Michael Castellon

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Merry Christmas, from way out here https://www.instagram.com/p/DO4GdyOEvAE/ My #Maine squeeze 🦞🇺🇸 Happy birthday to the most amazing woman in my life. Your love, laughter, and kindness make every day brighter. Here’s to celebrating you and all the joy you bring to everyone around you. https://www.instagram.com/p/DE0AEGvPk0b/ After hundreds of hours in the Texas sky, I can say this: the quiet charm of small-town airports never fades. ✈️ #flying #aopa #eaa #aviation https://www.instagram.com/p/DC-lpVgtZg9/ https://www.instagram.com/p/DBXe_dsvXQ6/ https://www.instagram.com/p/DAOPYsOPboq/

  • Amazing 12-year old drummer

    Perhaps one of the most amazing drum solo you will ever see. From a 12 year old:


  • Nirvana Live and Unplugged in New York

    Watch Nirvana Unplugged in it’s entirety via Google Video.
    http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-3034413718591991713

  • Eighty skydivers take formations

    Watch as 80 skydivers open their silks then configure a formation for several moments before methodically breaking off.

  • Onboard camera captures bird striking, downing an F-16


  • Scientology show down caught on video

    Run-in at Scientology’s celebrity HQ was caught on film. Via Google Video:

    While I was vkideotaping a picket at Scientology’s Celebrity Center in Los Angeles, I accidently bumped into a security guard. He called the police and tried to have me arrested.

    http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=8739464034601515156
    Did you like this? Then let me know and Digg it!

  • How to avoid being arrested (video)

    A former ACLU staffer has produced a 40-minute video on understanding your rights when you get pulled over by a cop.http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=8520847761350501823

  • A note on comments

    The Internet is an amazing place where people can freely exchange ideas and information. Over the past week, my blog has experienced an incredible amount of traffic. With that traffic comes a very small minority of readers who take it upon themselves to hide behind the anonymity of the Internet to post inflammatory remarks in an effort to either promote themselves or start flamewars in my comments section.

    I believe the Internet, and my blog in particular, should not be a place where unpopular thoughts or opinions are screened or edited. For that reason, I do not require users to register with an e-mail address. Some have taken advantage of this policy to attack me, other readers, or people or issues I write about. Users who do this will have their posts deleted, their IP banned, and their abuse will be reported to their service provider.

    My comments section logs the IP address of every commenter. Users who abuse my belief in the free exchange of ideas and commentary will lose their privilege to participate in that belief.

    While I choose to not use profanity in my posts, I don’t necessarily mind if you use profanity in your comments if that language is used to amplify an otherwise well thought out sentiment. I will not prohibit you based solely on the language or content of your comments, but I will delete and ban you if you flame or threaten me, my readers, or fellow bloggers who I link to.

    If you must flame any blogger’s comments sections (or via e-mail) don’t do it anonymously. It is cowardly and reveals a great deal about you.

    As always, I want to hear from you. I want to hear your thoughts on my posts and my commentary. But I urge you to play nice and be respectful. This is my house.

    Thanks to Tony Pierce for teaching me the best communication is open communication.

  • Comcast tech fired for sleeping on the job

    Last week I posted a video of a Comcast Tech who fell asleep at a customer’s house. The post has generated close to 100,000 hits in just a few days. Today we have an update on the Technician and the customer courtesy of Forbes, who picked up on the story:

    Comcast Corp. has fired an employee for sleeping on a customer’s couch during a house call after video of the incident became a minor Internet sensation.

    Philadelphia-based Comcast also said in a statement that it had apologized to customer Brian Finkelstein of Washington, D.C., for the “unsatisfactory customer experience.”

    Finkelstein posted video of the sleeping technician and told this story on YouTube.com, a site that lets users share videos.

    His Comcast Internet connection had worked only intermittently since he moved to a new apartment June 1. A Comcast employee who came to Finkelstein’s home June 14 to replace the modem called the company for help. Put on hold for more than an hour, he caught some shut-eye while he waited.

    Finkelstein, a Georgetown University law student, picked up his video camera, added an Eels song with the lyrics “I need some sleep,” and sent it to YouTube.

    The 58-second video has been viewed more than 227,000 times since it was posted Tuesday.

    I feel bad for anyone who has their livelihood taken away, but at the same time, this is a strong reminder not to fall asleep on the job. Let’s not rule out the probability that this is as much as a top-level problem as it is a labor-level problem. I hope this sends a strong message to Comcast.

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