ROBBLOG #1000- Enough now...

 

"Eight is a lot of legs, David!"

That's one of my favourite lines from the Holiday movie- "Love, Actually"

and

1000 is a lot of RobBlogs, everybody.

That being said, I believe this is the last one.

The final RobBlog.

~tears~

I think I wrote the first in 2006- maybe 2004. I had thought of stopping at #500 but I continued.

It's a lot, David.

In fact turning 70 last summer seems to have me thinking it's time to let go of a few things- like extra Christmas ornaments or shirts and sweaters I hardly every wear. Then there's online radio stations like Swisssh and Starlite.

Swisssh will be on the internet 15 years on March 7th.

Starlite began on New Years Eve  2011, so that makes it a decade.

I have two Facebook Pages for the stations and a twitter account. They'll all close along with the Swisssh Website- which has been around a little longer.

This is a tough decision to pull the plug on the stations and I haven't made it for certain- yet I am getting there.  

Podcast seem to be the thing now and I have no interest in those.

Maybe I'll wait until March 7th.

Maybe not.

I am not giving up all media.

I recently started a You Tube Channel. 

I have the studio lights, a laptop and a tablet- for the videos and some nice viewing numbers already.

You can see it on YouTube by searching "Rob Reid Star" in the search box.

Subscribe if you will by clicking on the "Subscribe" button. It just lets you know when I've posted something new.

Now- Christmas.

Over the years I have written a seasonal greeting for the Holidays wishing one and all the best of the season. I'm not going to do that this year but I will say Merry Christmas, Happy Yuletide and all the best in the year ahead.

I hope this covid thing says tah tah in 2022 but I doubt it.

Is it the end of the world?

No, just a different world.

Forest fires, floods, cold, heat and covid.

What a mess!

So, my friends and readers, I bid you all adieu from this RobBlog site on blogspot.

Thanks for reading over the years.

I appreciate that so very much.

It's always hard to say goodbye and I absolutely hate goodbyes but there comes a time...

ROBBLOG #999- Fah Lah Lah Christmas, eh?

 

Where did a whole month go?

I am not apologizing.

I've been busy.

I've been thinking about ROBBLOG #999 and #1000.

Should I use 1000 for my yearly Christmas Greeting- or not.

I haven't decided yet.

So the Holidays are here. Fah, Lah, Lah Christmas, eh?

We have two trees up and outside the front door there's a tree with twinkling lights to the left, a lit wreath on the wall next to the twinkling tree and Mr. Bill- our lighted snowman sitting to the right.

Very festive.

Of course we don't usually have a white Christmas on Vancouver Island but then only this morning

2 cm of the white stuff fell and for a while it looked like a Christmas Card with all the trees on the mountains covered in heavy, white flakes.

It's melting now as the temperature rises and the sun comes out.

This year I bought these fancy GU10 bulbs for the lights up in the eves of the house. These bulbs change colour simply by pointing a remote at them. What doesn't work these days without a remote attached? I can choose a singular colour like red or green or change to the bulbs to revolve through 10 to 15 different colours.

It's quite pretty and many passerby's are commenting on how nice the lights look. 

I had the lights all orange for Hallowe'en. 

I love the blues and the mauves.

Red and Green look very Christmassy as well.

My Online stations are keeping me busy. Both Starlite and Swisssh have been all Holiday Music for a couple of weeks. Now that it's December I throw in a carol or two like "Do You Hear What I Hear?" but most of the music is secular. Listen to the stations at www.swisssh.ca

You can ask Alexa-

"Alexa, ask tunein (or Simple Radio) to play s w i s s s h (or s t a r l i t e) Radio."

Enjoy the musical Holiday Delights!

As if I'm not busy enough keeping the online radio stations flowing with Holiday Tunes, I've started a You Tube Blog.

Yes- I am what is known as a "Vlogger ".

I've recorded four or five vlogs but I have a lot to learn.

I want the vlogs to be more professional.

I need to learn editing, camera angles, lighting and how to add words across the screen. Thank Goodness all my radio years taught me how to ad-lib.

Remember, I'm an old "radio guy" not video guy!

I'd like to buy one of those flat, circular lights to keep me looking my best in the videos while recording. I think makeup- a bit, would help too. All the professional Vloggers treat the Vlogs as Television or Theatre- so why the hell not?

No one needs to see my 70 year old liver spots! A dab or two will make things look "prettier"- if that's possible. Anyhoo, watch my Vlog and "Subscribe". Search "Rob Reid Star Channel" on You Tube.

Then click on my headshot for the home page. Up aboue you'll see "videos". Click and choose. There are a couple of shows there as well including- "The Importance of Being Earnest".

I had been considering a podcast but I think this is more fun and it only take a few minutes to record and load straight onto You Tube.

I will get better at this as soon as I can find a few hours to sit down and learn editing etc. I'd like to put some non-copyrighted music on the Vlogs too. I'd like to do all this in the next week to be ready for a nice Christmas Vlog.

Have I bitten off more than I can chew?

Perhaps...

In the meantime- Happy Holidays. Be kind to each other.

This is a wonderful season to be cheerful.

I must dash though...

I have things to learn and all at the ripe old age of a septuagenarian.