2007...Is it me, or did I miss the new year?

Honestly, I cannot believe I have not posted in forever. Muchos apologios to all. I want to cover a couple things - time to raise awareness and make people thankful that they came back to TamingZeus for a hope the great one may just post once again. A big thank you to my sister for sticking with her commitment to a post a week on musicians. Great writing. That's probably the only reason people are now reading this post. Gracias Amy.

TOPICS
1. Wifedom
Post christmas, you sit down with your wife and say "gee I had a great christmas...I am so glad to be alive". Whoa! In slow motion, just as you try to finish that sentence regarding all that is good in the world, your wife interrupts. Friendly reminder for me from wife: "You're still going to buy me those shoes for christmas right; when I find them of course". Nice move dude. I promised her a pair of shoes, and with that, I am eternally locked into the promise until she finds a pair she wants. And, if I am really unlucky, she may try to layer on a matching shirt or another pair to the offer somehow. That is wifedom. Don't get me wrong - its fun 99.9999999999% of the time. The other .00000000001% is flat out learning....and biting my lip.

2. Apple
"Don't cha' wish your cellphone was hot like me?" Apple again marries sexiness and real functionality to a cell phone - and whala! A new entry that in my mind has no rivals. Based on this video below, Steve Jobs has actually given me a reason to utilize google maps "click to call" feature. I promise the video is interesting to spend a couple minutes watching. When I saw this, my real attention was on the way Steve Jobs holds the crowd. Its really ALL ABOUT THE PRODUCT. There is no fakeness, no sales job. Its all about a great product. I continue to believe that great products are the key. All the media and advertising in the world can never match a great product. People pay for products they love - drinks that really taste good (dr pepper), mattresses that really make you sleep easier(select comfort), and phones that finally deliver an experience we want out of a phone. No more silly buttons and flipping pieces that bother us. Nice job Apple. I hear applause from shareholders and wall street as the stock is up like 10 bucks in 2 days.



3. Faces of Dallas (1 out of 2 being cool is fine with me)
In Dallas, you see all types of celebrities. Tonight at Starbucks...
my boy, the host of Cheaters, Joey Greco. He just rolled on in with some lady; got a coffee something, chatted and then left.
What is important to understand is that I was a religious and avid watcher of the back-to-back-to-back tv routine of Cheaters, Blind Date, and Elimidate (which became The 5th Wheel) in college. Every night after we strolled back to the dorm or our house after feverishly studying or discussing life over a grande something at Starbucks, I would turn on the TV and, like clockwork, Joey G would be restoring order to the world via a film crew and a little camcorder showing some person cheating - and then giving their to-be ex a chance to confront them. That trio of TV shows was the most drama available on cable, second to TNT and a continous string of Law & Order episodes. Get em' Joey! One last thought to this string. I find myself without a camera phone at all opportune moments. This is now the 2nd time I have been within 2 feet of a "star" and not snapped a picture. Poorness.

Ok, 3 is enough for now. Hope I left you amused, or at least interested to come on back to TZ in a couple days.