Category Archives: Personal History

Twenty years on YouTube

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I created my YouTube account on February 12, 2006. (It officially launched to the public on December 15, 2005) I’ve uploaded 604 videos in those twenty years. As difficult as it is to believe, YouTube says the channel has 1.13K subscribers. Collectively the videos have been viewed 1,238,880 times. Playlists include:

  • Movies & TV
  • Learfield
  • KBOA
  • People (interviews)
  • SteveTV (goofy shit)
  • Land Rover
  • Yard & Garden
  • Travel
  • Dogs
  • Uke Songs
  • Screencasts

If someone asked me to describe my channel, I guess I’d say it’s like that cardboard box in the hall closet where you throw old Super 8 movies nobody watches twice. Here’s the description I posted:

Might be easier to explain what my YouTube channel is NOT. I’m not trying to build an audience. I’m not trying to make money. I’m not really trying to “engage.” On that point I should explain why I block most subscribers. In my experience, most just want to use the comments on my videos to spam. (I can’t recall the last time I got a benign or useful comment) When I remember check the NO COMMENTS box when posting a video.

Getting back to my fighting weight

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Coming up on three weeks since surgery and for the last week I have had a voracious appetite. Thinking three meals ahead! A good thing because I’ve lost weight in the last six months. Down from 140 to 125. (Yes, I look like Nazi death camp survivor) 

I now know this weight loss was almost certainly due to undiagnosed acute diverticulitis which got tossed into the medical waste receptacle with my benign mass. Where was I? Right, my weight.

My goal is to get back to 140 by my 78th birthday (March 8) which means I need to gain ~1 pound every week, which I’m told is doable. Bowl of butter pecan ice cream at bedtime, big Towne Grill breakfast… easy peasy.