Aaron Matthew Kaiser - Latest Comments

Re: Revisiting the Past…

quasarnine — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 04:51:28 -0000

... Just found the pieces on "Mykalai Kontilai" (always thought it was a hinky-sounding name), formerly known as: Michael Contile. Yikes. And a show like NBR ... so sad. Those trashed jobs were the lives of some fine employees (and their families). How did NBR (of all shows) and its representatives fall for such a conman?
The past few years have clearly been jarring for NBR -- just look at Susie Gharib; she aged overnight -- and its viewers, many of whom sensed something was wrong and deserted.
This is one for the books — and the case studies. More disclosure needed (particularly because NBR had loyal viewers who gave to public television for this show). Something smells foul. Surreal.

Re: Revisiting the Past…

quasarnine — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 04:16:50 -0000

Something certainly does stink. Today's startling news told the story of how the once revered Nightly Business Report was sold to CNBC and how everybody but co-anchor Susie Gharib was terminated. (Gharib is on contract through 2013.) How could that happen? And to a business news show that was widely trusted and nearly beloved — and airing on PBS?
Some quiet horse-trading of NBR, that began with the above-named 'character' and undisclosed sums, tells the sorry tale. Let's hope the undoubted conflicts of interest over NBR were not too egregious.
Mr. Kaiser, many will read your story "Revisiting The Past" and praise your uncanny instincts. Your worry about NBR was downright prescient. Feel vindicated for the unsavory hell you were put through. (And yes, lying about a principal's name in business dealings is fraud, to say nothing of the software licensing and CA tax issues you mentioned.)
The NBR saga changed my view of public television fare — and my contributions to a certain station, I regret to say.
The full scoop of poop is coming.

Re: How To Never Lose Hope…

Netthesis2011 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 02:11:20 -0000

thank you, this is what I need now....i have to put my life in order...to put things in proper places...i have to be better...before i ran out of time to live...thank you GOD for giving me life ....

Re: Mock Chevy Volt Ad

c2blumov — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 18:36:57 -0000

great photography, great car! I've got 200 miles on my 2013 and my average MPG is 127! costs me $.80 for full charge, IL electric is 55% nuke, 10% nat. gas, 5% wind/solar. Looking to get panels on the roof next year, then we'll be clean off the grid!

Re: I Am Weak. He Is Strong.

Traci Ann Williams — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:51:24 -0000

Awesome blog Aaron!!! :)

Re: Hope Deferred Makes The Heart Sick…

yvonne — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:30:50 -0000

You guys are right about the verse but you really should hear how it applies in a marriage. Can you imagine having a vision for your marriage and then realising the other is going in the opposite direction? All initial attraction gone leaving the idealist longing, hope deferred for whatever reason. You want to love them but they have shut their heart toward you.

Re: Turning The Page…

travis — Mon, 30 May 2011 20:11:10 -0000

The story doesn't have an ending. Chin up. Who knows what could happen. Maybe she is waiting to see what your next move is.
Blessings
Travis
PSalm 119:116

Re: Turning The Page…

myles cranford — Sun, 29 May 2011 21:21:51 -0000

I feel you brother. The heartache of unrequited love is so very shitty...and yet even in that place of angst, His Love is present with us and in us to assure us that He really is working all things together for the good. Take it from someone who's been there--more than once-- THIS TOO SHALL PASS...and He remains! We may not get what we want when we want it, but He is ever faithful to give us what is best for us always! He will heal the numbness, restore the tingling, and use this experience to bless others through you. Real talk! Much love, brother!

Re: Turning The Page…

Traci Mc Conville — Sun, 29 May 2011 07:28:47 -0000

As long as you mail it back to me before June 14th that would be awesome!!! I'm so glad you're contemplating coming!!! You could also just text me directly too and let me know your decision. :):):)

Re: Turning The Page…

Aaron Matthew Kaiser — Sun, 29 May 2011 03:34:46 -0000

I actually plan to pull the invitation out this weekend and double check the date to RSVP. My major hold up was the likely fact that I may have had a production happening over the summer, but that is not the case.

Re: Turning The Page…

Traci Mc Conville — Sun, 29 May 2011 03:32:36 -0000

Aaron I'm sooo sorry to hear about the situation you're in. It's unfortunate that she doesn't see you in the way you see her but maybe God has a greater plan for your heart. I still wish you the best in everything that comes to pass for you be it work or relationships/friendships. I would like to hang out with you sometime as we haven't seen eachother since slightly after the reunion. Maybe grab a cup of Starbucks or something. I would still like to know if you are intending on attending my wedding as I have to have a guest list soon and I'd really like you there. I don't have too many friends from my past that I can say I'd care to have there but you are one such person that matters. Anyway don't be a stranger...text me sometime.

Re: Lessons from God in Love…

Bobo — Sun, 22 May 2011 00:08:58 -0000

Hey bro,

glad to hear of the things God is teaching you and the people He's using to help! ;)

it seems like you're getting to this conclusion, but i would just say that if i've learned anything about relationships, it's that because our relationship with God is the most important and all others hinge upon that, we have to be ready to sacrifice or give up any current or pending relationship for the one we have with Jesus. God wants to know that your desire for a relationship is not for your glory, but His. He will test and assess your heart. Sometimes He will give you over to the mess of your heart and sometimes He will save you from it. Either may manifest in drastic circumstances, so just be prepared. Just as He gave it all up for you, will you give it all up for Him? Do you love Him more than the world, the people of the world, or yourself?

When you can confidently answer that Jesus is your everything, you'll be thankful for however the situation plays out, because God's will is so much greater than ours. So i will continue praying for you, my brother. Seek out Christ and His character! (and all these things shall be added unto you.)

hope to see you tomorrow and/or a Monday soon!

Re: Lessons from God in Love…

Aaron Matthew Kaiser — Wed, 18 May 2011 18:45:42 -0000

Thanks, John! God is constantly growing and stretching me, but this feels like a big lesson because he's helping me with some major issues.

Re: Lessons from God in Love…

John — Tue, 17 May 2011 14:40:01 -0000

Aaron, sounds like God is growing and stretching you like never before! Just prayed for you, bro.

Re: Saying “I’m Sorry” Like A Man…

Aaron Matthew Kaiser — Fri, 13 May 2011 19:40:03 -0000

What if I want to take it at face value AS a phallic joke? ROFL!

Thanks for the comment. I thought you might enjoy the inclusion of musical material in the story.

Re: Saying “I’m Sorry” Like A Man…

Rob Gokee — Fri, 13 May 2011 18:21:25 -0000

Thank you for sharing this, sir. It was not too long; it was the perfect length.

NOTE: This should be taken at face value and not as some kind of phallic joke.

Re: Saying “I’m Sorry” Like A Man…

Aaron Matthew Kaiser — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 21:49:40 -0000

Thank you, Traci.

Re: Saying “I’m Sorry” Like A Man…

Traci Mc Conville — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 21:08:44 -0000

Aaron,
You are definitely one of the greatest guys I know and I hope in the end it does work out for you with this woman cause you deserve to be happy. To be able to man up and say sorry takes a lot of strong will to downplay the pride that keeps us from saying that small but important phrase. (Kinda like how years after the fact you apologized to me for treating me like complete shit when Chris and I were dating so many years beforehand!) Because you said I'm sorry even years later I was able to see you in a whole different way than I had before and it's the power of those words that can really impact and change people's hearts and lives. For that I can say She should definitely give you a second chance. (and I'm rooting for ya for that) You have always struck me as a great man for any woman to want to be with because you're charming, driven, clearly from all I've read, romantic to a fault and having known you myself just an all around great guy so for what it's worth (probably not a lot since you don't talk to me much but...) I hope she realizes what she potentially has before her in you and you'll be the next one announcing you're impending wedding. (to which I'd definitely come!) :)

Re: How To Never Lose Hope…

Aaron Matthew Kaiser — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:05:17 -0000

Yes, it's true that this topic is much deeper than what I discussed. There were a couple of other tangents I almost went down, but didn't want to water down my core message that thankfulness is one aspect of looking at keeping hope despite circumstances.

Re: How To Never Lose Hope…

Josh Alden — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:47:21 -0000

Hope is great but maybe you can focus more on Grace. I know some people might think of them as the same but they aren't. I wake up everyday thankful for the grace Jesus has given me and it wasn't until I truly understood that grace that was given to me and what it means that lets me wake up with a feeling inside that was never imaginable before. As someone who once used to say "Ya I believe in Jesus but I'll bet all the religions are praying to the same guy just with different names so why should I step on their toes with my faith" I had hope all the time yet was always full of sadness and as you talked about some fist shaking at God saying why me. Now that I have and understand grace I don't need hope. I don't hope there is a god and that I will end up in heaven instead of nothing like the atheists tell me is true. I have Grace given to me by Jesus that supernaturally changed me inside that gave me the knowledge and meaning in life.

With that knowledge I also know storms with come and God will get me through them so no hope is needed there. I also know when I had hope I was still very selfish I never hoped something good would happened to others I always hoped good things would happen to me then I could help those that needed help and be their "savior" of the day. It was very selfish. But grace is what has allowed me to have $50 in the bank while driving from San Diego to Arizona unsure of how I will make it through the week yet when I stopped for gas in yuma I gave the $10 in my pocket to someone that needed it along with the prayer I gave them. I didn't need hope to get through the week because I had grace and knew God would take care of the things I needed. Its funny because I used to spend a lot of time thinking about how I hoped my life would go and what I would do to anyone that had wronged me. Now I spend a lot of time thinking about the list of the "worst things that could happen to me and my family" and I think about the ones that would be inflicted by someone else where my original answer was "I would kill them with my bare hands" and I think Jesus give me the ability to show your grace through me in a time when I know I will want nothing to do with it. To understand that a little more there is a book I read called Murder by Family written by Kent Whitaker which deals with that and opens up your perspective on just that.

So if you go back to your first statements about hope and think about what is being said hope has the ability to leave you disappointed yet people never stop doing it. Grace from Jesus will never leave you disappointed and if you grasp on to that every day when you wake up I believe you will have the fulfillment I know you have experienced from God and it will happen more abundantly.

Re: A Hardened Heart…

Josh Alden — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 21:46:36 -0000

I have come across it a couple times when I am going through facebook looking at Santana Alum. I graduated in 98, went to santee school used to live on Mesa rd... I know you we never hung out I didn't follow Jesus in those times so I thought you were weird lol. I was one of those people that pointed and laughed at you then I grew up and found a dude named Jesus to follow. I still think you are kooky but not in a bad way.

Re: A Hardened Heart…

Aaron Matthew Kaiser — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:18:45 -0000

Josh --

Thank you for your comments! Talking to them is definitely something that I have a problem with. I have a heart for people, but it's focused mostly on entertainment industry people that surround me. That's where I'm comfortable.

Out of curiosity, how did you run across my blog?

[ Aaron ]

Re: A Hardened Heart…

Josh Alden — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 06:14:04 -0000

We are all human and it is through grace we are saved. It's great that you learned this lesson and hope you hold onto it the next time you come across the homeless. I remember something Shane Claiborne said on the subject because I too have struggled with being broke with only a few dollars and wondering if I should give it away leaving me with nothing. He talked about God asking us to give but it doesn't have to be just money. It could also be just taking a moment to stop and give our time. No matter how much is or isn't in your pocket your heart is overflowing with Jesus and that can always be shared. A lot of people will come through and feed someone who is genuinely hungry. But how many of those will also talk with that same person for 30 minutes letting them just be human again instead of how they generally get treated when they are on the street.How many will pray with them. Even when I stop and have money to give to someone in need before I give them that money I just chat and ask them how their day is going, ask them if they know Jesus, say a prayer with them then take care of the worldly needs after. Good post... Even better lesson.

Re: Poetry: Silent Jealousy

Julie anne Ramos — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:21:20 -0000

Beautiful Aaron! :-)

Re: How Long, Oh Lord?

Angelo Kolokithas — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:12:00 -0000

Without such journeys we never figure anything out. Without failures we never really appreciate accomplishments. Just remember sleep is overrated.