tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20635055589851604552024-03-13T11:45:00.111-07:00Hi everyone!This is where some random thoughts go. My main blog is Eddie's Math and Calculator Blog: edspi31415.blogspot.com.Edward Shorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278913865743064653noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063505558985160455.post-16748262435946556802016-05-19T20:01:00.001-07:002016-05-19T20:01:58.146-07:00U.S. Senator – California: Third Party Candidates<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">U.S. Senator – California:
Some of the Third Party Candidates<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are 34 candidates for the United States Senator in the
California Primary Election this year.
Voting for California is June 7, 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tired of the Republicans and Democrats? Here are <i>some</i>
of the third-party, independent, and no-party preference candidates. I will include the candidate’s website as
this blog entry will provide only a small summary for each candidate. I will do my best to be non-opinionated and
non-biased. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Clive Grey – No Party Preference.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Grey, an entrepreneur advocates jobs and small businesses,
encourages laws that help small businesses thrive in California. Supports a regulated path to citizenship for
immigrants. Advocates for clean energy
use including gray water irrigation, solar power, geothermal heating, and water
reclamation. Against big money and
lobbyists in politics. Proposes a flat
tax. Animal rights and affordable health
care advocate. Minimize or eliminate administrative
costs in education.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Website: <a href="http://www.clivegreyforussenate.com/home">http://www.clivegreyforussenate.com/home</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Gail Lightfoot – Libertarian<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Against the War on Drugs, Iraq War, and other wars for
profit. Advocates for National
Security. Supports ratification of the Equal
Rights Amendment and the Right to Self Defense (2<sup>nd</sup> Amendment). Limited support on abortion rights (no
late-term abortions). Advocates limited
government and personal responsibility.
Deregulate the health care industry.
End federal influence on education.
Bases her forum on Barry Goldwater. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Website: <a href="http://www.lightfoot4ussenate.com/index.html">http://www.lightfoot4ussenate.com/index.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Jason Kraus - No Party Preference. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Proposes a federal consumption tax to replace all other
federal income taxes. It works like a
sales tax (Example: 8% for products and services priced $500.00 or less. Exempt are fresh produce, unsalted nuts,
diary and meats without added sugar). Proposes
a $250 United States Military and Protection Tax per adult citizen that will
fund the U.S. military. No federal
housing. Immigration policy includes
manned U.S.-Mexico border, work status issued upon verification of employment
and clean criminal record, 10 year wait for permanent citizenship. Not a fan of social security.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Website: <a href="http://aleadernotapolitician.com/">http://aleadernotapolitician.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pamela Elizondo -
Green<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Elizondo is a big advocate of marijuana farms and believes
it is a solution to major problems.
Proposes a $0.01 federal, state, and county tax in lieu of our current
tax base. Replace defense spending,
space research, foreign aid, and sports arenas with grants to business that
restores the Earth. Legalize hump and
marijuana. Replaces scientific medicine,
encourage homeopathic remedies. Grow marijuana
farms everywhere. Did I mention marijuana? (She mentions marijuana this a LOT in her
platform.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Website: <a href="http://www.cagreens.org/elections/2016/statewide-candidate-questionnaire-pamela-elizondo-us-senate">http://www.cagreens.org/elections/2016/statewide-candidate-questionnaire-pamela-elizondo-us-senate</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mike Beitiks - No
Party Preference<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The big issue that Beitiks addresses is global warming. Proposes that this issue will be addressed,
by any means necessary. Everything funds
fighting climate change. Exclusive clean
energy and you can’t cut trees without permission. Eliminates private transportation. Everyone stays home in January. Not a fan of jobs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Website: <a href="http://www.iwillnotdonothing.org/">http://www.iwillnotdonothing.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">John Thompson Parker – Peace and Freedom<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Supports the $15.00 minimum wage. Wants to eliminate police departments for
certain minority races. Anti-war
activist.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Facebook Page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/parkerforsenate/">https://www.facebook.com/parkerforsenate/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Jason Hanania – No Party Preference<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hanania is an e-vote candidate. Basically, Hanania will present each issue
and he will do whatever the voters decides via an online evoting service. Doesn’t accept campaign donations. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Website: <a href="http://www.jasonhanania.com/home.html">http://www.jasonhanania.com/home.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Eleanor Garcia – No Party Preference<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Socialist Workers Party.
Supports Unions. Fought to
overthrow Jim Crow laws. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Article: <a href="http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2016/02/socialist-workers-party-support-eleanor-garcia-swp-candidate-for-us-senate-in-california/">http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2016/02/socialist-workers-party-support-eleanor-garcia-swp-candidate-for-us-senate-in-california/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ling Ling Shi – No Party Preference<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Uses a Christian approach to government. Build the American “ARK” to solve problems.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(Does she know about the separation of church and state?)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Website: <a href="http://www.wellsark.com/en/senator_2016.html">http://www.wellsark.com/en/senator_2016.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These are some of the candidates running for Barbara Boxer’s
seat for 2016. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Edward Shorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278913865743064653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063505558985160455.post-16546279130845723572016-01-02T10:53:00.001-08:002016-01-02T10:56:53.402-08:00The Nine Worst Game Shows Ever<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is my list of what I think are the worst game shows
ever. Game shows are supposed to fun,
exciting, and a positive experience for everyone, even those who don’t take
home the championships. Here are nine
that really missed the target, badly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The show started with six (US) or five (UK) contestants
trying to answer a Family Feud style question.
Only one of the 10 most popular answers awarded money, with the most
popular awarding the least. The trick is
that one player is secretly given all the answers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first mistake was the first elimination round, which I
think happens too soon. The first
elimination was given only after one question (I would have liked to see at
least two go-arounds before the first elimination). Depending
on what country, the voting round was played differently.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">US: The player with
the most votes was eliminated. If the
cheater was eliminated, his/her money was divided among the others. Otherwise, everyone’s money was halved.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">UK: The group must
reach majority, or it was automatic win for the cheater. If the cheater wins, the player’s money were
halved, and the cheater (unknown to the players and the host) eliminated one
player. Later rounds gave the vote to
the audience (no halving penalty occurred during such rounds).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here’s is where Dirty Rotten Cheater landed on this list:
needless padding. It was bad in the US
version but in the UK version, there was more padding then game show. This show could have easily been a half-hour
show instead of the hour time slot it was given. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. The Later (Non-Syndicated) US Seasons of Deal
or No Deal (2005 – 2009)</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When Deal or No Deal premiered in the United States in
December 2005 and was picked up as a regular series in March 2006, this game
show had so much promise. The game is
simple. Pick which one of the 26 cases
you believe has $1,000,000. Round by
round, you eliminate a set number of cases and based on your performance, the
banker made you an offer to buy your case.
Of course, you try to eliminate the lower-dollar cases to improve the
offer. Then you are asked “Deal or No
Deal”? Take the offer and leave or
continue playing. An hour show could
hold one complete game and a good portion of another.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then came the Sheetal Shetty episode in 2006. Sheetal, a great, likeable constant, did
great, winning $375,000 on a board that had $0.01, $400,000 and $750,000
left. But the episode dragged on and on
and on and on and on… with needless
commercial breaks, lengthened padded between picks and reveals, and extra long
calls from the banker. The padding
became the norm after this episode. Pretty
soon, a complete game took an hour to complete.
Gimmicks, such as “dream” offers (a pony, a lime-color Escalade, a spot
in the Dallas Cowboys fantasy camp for example) and the ill-fated Million
Dollar Mission, became a regular feature.
Without a grand prize winner, NBC was getting so desperate that it
actually advertised (spoiled) a grand prize winner before Deal or No Deal’s
third season. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By the third season, any of the fun and fast-paced game play
was sucked out of Deal or No Deal. Games
gone by so slow that you could go to the local DMV and come back before the third
round was completed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The syndicated version (2009-2010) brought back some of the
fast-paced fun but that came a season too late.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Side tip: The best
versions of Deal or No Deal were the UK version with host Noel Edmuds (2005 –
2016?) and Australia with Andrew O’Keefe (2003 – 2013). YouTube is your best friend. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I like the game’s concept: name something that fit a
category and tried to find the most obscure answer. This is the inverse of Family Feud. The
game started with five pairs of contestants.
The object was to give a “pointless” answer, which is a correct answer
to a question that no one else out of 100 people thought of. Incorrect answers carried a 100 penalty. The pair with the most points were eliminated
after each round, with a playoff between the final two pairs. Each “pointless”
answer given during the main game added £250 to the bonus jackpot. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why is Pointless is on this Worst Game Shows Ever list? The hosts drag each question with endless
dribble. Furthermore, everyone is quiet,
monotone, no excitement in the audience.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The bonus round is sad as well. The only way any pair was winning any money
was to win the bonus round, which started as a paltry £1,000, plus any bonus
money won during the main game. Each
time the bonus game was not won, the jackpot increased by £1,000 for the next
show. The consolation prize was a nice
crystal trophy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I guess the super low budget is what kept this show going
for over seven years and counting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How was the money won?
Three pairs competed in a set of obscure multiple choice questions. The first round’s questions were worth $500,
$1,000 for the second round. Originally
the pairs were spotted with $200. The
pair with least money was eliminated and was sent to decide how they want to
split their winnings (more on that later).
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The pair that made it through Rounds 1 and 2 played a bonus round
called Right or Wrong. This time each
question had two answers. The goal was
to answer 10 questions correctly in 60 seconds before getting three questions
wrong, which I don’t believe was ever done. Winning the bonus round doubled the trust
fund. Each correct answer added another
$500 to their trust fund. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now came the time where the pairs split their money. Forget the (thankfully) relatively small
stakes, this show is all about the infamous Prisoner’s Dilemma. Here is how it works:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two players chose Friend or Foe. If both players chose Foe, any money built in
their trust fund was lost and both players left with nothing. If both players chose Friend, their trust
fund was split equally. The last
combination was the most frequent outcome:
One Foe and One Friend, where Foe takes it all, Friend goes home with
nothing, less dignity, embarrassed, and shafted. Before the decision, Kennedy (often) gave the
two contestants a chance to convince the other of why they should vote Friend. However, it quickly the object quickly became:
lie to your opponent, convincing them to choose Friend while you press the Foe
button. Succeed, you win all the
money. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Friend or Foe became predictably stale after several weeks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you want to watch three constants endlessly bicker over a
question or how they split they money they won, this is the show for you. Questions start at the set amount and
decrease in value the longer it takes the contestants to answer it. Three incorrect answers and the contestants
go home with nothing. At set points the
contestants can choose to stop and split the money. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If only the constants went home with equal shares of the
money earned, that may have saved the show from being on this list. But that’s not the case! The pot was split in unequal portions, with A
offering the most (60% - 70%) of the jackpot, B getting a decent share, and C’s
share was laughably low. The contestants
were forced to agree who gets shares A, B, and C. Oh, and they had 100 seconds to do it as the money
dwindled by 1% for each second that passes by. This means that one contestant would have to
settle for C and be extremely humble (and perhaps underpaid). I
would not find it fun to watch my money being thrown away due to endless
arguing. Craptastick! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The game itself wasn't bad, it is mostly a direct port a
Jeopardy! The game had six categories
and four decades: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. The questions were for
points, not dollars. The player had the
most points had the advantage in the advantage of the final round. The final round was a "race to
zero", and you reached zero when you correctly answered the required
number of questions (4 for 1st place, 5 for 2nd place, and 6 for 3rd). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What killed the game was the boring game show host and the ridiculous
prizes. The secret prizes were things
you could pick up from your local swap meet, like an old political pin, a Happy
Days toy car, or an old lunchbox, valued at no more than $25. And
what does the winner get? $500 cash! Pretty
cheap considering the show’s announcer was Charlie O’Donnell.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Shafted – UK (2001)</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It wasn’t just the contestants getting shafted, it was the people
viewing it. The first round was, how
much money you wanted to bet to six contestants. If you bet too much, then f*** you, you
automatically lose. If that didn’t want
to make you immediately either change the channel or down vote the YouTube
video, you must have an iron stomach. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next rounds were your standard bet-question rounds. The highest bet got the question. After a set amount of questions were asked,
the player in the lead got to choose which of the remaining players got
eliminated. The game continued until
there were two players left. The final
round was the bad-old Prisoner’s Dilemma.
Shafted got four shows on the air before thankfully itself got shafted. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Golden Balls – UK (2007 – 2009)</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you have the balls to lie? If you do, you could win a good, maybe a
great sum of money. The only good thing
about Golden Balls was it host, Jasper Carrot. Carrot was charm, witty, and the only person
on the planet who could make four otherwise greedy, insufferable contestants
look remotely human. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The game starts with four contestants getting four balls of
various dollar amounts and Killer balls.
Two of them were revealed and the contestants had to bluff their way to
the next round. One player gets voted
off and that player’s balls were also eliminated. The next round had the remaining three
constants getting five balls apiece. One
more round of bluffing and voting one unlucky contestant off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The final round was in two parts. The first part was the Bin or Win round. 10
balls plus one more Killer ball were in play.
One player chose one ball to bin (discard) and one ball to win
(hopefully it was worth a lot of money).
The process was repeated five times.
Any Killer ball won reduced the pot by a factor of 10 (ouch!). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second part is the one constant that has been a stable
on this list: The Prisoner’s Dilemma! We
know the drill by now, two contestants chose how the money was going to be
divided, by use of the Split ball (the Friend) and the Steal ball (the
Foe). Often this lead to one of two
endings: (a) someone always stole leaving the virtuous player who chose Split or
(b) both players choosing Steal and leaving with nothing. Seriously, is there any creativity in the
Game Show department? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And now to the Worst Game Show of All Time: </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Take It All (2012)</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hate everything about it: the ridiculous large prizes
that almost no one would use in real life, the endless padding, and the
horrific "Prize Fight" end game.
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The front game is a high-stakes White Elephant game. Note that the White Elephant game is only fun
when the prizes consisted of holiday decorations and Starbucks gift cards where
the value is anywhere from $5 - $20. This
isn’t the case where $51,000 Porsche, $33,000 submarines, and $100,000 trips
that should cost no more than a few grand are concerned. The object is to get the biggest prize either
by selecting it from the Dream Board or stealing it from another player. The player stuck with the lowest valued prize
(albeit would be a nice one to win) is sent packing with nothing. No consolation prize, nothing. Hence, some prizes featured on Take It All
was just throw-away because they could never be won. The front game starts with five contestants
and two rounds of elimination occur. The
final two go to the “Prize Fight”. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The “Prize Fight” takes the Prisoner’s Dilemma and turns it
up to 11. The players take their prizes
and a cash prize (selected at the Prize Fight) and then choose whether they get
to be a Foe (choosing Take It All), or Friend (Keep Mine). Only
contestants with no consciousness win here, outright lying to the other
players. Being sympathetic to a player
who was bullied and plan to donate their cash to a charity, or to a player
whose career is being Santa Claus, screw that!
The stealer would lull their victim by saying how much of a Christian
he/she was and how they care and want people to succeed, only to choose Take it
All and humiliate the other player. I only
saw the premier episode and was enraged. I am grateful no objects to throw at the TV
were nearby. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The weirdest part was Take It All premiered aired in
December: the freaking holiday season! What
the absolute f***! Thankfully Take It
All was promptly thrown in the garbage can after six episodes. It should have never aired at all! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Howie Mandel's career pretty much went in the toilet after
this debacle. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s clear that I think that the Prisoner’s Dilemma is the fastest
way to ruin a game show. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So that is my list of the worst game shows ever. What do you think?</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Music of the 1980’s</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">I know a lot of these songs growing up the
in 1980’s, however, there are some songs of this list that I heard for the
first time well after the decade was over.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Note, there is no order to this list.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Enjoy!</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">These are
some of my favorite songs from the decade that brought us Super Mario Brothers,
the Rubik’s Cube, Indiana Jones, and lots of game shows:</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Walk of Life –
Dire Straits (Album: Brothers in Arms, 1985).</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I definitely thank my dad for introducing
this song to me.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Dad played this song whenever
he got a chance for a while. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I Love Rock ‘n
Roll – Joan Jett & the Blackhearts (Album:</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I Love Rock ‘n Roll, 1981).</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">A
definite go-to rock song for me, is pretty much an anthem for most (if not all)
lovers of rock and roll.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">This song is a
perfect combination of edge, guitar, and beat.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">
</span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Weird Science –
Oingo Boingo (Album: Dead Man’s Party, 1985).</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">My creation, is it real?</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I can safely say yes to Oingo Boing.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">It’s an all-around fun track.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The best version is the album version,
lasting 6:10, as opposed to the most familiar 3:45 version from the movie’s
soundtrack, oddly titled Weird Science.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Faithfully –
Journey </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">(Album:</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Frontiers, 1983).</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">It was tough picking a favorite Journey song
for this list.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I went with Faithfully
because of its powerful ballad, tender-hearted lyrics, and how the background
music helps tell the story.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Honestly, it
was between Faithfull and Don’t Stop Believin’.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Sailing –
Christopher Cross (Album: Christopher Cross, 1979.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The single was released in June 1980).</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I can just close my eyes, imagine myself on a
sailboat sailing across the ocean on a perfect day.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Or if I am not sailing, I am walking the
beach during sunset.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">This song is just
peaceful.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">No One Like You –
Scorpions (Album: Blackout, 1982).</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">A
rock ballad that tells how a man misses his love and desires to be with her
again.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The guitar riffs and melody
beautifully portrays the emotion of the lyrics.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Thriller – Michael
Jackson (Album:</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Thriller, 1983).</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">One of the stable songs of Halloween.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">One year, my cousins and I played this song
on repeat until we got sick of it (which was at least twenty times).</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The music video is epic and puts most
horror-themed music videos to shame.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Who
can forget the zombie dance? </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Thing Called Love –
Bonnie Raitt (Album:</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Nick of Time,
1989).</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Thing Called Love is about a
well-adjusted single woman asking a prospective male if he is ready for love.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Bonnie Raitt brings solid guitar licks and a
voice of a confidence.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">“I ain’t no queen
of Sheeba”, “I ain’t no ameba”, and “I ain’t no porcupine, take off your kid
gloves” exudes that confidence.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">It’s a
very solid song.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Love Shack – The
B-52’s (Album: Cosmic Thing, 1989).</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I think this is my favorite B-52’s song and is also one of mom’s
favorite.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">It is just a feel great
track.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I Feel For You –
Chaka Khan (Album:</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I Feel For You,
1984).</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> (Originally:</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Prince,
1979).</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">This song is well put together,
containing lyrics from Prince (who also sung “I Feel For You” and that track
itself is kickass), harmonica from Stevie Wonder, rap from Melle Mel (of
Grandmaster Flash), and Khan’s powerful voice.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">This song got a lot of play during my childhood.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Naughty Naughty –
John Parr (Album: John Parr, 1984).</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">This
is one the songs I first heard of later in life, which is a good thing because
the suggestive lyrics would have gone over then my seven-year old head.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Magic – The Cars
(Album: Heartbeat City, 1984).</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">At
first I thought the song was about romance and falling in love.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">After watching the music video, it is more
about a guy whose magical powers attracts people like flowers attract
bees.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Nevertheless, the music is mesmerizing.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I’m So Excited –
Pointer Sisters (Album: Break Out, 1983).</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">This song changed meanings for me from my childhood (a great dance
track) to adulthood (where I learn the real meaning of the lyrics).</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The Look of Love –
ABC (Album:</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The Lexicon of Love, 1982).</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">This is a fun track and the video is also fun
too.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">This song beautifully asks what
makes true love.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Shadow Boxing –
Teena Marie (Album: Robbery, 1983).</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">This is a track I first heard well after the 80’s have passed.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I wish I did hear it sooner, the easy
listening track with solid lyrics makes this song addictive.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Teena didn’t have to break it down for me to
understand.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">She went way too soon.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Together Forever –
Rick Astley (Album:</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Whenever You Need
Somebody, 1987).</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">This track is
full-on romantic.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The man, so in love
for his woman, will do anything for her as he pledges his everlasting
love.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">It is a good song for romantic
nights or Valentine’s Day.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Head Over Heels –
Go-Gos (Album:</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Talk Show, 1984).</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Another feel good track.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Let it Loose –
Gloria Estefan (Album: Let It Loose, 1987).</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">This song stands out for me is beat and backing lyrics accompanied with
Estefan’s smooth singing.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Notorious – Duran Duran
(Album:</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Notorious, 1986).</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">It was tough picking a Duran Duran song for
this list.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I ultimately went with
Notorious because it stood out the most.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Little did I know that the song’s lyrics highlighted the internal
struggle and fighting the band member were having during that time.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Pour Some Sugar On
Me – Def Leppard (Album: Hysteria, 1987).</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Want a 1980’s rock anthem?</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">This
song is a great one to consider.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Whip It Good –
Devo (Album:</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Freedom of Choice, 1980).</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">This is the guilty pleasure for me. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Shiny Shiny –
Haysi Fantayzee (Album: Battle Hyms for Children Singing, 1982).</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">One more guilty pleasure.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">This is probably the most unusual track I
ever heard in my life.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Shiny Shiny is a
perfect example of musical dissonance.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">In this case, the music is very happy, when the song is about
post-nuclear war.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I believe Fantayzee’s
entire album had musical dissonance.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The 1980s Song I Wish Are on iTunes (they are not as of
December 20, 2015):</span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Should I Love You –
Cee Farrow (Album:</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Red and Blue, 1983)</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The Lover In Me –
Sheena Easton (Album: The Lover In Me, 1988)</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I’m Never Gonna
Give You Up – Frank Stallone & Cynthia Rhodes (Album: Staying Alive
soundtrack, 1983). </span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">(This is not available
as a single track)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Earworm of the 1980’s AND Iconic Song of the 1980’s</span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Ghostbusters – Ray
Parker Jr. (Album: Ghostbusters soundtrack, 1984).</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">If the Ghostbusters and everything associated
with them aren’t icons of the 1980s, then what is?</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">This song remains stuck in our heads even 30
years later.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">I’m pretty sure I missed a few, but these are songs I can
think of for now.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">What are your 1980’s
favorites?</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Eddie</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">This blog is property of Edward Shore, 2015.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">2015:</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The Year in Music </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">My take of 2015 in music.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">First the positive.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">My Favorite Songs of 2015</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">These are my six favorite songs that were released in
2015.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">To qualify, the song had to either
be an album released from December 18, 2014 to December 17, 2015; or it was a
single.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">There is no order, these are just
my favorites.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">“Glorious You” –
Frank Turner (Album: Positive Songs for Negative People</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri";">). First of all,
given the album’s title, how does Frank Turner know about me?</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">A loud track where Turner aims to pull the
veil and superficial masks from the listener to revel the listener’s true
beauty, if only for a moment.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">“I Can’t Feel My
Face” – The Weeknd.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">(Album: Beauty and
the Madness</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri";">).</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I may get some slack
for this, but there is a reason why this song was very popular last
summer.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The song has a slick beat and
the lyrics match the melody well.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The music
video is very comedic (or tragic depending on your point of view).</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I can only hope that the Weeknd is able to
feel his face again.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">“Adventure of a
Lifetime” – Coldplay (Album: A Headful of Dreams).</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> I think this is my
favorite Coldplay song of their entire catalog song.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The song is colorful and uplifting.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I first heard Adventure upon a recent visit
to a coffee shop and I ended up holding off what I was doing.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">This song has a message of hope and gives excitement
for the adventure ahead.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">“Wicked Game” –
David Cook (Album:</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Digital Vein).</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> Wicked
Game was originally sung by Chris Isaak in 1989 and it was wickedly great.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Cook’s cover is also super powerful and he
just pulls you into the emotion of the song.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">If Cook’s version isn’t part of a dramatic movie, it should be.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Well done, Cook.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">“Then Comes the
Wonder” – The Landing (Album:</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">“How
Strange To Be”).</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> This is a feel good track, as the lyrics suggest.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The song encourages the listener to life live
out loud and to be what they ‘wanna be’.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The melody is well-put together and definitely worth a listen.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">“No Sleeep”</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri";">
(that’s not a typo, the song’s title has 3 e’s</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">) – Janet Jackson featuring J. Cole (Album: “Unbreakable”).</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Sleeep is a soulful anticipation of love and
promising that when the couple reunites they will get no sleep (they will be
too busy making love).</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Jackson’s song is
a solid jam to kick back to.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The single
is 3:26, while the album version includes an interlude by guest rapper J. Cole
is 4:21. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Honorable Mentions:</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">“Aquaman” – Walk the
Moon (Talking Is Hard).</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The album
Talking Is Hard was released December 2, 2014.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Walk the Moon is not only bringing back the New Wave era of the early
1980s, they are making it cool for the 21</span><sup><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> century.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Aquaman is a smooth irresistible track.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">“Bad Blood” –
Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar (single).</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I think this is the revenge track of
2015.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The original track from the 1989
album was good, but Lamar gave the track the extra kick that it needed.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Lamar and Swift combined was gold.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The video was also good (but did they have to
put Lena Dunham in the video?</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Eeek! Yikes!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">This is an easy pick for me:</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Unbreakable
– Janet Jackson</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri";">.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Each song is a
power groove while some having powerful messages. </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">In addition to “No Sleeep”, “Unbreakable” is a
strong first track that I can’t stop listening to.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">“Shoulda Known Better” the powerful ballad of
learning from the past and asking that we do better in the future.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">“BURNITUP!” with Missy Elliot is great dance
track.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">“After You Fall” is the song you
would listen to when life gets rough, anyone signing this to you is your true
friend or the family member that sticks by you when you are not on your
best.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I also find “Dream Maker/Euphoria”
a hopeful track and one I can’t stop listening to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Now for the earworm, parodies, sin counts, and most
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The Earworm of 2015</span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">“Focus” – Ariana Grande
(Album: Moonlight, to be released in 2016).</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I don’t know she does it: Grande seems to butcher the English language
in some parts of the song, and the song seems to be used from template of “Problem”.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Yet Focus accomplishes what it does, it gets
us to listen and indeed, focus on Grande.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">And her song, especially the chorus (including an uncredited Jamie Foxx)
will be stuck in your head.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The Bart Baker Parody of the 2015: Parody of “Bitch I’m
Madonna”</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">The reception on Madonna’s “Bitch I’m Madonna” has been
brutal, despite the original song having two power pop stars Madonna and Nicki
Minaj.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Baker, playing as Madonna, acts
like she is over the hill and refuses let her youth go.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Tiffany Tynes raps and pretty much nails
Minaj’s style.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Unlike the real video,
Diplo, played by Roland Lutigaarden has a vocal part.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">If you like parodies of song, click here: </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "segoe ui" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2Zcym44dBQ"><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2Zcym44dBQ</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">(Not for the Faint of Heart.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Sense of Humor required.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">And if you want the official video of Bitch I’m Madonna,
here it is:</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "segoe ui" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hPMmzKs62w&feature=youtu.be"><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hPMmzKs62w&feature=youtu.be</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">(I almost named “Bitch I’m Madonna” as Earworm of 2015.)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Best Video Sins of 2015</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">I am addicted to Sins Media (Jeremy Scott and Chris
Atkinson), which has popular YouTube channels Cinema Sins, Music Video Sins,
and Brand Sins (hosted by Bobby Burns).</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The Music Video Sins channel (</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "segoe ui" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/MVSins"><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://www.youtube.com/user/MVSins</span></a>
) launched January 8, 2015 covering Miley Cyrus’ “Party In The USA”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(“Party In The USA” had Miley before she cut
her hair, sprinkled donut sprinkles over her lips, and twerked on anything she
could get hands on).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are five
favorite sins videos of mine:</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "segoe ui" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">“Darude”
– Sandstorm</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "segoe ui" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The video has a lot of
running, and running, and running, and running… </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "segoe ui" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2UuTTSlrHc"><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2UuTTSlrHc</span></a></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "segoe ui" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">“Flawless”
– Beyoncé</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "segoe ui" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, Jeremy introduced
Ed McMahon to a new generation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also learn
what happens at one of the hipster Beyoncé parties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gives a whole new meaning to “I woke up like
this!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMhrsF4e7wg"><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMhrsF4e7wg</span></a>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "segoe ui" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">“Hypnotize”
– Notorious B.I.G.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "segoe ui" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Two
reasons why this made list of favorites: the video is so “sintastic”, and I
learn what the human centipede is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeSMBVriVSg"><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeSMBVriVSg</span></a></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "segoe ui" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">“Where Are
Ü Now” – Skrillex featuring Justin Bieber.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "segoe ui" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A gallery, a bunch of pictures of somber
Bieber, accompanied by a weird beat: what could possibly go wrong?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Video Music Sins points all the things that
do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85T6PqATs2s"><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85T6PqATs2s</span></a></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">“Hotline Bling” –
Drake.</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Few music video sins videos
contain a bonus round, and spoiler alert, “Hotline Bling” includes one.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Let’s just say Drake has been very sinful.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "segoe ui" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hc_7gOzu1o"><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hc_7gOzu1o</span></a></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Most Annoying Songs of 2015</span></span></b></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "calibri";">“Pretty Girls” – Iggy Izelea and Brittany Spears</span></u><span style="font-family: "calibri";">.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Two grown women who act like bratty entitled
teens in this song.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The lyrics encourage
people accentuate any and all things superficial. </span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "calibri";">“Worth It” – Fifth Harmony</span></u><span style="font-family: "calibri";">.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Worth It is definitely a swing and a miss.
The lyrics “I’m worth it” and “Gimme” sung so many times the song doesn’t sound
empowering but people on being so bratty that hearing nails screeched on
chalkboard sound preferable.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The
background music is flat.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">(As a rule, I would have probably included a song from
Justin Bieber but I go out of my away to avoid his music.)</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">What 2015 songs have registered as favorites for
you?</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Which ones have would you rather
never hear of again?</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Eddie</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This blog is property of Edward Shore. 2015.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Disclaimer:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not an expert of philosophy nor claim to
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I
wonder why what is so attractive towards collectivism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Could it be safety in numbers, where a group
has a better chance of surviving a battle than an individual?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Could it be that it could be easier to adopt
someone else’s ideology?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe it is the
comfort of being in a group, which most of the time a supernatural angel or god
(goddess) would be involved in group worship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In collectivism, it is often one person who is elected (in the implied
sense) to determine the ideology of the group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Examples of collectivism is present in feminism, religion, and fandom of
sports and other entertainment venues.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">On
the surface, collectivism is attractive, taking the “We are all one” attitude.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(sounds like New Age)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone is the same and therefore, everyone
is expected to have the same attitude and goals. This extends to how people of
a group treat other people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">As
much as someone wants to be part of a collective, often that person starts to
demonstrate a difference or a disagreement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is where it can get dangerous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Hopefully the collective allows for personal differences and accepts
people for who they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately,
this is usually not the case.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As seen
with religion and third-wave feminism, anyone who exhibits even a difference,
no matter how small, has been deemed to breach the collective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Punishment comes swift and harsh: anywhere
from psychological trickery to being banished outright.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Regardless how many times the “offender”
apologizes, that person will be marked as the enemy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Individuality
is the recognition that everyone is an individual human, complete with his/her
set of beliefs, values, and lifestyles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Compared against collectivism, being an individual can get lonely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One might feel that no one is there for
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It happens to me every once in a
while.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">To
recognize individuality takes work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>First, a person has to determine his/her own personality and
philosophy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This may include research,
observation, and learning from mistakes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You are not told how to live, how to believe, or what philosophy to
follow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It may also include having to
survive criticism (and possibly attacks) from both sides of the political or
social aisle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It may also be harder to
make friends being an individual.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Despite
this, there are positives to embracing individuality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, you are you own person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You are not controlled by a collective and
what you do is up to you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Second,
individuality gives you the gift of being genuine, which is an attractive
trait.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Third, it is easier to stand out
and be recognized, at least in some capacity, if you are an individual than
participating in a collective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">What
do you think?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What would you choose:
collectivism vs. individuality?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I lean
towards individuality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Eddie</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Story Using Titles
of Taylor Swift Songs<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A young, genius lady named Tessie, </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">22</b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, just graduated college about to embrace her professional
life.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Upon the plane landing at Kennedy
Airport, Tessie notices Bryan, who got her attention by saying with affection</span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> “Welcome To New York”.</b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Always one to have a trusting soul, Tessie
thought she felt that </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sparks Fly</b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
between her and Bryan.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As Bryan and Tessie were having some Starbucks coffee, a
picture of Eddie slipped out of Tessie’s pocket. Curious, Bryan asked Tessie about Eddie, and
Tessie told him that she used to wish that she could go <b>Back to December</b>. Last
December, she left Eddie to start her new life, which took a toll on both of
them. Bryan and Tessie would part ways.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At her new apartment in New York, Tessie saw the place as
advertised, ready to <b>Begin Again</b>. It wasn’t long before Tessie met Tim, who told
her he was named after <b>Tim McGraw</b>. Ever the romantic, Tessie saw a <b>Love Story</b> in Tim’s eyes. Little did she know, Tim was on the rebound. That night Tessie met Tim’s friends, Kerry,
Mike, and Julie. It would turn out that
they were all Tessie’s new coworkers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Several weeks at the office pass by, with Tessie and Tim courting
a relationship. Tessie couldn’t believe her
good fortune, a great job, new friends, and a relationship <b>Sweeter Than Fiction</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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love, in which Kerry kept in her diary titled <b>The Story of Us</b>. Naturally,
Tessie asked Tim about it, and not surprisingly, he was evasive. 5:00 came.
In the ladies’ room to freshen up before heading home, Tessie overhead Kerry,
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while the other <b>Mean</b> coworkers
laughing at her. Kerry whispered in Tim’s
ear, “Tessie is just another <b>Blank Space</b>,
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her catty friends, Tessie, <b>Fearless</b>,
stood up to Kerry, and aside her were Mike, Serena, Jessica, and Kathy and all
sang <b>Bad Blood</b>. The office cheered for Tessie, and Tim was
very embarrassed. Embarrassed, Tim
begged Tessie for forgiveness. She did. Tim asked if there was a chance, and Tessie
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saw Eddie with roses at her front door. “Your
mom and dad told me where you lived, I just wanted to see you again. I always
knew you’d make it because you are always in <b>Style</b>.” Tears in her eyes, Tessie
hugged Eddie as they whispered to each other “<b>You Belong With Me</b>”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aries: <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A ram that holds the fleece that Team Jason uses to save
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Taurus:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What Zeus changed into to get it on with Europa. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Persephone teaches out of control bull to calm down.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gemini:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pollux and Castor: an example of true brotherly love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cancer:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just another errand on Hercules’ his twelve labor to-do
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leo:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hercules’ first labor on his twelve labor to-do
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Demeter risks Earth’s well-being in order to find her
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Libra:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scales of justice that are used by the goddesses of
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The good doctor Asclepius to tried to kill
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Commonly known as Chiron, a wise centaur who has venerable
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A centaur who’s into archery.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A satyr (human with a horses’ tail) named Crotus, who
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lusty sea-goat, Pan, who plays the flute and is an
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fish that rescues love goddesses and god Aphrodite and
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For detailed information, the Wikipedia articles are good
or you can go here: <a href="http://www.gods-and-monsters.com/constellation-myths.html">http://www.gods-and-monsters.com/constellation-myths.html</a> (godsandmonsters.com), except for Ophiuchus (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiuchus">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiuchus</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I have a theory on how all the characteristics were
assigned to the twelve astrological signs. If you are expecting a double-blind
study of astrologers completely analyzing people with a complete survey and
spending decades carefully analyzing the results, you’re going to be
disappointed. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Maybe it went something like this: A group of twelve astrologers got together
one night, trying to figure how they were going to market the constellations
for <s>pure massive profit</s> clarity and enlightenment. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It was bright and early in the morning. The main astrologer said, “We have 12 zodiac
signs. If we work quickly we could be
done by nightfall.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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The group decided it was best if they assigned one quirk
to each of the 12 signs. Full of energy,
the astrologers quickly finished with Aries.
In fact, Aries was assigned the “full of energy” characteristic. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Then breakfast came.
One astrologer noted who cows and bulls continuously eat grass. Eating became Taurus’ number one trait. <o:p></o:p></div>
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During breakfast a two of the astrologers, who looked
very similar to each other, started talking and talking and talking. It was noted that the two talkative
astrologers looked alike, and said, “Doesn’t Gemini represent the twins?” And that is how Gemini got the
eternal-mouthpiece characteristic.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This didn’t please a female astrologer who wanted to have
breakfast in peace, and asked the two talking astrologers to stop. Annoyed, the two talking astrologers called
her the disease of the group for ruining all the fun. Another fellow astrologer said, “Eureka! We
have the defining characteristic for Cancer!”
That female astrologer cried and left the room. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The rest of the astrologers finished breakfast, they
wrote more details about Aries, Taurus, Gemini, and Cancer when said female astrologer
walked in, dressed in a lion’s suit, and screamed “I am woman! Hear me
roar! ROOOOOOAAAAARRRRR!” After looking at her, astrologers noticed Leo
was next on the list. Next to Leo was
the words written: “Proud. Loud.
Desires to an idol at all costs.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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One of the astrologers noticed that all the notes weren’t
organized. And it was noon and the
astrologers were not half way done. The
main astrologer wasn’t pleased, and chastised the group. One sarcastic astrologer told the main
astrologer that he needed to get laid. In
an opportunity for revenge, the female astrologer dressed in a lion suit said
“doesn’t that mean he’s a Virgo? Virgo
stands for virgin.” To the main
astrologer’s ire, Virgo got the “virgin who has to have everything organized” characteristic.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It was well into the afternoon and the astrologers were
clearly running out of ideas. For
several hours, they argued over what characteristics Libra should have. Half of the astrologers liked that the signs
have been assigned cartoonish characteristics, while others wanted the practice
to realistic as possible. Out of
frustration, the main astrologer wrote “Can’t decide” next to Libra.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This pissed one of the astrologers off. “How dare, you! You can’t just arbitrarily decide the characteristics
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The main astrologer was tired and annoyed. “Really?
We’ve been fooling around trying to make up stuff for twelve signs and
we’ve only been through seven!”<o:p></o:p></div>
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one day, it’s not like we are actually asking people and listening or anything
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“Shut up or I sting you!” retorted the main
astrologer. “We chose this method! If
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The female astrologer wrote down “therapist” next to
Scorpio. Then she noticed one of the
astrologers giving her the come hither look.
Next to “therapist”, she wrote “into sex”. The main astrologer was angrier than ever,
“What did I say about determining characteristics without all of us agreeing?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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The female astrologer then added “eternally angry” to Scorpio’s
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The astrologers started arguing.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ten minutes later, six astrologers let their cool heads
prevail, shook their heads, and collectively said, “Forget this, we’re out of
here!” and wrote for Sagittarius: “sane traveling
person who clearly sees astrology as it really is: useless”. Those six astrologers would never look at a
horoscope ever again. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The main astrologer after breaking the last of the fracas
and seeing half of the crew leave <s>and ultimately live better lives as real
scientists</s>, declared “We need a break.
And I need a drink.” All of the
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A few hours of drinks, drugs, and probably sex with a few
patrons at the local tavern, our astrologers returned to the table, all feeling
supremely good – and woozy.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Wow, only Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces left, groovy,”
one of the astrologers said with a drunk smile.
As she looked a picture of a goat, thinking it represented what her
dream boyfriend would own as a pet, she declares “Hard working and gets the
groove on, yeah, that’s my Cappy!” Without thinking, she planted a big kiss on
the picture of the goat. The rest agreed
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“I’m feeling electricity, colorful vibes, peace, harmony,
and a supreme love for all humans,” the main astrologer began to sing. The other of astrologers, despite having
little of their faculties left, managed to write what the main astrologer
said. “Man, I can’t want for this age…
it will be the age of humanity, man,” the main astrologer continued, “and I
truly love you all, I’d give you all water if I could. I wish there was a song
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“Love, sweet love.
That should be Pisces too. I’m
seeing spirits,” one of the astrologers added.
The female astrologer wrote love next to Pisces, and drew a picture of a
beer. “Spiritual baby.” She added. And then the remaining astrologers fell
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