Not long ago I've hinted that I have been busy with my TinFoilChefDotCom YouTube Channel (click to subscribe to it) and that's a big part of the reason that I've been slow about getting Points of View rebooted.

Well, I have to admit that, things have been kinda busy on that channel. enough so that Bob is looking at Florida rentals vacation options and making noises about a couple weeks in the warmer climate if I don't get moving with Points of View soon.

That other channel is so busy partly because it's where my weight loss efforts are focused these days. There's a great bunch of people there, most of whom are involved in trying to lose weight or get in shape themselves, that have been a really great find. They're a huge source of inspiration and encouragement. If you're trying to lose weight and are either not getting support at home or there's nobody at home TO support you, check out these YouTube channels:

This is just a tiny sampling of people in the YouTube Weight Loss Community. Check out their channels and videos and you'll find a LOT more.

BethinNCblogger - Intermittent Fasting & Encouragement
bowulf - Atkins Diet & low carb recipes
hislivingsacrifice - Intermittent Fasting & Encouragement
The Hall Of Shayme - ShayLoss & Encouragement
ShawnCorytube - ShayLoss & Encouragement
kazidelicious - ShayLoss & Encouragement
myhealthyweightloss - "All aspects of weightloss"

As for what I've been up to. Weight loss is, like I said, a big part of things. I've also been doing things like the sketch in the videos below. They illustrate some of the internal fight that we go through every day

After the success that video turned out to be, I just HAD to do another one with The Troll.

He's back. This time he's after more than just cheeseburgers.

Now, not only am I doing daily vlogs, I am also working on an extended series of videos that are based on that battle with The Troll and the whole "Talking to my many selves" theme that the idea was born from.

It makes for busy, but I think I've only begun to scratch the surface.

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Since I started making YouTube videos on a (mostly) regular basis last year there's been one thing about it that I've always been glad of. And that is that the guy I call "Mr Helpful" had absolutely no idea I was doing it. Thus leaving me free of that particular brand of "help" that makes people want to tear their hair out and / or just buy an AK-47 and go postal.

Unfortunately that is over. I heard from him today talking about how surprised he was that I was making my own video productions without him knowing about it. I told him that it just never occurred to me to mention it because it's mostly just a hobby kind of thing (well, half true, that's what it is now. That's going to change I guarantee it.) but he seems to think that he's got some kind of inside track on things and knows anything that's worth knowing about "the business". [insert profanity laden opinion of his self importance here.]

Now that he knows (note to self: find out who told him and express my "appreciation" in some appropriate manner, such as beating him to death with a teaspoon.), "Mr. Helpful" wants me to give him a job so that he can "help" me make the best videos anyone has ever seen.

So far I've managed to (I hope) convince him that this is just a small time hobby thing and that if I decide that I need his "valuable" input (yeah. that's gonna happen.), I'll be sure to call him.

Of course I didn't say anything about WHAT I would call him so I still have plenty of options.

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It occurred to me after finishing that last post about the coming reboot of Points of view that I forgot to mention the main reason why the new season is set to launch (well, tentatively anyway) on Feb 15th.

You see Bob, for some reason known only to him, has decided that the snow we got last weekend is a signal for him to go on a ski vacation. Never mind the fact that he can't carry skis, or the fact that he only actually needs one ski (which to him is more like a really long toboggan.), or the risk of injury or in his case, getting buried in the snow and not found until spring. He's determined to do it anyway.

I figure it's just like his wanting a bluetooth headset. As long as I don't have to pay for it and he shows up in time to do the episode, I'm not going to argue with him. It just gives me headaches.

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Last year on April 9, 2009 the first episode of Points of View premiered on YouTube. It was intended to be mostly a humorous commentary on things in the news and current events of all sorts. After starting up with some really bad looking videos it started to take off a little. Gradually over time the episodes began looking better and better.

After a while I settled in to trying to get a new episode out every week and mostly managing to do so, although there were some long gaps in there as well. Most of those episodes have gotten in the neighborhood of 100 to 300 views, with the exception of two that have been watched around 1100 times, one a bit over 2200 times and one at around 3300 views.

Part of the problem with getting a new episode made every week had to do with production problems like having enough light for the chroma key process to work properly. There were times when this added three or four days to the production schedule, waiting for a day with enough sunlight coming in the window to make up for the lack of a proper three point lighting system.

Well, later this month, Points of View is going to reboot for it's second season with one major change that will speed production. While I will probably make occasional appearances, I will no longer be a regular on the show.

Bob is taking over as the host, a move that already has him shopping for a Bluetooth headset. Not because he needs one since he never actually gets any phone calls but because he's got this idea that as the "star" of the show, he needs to look important and busy even when he's not. I'm not even going to argue the issue as long as he uses his own money to get it.

In any event, I'm currently setting Feb 15th as a tentative date for launching the new season. Which ought to be really interesting now that Bob is the main banana. after that, I'm going to be making every effort to get a new episode up every Monday. Also, with me not appearing in the show there will probably be a lot more episodes and it will very likely be possible to make longer episodes covering more topics though I'm going to try to keep them under five minutes for the first part of the season at least.

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In a way he sometimes reminds me of that most annoying character in the world "bob" in the movie "what about bob" with Bill Murray. Normally I like Murray's movies (ghostbusters, Etc) but that movie had me ready to hunt the character down and seriously hurt him because of how he turned this guy's life upside down for no good reason other than he got a kick out of doing so.

Ok, Bob isn't that bad, but there are times when he does remind me of that other bob. Like recently, refusing to go on because he thinks he's got a major zit problem. Now he's apparently all over that and is about ready to get some Oklahoma City lawyers after me if I don't get a new episode of Points of View into production soon. Well, the problem is that I've been *busy* lately and just haven't had the time.

I did however manage to calm him down a little bit by having him guest star in today's episode of Equals Pi. I even managed to use the situation in the show. Now I've got at least another week before he starts getting antsy again.

In the meantime, check out the video. I think it turned out pretty good.

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