Science-Fiction Phantasmagoria

The supermoon.
Saturday night.
Summer beginning.

Perhaps no time better than  to switch on Coast to Coast AM for science fiction writers all throughout the early AM hours.

John B Wells hosts: Larry Niven, Joe Haldeman, Lois McMaster Bujold, and Paul Di Filippo

Science fiction.. predicting the future? 

How about … the present has become science fiction.

LISTEN if you so desire..

Science-Fiction Phantasmagoria

Tats and gas masks.. Audrey Hepburn never looked better

A friend of mine just told me that she just got a new tattoo of Audrey Hepburn wearing a gas mask. And she told me because she said I was one of the few people who would appreciate it. I am so happy and glad to know that I am one of those few people!

And it is an amazing tattoo..

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Twitter and Facebook is alive and and well tonight with images of the ‘supermoon’ .. the night when our lunar neighbor is closer to the earth than usual and the fact it’s a full moon only adds to the glory of how big it looks in the sky above us..

It looks super.

And immense..

Amazing images are showing up in Twitter feeds and Facebook friends’ images from around the United States..

You need a good camera. And maybe a tripod And slow, slow exposure.. and a brief moment in time with the moon above..

Oddly enough, above my head tonight, the supermoon not only looks larger than normal in the  East sky by it also appeared to be slightly blood red due to atmospheric conditions. But now, at 10:40 when this post is being written, the moon is brighter and more beautiful than normal..

I picture lovers’ kisses and childrens’ wishes..

And when the 2am crowd leaves the bar tonight, bright lights in the sky will light their drunken way home..

May you all be safe and sound under that supermoon.

Sleep well tonight ..

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Well happy summer to me..

… there’s mother f$@$ng snakes in the mother f$&$ng house..

U.S. engineers inspect possible leak at Hanford nuclear site

This seems to be a must read for all of Washington, America, and the world..

U.S. engineers inspect possible leak at Hanford nuclear site

Wow… 

Amazing video: This boy, age 3, has heard his father’s voice for the first time ever. And the video of it is amazing and heartwarming.. This is the good side of trans-humanism.. the kind of robotic and scientific work that will add years to our lives and give us health and amazing advances.. The bad side? There are lots of examples of the bad side. But for the sake of Grayson Clamp, we will only say watch for this video for a bit of hope in our world.. we need it.

And if you don’t tear up watching this, you’re not a human, let alone a transhuman.

Field of screams: Some believe that a ghostly presence made itself known on Tuesday at the College World Series.. according to reports — and video evidence— University of North Carolina players were in the outfield attempting to catch a ball when suddenly two appeared to trip over nothing..Media sources are having fun laughing about the trip up, but if you watch the video, it seems somewhat unexplainable. Science and reason should prevail. But I for one have no reason to understand why these two players flopped the way they did. What I noticed is that we may have funny little headlines about ghosts, but no one seems to have tried to get the players statements on what exactly happened at the College World Series..

Another reason that it’s a good time to reexamine our drug policy in this nation.. Ray Martin McFeters is 73 years old, and he faces prison time for pot possession..

HERE GOES THE GUARDIAN: Revealed: the top secret rules that allow NSA to use US data without a warrant

Fisa court submissions show broad scope of procedures governing NSA’s surveillance of Americans’ communication

Normally government dumps info on a Friday. In this case, the government is probably dreading Friday GUARDIAN runs. Each time the information being revealed about the United States spy program becomes more and more interesting..

HERE GOES THE GUARDIAN: Revealed: the top secret rules that allow NSA to use US data without a warrant

Investigators want missile theory probed in '96 TWA Flight 800 crash

A group of whistleblowers have come forward in a new documentary, breaking their silence about the real investigation results from the TWA Flight 800 crash. 

Very interesting story… 

Conspiracy theories coming back.

Investigators want missile theory probed in '96 TWA Flight 800 crash

Dead bees, drugged Americans, and the misery of stress..

Thousands of dead bees have been found in an Oregon parking lot.. One expert was quoted as saying he never say anything like it.. according to reports, a pesticide called Safari was applied to the area about a week ago. And they still say pesticides don’t cause the bee collapse??

This may be a shock for the 3 out of 10 NOT on prescription drugs, but a new study gives rise to the number that 7 of 10 are on drugs of some kind in the United States. America the medicated? But does the medication even help?

The medication is only adding to the misery. The misery of stress—which puts us into a modern prison of being fat, bald, and very unhealthy..

THERE IS NOT ENOUGH BUTTER IN THE WORLD TO MAKE YOU ANY MORE TASTEFUL..

Fireflies and summer nights. . and memories of when they were both magical. Happy solstice.

The solstice.. and the longest day of the year is upon us.  

This is something magical about summer nights.. the notion that it doesn’t get dark until 9pm or so in the middle of the summer season adds to the mystery. Also adding to the strange feeling of joy, love, teenage fun, and laughter: Those fast cars with the tops down, motorcycles without helmets, and fireflies littering the night sky.

 But I noticed something different this year: Less fireflies than normal. It could just be my little place on the planet lacking them so far.. maybe not enough heat has broiled and boiled the landscape yet. But by now?? We’d see them..

I can only speculate on the cause. Bees are collapsing due to —something> Monsanto? Other animals are having a tough time escaping whatever affliction is being placed on them by whomever.

So if fireflies are next, just as the monarch butterly started to be about two years ago, it would only make logical sense. I certainly hope not.

 I recall summer nights long ago, living in my little home town of Centralia, PA, when I would be accompanied in my childhood by my then teenage brother and sister, with their friends, and run into a large field where hundreds  of fireflies just sort of hung out all night. I did the whole childhood collection of fireflies in jars.. and now? Those jars are empty.

Those fireflies just don’t seem to be there anymore..

 

"I want to look in your eyes, Vlad, Georgie liked you. Didn’t he call you Pootie Poot?"

"Oh did I tell you what I have been doing lately? My government can track EVERY phone call ever, and we even tracked Dimitri’s activity a few years ago!"

"Oh like YOU never did it, Mr. KGB!"

"Hey Barack, you may have a state of the art domestic spying program, but do you have a Super Bowl ring?"

"I don’t know what made me think we can start this relationship again. We’re through!"

A few days ago this website reported that Artbell.com was coming back. 

The former radio show host himself announced that something was going to occur on that website, and that it was under construction, and to watch for more.. Around that same time the website appeared with an all black background and one single white question mark. 

Early this morning, the site changed. 

The black background still remains, but now a different punctuation mark is present: The exclamation point.

No word yet officially from anyone on what exactly Bell is planning to do with this website, but there are rumors rampant online that the former webmaster of Arbell.com is once again at the helm.. 

Time will tell, and since there are only a certain number of punctuation marks before you run out, I don’t know what we will see next..

Google challenges U.S. gag order, citing First Amendment

Search giant asking secretive court to let the company reveal the number of government data requests.

Wow.. this will be VERY interesting..

Google challenges U.S. gag order, citing First Amendment

A new project begins beaming your messages into deep space.. will any ETs hear them? According to the interesting article from SPACE.COM, the messages will take 17 years or so to get to their destination, GILESE 526, a distant star system.. And if there are life forms somewhere deep out there, hearing us.. will that be good. Is it good to announce to the universe “we are here! come and get us!”? Will it take 17 years for someone to get back to us? Just a fascinating story. 

Looks like a very,  very awkward first date.

"We have nothing in common, O"

"I can’t believe Bush liked this guy"

Report: School district scanned children's eyes for bus program without permission

A series of behind-the-scenes mistakes by educators in a Florida school district led to children€™s’ biometric information being culled without their parents’€™ permission, 

The future is now. Sadly.

Report: School district scanned children's eyes for bus program without permission

Pope Francis blesses hundreds of Harley Davidsons.. The story reminded me of the scene from PEE WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE when Pee Wee makes the almost life threatening mistake of knocking down rows of motorcycles, only leading him to put on the large shoes and dance on stage for the motorcycle gang.. In this instance, Francis has apparently accepted the bike culture at Vatican City.. Oh, and in Pee Wee’s movie, ‘Francis’ was the neighbor who wanted Pee Wee’s bike.. another weird connection, don’t you think?