Computer in the Repair Shop - Hooray!

Computer in the Repair Shop - Hooray!

by Lauren Traub Teton

It is August. My computer is away for vacation, in the shop waiting for a new fan. It has been sounding like a small motorboat.

Not having an easy way to check my email has been a blessing!
I have broken the addiction.
I am not missing email, in fact I am SO relieved to be forced to take a break.

After work I am enjoying the steamy outdoors. And there is LESS work since I am not tied to email! I am relaxing and catching up on my snowboard magazines on the deck. Seeing friends, going to the beach. I still don't have a portable enslavement, uh, I mean email device, and don't plan to. If you have business or social reason to reach me, please phone.

I have written about our enslavement to technology before. Read "Slaves to Electronics? Take Time to Think." that I wrote last July here.

Without noticing it, all of our free time has turned into "tech time." People get together with their friends then waste that precious time texting or phoning with other people instead of giving attention to the ones in the room. It is rude. It is compulsive.

High tech communication is eating away at our lives.
Reading and answering email has become a job. I didn't apply for that job, and I'm not getting paid for most of it. R U?

Our email load is not likely to get lighter in the future without our own intervention. We feel obligated to check email in case a business opportunity or friend wants to reach us. Email is not even 100% reliable.

Let's agree to call each other instead when it's important.
That way email can end up lower on the priority list and important things on our list can get done. And we can devote some time to thinking and allowing new ideas to enter our minds. The quiet mind invite new ideas in.

And remember, less tech time means more time to have FUN, relaxation, and enjoyment. That's what Twifties are all about.

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Twifties.com new website is in the works now. There will be NO EMAIL INBOX for users of the site. We don't want to create MORE WORK for you. We want to make your life easier, better and more fun. The site will be innovative and ground-breaking in many other ways.
Get on the mailing list at www.Twifties.com now so we can let you know when the site is ready for you to enter and have fun! We will only send you messages about Twifties, no worries.

Twifties and SnowboardSecrets Media Appearances List

Twifties and SnowboardSecrets.TV Media Appearances List

Lauren Traub Teton, founder of Twifties, the FUN people in their late 40s and up, is on a media crusade to share her new descriptive word "Twifties," a combination of the words "twenty" and "fifty." (more about Twifties, scroll down to the bottom)

Ms. Teton is appearing in the media on radio, tv, print, and internet to spread the word.
Contact her to be on your show at Lauren@Twifties.com

Here is a list of her appearances to date.

Radio Appearances of Lauren Traub Teton for Twifties.TV and SnowboardSecrets.TV

2/24/10
Lauren Traub Teton appeared on
WLW, Cincinnati, OH
#1 station, 50,000 watts
Eddie and Tracy Show
Afternoon Show
Discussed popular Olympians JR Celski, speed skater, and Sarka Pancochova, snowboarder.
See their interviews with Lauren, also Julia Mancuso and Julie Chu and more on SnowboardSecrets.TV .

2/18/10
Lauren Traub Teton appeared on
WFTL. Miami, Fort Lauderdale Area, 50,000 watts
Russ Morley Show at 9am
Discussed snowboarding, Snowboard Cross and Halfpipe in the Olympics.

2/17/10
Lauren Traub Teton appeared on
WFAS 1230
The Clubhouse, Westchester County, NY
Hosted by Brian Crowell & Mark Jeffers
Discussed snowboarding, Snowboard Cross and Halfpipe in the Olympics.

2/17/10
Lauren Traub Teton appeared on
CRN Radio, Hollywood, CA
Chuck Wilder host
Nationally broadcast on Time Warner Cable
Reaches over 24 million households
Discussed snowboarding, Snowboard Cross and Halfpipe in the Olympics.

2/17/10
Lauren Traub Teton appeared on
WBBB-FM, Raleigh, NC
Top Station, 100,000 watts
Demetri and Salt
Listen to a recording of Lauren on the show here.
Discussed snowboarding and Snowboard Cross in the Olympics. Shaun White interview in Playboy, tidbits posted at SnowboardSecretsBlog.

2/17/10
Lauren Traub Teton appeared on
WLW, Cincinnati, OH
#1 station, 50,000 watts
Eddie and Tracy Show
Afternoon Show
Discussed snowboarding and Snowboard Cross in the Olympics. Shaun White interview in Playboy, tidbits posted at SnowboardSecretsBlog.

2/16/10
Lauren Traub Teton appeared on
WICC 600 AM , Bridgeport, CT
The Talk of the Town with Jim Buchanan
Discussed snowboarding and Snowboard Cross in the Olympics.
More on SnowboardSecrets.TV .

2/12/10
Lauren Traub Teton appeared on
KDKA, Pittsburgh, PA
#1 News Talk Station, 50,000 watts
Hosted by Mike Romigh
Discussed snowboarding in upcoming Olympics.

2/12/10
Lauren Traub Teton appeared on
KFBK, Sacramento, CA
#1 News Station, 50,000 watts
Kitty and RE Show
Listen to a recording of Lauren on the show here.
Discussed snowboarding in upcoming Olympics.
More on SnowboardSecrets.TV .

2/12/10
Lauren Traub Teton appeared on
WKBN, Youngstown, OH
#1 station, 50,000 watts
Hosted by Mike Romigh
Morning Show
Discussed snowboarding in upcoming Olympics.

2/11/10
Lauren Traub Teton appeared on
WLW, Cincinnati, OH
#1 station, 50,000 watts
Eddie and Tracy Show
Afternoon Show
Listen to a recording of Lauren on the show here.
Discussed snowboarding in upcoming Olympics including Ohian Louis Vito who is on the
Halfpipe Team.
More on SnowboardSecrets.TV .

2/8/10
Lauren Traub Teton appeared on
WLW, Cincinnati, OH
#1 station, 50,000 watts
Hosted by Jim Scott
Listen to a recording of Lauren on the show here.
Discussed snowboarding in upcoming Olympics and for regular people too.
More on SnowboardSecrets.TV.

2/3/10
Lauren Traub Teton appeared on
WRVC, Huntington, WV
Hosted by Jean Dean
Discussed snowboarding in upcoming Olympics and for regular people too.
More on SnowboardSecrets.TV .

1/20/10
Lauren Traub Teton appeared on
WFAS 1230
The Clubhouse, Westchester County, NY
Hosted by Brian Crowell & Mark Jeffers
Discussed snowboarding in the Olympics and at your local mountain.

12/16/09
Lauren Traub Teton appeared on
WRVC, Huntington, WV
Hosted by Jean Dean
Discussed Twifties and Inaugural Sailing of Oasis of the Seas

12/11/09
Lauren Traub Teton appeared on
WCUB, Green Bay, WI
The Breakfast Club
Hosted by Debbie,Lee and Kathy
Discussed Twifties and Oasis of the Seas Nightlife.
See our very popular video of Oasis of the Seas Nightlife at Twifties.TV)

12/4/09
Lauren Traub Teton appeared on
The Frankie Boyer Show - Syndicated
Lifestyle radio show out of Boston.
Discussed Twifties and Inaugural Sailing of Oasis of the Seas.
Hear the 15 minute interview here!
(See our newest videos of our cruise on RCL's Oasis of the Seas at Twifties.TV)

12/2/09
Lauren Traub Teton appeared on
WFTL. Miami, Fort Lauderdale Area, 50,000 watts
Russ Morley Show at 9am
Discussed Twifties and Inaugural Sailing of Oasis of the Seas
(Find out what the new cruise ship is like.See videos of our cruise on RCL's Oasis of the Seas at Twifties.TV)

8/20/09 (and other dates)
Lauren Traub Teton appeared on
WGRT (and 189 other syndicated stations, Citadel Radio Network)
"It's a New Day" Morning Show with Lori and Rich

8/11/09
Lauren Traub Teton appeared on
WATR 1320 AM, Waterbury, CT
Doug McKee Show

8/5/09
Lauren Traub Teton appeared on
WICC 600 AM , Bridgeport, CT
The Talk of the Town with Jim Buchanan

Print and Word Media Appearances

July 2009
Healthcare Newspaper
Westchester County, NY
"Youthful Pentagenarians find it Nifty to be a Twifty"
by Rich Monetti

more to come...

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About Twifties

* 50 is the new 20!

* The biggest group of "Baby Boomers" were 12 years old or younger when Woodstock happened.

* Twifties parents' NEVER uttered the now-common phrase "My kids would kill me if I ...(fill in the blank.)

Ms. Teton says "we used to have fun when we were young, and people should strive to have more fun than they might be having now. Especially now! Fun should happen every week, or more often! It is one of the stepping stones on the path to a fulfilling life. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs lists 'self actualization' at the tippy top of the pyramid, and that's where fun would be found and why it is so important!" says Ms. Teton.

"I am striving to create the most fun job in the world for myself" says Ms. Teton. "I think I've figured out that part of it is covering lively music and sporting events as a journalist, and making hosted videos of them that make you feel like you're there. And watch carefully, my vids are like watching The Simpsons, with little visual surprises scattered here and there like nickels on the grounds. You can see them on Youtube at TwiftiesTV and SnowboardSecretsTV.
And enjoy our entertaining videos on our new site, direct, at Twifties.TV

How can I take part in Twifties?
You've seen the FUN people wearing their Twifties stickers in our videos. Get your Twifties Stickers to wear, share, trade, and collect, and tell the world YOU are a Twifty. Limited editions.
Get 'em at Twifties.TV

Join our Page on Facebook for Twifties.TV so we can find you and let you know what's happening!
And sign up for our mailing list on Twifties.TV

To have your product or concept considered for appearance in these entertaining videos, contact
RealPeopleMarketing.com.

California '66 Concert, WPKN, in Fairfield, CT

California '66 Concert, WPKN, in Fairfield, CT
by Lauren Traub Teton

August 6, 2009 at the Regina A. Quick Center was the summer night for a three band flashback to the early rock music of the 1960s. This was a fund-raiser for WPKN Radio with tickets priced appropriately at $66. And the second stop of a quick August 18-stop tour called "California '66 Revue" that was to include Love, and Sky Saxon, who unfortunately died on the same day as Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett. The Electric Prunes were on the tour, but are now only playing this one show. I guess all you need (or will get) is Love on this tour. The website www.california66revue.com/ says another band will be added to the tour.

Blues Magoos opened the show and original member Peppy Castro quipped onstage that one of their next gigs will be their fifth one in 42 years for this 2-hit wonder band. He explained how one of their early hits "Pipe Dream" was considered "too psychedelic" for mainstream radio and was pulled from the airwaves during it's climb up the charts back when he was 17. Original band member Ralph Scala was on keyboards, and Peppy's son Jesse played drums. The band sounded amazingly tight and riffed into some subtle techno beats. Castro has kept busy all these years writing songs for the likes of Cher, and playing in the bands Balance and currently Barnaby Bye. Three members of the audience danced like crazy. The rest wanted to but apparently dared not leave their seats. Pig Light Show of Fillmore fame added delicious lighting effects for the trip. Many Twifties, that is the fun people around and over 50 were in evidence, some resplendent in period garb. The audience was 2 to 1 male to female.

Love, the band played a profound set of their seminal music, much of it written by the late band founder Arthur Lee, who was way ahead of his time. Which can be difficult. The original band members are gone except Johnny Echols, and the band Baby Lemondade has been taking their place and toured with founder Arthur Lee from 1993 to 2005. The lead singer does a credible sound-alike for Arthur Lee's smooth vocals. Who knew that their set opener and hit "My Little Red Book" was a Burt Bacharach song that was first recorded by Manfred Mann for the film "What's New, Pussycat?"

A slideshow homage to the recently deceased musician Sky Saxon of the Seeds (who was originally on the roster) was put on by the closing act, The Electric Prunes. They dressed the part of a psychedelic band and the Theramin was cool, but unlike Blues Magoos, they didn't sound like they play together every week. And they like it LOUD! Earplugs are always a good idea to have in your pocket at any music event.

See the video!
Meet Twifties who were at this show!