Adi and I had a fabulous time in Vieques, Puerto Rico. I plan on telling a few amazing tales of our adventures in this great Caribbean Isle. Until then, you'll have to settle for seeing our select pics:

Click on the Vieques Welcome Pic to See our Selected Slideshow

See Our Vieques Photos on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnvasko/tags/pr/show/

This "mashup" of Liam Sullivan's famous "Shoes" is a lot of fun. It's important to see the original first if you haven't already - just scroll down a bit and you'll see it. As you can tell, I haven't been updating this blog very often. But this just had to be shared. Enjoy.

One of the reasons I love New York is Clearview Chelsea's Classic Cinema Night, which takes place every Thursday. It's one of the few places where a 1970 B Film starring Joan Crawford could earn more profits than all of the other shows in the cineplex combined. The theater was full and Hedda Lettuce's commentary throughout the film was priceless. And she gave away some great prizes. Next week they're showing Mildred Pierce, Joan Crawford at her finest. Trog is also one of her finest works as well but for a completely different reason - Laugh-Out-Loud hilarity at the absurdity that such a film was ever made and that this bonafide Hollywood star actually played the lead role as one of the world's top scientists.

Three younger scientists discover the "missing link" Trog in a cave in England. When one of them is killed by the half man / half beast, Trog is captured and then studied by Joan and her team. The university town wants him dead. Joan believes there is much to be learned from Trog, as she teaches him how to play with dolls. The trailer sells this film as horror, but it is clearly one of the best comedies ever made. And even better when seen with a group of people.

Since the start of my new job, I've been even more obsessed with the Internet than ever before. I now have my job as the excuse for spending hours upon end online because I can atribute it to my career. Well, this is definitely true to a certain extent. Learning about social networking sites and the latest trends and technology is something I need to keep up on but viral videos like the one from "What the hull?" Kelly, below, won't be a big influencer - I hope!

So, about these two new music sites I've discovered... I have to give credit to www.Mashable.com , a blog and social networking site about the latest social networking sites, for turning me on to these.

Firstly, there's www.foxytunes.com and its partner www.foxytunes.com/planet. I'm more intriqued with the planet part than I am the main portal, which allows you to customize a browser-supported media player and more I'm sure. FoxyTunes Planet is great. You can type in any artist you're really into and it will aggregate a bunch of content about that artist all on one page - everything from You Tube videos to Yahoo Lyrics, Amazon reviews, Flickr photos, and any additional widget you'd like to add to that page. It's a great way of learning more about a particular artist, like Cut Copy, a recent discovery of mine. http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/cut_copy

I had been thinking about how great the fact that my ipod Photo - a product that turned into a standard ipod within a few months of it coming out in 2005 - had lasted as long as it had. I had it replaced once under the Apple Care Protection Plan but it essentially had treated me very well. I had no intentions of replacing it whatsoever, despite how attracted I was to the iPod Touch. In fact, I had just bought a new set of Shur headphones to go with it. And then it happened. I left it in the gym in the tray of the elliptical machine. I went back the following morning and it had not been turned into lost and found, which is apparently what usually happens at my gym. I guess old iPods are not so coveted anymore.

So, after a few days of looking at home for it, I decided to start making my decision about my next iPod purchase. I really wanted the iPhone, depsite the ATT partnership. However, I was not willing to pay the few to break my Verizon contract, which doesn't end until September of 2009. So, I decided to get the iPod touch.