Today, on December 6th, 343 A.D., a great man passed away and a wonderful tradition was born. Known only as Nicolas, this man grew up to be the most generous man history would ever know. Born in 280 A.D., Nicolas lived in affluence and had a strong Christian background. At the age of 16, both parents died and a very young Nicolas inherited a fortune. However, instead of spending it like most teenagers would, Nicolas traveled the country of what is now Italy, secretly giving away his fortune to those in need, especially children.

Although generous, Nicolas had this strange quirk about the way he gave his gifts, he didn’t want anyone to know who their benefactor was. Kind of like Mr. Tipton in the old show “The Millionaire,” Nicolas went to great lengths to keep his generosity a secret. But alas, one night he got busted.

Nicolas had heard of a farmer who had been robbed. Now, the farmer’s 3 daughter’s no longer had dowries. You see, back then, ladies of marrying age needed dowries if they were going to attract “desirable” men. Without them, some would resort to prostitution rather than marry a slug. Sounds crazy, but it’s true. Upon hearing about the farmer and his daughter’s problem, Nicolas decided to help. For 2 nights in a row he’d walk past the open window of the farmer’s house and toss in a bag of gold. The farmer was ecstatic, but curious as to who was doing this. So, on the 3rd night, he hid outside to find out. As Nicolas strode past the window with the bag of gold in his hand and his armed cocked, the farmer jumped out in front of him with a big “AH -HA!” Nicolas froze, smiled and tossed the bag through the window. Strangely enough, it landed inside one of the daughter’s stocking that was hung on the fire place mantel to dry. Boy did that ever start a tradition! Nicolas asked the farmer to promise he’d never tell anyone who gave him the gold, but I suppose the farmer must have been a blabbermouth, because it wasn’t long before stories of Nicolas’ generosity spread across the land like wild fire.

Soon, the good folks of Myra decided to elected him as their new Bishop and Nicolas spent the rest of his natural life helping and giving. By the year 450 A.D., churches in Asia Minor were being named after him and by the 800’s, he had been officially recognized as a Saint by the Eastern Catholic Church. In the 1200’s, December 6th began to be celebrated as Bishop Nicolas Day in France. By the 1400’s, Saint Nicolas was considered the most beloved religious figure after Jesus and Mary, with more than 2000 Chapels and Monasteries named in his honor.

As time moseyed on, stories from other countries became “blended” with the historical facts about the real Nicolas. Like a game of “Pass It On,” each country would add their own tale about the generous Saint. Even his name became “skewed.” In the Dutch language, the name “Saint Nicolas” translates into “Sinter Klass,” which soon became “Santa Klass” and finally “Santa Claus.” Add a poem in 1823, by Clement Clark More, “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” now better known as “The Night Before Christmas,” a portrait published in 1863 by Harper’s Weekly, drawn by a political cartoonist named Thomas Nast, and whammo, you have a new holiday tradition.

Ah yes, I’m talking about our wonderful and beloved Santa Claus. To me, Santa is like a Super-Hero. I know, I know, we’re supposed to be celebrating the birth of Christ who is also a Super-Hero. I DO get that. But Santa has been as much a part of that wonderful story of our Savior as Jesus. In my mind, Santa is a “gateway” to the story of Jesus.

With Santa, children are introduced to the concept of generosity. They become familiar with how it feels to receive, but as they get older, they’ll naturally become curious about the other side of the transaction, how it feels to give. This is where Santa steps off and Jesus comes in. Giving is what Jesus is all about as He gave us the most precious gift of all – salvation. So, I’ve never had a problem with mixing-up Santa and Jesus on the same holiday. I believe each holds a firm place behind the meaning of the tradition, so much so, I wrote a script about it.

It’s called “The Book of Santa.” It’s the story of two best friends, Jesus and Nicolas, and how that friendship led Nicolas to become Santa Claus.

Since the script is about Saint Nicolas, I felt December 6th was the most appropriate day to publish it. I hope you like it! Happy Saint Nicolas Day!!!

CLICK HERE to read “The Book of Santa

In our last exciting episode, Stan was gorging himself on the fruit of  free Internet television and when suddenly he realized…

There has to be more out there than just Hulu. So I saved Hulu as a favorite and started searching some more. The confusion continued but I persevered.

Since the Great Oracle Google  knows EVERYTHING, I just kept asking in slightly different ways and finally, came up with a ton video websites, all claiming to be “the best.” Being the skeptical fellow that I am, I had to find out for myself.

For weeks, each night, I  methodically checked out the claims of every site I came across. There ARE zillions of sites, some are great, some are not-so-great and some just flat-out stink. Some sites try to sell you a worthless piece of software just so you can watch a news story from Zimbabwe in a language you can’t understand. Others make you click through a thousand ads  before finally taking you to a “real” video site like Hulu. Huh? I could have just gone to Hulu in the first place!

There are so many sites that I had to create a list just to keep up with them all. Cable channels like A & E, the SyFy and Discovery channels. The familiar broadcast channels – ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox. The plethora of made-for-internet channels like the aforementioned Hulu, NinjaVideo (my personal favorite) and Blinkx gave me far more choices than cable ever could. Now that I have most of them sorted out, I’m in television heaven!

A few nights ago while sitting back and enjoying the fruits of my labor, it dawned on me that I should pass on all this research. I realized there are tons of folks like me who’d love to dump their cable and start watching their favorite TV shows online. So, I’ve created a website with links and descriptions of the best sites I could find on the net.

It’s called Bnex TV – www.bnex.tv – it’s a dot TV, not a dot com. There you’ll find every useful site I ran across. Click on the site’s logo and you’ll be taken to the alphabetical listings of their available shows. There’s also a Help Page to guide you through a couple of the more complicated sites.

There are tons of video choices on the Internet, but those choices comes with a price to pay – confusion. If you’re a novice at Internet TV like I was, you may ask yourself “where do I even start?” You could do what I did and spend hours and hours with the Great Oracle Google, or save yourself a ton of time and visit Bnex.TV.

Believe me, looking for your favorite television show online can be like taking a road trip without a map. That’s where Bnex TV comes in. Think of it as your online GPS unit, a tool to help you navigate through the thousands of videos that are now available.

I’ll be adding more features like a your very own personalized TV guide that alerts you when a new episode of your favorite show is available. A forum to share your comments, plenty of Help Pages to guide you and I’m sure, a bunch of other stuff I haven’t even thought of yet.

Internet Television is somewhat in it’s infancy right now, there are very few “standards,” meaning the user needs to know a little more than just “Click Here” to enjoy all the choices and benefits. But with just a bit of education, soon, you too will be be gorging yourself on a smorgasbord of videos – all free for the watching.

So, goodbye cable. It’s been fun, but it’s time to move on.

In our last exciting episode, Stan had hooked up his computer to his TV and was ready to enjoy free Internet television when suddenly…

I realized I didn’t even know where to begin. What the heck do you search for – “IPTV?” (means Internet Protocol TeleVision) – “Internet Television?”  – “TV on the Net?” – “I’m looking for free TV so I can dump my cable?” THAT’S what’s confusing, trying to find a single website that has a listing of the available video on the net. I know of sites like YouTube, but I’m really not that interested in watching “amateur video.” Then I remembered that Hulu TV ad with Alex Baldwin. “Hulu, huh? Alrighty then, let’s give Hulu a try.” So I opened my browser and typed in Hulu.

I was very impressed. There are TONS of television shows and movies to graze on. I felt like the Blues Brothers when they stepped into the Church, the choir sang and the light of “God” shined down upon them. This was what I was looking for. So I began to enjoy some of the fruits of my labor. I watched the first 6 episodes of “Lost In Space,” a few of episodes of “Land of the Giants” and an episode of “Monk” from a couple of weeks ago. It’s not as simple as pressing a single button on a remote, you have to go through several mouse clicks before you actually start watching the show, but there it was, looking as good as cable and it’s FREE. (except for the cost of the Internet connection)

The blind hog had finally found an acorn and I wanted more! I wanted everything I can watch on cable plus some. So, I marked Hulu as a favorite and kept searching. That’s right cable company, I’ve made my first step toward your extinction. Like a starving cow that just found a lush field of grass, I began grazing and grazing and grazing and grazing…

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“Stay tuned for the next exciting episode!!!”

And by the way…

Happy Halloween!!!

With the economy in the tank right now many of us are trying to figure out ways to save money. And some of us are gazing at the cable box and thinking  “sacrificial lamb.” If you’re like me, you’re paying $50.00 plus per month for cable and lately, you’ve been hearing all this talk about how you can watch your favorite TV shows on the Internet, for FREE!!! Movies, sports, all sorts of entertainment choices are now available on the fabulous World Wide Web for no monthly fee. And they’re  all just a mouse click away. Being the inquisitive type I just had to know if all this talk was really true or just more “web hype.”

The first thing I needed to do was hook up a computer to my TV. That was fairly easy, I have a flat screen with a VGA input. I just plugged in my TV where my computer monitor had been.  But “inquiring minds have to know” and I found ways to connect my computer to ANY television. I have a real old one with only an “antenna” input and got it to work as well. Didn’t look as good as my flat panel, but it was there. Which brings me up to step 2. Being able to read the darn screen when I’m setting on my sofa 15 feet away from my television. The desktop icons were about the size pin heads and the text looked like little white blobs from that far away. Plus, I had to use extension cables for my keyboard and mouse if I wanted to use it from the sofa.

So, I  scooted a chair close to the TV and spent a least a couple of hours a night for about a week tweaking the desktop so it could be clearly seen from my sofa. The Windows Desktop has tons of settings that allows you to do this if you know how to find them. Microsoft really doesn’t want you monkeying around too much with the Desktop’s appearance, but having dissected the Windows Operating System as many times as I have, I knew what switches to throw to make the icons as big as a grapefruit and the text clearly readable from my sofa. There, that’s better. But I’m still tethered to the the computer with the keyboard and mouse cables. Thank GOD for wireless devices. For about $40.00 I purchased a wireless set. Now,  finally,  I’m on the sofa and ready to start surfing FREE TV!!! That’s when the confusion began.

What’s a Shockwave Plug-In??? Seems I can’t watch doodley without it. That’s because browsers like Internet Explorer and Firefox don’t actually play the video. They’re kind of like the picture frame, the picture is played by the browser’s Shockwave Plug-In, an additional program created by Adobe that you have to download and install. A bunch of website and nearly all Internet TV stations use this program.  I’ll bet most of you reading this have already installed Adobe’s Shockwave into whatever browser you’re using. But there is a little known fact about the Shockwave player that definitely affects performance when watching video on the web. Not all Shockwave Plug-In’s are created equal. The Plug-In created for Microsoft is a slightly different program than the ones made for all other browsers like Firefox, Google Chrome, Oprah and all others. Internet Explorer gets the “special” Shockwave player which uses about 30% less CPU power than any other browser. And CPU power is the KEY ingredient in being able to watch smooth, non-jerky video over the Internet. голова болит секс

I was a bit dismayed because personally, I’m a Firefox fan and always referred to Internet Explorer as Internet Exploder as the early versions seem to always crash. I was determined to use Firefox and not Explorer until I tested this theory for myself. But sure enough, the article was right. All I had to do was pull up the task manager, which registers CPU usage and note the difference. Engage Firefox and the useage jumps up to over 90% in full screen. Engage Internet Explorer on the exact same website playing the exact same video, and the usage jumps to only 50%. I tried and tried to streamline Firefox to not gobble up as much power as it does, but no matter what I did, Explorer 8 always outperformed all other browsers by at least 30%, more on browsers like the one in Real Player. The CPU usage goes off the scale when you engage that bad boy. But that’s okay, I can manage with Explorer. Version 8 is really fast and almost as configurable as Firefox.

So, here I am with a computer I can see from across the room without being cabled to it and the fastest browser, fully equipped with the best Plug-In available. The cable company can kiss my grits because I’m about to start enjoying FREE TV over the Internet!!!

I clicked on the Explorer icon, typed in “Internet Television” and began my search. The confusion only intensified.

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“Will Stan really be able to sift through his confusion and watch television for free over the Internet? Will the cheap computer he put together from spare parts hold up under the enormous strain of Hi-Definition video? Will the cable company actually kiss his posterior?” голова болит секс

“Stay tuned for the next exciting episode!!!”

I love to travel and always thought how cool it would be to get paid for my passion. So, I started looking into the industry of tourism. But I think I might change my mind after reading some of the complaints travel companies has to fend off…

1. “I think it should be explained in the brochure that the local store does not sell proper biscuits like custard creams or ginger nuts.”
2. “It’s lazy of the local shopkeepers to close in the afternoons. I often needed to buy things during ’siesta’ time – this should be banned.”
3. “On my holiday to Goa in India , I was disgusted to find that almost every restaurant served curry. I don’t like spicy food at all.”
4. “We booked an excursion to a water park but no-one told us we had to bring our swimming costumes and towels.”
5. A tourist at a top African game lodge overlooking a waterhole, who spotted a visibly aroused elephant, complained that the sight of this rampant beast ruined his honeymoon by making him feel “inadequate”.
6. A woman threatened to call police after claiming that she’d been locked in by staff. When in fact, she had mistaken the “do not disturb” sign on the back of the door as a warning to remain in the room.
7. “The beach was too sandy.”
8. “We found the sand was not like the sand in the brochure. Your brochure shows the sand as yellow but it was white.”
9. A guest at a Novotel in Australia complained his soup was too thick and strong. He was inadvertently slurping the gravy at the time.
10. “Topless sunbathing on the beach should be banned. The holiday was ruined as my husband spent all day looking at other women.”
11. “We bought ‘Ray-Ban’ sunglasses for five Euros (£3.50) from a streettrader, only to find out they were fake.”
12. “No-one told us there would be fish in the sea. The children were startled.”
13. “It took us nine hours to fly home from Jamaica to England, it only took the Americans three hours to get home.”
14. “I compared the size of our one-bedroom apartment to our friends’ three-bedroom apartment and ours was significantly smaller.”
15. “The brochure stated: ‘No hairdressers at the accommodation’. We’re trainee hairdressers – will we be OK staying here?”
16. “There are too many Spanish people. The receptionist speaks Spanish. The food is Spanish. Too many foreigners.”
17. “We had to queue outside with no air conditioning.”
18. “It is your duty as a tour operator to advise us of noisy or unruly guests before we travel.”
19. “I was bitten by a mosquito – no-one said they could bite.”
20. “My fiancé and I booked a twin-bedded room, but we were placed in a double-bedded room. We now hold you responsible for the fact that I find myself pregnant. This would not have happened if you had put us in the room that we booked.”

My personal favorites are the “no-one told us” complaints  like # 4, # 12 and # 19. Apparently these folks live on another planet where they swim naked, mosquitoes don’t bite and there aren’t any fish in the sea.

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Most of the above complaints could be handled with a quick but probably “incorrect” manner. A Jap-Slap across the mug with a big hearty “SHUT UP!!!”

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Maybe I should stick to writing.

Here’s a peek at my latest video project. A reality show in the vain of “Deadliest Catch” with a bit of “Dirty Jobs” thrown in. This is the 6 minute pilot that hopefully will get the attention of a real producer with some bucks to take it into full-time production. Everyone keep your fingers crossed and say a little prayer. I hope you ENJOY!

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A new creation from my mind to your eyes.

It is the year 2525.

And these are the chronicles of the Intergalactic Cruiser,  Galaxy-One.

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With the recent ruling about schools teaching creation theory only if asked, I thought I’d bring something to the attention of those folks that think it’s a good idea.

In all of our studies of science, from the smallest critters on Earth to the furthermost reaches of our universe, one thing is crystal clear. So far, humans seem to be the only biological entities that has the ability to contemplate their mortality. In other words, most of us at sometimes in our life, think about death, where we came from, are we alone in the universe and of course the most popular, is there a God.  The majority of us humans accept the idea that there is indeed a creator, a God, which is something that nature seems oblivious to. Why?

Now, one may say, “but Stan, how do you know that a dog doesn’t think about God?” I can’t say for sure that it doesn’t, but I’ve never seen my pooch build a Church and invite his pals over for Sunday morning worship. Nor have I’ve ever seen a geranium pray, or witnessed a herd of cows building a Temple to their creator. (except on “South Park”) As far as I can tell, all other living creatures, be them plant or animals, seem to have no concept a creator. Apparently the “norm” in nature is a complete absence of any acknowledgment of God. It only stands to reason that if humans don’t follow this pattern, then we must not be a true part of “nature.”

Our bodies may have evolved from nature, but our spirit, our consciousness, our awareness of a Supreme Being that most of us have, must have evolved from some other source than what we consider to be “nature.” This human awareness implies a belief system, which also seems to be lacking in nature. Your puppy may like one type of food over another, or prefer a certain place to lay down, but that implies intelligence, not a belief system. (it also implies your pet has you well trained)  I’m talking about wild animals that operate on instinct, not belief.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I do believe most animals can feel happy or sad. I believe they can feel love and experience most the emotions you and I do. Elephants have a “burial ground” and do act as if they’re mourning their loss when one of them dies. But I don’t believe Elephants are burying their dead as reverence to God. I feel that is programmed into them through instinct because their “burial” of a “loved one,” never has a reference to a creator. I simply don’t see any evidence that their actions indicate a belief system.

Belief, that’s the key word. What other creatures on Earth “believes” in something? Belief is a word that pertains only to humans. Why? According to Evolutionist, humans are nothing more than a manifestation of nature, we evolved from nature. Okay, I can buy that, as a person with a scientific mind I simply can’t ignore the fossil records of human evolution. But there’s still that gap, that elusive “missing link” where someway, somehow, humans diverged from nature and acquired a belief system. And from that belief system came another term that is exclusively human. Worship.

Now, I know my pooch worships the ground I walk on, but I’m not talking about the anticipation of a Milk Bone. I’m referring to reverent worship, prayer, giving thanks and turning our lives over to our creator.  Across the globe, at least once a week, nearly every human on Earth publicly or privately worships what he or she believes to be their creator, their God. Most engage in some form of prayer, usually a time set aside to become connected with their spirit world. And this has been going on since human consciousness began. Why?

How did this happen? Why are humans the only animal in nature that has this ability to believe. Was it a mutation, a “freak of nature?” If you just look at it statistically, the odds that out of the zillions of creatures on Earth, only humans would evolve with a belief system, is incalculable. The odds are totally against this ability to believe to have come from what we consider “nature.” Nature just doesn’t seem to have this ability, so why do we?

Could it be that there is some greater force at work here? After observing nature, it seems far more likely to me that a creative intelligence set this universe in motion and “nature” came as a result of that interaction. I find it unlikely that nature “just happened” and somehow, someway, humans evolved from a system that seems to be void of these abilities, our ability to choose and question. It’s like a fig growing on an apple tree. It’s possible, but highly unlikely.

To me, this one fact is something that places a feather squarely in the hat of creationism. Until science can explain how nature “just happened,” it seems far more plausible to me that it “happened” because of some intervention by a supreme being, a creator, God. I’m not saying that we didn’t indeed evolve from Chimps or Gorillas, but if so,  God created them. That’s my belief.

Most of us think of time as either the past, present or future. And as humans, we experience time only in the present moment. But what is the “present moment?” Is there really such a thing as “now?” The answer is yes, but we humans will absolutely never experience it. The best we can ever hope for is an “echo” of what actually happened a few milliseconds ago.

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It’s a bit easier to understand why this happens by using the sun as an example. The light from the sun takes roughly 8 minutes to reach the earth, so you can never actually see the sun as it appears in your present moment. The same applies for any celestial body in space.

It takes nearly 8 hours for light to reach us from Pluto. At the farthermost reaches of the known universe, we observe stars that were formed just a few million years after the Universe began. That light has been traveling toward us for over 13 billion years! So looking up at the night sky is like looking into the past.

The same thing happens to us on a minuet scale as we experience the world. Although tiny, it still takes time for your senses to gather information, send that info to the brain and form the experience of “now.” By the time all that happens, the “now” you thought is “now” is in reality long gone. попки женские секс гипноз

It’s the relative slow speed of light that prevents us from ever really knowing what’s happening “right now.” Since the fastest our brains can process is the speed of light, and since it’s the ONLY thing in the universe that is unchanging, we’ll always see the world as it was a fraction of a second ago.

And in reality, all those images are “old news” because of one of the basic laws of physics – there can NEVER be instantaneous actions at a distance. (Albert Einstein referred to it as “spooky” actions at a distance) Albeit very small, there still is distance between your eyes and brain, meaning it takes time for your eyes to see and your brain to react. No matter how hard we try, that process will never be instantaneous.

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman So the next time you hear some self-help guru tell you to “live for the present moment,” you’ll know that they’re full of themselves. Although objectively, there is a “present moment,” we poor pitiful humans will never experience it.

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There is no such thing as the “now.” We always have and will forever, live in the past.

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The Sunset

This is an oldie but goodie that was recorded at my studio, TMPS Audio, in the late ’80’s. This tune came to mind while I was out at the Oasis, a beautiful restaurant overlooking Lake Travis, having a drink and watching the sunset. Later, I went to my studio and recorded the piano phrase that had been rolling around in my mind for hours. While there, my great friend Larry Seyer stopped by and added some licks of his own. (Thanks Mr. Larr!) We finished the song in about an hour and this is how it turned out. I hope you like it.