NEW "LAST PLACE ON EARTH" PODCAST! LISTEN WHILE IT'S HOT

I went to Florida
to go and see my mah
ON THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH
Lots of humidity
and much stupidity
ON THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH
they bash Obama there
because they blame
everything Bush did
on Obama's change
but they never answer
the main question though
how could he get anything
done with Republicans saying "no!"
This time baby I'll be
bulletproof!
It's great to return
to a state where I don't burn
ON THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH! YEAH!

This week I watched as my blog at vox.com disappeared. It was kind of sad.
I cried. I wanted to hold on to vox forever, but now it's gone. So forlorn.

Anyway, now that that free blog site is gone I focus my attentions
here...where you are reading this. And I also post to you my latest
podcast! Think of this as a very poorly done travelogue!

Or...just think of it as a log.

I like those.

Ever been on those "log rides" at amusement parks where you ride in a very
narrow boat that looks like a log and you hold on to the little metal rods
inside while you straddle this bizarre cushion that's slightly soaked?
Yeah, lots of fun!

So click on the show below or right click to download to your mp3 player
device to listen to later. Now go ride off on that "log ride" in your
mind...

http://ping.fm/isbVJ

PLEASE DO NOT VOTE FOR RACISTS! You may like tea partiers, but at their core they're racist and in office they will push their racist agenda! It's kkk! SoBware!

"WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME" BY THE PET SHOP BOYS ALMOST AS GOOD AS U2'S ORIGINAL! Their overproduced techno version from the early 90's holds up w/ passion

REPUBLICANS KEEP VOTING FOR RACIST TEABAGGERS! Moderates like me won't vote for your fake plastic gay bashing corporate loving smile! NO to big business & gov!!

HERE IS PODCAST #4!!!

I've spent 9 days apart
From the girl who won my heart
ON THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH!
I filled up all the days
Walking my dog for no pay
ON THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH!
Basil my boxer and
I tell you
We have gone to parks and
He would poo
Then I though him the ball
That's what we do
But he's got big jowls so
he really starts to drool
There's a girl that's been on my mind
All the time...
Soo soo sudio
So after this weekend
I get back my wife
ON THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH...YEAH!

So this is EFFIZODE number 4. I wasn't planning on doing an effizode 4 and
instead just going on my vacay to Florida to see my mom, but since my wife
is out of town I felt I would fill up all the miserable emptiness by doing a
little show for you. I hope you enjoy it.

Boy, I would like to say my heart goes out to the folks that lost their
homes in what appears to be another f up by PG&E in San Bruno. How scary is
that for your neighborhood to suddenly be engulfed by fire? They're saying
if you'd like to help the best way is to talk directly to the Red Cross. BE
CAREFUL! Times like these there are always shysters who try to take
advantage of people trying to help others. Make sure the people you are
giving money to are THE REAL DEAL.

I have traveled a lot this past week, and I could do a podcast just on
that. I should just upload a bunch of photo's for you so you can see some
of the cool stuff here in the Bay Area. We have so many fantastic things to
see in this little part of CA. Many of the people I know who live here
don't truly take advantage of it the way they should. There is beauty
everywhere. It's been fun dedicating this week to exploring.

Oh, and I explored Oakland! I just kept to the City Center because I was on
foot (and on BART) but I took the B Line free shuttle from the City Center
BART station down to Jack London square and took some AMAZING PHOTO'S (if I
do say so myself). I'll try to upload those for you soon. Then I took the
shuttle back and the driver and one of the passengers started singing old
gospel songs! Did you ever see "O Brother Where Art Thou?" It was like
that scene just before the flood comes when the grave diggers start
singing. Since it was just the three of us on the bus it felt like a very
special moment.

By the way, today I walked around the park area near the Hayward Shoreline
Interpretive Center and it was amazing! I'll have to include pix of those
too! The center itself is only open on the weekends, but the park along the
bay is free and beautiful! Instead of paying toll at the San Mateo Bridge,
check this park out instead. It's just off to the right of where the
station is, but you have to get off way before the station. Just follow the
signs.

Wow! This blog turned into a travel log! How funny! I didn't mean to do
that, but there it is. Below you can find the link to the latest podcast.
Enjoy and make sure to comment on it below. I'll mention and answer your
comment next podcast!

Here is the latest "effizode" of THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH...

http://ping.fm/UsJ9k

THE NEWEST LATEST GREATEST PODCAST from THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH!

So at some point I'll get around to updating it, but if it says anywhere on
this page "to go to my blog go to www.MikeTalks.vox.com" that has actually
been changed to www.MikeTalks.BLOG.com. Vox is no more as of the end of
this month.

I also have a new blog at www.MikesPad.typepad.com Get it, Mike's Pad?
Crazy I know.

So just a little while ago before I sent this blog out I had a little
emergency. It appears my dog, Basil the boxer, made a bee line upstairs for
the back door. You see my main computer is downstairs in the basement
though I am not entirely underground (there's some windows bringing in a
little natural light). Anyway, he runs up there and I'm thinking, does he
hear something? I run upstairs to check it out but as I get about half way
up it dawns on me HE'S GOTTA PEE! Sure enough, he's already starting to
piddle. I run to the back door and let him out and he runs to the first
open space of dirt and begins to pee. Now I don't know how long he waited,
but it was coming out in little spurts, like it wasn't going to come out at
all! Then a stream! Then he walked around the yard a bit, looked like he
was done, and then ANOTHER stream. Then that went on for a while and GEEZ!
That dog really had to go! I felt bad. I guess if he runs up the stairs I
need to be right there with him no matter what kind of awesome podcast I'm
making!

By the way, I've made an awesome podcast!

Well, you might like it. If you don't, that's fine. Honestly, I don't
think anyone is even reading this right now. Yes, I have hit the belly of
despair. All I can say is, well, at least I tried.

Enjoy the podcast picnic. All three of my crazy character friends are
here. If you haven't met them yet, well please listen and engage. You can
hear it by clicking on the link below....

http://ping.fm/NsG5F

Thanks!

WHAT ON EARTH WAS THAT SHOW "PUSHING DAISIES?"

My wife and I finished all 2 seasons (it only lasted 2 seasons) of "Pushing
Daisies." We caught all the episodes on the online Netflix and after seeing
it again I can give you a fresh perspective if you've never watched it.

First off, the show is done as fanciful as possible. The music in the
background was chosen to give it a "fairy tale" like quality. The main
hero, Ned, brings dead people back to life. However, if he doesn't touch
them again before a minute's up, someone else dies who's standing in close
proximity. When he touches the dead person again they stay dead forever.

So to make it interesting Ned brings back to life his childhood sweetheart,
Charles, who falls in love with him even though they can never touch again.
The two of them hang around a detective and they solve crimes. There's all
sorts of fringe story lines that take over here and there but basically this
is a murder mystery show.

The show was loved by the critics. Entertainment Weekly talked it up so
much I had to watch it online (me who refuses to have a TV). My wife and I
loved Kristin Chenoweth who played Olive, the only employee of Ned's cafe
called The Pie Hole. Obviously the producers of the show loved her too
because they had her sing 80's songs at random moments throughout the show.


The show was great except for 2 little problems: the constant recap of plot
lines and the hurried ending of the series.

Every show began with what seemed like a 10 minute review of everything that
happened on the show before. I love shows that have several continuing plot
lines that run from episode to episode, but if you're a loyal fan of the
show the recap gets annoying. We know all this already! To recap they
often wrote the lamest most forced dialogue that was delivered by the actors
at break neck speed.

Then the show lost ratings big time in the second season, mostly ratings it
didn't have to begin with. The writers had to wrap up the show in less than
3 episodes which left some bizarre strings hanging. First, George Hamilton
appeared at the end of one show playing who was supposedly Ned's long lost
father. Second, Charles long lost father, who was brought back to life by
Ned, drove off in Ned's car and was never heard from again. Third, someone
completely destroyed one of the episodes that showed the Detective, Emerson
Cod, meeting up with his ex-wife and daughter. You can't find this episode
anywhere! The final episode moves so quickly you almost have to tivo it and
set it to extra slow motion.

The creators of this show also did a short lived, one season program called
"Wonder Falls" which ran on FOX. My wife and I tried to watch it this past
weekend and could barely get through the first episode it was so awful. The
main character was this bratty girl and the premise of her seeing inanimate
objects come to life could have been better if the writers could have come
up with better dialogue. The one hour show seemed like it lasted two
hours. Boring, boring, boring. We were so disappointed given that we loved
"Pushing Daisies" so much.

This has been MIKE MAKES HIS MIND UP on "Pushing Daisies." Let me know what
you thought of the show!