 Greetings from a Walmart Supercenter somewhere outside of Salt Lake City where we stopped late last night when Friend Lamont became too exhausted to drive another mile. We have another eight hours to go before we hit Black Rock, Nevada for the 2018 Burning Man Festival. After yesterday’s travels, that should be a piece of cake. Friend Lamont and Cousin Fred as still sleeping. I thought I would start putting together today’s post. I wandered into the Walmart a few minutes ago where I discovered a 24-hour McDonald’s. I got myself a cup of coffee and a bacon egg and cheese biscuit. I’m feeling better already. I’m sitting on a folding chair outside the RV as I’m typing this on the laptop. Didn’t want to disturb my fellow travelers inside. I’m a heavy typer. Although I suppose if Friend Lamont and Cousin Fred can sleep through Cousin Fred’s snoring, the typing probably wouldn’t have disturbed them. You know, I’m beginning to see a trend with CCB. Surprisingly, the recorded almost daily Blogcasts are much more popular than the printed posts. I’m watching the trend and may consider going to all Blogcasts in the near future. Apparently, you’re all too lazy to read what we post. Wait until we finally begin pushing videos out on the Blog (oh, it’s coming!). The thing about pushing any sort of media out onto YouTube or social media is that everyone is doing it. So, it gets tough to try to find the one thing that sets you apart from the others and then convince everyone that you are different and interesting. I watch a lot of video blogs (aka, VLOGs) during the day – had sixteen hours yesterday of not doing much else. It seems everyone has a hook. Topless women (most only showing their bare upper chest and shoulders) seem to be a popular mechanism. I guess if you can’t dazzle people with your content you have to resort to that sort of thing. The problem I have with becoming a viral media genius is the time that’s involved in getting to a finished product. Besides shooting the material you’re going to present, there’s the editing which can take forever to get just right. Of course, I’ve been doing pretty well with the Blogcasts. I’ve been able to get the recording, editing, and publishing down to an hour, but it’s taken a little time to get to that point. And, speaking of content…just about anything goes. I’ve seen daily posts of video blogs wherein you watch someone do the most mundane things. One guy managed to film a housefly on his hand for nearly 4 minutes. That’s all. No sound. Just the housefly on his hand. It occurred to me that it had a very Yoko Ono-ish feel to it. Another example that I came across in a recent report I received on my newsfeed about a hospital security guard in Florida who has become famous making videos of him farting at work. People, I can’t make this sh*t up! The security guard, only known to the world as Doug, is hoping to become the first person ever to make a living from flatulence. Again, people, I can’t make this sh*t up! He credits the viralness of his videos to the “great acoustics” in the hospital lobby and has big plans for merch and music videos. Only, there’s a problem (besides the fact that he’s making videos of him farting). After five months of posting his fart art on Instagram, his employers recently caught wind of it and terminated him. And, before you First Amendment lunatics beginning hollering about freedom of expression, he was fired for: 1) using his phone on the job an unusually high amount of times and, 2) filming himself wearing his security guard uniform on private property. Interesting. But Doug who goes by the viral video name, Paul Flart (homage to the Paul Blart: Mall Cop movie), isn’t put off by being terminated. He’s moving forward with his plans for merchandising, videos, and even graphics. The dude already has 50,000 followers on Instagram. Maybe I need to start doing something really, really stupid to get more followers/subscribers. Will have to give that some thought. I know, I’ll get Cousin Fred involved. Yeah, that’s the ticket, he is King of stupid stunts. We wish Doug/Paul well in his future endeavors but ask that he do us a favor and stay the hell in Florida. Thank you kindly. There’s enough hot gas here in Oklahoma! That is all! Comments are closed.
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