A story last week about a Cheshire teen who met his prom date via You Tube got me to thinking about whether I might become a YouTube star. The young woman, from Georgia, has become popular on YouTube by talking about fashion and makeup.
I do a daily video for MyRecordJournal on the top stories for the next day’s newspaper. I was surprised to learn we don’t offer it to YouTube. Apparently someone in the online department doesn’t think anyone would be interested. When I asked about the decision, an online employee pointed out to me that the young lady You-Tube star is 17 and since I am in my 40s (I am not!) I probably wouldn’t be a popular YouTube commodity.
Take a look at my daily video and let me know if you think it should be posted on YouTube. If not, what might I do differently to make the video more YouTube friendly?
I am open to suggestions. For example, maybe I should also talk about fashion. I don’t require makeup. But I could start using some. It doesn’t show in the video, but I do have bags under my eyes and a few wrinkles. I could sample creams for these problems and report on them instead of the news? Maybe the MyRecordJournal hierarchy would then put my video on YouTube.
Let me know what you think.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
Finding the fireworks
“Don’t go down there,” Mary says, referring to a driveway leading to one of the many businesses in Wallingford’s industrial park area off Route 68.
It is overcast on Saturday night, making the roads and the long driveways leading to the mostly empty parking lots and buildings seem scary to my wife. Michael 17, sitting in the back seat, senses his mom’s fear and urges me to go down the driveway.
“Mike, the fireworks are going to start soon. I don’t have time,” I reply.
After spending a couple of hours in the late afternoon working at the Record-Journal Daffodil Festival booth, I raced home to cook out and finish cutting the lawn. I finished around 8 p.m., realizing I didn’t have time to make it back to the park to watch the fireworks display.
“Maybe we can see them from where we watch the Wallingford fireworks,” I tell Mary and Michael as we head out.
Like thousands of east-siders, we watch the annual Wallingford fireworks parked in one of the many businesses near the intersection of North Main Street Extension and Route 68. But when I pull into the spot where we watch the Wallingford display it is empty and I suspect not the place to view fireworks at Hubbard Park. When I park, the tree line blocking the Meriden ridgeline confirms my suspicion.
We spend the next 20 minutes driving the industrial park area. Each time we find a parking lot that is high enough it is blocked by trees. All the lots clear of trees are too low to see Castle Craig. Finally just as the fireworks begin we find a spot along the road that is high enough and clear of trees to see most of the fireworks exploding over west peak. It wasn’t ideal, but we enjoyed the show.
In case I’m running late for the July 4th fireworks display at Hubbard Park, can anyone suggest the best place in Wallingford to view Meriden’s fireworks?
As you know the Wallingford display is in jeopardy this year. More on that issue in an upcoming blog.
It is overcast on Saturday night, making the roads and the long driveways leading to the mostly empty parking lots and buildings seem scary to my wife. Michael 17, sitting in the back seat, senses his mom’s fear and urges me to go down the driveway.
“Mike, the fireworks are going to start soon. I don’t have time,” I reply.
After spending a couple of hours in the late afternoon working at the Record-Journal Daffodil Festival booth, I raced home to cook out and finish cutting the lawn. I finished around 8 p.m., realizing I didn’t have time to make it back to the park to watch the fireworks display.
“Maybe we can see them from where we watch the Wallingford fireworks,” I tell Mary and Michael as we head out.
Like thousands of east-siders, we watch the annual Wallingford fireworks parked in one of the many businesses near the intersection of North Main Street Extension and Route 68. But when I pull into the spot where we watch the Wallingford display it is empty and I suspect not the place to view fireworks at Hubbard Park. When I park, the tree line blocking the Meriden ridgeline confirms my suspicion.
We spend the next 20 minutes driving the industrial park area. Each time we find a parking lot that is high enough it is blocked by trees. All the lots clear of trees are too low to see Castle Craig. Finally just as the fireworks begin we find a spot along the road that is high enough and clear of trees to see most of the fireworks exploding over west peak. It wasn’t ideal, but we enjoyed the show.
In case I’m running late for the July 4th fireworks display at Hubbard Park, can anyone suggest the best place in Wallingford to view Meriden’s fireworks?
As you know the Wallingford display is in jeopardy this year. More on that issue in an upcoming blog.
Friday, April 9, 2010
No Water !
Checking the basement this morning, I saw some damp spots and was sure that today’s rain would mean at least a few puddles in my basement, possibly more. Last week, I had about two inches of water. It was the first time in the 15 years I’ve been in the house that we had any water in the basement.
The good news is I just checked with my wife. There are a few damp spots, but no standing water.
Some of the boxes and other stuff stored in the unfinished basement before the flood are now spread around my house, including the porch. My plan was to start putting them back into the basement, possibly as soon as this weekend. Now I’m wondering if it is safe.
Let me know what you think?
Also, can someone explain to me the forces of nature that have come together this spring to produce basement flooding in areas that don’t normally experience it?
The good news is I just checked with my wife. There are a few damp spots, but no standing water.
Some of the boxes and other stuff stored in the unfinished basement before the flood are now spread around my house, including the porch. My plan was to start putting them back into the basement, possibly as soon as this weekend. Now I’m wondering if it is safe.
Let me know what you think?
Also, can someone explain to me the forces of nature that have come together this spring to produce basement flooding in areas that don’t normally experience it?
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