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		<title>Sending Out a Little TechnoGeeky Love</title>
		<link>http://www.desperateworkingmomma.com/2008/11/06/sending-out-a-little-technogeeky-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me tell you a little secret. It&#8217;s a good one. As I mentioned months back, through my super cool Podcast O&#8217; TechnoGeekery&#8217;s affiliation with the Mommycast and Friends Family Channel, I received the support of a corporate sponsor, Johnson and Johnson&#8217;s Aveeno Baby line. I know right?! A corporate sponsorship! For a video podcast [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let me tell you a little secret. It&#8217;s a good one.</p>
<p>As I mentioned months back, through my super cool <a title="Chassy Cat's Vidcast O' TechnoGeekery" href="http://www.technogeekery.com/" target="_blank">Podcast O&#8217; TechnoGeekery&#8217;s</a> affiliation with the <a title="Mommycast and Friends Family Channel" href="http://www.mommycastandfriends.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Mommycast and Friends Family Channel</strong></a>, I received the support of a corporate sponsor, <a title="Aveeno Baby" href="http://www.aveeno.com/baby/baby.jsp" target="_blank"><strong>Johnson and Johnson&#8217;s Aveeno Baby</strong></a> line. I know right?! A corporate sponsorship! For a video podcast that I film right in my very own bedroom right in front of my very own computer! Except when I go on field trips and film in other people&#8217;s homes! Sometimes without their prior knowledge! But whatever!</p>
<p>Of course, this was no small deal. A huge corporate sponsor like Johnson and Johnson?!  Yeah, a little beyond my meager (read: nonexistent) PR skills. The only way the Johnson and Johnson deal came together at ALL for the Mommycast and Friends Family Channel was through the skilled maneuvering of a gentleman by the name of <a title="Paul V at LinkedIn" href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulvogelzang" target="_blank">Paul Vogelzang</a>, who, BTW, is the executive producer of that podcast juggernaut, <a title="Mommycast" href="http://www.mommycast.com" target="_blank">Mommycast.com</a>, which holds the distinction of being one of the first independent podcasts to land a major corporate sponsorship, a la <a title="Dixie Paper Co" href="http://dixie.com/index.asp" target="_blank">Dixie Paper Co</a>.</p>
<p>LUCKY!</p>
<p>Well, luck actually did not have much to do with it. Because Paul V.? Dude. Paul is a dynamo! Truly. Paul is one of those uber-motivated individuals who simply makes things happen. This ability, coupled with his passion, enthusiasm, professionalism, and business savvy, totally closed the deal with Johnson and Johnson, I kid you not. The man is a leader&#8211; a guru, if you will&#8211; in the new media industry.  I must give the man his props:  Mommycast and the network are what some would call &#8220;an ideal model for anyone looking to succeed in this space&#8221; of &#8220;successful podcast production and advertising in podcasts.&#8221;  Wait, someone DID say that&#8230; <a title="Jason Van Orden Bio" href="http://www.jasonvanorden.com/jason-van-orden-bio" target="_blank">Jason Van Orden</a>, Internet Marketing and Media Consultant with Van Orden Marketing and Media, LLC, and author of <a title="Promoting Your Podcast" href="http://www.promotingyourpodcast.com/" target="_blank"><em>Promoting Your Podcast</em></a>.  My bad. But I totally agree, so there you go.</p>
<p>Paul totally gets new media, and is out there helping the old dogs learn the new tricks in the always changing media landscape. For REAL. He&#8217;s, like, a new media evangelist, out preaching the word! Which is New Media! Okay, that is technically TWO words, but you know what I mean. I can&#8217;t imagine anyone else I would rather have out there managing TechnoGeekery&#8217;s reputation in the online community.</p>
<p>So I would be a total jerk not to give shout-out and a BIG OL&#8217;  thank you to Paul Vogelzang, Mommycast, and the MommyCast production company, KDCP Productions, LLC, for the <a title="Aveeno Baby Sponsor Announcement" href="http://www.technogeekery.com/2008/04/21/technogeekery-is-brought-to-you-by/" target="_blank">awesome opportunity </a>I had to represent the Mommycast and Friends Family Channel and Johnson and Johnson&#8217;s Aveeno Baby line. Right?! I&#8217;m only saying. So&#8230; thanks Paul, Mommycast, and Johnson and Johnson. My kids and their college savings accounts totally love you. A LOT.</p>
<p>Cat, out.</p>
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		<title>A TechnoGeekery Lightning Round!</title>
		<link>http://www.desperateworkingmomma.com/2008/10/12/a-technogeekery-lightning-round/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unbefreakinglievable. I FINALLY posted a new TechnoGeekery episode! Right?! RIGHT?! BOOM says the lady! TechnoGeekery Show #40: TechnoGeekery Lightning Round You can also CLICK HERE to watch at Chassy Cat&#8217;s YouTube. In this episode, Chassy Cat makes up for lost time by answering several Burning Questions all within this one episode! Oh, and then there&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Unbe<em>freaking</em>lievable. I FINALLY posted a new <a title="Chassy Cat's Vidcast O' TechnoGeekery" href="http://www.technogeekery.com" target="_blank">TechnoGeekery</a> episode! Right?! RIGHT?!</p>
<p>BOOM says the lady!</p>
<p><a title="TG 40 Lightning Round" href="http://www.technogeekery.com/2008/10/11/technogeekery-show-40-technogeekery-lightning-round/" target="_blank"><strong>TechnoGeekery Show #40: TechnoGeekery Lightning Round</strong></a></p>
<p>You can also <strong><a title="TG 40 Lightning Round" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ttr-2f3UVl8" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a> </strong>to watch at Chassy Cat&#8217;s YouTube.</p>
<p>In this episode, Chassy Cat makes up for lost time by answering several Burning Questions all within this one episode! Oh, and then there&#8217;s the &#8220;singing.&#8221;</p>
<p>Why yes, as a matter of fact I <em>am</em> using my sarcastic quotes. Whatever.</p>
<p>Also, my apologies to Instant Star. YOU know why.</p>
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		<title>Super Evil Chassy and the Evil League of Evil</title>
		<link>http://www.desperateworkingmomma.com/2008/08/06/super-evil-chassy-and-the-evil-league-of-evil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well CHECK IT OUT! I&#8217;m FAMOUS! SIX people have VOTED for me! SIX! As of RIGHT now! And only ONE of those was ME! FOOYAH! Dude, I&#8217;m saying. Wonderflonium.com ROCKS, yo? Solid. So, yeah&#8230; feel free to click over and vote for Super Evil Chassy&#8217;s quite compelling argument for a spot in the Evil League [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.wonderflonium.com/content/world-and-singing-catdwm-dr-horribles-horrible-evil-sidekick-request"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-845" title="catatwonderflonium" src="http://www.desperateworkingmomma.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/catatwonderflonium.jpg" alt="Super Evil Chassy" /></a></p>
<p>Well <strong><a title="Horrible Evil Sidekick at Wonderflonium.com" href="http://www.wonderflonium.com/content/world-and-singing-catdwm-dr-horribles-horrible-evil-sidekick-request" target="_blank">CHECK IT OUT</a></strong>! I&#8217;m FAMOUS! SIX people have VOTED for me! SIX! As of RIGHT now! And only ONE of those was ME! FOOYAH!</p>
<p>Dude, I&#8217;m saying. <a title="Wonderflonium.com" href="http://www.wonderflonium.com/" target="_blank">Wonderflonium.com</a> ROCKS, yo? Solid.</p>
<p>So, yeah&#8230; feel free to <a title="Horrible Evil Sidekick at Wonderflonium.com" href="http://www.wonderflonium.com/content/world-and-singing-catdwm-dr-horribles-horrible-evil-sidekick-request" target="_blank"><strong>click over</strong></a> and vote for Super Evil Chassy&#8217;s quite compelling argument for a spot in the Evil League of Evil as Dr. Horrible&#8217;s Sidekick. And while you&#8217;re at it, head on over to <strong><a title="Horrible Evil Sidekick at YouTube" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06KNnfm8cHw" target="_blank">YouTube</a></strong> and spread the love. Joss Whedon, I mean Dr. Horrible, MUST pick me! MEEEE!</p>
<p>The Horrible Evil Sidekick gig will be mine. Oh, yes. It WILL be mine.</p>
<p>Now excuse me. I need to go call <em>everyone</em> I know.</p>
<p>SIX. Woo!</p>
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		<title>Redesign at TechnoGeekery</title>
		<link>http://www.desperateworkingmomma.com/2008/08/02/redesign-at-technogeekery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check it out! Okay, I got a little crazy. And, hey, carpal tunnel is SO not my friend. Also, at many viewers&#8217; request, I reposted at YouTube ONLY the song portion (&#8220;Horrible Evil Sidekick&#8221;) of my last TechnoGeekery episode. Please click over and leave lots o&#8217; love. Because I&#8217;m NEEDY that way, okay?! Finally, if [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a title="Chassy Cat's Vidcast O' TechnoGeekery" href="http://www.technogeekery.com" target="_blank">Check it out</a></strong>!</p>
<p>Okay, I got a little crazy. And, hey, carpal tunnel is SO not my friend.</p>
<p>Also, at many viewers&#8217; request, I reposted at <strong>YouTube</strong> ONLY the <strong><a title="Horrible Evil Sidekick" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06KNnfm8cHw" target="_blank">song portion</a></strong> (&#8220;Horrible Evil Sidekick&#8221;) of my last <strong><a title="TG 37 Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" href="http://www.technogeekery.com/2008/07/23/technogeekery-37-dr-horribles-sing-along-blog/" target="_blank">TechnoGeekery episode</a></strong>. Please <strong><a title="Horrible Evil Sidekick" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06KNnfm8cHw" target="_blank">click over</a></strong> and leave lots o&#8217; love. Because I&#8217;m NEEDY that way, okay?!</p>
<p>Finally, if you are interested (and heck! why <em>wouldn&#8217;t</em> you be?!), I&#8217;ve made an <em>.mp3</em> and <em>iPhone ringtone</em> of &#8220;Horrible Evil Sidekick&#8221; available for download over at <strong><a title="Chassy Cat's Vidcast O' TechnoGeekery" href="http://www.technogeekery.com" target="_blank">TechnoGeekery</a></strong>. You&#8217;re welcome.</p>
<p>*<em>rushes off to get ice pack for wrist</em>*</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So someone actually chatted me up, right? Using the Chat with Cat feature I added to TechnoGeekery (and DWM)?! Fellow by the name of Jim, it was. I was all helpful and stuff because dude&#8217;s audio made his voice all Gobot-like and whatnot, right? So after singing a few bars of the Transformers theme song [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So someone actually chatted me up, right? Using the <strong>Chat with Cat </strong>feature I added to TechnoGeekery (and DWM)?! Fellow by the name of Jim, it was. I was all helpful and stuff because dude&#8217;s audio made his voice all Gobot-like and whatnot, right? So after singing a few bars of the Transformers theme song (<em>More than meets the eye!</em>) and a few obligatory references to Decepticons, I sussed out that his podcast was indeed formatted in the proper, uh, format, so I was like, &#8220;Hey, I have no idea why your audio is all jacked up! Why don&#8217;t you contact Podango, yo?&#8221; and he was like, &#8220;Okay! I think I will! Thank you, Chassy Cat. You are so very awesome!&#8221; Except I may have added that last part, but who knows?! It all happened so fast, and it&#8217;s sort of fuzzy now, but I&#8217;m pretty sure he thought I was helpful and awesome because guess what? He totally emailed me to thank me and to offer some constructive technogeeky advice regarding the lighting for my oh-so-humble podcast o&#8217; TechnoGeekery.</p>
<p>Unfortunately his email went straight to my Junk Mail; fortunately I often skim over said Junk Mail, so I totally caught it amongst the offers to increase my&#8230; er, girth&#8230; well, whatever!</p>
<p>Anyway, I SO appreciated the advice. I mean, I&#8217;ve been told before that I should look into lighting, but I was like, &#8220;Dude. No way am I spending that kind of money! That&#8217;s a whole lot of Taco Bell!&#8221; Except, I totally don&#8217;t ever eat at Taco Bell. Their beans are DEHYDRATED. As for filming TechnoGeekery, I&#8217;ve tried moving around a bit, and my best lighting has been up in my room facing the window, but the natural light can be a little too harsh. Like, &#8220;Hello, freckles! How you doin&#8217;?&#8221; But my new TechnoGeek friend suggested I forgo spending what he called &#8220;a butt load of money on studio lighting&#8221; (which, HA! he said &#8220;butt&#8221;) and invest in a type of (cheap) lighting (totally inexpensive) he called China balls (which don&#8217;t cost much money at ALL).</p>
<p>Apparently, China balls—those paper globes with the metal ribs and a light bulb inside—are perfect for creating natural soft light. YES. Hello softer shadows! My freckles and I thank you, TechnoGeek Jim. No, really. From the bottom of my photoprotective melanin-deprived heart. Or skin. Oh, you know what I mean.</p>
<p>And I mentioned the &#8220;not expensive&#8221; part, right? Like, Blue Light Special cheap? That&#8217;s all I&#8217;m saying.</p>
<p>So&#8230; China balls! I didn&#8217;t know that is what those were called, but my aunt had several of them hanging in her bedroom in the early 80&#8242;s, so I am familiar with them. Hmmm, come to think of it, now that I know they are generally used to create natural soft light and pleasing skin tones&#8230; well, frankly, I&#8217;m a little wigged out. I am also forcibly reminded of her totally radical boyfriend back then, however, and I suppose the need for softer lighting would come into play&#8230; boyfriend had a perm AND a &#8216;stache! Couple that with his trendy 80&#8242;s fashion sense, and well, I&#8217;m not surprised. Honestly.</p>
<p>So, a big shout out to my new TechnoGeek peep, Jim! Thanks. I will definitely try to implement a new lighting arrangement as soon as I can get my hands on some cheap China balls!</p>
<p>Oh. Oh MY. Well that just sounds <em>dirty</em>. How embarrassing. I shall now call them cheap China <em>lanterns</em>.</p>
<p>Heck. I may even devote an entire TechnoGeekery episode to the benefits of cheap China ba– er, lanterns! I mean it. Ain&#8217;t technology grand?&#8230;</p>
<p><em>&#8230; Transformers! Robots in disguise!</em> </p>
<p>Ha! That never gets old.</p>
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		<title>Presenting Gravatars! Again!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 15:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yay, y&#8217;all! Now we can JUDGE each other! I dedicated a TechnoGeekery episode to this topic back in August last year, and then Gravatars went all crazy on me and everyone was like, &#8220;O. Em. Gee. Where is my stinkin&#8217; Gravatar?! LAME!&#8221; But in the latest upgrade of WordPress, they threw caution to the wind [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yay, y&#8217;all! Now we can JUDGE each other!</p>
<p><iframe src="http://www.mdialog.com/video/embed_blog/9391-technogeekery-show--3--gravatars----it-s-all-about-image" width="410px" height="486px" frameborder="0"> </iframe></p>
<p>I dedicated a <a title="TG3 Gravatars" href="http://www.technogeekery.com/2007/08/27/technogeekery-show-3-gravatars-its-all-about-image/" target="_blank">TechnoGeekery episode</a> to this topic back in August last year, and then Gravatars went all crazy on me and everyone was like, &#8220;O. Em. Gee. Where is my stinkin&#8217; Gravatar?! LAME!&#8221; But in the latest upgrade of WordPress, they threw caution to the wind and built in Gravatar support! I know, right?! SWEET. Accordingly, the following information and TechnoGeekery video may be familiar to you, but watch again. (I&#8217;m testing out <a title="TG mdialog channel" href="http://www.mdialog.com/video/channel/9310-technogeekery-with-chassy-cat" target="_blank">mdialog</a>&#8211; as suggested by new <a title="TG30 One Click" href="http://www.technogeekery.com/2008/05/23/technogeekery-show-30-send-videos-one-click/#comments" target="_blank">TechnoGeek Gail Rivett</a>&#8211; by creating a channel. Let me know how it works for you, especially those PC users out there!)</p>
<p>IF that doesn&#8217;t work for you, try this:</p>
<p><embed src="http://www.podango.com/flash/player.swf?type=0&#038;id=43950" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="320" height="240" name="PodangoPlayer" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"/></p>
<p>With no further ado&#8230;</p>
<p>In our day-to-day lives we can judge others by what they look like, what clothes they wear, how they talk, oh, all sorts of ways. But blogs and boards are so… anonymous. It&#8217;s not as if we can actually see each other, right? So how the heck are we supposed to judge each other?!</p>
<p>Fortunately, that&#8217;s where <a title="Get yourself a gravatar" href="http://site.gravatar.com/" target="_blank"><strong>gravatars</strong></a> come in. With gravatars, we can create custom images that represent us. A personal logo, if you will. Gravatars identify us and say something about our personality. Which… ah-ha! Okay, what I meant to say was&#8230; ah-ha! Now we have something to work with!</p>
<p>Think about it. What can we infer about a person who creates a gravatar image featuring a fluffy white kitten perched atop a pink pillow? Um, cutesy, much? Not that there&#8217;s anything wrong with that. Conversely, what can we assume about a person whose gravatar features an image of <strong><a title="Jommy!" href="http://www.technogeekery.com/wp-content/uploads/JudeTommy3.png" target="_blank">Jude and Tommy</a></strong> during that scene on <strong><a title="Instant Star on the N" href="http://www.the-n.com/ntv/shows/index.php?id=511" target="_blank"><em>Instant Star</em></a></strong> when they were totally making out in the rain? Aaaw! Hopeless romantic, that&#8217;s what! Eh? Eh?</p>
<p><em>Take a gander at some random gravatars:</em></p>
<p><a title="random gravatars" href="http://www.technogeekery.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/gravatars.png"><img src="http://www.technogeekery.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/gravatars.thumbnail.png" alt="random gravatars" /></a></p>
<p>So if you frequently find yourself commenting on blog posts throughout the blogosphere, I strongly suggest you create a gravatar. You know&#8230; so people can judge you? Then your gravatar should appear whenever you post a comment to a gravatar-enabled blog—like <a title="Site O' Chassy Cat" href="http://www.technogeekery.com/" target="_blank">Technogeekery.com</a>, for instance. Hey, it&#8217;s easy and it&#8217;s free, that&#8217;s all I&#8217;m saying. Do what you want. I don&#8217;t even care. Much.</p>
<p>So&#8230; do you have a gravatar now? Well, what are you waiting for? Show off the darn thing by commenting on this vidcast, for heaven&#8217;s Pete sake. Do it, do it, do it!</p>
<p>Do it.</p>
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		<title>A New TechnoGeekery: Hyperlinks and Hugh Hreffner</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 11:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new TechnoGeekery is up! You better mosey yourself on over to watch, if you want to be a part of the Super Secret HTML Club, that is. Just sayin&#8217;, the clock&#8217;s a-tickin&#8217;. TechnoGeekery with Chassy Cat is brought to you by Aveeno Baby. Check them out! In this episode&#8211; TechnoGeekery Show #27: Hyperlinks and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A new TechnoGeekery is up! You better mosey yourself on over to watch, if you want to be a part of the Super Secret HTML Club, that is. Just sayin&#8217;, the clock&#8217;s a-tickin&#8217;.</p>
<p>TechnoGeekery with Chassy Cat is brought to you by <a title="Aveeno website" href="http://www.aveeno.com" target="_blank">Aveeno Baby</a>. Check them out!</p>
<p>In this episode&#8211; <strong><a title="TG #27 HTML" href="http://www.technogeekery.com/2008/05/01/technogeekery-show-27-hyperlinks-and-hugh-hreffner/" target="_blank">TechnoGeekery Show #27: Hyperlinks and Hugh Hreffner</a></strong>&#8211; Chassy Cat reveals all: learn how to make a<strong> hyperlink</strong>&#8211;a link to another web page, picture, document&#8211; in comment sections of blogs and websites using HTML, and become a brand new member of the Secret HTML Club! Which, of course, makes you super cool.</p>
<p>Woo!</p>
<p>Remember, Hugh <em>Hreffner</em> is the KEY&#8230; (and yes, I know it&#8217;s <em>Hefner</em>, but this is MY mnemonic device so step OFF me, yo?)</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">&lt;a <span style="color: #ff0000;">href=</span><span style="color: #800080;">&#8220;URL&#8221;</span>&gt;</span><span style="color: #339966;">Hyperlink Text</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">&lt;/a&gt;</span></p>
<p>That&#8217;s all she wrote, my TechnoGeek peeps.</p>
<p>Cat, OUT.</p>
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		<title>Videos Before Ho&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Hey, Momma, since you&#8217;ve never seen it, we should go see &#8216;Horton Hears a Ho&#8217; tonight!&#8221; *snorts of laughter* &#8220;What did I say?&#8221; &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. And speaking of ho&#8217;s, Chassy Pimp makes an appearance on the latest episode of TechnoGeekery. And she RAPS, yo? Right?! I&#8217;m sayin&#8217;. Sweet. TechnoGeekery Show #16 (actual #26): Blog Books and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Hey, Momma, since you&#8217;ve never seen it, we should go see &#8216;Horton Hears a Ho&#8217; tonight!&#8221;</p>
<p>*<em>snorts of laughter</em>*</p>
<p>&#8220;What did I say?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..</p>
<p>And speaking of ho&#8217;s, <a title="TG5 Pimp My Blog" href="http://www.technogeekery.com/2007/09/12/technogeekery-show-5-pimp-my-blog-pt-i/" target="_blank">Chassy</a> <a title="TGQ1 Pimp My Blog POST" href="http://www.technogeekery.com/2007/09/20/technogeekery-quickie-1-pimp-my-blog-post/" target="_blank">Pimp</a> makes an appearance on the latest episode of <a title="Cat's Podcast O' TechnoGeekery" href="http://www.technogeekery.com" target="_blank">TechnoGeekery</a>. And she RAPS, yo? Right?! I&#8217;m sayin&#8217;. <em>Sweet.</em></p>
<p><strong><a title="TG16 (26) Bllurb Rap" href="http://www.technogeekery.com/2008/04/25/technogeekery-show-16-actual-26-blog-books-and-blurb-raps/" target="_blank">TechnoGeekery Show #16 (actual #26): Blog Books and Blurb Raps</a></strong></p>
<p>Please note that the latest episode of TechnoGeekery is also available in the DWM sidebar. Right over there &#8211;&gt;.  And by clicking on the &#8220;Toggle Full Screen&#8221; icon in the lower right-hand corner of the sidebar&#8217;s Podango player, you can watch the video&#8211;wait for it&#8230; wait for it&#8211; full screen! Just so&#8217;s ya know.</p>
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		<title>An Announcement and a Recommendation</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you notice my new site?! Did it myself! I KNOW, right?! SWEET. And TechnoGeekery totally matches! Woo! Okay, first of all, there is News regarding my video podcast o&#8217; technogeekery, which I relay to you in my latest episode of TechnoGeekery with Chassy Cat (which I will always upload via my brand-spanking new Podango&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did you notice my new site?! Did it myself! I KNOW, right?! SWEET. And <strong><a title="Cat's Vidcast O' TechnoGeekery" href="http://www.technogeekery.com" target="_blank">TechnoGeekery </a></strong>totally matches! Woo!</p>
<p>Okay, first of all, there is News regarding my video podcast o&#8217; technogeekery, which I relay to you in my latest episode of TechnoGeekery with Chassy Cat (which I will always upload via my brand-spanking new Podango&#8217;s Flash 9 player in my sidebar here at DWM. I KNOW, right?!):</p>
<p><a title="Cat's Vidcast O' TechnoGeekery" href="http://www.technogeekery.com/2008/04/21/technogeekery-is-brought-to-you-by/" target="_blank"><strong>TechnoGeekery is Brought to You By&#8230;</strong></a></p>
<p>On this Very Special Episode of TechnoGeekery, I announce the show&#8217;s very first Corporate Sponsor:  <a href="http://www.aveeno.com/" target="_blank">Johnson &amp; Johnson’s Aveeno Baby</a> products.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.aveeno.com/" target="_blank"><img title="Mommycast and Friends" src="http://www.desperateworkingmomma.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/mcandfabsquare.gif" alt="Aveeno Sponsor" width="300" /></a></p>
<p>That&#8217;s right! TechnoGeekery, along with the <a href="http://www.mommycastandfriends.com/" target="_blank">Mommycast and Friends Family Channel</a> and Aveeno Baby, is making total podcast history! No, REALLY. Please feel free (and by &#8220;feel free&#8221; I mean, &#8220;do this, please, please, oh please&#8230;&#8221;) to click on the <a href="http://www.aveeno.com/" target="_blank">Aveeno Baby</a> banner under &#8220;The Latest at TechnoGeekery&#8221; at my <strong><a title="Cat's Vidcast O' TechnoGeekery" href="http://www.technogeekery.com" target="_blank">TechnoGeekery</a></strong> site to learn more about their products (and to show just how awesome we TechnoGeeks are, naturally!). Thank you so much for your support.</p>
<p>Oh, and buy Aveeno lotion. Then tell me about how awesome it is in the comment section of my TechnoGeekery site. And then click on the Aveeno banner again. Are you getting what I&#8217;m saying here? CLICK!</p>
<p>Also, if you haven&#8217;t visited me at iTunes, please stop by and leave me tons of positive feedback! Unless you have nothing nice to say, in which case, stay AWAY.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p><span style="color: #497d30;"><em><strong>And FINALLY&#8230; the recommendation portion of this post:</strong></em></span></p>
<p>Despite an unsolicited newfound intimate knowledge of Jason Segel&#8217;s manbits, <strong><a title="Forgetting Sarah Marshall" href="http://www.forgettingsarahmarshall.com/" target="_blank">Forgetting Sarah Marshall</a></strong> is laugh out loud funny. It&#8217;s got my girl Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars!) in it, and seriously, her British rocker boyfriends steals every scene he&#8217;s in. And there are PUPPETS, people! PUPPETS!</p>
<p>In fact, this movie was so laugh out loud HIII-larious, that I will probably have to see it again! Oh, because the packed theater laughed so loudly that I missed stuff, <em>not</em> because of the manbits. Sheesh. Get your minds out of the <em>gutters</em>. (Yes, I&#8217;m talking to YOU, <a title="Poop and Boogies" href="http://poopandboogies.com" target="_blank">William</a> and <a title="Truths and Half-Truths" href="http://truthsandhalftruths.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Nils</a>&#8230;)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.desperateworkingmomma.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/forgetting372.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-809" title="forgetting sarah marshall" src="http://www.desperateworkingmomma.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/forgetting372.jpg" alt="My girl Kristen Bell!" /></a></p>
<p>Check it out! Hey, I meant the MOVIE.</p>
<p>Honestly. You people&#8230;</p>
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		<title>NEW American Idol Theme Song</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you can&#8217;t view a YouTube link (for whatever reason), and are therefore unable to enjoy the comedic stylings of Rhett and Link, it is quite possible you may be able to view the video HERE. And since I think these guys are freaking hilarious, I will mention that you can also subscribe to the Rhett and Linkast at their site or iTunes. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you can&#8217;t view a YouTube link (for whatever reason), and are therefore unable to enjoy the comedic stylings of Rhett and Link, it is quite possible you may be able to view the video <a target="_blank" href="http://video.yahoo.com/watch/2159727/6833460" title="Rhett and Link American Idol">HERE</a>. And since I think these guys are freaking hilarious, I will mention that you can also subscribe to the Rhett and Linkast at <a target="_blank" href="http://rhettandlink.com/" title="Rhett and Linkast"><strong>their site</strong></a> or iTunes.</p>
<p>There! Don&#8217;t say I never give you anything.</p>
<p>Enjoy.</p>
<p>All rising.</p>
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		<title>TechnoGeekery Show #15: Product Review&#8230; EYE-FI Wireless Card</title>
		<link>http://www.desperateworkingmomma.com/2008/03/18/technogeekery-show-15-product-review-eye-fi-wireless-card/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new TechnoGeekery episode is up! And in it, I am Reviewer Gal! That&#8217;s right! I was asked to test out and review a techno gadget! FOOYAH! So I was all, &#8220;Heck, yes, I&#8217;ll test and review a techno gadget!&#8221; And TechnoGeekery Show #15: Product Review&#8230; EYE-FI Wireless Card was born! And then I took [...]]]></description>
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<p>A new <strong><a href="http://www.technogeekery.com/" title="Cat's Podcast O' TechnoGeekery" target="_blank">TechnoGeekery</a></strong> episode is up! And in it, I am Reviewer Gal! That&#8217;s right! I was asked to test out and review a techno gadget!</p>
<p>FOOYAH!</p>
<p>So I was all, &#8220;Heck, yes, I&#8217;ll test and review a techno gadget!&#8221; And <a href="http://www.technogeekery.com/2008/03/15/technogeekery-show-15-product-review-eye-fi-wireless-card/" title="TG15 EYE-FI" target="_blank"><strong>TechnoGeekery Show #15: Product Review&#8230; EYE-FI Wireless Card</strong></a> was born!</p>
<p>And then I took a nap, being thoroughly exhausted by all the exclamations.</p>
<p>Music in the podcast provided by the <a href="http://music.podshow.com/index.php" target="_blank" title="Podshow PMN">Podsafe Music Network</a>, with <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=267253943&amp;s=143441&amp;i=267255747" target="_blank" title="Buy Remember"><em>Remember</em> </a> by <strong><a href="http://www.myspace.com/blacklabband" target="_blank" title="Black Lab Myspace">Black Lab</a></strong>,  <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=211044999&amp;id=211044998&amp;s=143441" title="Photograph at iTunes" target="_blank"><em>Photograph</em></a> by <strong><a href="http://leecoulter.com/" target="_blank" title="Lee Coulter website">Lee Coulter</a></strong>, and <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=130229232&amp;id=130229228&amp;s=143441" target="_blank" title="Shady"><em>Shady</em></a> by <strong><a href="http://www.raykokrb.com/" target="_blank" title="Rayko Pipes site">Rayko/KRB</a></strong>.</p>
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		<title>Another TechnoGeekery Quickie! Plus&#8230; A TD/Kate Movie Debut!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another episode of TechnoGeekery is up. It&#8217;s a quickie! TechnoGeekery Quickie #6: Attaching Files to Email In this one, I get down to basics and explain how to attach files&#8211; such as documents, pictures, or videos&#8211; to your emails. Because my TechnoGeeks ASKED me, that&#8217;s why! Now, we’ve gone over this before, people! Don’t MAKE [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Another episode of TechnoGeekery is up. It&#8217;s a quickie!</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.technogeekery.com/2008/03/01/technogeekery-quickie-6-attaching-files-to-email/" title="TGQ6 attach email" target="_blank">TechnoGeekery Quickie #6: Attaching Files to Email</a></strong></p>
<p>In this one, I get down to basics and explain how to attach files&#8211; such as documents, pictures, or videos&#8211; to your emails. Because my TechnoGeeks ASKED me, that&#8217;s why! Now, we’ve gone over this before, people! Don’t MAKE me get out my guitar and write a song, yo?</p>
<p>In other news, TD and <a href="http://www.mommycastandfriends.com" title="Mommycast and Friends" target="_blank">Paige</a>&#8216;s daughter, Kate, wrote, directed, starred in, and produced a short video for a children&#8217;s video festival they want to enter. They did this&#8211; from the script-writing to the camera work to the film editing&#8211; completely independently and are bizarre and genuinely hilarious in it.</p>
<p>For real. They have the best chemistry and comedic timing. I don&#8217;t know where they get this.</p>
<p>&#8220;What&#8217;s up with that?! Haaaaaaaaaaaaa!&#8221;</p>
<p></p>
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		<itunes:subtitle>Another episode of TechnoGeekery is up. It&#8217;s a quickie!
TechnoGeekery Quickie #6: Attaching Files to Email
In this one, I get down to basics and explain how to attach files&#8211; such as documents, pictures, or videos&#8211; to your emails. B[...]</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Another episode of TechnoGeekery is up. It&#8217;s a quickie!
TechnoGeekery Quickie #6: Attaching Files to Email
In this one, I get down to basics and explain how to attach files&#8211; such as documents, pictures, or videos&#8211; to your emails. Because my TechnoGeeks ASKED me, that&#8217;s why! Now, we’ve gone over this before, people! Don’t MAKE me get out my guitar and write a song, yo?
In other news, TD and Paige&#8216;s daughter, Kate, wrote, directed, starred in, and produced a short video for a children&#8217;s video festival they want to enter. They did this&#8211; from the script-writing to the camera work to the film editing&#8211; completely independently and are bizarre and genuinely hilarious in it.
For real. They have the best chemistry and comedic timing. I don&#8217;t know where they get this.
&#8220;What&#8217;s up with that?! Haaaaaaaaaaaaa!&#8221;
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		<title>TechnoGeekery Show #14: Podsafe Music&#8230; Pump Up the Volume!</title>
		<link>http://www.desperateworkingmomma.com/2008/02/23/technogeekery-show-14-podsafe-music-pump-up-the-volume/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember when Christian Slater was hawt? You know, like in Heathers? Oooh, and in Pump Up the Volume?! The 1990 dramady about rebellious quasi-political teens working out their angst via underground radio?! So they could Talk Hard?! &#8216;Member?! Do ya?! Really? Cool. And that&#8217;s what we in the biz call a &#8220;teaser&#8221;&#8230; because a new [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Remember when Christian Slater was hawt? You know, like in <em>Heathers</em>? Oooh, and in <em>Pump Up the Volume</em>?! The 1990 dramady about rebellious quasi-political teens working out their angst via underground radio?! So they could Talk Hard?! &#8216;Member?! Do ya?!</p>
<p>Really? Cool.</p>
<p>And <em>that&#8217;s </em>what we in the biz call a &#8220;teaser&#8221;&#8230; because a new <strong><a href="http://www.technogeekery.com" title="Cat's Vidcast O' TechnoGeekery" target="_blank">TechnoGeekery</a></strong> vidcast is up:</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.technogeekery.com/2008/02/23/technogeekery-show-14-podsafe-music-pump-up-the-volume/" title="TG14 PMN" target="_blank">TechnoGeekery #14: Podsafe Music&#8230; Pump Up the Volume!</a></strong></p>
<p>And while Christian Slater may not make an actual appearance, Chassy Cat may have an emotional Mary Katherine Gallagher monologue moment or two during this particular podcast. Perhaps. I&#8217;m just saying. It could happen.</p>
<p>Superstar!!</p>
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		<title>TechnoGeekery: Request for Questions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New vidcast up at TechnoGeekery.com! That being said, I&#8217;ve been thinking about the future lately. Oh, not in a Saving For The Future kind of way, or an I Will One Day Backpack My Way Across Europe If It Is The Last Thing I Ever Do So Help Me GOD kind of way, but in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://www.technogeekery.com/2008/02/04/request-for-questions-for-chassy-cat/" title="TGQuestions" target="_blank">New vidcast</a></strong> up at <a href="http://www.technogeekery.com" title="Cat's Vidcast O' TechnoGeekery" target="_blank">TechnoGeekery.com</a>!</p>
<p>That being said, I&#8217;ve been thinking about the future lately. Oh, not in a Saving For The Future kind of way, or an I Will One Day Backpack My Way Across Europe If It Is The Last Thing I Ever Do So Help Me GOD kind of way, but in the What The HELL Am I Doing With My LIFE way. You know. I know you know.</p>
<p>I blame TechnoGeekery.</p>
<p>Oh, yes. Yes, I do.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s thing. I was approached, asked if I&#8217;d be interested in focusing my desire to create video podcasts into something with a little more purpose than PSA&#8217;s about <strong><a href="http://www.desperateworkingmomma.com/2006/08/30/public-restroom-cell-phone-users-2/" title="Cell Phone Restroom" target="_blank">Public Restroom Cell Phone Etiquette</a></strong> (I still stand by my original stance of *<em>shudder</em>*), and I was all, &#8220;Okay!&#8221;</p>
<p>Because I&#8217;m STUPID?</p>
<p>Here, let me tell you a secret: Me? I&#8217;m a bit of a perfectionist. No, really! Um&#8230; and a tad OCD. A <em>smidge</em>, really. Oh, and there&#8217;s the ADHD thing. So being the sole writer, cinematographer, film editor, director, producer, performer, musical coordinator, and PR person for a video podcast? A little time consuming. And–perhaps– a bit stressful. You know, at <em>times</em>. Or&#8230; most of the time.</p>
<p>So, while many audio podcasters may be able to set aside a few nights a week to record two or three episodes of their show per night, it is possible they may not have even a <em>remotely</em> accurate idea of the amount of time I put into one five-minute episode of TechnoGeekery.</p>
<p>See, it&#8217;s a chunk of time. A HUGE chunk. Big ol&#8217; chunky chunk. Lots of chunk going on here.</p>
<p>And I can&#8217;t help wondering&#8230; well, what in the world is it all <em>for</em>? Why do I do it? Why do I fret over it? Will I look back on my life ten years from now and think, &#8220;Boy, HOWDY. I am so GLAD I spent all my free time making episodes of TechnoGeekery.&#8221; In the big scheme of things, how important is it to me that maybe–just perhaps– I made someone laugh? And maybe–just perhaps– I taught someone something they didn&#8217;t know? And if the answer to both of those questions is &#8220;pretty darn important,&#8221; the obvious question is then, &#8220;Is it important <em>enough</em>?&#8221;</p>
<p>And I&#8217;m not sure it is.</p>
<p>Especially when I stumble across a piece of writing like the following, which I wrote back in June of &#8217;06 after seeing <em>Shopgirl</em>, and I am reminded of <em>exactly</em> where I want to be in ten years:</p>
<p>June 5, 2006</p>
<p>This weekend TGIM and I watched Steve Martin&#8217;s novella-turned-motion picture <em>Shopgirl</em> (which… great movie) and though it had moments of humor which one would expect from the guy who shall go down in infamy as That Guy Who Played The Jerk, the humor was quiet– subtle, even. Further, the movie truly <em>said</em> something, spoke truths, and conveyed this in an atmosphere that was slow and thoughtful and deeply affecting. It reminded me quite a bit of <em>Lost in Translation</em>, actually, in both pace and poignancy. Both movies star over-the-hill comedians in quirky, May-December relationships with beautiful young girls– and I do freely admit the thought of watching Steve Martin and Bill Murray playing any beautiful young girl&#8217;s crush/lover initially squicked me right out– but amazingly, they both pull it off, so yay them.</p>
<p>But most of all, both movies speak of loss and discovery and an emotional awakening in a way that I have come to realize I long to master in my own writing. But too often it seems that when I am writing and find myself faced with the choice of expressing myself in a thoughtful, subtle manner or in a humorous, bantering light, I inevitably choose to joke. And I joke because that&#8217;s just what I DO, I laugh, whether life brings me gifts of joy all tied up with pretty bows or bitch-slaps me and hands me bitter disappointment, I laugh and laugh and laugh. Then laugh some more. To be honest, I cry, also, but not in front of anyone, not so anyone can see, because what if people find out there are chinks in this laissez faire demeanor I&#8217;ve created– they could hurt me more, right? I don&#8217;t like anybody to see me cry. Much like my youngest daughter Alli, who when she hurts herself will inevitably jump up from the spill shouting, &#8220;I&#8217;m all right! I&#8217;m okay! That kind of tickled, actually!&#8221; even though we all know it hurt her and there are tears in her eyes and she is just saying it didn&#8217;t hurt so we will leave her alone and she can run away and cry in peace. In a way perhaps we are trying to say, &#8220;You can&#8217;t hurt me. Nothing can hurt me. I laugh at pain! Ha ha ha!&#8221;</p>
<p>So I write and I&#8217;m silly and whimsical and manic and almost always utterly tongue-in-cheek, and though I quite often express exactly what I am truly feeling, it is more often than not hidden away in evasive verbiage. Linguistic smoke and mirrors, if you will. And though I know emotional honesty does not always have to be slow or thoughtful and that poignancy and humor are not mutually exclusive, I wish sometimes I could find the words to illustrate what I really mean without resorting to silliness and feigned vapidity. To be starkly honest, to lay my heart out in words so you could actually feel it beating if you just listened closely enough, and you just KNOW. You feel me. Hear me.</p>
<p>Then, inevitably, I run off to watch an old episode of <em>Buffy</em> or <em>Veronica Mars</em> and I am lost in the witty quips and snarky banter, and awed by the sheer brilliance of the marriage between humor and poignancy in the writing, and I’m like, &#8220;Eh.&#8221;</p>
<p>Because although I sometimes yearn– <em>burn</em>, even– to write peaceful, thoughtful prose, yes, passages of deeply affecting language whose impact will stay with people for hours, days, even years after reading it, that is not who I am. I am impulsive and passionate, rarely peaceful. And I see life though a haze of sardonic humor and I can’t help but spill it out in my writing.</p>
<p>And I think I am finally coming to terms with that.</p>
<p>Grr! Stupid <em>Shopgirl</em>. Making me all meditative and whatnot. Bah! I&#8217;m off to eat a donut and shake off this silly moment of introspective sentimentalism… I&#8217;m thinking cinnamon cake.</p>
<p>Carry on.</p>
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		<title>TechnoGeekery Quickies and Other Random Stuff</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, another TG Quickie coming at&#8217;cha: TechnGeekery Quickie #5: Chores and Allowance&#8230; Taking it Techno In this quick episode I discover that tiny mints and newly-applied lip gloss do not mix. Among other things, naturally. In other news, TGIM came across this very familiar-looking verification code as he was surfing Ticketmaster for tickets to some&#8211; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, another <a href="http://www.technogeekery.com/" title="Cat's Podcast O' TechnoGeekery" target="_blank"><strong>TG Quickie</strong></a> coming at&#8217;cha:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.technogeekery.com/2008/01/02/technogeekery-quickie-5-chores-and-allowance-taking-it-techno/" title="TGQ4 PayJr" target="_blank"><strong>TechnGeekery Quickie #5:  Chores and Allowance&#8230; Taking it Techno</strong></a></p>
<p>In this quick episode I discover that tiny mints and newly-applied lip gloss do not mix. Among other things, naturally.</p>
<p>In other news, TGIM came across this <a href="http://klog.imjustsaying.org:81/" title="Kalki KLOG" target="_blank"><strong>very familiar-looking</strong></a> verification code as he was surfing Ticketmaster for tickets to some&#8211; oh, I don&#8217;t know, sporting event of some sort, I guess?&#8211; so he got all excited (a little too excited if you ask me, come to think of it) and took a screenshot and shot it on over to me via email, all &#8220;Look! Look! Look what I came across! Kelly would like it because she&#8217;s awesome and I love her and did you read her blog today because she is so SO funny and hilarious and man IwishyouweremorelikeKellybecauseshe&#8217;ssoawesome, so check it out!&#8221; But maybe I might have hyperbole-ed up that last part, but he may as well have said it because it is what he MEANT. Don&#8217;t think I don&#8217;t know it. Because I know.</p>
<p>What? Oh! The verification code! Right. Focused now.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.desperateworkingmomma.com/wp-content/uploads/kalki.png"><img src="http://www.desperateworkingmomma.com/wp-content/uploads/kalki.png" title="Kalki" alt="Kalki" width="425" /></a><br />
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<p>Gosh, <strong><a href="http://klog.imjustsaying.org:81/" title="Kalki KLOG" target="_blank">Kelly</a></strong>, even Ticketmaster has a thing for you.</p>
<p>Oh, and speaking of hyperbole, I NEED <a href="http://www.glarkware.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=3&amp;idproduct=3621" title="Glarkware" target="_blank">this t-shirt</a>. Like&#8230; NOW, please:</p>
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		<title>A Special Holiday Message</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 16:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[( I couldn&#8217;t let this beautiful season pass without expressing a heartfelt message of holiday cheer. So&#8230; yah. Here it is. Music in this podcast provided by the Podsafe Music Network, with Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Dokken. Yes, I said DOKKEN.) Ha, ha, ha! Merry Christmas, everyone! HA, HA, HA! Oh… didn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(<em> I couldn&#8217;t let this beautiful season pass without expressing a heartfelt message of holiday cheer. So&#8230; yah. Here it is. Music in this podcast provided by the <a href="http://music.podshow.com/index.php" title="Podshow PMN" target="_blank">Podsafe Music Network</a>, with <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=194326833&amp;s=143441&amp;i=194326903">Santa Claus is Coming to Town</a> by <strong><a href="http://www.myspace.com/mbxmas" title="Monster Ballads Xmas Myspace" target="_blank">Dokken</a></strong>. Yes, I said DOKKEN.</em>)<br />
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<p>Ha, ha, ha! Merry Christmas, everyone! HA, HA, HA!</p>
<p>Oh… didn&#8217;t you hear? In Australia, street Santas are being encouraged to replace &#8220;ho ho ho!&#8221; with &#8220;ha ha ha!&#8221; You know, because all that deep &#8220;ho ho ho!&#8221;-ing scares the children? Not to mention the blatant sexist connotations inherent in the traditional phraseology?</p>
<p>Then again, potentially any large man in a red velvet suit with a scraggly white beard could scare the everlovin&#8217; bejeebies out of a child, especially when said child is coerced into sitting on the man&#8217;s lap while &#8220;He sees you when you&#8217;re sleeping, he knows when you&#8217;re awake!&#8221; blares in the background.</p>
<p>But that is totally beside the point. Belting out &#8220;ho ho ho!&#8221; at all those unsuspecting children? All they want is a candy cane, after all. That could damage a child&#8217;s psyche, that&#8217;s all I&#8217;m saying.</p>
<p>Yup. Leave it to Oz to straighten out Santa Claus and his Eurocentric, closed-minded, rigid value judgments. I mean, &#8216;ho&#8217;? And what about &#8216;naughty&#8217; and &#8216;nice&#8217;? Hello? Who is he to say?! Huh? This is the 21st century, Santa. We don&#8217;t burden children with labels that could damage their self-esteem. We prefer &#8220;obedience-challenged&#8221; or &#8220;potentially disruptive on a large scale.&#8221; And EVERYONE gets a present. But I digress.</p>
<p>So, the family and I just finished singing a rousing chorus of &#8216;Rudolph the Differently-abled Reindeer-American,&#8217; which is one of our favorite Holiday Ballads of Strictly Secular Joy. Those are always fun this time of year! Good times!</p>
<p>Aw, I kid. Kidding! My family and I are in fact quite full of the holiday spirit and are feeling extraordinarily thankful for the blessings we have received this year.</p>
<p>Speaking of blessings&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>Top Ten Lambson Moments of 2007</strong></p>
<p>10.  Buying Guitar Hero and rocking out as a family. Need I say more?</p>
<p>9.   Allison discovering acronyms, and-after hearing that I made bran muffins-skipping along behind me and happily yelling out for all the neighborhood to hear &#8220;Yay! Mom, Come on! Let&#8217;s go eat a BM!&#8221;</p>
<p>8. Hannah telling Tanner she loved him, just out of the blue, then-after Aaron and I finished cooing, &#8220;Aw!&#8221; and &#8220;How sweet!&#8221;-shrugging and admitting, &#8220;Yeah… that was an awkward moment.&#8221;</p>
<p>7.  Breaking up with <em>American Idol</em> so we could have those three nights per week of our lives back.</p>
<p>6.  Making wedding videos and Public Service Announcement vidcasts with the kiddos. Just for the heck of it.</p>
<p>5. Hannah yelling, &#8220;Momma! Swinging with the wind rushing over my toes is my favorite way to swing! (<em>flinging hair as if she were the Breck Girl</em>) With the wind in my hair!… While wearing a skort!&#8221;</p>
<p>4. Allison proudly showing off her new gerbil, then announcing, &#8220;One of them I thought had babies, but it was actually only his tentacles.&#8221; Then, after our explosion of laughter, insisting, &#8220;No! I&#8217;m not kidding, guys! Those tentacles were HUGE!&#8221;</p>
<p>3.  Scoring an interview with actor Michael Muhney (AKA: Sheriff Lamb)-from my favorite TV show <em>Veronica Mars</em>-for my sleeper hit vidcast, <em><a href="http://www.desperateworkingmomma.com/category/veronica-mars-rewind/" title="VM Rewind" target="_blank">Veronica Mars REWIND</a></em>, (Michael Muhney says I &#8220;rock&#8221;&#8230; Booyah!)</p>
<p>2.  Tanner auditioning for and WINNING the lead part of Charlie in his school&#8217;s musical production of <em>Roald Dahl&#8217;s Willy Wonka</em>.</p>
<p>1.  Crawling into bed at the end of the day and cuddling up with a novel, smooshed between my kiddos–smelling of playground sweat and sunshine–eagerly devouring novels of their own, the only sound the whisper of turning pages, the rustle of blankets, and occasional bursts of laughter followed by silly passages read aloud for all to enjoy. No television. No phone. No computer. No radio. Just my kids and me tucked away from the world, immersed in worlds of our own… together.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/desperateworkingmommas/2098241029/" title="Happy Holidays by catsdream, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2012/2098241029_be16b42566.jpg" alt="Happy Holidays" width="425" /></a></p>
<p>And I mean this&#8230; happy holidays, y&#8217;all.</p>
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		<itunes:subtitle>( I couldn&#8217;t let this beautiful season pass without expressing a heartfelt message of holiday cheer. So&#8230; yah. Here it is. Music in this podcast provided by the Podsafe Music Network, with Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Dokken. Yes, I s[...]</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>( I couldn&#8217;t let this beautiful season pass without expressing a heartfelt message of holiday cheer. So&#8230; yah. Here it is. Music in this podcast provided by the Podsafe Music Network, with Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Dokken. Yes, I said DOKKEN.)

Ha, ha, ha! Merry Christmas, everyone! HA, HA, HA!
Oh… didn&#8217;t you hear? In Australia, street Santas are being encouraged to replace &#8220;ho ho ho!&#8221; with &#8220;ha ha ha!&#8221; You know, because all that deep &#8220;ho ho ho!&#8221;-ing scares the children? Not to mention the blatant sexist connotations inherent in the traditional phraseology?
Then again, potentially any large man in a red velvet suit with a scraggly white beard could scare the everlovin&#8217; bejeebies out of a child, especially when said child is coerced into sitting on the man&#8217;s lap while &#8220;He sees you when you&#8217;re sleeping, he knows when you&#8217;re awake!&#8221; blares in the background.
But that is totally beside the point. Belting out &#8220;ho ho ho!&#8221; at all those unsuspecting children? All they want is a candy cane, after all. That could damage a child&#8217;s psyche, that&#8217;s all I&#8217;m saying.
Yup. Leave it to Oz to straighten out Santa Claus and his Eurocentric, closed-minded, rigid value judgments. I mean, &#8216;ho&#8217;? And what about &#8216;naughty&#8217; and &#8216;nice&#8217;? Hello? Who is he to say?! Huh? This is the 21st century, Santa. We don&#8217;t burden children with labels that could damage their self-esteem. We prefer &#8220;obedience-challenged&#8221; or &#8220;potentially disruptive on a large scale.&#8221; And EVERYONE gets a present. But I digress.
So, the family and I just finished singing a rousing chorus of &#8216;Rudolph the Differently-abled Reindeer-American,&#8217; which is one of our favorite Holiday Ballads of Strictly Secular Joy. Those are always fun this time of year! Good times!
Aw, I kid. Kidding! My family and I are in fact quite full of the holiday spirit and are feeling extraordinarily thankful for the blessings we have received this year.
Speaking of blessings&#8230;
Top Ten Lambson Moments of 2007
10.  Buying Guitar Hero and rocking out as a family. Need I say more?
9.   Allison discovering acronyms, and-after hearing that I made bran muffins-skipping along behind me and happily yelling out for all the neighborhood to hear &#8220;Yay! Mom, Come on! Let&#8217;s go eat a BM!&#8221;
8. Hannah telling Tanner she loved him, just out of the blue, then-after Aaron and I finished cooing, &#8220;Aw!&#8221; and &#8220;How sweet!&#8221;-shrugging and admitting, &#8220;Yeah… that was an awkward moment.&#8221;
7.  Breaking up with American Idol so we could have those three nights per week of our lives back.
6.  Making wedding videos and Public Service Announcement vidcasts with the kiddos. Just for the heck of it.
5. Hannah yelling, &#8220;Momma! Swinging with the wind rushing over my toes is my favorite way to swing! (flinging hair as if she were the Breck Girl) With the wind in my hair!… While wearing a skort!&#8221;
4. Allison proudly showing off her new gerbil, then announcing, &#8220;One of them I thought had babies, but it was actually only his tentacles.&#8221; Then, after our explosion of laughter, insisting, &#8220;No! I&#8217;m not kidding, guys! Those tentacles were HUGE!&#8221;
3.  Scoring an interview with actor Michael Muhney (AKA: Sheriff Lamb)-from my favorite TV show Veronica Mars-for my sleeper hit vidcast, Veronica Mars REWIND, (Michael Muhney says I &#8220;rock&#8221;&#8230; Booyah!)
2.  Tanner auditioning for and WINNING the lead part of Charlie in his school&#8217;s musical production of Roald Dahl&#8217;s Willy Wonka.
1.  Crawling into bed at the end of the day and cuddling up with a novel, smooshed between my kiddos–smelling of playground sweat and sunshine–eagerly devouring novels of their own, the only sound the whisper of turning pages, the rustle of blankets, and occasional bursts of la[...]</itunes:summary>
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		<title>TechnoGeekery Quickie #4: iTunes&#8230; an Analogy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2007 05:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey! Hey! Head on over to TechnoGeekery! Hey! There&#8217;s a new Quickie! Hey! And there is singing! And ANALOGIES! Good ones! And, hey&#8230; did I mention the singing? Yep. I composed some original tunes and debuted them on my vidcast. I know, right? Sweet. What can I say? I am ALL about the giving this [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey! Hey! Head on over to <a href="http://www.technogeekery.com/" title="Cat's Podcast O' TechnoGeekery" target="_blank"><strong>TechnoGeekery</strong></a>! Hey! There&#8217;s a new Quickie! Hey! And there is singing! And ANALOGIES! Good ones!</p>
<p>And, hey&#8230; did I mention the singing? Yep. I composed some original tunes and debuted them on my vidcast. I know, right? Sweet.</p>
<p>What can I say? I am ALL about the giving this holiday season. And my analogizin&#8217; skillz coupled with the guitarin&#8217; and singin&#8217; and whatnot? Well, that&#8217;s just my little gift to you.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.technogeekery.com/2007/12/21/technogeekery-quickie-4-itunes-an-analogy/" title="TGQ4 iTunes Analogy" target="_blank"><strong>TechnoGeekery Quickie #4: iTunes&#8230; an Analogy</strong></a></p>
<p>Oh. No need to thank me. It was my pleasure.</p>
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		<title>The Blue Sparkly Dress and TechnoGeekery</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And I mean this&#8230; CUTE. Aaaaaw. The infamous Blue Sparkly Dress. Sewed by Grandma Sue and the cause of much joy and contention amongst my kiddos. Oh, the good times Tanner had in that dress&#8230;! But that is a story for another time.Regardless, I repeat&#8230; so, SO cute. I&#8217;ve been on a digi-scrapping spree for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/desperateworkingmommas/2098241129/" title="Princess Hannah by catsdream, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2138/2098241129_026676f344.jpg" width="400" alt="Princess Hannah" height="400" /></a>And I mean this&#8230; CUTE. Aaaaaw. The infamous Blue Sparkly Dress. Sewed by Grandma Sue and the cause of much joy <em>and </em>contention amongst my kiddos. Oh, the good times Tanner had in that dress&#8230;! But that is a story for another time.Regardless, I repeat&#8230; so, SO cute. I&#8217;ve been on a <a href="http://www.technogeekery.com/2007/11/11/technogeekery-show-10-scrapbooking-taking-it-techno-with-digi-scrap/" target="_blank" title="TG digiscrap"><strong>digi-scrapping</strong></a> spree for the past week or so, frantically scrambling to get some super-duper top-secret Christmas presents taken care of, and this is the result of my practice removing picture backgrounds using the&#8221;Instant Alpha&#8221; feature in iWork Pages. I tell you what, y&#8217;all&#8230; digi-scrapping? Totally addictive! NOT. KIDDING. Nope. Not even one little bit of kid. Er, -<em>ding</em>. Kid<em>ding</em>.Also, a new TechnoGeekery Quickie is up:<strong><a href="http://www.technogeekery.com/2007/12/11/technogeekery-quickie-3-reach-out-and-ipod-touch-someone/" target="_blank" title="TGQ# iPodTouch">TechnoGeekery Quickie #3: Reach Out and iPod Touch Someone</a></strong>There is good music! By <a href="http://www.walthamtheband.com/" target="_blank" title="Waltham the Band">Waltham</a>! The band! For real! Check it OUT!Phew. I&#8217;m exhausted from all that exclaiming.</p>
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		<title>Ear Infections, Flu Bugs, and Stress&#8230; Oh MY!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sick Kids + Sick Momma + Too Many Things I Feel Unnecessarily Compelled To Do = NO FUN AT ALL! Just sayin&#8217;. In other news, TechnoGeekery Show #11: Google Calendar&#8230; and SMS Commands is up at TechnoGeekery.com. I had originally planned for it to be a TechnoGeekery Quickie, but as can sometimes happen, the Quickie [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sick Kids + Sick Momma + Too Many Things I Feel Unnecessarily Compelled To Do = NO FUN AT ALL!</p>
<p>Just sayin&#8217;.</p>
<p>In other news, <strong><a href="http://www.technogeekery.com/2007/11/23/technogeekery-show-11-google-calendar-and-sms-commands/" title="TG11 Google Cal SMS" target="_blank">TechnoGeekery Show #11: Google Calendar&#8230; and SMS Commands</a></strong> is up at <a href="http://www.technogeekery.com" title="Technogeekery O' Chassy Cat" target="_blank"><strong>TechnoGeekery.com</strong></a>. I had originally planned for it to be a TechnoGeekery Quickie, but as can sometimes happen, the Quickie turned into a&#8230; you know&#8230; <em>Longie.</em></p>
<p>My bad.</p>
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		<title>In Case Anyone Wondered Where the Sam Hill I Am These Days&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AKA: Why Cat is a HUGE Slacker. NaNoWriMo, baby. Honestly. Who knew that it was possible to be TOO thin? Well, apparently this is the case, if one slips the word &#8220;spread&#8221; before the &#8220;too thin&#8221; part. GOSH. Someone could have TOLD me! In other news, TechnoGeekery Show #10: Scrapbooking&#8230; Taking it Techno, is now [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>AKA: Why Cat is a HUGE Slacker.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/"><img src="http://www.desperateworkingmomma.com/wp-content/uploads/nanolarge.gif" alt="Official NaNoWriMo 2007 Participant" border="0" /></a></p>
<p>NaNoWriMo, baby.</p>
<p>Honestly. Who knew that it was possible to be TOO thin? Well, apparently this is the case, if one slips the word &#8220;spread&#8221; before the &#8220;too thin&#8221; part. GOSH. Someone could have TOLD me!</p>
<p>In other news, <a href="http://www.technogeekery.com/2007/11/11/technogeekery-show-10-scrapbooking-taking-it-techno-with-digi-scrap/" title="TG10 Digiscrap" target="_blank"><strong>TechnoGeekery Show #10: Scrapbooking&#8230; Taking it Techno</strong></a>, is now up at <a href="http://www.technogeekery.com" title="Technogeekery O' Chassy Cat" target="_blank">TechnoGeekery.com</a>. Check it out! Digi-scrap is FUN! For the whole FAAAAAMILY!</p>
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		<title>But I WANT a Chocolate Teapot!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a conversation this morning I instinctively used the idiom, &#8220;Perhaps you could put a bug in her ear about pushing those papers through clearance.&#8221; And then I was like, &#8220;Ew.&#8221; Because the bug? In the ear? What&#8217;s that all about? It&#8217;s a phrase without rhyme and reason, that&#8217;s all I&#8217;m saying! In any event, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In a conversation this morning I instinctively used the idiom, &#8220;Perhaps you could put a bug in her ear about pushing those papers through clearance.&#8221; And then I was like, &#8220;Ew.&#8221; Because the bug? In the ear? What&#8217;s <em>that</em> all about?</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a phrase without rhyme and reason, that&#8217;s all I&#8217;m saying!</p>
<p>In any event, there is <a href="http://www.technogeekery.com/2007/10/22/technogeekery-show-9-ipod-car-adapters-retro-is-back-in-style/" target="_blank" title="TG show 9"><strong>a new episode of TechnoGeekery </strong></a>up at TechnoGeekery.com. Yep! You heard it right from the horse&#8217;s mouth. I&#8217;m not saying you to need to go hell for leather to check out the vidcast, I&#8217;m just saying you don&#8217;t want to be a day late and a dollar short.</p>
<p>I have to admit that lately I&#8217;ve been paralyzed with indecision. I&#8217;ve been so afraid I would drop the ball and let down my TechnoGeeks that this vidcasting thing has almost become an albatross around my neck. On the one hand, I knew that he who hesitates is lost. But then I remembered that haste makes waste. Eventually I chose to stick to my game plan, although I did change things up a bit. That&#8217;s right&#8230; we&#8217;re going on a FIELD TRIP!</p>
<p>Keep in mind that unasked Burning Techno Questions are as much use to me as a chocolate teapot. So get your ducks in a row and drop me a line, for goodness Pete&#8217;s sake.</p>
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		<title>Only Seriously Snarky TV Viewers Need Apply (Part II)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With regards to this post requesting interested parties to email me about co-hosting a brand-spankin&#8217;-new weekly audio podcast TV Rewind ramma-lamma-bing-bang (I&#8217;m looking for several hosts, by the way, not just one), I was reminded by a hopeful future podcaster that I left out the following shows that we may want to discuss: The Bachelor, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With regards to <a href="http://www.desperateworkingmomma.com/2007/10/15/only-seriously-snarky-tv-viewers-need-apply/" target="_blank" title="Snarky TV Rewind">this post</a> requesting interested parties to email me about co-hosting a brand-spankin&#8217;-new weekly audio podcast TV Rewind ramma-lamma-bing-bang (I&#8217;m looking for <em>several</em> hosts, by the way, not just one), I was reminded by a hopeful future podcaster that I left out the following shows that we may want to discuss:</p>
<p>The Bachelor, Survivor, and Nip/Tuck.</p>
<p>My bad! Any others?</p>
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		<title>Only Seriously Snarky TV Viewers Need Apply</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a pop culture junkie and are interested in joining a weekly audio podcast (via Skype, which is free and I can totally help you install it) that will provide episode recaps, offbeat opinions, and the inside scoop about the hottest shows on TV, send me an email and I will send you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are a pop culture junkie and are interested in joining a weekly audio podcast (via <a href="http://www.skype.com/" target="_blank" title="Skype internet calls">Skype</a>, which is free and I can totally help you install it) that will provide episode recaps, offbeat opinions, and the inside scoop about the hottest shows on TV, send me an email and I will send you more details.</p>
<p>FYI: Possible shows that we would discuss each week  (naturally, you wouldn&#8217;t have to watch <em>all</em> of them):</p>
<p><u>Dramas:</u><br />
Bionic Woman<br />
Bones<br />
Chuck<br />
CSI (any)<br />
Desperate Housewives<br />
Dexter<br />
Friday Night Lights<br />
Ghost Whisperer<br />
Grey&#8217;s Anatomy<br />
Heroes<br />
House<br />
Law and Order (any)<br />
Lost<br />
My Name is Earl<br />
The Office<br />
One Tree Hill (<em>as much as it pains me</em>)<br />
Private Practice<br />
Pushing Daisies<br />
Reaper<br />
Prison Break<br />
Smallville<br />
Supernatural<br />
Ugly Betty<br />
(and possibly Gossip Girl)</p>
<p><u>Sitcoms:</u><br />
30 Rock<br />
Aliens in America<br />
Back to You<br />
Big Bang Theory<br />
Everbody Hates Chris<br />
How I Met Your Mother</p>
<p><u>Reality:<br />
</u>So You Think You Can Dance<br />
Dancing with the Stars<br />
America&#8217;s Next Top Model<br />
American Idol (2008)<br />
(<em>any others?</em>)</p>
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		<title>TechnoGeekery, and I&#8217;m going back to Cali, to Cali, to Cali&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not that all y&#8217;all need any more reasons to mock me, but my new TechnoGeekery podcast is up. TechnoGeekery Show #7: Breaking Up With Blogger This week, the question du jour asks about transferring all of one&#8217;s posts from one blog host to another. Well, you know how the song goes: They say that breaking [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not that all y&#8217;all need any more reasons to mock me, but my new TechnoGeekery podcast is up.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.technogeekery.com/2007/09/25/technogeekery-show-7-breaking-up-with-blogger/" title="TG7 Break up with Blogger" target="_blank">TechnoGeekery Show #7: Breaking Up With Blogger</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.technogeekery.com/2007/09/25/technogeekery-show-7-breaking-up-with-blogger/" title="TG7 Break up with Blogger" target="_blank"></a></strong></p>
<p>This week, the question du jour asks about transferring all of one&#8217;s posts from one blog host to another. Well, you know how the song goes:  <em>They say that breaking up is hard to do&#8230;</em></p>
<p>But it doesn&#8217;t have to be like that, and this week&#8217;s episode of TechnoGeekery shows you how to break up with Blogger&#8211;and move right in with WordPress.com&#8211;in a snap.</p>
<p>Plus, there&#8217;s <strong><em>singing!</em></strong>  And &#8220;<a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/top_entertainment/2007/09/leave_britney_alone_viral_vide.html" title="Leave Britney Alone!" target="_blank">Leave WordPress ALONE</a>&#8221; gal! And did I mention the singing?! Super bad singing?! Because there&#8217;s that.</p>
<p>That being said, I&#8217;m off to California! I&#8217;m going back to Cali, to Cali, to Cali&#8230; Will I have time to blog? Huh! I don&#8217;t think so.</p>
<p>Oh, I kid! I&#8217;m attending the Podcast and New Media Expo in sunny CA with my <a href="http://www.podcastingnews.com/2007/09/26/mommycast-launches-family-channel-podango/" title="Mommycast and Friends launches" target="_blank">Mommycast</a> BFF&#8217;s (<a href="http://www.technogeekery.com/" title="Technogeekery O' Chassy Cat" target="_blank">TechnoGeekery</a> is part of their new <em>Mommycast and Friends</em> channel at Podango! Woo!) this weekend, so there will be bunches and bunches of technogeeks around playing with techno gadgets and vidcasting and blogging and stuff. I know, right?! Heaven on earth.</p>
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