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Tro-lee-o-lee-o!

Ooooooh SHIT! I'm back with another Blogger Beat-Down! Rather than drop-off the face of the grid and not say nothing, I let everyone know that this site was going on hiatus until the first of August. As that date draws closer, we started working our way back to posting again little by little. I was a bit overwhelmed trying to figure out how I was going to do this cause I've been trying a few things as well as wing it along the way. I hasn't worked out very well as far as scheduling things. I think I finally figured it out when I decided to say, "

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Before getting into it, I wan't to give an update on this patent troll bullshit that's been making the news. The U.S. House Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade subcommittee passed the TROL act and have sent it to the Energy and Commerce committee, which is intended to protect small business entrepreneurs like podcasters, from patent trolls who send them shakedown letters. Basically, the letters tell the podcaster that they are violating the patent and tell them to shut it down or pay up.

Comedian and podcaster Adam Carolla is fighting the patent troll personal audio in the courts and apparently, hemorrhaging money. He went all the way to Washington to get something going before Patrick Leahy shot it down. The process is still going but it's slowed things down a bit for our audio hero. Some good news however is that the medical manufactures association is getting behind the TROL act so that it's taken seriously. There's supposed to be a court date in September, so we'll have to wait until then to see what happens. Here, the EFF explains the TROL act in more detail and explains how it isn't a solution against patent reform. If you've got some scratch for the cause, give a little and let's see if we can fight this troll!

Anger studies: eat shit or die trying

In relation to the link in the opening paragraph, this is another blog I added to this little network of mine where I write about the difficulties, obstacles, frustrations, etc of working from home and writing online. This is for all of those times when I've been too frazzled to keep my eye on the prize and went off track to vent about some bullshit. I think it needed to happen because it was eating at me. I hope it helps those of us who create for a living to keep us from losing our shit altogether. I can clear my head and remain focused after dropping a load there.  (keep venting)

"I feel dead" (May 19, 2014)

Just a reminder that I use affiliate revenue-sharing services for a lot of the stuff that goes on here. It's how I make a living if you want to call it that. Well, I'm gonna call it that... so there! The reason for the different colored links is explained on the about page. I'm going to assume that everyone who's reading this knows what a traditional job is like where you have to be at the same place doing the same thing at the same time repeatedly. That can feel shitty and sometimes you fall into this numb state of mind. I don't do that traditional work shit anymore but I've also put myself in that world of writing where that has it's own share of problems. This is me going through the worst part of that. (

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"When your creativity is belittled" (May 9, 2014)

I have to think outside the box whenever I'm doing whatever it is I'm doing on here. I can't focus on anything but that, but sometimes my thinking catches the attention of other close to me and sometimes their reaction seems a little too disingenuous? Maybe not. I'm pretty sure they mean it, but after thinking about it some more, it occurred to me that I too have had a similar reaction to other people doing creative things. At a point I thought these people were too sensitive and either felt bad about complimenting them or I was on the edge of calling them out on their bullshit.

I've always had creative pursuits but now that I'm doing that, I completely understand why they're sensitive to almost any kind of reaction even when it's positive. (

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"I'm a shitty multitasker" (July 18, 2014)

It’s not as simple as having one distraction, but to be able to muscle through all distraction types is an everyday ordeal. I’m pretty good at internalizing these things but when i’m pushing to the breaking point, I have to do something with that energy.

As I was sitting here trying to get something down, everything hit me at once and everything in the screen turned into gibberish and I lost my way. I should know better than to try and multitask because for the longest time I've just focused one thing. Maybe if I train myself to cycle through different tasks, I can knock all this shit out. (keep reading)

"Alcoholics and DRUNKS" (July 16, 2014)

There are alcoholics and there are DRUNKS!

I like both of them because at a certain point, they BOTH become the same.

I’m neither and if you want to say that I’m in DENIAL than you can do that if you want.

Unless you’re from somewhere else, you’re in a ‘free country’, which NO one knows what.. that means!

There’s nothing WRONG with getting a good buzz, and there’s nothing WRONG with…

Me hating this guy.

Since he’s obviously made every excuse to NOT talk to anyone, even on a radio show.

I don’t give two fucks if he’s written a book about his problems, he’s getting his exposure but he’s a DOPE in every sense.

What was I talking about?

I mean, TELL me kids don’t get ripped on this shit!?

TELL ME! you don’t want to get ripped on this shit?

I was talking about DRINKING! (

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Not that it matters but I started adding details under the about page that shows how much your clicks on my affiliate posts are making me/us on a daily, weekly or as-often-as-I-can-remember-to-update-it basis. Thanks for reading the shit out of this shit as I write the shit out of it.