For those who don’t come under the rule of the Royal Family, you may have never seen a town crier. Thanks to the birth of another royal spawn, now we have..
It looks like Anthony Hopkins in a 1776-era flick..
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
The royal afterbirth
LET IT BE KNOWN, THAT ON THIS DAY, The royal uterus opened and popped out a king. Ok, that is not how the official announcement went, but it’s good enough for me.
Sure, the world is happy and lots of Brits used it as a means of getting intoxicated at the ‘pub’ last night.. but media attention is quickly becoming unnerving. It’s over the top.. a little too much. As of this update, the planet has not been made aware of the name of the new King to be.. but we will find out. And when we do, the overblown media response will quiver with more jubilation.
Meanwhile in Britain, Prime Minster David Cameron is going to be institute a porn ban—he says for the public good—and will make citizens who want porn put in an official request from the government. I assume there will be some list generated to find out what citizens had the daring nerve to actually request porn.. We’ll most likely not find out when the powers that be get their desires fulfilled, though..
Also in the world, as the town crier announced a child happy and hopefully royal child to the universe, others starved in Africa, others were blown to bits in Syria, and others were kidnapped and tortured in Name that Country..
I am not trying to be the dour downer.. but perspective on this situation is sorely lacking. For goodness sake, the media went ‘wall to wall,’ no pun intended on Kate Middleton’s childbirth experience.. And now that there is a bountiful boy, we are increasingly hearing more about the royal family and when they will meet the new king..
I sigh with disbelief and regret over what the media has become. Firestorms of celebrity and nonsense, packaged with ‘breaking news’ footage of nothing.
George Zimmerman also was back in the news yesterday.. he apparently helped rescue an entire family from an overturned car. Talk about good PR when you need it.. Unfortunately for George, the media was busy keeping an eye on the Royal Vagina, so they didn’t see his little act of redemption..
There is one question that the media has thus far failed to answer: What did happen to the Royal Afterbirth? I sure bet the paparazzi would love to get their hands on that..
Monday, July 22, 2013
The royal uterus
Cameron timing sure is interesting.. He’s going to announce Internet censorship (he will call it a porn ban) while Kate Middleton’s royal uterus opens to export another member of the ruling class?? How great his timing is..
Cameron cracks down on 'corroding influence' of online pornography
PM pledges automatic filtering of adult material to protect children, plus outlawing of violent porn and blocking of illegal image searchesSo will he block Tumblr?
My British followers: What do you think?
David Cameron must have some skeletons he needs to hide. Why can’t we filter political parties from the Internet. That would be preferable.
I’d sure love to see what Davey Cameron searches for when it’s late at night…
Cameron cracks down on 'corroding influence' of online pornography
Cameron cracks down on 'corroding influence' of online pornography
PM pledges automatic filtering of adult material to protect children, plus outlawing of violent porn and blocking of illegal image searches
So will he block Tumblr?
My British followers: What do you think?
Cameron cracks down on 'corroding influence' of online pornography
Some thoughts on the CONJURING
You’re going to get a sneak preview of my review here, I did not write it yet.. but I will have it written after I am done this email:
The CONJURING had a great feel, that 1970s music and the drabby 70s browns and oranges.. the clothing was great, cars were old, and the Volkswagen bus somehow was somehow still running long enough to have a prominent role in the movie.
The character development worked well. The stories of the Perron family and Ed and Lorraine Warren seemed true to the spirit of the actual people they portrayed.
A crowded theater is the best place to watch the CONJURING. The scary scenes are quite predictable. Doors open.. the floor creeks. And boom, a giant Satanic beast in on top of you! Ok, a few of those scenes caught me off guard. As did the final exorcism scene as it played out.
I never read the book HOUSE OF DARKNESS HOUSE OF LIGHT but I am sure going to try to now, after seeing this film. I read that they did not take liberties with the story. So if they did not take liberties, judging from the final scene in this movie Pope Paul IV should have taken the first red eye out of Rome to get to this house.
I am not trying to spoil things for people that did not see it, but be prepped for a mom who wants to murder her children. I left wondering, ‘there was a police officer, ON DUTY, bitten, and post-exorcism still did not want to take mom down to the station for questioning, or perhaps a good mental health check? I know it was 1971 and Richard Nixon was President, but by then we had the Environmental Protection Agency, so there was some progress, right?
I said before it’s best to see THE CONJURING in a crowded theater, as it’s fun to watch others jump and hear nearby teenagers screaming in fear at every slight music change.. I am not sure this movie ‘changed’ horror as some have said, but it certainly led me down a personal quest for information. So in that regard, it had an effect.
I want to find out a few things.
I want to know why Ed and Lorraine believe Amityville is true along with this possession story? I want to know if Lorraine is still active now that Ed is dead.. and I certainly want to know what happened to all of those artifacts and frightening icons of the devil that the Warrens kept in their private locked room.
I also have been perusing the Warrens’ website lately.. I think the part that scares me the most is the lack of HTML development, and the inclusion of some old songs that sound quite frightening after all this time. (http://www.warrens.net/Annabelle.html).
And finally, I am asking myself, as I have done so many times before in life, this question: Is there a God, and is there a Satan?
We have heard so many opine on the existence of both, and along with that fundamentalists are as sure of God as Satan worshipers are of the devil incarnate. But I think most of us don’t know at all. We can have faith.. but that faith will be tested throughout life. The Warrens in this movie seemed to have faith and never consider anything at test of it, but instead it only fortified their belief in God.
No spoilers intended, but there is a quote at the end of the CONJURING. It was said, I suppose, from Ed Warren: “The fairy tale is true. The devil does exist. God indeed exists. And for us, as people, our very destiny hinges upon which one we elect to follow.”
The CONJURING succeeded in the scare department.. it was good with the characters.. it left some items to be desired and opened the door for questions as to whether the mental health of the Perron family should have been studied further.
But it succeeded most of all in forcing us all to ask the question, quietly as we drove home: Was Ed Warren’s quote 100% right?
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Ouch.. DAILY MAIL goes into depths .. studying Eric Schmidt, the “Google love rat”
Talk about good headline writers.. here is what they titled their story:
The $8.2billion Google love rat: How boss, 58, of internet giant resisting online porn crackdown has a string of exotic lovers in his ‘open marriage’… but DOESN’T want you to know about it
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjlLQSsWVv4?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=http://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=500&h=281]
My wife introduced me to this Brandi Carlile song, KEEP YOUR HEART YOUNG.. I love it as much as her.
My wife and I actually used THE STORY song as the closing dance for our wedding in 2007.. and now in 2013, this song somehow reminds us both of how important it is to keep our son laughing and happy.
I bet you can’t listen to the song without thinking back to the time when you were a child, laughing and enjoying every slice of life..
Enjoy your Sunday.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Saturday, July 20, 2013
On Thursday, the Brevard County Sheriff's Department suspended Corporal Chris Wood for bringing a can of Arizona Ice Tea and a bag of Skittles to work at the Brevard County Jail on Saturday morning. He said that he was trying to send a message about the importance of keeping personal predilections about cases from affecting the work environment; instead, his superiors suspended him
So the simple act of eating Skittles is becoming a political statement..
We are getting pretty touchy, don’t you think?
So I ask, when you pick up a Paul Roberts’ Mars Inc Skittles bag, are you eating them to enjoy the taste of the rainbow, or trying to make a political statement?
On Thursday, the Brevard County Sheriff's Department suspended Corporal Chris Wood for bringing a can of Arizona Ice Tea and a bag of Skittles to work at the Brevard County Jail on Saturday morning. He said that he was trying to send a message about the importance of keeping personal predilections about cases from affecting the work environment; instead, his superiors suspended him
A legend is gone.
I will never forget her asking Bill Clinton “is everything going down the drain!?”
And who will ever forget her being the ONLY DAMN REPORTER to ask tough questions in the lead up to the Iraq war..
Loved this lady..breakingnews:
Helen Thomas, veteran member of White House press corp, dies at 92
Politico: Helen Thomas, whose career covering the White House dated back to the Kennedy administration, died on Saturday at the age of 92, the Gridiron Club announced in an email to members on Saturday.
Thomas was the the first woman to join the White House Correspondents’ Association, and the first woman to serve as its president. She was also the first female member of the Gridiron Club, Washington’s historic press group.
More from Politico here.
Photo: NBC News
Inside Google HQ: What does the future hold for the company whose visionary plans include implanting a chip in our brains?
The power of computing, and the thrill of its apparently infinite possibilities, has also long been a source of fear.
Any of my friends will tell you I thought this was going to happen—and I figured they’d actually implant a ‘phone’ or the internet in some way in our hands to replace the typical cell phone. Friends and family who thought I was crazy can now see: They want to create a transhuman.
Do you hear me now?
Inside Google HQ: What does the future hold for the company whose visionary plans include implanting a chip in our brains?
Friday, July 19, 2013
LA To NYC In Under An Hour, Hyperloop System Will Let You Travel At 4,000 MPH
Commuting is a way of life for most Bay Area residents. Many people are accustomed to an hour commute each way without traffic. Some people even commute to Southern California several times a month, spending several hours each way either in the car or fighting through airports. What if there was an alternative to flights […]
This would be absolutely cool and amazing.. It’s the way of the future..
Unfortunately, Dwight Eiseinhower gave us the interstate system in the 1950s.. and we don’t have any IKE or sign of him in office now.
So how will progress happen? How will we be connected by such a high speed hyperloop? Maybe just lots of luck or billionaires who want to spend their money in ways other than private yachts and underground doomsday bunkers..
LA To NYC In Under An Hour, Hyperloop System Will Let You Travel At 4,000 MPH
Executive Order -- HIV Care Continuum Initiative | The White House
The link takes you to the White House executive order.
But it does not include this:[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yC7HwPh6Es]
Executive Order -- HIV Care Continuum Initiative | The White House
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