DESTROYING MY ART

iPhone Does Nothing For Me - Updated

This is not a slam of the iPhone, it's a realization that I've changed.

Don't get me wrong.  I love Apple.  I've owned over 10 Apple computers in my life.  I worked for Apple during college.  I have many friends that work for Apple.  I've owned Apple stock (sadly not now.)  And I even owned 2 Newtons.

It's just at the end of the day... who cares.  My awesome little Blackberry does everything I need from it and it makes phone calls just like Apple's gizmo.  If I ran out and bought one today, my life would be no more complete, or valued.  My family and friends would love me no more or less.   Greatness is never purchased.

I have grown up.  I am immune.  Hype doesn't work on me any longer.  I create hype every day at work.  I work in advertising.

I will wait for the dust to settle, and I'll see you in line at the Apple store for the 4th Gen version.

(This post is unusual for me... out of almost 600 posts so far, this might be only my 2nd real self-important commentary.)

Update:

So I just visted my local Apple store at got my hands on the bugger.  While I still find no need to buy one "now" - it really is an impressive technically designed device.  I'm not canceling my Verizon account anytime soon.  But if I was looking for a phone, or out of my contract, I would definitely consider spending the money.  The videos looked great (not that you'll want to kill your battery watching a 2 hour movie.), music was the best ipod yet, Wi-Fi web was the best I've seen on a small device,typing was ok, and I have no idea what a phone call sounds like.  Over-all it's pretty bad-ass (and smaller than I thought.) 

Brave New World

So I am curious as to the Intellectual Property issues raised by this cross-blog post - will my thoughts legally belong to me? Hm.

Thanks For Watching

A big thanks to all of the Destroying My Art fans out there.  We just hit 500 posts in a little over 10 months.  That doesn't sound like much, but until a few weeks ago, it was just me (Gman) posting.  As promised, we've expanded the site to include some guest authors.  Let's hear it for wacky man DaveB, subversive Michael, and the best read person in America Dion

Dion once read and memorized Websters dictionary - so you can expect some improvement on my choice words of "Booyaa" and "Awesomeness!" 

This site started as an extension of my irregular email lists and my questionable NSFW AIM chats (sorry if you almost lost your job Pam - I thought you had your own office - my bad!)  It's a real blast to do, and I hope you all enjoy the crazy journey. 

Please feel free to drop me emails with suggestions for improvements.

ENJOY!

Hold On To Your Hat

Hold on to your Santa hat!   I've been a little busy the last 2 weeks, so I've been neglecting my DMA duties!  Sorry.

I'm planning a huge deluge of awesomeness just in time for xmas!   Check back very soon, for my biggest posting yet! 

Peace!
Gman

"I Believe In Fairies. Yes I Do"

Randy Constan is Peter Pan.  And now he has an album.  Looks like he's lost the outfit, but kept the hair?  Even after appearing on Conan and Kimmel - he still holds a special place in my heart.

Rock On Randy!  Rock On!

(Randy's website has been around for 7 years now, but I thought it's worth pimping his album of PP music.)

LINK

VBP - Very Very Bad

Chicago comedian TJ Miller is one funny dude.   Creator and star of VeryBadPorn.com, he plays Chelsea Humboldt, the bumbling amateur internet porn star.  Check it out the great stuff.

(Thanks: Michael)

LINK - Very Bad Porn (techically work safe)

LINK - TJ Miller Does Not Have a Web Site

LINK - Chelsea Humboldt's MySpace page

Destroying My Google Searches

I've got a good amount of postings on this site, and each one is logged by several search engines on the net.   On an average day now, I receive about 10 different Google searches from people around the world.  My blog management software allows me to see where people link through each day. 

I'm always surprised by how people find me...

For some reason Fishers Humane Poultry Killer is the hottest thing ever!  I'm getting about 5 hits a day for people searching for that wacky antique.  I never heard of it until 2 weeks ago.  The other popular search item is any male celebrity (I've ever named in a post) and Circumcised (somewhere I used that word?)   As in "Is Andre Agasi Circumcised?" 

Did I mention I'm world famous in Germany.  That's right, about 25% of my google traffic is from Germany.  (I only know one person in Germany - Sheri, can you explain this?)

-Gman

Sorry For The Wait

Sorry I've been swamped the past week.  Work was insane (which you will have to trust me on - since I have NDAs up the ass!)  And my little sister-in-law Jan got married over the weekend!   Good times!

Thanks to everyone who keeps emailing me links (especially Dave!)   I promise I will post my backlog of materials in the next 2 days. Trust me I will make it worth the wait.  (I'm just building up the strength to post 10-20 items!)

-Gman

DMA Amazon Pledge Drive

I'm taking this moment to ask for all of my DestroyingMyArt fans to help support the site.  I do not advertise and the hosting does cost me money.  So far it's just a little hobby.

But if you ever buy stuff on Amazon.com, I'm asking if you can please link through THIS SITE.  Just click on any of the book or music suggestions on the right and then order whatever you normally would.  A very small percentage will be shared with me and hopefully offset the costs.  The amazon.com items cost no more or less if you link through this site!

Thanks for the support!  With your help I will be able to expand and offer 2 to 4 times the amount of postings.

Sorry For My Slow Posting

Sorry guys, it was a busy week!  I'll make it up to you all with a tremendous backlog of postings in the next few days.

-Gman