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Re: Comixology, Amazon, and the Consumer « George G Smith Jr – Digital Strategy

George G Smith Jr — Thu, 01 May 2014 15:26:54 -0000

Oh that's good to know...

Re: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Saved My Life | No Sense of Time | George G Smith Jr

George G Smith Jr — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 12:43:31 -0000

I've been thinking about art a lot lately. This paragraph is the start of something...

Re: Deep Thoughts | No Sense of Time | George G Smith Jr

George G Smith Jr — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 12:33:39 -0000

I overuse the phrase "wax poetic"

Re: Where Were Iron Man And Hawkeye In THE WINTER SOLDIER?

George G Smith Jr — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 14:23:39 -0000

This fact that people actually ask this question bothers me because it's actually ALL EXPLAINED IN THE FILM:

Fury's car chase and accident scene would be, at best, reported as a Police chase gone by. Fury's "death" wouldn't have made major news - it was an assassination - and he's a shadow figure in a secret spy government agency. Pierce was the public face of Shield - not Nick Fury - so even that is probably not enough to get the attention of any super hero. His last words to CA were to trust no one - so it's not like Cap is going to make phone calls to anyone.

When the insight carriers launched, they had only a few minutes - I forget the exact number - to shut them down. So, at best, Stark would have had to come from NYC to DC as fast as possible from the moment he was aware of it. Considering he was still in his lab/Stark Tower/Avengers Tower when the targeting machines went online - he obviously wasn't aware. Which means he wasn't following Twitter Trends or watching CNN - for that specific 15 or so minutes. Which makes sense - he's a busy billionaire genius. IM3 also shows that he's retired - although the creation of Avengers Tower seems to indicate something else. But even if he did have his armor, the earliest he would have known something was up would have been when the carriers launched...

Thor is in London. Again, the insight carrier launch would be the most "newsworthy" aspect of anything that happened. And that was over by the time he would have even noticed. Also, Thor has yet to establish himself as a hero and the squabbling of the people of midgard probably doesn't concern him all that much. He has really only fought when it involved his brother or other asgardian/outer realm type people, so assuming he would care even if he did know is as much of a stretch as assuming he would get there.

Banner doesn't see himself as a hero. The attack on NYC was one thing, but he's probably not watching the proverbial police scanner looking for fights.

Hawkeye was inferred to be on a mission and his location will be revealed, according to most reports in an upcoming movie.

Re: xoJane

George G Smith Jr — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 21:42:49 -0000

Thanks for the welcome.

Re: xoJane

George G Smith Jr — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 12:27:45 -0000

Friends with a lot of mommy bloggers. More observer than participant

Re: xoJane

George G Smith Jr — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 11:24:16 -0000

I've been part of, and witnessed, so many "mom blog" wars over the past few years (as an observer/reader/blogger. I'm chromosomally-challenged to being a mother, despite an ever-increasing mid-section).

What I learned is that your words are always up for misinterpretation. From different reading comprehension levels to different cultural backgrounds to drama seeking, traffic seeking bloggers - it's difficult to avoid. And for some reason, it's okay to tear other women down that don't share your world view or politics. Especially in that world. But, as a writer, I like the conclusion you made. Your writing and the response to it taught you on what YOU want to be and probably helped others in a similar situation - which was probably part of your motivation for sharing the story in the first place. There is more unity than appears and you not only help fellow mothers, but you help many other readers who want to learn from the different experiences of others....

Re: xoJane

George G Smith Jr — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 17:41:01 -0000

Size 2, Size 8, Size 14 - you're a *10* in my book Aly!

Re: The 5 Different "Roles" I Play With Men Who I Am Attracted To: From Femme Fatale to Perfect Wife

George G Smith Jr — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 23:58:26 -0000

I just emailed it to you because it was too long to post here.

Re: It's Not "Cheating" If You Have an Open Marriage

George G Smith Jr — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 17:40:27 -0000

Cheating is a violation of trust. If you had an agreement on certain behaviors - it's not cheating. It's another conversation altogether on one's motivations on entering addendum to a relationship - but that's a case by case basis and shouldn't be left for anyone but those involved to analyze.

Re: The 5 Different "Roles" I Play With Men Who I Am Attracted To: From Femme Fatale to Perfect Wife

George G Smith Jr — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 17:32:34 -0000

Absolutely. I forget where I was reading but there was this article on masculinity being a killer - this drive to "be a man" causing all sorts of problems with men and then, because of socialization of that very thing, they don't know how to articulate those problems. Um I mean...beer....boobs....football. Wait this isn't ESPN.com....I need to leave.

Re: 18 And On OkCupid: How Going Online Helped Me Finally Get Some Male Attention And Better Self-Esteem

George G Smith Jr — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 17:15:53 -0000

I'm glad your self-esteem improved. What you should know is that at 18, the world is just opening up. You'll receive plenty of compliments as you get older...and just like the internet, they aren't always from the people you want to say them. Great piece and avoid the creepy guys on okay cupid - which is really most of them. haha

Re: The 5 Different "Roles" I Play With Men Who I Am Attracted To: From Femme Fatale to Perfect Wife

George G Smith Jr — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 16:58:32 -0000

I have an entire theory based on this kind of thing that I call sketch theory that I'm way too lazy to type out right now. (this is the worst comment ever)

Re: The 5 Different "Roles" I Play With Men Who I Am Attracted To: From Femme Fatale to Perfect Wife

George G Smith Jr — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 16:56:57 -0000

I think men are trained to create their roles and women are trained to be a role. There are nuances in each sex, but it's the socialization that creates the complex relationship with our own internal nuances.

Re: Noodle Bar Not Long for Orchard Street

George G Smith Jr — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:24:19 -0000

I love noodle bar!

Re: Private: 10 Things Most Americans Don’t Know About America

George G Smith Jr — Thu, 30 May 2013 11:12:37 -0000

I don't think American people think people are impressed by us but in my travels, letting someone know you're American instantly instigates a q&a session about life. Usually around big cultural things: Do you live in LA? I like LA. blah blah blah. NYC. I love Times Square. While it's not unanimous admiration - it's a definite curiosity that will often put an American in the center of a conversation. 2. I agree with this one, although there are definitely circumstances where it does apply and just because it's not universal, doesn't mean it shouldn't be adhered to. And I traveled Europe relatively close to post 9-11. No one liked Americans after we started fighting wars and whatnot. 3. Educated Americans know the reasons for all the wars. Hitler was defeated by engaging in a war on two fronts. His assault on his ally Russia was the primary reason for his defeat - however - if we didn't bail out Western Europe, he wouldn't have had a two front war. By the time he started to go after Russia, he had already soundly defeated the French and had the English living underground and trying not to panic or freak out. The Americans were able to draw enough attention to the western front that proper resources couldn't fund an invading army into mother russia and russian desperation/ingenuity lead to his defeat. His way of putting it is far too simplistic. And we are positive that everyone looks up to us because everyone does. The #1 most important thing, whether superficial or not in America, is popular culture and the entire globe borrows from our popular culture. That's fact. Are we educated about the world around us? Nope - because we don't value that as a culture. 4. There is definitely an aspect of this that is true, but in the last paragraph he was discussing the mating rituals. In other countries, men are much more aggressive to the point of what we would call assault in this country. Why should a women say "Thank You" and give you an opportunity to talk to her just because you thought she was pretty. Get away from her. But yes, we have trouble with this but it's more for the fact that we're insincere, not because we can't take a compliment. 5. This places a value on a lifestyle versus something. We are a commercial society. We own more things than other societies. Hippy mcwriter person can go live in his countries without indoor plumbing, but some people would rather have things. Judging people for that is the same as a regular american judging people for not having them. 6. Comparing just the urban areas of countries to each other, you will find them relatively the same. You go 100 miles outside of Bankok into the country - you find poor rural farm areas. You go 100 miles outside of Manhattan - you find posh country homes (or farmland powered by huge John Deere Tractors. Or the Amish - who probably have more money than we even know). Cities are virtually the same around the globe - it's the outside parts of the world that are different. Very few people in the US live in the kind of conditions that most of the world has to live in. And a lot of countries with better technology - they built their infrastructure in the last 20 years. The US is behind because to rebuild the infrastructure would involve ripping up private property and no one is willing to pay for that. 7. People are paranoid here because since the late 1960's, politicians and companies have marketed fear. We're conditioned that way. 8. This point sounds like the point of someone who doesn't win that often. Why wouldn't you play the game to win? Seems stupid. And other countries do it too except it's usually built to a point where it's a caste or class system. 9. We are and we aren't. Anyone who has taken basic statistics will understand that the bigger the set, the more likely you're going to fall into the middle. Comparing our life expectancy to other countries that are 10x smaller than us is not statistically fair. We have the highest life expectancy of the top 10 most populated countries. Our health care system is broken but it's a monetized one that we are fighting to fix. And in most of the country, an STD test is free at planned parenthood. 10. The rise in anxiety and depression diagnosis has more to do with marketing and our broken health care system than anything else. And comfort can mean happiness. This reads like someone that couldn't be who he wanted to be in the competitive and often superficial world of the US and wants to bitch and moan and pretend he is holier than thou - which is 100% more american than any of the 10 traits he listed. I hate when people bitch about shit like this. *drops mic*

Re: I Read My Boyfriend's Journal and I Wasn't Prepared For What It Told Me

George G Smith Jr — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:15:57 -0000

The last thing is probably the most important.

Re: I Read My Boyfriend's Journal and I Wasn't Prepared For What It Told Me

George G Smith Jr — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:32:08 -0000

Men, in a very general and thus probably inaccurate analysis, don't process emotions very well. Whatever it is that your bf is writing down is probably his personal shorthand for understanding the world he's surrounded by. It's his box score for his day (sport analogy). It's his crib notes for things that he's probably often told to hide (insecurities and what not because men need to be men, after all. grunt grunt pound chest grunt howl).

If you're really curious - use this article as an impetus to see if he wants to share something. I share things occasionally - sometimes because I'm proud of the existential realization I came across - sometimes because I like my wordplay. Often times I won't share. It's not personal. It's just that the words don't reflect anything but a release. A garbage shoot of emotion.

Obviously everyone is different, but learning how the people you love share their emotions (or don't share as the case may be) will help you understand them...

Re: I Read My Boyfriend's Journal and I Wasn't Prepared For What It Told Me

George G Smith Jr — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:00:00 -0000

My journal is just fleeting thoughts. While made permanent by the ink they are written on, they aren't a complete reflection of who I am but more like a sketch of who I was at a moment.

I would hate to have my girlfriend read them. She would find herself in the same mundane category but not because she hasn't rearranged my world - but because she is the gravity that keeps me balanced. That's the reason I'm with her. So when my mind reminds me of unrequited loves or unresolved grief - it's not because I feel or think anything less of my girlfriend who is the love of my life. It's because my mind questions the what if's and offers me the perspective to actually enjoy my life - whose happy moments aren't as quickly chronicled as the more tempestuous ones.

Re: Fear My Blog • Some Advice for my Social Media Friends

George G Smith Jr — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 11:45:16 -0000

Social Media -> Digital Media -> just a damn good marketer. That's the way you need to do it, but if you're selling snake oil like a lot of people, then you're SOL.

Re: Cheating on My Girlfriend Was The Best Thing I Could Have Done

George G Smith Jr — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:57:21 -0000

I once was like "I'll never cheat" and I still want to say that, but life isn't that black and white. People are in a constant state of change and to think that relationships will stay healthy and perfect the entire time is just wrong.

Great relationships take the commitment to avoid the situations that you put yourself in. Realistic ones take the circumstances that you're given and react like a human - full of weakness and fear and all the other crap we get burdened with. Sometimes these stories end with the guy realizing he loved his girlfriend all along. Sometimes they end with the girl revealing that she's been cheating this whole time and now she feels relieved she can't feel guilty. Sometimes the couples remain together and sometimes they go on to have separate lives.

There are two things that are important in a relationship: being honest with your partner. And being honest with yourself. The latter may just be the harder one to deal with sometimes. You learned that lesson and luckily didn't hurt someone too bad in the process. Hopefully your next relationship is better.

(If you do cheat in that one though, you are a cheater. Pretty sure you only get one mulligan when it comes to that)

Re: Maxipad Brand Goes for Blood in Brilliant Reply to Facebook Rant

George G Smith Jr — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 07:46:03 -0000

Agreed.

Re: Top 10 Twitter Brands 2011, Winners Announced

George G Smith Jr — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:15:12 -0000

Nice to be on the list.

Re: http://azizisbored.tumblr.com/post/13029035530

George G Smith Jr — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:00:24 -0000

Thanks Aziz for loving my blog.

~George from Watch the Cradle.

Re: http://julia.nonsociety.com/post/6717784749

George G Smith Jr — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:07:50 -0000

hahaha. I do the same thing:

http://nosenseoftime.org/20...