MooPig's Star Linger Power Department :: "Stardust" PART ONE

How long a Star Lingers up there is Paramount
by Pat Darnell  |  Jan 20, 2013  |  Bryan TX

What prompts this discussion is a billion dollar business. On the Red Carpet of stardom is a map of the birth, life, and, death, of stars.

Cue 'Stardust.' MooPig Star Linger Power Department has begun a new measuring tact that will give a number to a star's linger power ... stick-around-it-ness. It seems like a good idea at the outset, but we are not finding any substance to the concept. Except that some stars are paid up to $42k to wear certain clothes, and accessories: bags, jewelry and shoes, all happening during negotiations before an event like the Oscars.

Quick Poll   ... Are leggings acceptable to wear in public?

• Yes! They're just tight pants.
• No! They are too tight. Save for exercise and travel only.

There is a new software, app or such, that puts a tag on the items in the photo of your favorite star that is lingering in the ring of stardom. You simply find your star d' jour, and click on clothing items and accessories to find who designed and manufactured each of them. We're talking intimacy.

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The point being, whether the public wants it or not, certain persons become stars, and live a life of selling themselves. As stars live longer, well you guessed it, the longer star linger power each has. Examples alive today are: Wayne Newton, Joe Theismann or Terry Bradshaw, Helen Mirren, who are lingering at high levels.

How then do we spot a young star, a protostar, who will be with us for a long time. That is our mission in assigning a number to each newborn star to provide a derivative to Stock Brokers for investment futures, so they can hedge on them.

With some ease we can be assured that football stars will last a long time, RGIII, or Te'O. Young vegan health minded singers/songwriters should linger, and then there is false stars. Sarah Palin is a study in the false star category, but she is lingering, you have to admit.

In case you think otherwise, MooPig is nauseated by this bit of pseudo-science. It means that Justin Bieber, if he stays clear of fatty foods, misogynists, polyandrists, polygamists, escapologists, and pastors, ... will most likely be around for the next ninety years. I pity my children who must endure what all that implies.

Keith Richards might be the anti-thesis of this parody, but he sure enough has lingered ... we know you are thinking right now of stars who are suspiciously lingering out there.

If you are earnest in spotting who is the next rising protostars who will begin on the linger timeline, just tune in to cable TV Disney Channel. Watch a day's worth of "Austin and Ally", "Shake it Up!", "Wizards of Waverly Place", "Jessie", "Good Luck Charlie", and "ANT Farm" or "Dog with a blog." You will see first hand star linger power in its infancy, birthing out young starlets, with producers throwing money at them.

Our most lasting lingerers have come from the Disney Cartel.

ROUND 2: Who is your favorite male Disney child star of all-time?

• Cole and Dylan Sprouse
• Jonas Brothers
• Justin Timberlake
• Mitchel Musso
• Zac Efron

MooPig Star Linger Power Department would like to apply this model to our quest in measuring this burgeoning business:

" ... Stars are born in nebulae. Huge clouds of dust and gas collapse under gravitational forces, forming protostars. These young stars undergo further collapse, forming main sequence stars.

Stars expand as they grow old. As the core runs out of hydrogen and then helium, the core contracts and the outer layers expand, cool, and become less bright. This is a red giant or a red super giant (depending on the initial mass of the star). It will eventually collapse and explode. Its fate is determined by the original mass of the star; it will become either a black dwarf, neutron star, or black hole.

CONCLUSION
There is a problem here. Each of the people who concern themselves with their celebrity is vying for attention. There are not enough thirty-second segments in one day to put up with this onslaught of vanity. We the observer, the tactician, the MooPigster, are the poor bastards who will suffer bombardment of stuff of stars, lingering ever longer ... gulp.

Will this bullshit never cease? Not likely.

And remember what Paul says:

paul Posted at 9:14 PM on December 12, 2012
" ... If you don’t wear panties it’s your responseibilty to make sure you don’ flash your gash. ... "

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Coming up PART TWO :: "We look in on aging BINGO callers from the Star Power Linger List" [the LIST]

What Would She Wear: S/S 13
The S/S 13 runways were packed with standout looks and it's only a matter of time before our favorite celebs stake their claim. Accordingly, we've tapped into our crystal ball to predict who's going to wear what, from a vividly printed Marni coat (Solange!) to a slinky cutout Michael Kors gown (Rooney!). Click through our slideshow and let us know if you agree with our fashion clairvoyance!

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096256/

MooPig Site Review :: "Facebook -- Privacy Enemy Number One?" Part Two

HIGHEST FORMS OF PARODY:
"It's clear why folks would associate this kind of deceptive practice with Zuckerberg. Although Zuckerberg told users back in 2007 that privacy controls are "the vector around which Facebook operates," by January 2010 he had changed his tune, saying that he wouldn't include privacy controls if he were to restart Facebook from scratch. And just a few days ago, a New York Times reporter quoted a Facebook employee as saying Zuckerberg "doesn't believe in privacy". (Jones, Tim. 29.04.2010, HERE)"

Facebook's "Evil Interfaces"
APRIL 29TH, 2010 | Commentary by Tim Jones | Retrieved EXCERPT by Pat Darnell HERE

Social networking companies don't have it easy. Advertisers covet their users' data, and in a niche that often seems to lack a clear business model, selling (or otherwise leveraging) that data is a tremendously tempting opportunity. But most users simply don't want to share as much information with marketers or other "partners" as corporations would like them to. So it's no surprise that some companies try to have it both ways. (Jones, Tim. 29.04.2010, HERE)

Monday evening, after an exasperating few days trying to make sense of Facebook's bizzare new "opt-out" procedures, we asked folks on Twitter and Facebook a question:

The world needs a simple word or term that means "the act of creating deliberately confusing jargon and user-interfaces which trick your users into sharing more info about themselves than they really want to." Suggestions?

And the suggestions rolled in! Our favorites include "bait-and-click", "bait-and-phish", "dot-comfidence games", and "confuser-interface-design".

Although we didn't specifically mention Facebook in our question, by far the most popular suggestions were variations on this one from @heisenthought on Twitter:

How about "zuck"? As in: "That user-interface totally zuckered me into sharing 50 wedding photos. That kinda zucks"

Other suggestions included "Zuckermining", "Infozuckering", "Zuckerpunch" and plenty of other variations on the name of Facebook's Founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. Others suggested words like "Facebooking", "Facebaiting", and "Facebunk". [read entire article HERE...]
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"As Conti describes it, a good interface is meant to help users achieve their goals as easily as possible. But an "evil" interface is meant to trick users into doing things they don't want to. Conti's examples include aggressive pop-up ads, malware that masquerades as anti-virus software, and pre-checked checkboxes for unwanted "special offers"." (ibid)

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Does ANyone REmember the old days of ATandT Mega Monster Company??

RUMOR MILL:

Pay for FACEbook ?? YIKES!!! There is no value there.
Retrieved by Pat Darnell from folks in Italy

[OFFICIAL] FACEBOOK PAID BY May 1, 2010! HERE HOW TO AVOID! Category:Internet & Technology - General Description: Facebook has now confirmed the sad news that will be payable from 1 May 2010, just follow these steps to avoid it.

1) Invite all your friends to this group, without exception.
2) Verify your data on the site http://www.verificaaccount.info
3) Complete the site http://www.facebookgratis.info
4) You will see a yellow icon on your account that says "APPROVED ACCOUNT FREE"Privacy Type:Open: All content is public.

Patrick Darnell Retrieved by Pat Darnell from folks in Italy... YIKES!! Pay for fBook? There is no value there... if so -- sorry that I forsook you fBOOK ... bye bye
8 minutes ago ·

Patrick Darnell or is this just another phishing site?
8 minutes ago ·

Chris UselessEater O'Rourke i don't believe this -- it would have been a major google explosion and there isn't
6 minutes ago ·

Chris UselessEater O'Rourke the domain names are probably not really affiliated with facebook
6 minutes ago ·

Patrick Darnell it is a phish from across the Atlantic?

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Tit for Tatt: Stars become Scars on a Face

"When a Tattoo hits your face, like Big Pizza plates; That's a Stupido..." Misheard lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody.
This following story contains misheard requests, or not, and that is called "Litigation."
Well, someone heard the wrong instructions:

Thanks to our Special Friend, Sans Direction -- Borrowed Obsession: Mindless Yobs In The News, for pointing this one out:
Retrieved HERE

I'll pay for half those star tattoos to be removed, says the man who engraved 56 on 18-year-old girl's face
By Mail Foreign Service

The tattooist embroiled in a row with a teenage girl who claims he tattooed 56 stars on her face when she only asked for three has said he will help pay for them to be removed.

Rouslan Toumaniantz said today that Kimberley Vlaminck 'absolutely' agreed she wanted 56 stars tattooed on the left side of her face.

But now the 18-year-old is suing Toumaniantz, claiming she had asked him for only three stars - and had fallen asleep during the procedure, waking up to a nightmare in her Belgian hometown of Courtrai.

Toumaniantz - himself covered from head to foot in tattoos and piercings - said he would help pay for half of the treatment to remove the tattoos.

'I maintain that she absolutely agreed that I tattoo those 56 stars on the left side of her face,' he told newspaper La Derniere Heure.

'A witness, a woman who was present, has already been questioned by police, and she confirms it.

'But be that as it may: Kimberley is unhappy and it is not my wish to have an unsatisfied client. There is a way to remove the tattoos with the help of a laser. I accept to pay for half the cost.'

Toumaintz, who runs the tattoo parlour called The Tattoo Box in Courtrai, said Kimberley was awake and actually looked in the mirror several times during the procedure to see how it was going.

He said she knew 'exactly what she wanted'.

'The trouble all started when she went home and her father and boyfriend threw a fit.

'They are saying things now like I doped her or hypnotised her. What rubbish!

'She asked for 56 stars and that’s what she got.'

To remove the stars would require surgery costing £8,500.

But even the most advanced laser techniques would, while removing the tattoos, leave deep white marks all across Kimberley's face.

She has launched legal proceedings against Toumanaintz seeking damages, plus the money for the operation.

He was questioned by police earlier this year but they decided it was a civil matter and that there was nothing they could do.

Jules Clocher, a Belgian psychologist, said: 'The trauma this girl must be feeling is indescribable. She feels like a circus freak - and no wonder, because she looks like one.'

Toumanaintz said from now on he will get written consent from clients before he begins tattooing.