The Mundane Task of Syncing Calendars.

It is funny how a little thing like syncing calendars can get a person to rethink how he views and organizes information.

My father bought me a Franklin Planning System when I was 16 (now Franklin Covey) I have adapted the system to suit my organization needs. I am rather anal retentive with my organization needs. Actually, my goal in life is to make my thoughts as efficient as possible. I know, but this is part of my personality. To go along with that process, I like all of my calenders to be on available on one device. I also want to be able to update from any device or computer and have all calenders update. I have an iPhone, a MacBook Pro at home and a Dell Laptop at home. My work calendar is Outlook, home is iCal and Mobile Me and I use my Google calendar for the Bureau of Labor Statistics in need for my job. Now, my iCal has my Google calendar synced and the Outlook Calendar syncs to my Google calendar, so my work calendar shows up in my iCal. The issue is that my iCal uses Mobile Me to update my iPhone, but Mobile Me doesn't sync Google calendar. So I have bored you by now. Now you know my life over the last 2 hours. I'm sorry, you won't get your time back for reading this blogpost.

Testing Mobile Blogging, Part 3

Testing Mobile Blogging, Part 2

Fountains at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.



Sent from my iPhone

Testing My Mobile Blogging

In this time of instant news and citizen journalism, I am testing my mobile blogging capability with my iPhone. 2009 is going to be even more remarkable than 2008, I think. We start with the inauguration of Obama and facing the challenge of making America great. I have the challenge of putting out great music, blogpost, finding revenue streams for my newspaper through media analysis and being a good husband. This mobile feature will help me keep all of you up to date.

End of the Season.

When I was child, the end of the holiday season for my family was when we put away our fake tree. I always like the ritual of putting it together on Thanksgiving and hanging up the ornaments. Today, I went and recycled our real tree, leaving traces of the tree as I dragged it to my truck. It was like little trails of the holiday memories. The end of the season always brings optimism for the new year for me. It's getting better all the time...

Why I Stayed Home on New Year's Eve.

I was in Las Vegas from Friday December 26 to Tuesday December 30 (yes, I got married..) We stayed at the Mirage and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. On Monday December 29, we saw this little white dude walking around in an all-white leather jumpsuit. Surrounded by his security detail, he strolled with a swagger. Then I walked by the bike.


Yes, it was Robbie Knievel. He jumped the volcano at the Mirage, so we stayed home to watch. This was how it looked on Fox.



This video has a better angle, but no sound.



This stunt, down the street at the Paris Hotel was baaadassss! This was performed by Robbie Maddison.



Oh yeah and we stayed home to avoid morons like the ones hassling the reporter just doing her job.

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2009: Optimistic

"You can try the best you can
If you try the best you can
The best you can is good enough."

Radiohead


I'm a list maker and a goal maker. This year I want to be a lot more positive and a lot more productive. I want this blog to stand out, be bold and to behold. I want my words to ring true and clear. I want to swing for the fences and take the last shot. I want to break barriers and set benchmarks. I want this country to recover and be glorious. I want President Obama to be successful. I want my newspaper to innovate media integration. I want my wife's business to be successful. I want to travel the ends of the earth and the ends of my creative juices. I want our troops safe and at home. I want the Israelis and Palestinians to come to an agreement. I want my family and friends to have peace, love and success. I want to be a better person. I want to be a better friend, brother, son, husband, guitarist, vocalist, bassist, writer, thinker, financier, competitive media analyst, photographer, human being. I want to run either the Chicago or New York Marathon. I want to be greener. I want to keep dreaming and keeping making lists and goals.



Happy 2009 to everyone.


"The sky is grey, but I see the sun..."