Bill O'Reilly and Tod Maffin will stoop to anything to assure themselves they're not really so bad

Like offering up childhood pictures from their pre-asshole days.

Tod Maffin: "I'm a snob and I don't like being around people."

Forthright Tod @6:28

"Tod Maffin taught me how to spice up my traffic reports on our community radio station in Swaziland"

Tod: "I thought seriously about going to Africa to help out, but ... eh ...I decided to stay in Vancouver instead"

Good thing you did, Tod.
Because I emailed ahead and asked them to send me their thoughts about an impending visit from Tod Maffin.

They sent back a picture.

people are no longer interested in Tod Maffin. Except us!

Our 500th post about Tod Maffin

Tod Maffin and The End of the Age of Delusion

and now, a brief twitter from Tod Maffin





It's been a sweet ride for Tod Maffin.
He got to hang with netchick and The Hez, fly on airplanes and stay in hotel rooms, with all his toiletries and grooming aids laid out neatly on the dresser each time ...

actually, Tod's not really a neat freak. He's obsessive and a perfectionist about some things, but housekeeping isn't one of them, as anyone knows who's seen his apartment.

This is Tod Maffin and another desperate plea for attention.
Tod isn't really planning to go anywhere, except on vacation. (those comedic breakfast gigs he does pay surprisingly well).

But he wants you to know that Tod Maffin thinks exotically, unlike you and I.
Well, alright, more so.
He's an adventurer, flying into the heart of Africa, where no white man could be bothered to go, and he will teach the natives in The Ways Of The Radio.
Presumably for a bit less than the usual two to four thousand dollars per gig that he usually is handed at the conferences.

Tod sees some advantages to going - it'll help his charisma further down the road when he comes back in one piece as a man of the world. As an altruist, nay a missionary, if you will.
Yes he can picture it now ... the selfless Maffin helping to further the progress of civilization.
And hiding out for a while might get that blog off his back.

But this is Tod Maffin. He doesn't actually do anything beyond the whiny wimp stage, such as twitter his fake dreams out loud.

I'm Tod Maffin and I WANT SPECIAL TREATMENT!

a recent Tod Twitter

Tod has been divested of yet another iPhone, and once again it was his own damn fault.
But that's not acceptable to Tod.

So he decides to yell at Fido, who sold him the iPhone, because a replacement is going to cost $800 plus tax.
Of course Rogers has the same arrangement, but for Tod that's an inconvenient fact.
Finding out what he was getting into when he signed the contract was also an inconvenient fact.

LOOK AT ME EVERYBODY! Tod Maffin is one of the Top Ten most hyperactive people on the internet in the Vancouver area.

This meaningless, inconsequential thing on the internet called NowPublic calculated what they believe to be the web's 10 most-visible individuals in Vancouver.
NowPublic is located in Vancouver, and going nowhere.



let's narrow it down to just 10 people-that-we-have-no-interest-in.



And yes, Tod is # 10

"I think the list will surprise some people,"
said Leonard Brody, CEO of NowPublic, a Vancouver-based site where people can post and discuss news stories.

In Peace, we hope

Understanding Media and Me, by Tod Maffin

To say that I’m now “shutting down” the blog because, in fact, I DON’T want to see opinions expressed is mind-boggling.

Tod

Please, God, let it finally be over

No, these are not Tod Maffin's final words.

With Tod, there's no such thing as last words.
Just when you think he's said goodbye and left, he walks back into the room to perform another farewell once again.

When a reader wrote at insidecbc ...

Randall says:

Not surprised this is shutting down. All the negative comments regarding the new programming…not good for newcomers to see.

Sorry thats my cyncial corporations be damned viewpoint.

Tod saw an opportunity to get more "facts" on the record.
Such as: He quit. Voluntarily. So don't think he got fired. Got it?
And even though the comment is obviously directed at the CBC, Tod pretends it's a personal slight, and thus it affords him a chance to expound from his high horse.
Confirming, that he's a total asshole.

And he didn't print my comment either.
The coward.

Employment Opportunity: ABT*

*anyone but Tod




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Doing Our Part To Help Tod Maffin

Balancing excessive admiration with realistic feedback

What's Wrong With Tod Maffin (?)

We're unable to find anywhere on the internet that Tod Maffin comes clean about his vague "health issues".
The ones he's always working on but is never able to resolve.

The words "depression" and "addiction" crop up, but it's hard to think of him in terms of either of those afflictions.

Tod appears to be not all that different from the rest of us, particularly as we all suffer from one common ailment to some extent:

Narcissism.

* Overreacts to criticism, becoming angry or humiliated
* Uses others to reach goals
* Exaggerates own importance
* Entertains unrealistic fantasies about achievements, power, beauty, intelligence or romance
* Has unreasonable expectations of favorable treatment
* Seeks constant attention and positive reinforcement from others
* Is easily jealous
* Has a sense of entitlement
* Is exploitative of others
* Lacks empathy
* Displays arrogant and proud behavior
* Displays haughty behavior
* Uses denial mechanism to downplay own inadequacies or failings
* Uses rationalization mechanism to justify self-centered behavior


We can easily see ourselves as having some of those characteristics.
But like almost everything else in life, Tod is way ahead of us.

Why Passion Matters: Success and Balance are Not Mutually Exclusive says Tod

Turns out Success and Failure are also not mutually exclusive.
Last June, Tod Maffin was able to tell a story that combined the two.
His own.
At the Western Workplace Health 2008, Calgary



Lessons he learned about being successful?
Let me guess - run your brain in lo-tech.

And tell people you work for the CBC!

Tod went from imaginary multi-millionaire to realistic zero millionaire in a couple of years.
That's enough to make anybody depressed.

Recruiting the Facebook Generation: Winning the New Race for Talent

Tod Maffin speaks again!

Thursday,
January 29,
2009

Metro Toronto Convention
Centre

when will Tod Maffin be starting his blog?

"If you do nothing else, start a blog," says Maffin. Get the company president or someone high-profile to talk about what your organization is all about. "It's much more effective than an About Us' page on a Web site."

June 1, 2008

Health Care Leaders Association of BC Eats While Tod Maffin Talks

Tod is scheduled to speak in October in Vancouver.





Attendees will be asking themselves "he's a CBC TV host? I've never heard of the guy!"

Tod Maffin's Dilemma: How do I promote myself without using the CBC's Official Blog?

Tip For Tod: How to start your own Blog

ADDENDUMB
I feel so silly. I forgot.
You're a worldwide authority on this stuff.