There is no risk of Tod Maffin becoming a lawyer

Tod gets all hopped up over a court ruling,
He views himself as more perceptive and sensible than a B.C. Supreme Court Justice.

the headline for the story:
Court orders Falun Gong to dismantle protest hut

I'm familiar with this part of Vancouver and this protest.
And I'm frankly surprised that it's taken this long for the city to act.
Does anyone think that people have a right to start erecting structures on any part of any street that they take a fancy to?
How about on your street?
How about on every street?
What if we all made a run for it and set up our own personal bus shelter with a private lock on it? I got here first!

B.C. Supreme Court Justice Sunni Stromberg-Stein ruled Thursday that erecting permanent structures goes against the fundamental purpose of the street.

Like, duh.

Tod Maffin is being very dumb, as usual.



TOD ... for the record ...in his own words

This ( http://twitclicks.com/t7zi ) is a SHIT DECISION. Look at the picture and you tell me if their booth "encroaches" on the sidewalk. :-(

@buzzbishop Whoa Look at the photo. It simply is NOT ON THE SIDEWALK. They impede nobody. The stay 100% silent. Remove them? Really?!?!

@buzzbishop Yes, but the structure isn't what the court ruled against. It ruled against impeding the SIDEWALK which it CLEARLY doesn't do!

@dbarefoot You asked "Should we permit all non-intrusive, effectively-permanent protest structures?" YES WE SHOULD. That's free speech. :-)

Never ever ever take legal advice from an idiot.
(that would be Tod Maffin)

Trust Is An Issue With Tod Maffin

Tod shares, and finally puts some effort into his latest blog post ...

I ran into this policy more than once, working as DNTO’s western producer. Working on consumer-rights stories, I’d asked permission to record wearing a hidden microphone. I had to make my pitch to the head of news and each time I was turned down because the stories weren’t deemed to illustrate significant enough public trust.

Tod probably meant to say "enough public IN-TRUST", as in "interest", which is not spelled with a "u".

Of course, I was pissed off, but in retrospect, the CBC made the right call. After all, I worked in A&E (arts and entertainment), not news.

(Side note: With the help of six freelancers, I produced a documentary called “24 Hours at Hamburger Mary’s” — finding the stories of people who visit the Vancouver diner. The network killed the piece because I failed to tell the freelancers to get people’s last names. I still am bugged by that one.)

Getting last names is vital, in order that people take responsibility for what they are saying.
Otherwise the whole documentary could just as well be a work of fiction, as Tod's productions sometimes are.

Blogging - the easy way. By Tod Maffin

Tod's "Original" blog entry. And the UBC Music Schoool

Tod Maffin's Brain Out Of Service

It's come to this.
Tod sits at home copying entries from The Canadian Exncyclopedia and pasting them into his blog.
(that's right, I said Exncyclopedia. Tod is so out of it)

Try to imagine what it must be like inside Tod Maffin's brain as it directs him to post an entry about an event that happened 77 years ago. An event of interest to no one, not even to Tod.

Daily "I'm-Eager-To-Kiss-Tod-Maffin's-Ass" Award, goes to ..... ROB COTTINGHAM!

QUALIFIED

Talking To Air: another Maffin minion who can't handle the truth

You post a comment to her blog and she erases it.
Living up to the first principle of blogging Maffin-style: LIMIT DISCOURSE

Tod Maffin and The Lamest Blog Ever

January 8, 2009

His newest urgent entry, from the heart, that he shares, because you need to know this ...

Sixty years ago today, Tom Alsbury was sworn in as Vancouver mayor. Alsbury was the first Vancouver mayor to have been born in the 20th century (1904). He served as mayor of Vancouver from 1959 to 1962 and was born in Edinburgh.


... from the freaking international authority on blogs.

The Typical Tod Maffin Scam - #1

Day One : create web page

Day Two : abandon web page

Day Three: announce that web page is now "one of the industry’s leading sources of trends, forecasts, and news."

The Typical Tod Maffin Scam - #2

Day One : create web site on topic of interest to professionals

Day Two : use web site relentlessly to promote Tod Maffin, posting resume and flattery about said individual

CBC Doing Much Better Since Tod Maffin Left

Created only a month ago by Tod Maffin and already it's an industry leader. According to Tod Maffin.

His web site, trendcentral.org, is one of the Credit Union industry’s leading sources of trends, forecasts, and news.

Only a very rare and very wonderful man could accomplish such a thing.

Tod Maffin is a rare and wonderful man

“Tod Maffin is a rare and wonderful man. He is so accomplished in the areas of business, media, technology, and building community. But, he is also one of the most down to earth, approachable personalities I know. He is a gifted communicator, a caring person, and a first class technologist. This is a potent combination.”
– Arjun Singh, President, Fair Voting BC - www.stv.ca

As published by Tod Maffin

Tod Maffin launches TrendCentral to advertise himself

At a new domain that posts stories of interest to no one, Tod inserts a big fat advertisement for himself and his services.



Though it bills itself as a "glimpse into the future", it is actually a glimpse into the past.
Past stories and pictures that have already appeared on the web that Tod can copy and paste into his new blog.

Watch the space to see how it becomes progressively neglected by Tod as he realizes there is no audience for these "trends".

If you see poet Rives, let him know Tod Maffin would do him

Strange.
When I looked at this video of a Henry Rollins-type performance artist, I did not immediately think of "doing him".
But Tod did.

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.