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I’m sure you’re probably wondering what that all means? No problem, that’s why I’m here to help you understand.

***WE HAVE UNTIL MARCH 10th (THAT’S TODAY) 6pm AUSTIN TEXAS TIME***

Chevrolet has devised an ‘amazing race’ between 8 teams from all over the United States. We all have hashtags to represent our team names, ours is #NYChaos (@bsimi, @iamkhayyam, @jessicarandazza, @nmcglynn, @sarahmcsimmons). The #ChevySXSW part it to represent Chevy of course and to also append to it the fact that all 8 teams are Gumball Rallying their way to Austin Texas where currently some 40,000 odd geeks, nerds and interactive internets worshippers congregate. It’s the Mecca for nerds.

Along our journey we have been given missions to complete. Each time we complete them, we get some point. We get extra points if we can incorporate our vehicles into the challenge. For example, one of our photo challenges is to capture us at each state line crossing where the welcome sign is, 1 point. An extra point for having your vehicle in the picture. You’re starting to get the picture, right?

This is where you come in and why this post exists. We need your help. We also get points if people COMMENT on our challenges that we have posted on Chevrolet’s site http://chevysxsw.posterous.com. Now don’t go running of commenting nilly willy on just any old picture or video you see. Please ensure you are commenting on #NYChaos content only. You can also Facebook it up at, please COMMENT, like and share with all that you know.

Remember, we only have precious hours left to bring the pride back to New York. Oh, did I forget to mention, that the winner receives $10,000 to put towards the biggest and nerdiest ‘tweetup’ known to nerdkind?! Yup, ten thousand smackers! That would by a lot of fancy schmancy things.

Team #NYChaos has no intention of spending one cent of that $10,000. However, we are committed to alotting it to host a fundraiser to raise even more than $10,000. That’s how we do, we give back!

And remember, please go to the Chevy SXSW site and comment on only #NYChaos content or visit our facebook page at http://bit.ly/NYChaosFB.

So just to give you a taste of what it’s been like on the road and some of the challenges we faced, we’ve aggregated our content here. And might I just say that Flavors.me is a fantastical service to bring all your online presence in one place?

Click on the picture to vicariously live through #NYChaos.

Chevrolet has done an amazing job (also have to give up some propers to OnStar) on this amazing race. However, it’s no longer a race to team #NYChaos, it’s a mission to help others and a HUGE lesson in how when we all work together, magical things can happen.

Our call to action is to COMMENT, COMMENT, COMMENT until your fingers are bleeding! Ok, I’m over exaggerating but you get the drift.

Thank you for taking the time to help.

The Universe rewards those that go with the flow and help team #NYChaos

#Godspeed

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Most eyes were glued to television sets last Friday night. The world’s eyes descended upon Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics that evening. The wait was finally over and all that preparation for the Opening Ceremonies, done. It was time.

Being present for them was something else. I missed it. I was in my office while all the galavanting and hydraulic lifts were off doing their things. Then I walked into the aftermath of the opening ceremonies. The umbrellas, the wide eyed faces clutching their souvenir Aboriginal drums made out of cardboard, it was all so exciting and new. The Olympics are here in Vancouver!

For the past week the city has been in a hustle to get everything in order. All their ducks in a row, so to speak. You see, something went very wrong in their plan, the proverbial wrench,  the Keepers of the Land. The Keepers of the Land as I affectionately call them are the Four Nations that were represented in the Opening Ceremonies. Since some of the venues were on their land, you had to get their blessings.

I have never seen Canada so gung ho on their own heritage and culture before. It’s almost as if they were compensating so much for how little they’ve showcased it in the past. Was it an attempt to convince the world that that is how the real Vancouver is? Aboriginals have never been so pimped out in the history of Canada, or at least my history of Canada. Not one thing that is involved with the Olympics is without some native imagery or culture.

By the way, has anyone seen any homeless persons?! Where did they go?! Where did they ship them all off to?! I’ve got two hunches. First one is their new pied-à-terre is up in some big warehouse where they’re at least feeding them and what not, bare minimum though. Or two, they bought them bus tickets and told them to hit the bricks as long as those bricks weren’t 100 miles of Vancouver. Seriously though, where are they?! Still see the famous Mr. Spoons guy who has moved from Commercial Drive to Downtown, can you blame him?! He makes crazy money.

Speaking of making crazy money, let’s talk Aboriginals and some authenticity. Did you know that the VANOC purchased the licensing rights from The Four Host Nations and then proceeded to outsource the production of ‘authentic’ Aboriginal crafts to China?! Yup, your Authentic Aboriginal Olympic Art that you just purchased, not so authentic. It’s an accurate duplicate of what would be actually be authentic, and cost you just about the same amount. Funny, that.

These are the Keepers of the Land, are you mad?! You don’t think they have a connection to All That Is? You’ve seen Avatar right? Something like that. They’re connected to the Tree People, the Stone People, the Water People, it is a deep rooted connection of all their anscestors before them. I have no doubt in my mind that whatever juju that the Keepers of the Land possess, they made sure and let the land know who they were dealing with. The mega corp of mega corps, VANOC.

Before you jump down my throat for this reason or that reason, I do have to say that the Olympics is big business. They have Chief This Officer and Chief That Officer, just like the mega corp’s. What it comes down to is what it always comes down to, the almighty buck. Why pay $10 to have it made locally when you can have them mass produced for $1.67 and push the markup to extremes?! Makes good business sense, and remember, that is what the Olympics is,a business. Brands and corporations throw themselves at the Olympics to seek out presence in the world as supporting and making the Vancouver Olympics happen.

Let me enlighten you on a tid bit of information:

As president of the IOC from 1952 to 1972, Avery Brundage rejected all attempts to link the Olympics with commercial interests. He felt that the Olympic movement should be completely separate from financial influence.^[75] The 1960 Winter Olympics marked the beginning of corporate sponsorship of the Games. Brundage saw this as an unwelcome development.^[75] He resisted any efforts to commercialize the Games, but as the decade of the 1960s continued the revenue generated by corporate sponsorship swelled.^[76] By the Grenoble Games, Brundage had become so concerned about the direction of the Winter Olympic Games towards commercialization that if they could not be corrected, then he felt the Winter Olympics should be abolished.^[77] Brundage’s resistance to this revenue stream meant the IOC was slow to seek a share of the financial windfall that was coming to host cities, and also slow to control how sponsorship deals would be structured.^[75] When Brundage retired, the IOC had $2 million in assets, eight years later the IOC coffers had swelled to $45 million.^[75]

~wikipedia

I understand, I do. However, my moral compass points me in the direction to the people and occupants of Vancouver that were promised the world delivered in a basket. And now, the money is being shipped off to someone else and VANOC comes out with a lot of merchandise sales. That should cover some incidentals.

Did anyone notice the number of incidents of something going wrong since the torch hit the streets of Vancouver? Protestors the day of the Opening Ceremonies, the malfunction of the torch that Wayne Gretzky was about to light, the tragic falling of a young man pursuing his dream. All this before the games had begun. I’m not saying that the games are hexed, but I’m definitely not saying they aren’t. Even the way in which VANOC and IOC handled the tragic passing of the Georgian athlete, callous. True to form.

The very next day Google runs a ‘sketch’ of a luge athlete at the top of their search site and everyone is up in arms. It was removed quickly. Same day, protestors get tussled up by the riot police. A few extreme apples hiding amongst the peaceful stirred a ruckus. Who ever taught someone that breaking shit was a good way to negotiate? It’s embarrassing.

The temperature is above normal, so it’s not cold enough to manufacture snow. Instead we have truckloads of snow being imported in, the downhill skiing events have been delayed due to ‘slush’. There is an upset in the balance and it always has a way of correcting itself. It’s usually in hindsight where our mistakes transform into lessons.

The Olympics are truly a time to celebrate the dedication and commitment of all the world’s best athletes. However, the land has had blood spilled on it, the new moon is upon us and there’s no telling what kind of juju was released upon these games.

But hey, the city of Vancouver is the one of the nicest places in Canada. And most of you are just visiting or watching on television, so you won’t have to stick around to deal with the truths that come out after. The truth always surfaces. I do hope when everything is said and done, the knowledge gained is the fuel to convert it to wisdom. I really do.

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Now there are some crazy things that I get to see on the internets and this is by far the most lude, interesting and bloody genius execution. American Apparel has set forth a competition to see who submits their best assets. Of course they are voted upon by thousands upon thousands of people.

The brilliant thing about this whole contest is that it’s all user generated content, female uploaded user generated content. It’s not like American Apparel was all purvy and listed off all the best ass, they got you, the young girls who think that getting to be the American Apparel ass model of the month will get you somewhere?!

Take a quick peruse of the contest description and regulations:

We’re looking for a brand new bum (the best in the world!) to be the new “face” for our always expanding intimates and briefs lines. The winners will be flown to LA, photographed and featured online. Send in a close-up photo of your backside wearing American Apparel panties, bodysuits or briefs for consideration and vote for your personal favorites.

You must be 18 years of age or older to enter. Submit your photo(s) between January 28, 2010, and February 21, 2010. Two winners – selected by American Apparel judges – will be eligible to be our next butt model. The top ten contestants, as voted on by the public, will receive a grab bag of American Apparel items valued at $300.

Wow. Y’all have until February 21st to hustle your ass in. And the best thing about this is that the top ten get $300 bucks worth of gear whose seams will come undone in three months or less. What a inexpensive way to bring about buzz on your brand. I’m telling you, this is what they do, sell garments to young people, and do it well.

Just take a look at the traffic spike experienced when they released the campaign:

Now have a look at the demographics that are coming to this site (metrics are not including this campaign):

What does that tell you?! Almost split half and half between men and women. A lot of disposable income and a large Asian dominance with people who all want to be distinct in wearing the same things… in different colors. That means this campaign fully involves the women and brings the men to the site where they too can look like every other hipster. Well done I say.

Lead image: Supermariolxpt

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After taking statistics classes for years and years, some of it must have rubbed off on me. Now that I’m actively involved in the internets, my observations in pattern recognition have been ramped to an extraordinary amount. I just love uncovering new ways of analyzing data and fiend for any kind of data visualization or infographic. So when I stumbled upon a site that automagically produced Venn diagrams with keywords that I could pick… well, let’s just say I was elated. Yes, I know. Nerdy and kind of sad. Well, it’s my sad and nerdy.

So instead of boring you with analysis on ROI mixing with sentiment and their basic metrics, I’ve decided to return to a former condition of my youth and innocence.

Once upon a time…

Now all this means is that 48 people refer to Red Riding Hood specifically. Not Little Red Riding Hood, just Red Riding Hood. The people from Little Red Riding Hood scrap metal and junk yard ordered me to stop including them in my Venn diagrams and would sue me if I published them. Sounds like it’s run by a good old friend of mine from the state of Nevada. Regardless, that’s who their talking about, not the metal scrap yard fellas.

Must have been breakfast time because 40 people were talking about green eggs and ham while 115 people are just having plain eggs and ham. I’ll have to check out how many Canadian’s are in the mix with a ‘maple syrup’ variable next time.

Oh yes, and the three blind mice come up 7.3 times in conversation. Not the most popular bunch out there, most people don’t even mention their blind mice, let alone counting three of them. Good things come in three’s, no?!

Now the three little pigs, they’re internet famous with the whole #bacon thing and all. At that particular moment 13 people were referring directly to them, 27 referring to the little pigs and 900 people talking about three little things.

Invite the Cat in the Hat to come out and play and what do you get?! 835 people mentioning the Cat in the Hat, just like that. 3436 people go out of their way to talk smack about being in a hat.

Winnie the Pooh joins the Cat in the Hat. What you don’t know is that Winnie isn’t as social savvy as the Cat in the Hat (he was using FriendFeed this whole time). People only @ Winnie the Pooh 266 times and rarely mention Winnie or Pooh by themselves. Brand loyalty I tell you. It’s no Winnie without the Pooh. You can have a Cat in a bunch of things that rhyme with hat, it’s quite possible, sounds phat.

The Cat and the Hat along side Winnie the Pooh conversed about our planet and all things doomed, but when it comes to the truth about our planet being tomb, only 0.5 persons talk about the negative perspective in full bloom.

We have a dream? 1278 to be exact people who declare with their arms raised, saying to the world, “I have a dream”. Either that or 1278 people that raised their hands and said I. Another possibility is that they were just quoting a famous speech by someone or something, who’s to know?! Google, that’s who. Ask them. They know everything.

But what about those that dream and have dreams?! Well, people who might have just dreams would be in the ballpark of 1221. That makes it only a 57 people that have dreams and declare that they have dreams. Not a lot of courage people. “I have a dream”, it’s easy. After that, pray for the ambition that partners up with the dream. Aye, there’s the rub.

And of course my dream contains a world filled with peace, love and happiness. However the real world only converges on this concept 61 times. Everyone talks about love, some even find love and happiness (642 if I’m not mistaken), but to find all three. That’s sad. Talking about love three times as much as peace. Don’t nobody know if you’re at peace, love will come find you?! Silly rabbit.

Let’s see how many people want to give peace a chance… ah… 29. Promising.

We are in agreement that most people can forget. Out of sight, out of mind I think the phrase is. Lot of people talking about forgetting, but to forgive and forget?! 3691 people talking about forgiveness and 21,372 mentions of forgetting. That converges on a dismal 320 people who will forgive and forget. Not enough people, we need to step up production or there will be some people losing out here. Don’t make me tell you again. And make sure and fill out those TPS reports on my desk EOD or COB, whichever is sooner. Ok, what was I talking about now… ah yes…

It all boils down to love. And when it comes down to these Venn diagrams, it’s just like the title says: You venn some, you lose sum. The last diagram is the only sample whose metrics lie outside of our traditional pattern. You see, there are 9,680 mentions of one and 12,987 mentions of love. If however, you were looking for one love, then 14,864 converge to find it.

So my findings are that people don’t care about the stories that fill our imaginations as children because there isn’t a new movie with a merch deal with the golden arches promoting like it’s opening weekend. People generally don’t think the world is coming to an end, frightening, but accurate. And I will conclude with people are on this planet seeking out validation. Almost everyone is talking about love. I think that’s the solution. Oh ya, and something else… I forget.

Ah yes… that peace is the answer to love. I’m going to call now and see if love picks up. They’re answering, “Hello, love? This is peace. You wanna hang out some time?!”

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I’m sure you’re all well aware of the emoticon. You know the little or the O.o has to be a bit familiar. The first is the west coast emoticon and the latter is more of an eastern style. I’ve been seeing a fair share of methods to express emotion and humor with emoticons on Twitter. I use it instead of telling someone to [censored] off, I simply state some witty passive aggressive comment and append a at the end. Problem solved =)

This is a web site that I found that showcases new ‘moticons’ for you to utilize in whatever creative or expressive way you would like. Not sure if you’ve seen it, but I just started following them on Twitter (@newmoticons)

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There’s a new power house in town and their name is bit.ly. Unless you’ve been under a rock for the past year (which equates to 4 years in Twitter years) this is probably the most well known url shortening service to come on the scene. And before you uber nerds start spitting out statistics and pie charts letting me know that they aren’t the biggest or the baddest, I’m just saying that they are the bestest.

They’ve been linking up with so many other companies integrating their shorteningness into all they can sink their url’s into. Logically, they aggregate the most amazing links and videos in all the land of Twitter.

I present to you bitly.tv – a source for all the new videos that are the newest/latest, or at least the one’s that people are watching. Sure YouTube has been doing this for ages, but this brings in another group of people viewing these. It’s got it’s own Twitter filtering system built in. Not everyone is using Twitter out there to view YouTube videos and those that are, will probably stick to them like snot on a hot stove (that’s a Canadian saying me thinks, so hopefully some of you get that one).

So what’s the big deal you’re asking?! Well, I’ll tell you. When you click on one of these videos the following screen pops up and allows to you to see the viral nature of the video. Also has integrated BackType to show the existing tweets on this particular video and a very nice and easy way to share them with Twitter people or those that are url-lery racist to long url’s.

Click on the image to watch Santa in all his blingness.

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I have to give up some props to Chris Hardwick who is apparently big on the internets. I still don’t know who he is but he does have a really nice website and a top notch logo to represent his @Nerdist brand. You’ve probably seen every website out there jack the video and only the video without giving propers where propers are due.

Any who, Chris has some friends in high places or friends that are high in places, not sure yet. The reason I say this is that one of his good mates, Jason Bierfield of SoapBox Films worked on a project involving over 70 Muppets reworking Queen’s classic, Bohemian Rhapsody.

Before you watch this (or watch it repeadetly) I must inform you that it’s not just a comeback, they’ve always been here and are here to stay. The Muppet Studio is in full effect! The have a YouTube Channel where they have all of their shenanigans available for viewing.

My favorites are Statler and Waldarf and their Compiled Criticisms, their two cents on their experiences on being brought up to speed on the fast paced real-time events of the internets. Fantastical!

Check out the Muppets Lab over at YouTube!

So without further adieu, here is the Bohemian Rhapsody in all it’s glory:

And for an extra bonus, have a look see at The Muppets main website where you just *can’t* skip the intro. As you can tell, I’m not just link jacking and dropping a sentence or two like most everyone else out there does just for some ratings and click throughs… I truly love the Muppets.

http://muppets.com

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Have you ever seen this movie?! Well, if you haven’t you’ve most likely heard the theme to Stanley Kubrick’s famed movie that opened our eyes and imagination. In short, 2001 is a story about evolution. It was created in 1968 when little was known about space exploration.

At the dawn of man, a primitive tribe lives by hunting and gathering in a desert. The tribe discovers a black monolith, which they approach and examine. The implication is that the monolith is of extraterrestrial origin, and it imparts the knowledge of tools on members of the tribe. After the discovery, one of the tribe members scavenges a bone from a pile and uses it as a club, discovering the first tool. This tool is used to hunt, and eventually as a weapon to kill a member of a rival tribe. (Source: imdb.com)

Long story short. The humans evolve making new tools and technology. Humankind manages to make it to the moon where they unearth a monolith and upon the sun hitting it, emits a a high frequency transmission. It is believed to have originated from Jupiter. So the mission begins to send man to Jupiter to investigate.

Regardless, you get the picture. In 1968 some active imaginations had their thoughts roll out on to the big screen. The theme song pioneered the sound of discovery with it’s timpani drums and slow dramatic notes of suspense.

In September I found the most amazing rendition of the theme song. I was so moved that I couldn’t breath. I cried to no end. At the time I was visiting my mother and she asked what was wrong. So she joined me and we were both in tears, together. What you are about to witness is the most moving experience I have had to music in some time. So I leave you with the tagline from the movie to begin:

Let the Awe and Mystery of a Journey Unlike Any Other Begin

Having watched that, I’m sure you’ll understand why tears have come to your eyes now. That is by far the funniest thing I have ever heard in a very long time. I know, it’s awful to laugh, but seriously… how could you not?! After a little bit of research I found out why they sound so terrible. Brilliant concept if you ask me and would have loved my band teacher to challenge me so. Instead, I got stuck playing the bass drum and a snare drum, not at the same time either. So if you’re out there Mr. Sterling I hope you get your arm stuck in a french horn while you’re cleaning it!

The Portsmouth Sinfonia was a real orchestra founded by a group of students at Portsmouth School of Art in Portsmouth, England, in 1970 — however, the Sinfonia had an unusual entrance requirement. Players had to be either non-musicians, or if a musician, play an instrument that was entirely new to them. Among the founding members was one of their teachers, English composer Gavin Bryars. The orchestra started as a one-off, tongue-in-cheek performance art ensemble but became a cultural phenomenon over the following ten years, with concerts, record albums, a film and a hit single. They last performed publicly in 1979.

See more here on wikipedia: The Portsmouth Sinfonia

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Which came first, the chicken or the egg?! Or in this case and story, which came first, the tester or the founder?! Did you ever wonder who the first Twitter account went out to?

With the roll out of the new Tweetie2 application, it now allows you to see what your “membership” number is. For example, Matt Buchanan is the 14,313,712th user to register an account on Twitter. In addition, I’ll have you note his prolific bio. Short and succinct right?! He should have been hired at Twitter instead of Gizmodo.

I can't screencapture, so I stole this from Gizmodo. And why is this image stuck to-the-left-to-the-left?! I've done everything, I swear. Whatever, we'll have to deal with it.

Ok, so the other day, well, a long time ago the other day, a question popped up on my radar that caught my eye. And it comes from one gentlemen whom I hold in very high regard that keeps on ignoring me. Until now.

@jeffstaple said...

Yup. That’s what he said. And I jumped at the chance to offer my two cents. And he actually replied. I was just as surprised as you. So a brief little bromance began and we tried guessing at who was where and what was what. What was this magic that Jeff Staple had in his possession that he could pull user numbers out from thin air?! Ya, I’ve already told you that part, Tweetie2. So regardless of my ability to tell a story in a linear fashion, the question had been asked. There had to be an answer. So I championed the cause and sent out the following:

It's better than a Dear John letter, no?!

So there it was, my micro-letter to Twitter. My intentions were to receive an answer and an answer I did receive, however, it was from the least expected source:

@jack said...

Wow. Mr.@Jack actually responded to me. A man of very few words but can you read all the wonderment between the lines?! No?! Ok, I’ll help you.

Khayyam, you’re the most awesomest dude! Especially for asking this question. Inquiring minds want to know. I’ll give you the short and sweet of it because I have to be up early in the morning for a conference call to co-purchase the interwebs and invest in some up and coming companies. So here it is… me, I was the 12th user registered on Twitter. It should have been you, but you didn’t return my emails.

I know, right?! He’s such a nice guy (and handsome too). Thing is this, my hotmail account was just flooded with spam mail and his must of been mixed up in there. No harm. I’ve got his number now.

So of course I had to respond and it went a little something like this:

And then @iamkhayyam said...

What? What’s wrong with trying to give a little incentive?! Maybe he didn’t have one yet?! I offered it to everyone else, just made sense to offer him one as well. After all, he is just another guy.

To which I received the response:

then @jack said...

And again, the meaning between the words was received as this:

My main man Khayyam. You’re so cool, I wish I could have a hat like yours. Where did you get it and how can I be down?! So to answer your question, I was the first account. Technically I wasn’t the first, my minions that were slaving away making this thing what it is today, they don’t count. But seriously, when can we do lunch?

Yours truly, Jack.

Isn’t that @jack the nicest Jack you know?! Jack me nimble, Jack me quick, Jack made it possible to retweet a certain way. Can you please talk some sense into the other two guys, you know, Larry and Mo. They’ve done and gone against the grain with this whole new retweet system. Us regular twitter abusers created it, we should be able to have a say in it. I know, I know… the big picture. Got it. Not going to follow it, but I got it.

So I followed up:

And then I had to thank the man... but that's just me doing a lot of ass kissing, we'll leave that out for now.

I offered didn’t I?! It would be rude not to offer it. Then I got a sweet reply to this:

Sweet dreams

I think he must of accidently forgot to paste my name in there when he sent the tweet. It’s pretty hard to delete it from Tweetie and probably knew that I’d understand. Again, here’s what’s being said between the characters and the period:

Khayyam, it’s getting late and like a said before I have to co-purchase the interwebs in the morning. Good talk. We’ll have to do it some other time. I’m in New York next week, let’s link up and have some tea and bickies, ya?! My treat. You know where to get a hold of me, so for now… sleep well and dream even better.

Jack out.

You see. He may be a magnificently handsome man with a tailor who has to custom make his pants to fit those big money bags with $ symbols on them into his pockets, but he’s just another guy with a big heart, good intentions and an acumen that rivels the greats.

So there you have it. Jack is 12th, Biz is 13th and for some reason Ev is rounding it up at 20th. The support or customer service staff must have 14th through 19th. That’s my guess

Image: Anthony Grimley

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It’s not everyday that someone stops you dead in your tracks and opens your eyes to what has always been there. Often thought as a crazy or part of some cult that initiates their members with Kool Aid and brainwashing (by the way, people who follow me on Twitter, meetings are on Tuesdays and make sure not to bring any more orange or purple Kool Aid. Thank you), not the case here. Thank the lucky seven stars above for all the “crazies” in the world.

“About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them, because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to change the world are the ones that do.”

There have been many in the yesteryear that have shaped or influenced the world many times over with their passion and ideas. You know some of these crazy people, like Amelia Earhart, Richard Branson, Einstein, Gandhi, Picasso and Buckminster Fuller just to name a handful. Take heed and listen to the cues.

Recently, I was afforded the opportunity to ask this crazy person, Karen Bell, a few questions to better understand this whole concept of affecting change. The world needs more people like this roaming around speaking of love, light and laughter, oh yes, craziness and the newly discovered quantum existence we live in

So thus begins my interrogation to uncover the conspiracies about interconnectedness, energy and this concept of looking within for answers. I’ve heard about this stuff, but the jury is still out. Perhaps Karen can help me understand.

1. What inspired you to affect change through these videos?
Up until a few years ago my life was consumed by various degrees of anxiety and depression. Things changed in 2006 when I went through a dramatic awakening similar to the spiritual transformation that author Eckhart Tolle describes in his books. After that my life began to shape itself around creative projects that aim to help others discover the same sense of inner peace I found within my shift in perception. My videos are one of the projects I’m working on to help increase the peace!

2. Everything happen intentionally or is just randomly on purpose? Everything happens for a reason, right?!
Everything happens for a reason. There is no such thing as a coincidence in our multidimensional, synchronistic Universe. Everything happens intentionally because Intention is the creative force behind everything in existence.

Many people don’t realize that every thought they think is an intention. For example, if you start your day thinking, “Why am I always late?” you are setting a subconscious intention to make yourself late and attracting external conditions that will contribute to your lateness as well.

Intentions often manifest as random “coincidences” because our intentions are all interconnected on a quantum level. We’re constantly creating and co-creating with each other via the conscious and subconscious thoughts & beliefs we’re holding in our minds. I like the term “synchronicity” better than coincidence because it suggests there is a higher intelligence at work.

3. With the new frontier of the internet, do you find the frequency at which we all resonate rising or declining?
Let me start by saying that the internet is an awesome external manifestation of our inner interconnectedness. (Say that five times fast.) It’s also a great tool for sharing new ideas, which is what the basis of the next stage of our evolution.

With regards to personal & collective frequencies, it’s not possible to “devolve” or “decline”. The Earth and everything upon it is evolving and consequently rising up in frequency. Part of the reason for all the chaos on the planet right now is that we’re all being pulled to resonate at a higher level, which drudges up a lot of crap consciousness that needs to be faced and dissolved before we can move forward towards vibrating on the next notch on the scale.

4. Name 3 things you couldn’t live without during a Canadian winter.
- Tim Hortons Coffee
- Maple Syrup
- George Stroumboulopoulos (host of “The Hour” on CBC)

A poll of Canadian women suggests that combining those last two on the list would be the divine solution to each and every snow squall.

5. I hear a bunch of business about we’re all connected. How does that work?
The word on the street is that before the big bang, everything in the Universe existed as one small piece of matter about the size of a pea. After the big bang, matter exploded outwards and began to expand…

Studies in quantum physics suggest that everything that was once connected still IS connected on an energetic level (“entanglement”). Therefore if everything in the Universe including all of us were once unified, energetically we still are unified and remain connected as One.

6. When an experiment is observed, is it the same as if it were not observed?! Does the observation skew the findings?! What are your thoughts on the scientific method?
Scientific studies tell us that the presence of an observer has a direct effect on the results of an experiment. (see Dr. Quantum explain the infamous “double slit experiment”

This is a baffling issue for scientists…. How the heck does one conduct an experiment without observing it??

The real revelation in these findings is not the experiment itself; but in the revelation that the “stuff” our world is made of is directly influenced by our intentions and expectations of it.

7. Rooibos or Green Tea?
Vanilla Rooibos! Or Yogi Green Ginger Tea! I can’t decide. Both!

8. What’s “The Secret”? Is there even one? Because I watched that movie, Kung Fu Panda, and I found out there was no “special ingredient” – thoughts?!
The “secret” is that the external world is a reflection of your inner world. The “special ingredient” is your focused thought.

9. You think Star Wars is going to sue you for talking about The Force?! Does Lucas own the rights to “The Force” since it’s a Universal constant?
My hopes are that George will see past any infringements onto my good intentions and not sue me. If he does, I could use my Jedi mind tricks to win the hearts of the jury. Or I could give in and utilize one of the many other names for “The Force”, such as the Matrix, the Quantum Hologram, the Divine Mind, or Infinite Intelligence. Although I must say that “May the Quantum Hologram be with you” doesn’t quite have the same ring to it; but maybe people would be willing to let it slide.

10. What do you need from us to help you?
Spread the word. Tweet and Re-Tweet. Digg and Re-Digg.

And within your own life, master the art of living from your heart and then go out into the world and inspire others to do the same.

11. Your message to the world?
Look within instead of without. Spread peace & Love. xoxo.

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Just take a moment to reflect upon that. Your answers will be within you… I’m sure of it I’m convinced and need not sit on a rock dreaming I was a butterfly, or is it that I was a butterfly dreaming I was human?! Or was it both?!

Until then, I highly suggest you follow this person and be witness to the change she intends to make. I know I’m going to enjoy the journey.

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