Actually, it’s not a complete time suck, especially if you’re a student (real or pretend) of television, culture and media. It’s extremely informative and educational. They don’t cover this kind of in-depth stuff on those entertainment shows.

In advance of the 61st Annual Emmy Awards, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation has launched a web site called Archive of American Television.

Oh my heavens the interviews: Steve Allen describes the birth of “Tonight,” Isabel Sanford talks about her path from theater to “The Jeffersons” and literally hundreds more. Also titled “Emmy TV Legends”, this web site’s interviews can be searched by people, show, profession or topic.

I find this stuff fascinating so if you’re looking for me and I’m not immediately found, that’s where I might be. Join me in the office and let’s watch some REALLY good television…on the web!

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Hi Folks!

It’s been a while at least since I put out a call to make sure I have your blog listed on my blog roll here at voxmarketising. And I seem to be in tidy up mode today (office/studio looking spiffy and all cleaned up).

Well, here’s your invite.

Please let me know your voice over blog’s web address (if I don’t have it already in the column on the right) and we’ll get ‘er posted.

You also may have changed your web address and not let me know (now would be the time to double-check).

You also may know of a blog that has bit the dust on my blog roll recently that I hadn’t heard about…ping me on that tidbit if you have it.

If you would like to link back to here or to audio’connell Voice Over Talent, well we’d see that as a great kindness but not a requirement.

That’s all, thanks.

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This is just a quick note to remind you that if you want the best hot chocolate anywhere, you have to be in the Pacific Northwest and you need to find a Tully’s Coffee Shop.

That’s all.

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So you may recall that in the spring, I wrote The Voice Over Entrance Exam, a free e-book about whether or not a career in voice over might be the right way to go for someone. I’ve enjoyed hundreds of downloads and a lot of gracious and passionate comments that I sincerely appreciate.

Along the way, I’ve heard about these Facebook “fan” pages, where people who follow you on Facebook can become a sort of virtual groupie (with much less traveling and certainly much less in the way of expectations).

Now I could see no purpose to have something about that about myself for about a billion reasons…but I got to thinking that I should set it up for The Voice Over Entrance Exam. Everybody really liked it. So let’s keep the communication channel opened via a fan page.

Now The Voice Over Entrance Exam has a fan page on Facebook. I hope very sincerely you’ll become a fan.

Not for the egotism of it but rather to avoid sheer humiliation. Sort of like hosting a party and having nobody show up. Or writing a blog post to ask people to join your fan page.

Let’s be clear: you’d be becoming a fan of the book, not the author so your reputation won’t be that tainted ;).

See, all the while I was creating this thing, I’m thinking to myself two things: this all seems very self-aggrandized and I should have set it up when the book came out (likely a marketing miss – see, everybody makes them!)

So if you could help me avoid self-inflected humiliation and come to my Facebook “party”, I’d be grateful.

I hope I didn’t make too much food!

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In Remembrance of 9.11_Chagrin Falls Intermediate School by Danielle

You know where you were.

You know how you heard about it.

It defined your generation and it changed everything.

And then you died and the memory faded into another generation and some of the lessons were lost.

September 11, 2001

November 22, 1963

December 7, 1941

April 14, 1865

April 12, 1861

April 18, 1775

History is not about the constant recitation of dates. They are the prompts to a bigger picture, the larger story. The tale of how you were given the gifts of your country, your family, you.

Immerse yourself in your history, learn from your history, mourn for your history and celebrate your history.

Not just the dates, not just the places but the stories and the people who lived, fought and died for their beliefs.

You would, quite literally, be nothing without them. But today you are an American because of them.

God bless the United States of America and her citizens, past and present, on this day and everyday. Amen.

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All I was doing was reading old posts in my Google reader that I hadn’t yet seen.

Then I saw Julien Smith’s naked ass on my screen while reading a blog post by Mitch Joel.

I was not upset about a naked picture of Julien Smith on my screen.

I was upset that even though his face is hidden, I knew it was a naked picture of Julien Smith.

The thoughts in my head went exactly like this:

“Why is there a picture of a naked Julien Smith on my screen promoting Podcamp Montreal.”

Then immediately after that I thought:

“Why do I know that’s a naked picture of Julien Smith?!!!! Oh my God, my retinas, ack!!!! ”

So, um, Podcamp Montréal is September 19th and 20th at the UQAM Design Centre. You can read all about it here.

As far as I can tell, it is not a clothing optional event.

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