A recent comment from me regarding the whole “Motrin Moms” ordeal. Snark FULLY intended..

It’s rather funny how things like this “Motrin moms” issue are viewed as some amazing show of power for social media when in fact it does little more than to show how a few herders can gather their flock, generate false rage, and create a “movement.”

The only thing to come out of this in my opinion is the fact that there are a lot of people out there so very willing to take something so clearly innocuous and blow completely out of proportion using such simple minded interpretations of what was actually said or meant by an ad.

So, when someone asks me, “what’s this social media thing anyway”, there is little to stop me from telling them that its a part of the internet where people who think they are a lot more important than they really are gather around faux celebrities who think they are even more important than the aforementioned group, waste obscene amounts of time and money, and in the end produce no real worthwhile results for society as a whole.

And as much as I enjoy tweeting, facebooking, and scrolling through endless blog entries and comments I’m sorry to say that it’s the damned truth and if “new media” doesn’t watch what they are doing they will quickly find them selves in the exact same position that “old media” is currently facing.

Now, excuse me while I go post this to my blog and tweet about it.

I recently finished season 5 of HBO’s critically acclaimed series ‘The Wire’ and I have to say it’s one of the best shows I have ever seen. Considering the past HBO has a damn good eye for quality TV. In my book The Wire is tied for first with the Sopranos when it comes to premium channel series rankings. Up there with it would be aforementioned Sopranos, Band of Brothers (mini-series), Dexter (Showtime), Weeds (Showtime) and Deadwood.

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A couple weeks ago I was reintroduced to the wonders of the DVR which has allowed me once again to discover television (on my own time of course.) One of the shows I started watching was Anthony Bourdains: No Reservations on the Travel Channel.

The show follows author and chef Anthony Bourdain on his travels around the world, mostly to places regular folk wouldn’t head to for a vacation. For the most part you wont find sandy beaches and drinks with umbrellas on No Reservations but you may find cooked Warthog rectum or raw Seal eyeballs. Mr. Bourdain is known for eating things that would repulse most people. In certain cases he finds these odd treats to be good and other times he simply eats them out of respect for his hosts.

I guess what I like about this show is Bourdains no BS take on things. He swears a bit, makes a few sexual references, smokes (I think he quit?), and likes a drink. I enjoy the way he describes the locations, the food, and the people he meets.

So, if you enjoy travel and no BS commentary from interesting people then I think you’ll like No Reservations. I recently purchased the first two seasons of the show on DVD and reserved a copy of the third season which comes out on August 5th.

You can find the DVD’s and Anthony Bourdains books on Amazon…

And you can check the shows website…