money For Nothing

3. ZZ Top – Sharp Dressed Man

4. UB40 – Red Red Wine

5. Alice Cooper – Poison

6. Scorpions – Wind of Change

7. Mike and the Mechanics – The Living Years or All I Need is a Miracle

8. Prince – Little Red Corvette

Do you know some of these songs? I could go on all day naming those classics from the 1980′s. I consider this decade mine and I love the movies, TV shows, trends, video games, and everything else the 1980 – 1989 years brought us. If you like to take trips down memory lane every now and then. Just go over to You Tube to help you out some. I even found an old TV show called Space Giants I use to watch as a kid and did a blog post about it on another one of my blogs. I was pretty excited when I found out the name and even got to see some small clips at You Tube from this TV show; which hasn’t been on the air in over 30 years now.

Old Japanese TV Show – Space Giants with Goldar the 50 Foot Giant

Do you have a favorite singer or group from the 1980′s? Please let me know some of the music you was listening to in this magical decade. It’s also the decade where a little known TV channel called MTV made its debut. Back then, MTV played videos 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. It was super popular at the time. Later on, a couple of new music channels came out called CMT (Country Music Television) and VH1. As you know, both of these music channels along with a few of the new MTV channels and a VHI Classic Channel can be found on the tube today. And that would be the “TV Tube” and not “You Tube“! You may also discover an old TV sit com or program you use to watch as a kid growing up in a specific year or generation.

The World Wide Web has certainly change things up a bit. It’s now possible for men and women to talk online and get to know each other; while they may live 100′s or even 1000′s of miles away. The Net has brought us all closer together and lots of close relationships have been formed and will contine to form as we go into the future. Meeting people online gives everyone a chance to be their self, but some don’t always like who they’re. Some people will not be honest online and will use a variety of ways to mask their true identity. Normally once you have socialized with someone for years online, you do get to know that person. In some cases, people get to know each other so well, they will plan a real life meeting, so they can meet the person up close and personal. A lot of men have used this technique to find women all over the world and a lot of happy endings are the result.

I think it’s great men can search for women online and the ladies can go out and find men too. A lot of ladies have learned the tricks of the trade and have became a pretty good pick up artist their self. I have met some dear online friends that I would like to meet in real life someday. Since I am still single and haven’t found my perfect match yet; I may be able to benefit from an online dating site or other forums that group single men and women together. If you’re currently looking to meet women online for a close relationship, just start leaving a wide trail on the Net. You can meet women online in many forums or message boards. For a more aggressive approach, you can sign up with some of the free dating services online or try a paid service to get more serious females that might be looking for a man in their life. Don’t expect to meet the woman of your dreams overnight, but if you continue to introduce yourself to other women online, you’re bound to meet a future girl friend or wife online.

I will be honest. I was expecting to see zero dunks better than the one I got on tape. However, this guy did a great job and compiled some awesome high school dunks. Even LeBron James makes an appearance as he skies to the rim, ball between the legs, and dunking on the other side of the rim. He threw it down pretty hard too. Nothing weak or anything that could be considered a lay up. I would put LeBron’s dunk and a few more ahead of the high school slam dunk I video taped. I do think there were a few dunks that my video would beat and it is top 10 worthy.

Top 10 H.S. Dunks of All Time

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What did you think? I never knew so many backboards got shattered in high school ball. This was a great high school video to watch. Anyone that likes basketball and loves the dunks. You have to admit these dunks are as good as the ones we see in the NBA today. In some cases, you don’t even see these dunks happening in the NBA. It’s almost like a once in a lifetime dunk; where some great high school athlete was there to capitalize on it. You can keep your skills, I would rather have luck on my side any day and a lot of these high school kids got their lucky day caught on tape. I wouldn’t call this LeBron’s lucky day. That would have to be his signature on the first NBA contract he signed to play professional basketball.

Obviously once the toilet paper is gone, the first thing you need to do, is unhook the roller and take off the cardboard tubing that was left from the last roll of toilet paper. The next step is to grab a new roll of toilet paper and place it on the roller. Once you have done that, you need to put it back together and this is the step a lot of people will do wrong. It’s the most critical step in toilet paper replacement!

If you look at the picture to the side and see the toilet paper coming over the top, then this is the correct way to do it! This is proper toilet paper and someone did a fantastic job on putting this roll of toilet paper on. I would be so happy to use the restroom in this picture and I would be grinning from ear to ear; when it was time for me to reach over and unravel some of that beautiful over the top toilet paper.

However, when it comes to replacing toilet paper, not all stories have a happy and pleasant ending. For those people that say life is unfair, I believe them and one good reason why, is because some toilet paper doesn’t get replaced properly. It’s hard to believe 100 years ago we were using outhouses and now most of us have indoor plumbing in our homes. Even though we have came so far in the last 100 years, there is still some people that don’t know how to replace toilet paper properly.

We are now living in the 21st century and our education in the bathrooms are still not up to speed with the other Big Toilet Nations. I believe even some 3rd Toilet Nations are passing us in the bathroom and a big reason why; is because we don’t know how to replace the toilet paper properly.

Here is an example of someone using improper toilet paper in their home. It’s really disgusting to see a sight like this, but believe it or not, it still goes on today. People will replace the old toilet paper that has ran out with a new roll, but they will have the toilet paper coming from underneath the roll; instead of over the top. I’m not sure why people do this. Perhaps the person that did this awful roll of improper toilet paper was having a bad day or just felt like letting their rage out in the restroom. The next poor soul that enters this bathroom, will have to use toilet paper that is being fed from underneath the roll. All because someone got mad or they figured since their day was sucking, they would make others miserable too. Hopefully this person is elderly with Alzheimer’s disease or it’s a child that is younger than 3 years old. Surely no one older than 4 or with a good mind would do something like this.

Everyone play their part and let’s step it up when we use our bathrooms at home or the public restrooms we find at the truck stops. If we all pitch-in and try our best, we can get our toilet paper turned around and be the best toilet paper nation on the planet! Remember, we want that toilet paper coming over the top and no more of this under-the-roll stuff. We are better than that!

PEE AT LAST…

PEE AT LAST…

THANK GOD ALMIGHTY, I CAN PEE AT LAST!

The NCAA guys do a fabulous job with running both of these tournaments. They even have a 3rd basketball tournament for teams that are on the bubble or get left out of the main NCAA tournament, they can play in the NIT Tournament. I like to watch all 3 tournaments and it’s even better to watch when you have a team from your own state still alive in the tournament.

Now the basketball guys in the NCAA do such a good job, why can’t the college football get things right? The NCAA needs a football playoffs in the NCAA ranks, so we can prove to America where the best college football is played. It gets old to see over ranked teams from the West Coast getting to play in bowl games that the Southern teams deserve more. Oh well, I will save my college football playoffs rant to another day.

I still have one horse in the race today. I hope they can win and play in the ACC championship game that will be held on Sunday in Greensboro, South Carolina. If your team is no longer playing in the conference tournaments, you still have one more chance to see them play again. A field of 65 is a lot of teams that get to participate in the NCAA Tournament and it’s really not that hard to get in. The NIT Tournament will also start up and this is another great tournament that supplies a nice amount of teams to the field. If your team isn’t good enough for the NCAA Tournament or NIT Tournament, then it’s probably best you didn’t watch them play again anyways. Let them die in peace and don’t ask for another loss to another college basketball team.

Also, don’t forget to fill out your NCAA college basketball brackets. They will announce the field on Sunday night and everyone can fill out their college basketball brackets on Monday.

Do you currently use Twitter to help with your online marketing strategies? I would love to hear your views and thoughts on a website like Twitter for marketing purposes. Twitter is one of the most talked about websites on TV these days. A huge group of people now make up the Twitter community. We often get to see stars using Twitter to make comments or suggest ideas to fans, other famous people, and some will even give political views from time to time. I am one of the few people that hasn’t incorporated Twitter, Facebook, or some of the other popular social networking websites into my marketing campaigns.

Marketers should always be willing to adjust their daily routines to other avenues that present their self online. This is the stage I’m currently in right now. It won’t be easy for me to break off and go in a new direction, but I understand that more success could be achieved if I do use other methods to advertise online. If it’s broke don’t fix it? How do we know if it’s broke, if we don’t try new things. I’m excited to see if Twitter can help me online. I will be sure to report back and let everyone know how my new adventures in marketing is going. Please let me know if I can assist you in any way; when it comes to marketing a website or affiliate program online.

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It seems to get harder each day to find good music online. Music that you can get for free. I know a lot of websites try to block free music and most of us have seen the changes that YouTube has done over the years. You use to be able to find any song and the artist that sung it over at You Tube. Then people like Metallica and Prince didn’t like to see people getting their music for free, so they started to taking actions to block it. I think it was the Metallica .vs.  Napster case in court that got the ball rolling for these music artists to have more power over their music rights.

I think the artists need to grow up and understand technology is helping us to make our lives easier. Being able to get free music online is a part of that modern technology and it’s not the online website’s fault. The social networking giants like MySpace and YouTube is a blessing for most of us to find good entertainment online. They are creations that need to continue to develop and evolve as we go forward. I don’t think placing bans and restrictions on these websites is the way to go.

Just think about the guy that came out with the blank cassette or bland CD that can record a song from the radio or another cassette or CD. This is a cheap way to get music for us that can’t afford to pay the asking prices in stores. This guy needs to be praised for his invention and it’s up to the artists to find new ways in which people buy their music. Trying to stop new technologies is not the way to go. I know the entertainers and music artists will disagree with me and the main reason why is this is taking money out of their pockets. If they could just put their self on the other side of the fence, they could see how modern technology is helping the people that isn’t rich. Our technology and laws can’t continue to be dictated by the rich people of this country. Their only desires is to get richer and they have no intentions or cares about the rest of us that are not on their income level. I want to see free music online and I want it to be good music. This doesn’t have to stop with music and we can go into other avenues of entertainment like the movie industry for instance. Let’s make things better for everyone and not just for the rich folks. We all need to have equal rights in this country and letting technology lead the way is the best move we can do!

Caressa Cameron was the lucky winner in Saturday night’s Miss America Beauty Pageant that had contestants from each U.S. State and some American Territories participated too. It takes a lot of luck to win one of these beauty pageants with so many contestants and most of them as deserving to win as the winner is. The new 2010 Miss America comes from the U.S. state of Virginia. I’m sure Caressa Cameron will do a fine job representing the people of Virginia and the USA, as she will now be in the spotlight for 1 year; until a new Miss America gets crowned in 2011.

Here are some of the other lovely ladies that came up just short as they were still on the stage when the announcement was made that Miss Virginia had won the 2010 Miss America Pageant.

California – Kristy Cavinder

Any thoughts on Miss California? I think she has a nice sweet look to her and could have easily been the 2010 Miss America winner. Kristy Cavinder from California has a great smile, pretty teeth to go along with that great smile, and a nice skin tone or color too. Not quite as dark as Caressa Cameron’s skin color. It looks like California did a good job with finding a worthy candidate to represent the Golden State and Kristy Cavinder did very well in the contest.

Tennessee – Stefanie Wittler

Can you say perfect? Well the Volunteer State of Tennessee did a fantastic job with their choice to represent them in the Miss America Pageant. I did not watch the event live on the TLC channel Saturday night, but why didn’t Miss Tennessee win the 2010 Miss America Beauty Pageant? Perhaps Stefanie Wittler did not look as good as this picture would suggest she does. I think she looks a lot better than the winner from Virginia; at least that is my opinion. She may have did poorly in other areas of the contest, that I am not aware of. I am simply going on looks and she appears to have the looks of an all American girl from the South. After seeing the contestants Miss Virginia, Miss California, and Miss Tennessee; my vote as of right now would have to be leaning toward Stefanie Wittler as the most deserving contestant from the 2010 Miss America competition.

Louisiana – Katherine Putnam

Next up is Katherine Putnam from the state of Louisiana. Now the New Orleans Saints beat the Minnesota Vikings the weekend before the Miss America Pageant to earn their spot as one of the two teams in the 2010 Super Bowl. It wouldn’t be fair to let Louisiana have an NFL team in the Super Bowl and let their beauty pageant representative win Miss America too, right? Well I seriously doubt the judges were thinking along those lines, but Ms. Putnam did not win Saturday’s contest. She was one of the last 5 women on the stage when the winner was announced, so she did do the state of Louisiana justice with her advancements in the beauty contest. She is a very lovely young lady and I’m sure she has been the most beautiful girl in the room a lot of times in her life. It just so happens that Saturday night was not one of those times and she does lack that little extra that makes her stand out. I can see why she didn’t win the Miss America crown.

Kentucky – Mallory Ervin

Well the last of the 5 contestants is Miss Kentucky, but by no means is she really last. I think I found my 2010 Miss America right here. I believe Mallory Ervin is the complete package and perhaps I’m a little bias with my opinion. No, I’m not from the state of Kentucky nor do I live there now. I am a resident of Georgia, but I am an online blogger. I see that Mallory and I both share the same passion for blogging. I am impressed with this 24 year old’s blogging skill and she writes a lot of information in her blogspot blog I was able to find online. You can check out Miss Kentucky Mallory Ervin’s blog for yourself and see all the information she has on it and the great pictures that she’s added too. I believe America needs a Miss America that is a blogger. There were probably several contestants that have their own blogs, but Mallory Ervin from Kentucky is a real blogger. I also like the fact she does a lot of things in her community and for the school children at her old elementary school. You can see all of this through her online blog. She also has a great smile, nice facial appearances, and everything else from the “looks” standpoint that would have made her a great Miss America. It’s too bad that Miss Kentucky did not win the 2010 Contest, but I’m sure this 24 year-old beauty will do just fine. Mallory, her friends & family, and everyone from the state of Kentucky she be very proud of her top 5 finish in the 2010 Miss America Beauty Pageant; which was won by a 22 year-old beauty from Virginia named Caressa Cameron. Congratulations to Miss Virginia and the other 4 states that I featured on my blog post for the 2010 Miss America Pageant that was seen by millions of viewers last Saturday night on The Learning Channel.

Jay Leno is NOT must see TV! NBC tried to show Leno’s talents off in prime time and guess what? No one wanted to see it! Why on Earth would they like him better, later on in the night? NBC viewers have decided and they don’t want to see Jay Leno. Not sure what’s so hard for the NBC producers to understand when it comes to the Conan O’Brien vs Jay Leno battle. There really isn’t a battle, because more people want to see Conan than Leno; it’s as simple as that!

Conan O’Brien is a better choice for the Tonight Show than Jay Leno. Why this is even a debate is beyond me. NBC is leaning to replacing Conan for Jay Leno and this will be a big mistake. Advertisers and viewers are both keeping an eye on this one and NBC stands to lose a great deal if they make this move final. No one is going to tune-in to see Leno and the domino-effect will continue with other shows that currently air on NBC. This late night talk show controversy goes much further than the time frame being debated on right now. NBC is leaning the wrong way and if they don’t sway back to Conan O’Brien’s corner soon, it will be too late for them. An all out ban will begin for NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, and their parent company GE (General Electric). No more NBC programs period for those of you supporting Conan O’Brien. We will not buy any more GE products either. I believe Whirlpool is a better brand anyways and other better choices than the products GE produce. If you think the GE stock has been lagging over the last few years, that lag will seem nice, when a lag becomes a decline. If you own GE stock now, you may want to go ahead and sell it. Be sure to get the vote out for Conan O’Brien and for him to remain as the host of the Tonight Show on NBC.

It was a special night on Sunday for Homer, Bart, and the rest of the gang we know as the Simpsons. On Sunday January 10th; it marked the 20th anniversary of the Simpsons being on television. They weren’t always a prime time show on the weekends and they got their start on the Tracey Ulman Show. Through a lot of hard work and dedication the Simpsons are still around 20 years later and they are bigger than ever now.

The Simpsons has now made history and with each new episode they will continue to make history. The Simpsons is the longest running TV show that has ever been produced for television. Since the characters are not aging any and continue to be the same age, we could see the Simpsons set new numbers that no TV program will ever catch.

In celebration of their 20th anniversary last night, they did a special show that was dubbed the Simpsons on Ice and was in 3D. For those of you that got a chance to see last night’s special, probably got a big kick out of this. The Simpsons continue to be a popular family in their town of Springfield, but they are just as popular in other American towns too. It’s not just the United States that gets to watch this animated series and the Simpsons can be seen in many other countries. I won’t be surprised to see the Simpsons do another 20 years as their fame and popularity continues to grow around the globe. Congratulations to the Simpsons for a wonderful 20 years and I am glad that I had the chance to share most of those 20 years with them! Doh!