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The nightmare that has been the Oscar Grant Murder, while it occurred on New Year’s Day Morning two years ago at Fruitvale BART Station, is not over. Former BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle is due to be released from jail on Monday, getting a release for “good behavior” after what seems to have been a … Read more
The 2011 24 Hours Of Le Mans, the World’s oldest endurance race, opened with the sudden, shocking, and deadly crash of Britain’s Allan McNish’s and America’s Mike Rockenfeller. As the video shows, and Guardian UK reports explain, McNish’s Audi R18 made contact with Anthony Beltoise’s Ferrari and went speeding into the guard rails, then shattering … Read more
New York U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner has announced that he will seek treatment (for sex addiction, one can guess) in the wake of a story broke by Conservative Blogger Andrew Brietbart that the central figure in Weinergate has contacted and sent lewd photos to five women – Megan Broussard, Lisa Weiss, Ginger Lee, and Gennette … Read more
While its creators will certainly disagree with this blogger’s blog post, after joining Storify, the new platform described as… a company building tools to help journalists, bloggers and experts curate the real-time Web. But really, the tool that’s in beta stage is nothing more, or less, than another blog platform. I’m not sure that I’m … Read more
In the wake of the YouTube EHarmony Video Scandal, we have the Google Les Paul Electric Guitar Doodle. This was a work of genius to say the least. The idea was to honor the creation of the electric guitar by none other than Les Paul, who passed on in 2009. The folks at the Google … Read more
A video surfaced on the page of my Facebook news feed, and placed their by my friend Jen Friel of the blog Talk Nerdy To Me Lover. Called EHarmony Video Bio, Ms. Friel placed it there because she had watched it 15 times in total fascination with what I will call the performance of it’s … Read more
Note: Visit our new, yet still not complete Zennie62Blog.com Because of his own stupid actions that I talked about in the video above, New York Congressman Anthony Weiner is in big trouble. His sending leud photos of himself to women via Twitter, while not illegal on its face, is certainly embarrassing for a sitting representative … Read more
After almost a year of absence, Reality TV Show star Tila Tequila is back in the Google Trends, but not because of anything she did; she can thank MC Hammer. According to TMZ.com, MC Hammer has announced he’s going to perform at the Gathering Of The Juggalos in August. Now the reason for Tila Tequila’s … Read more
Now that New York Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner did an about face and admitted that no one “hacked” his Twitter account, and that he was sending nude and other leud photos of himself to women he’d never met in person and just on the Internet, along comes conservative hack blogger Andrew Brietbart to go all … Read more
If you pay attention to politics and pop culture, you know that former Presidential Candidate and Senator John Edwards was indicted by the Federal Justice Department for allegedly using over $925,000 to cover up his affair and child with Rielle Hunter. As I explain in the video, all of this started in 2006 when he … Read more
Gunsmoke, a favorite television show of this blogger when he was little, and a program that seemingly would never die until it’s last episode aired in 1975, was the place where the name Marshal Matt Dillon became a household word. Matt Dillon was expertly played by James Arness, who passed away at the age of … Read more
Last night this vlogger trekked down over to the Uptown District in Oakland to just check out how the scene was changing. The result? The video you see above. It started with a walk over to the Fox Theater, with a look at how the much-anticipated Oakland version of Emeryville’s Rudy’s Can’t Fail Cafe was … Read more
Originally, this blogger was planning to run Part Three of this video recap last Wednesday, but frankly elected to stretch out the content production opportunity. The video is over 38 minutes long, and only a handful of people will watch the whole presentation at once. But for those who do, the video interview with John … Read more
If you live in an urban area with a subway train system, chances are you’ve seen it, a subway fight. And maybe you’ve seen a naked man go on a rant on the subway system, as was true for a number of passengers on the #6 train in NYC in early May of this year. … Read more
A new group of web pirates is making itself known, as it sails the high seas of The Internet in search of what it describes on Twitter as #fun #fun #fun. The Lulz Boat, or what the group really calls itself: LulzSec, has hacked into the websites of PBS, Sony, and Fox, in reverse order … Read more
LulzSec is gaining fame for hacking into the website’s of Fox, Sony, PBS, and it seems AT&T, by reading their Twitter tweets. Of course, the actions of the group of what Parmy Olson at Forbes.com says are four people (I think more) are lost on the mainstream media. While the LutzSec folks say they’re out … Read more
My video and blog request for YouTube to stop the use of the N-word has started a conversation that’s growing. While this blogger is not interested in debate – the N-word is bed and is not wanted on my channel – there is thoughtful conversation about this issue, both on YouTube and around the Internet. … Read more
This is a picture perfect scene captured on a picture perfect day in Oakland last Sunday. That structure is called The Columns and its at the North Shore of Lake Merritt. You can’t tell but there is a raging Salsa party going on behind it. Zennie AbrahamZennie Abraham | Zennie Abraham or “Zennie62” is the … Read more
This is a test of The Emergency Broadcast System. Well its really a test of this mobile blog system from a smartphone. I am wondering if I can make a blog post around a photo taken from my phone. I am sure I can but I have to learn. Zennie AbrahamZennie Abraham | Zennie Abraham … Read more
YouTube allows commenters to freely use the N-word on video pages, and the YouTube video maker, even YouTube Partners like this blogger, are powerless to do anything about it, outside of removing and banning trolls. A job unto itself. As I stated in this video… I’ve had enough of this, and am asking YouTube to … Read more
As this blog post is written, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, who this blogger considers to be a wacky guy on civil rights issues, is watching his Patriot Act amendment, called Amendment 348, go down in flames in the U.S. Senate. Senator Paul, who worked to force an amendment to the Patriot Act that, if passed, … Read more
Georgia GOP Congressman Rob Woodall (GA District 7) was caught at a town hall meeting making a statement, or a series of them, that could only be borne of hypocrisy. While lecturing a constituent about self-reliance, and saying “You want the government to take care of you, because your employer decided not to take care … Read more
Ashton Kutcher Talks With Charlie Rose At TechCrunch Disrupt, a photo by zennie62 on Flickr. Appearing in a beard and hat, and not wanting to talk about his new gig on Two And A Half Men, Actor Ashton Kutcher came on to talk with Charlie Rose at Tech Crunch Disrupt New York about his company … Read more
The International America’s Cup Yacht USA-76 came into San Francisco last week, and as part of a promotional effort that will ultimately lead to both this fast yacht, and the replica of the yacht America, as a kind of “Disney” ride on the San Francisco Bay. A perfect attraction to get San Franciscans and … Read more
Well, it looks like Oakland’s got a center-stage position in this story of Judgement Day May 21, The End Of The World 2011, or The Rapture, or The Apocalypse, or whatever. Harold Camping, the founder of Family Stations, Inc., and the producer of the assertion that the end of the World was coming, well, tomorrow, … Read more
Zazzle Bay To Breakers Hella 80s Weekend Kickoff Party Friday At Roe SF – a great party is on to kick off the San Francisco Zazzle Bay To Breakers, and it’s all part of Zazzle’s effort to help make the 100-year old Bay to Breakers, set for this Sunday, a week-long event. I met with … Read more
As this blog post is written, President Barack Obama’s undoubtedly holding court in San Francisco’s Masonic Auditorium. And while a substantial crowd turned out to see him, well into the 2,000 range if not more by estimate, there were some protestors. Frankly, only a handful of them and far out-numbered by Obama supporters. Including this … Read more
Cisco’s sudden and really awful decision to end production of the Flip Video Camera brand and fire 550 people stunned not just this blogger, who went on a rant… But the media and the Internet. On the day of the announcement “RIP Flip” become a Twitter trending topic, and “flip camera” was one of the … Read more
Continuing what seems to be a tradition on The Late Show With David Letterman, Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria came on last night showing nothing but full legs, all thighs, and cleavage. Then, she had a wardrobe malfunction. A button on Longoria’s, er, “tuxedo,” which David Letterman said was not really a tuxedo, managed to … Read more
The movie Caddieshack is so well-known to so many people, from baby-boomers to students of American pop-culture, that some can even recite lines from the movie. Say that you’re interviewing “Lacey Underall,” and everyone knows that she’s connected with Caddieshack. And the “she” who played her is Cindi Morgan, who also starred as “Yori” from … Read more
Actress Elizabeth Taylor, long the symbol of Hollywood glamour, gossip, and elegance, passed away at 79 years old, after being hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles with what was called congestive heart failure. Taylor, a two-time Academy Award-winner, had suffered from complications related to that medical condition, but was expected to live through it. … Read more
There’s a debate in social media circles on the value of Twitter Followers. Some, like Aliza Sherman at Gigaom in 2009, say that the number of Twitter Followers isn’t important. Others have estimates of the value of Twitter Followers that make no sense at all. In one case in 2010, an author stated that because … Read more
AT&T bought T-Mobile for $39 billion and to improve it’s phone service. It also makes AT&T one of the largest communications companies in the World. And to think, I got away from AT&T because of its terrible service and gouging billing practices. I even joined T-Mobile and bought a Samsung Galaxy Variant just because it … Read more
A new Zennie62 blog is under construction, and about 60 percent complete, but well enough along the way to show you and ask you to check it out. It’s called Zennie62Blog.com and you can see it here: http://zennie62blog.com . It reflects a switch from Blogger to WordPress for this flagship blog of the 96 blogs … Read more
The Golden Globes 2011 Weekend is near and San Francisco’s Balboa Theater at 3630 Balboa Street (at 37th Avenue) joins the ranks of venues holding major parties up and down the California coast. Gary Meyer, who runs the Balboa Theater, sent an email which reads: Join the Golden Globes Party at the Balboa Theatre on … Read more
