Haunted House by Gene Simmons
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Only a few more days to Halloween.. silver shamrock.
This YouTube video is a conglomeration of scenes from HALLOWEEN 3, the Season of the Witch.
I fondly remember old times gone by, gathering together with friends in a house of our choice, firing up the colortini, and watching the waves of Halloween flow through the air.
Actually, what we did was a high-school type version of MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000. We’d make comments and jokes, mock the film, and laugh throughout.. We did it for more than just Halloween 3, it was for many horror flicks. Our favorite character, as a group collectively, was Doctor Loomis. We coined a term “Loomicide” that would one day go on to become my late 1990s and early 2000s AOL screen name..
Oh, those good old days!
But in hindsight, dare I say, Halloween 3 is sort of a classic. I may have been met with scorn for that comment last century, but I think people are rediscovering the awfulness and also amazingnenss of Halloween 3.
Sure, the acting is terrible.. yes the scenery is awful.. and by all means, the flow of the movie is choppy and sloppy—but isn’t that what sort of makes it good in a sense?
However, think of it this way: Halloween 3 may have been the BEST of the entire series.
Sure, it didn’t feature the SHAPE, Michael Myers, donning the Shatner mask.. and no, it had no mentions of Laurie Strode. There was a scene though where the tied up main star was forced to watch the original Halloween…
There were also some other lessons to be learned from Halloween 3, some cautionary tales to remember..
For instance: Bad parenting. The child who gets his head eaten by snakes and worms had really awful parents, they just seemed to want to be rid of their child.. they were selfish and had little skill in containing their son, who ran wild without attention.
Another lesson: The overuse of television. In that time, the boob tube had antennas. Today, there’s no need with handheld devices and Twittering from all ends of the earth. Maybe, though, the fact that kids were glued to TV and almost slaves to it should be a lesson for all of us.
Something else: How powerful media is. And how many times influential hidden messages can be tucked into our shows. In this movie, kids were told to get home by 9 o’clock too put their Halloween masks on, and then eventually succumb to a massive amount of worms, snakes, bugs, and other things that would eat their brains.. Pretty scary if you minus out the acting of the movie. Maybe John Carpenter was actually trying to show that subliminal messages are alive and well, and that they could maybe make us do things against our will..? That or he just wanted to come up with an idea that was different.
I tried contacting the legend, John Carpenter, for this, but his associate said he was not able to comment on Halloween 3 at this time. Understandable. I think he’s a little busier than me at the moment.
So in that sense, we need to look to past interviews to see what exactly John Carpenter intended on doing in THE SEASON OF THE WITCH. It’s worth remember that Carpenter really didn’t want to do any more Michael Myers related films. They actually envisioned that a fourth Halloween would have been a ghost story. Instead, since H3 flopped, the fourth was the RETURN OF MICHAEL MYERS. And then there was a 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, … bla bla bla.. John Carpenter told Aint it Cool news that he didn’t understand why fans of Halloween hated the third installment so much.. He said, “Hey, man, I don’t know. I like HALLOWEEN 3. I like the story, especially weird evil Irish industrialists. It’s hilarious.”
And it was hilarious .. It was awful. Wonderfully awful.
I go back now and think to myself that Debra Hill and John Carpenter touched on a number of themes that are actually quite scary. Yes, teenagers can mock it, just as I did with friends back in sultry summer night parties in the late 1990s… But maybe I have developed a renewed appreciation for this movie..
What could be scarier for a child that having your mom and dad buy you a mass produced mask because you were convinced by a commercial with an annoyingly catchy theme to do it.. and you jump on the bandwagon with millions of other American kids… and you wear your mask, at the same time as them, at 9pm on Halloween night.. and have your brain eaten by bugs?
Now that is scary for a kid.
NEW YORK TIMES hits: The White House response on Monday to the expanding disclosures of American spying on foreign leaders, their governments and millions of their citizens was a pathetic mix of unsatisfying assurances about reviews under way, platitudes about the need for security in an insecure age, and the odd defense that the president didn’t know that American spies had tapped the German chancellor’s cellphone for 10 years.
Monday, October 28, 2013
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When I was a kid, there were ‘scary stories to tell in the dark’ … and then there was ‘HAROLD' ..
For some reason it was one of the more haunting tales in my early times..
Obama admin. knew millions could not keep their health insurance
NBC news reports this:
President Obama repeatedly assured Americans that after the Affordable Care Act became law, people who liked their health insurance would be able to keep it. But millions of Americans are getting or are about to get cancellation letters for their health insurance under Obamacare, say experts, and the Obama administration has known that for at least three years.
Obama admin. knew millions could not keep their health insurance
Tweeting Bra: Sends Tweets Every Time It's Unclasped
It’s for breast cancer awareness month.
But don’t phones potentially add to risks.. do we want our phones next to our breasts? Do we even want our bras to tweet!?
What a strange twist of teets.
Tweeting Bra: Sends Tweets Every Time It's Unclasped
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Meet the actor who plays dead for a living.. Chuck Lamb has appeared in numerous shows and movies … as a dead man. Naturally he is pale and bald, so seemingly has .. just looks dead? But Lamb is a professional dead man, the one that producers call when they need a victim..
Nightmares and dreamscapes
Sunday, October 27, 2013
THE WEEK OF THE WITCH
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This is horrible.. Disgusting news from New York City: Stabbing rampage hits Brooklyn.. a man was arrested after butchering a woman and her four children.. According to reports this Sunday morning, a ‘crazed man’ turned the Sunset Park home into a slaughterhouse.. The woman was 37. She had four young children.. The man has been identified as the children’s mentally troubled older cousin.. This is such a horrible story..
Saturday, October 26, 2013
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Did you waste $50 bucks on a Miley Cyrus costume back in September?
In 1984, the cool kids went as Freddy Krueger; in 1994, they went as one of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers; and in 2006, they were Barack Obama, according to a 30-year look back at best-sellers from Spirit Halloween, the largest seasonal Halloween retailer in the country, with 725 locations across the United States and Canada
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Massive Barge On San Francisco Bay Likely Secret Google Facility - CBS San Francisco
KPIX 5 has learned a mysterious barge floating on Treasure Island belongs to Google. But the project may be sunk before it ever opens for business.
Why does Google have to be so creepy and shady with everything it does?
Massive Barge On San Francisco Bay Likely Secret Google Facility - CBS San Francisco
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This is the location of horror.. so much misery.. so many tears. This is where the massacre occurred. This is—and soon was—Sandy Hook Elementary School. It’s being demolished. A new one will be unveiled in 2016..
But even when it is, those children who died will still be gone and those tears most likely will not be dry..
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I have long debated in my own mind: What do I hate more, spiders or snakes?
So far, my experience with snakes has been rotten. They sneak into my house.. one nonvenomous one bit me in 2007.. But my wife has suffered a few spider bites that made my little two-holed snake bite look like child’s play.
Now this from the UK: A venomous spider attack has shut down a British school! Apparently the Den Academy has experienced an outbreak of the ‘false widow’ .. no, not the black widow spider.
The false widow, as opposed to the widow of another nature, is called Britain’s deadliest spider .. it’s not aggressive towards humans, but does bite if it gets trapped in clothing..
It is believed to have arrived in the UK in crates of fruit from the Canary Islands. And since, eight legged hell ensued. Oh, and thanks to climate change, people expect the false widow to mate and spread across the United Kingdom.
And if crates of tea and crumpets or fish and chips leave there to other places? Expect the false widow to just spread across the planet.
A whole new world of venomous life.
Great. And these spiders are plain out horrendously ugly..
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Friday, October 25, 2013
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This is an amazing story from the Philippines: A wall of rock reveals a new fault line in the nation! The rock wall developed after the strong 7.2 quake devastated parts of the nation on October 15.. villagers report a strong stench of sulfur and say the rock wall rose on one side as the ground was shaking..
Nevada school shooting 911 call: 'I got a kid down who's been shot'
No one knows why a child opened fire at Sparks Middle School in Nevada, killing a teacher and wounding two other students before taking his own life.
Nevada school shooting 911 call: 'I got a kid down who's been shot'
Merkel's move: Can you hear her now?
Remember the woman the other day who was fainting behind President Obama while he spoke? Why did he turn around BEFORE the woman fainted? Wow. . this video is quite a bombshell of conspiratorial thought. I love it!
Healthcare.Flub
- Cancellation notices are soaring above Obamacare enrollments..
- People can’t log on!
- Dummy files and fake names were left in published code!
- Democrats in uneasy spot over Health.gov
- Trading blame in front of Congress..
- What we did not learn from hearings..
- Contractors testify: Not enough testing..
- Consumers grow very frustrated with Healthcare.gov
- SO how much did Healthcare.gov cost?
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Just a plain weird GIF presented by NBC’s TODAY SHOW blog this morning.
And I can’t stop watching it..
The exciting world (to me) of solar flares
Thursday, October 24, 2013
THE DEVIL'S IN Danvers: Colleen Ritzer asked murder suspect to stay after school
BOSTON.COM is reporting this:
The high school math teacher who was allegedly slain by a 14-year-old student asked the student to stay after school on the day she was killed because she wanted to help him with an upcoming test, a student in the class said today.
Student Rania Rhaedaoui said she was in Colleen Ritzer’s algebra class on the last period of the day on Tuesday, along with the suspect, Philip Chism.
“She saw him drawing during class and she just said to him, ‘I didn’t know you could draw,’” said Rhaedaoui, a 14-year-old freshman.
“I sit really close to him, so I could hear,” she said.
Rhaedaoui said she later heard Ritzer ask Chism to stay after school.
“She just said, ‘Can you stay after with me?’ He just gave a nod.”
“There was a test coming up, and she wanted to know if he had any questions on learning equations,” Rhaedaoui said.
Cambria Cloutier, another 14-year-old freshman, who was also in the class, said she walked by Ritzer’s classroom at about 3:15 p.m., more than an hour after the class had gotten out at 1:55 p.m. “She was standing at her computer, and he was just sitting there,” Cloutier said. “It just looked normal, like any other day.”
An obvious developing story.. There is more much to read at BOSTON.COM
THE DEVIL'S IN Danvers: Colleen Ritzer asked murder suspect to stay after school
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The Pepper-Spraying Cop Got a Bigger Payout Than His Victims
Lt. John Pike reached a $38,000 settlement in a workman’s compensation claim. The UC Davis students he assaulted got $30K each.Read more. [Image: Reuters]
Such is life: Unfair to Flair
The battle of the hosts has been highly entertaining.. in as much as Noory has stooped to poaching guests once Bell posts them as booked to be on his show.. Noory using Art's phrases "raging into the night.." - and Art zinging back "Did he say 'raging' or 'flailing'"... it's been a long time coming :-)
Love this one! I agree
HHS Finds Two Enrollees for Pro-Obamacare Ads
They found two!
Of course it probably took a combined 565 hours to sign up, but they found two!
This is getting beyond comical, more like… really embarrassing.
HHS Finds Two Enrollees for Pro-Obamacare Ads
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
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Is this Brooklyn Halloween decoration too offensive?
Some impressed, others disgusting by Halloween display in Brooklyn..
Others wonder: Too edgy?
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Inside the interesting world of creating fake eyes.. the LA TIMES reports on the ‘family business’ … One thing I found interesting: No schools actually offer education on ocularistry.. you have to be an apprentice and work with a master craftsman..
I suppose besides that, the notion of creating fake eyes as a living is just sort of creepy and weird..
KROKODIL ROCK
Krokodil is spreading.. the drug use that profoundly hurt millions of Russians with disgusting results is now in the United States.. At least six people in Chicago were suspected of having it.. two in Arizona.. skin is rotting.. the word is spreading.. Don’t take this drug.
Horrible events seem to repeat themselves
This is getting beyond creepy.. A few days ago the world became aware of the plight of the family of Kendrick Johnson. Johnson was 17, was found dead rolled up in a gym mat, and had an autopsy in which his cause of death was ruled accidental. A second autopsy was conducted but , when he was opened up for the procedure, it was discovered that his body was stuffed with newspapers .. his brain, heart, and lungs were missing. Even organ from his pelvis to his skull were gone.
And now enter this story: Ryan Singleton, 24, moved from Atlanta to Hollywood this summer… He turned up dead in Death Valley and his organs were missing ..
These stories are NOT connected.
But they are only similar in their strangeness..
Last night Clyde Lewis spoke about the two bizarre tales on his show GROUND ZERO…
It’s difficult to imagine the suffering each family is going through—a mystery of not knowing what someone you loved even died is one thing, but the added on strangeness of bodies missing organs or bodies being stuffed with newspapers adds so much insult to injury..
Yesterday this website wrote a bit about the strange death of Elisa Lam—and the weird video of her final moments of life..
Today we offer this: The Cecil Hotel has a long and sordid history. In February, CNN did a report that covers the full oddities that occurred at the Cecil.. The hotel caters to young international travelers.. But the hotel of horrors has a dark past. Besides the serial killers, the hotel also became a popular place in the 1950s where people would simply rent rooms and jump out of the windows..
Pretty interesting video.. these are the top five conspiracies that are true.
You’re not crazy after all.
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MORE THAN 70 WILDFIRES (29 UNCONTAINED) RAGING IN AUSTRALIA, and that is where this photo you’re seeing was taken.. they are also getting increasingly close to Sydney..
Unusually for the overall American drone campaign, the strikes in the area mostly occur in densely populated neighborhoods. The drones have hit a bakery, a disused girls’ school and a money changers’ market, residents say. One strike occurred in Matches Colony, a neighborhood named after an abandoned match factory that is now frequented by Uzbek militants. While the strike rate has dropped drastically in recent months, the constant presence of circling drones — and accompanying tension over when, or whom, they will strike — is a crushing psychological burden for many residents.
Civilian Deaths in Drone Strikes Cited in Report (via azspot)
A must read story.
Do you really want these drones?
The wheat belly..
And here I thought the beer was doing it to me..
Tonight, my dental hygienist, who converses with me for the entire appointment about food (she talks more than me, given the circumstances), taught me something new. I learned something about food that I somehow did not contemplate: Wheat is making people fat, and maybe causing more problems than solutions in my life.
And this comes as a shock—as I thought it was good eating wheat cereal and whole wheat pasta..
So my all natural hygienist informed me that William Davis and his research on wheat would be important for me to read. I did.. If Dr. Davis is right, I am doing most things wrong..
According to what I now know in this anti-wheat theory, if I stop eating wheat my stomach will decrease and I will lose my appetite to keep eating more wheat (I do go for second helpings of that wheat pasta when I make it) ..
I also learned that wheat is just about as addictive as anything.. Maybe even cigs and beer?
The theory also contends: Wheat is a trigger of heart attacks.
So much to learn.. so much to eat that’s not wheat.
And Doc Dav concludes this about what the best diet is:
My philosophy is a return to real ingredients. Eggs, vegetables, some fruit, avocados. We should eat regular food and get rid of this notion of processed foods for breakfast. I understand that we have kids and we have people we need to entertain. So I try to recreate foods that are familiar to people. I show people how to make pizza, muffins, cookies, chocolate éclairs. We use benign ingredients. We don’t use wheat, gluten-free carbohydrates, or sugar. You can turn something like coffee cake into something that’s benign and healthy. Life is good without wheat.
Hmm.. a one ingredient diet.
Where did I hear that one before.. hmmm???
Noel Harrison is dead.
WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND may be one of the greatest songs ever written..
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
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And because of the smog, and God knows what’s in the thick stew, a city of 11 million people in China has completely been cut off from the world
Look Inside a Chicken Nugget
When will it become unethical to keep calling these chemically produced deep fried containers of bone and fat ‘chicken’? Sounds like now..
Look Inside a Chicken Nugget
Thousands Of Consumers Get Insurance Cancellation Notices Due To Health Law Changes
This is just becoming a mess … So many surprises ..
The report says, in part:
By all accounts, the new policies will offer consumers better coverage, in some cases, for comparable cost — especially after the inclusion of federal subsidies for those who qualify. The law requires policies sold in the individual market to cover 10 “essential” benefits, such as prescription drugs, mental health treatment and maternity care. In addition, insurers cannot reject people with medical problems or charge them higher prices. The policies must also cap consumers’ annual expenses at levels lower than many plans sold before the new rules.
But the cancellation notices, which began arriving in August, have shocked many consumers in light of President Barack Obama’s promise that people could keep their plans if they liked them.
Thousands Of Consumers Get Insurance Cancellation Notices Due To Health Law Changes
ENOUGH OF THE SELFIES!
Not a day goes by that we are not subjected to a nude or partially nude celebrity selfie on Twitter. Today it’s Shai Labeouf..
Come on Hollywood, it’s bad enough we have to see our naked bodies. We certainly don’t want to see your Shai Labeoufs staring at us
Job-creation weakens, but unemployment rate down
The job numbers were significantly worse than expected…
Job-creation weakens, but unemployment rate down
Why Is There A Winter Flu Season? A series of info-graphics attempts to explain..
I have been researching this for a while. I was sure there was an answer.
And then I realized, there are a ton of answers and endless possibilities as to why there is even a flu season to begin with.
And with all the possibilities, I will add one more in the mix: The flu shot. It seems that whenever there is a hot and heavy campaign to vaccinate people against the flu, the flu suddenly spreads.
Coincidence, I am sure I’d be told. Coincidence.
Now excuse me while I pop my vitamin D supplement.
Why Is There A Winter Flu Season? A series of info-graphics attempts to explain..
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Even more interesting, Feldman writes The man who abused Haim now “walks around, one of the most successful people in the entertainment industry, still making money hand over fist” ..
I am sure the cast and creators of the movie LUCAS is being studied heavily today..
WOMB TO THE TOMB
The strange behavior of Elisa Lam
Monday, October 21, 2013
Do you check your kids' Halloween candy every year for knives and poison? Ever wonder why?
I myself also recall a childhood fear of this very thing—the notion that the candy would kill me or that a razor blade would be hidden in my fruit.
The fear was only inspired further by the scene from HALLOWEEN 2 (not the Rob Zombie version) of a boy in a pirate suit being taken to the hospital for his mouth bleeding..
Those fears that we have, ingrained in us from an early age thanks to modern media and pop culture.
And today,
I still check the candy every Halloween night..
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There is no way in hell you’re learned about this in history class. the X-Rated and weird Lyndon Johnson, waving his appendage proudly for all to see…
From cracked:
THIS WEEK: Daniel O’Brien and Jack O’Brien tell the story of a President who recorded phone calls with his tailor, accepted the Vice Presidency because JFK’s death was statistically likely, and nicknamed his penis “Jumbo”.
The Mind-Blowing, Dick-Waving Presidency of Lyndon Johnson
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This is when you should be hospitalized for your Bieber Fever.. A man has undergone extensive and expensive plastic surgery in his desire to look like Justin Bieber—and he STILL does not even look like him!
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Oh the fun! Sunbathing in the middle of poverty and riding a water slide while government goons monitor your every move.
The WASHINGTON POST is reporting on a new water park in North Korea.. The government built the brightly colored park, in the middle of the drabby conditions the nation faces.. among some odd photos released, the POST reports, pictures of “handful of eager-looking young men and women playing in the water while, in the background, a mass of several hundred stern-looking men in dark suits look on silently. It’s weird.”
Creepy..
I cannot believe how bad the Obama Administration missed the chance to make Healthcare.gov exceptional.. And now this
OBAMASHOCK: Healthcare.gov website STOLE copyrighted scripts! And the site STILL does not work!? Shameful.. technologically shameful..
It got to the point today where the President had to have a special address in the Rose Garden the mess—and someone actually passed out during the event! The woman was probably exhausted from trying to create an account on the .GOV website..
What a major goof up this all is..
CEOs and the occult: A story just in time for Halloween
An author makes a new claim: Robert Kennedy stole JFK's brain!
RFK stole JFK’s brain. What else do I have to say.
An author makes a new claim: Robert Kennedy stole JFK's brain!
Sunday, October 20, 2013
A fascinating story from Japan: The youth of the nation do not want t have sex.. so much so that there is a birth crisis on the horizon..
The UK GUARDIAN has a report about Japan, where people seemingly have stopped desiring sexual relations.. As a matter of fact, it’s not just a disinterest, but a large percentage of the nation ‘despises’ sexual contact!
Even more, the ‘celibacy syndrome’ is so bad that the government is worried about it.
Not mentioned in the story: Worries about Fukushima.. I wonder how many people have stopped being interested in having children because they fear the nation that their children would actually grow up in?
Nonetheless, the GUARDIAN story is worth the read..
And it’s not just Japan.. people in America too seemed much less interested in sex than ever before..Maybe American kids are just plain lazy?
Is this just evolutionary? That naturally, somewhere along the line, human beings would stop being interested in the very act that resulted in our existence?
A fascinating story from Japan: The youth of the nation do not want t have sex.. so much so that there is a birth crisis on the horizon..
POLITICO REPORTS: Tech ‘surge’ to tackle Obamacare websites
The Obama administration Sunday said it’s called on “the best and brightest” tech experts from both government and the private sector to help fix the troubled website at the root of the Obamacare enrollment problems.
A new Administration. A new ‘surge’ to handle a crisis of their own creation.
I just hope no one in the White House hired on David Karp.
POLITICO REPORTS: Tech ‘surge’ to tackle Obamacare websites
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Six year ago today (on a day virtually the same as today weatherwise) my wife Tara and I took our first walk as a married couple. This image perfectly symbolized how I felt that day—walking into the future, backs to the past.. but the same bridge of life.
Since then we had a child, headaches and heartaches, deaths and tribulations. Along with it, laughs, endless smiles, and sure, a few necessary frowns.
The journey of life.. accompanying each other..
After six years, we now have a legacy. A child ..
In six years, he’ll be going on 9.. and we’ll be combing out gray hairs—with me maybe shining a bald head.
While we know things can mightily change in the span of only a few years, a few constants will remain.
DAILY BEAST on the HEALTHCARE.GOV disaster
Whether you agree with the Obama Affordable Care Act or not, one thing appears clear: The rollout of the website was a complete and utter disaster..
DAILY BEAST on the HEALTHCARE.GOV disaster
So what did CARRIE fail at the box office?
I thought the cool secret advertisement that was done in the New York City coffee shop did a great job showcasing the movie.. I have seen endless ads for the film.. the word of mouth has been decent, and actually I even saw a review in CHRISTIANITY TODAY that portrayed the movie in a much more favorable light than what would be expected from a religious publican.
So why did it fail?
First off, it’s up against what may possibly be the movie of the year: GRAVITY, which is now experiencing its third week as the number one film at the box office—and that is pretty impressive this year, as many movies did not have much staying power once released.
But it’s almost Halloween.. scares are in the air. So why did a horror movie fail?
Interestingly enough, it seems that scary flicks do better in the middle of the summer than the autumn—maybe kids are out of school and parents are more apt to get them into a an R rated film than they would be when school’s in session? I recall when my mom took me to see FRIDAY THE 13TH JASON TAKES MANHATTAN and my music teacher caught her in the act..
There is a certain aspect of CARRIE that doomed it from the beginning: The fact that MGM actually remade it to begin with. It was not really, well.. needed. The original film is still a classic, and people happily watch that version when they have the chance.. Nikki Finke made a good point, too: CARRIE did not satisfy the people who wanted SAW-like gore, and didn’t make people happy who wanted the creepy factor like in PARANORMAL ACTIVITY.
So here we have CARRIE, a film that may have been better never existing—at least the current incarnation..
But one other thing is for sure: THE FIFTH ESTATE, Wikileaks movie, flopped big time. It is only in about 1700 or so theaters. Next week, it will be lucky to be in 17..
Now this will be a World Series to remember
The Boston Red Sox have won the American League pennant and will meet the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series..
Saturday, October 19, 2013
After six years and marriage and a two and a half year old...
…an anniversary dinner at a nice restaurant reveals two truths:
1) We don’t know how to eat hot food anymore. There were no interruptions for us to let it cool down..
And 2) We forgot how to drive at night.
This is now the life of me and my wife:
'A DEADLY CITY'
Not what Wilkes Barre wants to hear.. You’re now MORE LIKELY to die in a homicide in the pennsylvania city than you are in Philadelphia, New York City , and Chicago..
A troubling trend. Read all about it.
'A DEADLY CITY'
I smell a PR disaster..
Sirius XM just dropped a lot of popular shows and channels from their lineup.. a contractual issue with Clear Channel is the reason. But head over to the Sirius Facebook page and see .. every single comment is someone saying they are now dropping their Sirius subscription..
And in a sense, Sirius did not tell people who were signing up within the last few days that the shows they were signing up for were suddenly going to be dropped on midnight October 18 .. very bad business plan on this one Sirius.. .. very bad indeed. They are lucky they have Howard Stern and Art Bell.. There really are few other reasons at this point to keep the service if you’ve already paid for it..
You know why American students are so bad at science...?
Here’s an example.. A story comes out that an asteroid may hit in 2032 (and another one in 2036, but that’s besides the point) .. and what does the news media collectively do? Put it at the end of their newscasts, or the back of the paper, and make a little funny quip about ‘better get your stockpile of food ready’ or something else they find funny.
But it’s not very funny to think that an life-altering event may take place—in our lifetimes! It’s not too humorous to imagine a world where food can’t grow, water is not clean, and everything eventually dies off.
Science is also mocked, left until the ‘end’ of the broadcast.. and when spoken about, changed into a political debate instead of scientific one..
Science is not respected much by this modern world.. And certainly kids in high schools aren’t given many examples in life of their piers respecting much of anything about it.
Believe in earth changes? You’re an elitist.
Scared of 2032’s asteroid strike? You’re a prepper..
All political.
Never scientific..
It is frustrating indeed.
Saturday morning news. Not cartoons.
Modern world: Should PARENTS be charged when their kids cyberbully
Boy Scouts leader destroys millions-old rock formation in Utah park..
And there is videotape to prove it..
Criminal charges—and an INTERNATIONAL outcry!
New super-typhoon heading towards Japan.. .. and it will follow the previous path. It’s like mother nature wants to only exacerbate the dangers of Fukushima..
Asteroid discovered after passing earth..
Big asteroid may collide with earth in August 2032.. And if we make it through 2032, there’s another one set for a close shave in 2036. Retirement for me is looking really, really bad..
New and disturbing details emerge from Sandy Hook shooting ..
Does God really care who wins football games? *NO!*
Strange tales from the deserted towns in Colorado, abandoned by the flooding earlier this autumn: Towns “spooky” and empty..
The Monsanto Protection Act is history.. (for now)
Seven African nations join in anti-Monsanto protests..
Manhunt underway in Florida for two murdered that were mistakingly released from prison..
Report: Britain faces dangers of no electricity during the winter..
Former Vice President Dick Cheney says he once feared that terrorists could use the electrical device that had been implanted near his heart to kill him and had his doctor disable its wireless function
The five best horror movies that flopped..
Post-baby Kim Kardashian draws a BACKLASH for bikini selfie.. She has received comments calling her body disgusting and others saying she is desperate.. I am quite tired of the world of ‘selfies’ ..
Verdict: Comet Ison is still alive..
Good odds to endure the solar fly-by..
..or will the Christmas Comet crack up?
Update: Michael Bay attacked on set in Hong Kong..
Box office update: GRAVITY still leads while CARRIE is second..
review: CARRIE is gorier than the original, but not better..
Friday, October 18, 2013
Krokodil is the drug to watch..
My unamed nephew at an unnamed school in Pennsylvania tells me that his unnamed classmates have spoken of an interest in finding Krokodil.. this worries me. It truly does. .
I have been spreading the message of this drug for months now after hearing about the ravages on bodies it is causing in Russia.
This is the closest thing we are going to get to the ‘zombie’ apocalypse so many joke about. But Krokodil is not a joke.. it’s a drug that has some big ramifications here in America.
It is here..
A source even confirmed to me that the MILITARY has is spreading the word among ranks, telling soldiers to avoid this drug..
For anyone who wants to try this nonsense, remember this: It eats you from the inside out.
And people are taking it—sometimes unknowingly..
If you thought heroin was bad? ? You ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
For anyone bored right now..
Give Ground Zero with Clyde Lewis a listen.
He’s on the top of his game tonight.. the Zodiac killer is the subject.. he was attacked by the Zodiac ghost last night while on air.. tonight his ghost hunt continues.
This is actually riveting radio—the way it was meant to be.
GHOST BUSTER GALS SPILL THE BEANS
As if you didn’t think the Art Bell return to radio was interesting enough, in comes this: First Coast to Coast AM began trying to steal guests away from DARK MATTER, but now this: Ronnie Foster and Laura Mistyeah told Art Bell last night that they were also booked for an appearance on Coast to Coast AM… Until they received a call from Tom Danheiser, the producer of Coast to Coast AM, and told them that he was doing ‘research on the net’ and found out they were booked on DARK MATTER. According to the "Ghost Buster Gals," Tommy D told them that they’d be canceled from Coast if they made an appearance on Art Bell’s show..
Whether Tom Danheiser knew that the two somewhat famous pet ghost hunters would tell the world of this affair or not, the beans are spilled ..
Art Bell allowed the Ghost Buster gals to expound on their experience with Coast ..
Bell most likely couldn’t pass up the chance..
Tonight on Facebook, he wrote:
When I said competition I hoped would cause Coast to up their game, they must have heard lower their standards, my bad.
His bad indeed.
Things are getting dirty in the world of talk radio, perhaps.
And in other news somewhat related: Today Sirius XM dropped some very big named showed from their lineup.. No more Alex Jones.. no more Ground Zero.. and yes, no more Coast to Coast AM with George Noory..
Man Who Cries Blood Searches For Answers
His name is Michael Spann..
His condition keeps him from obtaining a job—and thereby has no health insurance.
The article doesn’t detail if Spann attempted to use the Obama care website…
Man Who Cries Blood Searches For Answers
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This is Jeh Johnson (not a typo)
He’s formerly the Pentagon’s top lawyer and a key figure in the administration’s debate over the legality of drone use and will now be nominated to head the Department of Homeland Security, according to White House officials.
You may as well get to know him. In his job he’ll certainly get to know all of us.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
870k Toyotas recalled for spider-related problem
Just in time for Halloween and in light of my recent posts about spiders… SPIDERS causing problems for Toyota vehicles! Seriously.. They are causing air bag problems..
Spiders!
In October!
Around Halloween…
It’s a serious issue but by God the synchronicity is amazing on this..
870k Toyotas recalled for spider-related problem
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GET READY AMERICA.
The long extended summer season is about to end. As predicted back in June by some weather experts (like Accuweather): Cold air is going to start to .. well.. do what it does at this time of the year..
Next week, a cold pattern will emerge..
I frankly don’t think I’m ready.. it’s been at least 70 degrees everyday for most of October.. A realistic wake up call is going to knock our long johns off.
It’s here.
Winter 13-14.