Last year, for the first time, I posted the Top tracks I had listened to in 2010. This year I am going to give you a bit more. This year I am listing the top individual tracks from 2011 and the top artists from 2011. Lets get things started with Individual tracks. I figured the [...]
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Top Music for 2011 – According to Chris
December 31st, 2011 
Chris Doelle 
Posted in Business & Money, Culture, Entertainment, Music 
Tags: andy grammar, billy currington, billy joel, brad paisley, bruno mars, coldplay, darius rucker, eli young band, eric church, foster the people, george strait, hot chelle rae, hunter hayes, jake owen, jason aldean, john mellencamp, justin moore, keith urban, kenny chesney, last.fm, maroon 5, Music, p!nk, queen, rodney atkins, roger miller, the kingston trio, tim mcgraw, toby keith, tom petty and the heartbreakers, zac brown band 
No Comments »They DID the Impossible!
December 18th, 2011 Chris Doelle That’s right. Tom Cruise‘s latest incarnation of Ethan Hunt in Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol is pretty darn good. While I thought the very first MI film was average, the sequels were absolutely dismal. I was sure this was going to be more of the same – NOT. MI-GP was written well, acted well and [...]
Worth Quoting
October 30th, 2011 Chris Doelle “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
The best marketed ambient music track ever…
October 19th, 2011 Chris Doelle It is being hyped as “scientifically proven to be the most relaxing song ever.” There are even hints that it may be “dangerous” to listen to while driving etc. The song is “Weightless” by Marconi Union. According to the study, in creating “Weightless,” the band uses a process called ‘entrainment’ to relax the listener – [...]
The Real Deal
October 16th, 2011 Chris Doelle Okay, when I first heard they were making a movie out of the old Rock ‘Em, Sock ‘Em Robots, I thought for sure it was going to suck. When I saw the previews for Real Steel, I was SURE it was going to suck. Something happened between watching that trailer and finally watching the film [...]
Posted in Business & Money, Electronics, Entertainment, Friends & Family, Movie Reviews & TV Tags: chris doelle, critic, film review, movie, movie review, real steel, robot No Comments »
Think Google+ is a just another also-ran?
October 12th, 2011 Chris Doelle I have paid a lot of attention to the launch of Google Plus (G+) and have to say that it is still somewhat of an enigma. Sure, there are a ton of social media sites out there. Sure, the user base is already spending a good chunk of every day on sites like Facebook and [...]
Worth Quoting
October 11th, 2011 Chris Doelle When you reach for the stars, you might not quite get one, but you won’t come up with a handful of mud, either – Leo Burnett
Posted in Business & Money, Culture, Entertainment, Friends & Family, Health & Fitness, History, Philosophy, Quotes Tags: ambition, chris doelle, goals, Leo Burnett, marketing, quotation, quote, Quotes No Comments »
The mystery of the “Oh Henry!” bar is over
October 9th, 2011 Chris Doelle I posted this to facebook just a few minutes ago: Dawn and I had never tasted an, “Oh Henry!” bar so we decided it was high time we did. Meh… tastes like a cheap version of Snickers. Shortly thereafter, someone commented asking if I had ever tried a Zero bar? My response was, “Never – [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Friends & Family, Health & Fitness, junk food, Social Media Tags: candy bar, Food, junk food, oh henry No Comments »
Gmail Chat Spam Attack
September 10th, 2011 Chris Doelle I’ve seen them in email before, but never in gmail chat. Imagine by surprise and amusement when this showed up on chat this morning. PatriotWorld is a podcast created by one of pioneers of the podcast game Karen Cadoza. No, she is not attempting to scam money from anyone, her gmail was hacked. Below is [...]
Posted in Business & Money, Friends & Family, Health & Fitness, Social Media, Travel & Entertainment Tags: fun, google chat, google talk, phising, spam No Comments »Not sure what I think about this yet… YouTube Movies?
August 18th, 2011 Chris Doelle Imagine my surprise! I went to YouTube to check on my latest video upload and found YouTube Movies. I still know relatively little about it, but it is worth investigating. I will check back with what I like and dislike. What are your thoughts?
