thirdlifecrisis

Every shitty blog does this, why should we be any different?

Here’s what I’m hoping to accomplish in 2010, personally and site-wise

Personal:

• Write more. Not that you could tell from how little the site gets updated, but writing is kinda what I want to do when I grow up. I’ve signed up for a local weekly workshop thing which should force me along, and may provided fodder for the show and site. By the end of 2010, I’d like to have made progress on my zombie novel, and done at least of draft of the romantic comedy idea Scott and I talked about several shows back, Cockpics in November.
• Be less fat. It finally registered as a problem when I noticed how quickly I was going through soap. BMI-wise, I’d like to just be overweight by the end of the year. I’m eating a brownie in a bookstore coffee shop as I write this, though, so I’m expecting limited success on this one.

Site/Show:

• Write more. I’d like there to be more actual content updates than just new show updates on the site this year. The ratio thus far has been way out of whack.
• Branch out. We have a couple of ideas for videos floating around, and there’s no reason we can’t fail at that medium, too. We’ve also set up a Skype number so if we ever get listeners, we can get them involved. You can find us on Skype as poorlyplanned, or call at 708-390-3007.
• Gain a following. Any given show gets listened to in part by around a dozen people. We know of a single regular listener. I’d like to see 100 regular listeners by the end of the year. We’ll measure this by Facebook fans, and Scott Dixler doesn’t count.

We talk about the past year of Poorly Planned and missed opportunities, plans for next year, and about the note to himself that Scott found in a box of old memories. Also quite a bit about pornography.

iTunes Link

Having just finished an Organizational Behavior class, I wanted to make a small contribution to the field before drinking the subject away forever.

The many assholes theory:

In any organization, the number of possible assholes is n-1, where n is the total number of employees, and 1 is you.

The next-largest-asshole theory:

There will always be one co-worker that annoys you more than all others. Should he quit, get fired, or die painfully, though, there will always be another to quickly take his place.

So it’s been awhile. Sometime in late August I started realizing I was going to have to work considerably harder to finish up school by the end of the year, and that’s prevented me from even half-assing on this. Shows 11 and 12 are in the can and will be posted in in the next few days. I don’t want to spoil it, but we talk about going somewhere and filming something in 11, and that hasn’t happened yet do to scheduling issues and being pussies. We’re hoping to have that up by December 15th 22nd eventually.

A couple people have listened, Scott needs new friends, the PA shooter’s blog is better than ours, and what I hope is the last political discussion we have on the show.

Topics include what Scott keeps in his bathroom, a celebrity deaths bit that goes nowhere, how we’re big in Norway, a brief discussion of Rhode Island tourism, a sloppy interpretation of Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers, and a completely uninformed conversation on health care.

Just a quick mention that we’re running ads for Poorly Planned on Facebook and Fark.com. An errant click may send them this way.

To any of you that found yourself here that way, welcome, and thanks for humoring us. The website is a work in progress, even more so than the show. It’ll be a couple of weeks before there’s much worth seeing here.

Due to a pending court case I cannot go into a lengthy introduction.  No, I’m not typing that to be edgy or cool or to seem like a bad-boy, I’m saying that because it’s the truth.  In lieu of an introduction instead I will foreshadow potential topics that may be discussed in the future.

1. Marriage: A non-binding resolution
2. Webster’s a dick; Marriage:Divorce::Fiance:????
3. Old school pet owner mentality
4. Question: Why aren’t you angry? Answer: Fuck you!
5. Can you catch a cunt?
6. My laundry is like Obama.

There you have it, hopefully an intro that won’t be discussed in open court