Today I was graciously invited to prepare the story from www.saveinheritance.com and advice for a major media outlet. I was happy to accept. We will reach tens of millions of people, and more likely hundreds of millions (counting their site and traditional media outlets). It is very likely that their coverage will blow this epidemic wide open. This is great news because it will protect countless people, their inheritances, and thus their futures.
They would like to include some more people who have had similar experiences, as additional evidence of how great the problem is. I am accepting your stories until July 15. So, if you want to share your story and be part of the media coverage, email it to me @ iancoburn@hotmail.com. I'll see if I can get you included. (If you've signed a non-disclosure agreement, I will not be able to use your story.) Thanks in advance for sharing your story and helping out potential future victims.
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Showing posts with label Media. Show all posts
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Blog Radio Tonight!
I will be on blog talk radio Upfront & Straightforward with Alan Roger Currie tonight starting at 9pm CST. The show runs for an hour, give or take a few. I will appear beginning at about 9:15 but you should listen to the whole show to get the most information and entertainment.
http://blogtalkradio.modeone.net/ is the link for more information and to find out where to hear the show in your area.
Thanks for listening!
http://blogtalkradio.modeone.net/ is the link for more information and to find out where to hear the show in your area.
Thanks for listening!
Monday, May 5, 2008
Other Candidate's Ministers?
Obama is taking a heavy hit about his former minister in the media, even still. What about these conservative evangelical ministers that back up candidates? They hate everyone who doesn't do exactly as they prescribe. Why doesn't the media highlight their hateful sermons? Why doesn't Obama point out that hypocrisy? Very poor journalism.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Press Release
I sent out the following press release Friday via my publisher, in hopes to get some media attention to this issue:
NIU Grad and Author Calls for New Approach to Campus Shootings and Pledges Book Sales to NIU Memorial Scholarship Fund
CHICAGO, Feb. 22 -- On February 14th, the anniversary of the official release date of his book "God is a Woman: Dating Disasters," comedian Ian Coburn prepared to celebrate the book's success. He then heard of the tragedy at his alma mater and wanted desperately to both offer support and bring attention to what he believes is the cause of these tragic shootings. Ian has pledged all personal earnings from book sales between February 14th through the end of March '08 to the NIU February 14th Memorial Scholarship Fund (several of the stories in the book take place at NIU and Ian hopes they will serve to remind us all of what a fun and great campus it is to attend). He asked that we release this statement on his behalf:
"I am drained from these shootings, the feeling of helplessness they bring, the fear they create which hangs over every campus like a dark cloud, and the net cast out for causes which always comes back empty of solutions. Instead, it is filled only with speculation, blaming everything from video games to guns to the lack of legally concealed firearms to mental illness to Godlessness to the Internet. Shooters share three traits: they are unhappy, they blame others for their unhappiness, and they don't know how to express or deal with their problems within socially acceptable norms. It's not just shootings among youth that's on the rise; it's drug use, alcoholism and violence in general. More and more, our children are growing up in a culture of irresponsibility and blame (as an educator I have witnessed this first- hand), and are being taught that their community is responsible for their unhappiness. They are not learning how to function properly in their community or how to deal with their shortcomings. Whatever we do, little ears are listening, little eyes watching, and little minds forming. If you lose the Presidential election, the other guy cheated; 26,000 Patriots fans are contesting the Super Bowl, blaming inaccurate timekeeping for the loss; when schools punish student misbehavior, parents intervene by threatening to sue and schools renege; the most influential Presidential candidate plagiarizes and shrugs it off; simple games like tag are being outlawed because some students aren't as skilled as others. The erroneous message is that you don't have to learn to function within your community; rather, the community will change to cater to your needs and whims. In an increasingly complex world we are robbing our children of the tools they need to cope. The battles I fought on the playground and in school built my character, enabled me to deal with my shortcomings, and prepared me to face the realities of life and disappointment, leading to my successes. It is our culture to where we need to turn our studies to find a solution to shootings. An exceptional response strategy is not the solution. NIU taught us that; they are to be commended on their strategy and quick response but even that proved ineffective to stop bloodshed. I don't know if this statement will make a difference or circulate; I only know that I had to make it."
Ian Coburn is available for interviews and additional thoughts on the subjects of school shootings and the topics of his book. You may learn more at www.godisawoman.net and contact him directly at iancoburn@hotmail.com or via Firefly Glow Publishing at 773-477-7528.
So far I haven't received any interest from the media but I have had a few bloggers re-post and contact me, a few listed below. So, hopefully word will spread and we will work toward solving the problem. We can't keep having people killed in these shootings but if we don't look at the real issue, it will continue to grow as a cultural problem.
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2008/02/how-to-function.html
http://therightrant.blogspot.com/2008/02/rare-saturday-post.html
NIU Grad and Author Calls for New Approach to Campus Shootings and Pledges Book Sales to NIU Memorial Scholarship Fund
CHICAGO, Feb. 22 -- On February 14th, the anniversary of the official release date of his book "God is a Woman: Dating Disasters," comedian Ian Coburn prepared to celebrate the book's success. He then heard of the tragedy at his alma mater and wanted desperately to both offer support and bring attention to what he believes is the cause of these tragic shootings. Ian has pledged all personal earnings from book sales between February 14th through the end of March '08 to the NIU February 14th Memorial Scholarship Fund (several of the stories in the book take place at NIU and Ian hopes they will serve to remind us all of what a fun and great campus it is to attend). He asked that we release this statement on his behalf:
"I am drained from these shootings, the feeling of helplessness they bring, the fear they create which hangs over every campus like a dark cloud, and the net cast out for causes which always comes back empty of solutions. Instead, it is filled only with speculation, blaming everything from video games to guns to the lack of legally concealed firearms to mental illness to Godlessness to the Internet. Shooters share three traits: they are unhappy, they blame others for their unhappiness, and they don't know how to express or deal with their problems within socially acceptable norms. It's not just shootings among youth that's on the rise; it's drug use, alcoholism and violence in general. More and more, our children are growing up in a culture of irresponsibility and blame (as an educator I have witnessed this first- hand), and are being taught that their community is responsible for their unhappiness. They are not learning how to function properly in their community or how to deal with their shortcomings. Whatever we do, little ears are listening, little eyes watching, and little minds forming. If you lose the Presidential election, the other guy cheated; 26,000 Patriots fans are contesting the Super Bowl, blaming inaccurate timekeeping for the loss; when schools punish student misbehavior, parents intervene by threatening to sue and schools renege; the most influential Presidential candidate plagiarizes and shrugs it off; simple games like tag are being outlawed because some students aren't as skilled as others. The erroneous message is that you don't have to learn to function within your community; rather, the community will change to cater to your needs and whims. In an increasingly complex world we are robbing our children of the tools they need to cope. The battles I fought on the playground and in school built my character, enabled me to deal with my shortcomings, and prepared me to face the realities of life and disappointment, leading to my successes. It is our culture to where we need to turn our studies to find a solution to shootings. An exceptional response strategy is not the solution. NIU taught us that; they are to be commended on their strategy and quick response but even that proved ineffective to stop bloodshed. I don't know if this statement will make a difference or circulate; I only know that I had to make it."
Ian Coburn is available for interviews and additional thoughts on the subjects of school shootings and the topics of his book. You may learn more at www.godisawoman.net and contact him directly at iancoburn@hotmail.com or via Firefly Glow Publishing at 773-477-7528.
So far I haven't received any interest from the media but I have had a few bloggers re-post and contact me, a few listed below. So, hopefully word will spread and we will work toward solving the problem. We can't keep having people killed in these shootings but if we don't look at the real issue, it will continue to grow as a cultural problem.
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2008/02/how-to-function.html
http://therightrant.blogspot.com/2008/02/rare-saturday-post.html
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Men's Health & Kindle
I'm off today to take my niece to see the "fishies" at the Aquarium. Should be a blast! And very exhausting... two-year-olds just never seem to slow down. They go from hysterically wild to totally asleep; nothing in between.
I've been behind on my announcements, so here's an update:
Men's Health Jan/Feb 08 issue, I'm an expert for an article.
I have a couple other interviews and articles coming out, I'll keep you posted.
God should be available for Kindle today or tomorrow. (Kindle is Amazon's new electronic book reader, just in case you didn't know.)
I've been behind on my announcements, so here's an update:
Men's Health Jan/Feb 08 issue, I'm an expert for an article.
I have a couple other interviews and articles coming out, I'll keep you posted.
God should be available for Kindle today or tomorrow. (Kindle is Amazon's new electronic book reader, just in case you didn't know.)
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Your Vote is Anonymous...
What I love most about the primary elections currently taking place is that your vote is completely anonymous. In last night's election in New Hampshire:
34% of black women with green eyes and short hair voted for Clinton
42% of white women with blue eyes and a breast enhancement within the last year voted for Obama
21% of white men experiencing erectile dysfunction voted for Powell (he's not even running but these guys have other things on their mind)
50% of the people living in the house at 1616 Kinsington Dr. in Concord voted for Clinton.
Yup, gotta love the U.S. and our system of voting. It's completely anonymous.
34% of black women with green eyes and short hair voted for Clinton
42% of white women with blue eyes and a breast enhancement within the last year voted for Obama
21% of white men experiencing erectile dysfunction voted for Powell (he's not even running but these guys have other things on their mind)
50% of the people living in the house at 1616 Kinsington Dr. in Concord voted for Clinton.
Yup, gotta love the U.S. and our system of voting. It's completely anonymous.
Friday, December 7, 2007
Singular Existence Q&A and Latest Media
Hey Gang,
My Q&A answering Leslie Talbot's questions is up. You can check it out at http://www.singularexistence.com/. Good questions and insightful.
I will be on Chicago NBC Morning News tomorrow morning at around 6:15AM with some holiday dating advice. At around 9AM, I will be on WLUW 88.7 radio in Chi-Town. A busy morning but I set it up this way so I would only have to get up early one Saturday morning and not burn more than one Friday night . . . I know what I'm doing!
My Q&A answering Leslie Talbot's questions is up. You can check it out at http://www.singularexistence.com/. Good questions and insightful.
I will be on Chicago NBC Morning News tomorrow morning at around 6:15AM with some holiday dating advice. At around 9AM, I will be on WLUW 88.7 radio in Chi-Town. A busy morning but I set it up this way so I would only have to get up early one Saturday morning and not burn more than one Friday night . . . I know what I'm doing!
Monday, July 30, 2007
Rem Fm Upcoming and Wikipedia
Hope this finds you well and your wknds were good. I just wanted to give a heads up to those interested:
I am scheduled to be on the Mary Harboe Show on Rem Fm radio this Thursday, Aug 2nd at 2:20pm local time, during the Book Show segment. It should last about ten minutes. Rem Fm is the largest English speaking radio station out of Spain and the program airs across the Med. In Chicago time, I will be on at 7:20am. Hannah set it up; thanks, Hannah! Should be a lot of fun and I look forward to it.
Also, I discovered recently that I have been added to Wikipedia. Pretty cool! If one of you out there did that, I owe you a thanks. It was, to say the least, very unexpected.
I am scheduled to be on the Mary Harboe Show on Rem Fm radio this Thursday, Aug 2nd at 2:20pm local time, during the Book Show segment. It should last about ten minutes. Rem Fm is the largest English speaking radio station out of Spain and the program airs across the Med. In Chicago time, I will be on at 7:20am. Hannah set it up; thanks, Hannah! Should be a lot of fun and I look forward to it.
Also, I discovered recently that I have been added to Wikipedia. Pretty cool! If one of you out there did that, I owe you a thanks. It was, to say the least, very unexpected.
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Amazon in Canada and RedEye Article
I just found out there is an Amazon for Canada. Are you kidding me? I had no idea. Why doesn't anyone tell me these things...? Please feel free to post your reviews from Amazon.com to Amazon.ca, as well, if you get a chance. We are slowly reaching more and more readers.
For those who don't live in Chicago, a big paper here, with 600,000 daily readers, used me as an expert for a dating article. This isn't quite as detailed as it was in the paper but here is a link to out-of-towners who might want to read it:
http://www.godisawoman.net/Deal-breakers%20%20Redeye%20%20Home.htm
I have begun looking to put up solid dating advice via my column "Lunch is Not a Date" weekly, as opposed to monthly. I will keep you posted... Have a good weekend!
For those who don't live in Chicago, a big paper here, with 600,000 daily readers, used me as an expert for a dating article. This isn't quite as detailed as it was in the paper but here is a link to out-of-towners who might want to read it:
http://www.godisawoman.net/Deal-breakers%20%20Redeye%20%20Home.htm
I have begun looking to put up solid dating advice via my column "Lunch is Not a Date" weekly, as opposed to monthly. I will keep you posted... Have a good weekend!
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Gunman Tries To Leave Video Epitaph - Don’t Let Him
I also posted this here on BNN (Blogger News Network):
http://www.bloggernews.net/16135
It's more in-depth thought from my post last night.
This has been a horrible week, soaked in death and blood and pain that will never go away. It is a week that will never be understood. The media has been relentlessly raising safety concerns since the tragic shooting spree on Virginia Tech’s campus. Yesterday, NBC released a video which Cho Seung-Hui (the gunman) mailed to them between his brutal attacks.
Like many have, and many others will, I watched the video; at least part of it. I’m not really sure why I watched. I know I want to find some small rationale for the deadly rampage, no matter how twisted; but, I know I never will. There can be no rationale, even twisted, for such carnage. So in the end, I guess I was just curious.
As I indicated, I only watched part of the video. A chilling thought occurred to me halfway through the tape and I lost all desire to watch it or even acknowledge its existence. Cho Seung-Hui wanted me to watch that video. He wanted the whole world to watch it. Seung-Hui was not dumb; very mentally disturbed, but not dumb. He got into a very good school. He apparently took a number of creative classes. Seung-Hui didn’t send the video to the school’s president. He didn’t send it to the student body president. He sent it to one of the largest news organizations in the world. He knew everyone would see it. Is that all he wanted? Could that be the explanation for this thoughtless act of violence? Seung-Hui slaughtered a bunch of random people in an effort to go from his self-perceived insignificance (we are only insignificant in our own minds) to notorious infamy? As twisted as it is, it appears as though that may very well be the reason. And NBC played right into his hands by releasing the video.
What alarms me, in regard to the safety issue the media has been questioning all week, is with the release of such a video, what is to stop other such mentally ill, troubled introverts from noticing and beginning to think along similar lines? Nothing. I think all media, no matter how big or small, if they are really concerned for safety, will stop showing this video. They will take it off the Internet. They will release statements saying that if such a video is ever sent to them in the future, no one will ever know. It will go unnoticed, their voice unheard. Again, Seung-Hui sent the video specifically to NBC, making me further ponder his intent. As much I am a fan of the show, I do not want to see an episode of “Law & Order” a month from now, in which a college student shoots a bunch of peers locked in a campus building. I don’t want to see a mini-series or movie of the week about Seung-Hui. Don’t turn him into some twisted version of a martyr for fellow disturbed peers. Instead, show videos of those massacred. Show them in their daily, happy lives, as they were before that day occurred. Give them all the attention. If Seung-Hui thought all the attention would go to those he killed; those he randomly, categorically hated, he may very well not have taken this route to have his name known.
Again, he sent the video to NBC. He sent it to NBC. If you haven’t watched it yet, I implore you not to; trust me, you won’t find any sense in it, because there is none to be found. The only thing I know today that I didn’t know on Monday was the name Cho Seung-Hui. And that’s what he wanted. Well, I for one, will soon forget the name; never the act, but the name. I will not forget those he killed or their families, but already his name is slipping from my mind. He has failed, at least with one person.
Peace.
http://www.bloggernews.net/16135
It's more in-depth thought from my post last night.
This has been a horrible week, soaked in death and blood and pain that will never go away. It is a week that will never be understood. The media has been relentlessly raising safety concerns since the tragic shooting spree on Virginia Tech’s campus. Yesterday, NBC released a video which Cho Seung-Hui (the gunman) mailed to them between his brutal attacks.
Like many have, and many others will, I watched the video; at least part of it. I’m not really sure why I watched. I know I want to find some small rationale for the deadly rampage, no matter how twisted; but, I know I never will. There can be no rationale, even twisted, for such carnage. So in the end, I guess I was just curious.
As I indicated, I only watched part of the video. A chilling thought occurred to me halfway through the tape and I lost all desire to watch it or even acknowledge its existence. Cho Seung-Hui wanted me to watch that video. He wanted the whole world to watch it. Seung-Hui was not dumb; very mentally disturbed, but not dumb. He got into a very good school. He apparently took a number of creative classes. Seung-Hui didn’t send the video to the school’s president. He didn’t send it to the student body president. He sent it to one of the largest news organizations in the world. He knew everyone would see it. Is that all he wanted? Could that be the explanation for this thoughtless act of violence? Seung-Hui slaughtered a bunch of random people in an effort to go from his self-perceived insignificance (we are only insignificant in our own minds) to notorious infamy? As twisted as it is, it appears as though that may very well be the reason. And NBC played right into his hands by releasing the video.
What alarms me, in regard to the safety issue the media has been questioning all week, is with the release of such a video, what is to stop other such mentally ill, troubled introverts from noticing and beginning to think along similar lines? Nothing. I think all media, no matter how big or small, if they are really concerned for safety, will stop showing this video. They will take it off the Internet. They will release statements saying that if such a video is ever sent to them in the future, no one will ever know. It will go unnoticed, their voice unheard. Again, Seung-Hui sent the video specifically to NBC, making me further ponder his intent. As much I am a fan of the show, I do not want to see an episode of “Law & Order” a month from now, in which a college student shoots a bunch of peers locked in a campus building. I don’t want to see a mini-series or movie of the week about Seung-Hui. Don’t turn him into some twisted version of a martyr for fellow disturbed peers. Instead, show videos of those massacred. Show them in their daily, happy lives, as they were before that day occurred. Give them all the attention. If Seung-Hui thought all the attention would go to those he killed; those he randomly, categorically hated, he may very well not have taken this route to have his name known.
Again, he sent the video to NBC. He sent it to NBC. If you haven’t watched it yet, I implore you not to; trust me, you won’t find any sense in it, because there is none to be found. The only thing I know today that I didn’t know on Monday was the name Cho Seung-Hui. And that’s what he wanted. Well, I for one, will soon forget the name; never the act, but the name. I will not forget those he killed or their families, but already his name is slipping from my mind. He has failed, at least with one person.
Peace.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
The Video
Should NBC have released the video of the Virginia Tech slayer? Should they have even acknowledged they received such a thing? I know we all want to see it and try to understand, find some reason for this horrific event. Isn't that just what he wanted, though? Isn't the media playing into his hands? In other words, is releasing the video possibly encouraging the next quiet, disturbed individual to possibly follow in his footsteps? He's getting exactly what he wanted and that message is going out to everyone. That seriously concerns me.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
NBC Sports Marathon and TV Appearance
I was watching NBC over the weekend, just to have something on while I did some work. (ALWAYS seem to be working these days...) They showed their sports. They started with Snowboarding, switched to golf, went to tennis, then to Texas Hold 'em Poker, then to hot shot skiing, then to horseracing, then to hockey. Most of what they showed, they didn't show all of. My question: Who the hell is the golf-snowboarding-tennis-texas hold 'em crowd? What the hell do any of these sports after to do with each other? Oh yeah, they also threw in some figure skating. If you're into golf-horseracing-tennis-texas hold 'em-tennis, check out NBC this weekend! I'll be throwing in a DVD, myself...
Did WGN news yesterday. Feel free to give me feedback so I can improve for future TV appearances.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWX3UL0RSHY
Also, my dating advice column "Lunch is Not a Date" debuts in WASSUP! LOCAL, a Chicago area magazine (monthly) with a circulation of 95,000. I'll post the column here when it comes out. They don't put it on their site.
Well, back to work...
Did WGN news yesterday. Feel free to give me feedback so I can improve for future TV appearances.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWX3UL0RSHY
Also, my dating advice column "Lunch is Not a Date" debuts in WASSUP! LOCAL, a Chicago area magazine (monthly) with a circulation of 95,000. I'll post the column here when it comes out. They don't put it on their site.
Well, back to work...
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