Doctor Visit

So after seven weeks of being sick and feeling okay and being sick and feeling okay and being sick I broken down and went to the doctors because what I have is not getting better on it's own. So I explained to the doctor what has been happening the last seven weeks. He said he's give me some antibiotics to help, but if it's the common cold they won't help (but he said the common cold normally doesn't last seven weeks), he also said it's a virus the meds won't help but if it's a bacteria (which also normally doesn't last seven weeks) he said the meds should help. So let's hope it's a bacteria and the meds help because I'm tired of not feeling well.

The big shocker for me was my blood pressure, which has always been above average 131 / 90 but it was getting better when I was working out.. Well today it was 161 over 125. This wasn't my normal doctor and he said if I was your doctor I'd be screaming at you know.. my current blood pressure is so server there is risk of a heart attack if it continues... talk about being scared out of my mind  But then when I told him what I have been taking for this illness (Day Quil and Mucinex D) he explained to me that though the Mucinex is helping it's whats causing my blood pressure to go up. Mucinex has Sudafed in it and Sudafed is known for increasing your blood pressure. (learn something new everyday) and of course I have been taking Mucinex the past seven weeks on and off... so I'm not taking that anymore.

He also asked if I'm under any stress.. I laughed and said.. well I started a new job on Oct and it's starting to ramp up.. I broke up with my partner of 8 years and we own a house together and I'm working on my 3 podcasts, podcast network and online radio station... so yeah I'm a bit stressed.. That along with the Sudafed is what is causing my high blood pressure..

So I'll pick up my anti biotic tonight and hopefully they will help me kick this cold/flu/illness' butt.

MASH 4077 Podcast Episode 3

Download from itunes http://tinyurl.com/MASH4077itunes  or listen/direct download http://bit.ly/eXCRxT

Show Notes: Kenny Mittleider from Knights of the Guild Podcast, Simon Meddings from Waffle On Podcast and Al Kessel from Tales from the Mouse House Podcast discuss one of the most successful and longest running television series in history.. M*A*S*H

Here it is... Season 1, Episode #3 - Requiem for a Lightweight

Directed by Hy Averback Written by Bob Klane
Production code J308
Original air date October 1, 1972

Plot Summary: Nurse Margie Cutler arrives at the 4077th. Realizing Cutler is an incredible distraction for Pierce and McIntyre, Major Houlihan has her transferred to another unit. Blake agrees to try to get Cutler back if one of them fights in a boxing tournament and they agree. To secure victory, Pierce has McIntyre’s boxing gloves coated in ether.

Knights of the Guild Ep 25 pt2

Download from itunes http://bit.ly/KotGCast or direct download / listen at http://bit.ly/2CrYxk

Here it is the continuation of Knights of the Guild 2nd Anniversary Podcast. This is Episode #25 pt.2

We recorded this on Saturday February 5th and had a slew of guests (over 25 cast, crew, extras, fans) joined us for this very cool event. We also broadcasted this live on Ustream. If you are interested you can watched the entire 4 hours on our Ustream channel

Unfortunately we hit a snag with our recording decided to crash at the very end not saving the project. I did manage to recover the audio but it's in 400 thirty second audio clips all out of order, which makes it impossible to organize it.

So I was going to use the audio from our Ustream feed but my friend Chris Pope informed me that he recorded the entire thing and would be happy to email it to me. So that is what you will hear. The audio is from a laptop mic and as you know those kinds of mics pick up everything and everyone and there was a party going on. It's still very enjoyable and we got to talk to alot of the cast and crew.

In this part we talk with Felicia Day, Sean Becker, Teddy Garces and Crew.

Sean's website http://emmyaward.seanbecker.com

Hope you guys enjoy it,
Kenny

Podcasting Weekend

Besides resting (still sick) this weekend I had to finish up two of my podcasts. Knights of the Guild Ep 25 pt.2 is due to go up on itunes Feb 29th, but since there are only 28 days in February it need to go up on Feb. 28th.
My MASH 4077 Podcast Episode 3 is going up on itunes March 1st. I did a little editing of KOTG during the week at work while on lunch, all I had to do was record an opening and assemble the cut, which I did and outputted, converted and uploaded.. then I realized that I forgot to cut out a piece of audio and add music in so I re-edited the piece, outputted, converted and uploaded again and was done... well not quite... found out that the website I mentioned in my opening was no longer valid so I had to re-record the opening, then recut the piece for a third time. I then outputted, converted and uploaded for the final time.

For my MASH 4077 Podcast most the editing was done last weekend, all I had to do was cut in the audio clips from the episode which wasn't too bad, I also had to so some pickup lines but it didn't take very long. So both podcasts are uploaded and ready to be posted on their appropriate dates.

Also on Sunday my buddies Meds, Al and I got together on Skype to record our next four episodes of MASH 4077 Podcast (Eps 5 - 8) and this time we had a special guest Harry (who's a huge MASH fan and really was the reason why I started the MASH podcast). It was alot of fun and I think Harry had a really good time.

After that I started to make notes for my MASH 4077 Podcast Eps 9 - 12 (the next four) which we will record in a few weeks. I also need to plan my next Knights of the Guild podcast Ep. 26, which Jenni and I need to record in the next few weeks. And I'm still trying to kick start my third podcast Epic Geek Out.

I'm a Podcasting Fanatic!!!!

Can't Shake It

So I've been sick on and off since Jan 13th. It was only really bad for the first week but it just kind of lingers with a cough and congestion... I have been told that the new cold/flu going around last a while up to six weeks. I thought I had finally beaten it last week.. I was feeling about 95% then suddenly this past Monday I woke up with sore throat and a cough,, then came congestion and once again I am sick. I know people here at work have been sick on and off but none of them are as bad as me. maybe I'm just getting multiple version of this sickness all I know is I want this to end.

And before you ask... No I have not gone to the doctors because first of all it's $40 for an office visit, secondly if it's a cold/flu (though a sever one) there really isn't much a doctor can do and thirdly I've heard from many people (nurses) that this strain is particularly bad. But with that said if I don't feel better by the weekend I'm going to make an appointment to see my doctor.

Editing Knights of the Guild

Spent today editing up my next Knights of the Guild podcast. This is the second half of our 2nd anniversary podcast. I wasn't going to edit much but this segment has Sean Becker and alot of this was when he was watching his video and such and it's tough to hear on the audio.. so I did alot of cutting there.. Also I was bummed to find out that I have all the audio expect for one segment with the extras, Troy, Christopher and Will. The Ustream video seems to have a limit at 3 hours and stopped recording and  the audio I got from my friend Chris also has that missing audio. And the original source is in bit's and pieces and looks to be missing parts as well. So unfortunately that segment will not be part of this podcast.

I'm very happy with the edit down.. all I have to do is record a new opening and give some notes then cut it all together and it will be good go.  This episode normally comes out on the 29th of the month.. but since it's February only had 28 days this year it will be out on the 28th.

GeekyRadio.Com

One positive side to my long commute is I have time to just think about things and while driving home yesterday this idea just hit me. I want to create an internet Radio Station.  Don't have a clue how to go about doing this but I figure I have over 100 hours of Knights of the Guild podcast audio, my MASH 4077 Podcast, and several friends with other podcasts which I'm sure they would love for me to play on my station. And I have several friend who compose music that I'm sure they would love for me to promote.
 
I've really gotten into podcasting and I look forward to deejaying the station, I can record bits and pieces to go between the podcasts, or songs and such.

I'm really pumped about this and when I get pumped I move full steam ahead.. so today I researched a bit about how to go about making an online radio station, of course I'm trying to keep my costs down as much as I can, I still have a load of research to do but me being me and the sale at GoDaddy for URL's I had to go purchase the URL for my new radio station.. planned to use GeekRadio.com, but it's taken already.. so then I thought.. GeekyRadio.com .. and I heard in my head in a radio voice.. You're listening to G double E..K..Y Radio.. has a nice ring to it.. so I purchased the URL for a few years.

Yes I'm already working on 3 podcasts, a new media network and now this radio station.. but I'm loving it.

A Healthier Me - Day 192

Well I'm finally feeling about 95% well.. so I think it's time to start working out again. Will have to do it after work tonight and see how that goes.

I weighted myself yesterday like I do every Monday morning 211

Yep.. gained more weight and I'm extremely disgusted with myself. It took me three months to lose 12 pounds and only five weeks to gain 8 pounds back. I tell myself do let it get me down or frustrate me and to get back on that horse and start again but all I think about are the three months of hard work to lose that weight gone.. just like that. I feel like I'm starting all over again :(

But I can't get discourage by this.. I'm a positive guy and have to remain that way. I'm hoping this is the eye opener that it will take to for me to start eating healthier so my workout have more of an effect on me.

Man this is a struggle!!!!

Cool Things on the Horizon

Today I had lunch with my buddy Ray Hill and a new friend Adam Levermore and his girlfriend Lisa. Ray had contacted me because of my request for help with my Media Nexus Network, the past year or so I've had this idea of creating a place/hub/network for geeky podcasts, blogs, webseries, audiodramas, etc.. kind of like a one stop shop to find cool and geeky online content.

Well Ray wanted to help but he also have his own idea of a project he and Adam had been talking about and wanted to get my input. I won't go into details about that project until it becomes more of a reality. Adam also had some ideas of what he wants to do in the future with new media.

Lot's of a great ideas on "possible" cool things to come... I'll keep you posted.

Amazing Race Season 18

After visiting with family today Harry and I came home to watch one of my all time favorite reality shows Amazing Race.. this is the 18th season and yes I have watched very season. This one is cool because they are bringing back "favorite" teams for a second chance.. the subtitle to this season is "Unfinished Business". There are so many great teams this go round it's tough to pick my favorites... but The Cowboys Jet and Cord from Season 16 are my favorite all time contestants so it was great to see them back.. but a close second are the Mother and Son team of Margie and Luck from Season 14, Luke is deaf and Margie is one of the strongest "older" contestant in the race. I also like Ronald and Christina from Season 12, Kent and Vyxsin also from  12, Zev and Justin from Season 15, Flight Time and Big Easy also from 15. Teams I don't mind Amanda and Kris from Season 14, Mel and Mike also from 14, and Gary and Mallory from Season 17. But the teams I hate and would love to see go first are Jaime and Cara & Kisha and Jen both from Season 14, Jaime and Cara are just those "rude" Americans, the stuff that come out of their mouth is just filled with hate. Kisha and Jen are mean, unlikable sisters. I think one reason I really dislike them is because how they treated Margie and Luke, not that they were always angels but I don't like the sisters at all.

The first episode was fantastic and so much more difficult. You know they are going to make this a tough season because everyone has done this before. I liked that it wasn't a pit stop when they go to Phil like normal. He just handed them their next clue.. which made sense since they did not do a Detour yet.  Only down side are that my favorite cowboys are currently in dead last and are just not on their game. Also this should have been a 2 hour premiere instead a "to be continued".

Can't wait to see where this season goes!!!

Visiting Family

Today I got up early and finished up my MASH 4077 Podcast promo. I think it turned out pretty good. I emailed it off to about 10 of my podcast contacts hoping they will play it on their podcast and get the word out about my new podcast.

After that Harry and I headed over to my Dads, Brothers, Sis-in-law and nephew. We had lunch with my Dad at our favorite Chinese restaurant and then we had planned to go to the movies to see "I Am Number Four" but my dad still wasn't feeling 100% so instead we went back home and my Mom was visiting as well so we hung out with everyone. It was nice to have my entire family under one roof. I also watch about 80% of a movie that I had never seen before but plan to buy now, so I can watch it all... A League of Their Own. I had heard that it was great and it has some great cast members and I honestly can't tell you why I never watched it.. but it was so good.. funny, sweet, lots of heard and an over all fun movie.

"Rest Day" / Podcasting

Today Harry and I were suppose to go out and get new glasses.. both or ours are so scratched up and ready to be replaced but I was not very motivated. The past few weekends I've been on the go. Working long hours and the commute during the week leave very little time to do anything else other then eat and sleep. So my weekends are filled with getting choirs done, errands, visiting family and friend and a big one.. working on my podcasts.

So today I was going to take it easy.. I did not want to leave the house. I watched a bit of TV but me being me I with some much to do I feel guilty when I'm just sitting around doing nothing. So I started to work on my MASH 4077 Podcast #3 which isn't due out until Mar. 1st but I want to get a back log of them so I'm not under the gun to get them done. I also wanted to start my next KOTG #25 pt.2 which is due Feb. 28th.. but wasn't able to. But I did do my first pass at my MASH #3, all I have left is to cut in clips from the episode and that one will be ready to go. I also have the raw audio from Ep. 4 (we recorded 4 episodes at once.. best idea ever).

I also did a pass at my MASH 4077 Podcast promo. I got that all done but needed one more element which for some reason I had a hard time finding.. I hope to finish this up tomorrow morning.

All in all is was a lazy day.. didn't do as much as I should have but still got stuff done and got a much needed "rest" day.

Highlighting My Hair

From time to time I like to change up things and over the years I have dyed my hair many colors but the one thing I enjoy doing the most is putting blond highlights in. So I did this once again last night.. only problem is I didn't leave the dye on long enough and instead of blond highlights I got orange highlights. It's not exactly what I was going for but I think I like it.. might keep it for a bit.. what do you think?

TNT's Falling Skies

I thought I blogged about this new TV series in the past but can't seem to find it. Anyways there are some new trailers for it and I think this series looks really cool. I'm all into Alien invasions but I like that this one show what happens after the invade and how the humans survive.. premieres this summer on TNT. You can see more previews HERE

I Just Don't Get People

Yesterday I went to lunch at Del Taco, while I was finishing up a young guy comes up to me and ask if could have my left over fries. I said sure as I was going to just throw them away. He took my entire tray and walked over to another table, sat down and started eating the fries. I noticed that he has several backpacks and assumed he was homeless. He couldn't have been more then 18 or 19. So when I got up to leave I walked over and asked if he wanted more food that I would like to buy him lunch. He hesitated for a second but then smiled and said Thank you that would be very nice. I told him to come up to the counter and he can order whatever he wants. He informed me that the employees don't like it when he approaches the counter. I was like okay I'll go order if for you.. I asked what he wanted and he said "just a burrito or a taco is good".. very humble. I ordered him a entire meal and figured I'd wait for it and then take it over to him. Well when the order was ready the woman who gave it to me (I assumed she's a manager) said.. "are you buying a meal for that guy". I looked to where she was pointing and said "yes I am". She looked at my and said in a not so nice tone.. "I wish you wouldn't feed him" I was shocked.. it was as though she was talking about an animal.. "don't feed the animals" I just looked at her, grabbed my food and walked back over to the kid and handed him the two bags of food and his cup for his drink. He was smiling from ear to ear, he shock my hand and said Thank you several times, I smiled and nodded to the woman who was glaring at me and exited the building.

Now I don't know the history of this guy and Del Taco, and I don't care.. all I know is this young man was hungry and willing to go up to a complete strangers and ask for their left over half eaten food. No one should ever had to do that. It only cost me a little time and a few bucks to make this guy smile and that makes me happy.

Clone Wars - A Familiar Face

This broke this morning in the New York Times

"Though Lucasfilm Animation is keeping specific plot details under wraps, the “Clone Wars” finale, scheduled for April 1, will see Chewbacca cross paths with Ahsoka Tano, the Jedi apprentice to Anakin Skywalker (a k a the future Darth Vader). To prepare for these episodes, titled “Padawan Lost” and “Wookiee Hunt,” the “Clone Wars” supervising director Dave Filoni and his team of animators and artists delved into the Lucasfilm archives for original Chewbacca reference materials and costumes, and invited Mr. Mayhew to their studios in Marin County, north of San Francisco, to advise them on the process of bringing Chewie to digital life."

You can check out the entire article here http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/17/remaking-wookiee-chewbacca-becomes-a-character-on-star-wars-the-clone-wars/

And the video made it's way up to You Tube

When I first saw this clip it brought tears to my eyes... and everytime I watch it I still get a lump in my throat.  I think it's because it's Chewie from the original Star Wars and in the background the original Star Wars music.. takes me back to my childhood (age 7) and watching Star Wars for the first time and letting that universe suck me in and shape my love of sci fi and fantasy. Star Wars made me the geek I am today and it will always be extremely important to me.

And I'm a HUGE fan of The Clone Wars and I'm so looking forward to the appearance of Chewie.

Dragon Age: Redemption Trailer

Here is Felicia Day's interview on Jimmy Fallon and at the end the trailer for Dragon Age: Redemption, Felicia Day's new Fantasy webseries...

I soooo can't wait!!! looks AWESOME!!!

And here is the official release of just the trailer.

Knights of the Guild Ep 25 pt1

Download on itunes http://bit.ly/KotGCast or direct download/listen at http://bit.ly/2CrYxk

Here it is... Knights of the Guild 2nd Anniversary Podcast. This is Episode #25

We recorded this on Saturday February 5th and had a slew of guests (over 25 cast, crew, extras, fans) joined us for this very cool event. We also broadcasted this live on Ustream. If you are interested you can watched the entire 4 hours on our Ustream channel ( http://www.ustream.tv/channel/knights-of-the-guild (Password for UStream is KOTG)).

Unfortunately we hit a snap with our recording decided to crash at the very end not saving the project. I did manage to recover the audio but it's in 400 thirty second audio clips all out of order, which makes it impossible to organize it.

So I was going to use the audio from our Ustream feed but my friend Chris Pope informed me that he recorded the entire thing and would be happy to email it to me. So that is what you will hear. The audio is from a laptop mic and as you know those kinds of mics pick up everything and everyone and there was a party going on. It's still very enjoyable and we got to talk to alot of the cast and crew.

In this part we talk with Sandeep Parikh, Robin Thorsen, Amy Okuda, Jeff Lewis (and Baby Harry), Teal Sherer, Felicia Day, George Ruiz, Kim Evey and Greg Benson.

Hope you guys enjoy it.

Thank you again for all your support, we do this podcast because we are fans and more importantly for the fans.  Kenny & Jenni

MASH 4077 Podcast Episode 2

Download from Itunes http://bit.ly/fxbZCf or listen /direct download http://bit.ly/eXCRxT

Show Notes:

Kenny Mittleider from Knights of the Guild Podcast, Simon Meddings from Waffle On Podcast and Al Kessel from Tales from the Mouse House Podcast discuss one of the most successful and longest running television series in history.. M*A*S*H

Here it is... Episode #2 - To Market, To Market

Directed by Michael O'Herlihy Written by Burt Styler
Production code J303
Original air date September 24, 1972

Plot Summary: The black market has knocked off the 4077th's supplies again. Hawkeye and Trapper John meet with a black marketer and agree to trade Blake's 100-year-old vintage desk for a new batch of hydrocortisone, which they desperately need


Podcast promo’s played during the show this week:

• Waffle on
• Tales of the MouseHouse
• Knights of the Guild Podcast
• The Fast Forward

Taxes - Good News

My Tax guy Mike emailed me today with the preliminary results for my Taxes this year. Unlike years past I would sit in Mikes office while we went over everything, he would crunch the numbers and would give me an idea on how much I'd be getting back (I've never had to pay). This year was different as we went through everything like before but because he is so busy he said he would let me know how much I'd be getting back.. all he told me was that from the numbers it looked like I'd be getting a refund. Well I got an email today and sure enough he was right and I was worried for nothing.. and actually I'm getting a very nice refund from Federal and State.. so I'm a happy camper.

A Healthier Me - Day 184

:: heavy sigh :: Well I'm still sick.. going on four weeks. I am getting better but it's just taking sooooo long. I've have now not worked out for almost a month. I feel horrible, I'm gaining weight again and feel like all that hard work I did the past three months is all wasted and I'll have to start all over again when I'm finally feeling 100%

Since it's Monday I weighted my self like I do every Monday morning 209.5

Yep.. I gained a whopping 2 pounds since last Monday. I have two options here.. I can wallow in self pity and get upset at my weight gain and my continue struggle with food or re-double my efforts when I'm feeling better and start working out again. See this a a minor set back and get back on track to a healthier me... think I'll go with the latter. 

Well I'll keep you posted.

Grandma's 80th Surprise Birthday Party

Today Harry and I went over to my Mom's to celebrate my Grandmother's 80th birthday. It was nice to see some family members that I haven't seen in a while. It was some good time.. She is the last of my living grandparents and has always been my closest one so she has always been very special to me.. Happy Birthday Grandma.

Taxes and Podcasting

Today I had an appointment to get my taxes done. I've gone top the say guy for over 6 years. Since I only worked five and a half months last year and collected quite a bit of unemployment (with no taxes taken out) this was the first time in years that I wasn't sure if I would have to pay. In all my years of working and doing taxes I've always gotten money back.. but I thought maybe this year would be different.

I don't know the exact amount yet (should find out next week) but he says from the numbers he sees that I should be getting a refund.. so that is good news.

When I got home from the tax guy, I had to finish up both my MASH 4077 Podcast and my Knights of the Guild podcast. Both are set to be released on Tuesday Feb. 15th. I had finished editing my MASH podcast earlier this week but still have to build the webpage and add show notes and upload it to podbean. My Knights of the Guild is another story... since none of the audio was recoverable (at least not in any usable way) I relied on a version that was recorded while we did the podcast.  It's not horrible audio but since it was the mic on the laptop it picks up eveyones audio and there are times when it's tough to hear our interviewees. But it's what we have and I'll have to work with it. We recorded about four hours of podcasts.. with maybe 3 hours of usable/interesting information. So today I had to find a splitting point. I recorded an intro and ending to the episode and added some promos. It's always done but I still want to do one more pass before I upload it to podbean. Still have a few days to do that.. but I should have both done by the 15th.

Sean's 30th Birthday Party

Today was my buddy Sean Becker's 30th Birthday party.. it was a surprise party so all the guests needed to be there by no later then 7:00pm. That meant I had to leave work early, around 5pm to get to Van Nuys by 7pm. Traffic in Los Angeles is a crap shoot.. sometimes it takes an hour sometimes two and I didn't want to be late. Fortunately.. or unfortunately it only took me an hour and I got to Kim's house at 6pm. I hung out in my car until my Padawan Troy showed up at 6:45pm.. he was my +1. We got to the party and helped out with setting up a bit.. then Greg Benson (party was at Greg and Kim's house) had set up a green screen and camera and had everyone dance for him.. after embarrassing ourselves in front of the camera we went back to the party where more and more people started to arrive. Around 7:20pm we got word that Sean was here.. we turned all the lights out and stood in the backyard quiet as can be. The minutes passed by, in order to get Sean to come over and not be suspicious Greg asked him to help him out with a skit.. so when Sean got here.. they actually went through the motions and got Sean into his outfit and started to explain what he wanted... it was funny because we are all right next to the garage and can hear everything but we all just stood there huddled together in the backyard just waiting for them to walk him so we could yell surprise.

Well what felt like hours, really just a few minutes Sean finally came into the backyard.. we yelled Surprise and Happy Birthday (and he was totally surprised) and the party started. My Padawan Troy was coming over to my house this evening so we could hang out on Saturday so I had planned to leave my Jeep and I would go home with Troy so I was going to get drunk. Those who know me, know I don't drink so I'm a lightweight and after 1 beer I was feeling the effects.. 2 beers and my face started to feel numb. On my third one Sean found me and was excited that I was drinking and challenged me to a drinking game. Well by the end of the night I was up to six beers and feeling no pain and Sean was on five. When I left he vowed to continue to drink and pass my six.. but I think I won that challenge since I wasn't there to continue to drink.. which I would have.

Anyways it was a great night.. got to hang out with friends, played some RockBand (well I sang.. and no I can't sing) but it's always fun singing with Felicia. Troy did inform me midway through the night that he forgot he had a gig the next day and couldn't hangout.. but said he would still drive me home (which was good since I was already drunk). It was lots of fun.. Sean is one of the nicest guys you'll ever have the pleasure of meeting. BTW if you don't know who Sean Becker is.. he is a very talented director/producer/actor.. but I meet him on set of Season 2 of The Guild (which he directed). Good times with good friends.. can't ask for anything better.
You can check out more Birthday Pictures HERE

X-Men - First Class

This is looking pretty cool... I really enjoyed all the X-Men movies.. yes including the 3rd one.. so I'm really looking forward to this one.

MASH 4077 Podcast on Itunes

Well my MASH podcast is finally available on itunes (yay!!) http://bit.ly/fEDBMS (please subscribe) It's only been up for about 12 hours and it's already #75 out of the top 200 TV/Film Audio podcasts.... wooo hooo. It does help that we are the one and only MASH podcast currently on itunes.. but hopefully folks will come because of that and continue to listen because they enjoy the show. I'm almost done with episode 2, editing before and after work the past few days. All I have left to do is one final audio pass to make sure everything sounds great. Very excited to see where this podcast goes.. with over 250  episodes and the fact that we are doing only 2 episodes a month.. this can go on for 20 years. 

The Gays Vs. The Bible

:: Getting on my Soapbox::

It seems that many (not all) Christians and Christian groups use the Bible to justify their horrible actions, most notable in recent years has been gay bashing. My question is how can some sins be worse then other sins.. I'm not a religious person but my understanding is that all sin is bad... so why do some Christians/Churches choose to gravitate and enforce some sins but over look so many more. First of all here is the passage from the bible about homosexuality.

Leviticus 20:13 "If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them."

So according to the Bible and God all gay people should be put to death. I guess we should be happy that they only call us names, make horrible signs and websites and tell us will be burning in hell for eternity.

But my real question is why doesn't the Church enforce these other wonderful laws/sins from Leviticus??

Don't have a variety of crops on the same field. (Leviticus 19:19)

Don't wear clothes made of more than one fabric (Leviticus 19:19)

Don't cut your hair nor shave. (Leviticus 19:27)

Any person who curseth his mother or father, must be killed. (Leviticus 20:9)

If a man cheats on his wife, or vise versa, both the man and the woman must die. (Leviticus 20:10)

If a man sleeps with his father's wife... both him and his father's wife is to be put to death. (Leviticus 20:11)

If a man sleeps with his wife and her mother they are all to be burnt to death. (Leviticus 20:14)

If a man has sex with a woman on her period, they are both to be "cut off from their people" (Leviticus 20:18)

Psychics, wizards, and so on are to be stoned to death. (Leviticus 20:27)

If a priest's daughter is a whore, she is to be burnt at the stake. (Leviticus 21:9)

People who have flat noses, or is blind or lame, cannot go to an altar of God (Leviticus 21:17-18)

Anyone who curses or blasphemes God, should be stoned to death by the community. (Leviticus 24:14-16)

God seems to want to kill/stone/burn alot of people, but doesn't that go against one of the ten commandments #6 Thou Shall Not Kill.... Seems like a contridiction to me.

What I don't understand and the main reason I am doing this blog.. is why Religious folks pick and choose what they will and won't follow from the Bible. How can one sin be worse then another sin.

I'm not bashing Religion or Christians, some of my best friends are very religious and I respect them and their beliefs 100% but what I don't like is how some Ultra right / Ultra Conservative Religious folks use the Bible to justify their hate and their actions.

:: Getting off my Soapbox::

Sorry for the rant.. but this topic has always bothered me and I wanted to get it out there on my blog.

A Healthier Me - Day 177

 Well this was the day I was going to start working out again. Been down sick the past three weeks and was really looking forward to starting back up. Around 3am I woke up in the middle of a coughing fit and had a hard time catching my breath.. it was pretty bad. I laid there awake for another 2 hours not feeling so hot so I went to my alarm clock and changed my alarm from 6am to 7am and opted not to start working out.. at least not until I am 100% better.

But since it is Monday I weighted myself this morning, currently I'm 207.5

That's a gain of .5 lbs for the week.. which honestly isn't that bad. I'm trying to eat better, which I guess is working but without working out I'm not losing weight.. just maintaining. I hope sometime this week or by Monday next week I'll be able to start working out again. I plan on taking up running in the early AM.  I'll keep you posted.

Super 8 Trailer

Don't know much about this movie but from this preview it looks like it's right up my alley.. I can't wait to see it this summer.

Recovering Audacity Files

Well yesterday was our 2nd Anniversary for my Knights of the Guild podcast. It was a bit over 4 hours long but at about the 4th hour Audacity crashed and did not save anything from the past four hours. So today I attempted to recover the media. I searched online and found a program that is suppose to recover the media.  I did manage to retrieve the media but since it's so long it's split into over 400 different audio bites and it's all out of order. So now I have to go through each clip and try and piece everything together.

I'm happy I have the original audio and it sounds great but I'm not looking forward in trying to piece over 400 audio clips together... at least I have nine days to do this.. of course I still have work and I have to edited another episode for my MASH 4077 podcast by the 15th as well. I see good times ahead for me. I'll keep you updated on my progress.

KOTG 2nd Anniversary Podcast

Today was all about my Knights of the Guild 2nd Anniversary Podcast. Been working on this the past few weeks but really started getting everything together the past few days and finished up early today. Since my house if a bit of a drive my friend Teal Sherer ofter us her place, which is much closer to the majority of the people. So I needed to pack up and move my entire recording system to her place. I wanted to make sure I had everything and even things that I might not sure but might need. I gathered and organized all the questions that listeners had for the cast members. I packed everything up in my jeep and headed down. I had to stop off at Vons and get food and drinks for the party, later we would order pizza/pasta as well. We were expecting over 25 people so I have to get quite a bit.

I manage to get to Teal at 4pm as planned and to my surprise Jenni (my co-host) got there at the same time. I didn't expect her until closer to our start time at 6pm. So Teal, Jenni and I unpacked my Jeep and began to set up the studio and food. Around five Ali (Teal's boyfriend) came home and just in time as we found out that Macs internal cams have a issue with Ustream so we weren't able to get the video feed to work. After several tries we finally got it working (Ali has windows on his Mac) and I brought my webcam from home and we got everything working around 6ish. A few people started to arrive and we began to broadcast but we held out starting the actual podcast until 6:30pm.

I didn't have any plans for this podcast... we were going to do a Q&A and just kind of chat with everyone. It was kind of like some controlled chaos.  Sandeep, Robin and Amy showed up so we started with their Q&A's and about 10 minutes in Jeff showed up with his new baby Harry and that was it for the interview. The next 20 minutes were devoted to little Harry (who is adorable). More cast members showed up and we grabbed cast, crew, and extras and did interviews with each. It was alot of fun. It ran a little over 4 hours and towards the end Audacity crashed and I wasn't able to save the past four hours recording. As of right now I'm not sure if it's gone or I'll be able to recover it. Luckily we have almost the entire thing (video and audio) recoded on ustream so I can always get the audio off that. But that's not the nice microphone/clear audio. But it's better then nothing.

One downside of being the producer/host of the podcast is that I'm not able enjoy the party or hang out with all my friends.... I didn't even get to eat any food. Oh well everyone seem to have a really good time and the listeners seemed to enjoy the four hour podcast.  I'll be posting more pictures and additional video from the evening. If you missed the live podcast you can watch the recording on our Ustream channel.

I'll keep everyone posted on my status of retrieving the audio.. I have until the 15th to get everyone in order and uploaded.

You can check out more pictures HERE

MASH 4077 Podcast Episode 1

Show Notes:

Here it is, our very first MASH 4077 Podcast. Kenny Mittleider from Knights of the Guild Podcast, Simon Meddings from Waffle On Podcast and Al Kessel from Tales from the Mouse House Podcast discuss one of the most successful and longest running television series in history.. M*A*S*H

In this first episode we cover the Pilot Episode #1
Directed by Gene Reynolds Written by Larry Gelbart
Production code J301
Original air date September 17, 1972

Set during the Korean War in the 1950’s  Plot Summary: The Swamp's Korean houseboy, Ho-Jon, is accepted to attend school at Hawkeye's alma mater. The camp raises money $1000 to send Ho-Jon to Maine by raffling a weekend in Tokyo with a nurse Dish, much to the chagrin of Hot Lips and Burns.

It's not up on Itunes yet (still waiting for approval) but you can download it or listen to it direct on our webpage http://mash4077.podbean.com/

Podcast promo’s played during the show this week:

Waffle on
Tales of the MouseHouse
Knights of the Guild Podcast

Update on my Geeky Life

Well it's February 1st and I figured I'd give everyone an update on the going on's of my life.

I've been sick going on three weeks now but I am doing better, the past few nights I have slept through the night (with the help of NyQuil) and I still have a slight cough and still very mucusie.

I stopped working out when I got sick to let my body rest plus I didn't feel well enough to do any working out. I hope to start back up next Monday.. I've only gained about 3 lbs over the three weeks from not working out.. which isn't bad.

My Knights of the Guild podcast is about to hit it's 2 year anniversary. Will be having a big 2 year anniversary podcast this coming Saturday with friends, cast members and crew of The Guild.. should be lots of fun.

About to launch my new MASH 4077 Podcast this week. We (Al, Meds and I) recorded four episodes this past weekend. I edited the first episode on Sunday and sent it out to the guys to preview.. they both liked it and with a few minor tweaks it will be up in itunes by weeks end.

I'm actually starting a third podcast called Epic Geek Out, this is taking a bit longer to get started but it's still moving forward. I hope to record a promo for it this weekend and discuss with my co-host Jen when we will record our first few episodes.

Now for work, things have been fairly quiet, well that was until this week. There was some personnel changes and things started to really pick up all of a sudden. MTV has a very complicated delivery schedule that I'm just now learning. I think once I have the system down it shouldn't be too bad but until then I'm a bit stressed out.

Family is doing well, Mom, Dad, Brother, Sister-in-law and of course my little guy Kenobi (nephew) are doing great.. they've been sick off and on but nothing serious.

Friends have been great, I have been trying to see everyone more often and it's a real effort but my friends are so worth it. I hope to hang out with them even more often.

Harry and I are doing well, I have to say that the past few weeks things between us have been great. We make much better friends now then partners. He is still trying to work out his plans on departing the US.

I guess that's it for now.. busy, busy, busy.. but I wouldn't want it any other way.

A Healthier Me - Day 170

Well I"m still sick and it's preventing me from working out :( going on three weeks now. I am felling better so that's a good sign and I hope by weeks end I'll be back to my normal self and continue with my workouts.

Since it is Monday I weighted myself this morning, currently I'm 207

I'm actually down 1 pound from last Monday, which is great, but still 3 pounds higher then my lowest since I stopped working out. But it's a good scene that I'm eating better since I didn't gain weight this week and actually lost a pound.. so there is hope.

Editing Podcasts

Today I spent the entire day (on and off) editing my MASH 4077 Podcast This podcast was recorded differently then most of my others. Since the three hosts are all over the world we skype together and recorded our conversation. But if you use skype many of you know that the quality can be a hit and miss so each person recorded their own conversation and then emailed me they mp3. I then went into Avid and took all of our mp3 and strung them out together and found a sync point to link they all together. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, after that I did an edit pass removing bad audio, conversations, flubs, stuff like that. Then I went through and added sound bites from the episode.  Still have to do one final "sweeten" pass to make sure it sounds great but I wanted to send a copy of it to my fellow co-hosts to see what they think. So the very first MASH 4077 podcast Ep,. #1 is about 90% done. Just waiting on notes from my buddies and then I'll do the final pass and get this up in itunes for all to listen.... can't wait.. really excited about his one.. I think the first episode turned out pretty good.

My MASH 4077 Podcast

Today I recorded the first four episodes of my new M*A*S*H 4077 Podcast with my buddies Meds from Waffle On podcast and Al from Tales from the MouseHouse & The Fast Forward Podcast. I talked about wanting to do this podcast in a previous blog and today we got started. We did the first four episode of season 1. I think it went pretty smooth, we're still working out the format and details but I think it was informative and fun. I hope to get the first episode out by Feb. 1st and if that doesn't happen then the next few days. I plan to released 2 episodes per month with one to two SwampCasts in between.

Thanks to Meds and Al for co-hosting this podcast with me.. we have 11 seasons and 251 episodes to cover.. gonna be a blast!!!

Knights of the Guild Ep 24 pt2

Download from itunes http://bit.ly/KotGCast or Direct  Download / Listen at http://knightsoftheguild.com

Show Notes:

Here it is Episode 24 part 2 of Knights of the Guild. We hope you enjoy it.

Today’s show features:

    * * First up we have a Classic Vorkism
    * * We are recording this weeks podcast live in our studios
    * * We discuss Behind the Scenes of Season 3 Episode 12: Hero
    * * We have Fan Interview with BJ
    * * Guild Something with Sean Becker & Brian Kameoka
    * * We thank our donors.
    * * Then Business Time (We continue to use contest submissions)
    * * And finally our Good byes

Thank you again for all your support, we do this podcast because we are fans and more importantly for the fans.

Kenny & Jenni

Challenger: 25 Years Later

The Space Shuttle Challenger was lost with all hands 25 years ago today, Jan. 28th, 1986. I remember like it was yesterday. I was in 9th grade going to Don Lugo High School out in Chino. I was in my History class and they had set up a TV so we could all watch the launch live.  I was so excited that we were going to be able to watch it live as I'm a huge geek and space lover. I was following all the prepping for this mission, Was excited that a civilian/teacher was going up for the first time. I couldn't wait until the launch.

When the shuttle launched everyone started to cheered. I don't think anyone could have ever imagined what would happen next. I remember the cheers slowly died down as folks started to realize that something was wrong. I don't remember much else from that day.. it's kind of one big blur. This is one of those events that you can remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when it happened. It's some thing that I will never forget for as long as I live.

We lost some brave men and women that day.. may they never be forgotten.

Face Off

Face Off is a new reality/game show on the Syfy channel. It's like Project Runway but with Special Effects.  I'm not much into reality TV these days other then my favorite Amazing Race but after watching the first episode I have to say this is one fun show. Maybe it's because I'm all into the special effects side of movies and TV but I found this show very compelling and entertaining. They have some very talented people. I mean the very first challenge is a 2 hour competition to incorporate their surrounding onto a face makeup of a model. You really got to see who has talent and who is just so so. Another aspect of the show that I liked was the age of most of the contestants... they looked to be in there 30's more then 20's and not all good looking.

I'm really looking forward to seeing where this series goes. Next weeks episode looks like a lot of fun... can't wait. If you missed the first episode you can watch it here.. http://www.syfy.com/rewind/faceoff/

Sick of Being Sick

Well I'm on day 14 of being sick and I'm done being sick. It started with dizziness and hacking coughs then moved to sinus', runny nose, ear aches and slight cough. Now it's sore throat, slight congestion, sore body and occasional cough. I can't tell if I'm getting better or it's worse.. there was a time last week for a few days that I actually felt pretty good and thought I was on the upswing but today I had a hard time waking up, my body is sore my throat is killing me.

This has been the longest I've been sick in recent memory. I've talked to others and they have say they've been sick for three weeks before they felt better.. I don't know if I can last another week feeling like this :(

Learning Sign Language

For as long as I can remember I've wanted to learn American Sign Language. I've tried in the past to learn starting with the alphabet but it never stuck. Last week I took up the challenge again and downloaded a page with the alphabet on it. After some confusion for different signs for the same letter I manage to learn the entire alphabet in a few minutes. It was amazing... for the next few days I practice while driving to lunch and during my commute to and from work.. but I retained it. I know every letter and am now spelling words... of course I'm a horrible speller.. but it's a start. I'm now starting to learn more signing and it's actually sticking. Don't know why this time around it's actually staying with me but I'm extremely excited to actually be doing/learning something that I have been wanting to learn for over 30 years... yay me!!

A Healthier Me - Day 163

Update on my work outs.. Well I'm still sick so I haven't worked out for almost two weeks and it's killing me. I almost started back up today as I am feeling better but still congested, stuffy nose and occasional cough. So I figured it was best to get 100% and then start working out again. I hope to get back to working out in a few days. I've been off so long it's going to be like starting all over again :(

Since it's Monday I did weight myself, I'm currently 208

Yep I'm up another pound and I've gained a total of 3.5 pounds since I stopped working out. This isn't a surprise or disappointment.. I knew that I would gain weight while not working out and I'm actually happy with the amount (thought it would be worse). Anyways hopefully things will get back on track once I get rid of this stupid cold/flu.

Past Few Days

Not a whole lot going on the past few days.. work week ended and things are starting to pick up so that's good. I did go out to dinner with my Padawan Troy on Friday which was great as it had been a few weeks since we hung out. I drove out to Long Beach to go to an Islands near his place. Had a horrible drive Friday with traffic and my GPS taking me in the wrong direction.. and to top it off when I finally get to Islands I check my phone and see a text from Troy saying "Were going to the Islands in Burbank.. right?? " Should have seen the look on my face.. I immediately contacted him and luckily he wasn't too are away and was able to turn around and get to me in about 15 minutes. We had a great dinner and as always a nice chat until 1:30am.

Saturday started off with me going to a secret location and watching Felicia Day's new mystery project that she's been working on. She invited me to set last week but I've been sick and Saturday was the last day. Can't say anything but I did tweet "O....M.....G!!!!!! " I'm sure I'll blog more and posts pictures when I can.

Later that day Harry and I headed over to my friends Tom's 42nd Birthday party. It was a sci fi / Hitchhiker Guild to the Galaxy themed party. Harry and I didn't dress up but we did bring out towels. Got to see lots of friends and some that we've haven't seen in a year.. so that was great. We had a really good time.

Sunday has been a catch up day.. was suppose to visit family today but Dad, Brother and Nephew have been sick and since I'm still not 100% I thought it best to postpone that visit. Instead I did things around the house. Went grocery shopping, cleaned up a bit, did the laundry.. but was a good to do just relax and enjoy the day off.

Was planning to work on the next installment of Knights of the Guild podcast but I'm not sure I'll get to that today.. but will see.. got a few hours before I head to bed.

Feeling Better.. kind of

Well it's been a week since I started to not feel so well and I'm still not 100% but getting there.. took off a few days from work and haven't worked out in a week. I went from coughing up a lung and getting dizzy if I stood for more then a few minutes to now having major sinus issues and a cough here and there. At least I don't get dizzy anymore and able to drive again. Been back at work the past few days and doing pretty good. I'd say I'm about 70% well.. hope to be back to my full 100% by the weekend.. but guess will see.. I hope to start working out again on Monday. Ugg.. being sick sucks!!!

Being Human

Just watched Syfy's remake of the UK series Being Human. I haven't seen any of the UK version though I have wanted too for a year or so now. So I was looking forward to this US version and I wasn't disappointed. Both Harry and I enjoyed it. I enjoyed the whole concept, the character were great and you care about them very quickly. If you don't know what the story is it's a Vampire and Werewolf trying to live normals lives when they move in together and there is a ghost that lives in their new house... so it's about those three "people" trying to be human. I'm looking forward to seeing where this series goes.. and I do plan on watching the UK version as well.

The Cape

Still sick so I stayed home from work today and decided to catch up on some TV. I sat down to watch the 2 hour premiere and following episode of The Cape. Here's a brief synopsis of the show:

The series, set in the fictional metropolis of Palm City, follows Vince Faraday, an honest police detective who is considering leaving the city's corrupt police force. He witnesses the murder of the city's new police chief by a mysterious individual known as "Chess". Faraday accepts an offer to work for the private security firm of billionaire Peter Fleming, who is petitioning the city to privatize their police and public safety operations. An e-mail from the anonymous investigative blogger "Orwell" leads Faraday and his partner Marty Voyt to a cargo train owned by Fleming's firm that is smuggling explosives. Unfortunately, Voyt has set up Faraday and delivers him to Chess, who is Fleming himself. Fleming frames Faraday for the police chief's murder and sends his security teams after Faraday in a chase (televised by local news stations) that culminates in an explosion. The entire city (including Faraday's family) now believes that Faraday is Chess and that he died in the explosion. Faraday survives and is taken in by a traveling circus turned bank robbery ring. Their leader, Max Malini, trains Faraday to use a special black cape to defend himself against his foes. The circus folk convince Faraday that he cannot reveal himself to his wife and son without endangering their lives. Faraday decides to fight Palm City's corruption and clear his name by taking the guise of his son's favorite comic book hero, "The Cape".

I enjoyed it, I like the characters and the storyline. I think the effects are pretty cool and I like that The Cape is more like Batman then Superman, he has no super powers. I like Summer Glau's character, three episodes in and your getting a little bit of information about her. I like that they have a main bad guy.. Chess but they also have various other bad guys so The Cape won't be fighting Chess every week and him getting away just in the nick of time. I like the carnival people.. it's a nice supporting cast. It's not a must see TV show.. yet!! but it has potential and I look forward to to seeing where it goes.

A Healthier Me - Day 156

One huge downside to being so sick and dizzy is that you can't stand for more then a few minutes, which makes workouting impossible. I missed my workout on Wednesday, but figured I'd make it up on the weekend. Well Thursday mid-day at work I started to feel ill and it got progressively worse. So when I got home Thursday night I did not work out and was sick Friday, Saturday and Sunday, so no working out for me the past five days, which is horrible.

But it is Monday so I did my weigh in, I'm currently 207

Yeah I figured I would gain some weight.. I mean I'm sick but it hasn't effect my appetite. I'm actually still sick today but dragging myself into work.. and depending on how I feel tonight I may skip my Monday workout as well. I hate being sick.

Podcast-Mania

Well as many of you know I have been doing the Knights of the Guild podcast for the past two years. Now I know The Guild webseries isn't going to last forever and once that series ends my podcast has maybe one more year in it. So I've been talking with some friends of mine about other podcast ideas that I have had and have come up with not one but two other podcasts that I'll be starting in the next month or so.

First one is called Epic Geek Out. This is the kind of podcast I've always wanted to do, something that has a much wider range of topic then my Knights of the guild podcast so I'm really looking forward to starting this one. Here's a brief description of what you can expect on Epic Geek Out.

"Epic Geek Out is a fun, warp speed, geektacular show hosted by Kenny from Knights of The Guild and Jen from the Anomaly Podcast. Each episode features a round table of geeky guests, a single geek topic and a challenging thirty minute time limit--when the klaxon sounds, the show's over! Debates and discussions cover a wide range of subjects including science, news, video games, TV and movies, Sci-fi and Fantasy books, comics, technology, blogs, podcasts, webseries, ninjas, pirates, killer robots, vampires, zombie outbreaks, etc. So gear up! It's time for an Epic Geek Out!!!!"

Podcast Website: http://TheEGOShow.com
Twitter: @EpicGeekOutShow
Email: EpicGeekMail@gmail.com

My second podcast is called MASH 4077 Podcast. This podcast I had thought about doing with Harry because he was a huge MASH fan and got me into watching it. Well that didn't really pan out so I asked my friend Meds and Al if they wanted to join me in co-hosting this podcast and they said yes. Here's a brief description of what you can expect on MASH 4077 Podcast.

"MASH 4077 Podcast is a fan cast covering one of the most well known and highly successful series in television history. Hosted by Kenny from Knight of the Guild Podcast, Meds from Waffle On Podcast and Al from Tales of the Mouse House Podcast. Each episode will cover a single episode of MASH starting at the beginning with the pilot. We hope to share with our listeners some cool and informative behind the scene information, cool trivia and little know facts about this wonderful TV series.

Podcast Website: http://MASH4077.podbean.com
Twitter: @MASH4077Podcast
Email: MASH4077Podcast@gmail.com

Of course I'll be posting more information as it get closer to releasing these new podcast...

Knights of the Guild Ep 24 pt1

Even though I have been sick the past few days I did manage to edit the next Knights of the Guild podcast. Check it out and let me know what you think.

Download from itunes http://bit.ly/KotGCast or Direct Download / Listen at http://knightsoftheguild.com

Show Notes:

Here it is Episode 24 part 1 of Knights of the Guild. We hope you enjoy it.

Today’s show features:

• * First up we have a Classic Vorkism
• * We are recording this weeks podcast down and dirty live in our studios
• * Guild News
• * Crew Interviews with Stephanie Rose and Andrew Seely
• * We have some Listener Feedback
• * What the Cast and Crew are up too
• * We also announce winners of our end of month contests as well as talk about continuing contests
• * Then Business Time (We continue to use contest submissions)
• * And finally our Good byes

Thank you again for all your support, we do this podcast because we are fans and more importantly for the fans.

Kenny

Catching up on TV

Since I'm home sick today from work I decided to try and catch up on some of the past few weeks of TV that I have recorded. I first started with the second episode of season two of V. Was just as fun as the first episode. They have really ramped up the action and information. Again with this episode we get loads of information as to why the V are here. And again Jane Badler (Original Diana, New Dianna) was FANTASTIC. She still has it and I'm loving her new character. They also gave a nod to the original miniseries when Anna takes a giant white rat and devours it only to regurgitate it for the hybrid baby to eat. The effects were fantastic and very similar to when Dian in the original V ate a guinea pig. I'm very excited to see where this series goes.. it's only 10 episode this season but if they keep the pace going it's gonna to be an AWESOME season.

Next up was No Ordinary Family, I was five episodes behind on this series. So Harry and I watched one after another. This is a fun series, some action, some character development. It was nice to not have to wait for a new episode because the story kept ending on cliffhanger type scene. I can't wait to see where they are going and the effects have been fantastic. Looking forward to the rest of this season.