Hi GSPN Fans! Here I am again with the weekly round up for you. You’ve probably heard Cliff say that he likes to be real, and accountable and transparent with the community. Well, I just finished listening to the “Family From the Heart” episode called, “The One With the Disclaimer” and if you ever doubted whether he and Stephanie were “keepin’ it real”, well then take a listen. There even comes a point in this episode where Cliff says something like, “I don’t think we should release this one…” But, he and Stephanie go on anyway – and he did release it. I, for one, am so glad he lets us see him and Stephanie even when things aren’t exactly “sunshine and rainbows” because NOBODY’S life or marriage is “sunshine and rainbows” all the time. It’s nice to know they have their “moments” too, isn’t it? :-D I enjoyed the episode very much, but the best part was the end – which I must admit, made me a bit “misty eyed”. I’ll tell you about that in a minute…
Right now, here’s what rolled out on the GSPN feed in the last week – go get ‘em while they’re hot:
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+ Business Tech Weekly 008 – Mac vs. PC
In this episode, Andy Traub and Cliff Ravenscraft discuss the idea of using either the Mac or a PC in your business.  Admittedly, this topic is way too broad to cover in just one episode of Business Tech Weekly. They simply provided a starting point for this discussion. While they’ll continue to take listener questions regarding this topic that come in via voice mail, Cliff would strongly encourage anyone interested in switching to the Mac OS to check out the Help I Got A Mac podcast which is an entire podcast devoted to the discussion of Mac Vs PC.
I listened to this thinking it would be a “Mac lovefest”, but I was pleasantly surprised – unlike seemingly everyone else, they had insightful, objective opinions on both operating systems.
Greys Anatomy 066 – Best Two Episodes EVER!!!
+ Desperate Housewives 029 – Keep Off the Grass
Family From the Heart 082 – The One With a Disclaimer
I know I already talked about this episode, but I had one more thing to add – Cliff said that if he had stayed in insurance, he believes he probably would have had a heart attack by now. Well, *I* think if he had stayed in insurance, rather than worrying about dying from a heart attack, I think he would have been more in danger of Stephanie killing him. :-P
Help iGot a Mac 096 – Droid Does
In This Episode, Chris and Cliff give a hands on review of the new DROID Smart Phone from Verizon. Apple iPhone is on notice.
Social Media Serenity 016 – Twitter Lists Explained
In this episode, Erik Fisher and Cliff Ravenscraft, share a little bit about the following items: Inbound Marketing University, Twitter Grader, Twitter Lists, Facebook Announces Roadmap For Developers, Official Facebook Share Button, Google adds music Search, and Ustream Launches Social Stream Chat Expansion.
Twitter lists JUST came out this week – I couldn’t believe they were podcasting about it already, but it saved me SO much time because I didn’t have to figure it out on my own, and gave me some great uses for this new feature.
Pursuing a Balanced Life 439 - Challenge Started This Week
The 16 week PABL Challenge started on November 1st! For more information, visit the blog entry at http://gspn.tv/pablchallenge.
Podcast Answer Man 133 – Leo Admits Nobody Cares About Video
In episode 130, I shared some audio clips from a talk that Leo Laporte gave at the Online News Association Conference in San Francisco recently. In that talk, Leo had shared that he made over 1.5 million dollars last year from advertising on his podcast network. Soon after sharing this revenues from the previous year, he stated that “Podcasting, essentially, is dead.†Click on the link for Cliff’s thoughts and a much more in depth description of this episode.
Biggest Loser 007 – Family Matters
How do the lifestyle and food choices of parents impact their children? And how can partners support and complement each other in a quest for a more balanced life? Cliff and Fr. Roderick talk about this and more after watching this week’s Biggest Loser.
Biggest Loser 008 – Learning From Failure
There is a difference between quitting and failing. If you quit, you give up, and stay the same; if you fail, you might learn from that failure and get stronger next time. Only the courage to learn from failure will build the ‘new you’.
- Cliff’s tip of the week: http://gspn.tv/howmanycalories (Calories Required To Lose Weight)
- The ‘Pursuing a Balanced Life’ Challenge (starts November 1)
And that’s a wrap for last week! If you’d like to to get the Community Blog posts delivered to your email box so you’re sure not to miss a thing, you can click here to subscribe: Community Blog Posts via Email And don’t forget – GSPN is broadcasting live all day on Thursday – join in! http://gspn.tv/live/
So, I don’t want to give the whole Family From the Heart episode away, but at the end of a bit of a trying hour, Cliff finishes it with, “I love you Stephanie” and Stephanie replies, “I love you too.” You know, it’s so easy to love people when they’re being nice, or fun, or treating you like gold, but real love is loving even when someone isn’t so lovable. That’s keepin’ it real.
See you next week! Carole
