The Opinion Review

I have been using scribefire for a few months now when I jumped on the blogging train. It is amazing at how fast it is to get used to the software and how much you come to depend on it to manage blog’s

It uses the FireFox browser which I prefer more than Internet Explorer. Now you can simply post to a blog without ever leaving Firefox … It’s handy to be able to surf sites and type the post at the same time.

It’s unfortunate that Today.com doesn’t seem to support the software.. Maybe because it has an “ad” feature on it to post ad’s on your site but I haven’t been able to get that to work anyways… And on my other blog’s I haven’t made much money from ad’s anyways. So I blog out of passion to make my silliness public - Not to make money.

ScribeFire is popular software and makes blogging a snap. You should download it and use it if your not already! You dig?

My girlfriend and I went and did a little light mini van shopping over the holiday. Just to see what happens. We went over to South Pointe Chrysler in Tulsa . There was a used van we found there on the internet that seemed pretty cheap for us poor people.

My girl filled out the online application and immediately got approved for a loan..WOW what a trip huh? Neither one of us has good credit anymore..We were just looking to see what would happen. They called and wanted us to come on out…So we did…

We were greeted by a smiling guy as soon as we pulled up that seemed a bit over eager to help us… You know how these car lots are. He would ask us some questions and then tell us to wait as he went and talked to somebody else. - A manager or something.

Then came a hipster “credit manager” that seemed pretty cool.. He was typing a lot of things into the computer. He said that the internet application was “lost” and that he had to do a new one…Strange… Then he told the sales’ guy to go ahead and have her Honda Accura apprased for trade in…Then they both said to wait and they would be back after while…. Lot’s of waiting at these car lots…

The “cool” dude with the Ozzy Crazy train ring tone on his cell returned and told us we had a “100 dollar” car but that he could help us get into a $9000 van if we had a few thousand to put down…The cheaper one we liked was apparently off the table… 

Hey, We outta here…

My girl is off getting a better van for a better price right now as I compose this little review… Southe Pointe… It’s OK to turn us poor people down unless you lie about it and then become a complete ASS about the vehicle that we already have… There is no such thing as a $100 car unless it’s in the junk yard.  The blue book for the honda is about $2200 and the car run’s good… What is that guy talking about?

See Ya South Pointe…Wouldn’t wanna be ya….

A friend at work told me about the show gangland on the History Chanel . It sounded pretty groovy so I set up the DVR to check it..

I watched 2 episodes. One on the Outlaws Motorcycle Club and another on FSU. I didn’t really know either one of those gangs…

 The Outlaws are as big as the Hell’s Angels in the mid west.  They are apparently adversaries of the Hell’s angels and into the life style 99% or they are 1%Rs as the saying goes… A guy that supports himself totally from the lifestyle. It is said that only 1% of motorcycle people actually do this..They are the TRUE outlaws. Or perhaps they are simply a guy without a real job.

FSU (Friend’s Stand United) are a bunch of punk rock fan’s that double as street fighting thugs…They are interesting as many of them are “straight edgers” That don’t use drug’s or drink booze. I suppose they cure their boredom by beating down drug dealers or white power punks by outnumbering the opponents or just plain ruthlessness.

They veiw themselves as vigilantes with no remorse for the violence because they are not robbing, drugging and stealing from good folks but from drug dealers and other criminals. Pretty interesting.

Is the show any good? It’s entertaining except for the way it is shot and the narrator. They seem to be really flashy with the pictures and footage… I guess they assume the gang’s themselves are not interesting enough on their own and have to add all of that quick photography and “lightning” flashes to keep us interested.

The narrarator always has some kind of obnouxous tone to his dilevery and constantly repeats himeself.. I suppose he believes we didn’t hear him the first time around. I’d prefer a more bias approach to the narration . Not that I agree with the gang’s agenda’s or anything. But these people do believe in what they are living.

Check it out and tell me what you think… 

Well this movie sure got rave reviews…And controversy. I remember when it came out awhile back it was really talked about…Poking fun at retarded an/or fat people is a running theme. Whatever. Ridiculous really .

It really wasn’t all that funny…But I’m not a big comedy fan anyways… Sure, I like to laugh but full frontal comedies tend to bore me sometimes… I don’t seem to “get” all the jokes. That drug addict Robert Jr was pretty funny as a black guy..For a few minutes.

There was some entertainment value on this movie… It held my attention.. Some comedies just put me to sleep. But so do some drama’s What can a tired blue collar, hard working stiff to do? I just want to be entertained sometimes. And this one delivered OK.

Would I watch it again? Naw… If I didn’t crack up the first time around I doubt if I would the second. I got OTHER things to do…Ya dig?

I used to buy music gear for my house back when I had money. I would usually look around locally but could always seem to be able to find a better price at musicians friend…  - Sad but true…

I always thought it would be very weird to buy a guitar online without ever playing it but here I am with 2 of em that I bought at musicians friend …

Oh I had some problems with one of them…A blue acoustic electric. The guts to the electronics fell apart after just a few weeks and it wouldn’t work… I took it to a local shop but they said to simply “cut those guts out and use it as an acoustic only” -thanks buddy…

The guitar plays well but to get in there and fix that electric part seems impossible  as the sound hole is just too small…The parts just were not tightened up enough at the factory… And it is a cheap guitar which is the kind of gear I buy anyways…Cheap stuff… I figure only rock stars can afford $2000 guitars.

For the most part however I seem to have had pretty good luck from Musicians Friend… It’s fun to look around in there at all the goodies…And if you buy regularly they will send you a catalog that you can read like the Sears Wishbook… But hey! I need to start using the gear that I already have…Finish my newest project and post it on my free music website .

I was born and raised here in Tulsa. I am proud of my city and have no desire to live anywhere else. I remember lots of folks I grew up with were always wanting a “way out” They would join the army, or try to go to LA and become famous musicians. There was always they typical opinion that you couldn’t get “known” here in OK in music… You had to go to California to do that…

 Many country artists have put OK on the map…Garth Brooks ETC… Those guys didn’t have to go to Nashville did they? Oh but their records were recorded in Nashville…The musicians that they played with and formed in OK were for the “road only”.

I  lived in Memphis TN for awhile… I thought it sucked… It would take at least 1/2 a day for a trip to the mall… It was just so big. Good to be back..And here to stay…

Tulsa has all the shopping, dining and nightlife that your big cities have but with way less time to get there… We don’t have any “tourist” attractions  and that’s fine… I couldn’t care less if we don’t have a six flags or major museum. It’s all good… I live here… I don’t need to take a tour.

It’s a very livable city… I’m glad to be living and working here… Can YOU dig it!

This book was written by a respected fundamentalist evangelical Christian. What is different about this one is that he seems to be swinging into another way of thinking. Which contradicts conservative Christianity and everything you may have learned if you been in church all your life. ( I have not)

I was raised in church but was given the freedom to not go as I became a teenager. I believe this was a good decision by my parents so that I could find God on my own…That’s what were supposed to do anyways right? Many church’s teach that you should “FORCE” your children to go to church until they go off to work or collage. Hmmmm? Dunno

Everything must change teaches that the church teachers may be wrong about the real message of why Jesus came. Perhaps he agrees with the saving of the soul stuff but that his real mission was also to change the way man thinks. Mainly… To love one another… Wow what a concept.

He ignores all the “end of the world” stuff and Jesus coming back in a fury of fireballs punishing all us sinners… Instead he teaches about a new way of thinking about God and his purpose to allow US to fix the mess we caused by each doing our part in changing the way we run this planet. Which of course is wrong…

Themes Like:

• Ending War
• Ending the Huge Gap between the rich and poor
• Loving our enemies
• Fixing the Environment.
• Helping those in Need.
• Ending our addiction to violence.

Are not all these things in the Bible? He lays out his case and suggestions for Christians to do these things… Of course many Christians disagree with his viewpoints. Go figure….

I have been checkin out The Postal Service for awhile lately. It was recommended by a friend..With so much music out there to check out I usually go with a recommend from people because there tend to be so much crap.

This is a side project of the singer of a band I can’t remember right now. But whatever right? Anyways I enjoy checkin this record out in my car. Almost every song is worthwhile. The music certainly has a style that is different from the typical radio play nonsense. I love those pinball machine beats. Different.

The lyrics are pretty good. The vocals a bit wimpy but it tends to fit in the messages of the songs. Which to me are a bit depressing with positive undertones. Nice way to put things togehter. The music is also a bit dreamy which is my cup of tea as REM is one of my favorites.

I know TONS of music.. I could write about albums all day long and neve run out of things to say.I always tend to go back to my roots but it’s nice to know that there are still new cat’s putting out decent records. When you can find them.

So…When I have the strangest dream… Don’t wake me I’m sleeping in…

There are 1000’s and 1000’s of blogs created on the internet every day.. With many free tools such as Blogger.com and free software like wordpress almost ANYBODY can start blogging with very little computer skills. And if I can write stuff that somebody might read then ANYBODY can… You dig?

Trying to get traffic and regular readers to your blog seems to be the real challange for me… Oh one of my blogs The Hip Opinion get’s between 20 and 60 vistitors everyday… And that makes me feel good…But what about folks that have 10,000 readers every day?

I have read a few books and looked at a few of the millions of websites that teach how to become a successful or profitable blogger.  I try to follow many of their tips.Some of them have been successful… I am getting  some page views at this blogging network.

Lately I joined Blog Explosion … I saw it on another blog I was reading. It seems pretty user friendly and “guarantees” blog traffic. I added one of my blogs but it hasn’t been “approved” yet… Surely it will because most of the ones I surfed there are blogger.com blogs…And I have one of those too .

With all of the networking sites that are suggested to help build traffic it’s hard to get anything done when you have a family and a full time job… But I’m gonna keep on plugging along…Why? Because I LOVE IT…Forever…For LIFE!

The summer of love involved the Beatles. You know, flowers, love, peace. Sgt Pepper was the big album for the summer of love in 1967. The Jefferson Airplane and the Doors were the other 2 big albums of that summer. The soundtrack to the Viet Nam war.

Rolling Stone Magazine has called Sgt Pepper the biggest most influential album of all time.. Hmmm? I dunno. It is a great record as I am a big Beatles fan but it’s certainly not my favorite. The White Album holds that title for me.

Sgt Pepper does have some great moments . The Benefit of Mr Kite and Lovely Rita are pretty groovy. I remember listening to this record back when I was about 6 or 7 years old…Bouncing on my bed in front of a compact record player… Just soaking it all in… It is very infectious music.

Did Sgt Perpper change the face of music? Was it the pivotal changing point from rock and roll crap to something people could actually listen to? Even musical Scholars? Sure, whatever works.

George Martin and the boys were very proud of the record. John Lennon dissed it later however saying it wasn’t really all that great… Or something like that… I read it in a Beatles book. It hurt Paul’s feelings.. Heck there’s enough Beatles books out there to start a new religion… Anybody think of that?