James Brolin the idiot actor and obvious 9/11 conspiracy believer wished everyone a "Happy 9-11" on a popular radio show last week.

He was doing an interview on the Chaz and AJ show for his new movie "The Hunting Party". Chaz made a comment to Mr Brolin about it being the sixth anniversary of 9/11 when Mr Brolin cheerfully responded "Happy 9-11"

Chaz responded with "That's a wierd thing to say" in which Mr Brolin laughs and says "I hear silence" and follows up with "Celebrate the Day"

Chaz finally tells Mr Brolin "You would be better off talking about your movie."

I found a few clips on the Internet:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2z5k5_brolin-makes-fun-of-911_news

http://www.breitbart.tv/html/5586.html

So far I've heard of no apology.

I also found this from "The View" last year.

http://www.outlawjournalism.com/news/?p=1553

We can be Democrats, Republicans etc etc because of where we live, but actors who think they can say anything without remorse should have some accountability.

He used his new movie interview to push a different agenda and degrade all those who died on 9/11.
I hope everyone will boycott his new movie.

Please Comment!

Earl B
www.earlb.com
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The other day i was looking for a new voicemail (VM) service for my cell phone that would send VM notification and message to my email. There seem to be quiet a few out there but one stood out, YouMail.

The main reason it caught my eye was it was free. Free right so I thought it would be low quality or filled with so many ads it would be unusable. Well I took the plunge and ran through setting up an account.

Setting up was simple. I just typed in my cell phone number and received a txt msg code from YouMail so i could login. Once logged in I found my carrier and exact phone and a quick tutorial with pictures ran me through setting up my phone. I was done. I took about two minutes.

First thing I did was test by calling me cell phone. The greeting was a standard canned greeting and I left myself a message. My the time I got back to my computer an email and txt msg had already been sent notifying me of a new VM.

I clicked on the email and a webpage popped up and I could play my VM. Quality was good and it worked better than I expected. There were a few ads but nothing too distracting.

Now for the good stuff.

YouMail has taken VM to another level. One feature is they let you create custom greeting for specific people. You can assign one greeting for your boss and one for your wife. It plays the greeting based on caller ID. You can have unlimited custom greetings.

YouMail also has a library of greetings already created. They range from funny to professional and everything in between. People also create greetings and upload them for others to use.

Here are some of my favorite greetings on YouMail.
VoiceMail Hell
Taliban Answering

I found the Bama fight song for my default greeting and set a few custom greetings for my friends.

Another feature is Ditch Mail. This feature will play the greeting then hang up on whoever is calling. If someone is bothering you, a specific telemarketer, an-ex would be a good use for this feature.

The web interface for YouMail is easy as well. You can check your VM and edit your greetings.

YouMail seems to be fairly new as I saw a video clip of the founder on MSNBC that was played a few weeks ago. I assume they will begin charging for the service at some time but a few buck a month would be worth it.

Anyway I give it a thumbs up and since it's currently free you have nothing to lose trying it out.

EB

Resources:
YouMail

I am traveling to Morant Bay in Jamaica next Wednesday to assess the damage from Hurricane Dean a few weeks ago. If you remember Dean was a Cat5 storm and passed just south of Morant Bay. There are many seaside fishing villages that I'm sure were destroyed or badly damaged.

Because of luggage restrictions I can't take a lot but will take some extra children's clothes and magazines. The clothes will go to children in the area who need socks and underwear and the magazines will go to a boys orphanage. If you are interested please contact me ASAP. Otherwise I should return with a laundry list of items we can ship or take to those in need.

I will try to have something on my webpage updating the trip. The only thing last trip was txt msg so if I can do that I will. Food and water are somewhat limited so Internet is asking a lot.

I will be traveling with three others; Donnie and Terry of Isaiah Six Eight and Cheryl of Canterbury United Methodist Church.

Earl

Resources:
IsaiahSixEight.org

My last tip dealt with naming your images. This tip will deal with cataloging them.

First, there are lots of programs out there that let you catalog your images. But, you still have to store your images on your computer first. I am going to explain a way to catalog your images using the typical Windows file system.

Your computer already has a filing system containing a hard drive, folders, and sub folders. You can use this to your advantage for your pictures.

To do it right, make a separate partition or better yet a separate hard drive for your images. Hard drives are cheap and it would be well worth a $100 to get several hundred MB of storage for your images.

So now you have a drive or partition dedicated to images. I actually named that drive IMAGES. Now create folders on that drive called TO-SORT , SORTED, EDITED.

The TO-SORT Folder-

Your TO-SORT folder is where you dump all the images off your memory card or camera. I do this at least once a week and daily when I'm out working on a project. Under your TO-SORT folder create a folder with the date and description of your images.

Example: 2007-09-01-Destin

The description does not have to be exact because you may have a week or more images on the card. Just something you can come back to and sort later. The idea is simply to get them transferred to your computer.

IMPORTANT - Before erasing your memory card make sure you have the images on your computer! When I am working in the field or on a project I back mine up first just to have two copies. More on backup later. Once you are SURE you have your images stored on your computer you can erase your memory card.

The SORTED Folder

This folder is where you will sort your images. Here you will take the images from the TO-SORT folder and move them into folders of similar images. Again I use the Date-Description for naming my folders.

Example: 2007-07-DestinLaborDayBoat

By using the date first your images will be in some type chronological order. In the folder you can even create a text file describing the images. If you do a search on your computer for text files with with Labor Day pictures your will know where to find them.
If you do buy a cataloging program it will also have other options for adding keywords and sorting your images. I'll leave that to you. My goal is to have my images sorted using the file system first.

I'll even go a step further and create theme folders. For all my Philippine images I have a folder call Philipines then something like 2007-03-08-JoloIsland.

The EDIT folder

The EDIT folder is a place to hold images you have edited. You may or may not do this. I do a lot of editing and therefore store the edited images here. I always keep the original though back in the SORTED folder. Again name your folders appropriately. If you edit images of your Christmas trip to New York name folder 2006-12-NYCXmas. No need to put edit anywhere because you are already in the edit folder.

Also when you name you edited image give it a number like 2006-12-NYCXmas-1. You may have several images that are similar and you can just increment the number. If you have several edits of the same image add a letter - 2006-12-NYCXmas-1a / 2006-12-NYCXmas-1b. That way you know it's the same image just edited differently.

ARCHIVING and BACK-UP

In each of my main folders I create a folder called 2006, 2005, 2004. All the folders with 2006-xxx-xxx labels get put under the 2006 folder and so on. Now I have all my images from each year archived.
EX: 2006 -> 2006-12-NYCXmas -> 2006-12-NYCskating-1a.jpg

Using the system I've described above makes for easy backup of your images. I use a separate external hard drive to back up my images. All I have to do is copy my IMAGES drive to my backup drive and everything is backed up. You can also use CDs or DVDs to archive your images.
NOTE: I highly recommend a external hard drive for backup. They are easy to install and easy to move. Computers are expensive but replaceable your data or images are not. In an emergency I know I could grab my hard drives and take my data with me quickly.

SUMMARY

There are many ways to store your images. My system may work for you or you could create your own version. The main thing is for you to have a logical way to find your image a year or ten years from now. Also it's well worth the money and time to backup your images.

Hope you find this tip helpful. As always email me your comments or make comments below.

EB