Now see this is a reason to watch the local news.

Thank you, Channel 10 for giving me a reason to come back TV news. More of this, please.

Here's a cool Mogwai Link that a friend just sent me. Being both a Mogwai and a Zidane fan, I'm loving these clips.

The thing about prog rock that a lot of people can't get into is the abstractness of the music. Some people prefer music that is literal, or more simply, lyrical. What I love about prog rock is that it leaves most of the interpretation open to each listener. It can be a song of many things to many people.

For those people who need the literal in their music (like Oops, she did it again !), they can listen and watch clips like this that bands and fans are creating with common laptop tools and absorb various interpretations of music with literal images.

In the case of Zidane, very hot images...Thanks Mogwai!

Ahhhh widgets. Soon to be in 2007, what the word "podcast" was in 2005. Ubiquitious? Not quite. Not "ipod." But up there. Definitely up there.

Here's a clever application.

Appealing only to non-Philly sports' fans, of course. Because a philly sports fan doesn't need a widget to count down to the second how long it's been since we won a championship. It's a mental soundtrack in our heads.

Like Phil Collins in repeat. Ugh.

It's things like this that make today's internet truly a great experience.

I'm interested in hearing from any PR people who have been using the proposed social media press release tenmplate from Shift or one they created.

Anyone using it? Anyone receive any feedback from media on it? Let me know.

I attended a dinner tonight at The Franklin Institute. I'm ashamed to admit that I haven't been there since I was a girl scout and we had a troop sleepover there. It was the most fun sleepover I can remember. We stayed up all night, running around the exhibits, crawling through that heart. It was better than Disneyworld, and that's the truth.

The dinner was to honor a wonderful man that Philadelphia owes a great deal to - Ralph Archibald, the man who is known as Ben Franklin to Philly residents and visitors from all over the world. You may recognize him from this:


Ralph, or Ben, pretty much just rocks. He's a cornerstone to this town and I don't mean because of the legacy of Ben Franklin as a founding father of Philadelphia and the United States. I mean this man, who is so accurate in his portrayal of the historic icon that even the people who know him personally slip up and sometimes call him Ben, rocks because even when he's not at an event or providing a tour, he's just spotted walking or sit around town dressed in his ancient garb. Like it's perfectly normal to be dressed like it's 1776.

Even better though, is that this man knows his history and is a true humanitarian. Whether giving a national interview or a local tour, if a person comes up to speak with him or ask a question, he will patiently speak with them, or look to find them after.

Ralph is one of those rare people, that I can look at and think, life is so much better than I credit it. I should be doing a better job of participating in life. I should be a better person and remember to project a better outlook. Looking at our Ben Franklin, makes me proud and happy.

So Huzzah to you Ralph!

I've been way too busy to do much updating about social media.

Busy doing what?, you ask?

uwishunu. Oh, how uwishunu.

And you will. Soon.