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Holiday : Wrap 2009 Part II (Crappy Eco-Friendly Gift Wrapping Techniques)

www.Alfred.TV READ ME FIRST In this traditional holiday series, I share with you Part II of my crappy yet eco-friendly gift wrapping techniques for 2009. Note that this is revision D edit with minor edits to fix audio sync problem. READ THE REVIEWS! ================== The New York Times says “With a run time of over thirty-four (rhymes with?) minutes, Alfred continues to hold our attention, sharing with us his selection of gifts for family members and his clever (and sometimes naughty) wrapping techniques. Even with its extensive run time, meticulous editing keeps us glued to our seats to see what he does next.” RottenTomatoes.com says “It’s been given 20% rotten – a one star rating. Over 30 minutes of video to watch him wrap presents like crap and make a 3 year old cry? Total garbage and a waste of time.” Alternative lifestyle publication “Out Magazine” says “He actually managed to insert a penis joke into a Christmas video. Gay. Totally gay.” A Special Message: To my viewers and subscribers, I wanted to wish you all the very best for 2010! Join the official Alfred.TV forum at: forum.alfred.tv Check out my additional channel, which contains very short clips taken with my iPhone 3GS at www.youtube.com If you’d like to receive alerts to interesting articles as well as updates on my latest videos and live webcasts, then please subscribe to my microblog on Twitter: www.twitter.com Bookmark this special page for future live webcasts: www.alfred.tv If you’d like to Email me …

Tom Waits Missing my son

I was in a line at a supermarket the other day, and um, you know, I had all my things on the little conveyor belt there. And uh, there’s a gal in front of me that is uh, well, she’s staring at me and I’m getting a little nervous and uh, she continues to stare at me. And I, uh, I keep looking the other way. And then finally she comes over closer to me and she says, “I apologize for staring, that must have been annoying. I… You look so much like my son who died. I just can’t take my eyes off you.” And she proceeds to go into her purse and she pulls out a photograph of her son who died, and uh… He looks absolutely nothing like me. In fact he’s… Chinese. Uh, anyway, we chatted a little bit. And uh, she says, “I’m sorry, I have to ask you. Would you mind, as I leave the supermarket here, would you mind saying ‘Goodbye mom’ to me? I know it’s a strange request but I haven’t heard my son say ‘Goodbye mom’ to me in so long. It would mean so much to me to hear it. And uh, if you don’t mind, I…” And I said, “Well, you know… okay. Yeah sure. Uh, I can say that.” And so, she, uh, gets her groceries all checked out. And uh, as she’s going out the door, she waves at me and she hollers across the store, “Goodbye son!” And I look up and I wave and I say, “Goodbye mom!” And then she goes, and uh… So I get my few things there on the conveyor belt and the checker checks out my things. And uh, and he gives me the total and he says, “That ‘ll be four hundred and seventy nine …