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The latest Tod Maffin Podcast.
A 4 minute reminder of how weird Tod Maffin still is after all these months.
Another recitation of that special style of Tod Maffin bullshit.
But you know what?
There are a LOT of weird people in B.C.
So he could go far.
Like on the Board of a fuddy duddy credit union.
One that looks at Tod and sees an ambitious phony who's willing to do some public relations on the web for free for them so they can get with the times, while Tod thinks power.
But do you know anyone who can work with this asshole for more than 5 min.?
Even Tod can't stand people.
He's not a "people" person.
And nothing holds his interest for long.
And the writing's on the wall for his keynote career.
He has to do something.
Whatever happened to Swaziland?
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
F is for Fearful, Fucked-Up and Fatherless
In his most recent epistle Tod Maffin continues to peel away the layers of the outstanding individual that is at the root of the real "Tod Maffin".
What starts out purporting to be an essay of navel-gazing about religious faith becomes almost instantly yet another litany of Tod Maffin's many great accomplishments.
to be continued ...
What starts out purporting to be an essay of navel-gazing about religious faith becomes almost instantly yet another litany of Tod Maffin's many great accomplishments.
to be continued ...
Tod Maffin searches his soul, using Advanced Preferences
Tod finally concedes that he doesn't believe that Jesus was the Son of God.
Also that he can't for the life of him figure out "that damned trinity" concept.
In that case, Tod, you're going straight to hell.
See you there!
Also that he can't for the life of him figure out "that damned trinity" concept.
In that case, Tod, you're going straight to hell.
See you there!
Maffin's Motorcycle Diaries, without the motorcycle
– I travelled to rural Mexico with a group of other young Anglicans to learn about how the developing world lives and help build help for the people there
Come on, Tod, we all know why you really went there.
Souvenirs!
Tod Maffin's Most Frightening Flight Delay: helpless in a country of hot women
– I attended and worked at a theological conference in Brazil (and was briefly trapped in the country during a country-wide economic meltdown, government crisis, and public strike)
Communist agents fail to apprehend Tod Maffin
– I spent nearly two weeks in Cuba trying to evade government operatives, building from scratch an electronic mail and bulletin board system to link together the poorest of people.
~excerpt from Tod's evolving, imaginary biography.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Tod Maffin On The Couch - First Session
Tod is being unusually frank and forthcoming in his latest blog post.
It's a good start, for the little twerp.
http://todmaffin.com/d-2
D is also for denial.
Relax, Dickhead
You know what your problem is?
You're a fake.
He keeps himself hopped on feel-good drugs, over-books his engagements, can't sleep properly, and then wonders why he has a breakdown in the bathroom of an airplane.
He secretly suspects that his dotcom charade is a house of cards but keeps adding more cards until he loses his nerve .
His wife realizes that he's not what he's cracked up to be. He's just cracked.
Instead of smoking, because of sensitive lungs, he pops pills.
And nothing is his fault.
He was abandoned by his father, so of course he has issues. Deep issues.
His relationship with his mother, who went on to a religious career, will make it hard for him to have a successful marriage.
Especially with me.
He should talk with Strombo, who found a way to cope with an absent father.
Make it into a radio special.
Marc Emery also has some worthwhile views on the subject.
He'll give Tod the framework for an award-winning program.
This would help Tod in more ways than one.
Exercise and get off the pills.
Be honest with himself. The article is a good start, but it's still avoiding the truth, and largely a manipulative piece that tries to engender sympathy.
But you also see an "I'm special", a twisting of the tale.
It's not entirely fair for Tod to take sole credit for MindfulEye.
He won't admit that it was not a valid investment for more than 5 minutes.
He blew other people's money on a dream that he didn't think through.
Everything is short-term.
He wants help, but wants to be in charge.
He may never be fully cured.
He brags about his success and lifestyle, but still wants you to feel sorry for him.
He thinks he's on to something, something he can exploit, his own illness. How much can he milk it for?
Tod put a lot of work into that piece. A LOT of work. That stuff takes days, even weeks to come up with. He has talent. He wants to entertain.
He was aiming for gut-wrenching, but it's so shallow.
He's experienced stress, which he doesn't handle well, but never real tragedy and loss.
He wants to be wealthy, famous, loved, respected, happy.
Don't we all.
It's a good start, for the little twerp.
http://todmaffin.com/d-2
D is also for denial.
Relax, Dickhead
You know what your problem is?
You're a fake.
He keeps himself hopped on feel-good drugs, over-books his engagements, can't sleep properly, and then wonders why he has a breakdown in the bathroom of an airplane.
He secretly suspects that his dotcom charade is a house of cards but keeps adding more cards until he loses his nerve .
His wife realizes that he's not what he's cracked up to be. He's just cracked.
Instead of smoking, because of sensitive lungs, he pops pills.
And nothing is his fault.
He was abandoned by his father, so of course he has issues. Deep issues.
His relationship with his mother, who went on to a religious career, will make it hard for him to have a successful marriage.
Especially with me.
He should talk with Strombo, who found a way to cope with an absent father.
Make it into a radio special.
Marc Emery also has some worthwhile views on the subject.
He'll give Tod the framework for an award-winning program.
This would help Tod in more ways than one.
Exercise and get off the pills.
Be honest with himself. The article is a good start, but it's still avoiding the truth, and largely a manipulative piece that tries to engender sympathy.
But you also see an "I'm special", a twisting of the tale.
It's not entirely fair for Tod to take sole credit for MindfulEye.
He won't admit that it was not a valid investment for more than 5 minutes.
He blew other people's money on a dream that he didn't think through.
Everything is short-term.
He wants help, but wants to be in charge.
He may never be fully cured.
He brags about his success and lifestyle, but still wants you to feel sorry for him.
He thinks he's on to something, something he can exploit, his own illness. How much can he milk it for?
Tod put a lot of work into that piece. A LOT of work. That stuff takes days, even weeks to come up with. He has talent. He wants to entertain.
He was aiming for gut-wrenching, but it's so shallow.
He's experienced stress, which he doesn't handle well, but never real tragedy and loss.
He wants to be wealthy, famous, loved, respected, happy.
Don't we all.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
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)
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)
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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.
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.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
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.
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.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Friday, January 9, 2009
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
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.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
The Typical Tod Maffin Scam - #1
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
Day Two : use web site relentlessly to promote Tod Maffin, posting resume and flattery about said individual
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
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.
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
Saturday, December 6, 2008
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".
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