Getting ready for the BIG TOY FAIR

Megan and I are excited about the upcoming Toy Fair. Lots of celebs coming into town and we’re looking forward to getting the down-low on all the exciting new stuff.

NOW THIS IS A GREAT IDEA

NO BUTTS ABOUT IT

For real. I hope this idea becomes huge. Women are finally getting the chance to play professional football. It’s the equivalent of guys and MMA (Mixed Martial Arts). And it’s catching on in Europe and Asia. Laying it on the line, going for it all and maybe an accidental kiss here and there. Certainly lightyears beyond Vince McMahon’s XFL.

What’s not to like. I’m going to see if there’s a New York team first thing in the morning and get iProgram and GCMP involved ASAP. What a great idea!!!! What we need is a team from Republic of Georgia – hottest girls on Earth!

THERE’S A SUCKER BORN EVERY MINUTE

First – The Cube, Then – the iPhone, now…..

THE IPAD…

But don’t take my word for it….

SUCKER!!!!

UGH – BUT AT LEAST WE BEAT THE COWBOYS 34-3 AND BOSTON SUCKS

Vikings Lost,

UGH

Gotta chase my partners around for StreamAware (finally caught em), Baby’s a riot, Wife has had it with me, GCMP is still in start up mode, I almost bagged my neighbor’s wife (just kidding – it was a practical joke really), I work, clean, shop, do laundry – and have no life, 2 deaths in the extended family, Jets lost, still waiting for my insurance company to clear my deep teeth cleaning after 2 plus weeks….

you know what…

back up

death…

What am I complaining about….

Other than the VIKINGS LOST!

FIRST REAL CONVERSATION WITH MY DAUGHTER

We had just finished watching an amazing, sometimes difficult to watch program on PBS about Happiness and Relationships called THIS EMOTIONAL LIFE. http://www.pbs.org/thisemotionallife/series So we wanted to have our first “talk” with Sofia Alexis to discuss it and get her input.

See our conversation with Sofia here. It was a little late so we’re kind of getting ready for bed – so please excuse our informal attire.

WHEN NOT TO USE TWITTER

Like, when your friend or lover, fiance – whatever – someone you care about DIES????

What are you doing on Twitter??? Saw this recently with a couple of celebrity deaths but this is the worst/dumbest/self-serving one of all.

VIPERS Tweet about death

“In bed crying, looking at baby pictures of Casey, Nicky and I. I feel so upset. I feel like I’ve lost a sister. My heart is broken. Miss her,” Paris Hilton posted to Twitter.

Nicky Hilton concurred, posting, “Rest in pace Casey Johnson. I love and miss you so much. You are my best friend, my sister…I am broken without you.”

Uhhh… yeah….

Johnson is survived by her daughter Ava-Monroe. She adopted the girl from Kazakhstan in 2007. Ava has been living with Casey’s mother, Sale, for the past several months, according to a family spokesman.

The year before adopting Ava, Johnson told an interviewer she had recently come back from a trip to poverty-stricken Cambodia with a new outlook on life.

She allowed the reporter, from Vanity Fair, to visit her two-story Spanish-style mansion in Los Angeles. That included a room-sized closet with dozens of pairs of designer shoes, but she admitted that amid all the luxury she felt like she had so much more than she would ever need. Still, she said, growing up rich “has its good side.”

More recently, after ending a tumultuous relationship with a boyfriend, Johnson began dating women and was recently romantically linked to the flamboyant bisexual reality TV star Tila Tequila.

Tequila’s publicist said the two were engaged. On her Twitter page, Tequila wrote late Monday, “Everyone please pray 4 my Wifey Casey Johnson. She has passed away. Thank u for all ur love and support but I will be offline to be w family.”

AT&T vs. THE ROCK (as in … a … ROCK?)

I’m stuck with my iPhone… but you don’t have to be.

Rock vs iPhone - close.

While I was doing my superstitious dance around the internet (i.e. reading updated news articles on Google in order to help the Vikings try and come back against the Bears – but ran out believe it or not, that’s how bad their Defense and special teams have become), I was stunned – but not really, to see that finally people are catching on to the fact that AT&T Sucks. Verizon is really clobbering them with that 5x coverage campaign but it’s true. What good is your iPhone if you can’t even use it in Brooklyn????

Anyway – here’s the article I came across during my fruitless attempt to help the Vikes.

Why did AT&T Wireless (T) halt online sales of Apple (AAPL) iPhones in New York City the weekend after Christmas? None of the answers AT&T has given so far make much sense.

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE MCLANE FAMILY

2009 has been a miraculous year for us with the birth of our daughter Sofia Alexis.

Merry Christmas from the McLanes plus 1

We hope you have had a great year too and wish you the very best for a prosperous 2010.

I have a new job too for which we all are grateful. Please visit us on East 44th or on the web at www.GCMP.tv

Have a wonderful New Year!

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COWBOYS LOSE – AHHH – WHY I FEEL BETTER ABOUT THINGS

Well – the Dallas Cowboys lost again – thankfully. I hate them. Not as much as the Red Sox – but there’s something about when they lose that I know that a lot of other people are bumming out.

Cowboys Lose - Back to Europa The Musical

Of course my disdain for the Cowboys goes back to the 70s when Drew Pearson pushed off on Nate Wright of my Minnesota Vikings. And the same kind of thing with the Red Sox when Varitek picked a fight with A-Rod to get his team going. But what comes around goes around (Hopefully this year for the Vikings).