Monday, December 22, 2008

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas Everyone!

I watched Patrick Swayze's "Christmas in Wonderland" over the weekend. He was fabulous, as always. There was a commercial shown towards the end advertising his interview with Barbara Walters in January. It's going to be awesome!

I also saw Michael Shank's "Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon". He was great; it was a very different character, even though he was playing yet another archaeologist.

Times are super tough financially. I'm still having some success over at GPTCashcow.com and continue to recommend it as a way to bring in extra cash. The admin has done daily contests all through the month of December, and I've managed to win two of them. I'm doing a lot of reviews still at Review Stream, and I've done more articles over at Helium. Every penny helps in this day and age.

May your Christmas be all you wish it to be, and here's hoping 2009 is worlds better than 2008!

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Review Stream, TV to watch, Happy Holidays

Hi Everyone ...

I've written a ton of new reviews over at Review Stream and have included the links for you on the right hand side of this blog, under the big yellow smiley face. I'm doing a lot of Adam-12 reviews right now because I managed to get the DVDs for the first two seasons so am watching the shows anyway.

Also, on the reviews, if you ask a question or comment on the review, that gives me a chance to respond to it, and every time I do so, that ups the number of votes. So, please, ask questions on the reviews or make a comment that would require me to respond. That's another easy way of helping me out.

I'm in a financial crisis so am asking everyone who can to please, please, please vote for these reviews. I know it takes a little time, but I don't get to reap the rewards of the votes until there is '50' of them (vote payments are done in groups of 50). There are a few, like Bayer Aspirin, Michael Shanks, and some others that are getting close. If you want, start with the oldest reviews (Wendy's was the first), and work your way up to the present. Some of the older ones are the closest.

Thanks for your support.

Upcoming shows to watch -- All My Children's salute to Eileen Herlie is on December 19th, and creator Agnes Nixon returns as "Aggie"; Michael Shanks is in the "The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon" beginning December 20th; and on the same night, December 20th, Patrick Swayze is on ABC Family in "Christmas in Wonderland". On January 7th, Patrick's interview with Barbara Walters airs as part of "20/20".

If I don't get back to blog before the 25th, Merry Christmas, Everyone!


Friday, December 12, 2008

Attention NASCAR Broadcasters!

Earlier this month, Jayski.com (my favorite website for NASCAR news), reported the top drivers of the year, as respects to their advertising time. In other words, this is how much these drivers were talked about.

2008 Top Television Exposure Producing Drivers:

Driver, Total Brands, Exposure Time, Verbal Mentions, Exposure Value, % of Value From Chase
1) J. Johnson, 62, 59:28:39, 316 -- $510,161,750; 39.5%
2) C. Edwards, 76, 58:50:51, 311 -- 495,908,515; 45.4%
3) D. Earnhardt Jr., 53, 44:40:48, 99 -- 416,960,760; 25.8%
4) J. Gordon, 84, 36:57:53, 125 -- 352,832,880; 28.5%

Here's what bugs me about the high number for Jimmie Johnson, who admittedly I'm not a fan of. Broadcasters spend a great deal of time telling viewers that they talk about the leaders of a race. When viewers complain that in the chase (the last 10 races of the year where the ultimate winner is crowned), their drivers don't get the time of day, the broadcasters counter that those drivers aren't doing well. They've said it over and over again. Yet, I can recall numerous times when JJ was stuck back in the pack, a non-factor, and still was being talked about, ad nauseum. It wasn't even anything new -- they repeated the same thing, over and over and over again. With all due respect, Broadcasters of NASCAR, you do not honor your words. You focus on who *you* want to focus on, and not the leaders. In numerous races, some of the top 10 finishers didn't even get a mention during the very long races. How about practicing what you preach for a change?

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

A little update ...

Sorry for not updating the blog in a while; just trying to fend off the economy and depression monsters while getting things done. Don't really have time to update now, but did want to make a post.

Be looking for Patrick Swayze's The Beast on A&E in January. The ads are playing now on A&E all the time. Michael Shank's The Lost Treasure is coming up this month, too, on the Sci Fi Channel.

More later!

 
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