Musings For A Darkened Room

Halloween Treats Coming To Your Toaster

Mike Wilton — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:00:05 +0000

The folks over at Pop Tarts are ringing in the holiday season with 3 new flavors this year, one for the month of October, November and December. The first in the series is sure to add a little fright to your morning, with the Halloween flavor, Choc-o-lantern Chocolate Fudge. The Halloween themed pastry will feature [...]

Muslim Employee Accusing Disney: Victim or Playing Victim?

Mike Wilton — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:08:07 +0000

By now you’ve probably heard of Imane Boudlal, a 26 year old Muslim woman who is accusing Disney of discrimination after she was told she could not wear her hijab in public view. Boudlal was reported to have shown up for work wearing her hijab for the first time last week for religious reasons. At [...]

Google Book Search A Great Resource for Halloween Books

Mike Wilton — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:33:49 +0000

It’s July, which means for us Halloween nuts its the start of the holiday season, and with that I recently started a massive migration of bookmarks from Mozilla Firefox to my Delicious Halloween bookmarks. With that I found a handful of new Halloween websites including the home haunt and Halloween podcast, Hauntcast. I have been listening [...]

The Real Cleveland Brown Junior

Mike Wilton — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 05:21:41 +0000

So this evening I was browsing the photos from College Humor’s Classic Senior Pictures Gallery and I came across a photo of a student with a striking resemblance to a character off of Seth McFarlane’s The Cleveland Show. Tell me this kid does not look like a real life Cleveland Brown Junior??

5 Things An 8 Year Relationship Has Taught Me About Love, Life and Relationships

Mike Wilton — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:30:34 +0000

Nearly 8 years ago this month I met my now wife Misty. We met at a party my buddy Eddy was throwing and in the beginning didn’t really hit it off. I was drunk, she was stubborn, and ultimately she left that night with another guy. The two of them dated casually for a while [...]

Disney Tells Goth Kids To “Get Happy” Through Advertising

Mike Wilton — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 05:04:55 +0000

It’s no secret that in my personal life I tend to gravitate to darker things. I have been a huge fan and ocasional participant of the gothic subculture over the years and covered stories about the innovative ways twitter is being used by the Bats Day in the Fun Park event. So tonight when I [...]

My Plea To Mashable: What Is Your Twilight Connection???

Mike Wilton — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:30:33 +0000

I don’t hide the fact that I’m a fan of the Twilight Saga. I have read all the books, saw the first two films at their midnight showing on their opening nights (And have my tickets for the midnight release of Eclipse), partnered to launch a Twilight Fansite, and have done a number of Twilight [...]

The Official Launch of Nevermore Search Marketing

Mike Wilton — Wed, 05 May 2010 14:00:34 +0000

Though it underwent a soft launch a couple of weeks ago, Monday marked the official launch of my new internet marketing specific website and blog Nevermore Search Marketing. Over the years I have shared my knowledge and tips on search engine marketing and social media mixed in with the potpourri of other musings I share [...]

The Love Hate Relationship Between Billy Corgan & Courtney Love Continues Via Twitter

Mike Wilton — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:41:22 +0000

Amidst the media frenzy surrounding the long overdue release of Hole’s album ‘Nobody’s Daughter’ brings with it an ongoing love/hate relationship that has defined Courtney Love and Billy Corgan for years. It started after Corgan attacked Love in an interview with Rolling Stone, which was followed up by a public apology on Facebook last month [...]

Stone Temple Nirvana?

Mike Wilton — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 05:39:51 +0000

So if you haven’t heard yet, Stone Temple Pilots are back with a brand new single called Between the Lines. Local radio station 106.7 KROQ started playing the song recently and after hearing it for the first time I found a distinct similarity between it and Nirvana’s “Stay Away”. Any die hard Nirvana fans that [...]