It's funny how it's likely that all my blog posts from now on will not be about TV, but my "real" life. There's TV life and real life for me. TV life consists of me watching stuff, but not really talking about it. Real life is everything else. But I digress...

I recently went to NY and ran into this crazy Italian festival called the Giglio. How is everyone doing? You guys better not be harrassing Danmod. Or Jaxiecracks. I'll get you!

-ribs

check out this dope video of the Giglio feast, including Rocky theme song!

Hey everyone. Check out this polar bear that lives in a glass case in a small, old town called Port Costa. It's not too far from SF and it's definitely a weird place. There is a spooky hotel there that used to be a whorehouse and it's like 200 years old! I will be going back again soon (uh, not for "work"). Hope you all are doing well, sorry for not posting in forever. I really haven't had anything that interesting to talk about - until I saw this!

Friends,

The time has come for me to take the next step in my career path. I want to let you all know that my last day here on TV, FilmSpot and MP3 as Community Manager will be Friday, 5/18. This decision was not an easy one to make, by any means, but I know it is the best one for me.

That said, words can not exactly convey how awesome of an overall experience this has been for me over the past couple of years: invaluable, challenging, exciting, impossible, successful, entertaining? Definitely all of those things...and more. This has never been "just a job" for me. In many ways, what I have been doing here is part of a way of life - you have no idea. But now what sticks out in my mind most are all of the very unique and cherished friendships that I have made (hopefully you all know who you are). I also want to give a holler to all of the more, um, 'obstinate' users I have encountered who have inadvertently taught me some very worthy lessons and helped me to further develop many important skills. All of this I will throw in my mental duffle bag, carry with me to my next destination, and unpack for use when the time comes. My next occupational home will be at YouTube. I hope you can find the time to visit me there at some point.

I want to give BIG PROPS to Danmod and Jaxiecracks, who will take care of everything you need from here on out and will continue to burn the community torch for these sites. Consider Danmod your main man now on TV. Jaxiecracks will continue to work in a more hybrid community role on TV, MP3 and FilmSpot.

Now it somehow seems right to end this message with some ridiculously cute picture of something. I really just can't help myself, is the thing. Hmmm, what should it be? Obviously, animals are where it's at when it comes to cuteness and have been a running (and overused) theme in my image posting history - which I am admittedly a little embarrassed about, since I am a grown up and all. Anyhow, I'll bet you're thinking that I can't come up with anything else to post now, huh?!



Well, you were right.

Thanks for everything. I will miss you.

Our Finale Chat Feature is up! Here is the full list of shows which will be part of this blockbuster chat event:

Jericho
Grey's Anatomy
The Office
Smallville
Desperate Housewives
24
Heroes
American Idol
Lost
House

Each live chat will have its own separate time slot. The Feature includes the full schedule, photo galleries and a poll module where you can vote for which other network finales you think are going to be a hit or are just not worth watching at all.

This is our biggest chat event to date, so do not miss it! Oh yea, you'll get one cool emblem, regardless of how many chats you visit. It only takes one chat visit to get the emblem but, of course, feel free to check out all of them...

Hey guys, our latest TV.com feature Fashion Awards is up and ready for vote-a-tion! There are 26 categories to vote on so be sure to hit up all of them.

Also just wanted to mention a special feature coming up within the next couple of weeks. We'll be hosting a series of live chats the day after the season's biggest finales, including Lost, American Idol, Smallville, and MORE. Stay tuned for all of the details as they become available.

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We've never 100% clarified what is/isn't acceptable to submit to the "User Submitted News" section of guides. Partly we were a bit vague purposely to see what trends or patterns in submissions would follow after implementing this. And the only solid stipulation we've had thus far is "no links to official network sites". Since this contribution has been available for a while, now's a good time to clarify.

Basically, all types of links which point to any reference site or fansite, or anything similar that has any type of valuable info. about the specific show/person, is allowed. This now includes submitting links to official network sites. We figure the more information made available the better. The whole point of TV.com is to be a great resource for television, right? As long as what you are submitting is a specific webpage that is dedicated/relevant to the guide you are adding the link to, then it's fine (i.e., links the show's official webpage, not the network homepage).

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