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- July 13, 2020
- Remembering the late Bob Crane
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Robert Edward Crane was an actor with a radio backghround who played the drums. He starred in a television comedy set in a German prisoner of war (POW) camp during World War II called Hogan's Heroes and it enjoyed some success back in it's heyday.
The show always held a special place in my heart because it was the first television program I had ever seen in color. It seems that my father had purchased a color television while we were living on Hawthorne Circle in Hanahan, SC and as soon as he plugged it in and turned it on there was the intro to Hogan's Heroes with the snow and the blue night cast to the titles and oh, it was a thrilling moment for me personally.
He did appearances on the various television programs of the era such as The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Donna Reed Show prior to Hogan's Heroes
Other media ventures such as The Bob Crane Show weren't nearly as successful and he faded from my short term memory except for the syndicated episodes I sometimes encountered.
His ending was one of violent and perverse circumstances wherein he was bludgeoned to death while naked in his bed with the crime remaining unsolved.
I recall reading about the tragedy while I was on active duty and later there were television programs featuring the circumstances as well. They spoke of the chief suspect being a man who was something of a gadfly in Crane's life to whom he referred to as a 'groupie' but it's all a blur and I didn't really follow a lot outside of my Time and Newsweek subscriptions in the Navy.
Regardless, I always thought that Bob Crane went down hard and needlessly in that kink which hides behind those curtains of behaviors we don't show to others. The real tragedy of it all is the fact that they couldn't find who did it and I am left feeling that the controversy was needless in the life of a fellow so utterly uncontroversial as Bob Crane until that time.
Too many like to get into the business of others. I prefer to perhaps admire from afar and leave others alone.
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- July 12, 2020
- I've always avoided Seances
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Though I have dabbled in magick as an amateur until that fateful midnight that it scared the crap out of me I have been careful to avoid two things:
ouija
seances
These two items of paranormal interaction have been cautionary tales throughout my life to the point that I would not risk actual interaction.
My spiritual upbringing and religious experience has taught me that evoking demons and interaction with sorcerers, witches, familar spirits, and so forth are serious matters according to the commandments of God and therefore sins of the spirit. Furthermore, I have witnessed ouija sessions that ended badly for the participants and I have an ability to benefit from the experiences of others ...
Particularly when they are presented graphically in videos with hideous aftermaths that caused shudders.
Then we have the so-called psychic mediums on the television who represent themselves as those who channel the dead with messages for the living.
I watch these programs in light of those readings which forbid their practice in life because they are interesting from a correlation of what the participant walks away feeling they understand.
So when I face the White Throne judgement, I hope that the one true God will not hold these transgressions against me because it was indeed television programming.
I just cant make myself go there in active participation and utilize some ouija board. Any invitation to a seance will be declined for those same trepidations I feel.
Some of us do not feel the need to tempt God or fate in pursuit of some earthly thrill.
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- July 11, 2020
- 7-11 Free Slurpee Day is canceled due to COVID-19
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When I was a child I frequented the 7-11 store near my home in Hanahan, SC. Often times I would buy a frozen drink called 'Icee'. This product evolved into another manifestation called 'Slurpee' but it remains essentially the same frozen drink product from my childhood.
Today is supposed to be Free Slurpee Day at participating stores of the 7-11 chain in North America. 7-Eleven's Free Slurpee Day is canceled due to COVID-19 like so many of the other wussies in retail, the mainstream media, and local and federal government agencies.
I don't feel that I will ever contract coronavirus due to that prophylaxis I have provided to myself during the so-called "pandemic".
So many of us now feel there is some ulterior motive behind this declaration. The democrats have taken it as an opportunity to get everybody wanting entitlements and handouts with unemployment benefits eclipsing wages earned by those receiving them in a rather blatant move to "buy" votes ... which is ALL they're good for.
I've heard speculation that the lockdown in effect is an attempt by the government to "count us" though I feel this interpretation to be rather dubious at best.
So you can still get that free Slurpee via contact of the 7-11 chain but the underlying mess is the problem here.
I am one who believes we should have never had a shutdown. Furthermore, we should have expelled all Chinese nationals who are not citizens and nuked China right about the Wuhan Province and Tiananmen Square as well as those strongholds occupied by the rulers of the blight on the face of the earth which is mainland China.
The consequences for releasing this plague on the world have been grossly inadequate.
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- July 10, 2020
- Nikola Tesla Day 2020
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Today is the birthday of Nikola Tesla, one of the most brilliant scientist, inventor, visionary who has ever lived thus far on the planet.
For this reason, the day has been proposed as "Tesla Day" or "World Tesla Day".
Some scientific entities celebrate the day informally now, as I do.
When you discover everything the man had to offer the world such as "free energy", yet was supplanted by the money of competitors who would steal his work and call it their own or worse suppressed in the name of the profits of the selfish few ...
It is easy to see that his was a life's work that was important not only to those in his time but also to the future.
How could we allow his work and patents to be stolen in an effort to keep us on fossil fuels at the behest of the military industrial complex?
Upon his death his papers were confiscated by the FBI ... simply because they could.
This is the travesty of the United States where we remain under control of those who commandeer our tax dollars and rob us blind of every improvement opportunity we might have had over the past century.
How long will we allow this to continue ?
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- July 9, 2020
- Mary K Letourneau Passes
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We know little of the motivations surrounding those emotional aspects of humanity. Appearances may be deceiving when confronting matters of the heart ... and indeed who is to say "what is" and "what isn't" when love and sex come into play.
Part of that trendy froth which used to permeate the main stream media and it's never ending pursuit of minding everyone's business was Mary K Letourneau who was a teacher convicted of second degree rape of a child, one Vili Fualaau who was a preteen at that time in his life.
I remember her flailing plea and the appearance of contrition by this woman who only became caught with the child in an automobile getting it on ... then married this kid after bearing his child.
She was imprisoned from 1998 to 2004.
In 2005 she wed the boy and they remained married for 14 years. The photographs circulated of her regarding this apparent jailbait conquest were at once halting in their stark representation of the cougar and her prey.
Letourneau died of colon cancer on July 6, 2020 near Seattle, libtard capital of the world. She was 58 years of age.
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- July 8, 2020
- The Urban Jungle
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I am an urban dweller, one who seeks the creature comforts of my 3.5 ton air conditioner in the hot summer months, existing primarily indoors, indulging those technical pursuits which still interest me, and pretty much laying low outside the high profiles of those who seek that notoriety for which I no longer have any wish.
My day is filled with coding, creating various pictoral representations of things, and pursuing my activites of daily living on the side.
It's a rather drab life in my opinion, but I prefer it to the wide open tap dance in which I have been engaged in the past.
There are stark realities to growing older. I don't have that drive which once sent me hither, thither, and yon in pursuit of things social and/or sexual. I don't really have a goodly amount of energy, but my new physician has assured me this will change when I get on the testosterone shots we have in the works.
It seems my lab work qualifies me once again.
All I live for anymore is taking care of mama and seeing that she has nothing lacking in the way of those things I can do ...
You know, cut the lawn, accompany her to various venues, and perhaps grabbing a spot of lunch together.
As for the rest of you, if you're not associated with work you are a blur in my peripheral vision as I tend to those matters which I feel are significant.
I don't begrudge your existence but don't get in my way.
This is me. I may be old, but like the Terminator guardian in Genisys I'm not obsolete by a LONG shot.
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- July 7, 2020
- World Chocolate Day 2020
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I once was a chocoholic. I would eat great masses of chocolate in various forms with considerable relish. I was a fan of Ghirardelli double chocolate hot cocoa mix which I would stir into warm milk or even hot water and chug.
Alas, all of this was not without consequence. There were adverse effects on my metabolism and skin. I eventually found myself moderating to the point that I only occasoinally permit myself the indulgence I once saw practically daily.
Still, it's one of my favorite flavors.
Today is World Chocolate Day, aka International Chocolate Day in some circles. It is held each year on July 7 with some held on the 9th.
It is primarily a day to consume various chocolate confections, bakery goods, and drinks.
In the US we observe a National Chocolate day on October 28. Confectioners in the US also state September 13 as International Chocolate Day.
Regardless of the day you choose, chocolate has been around a long time and is here to stay. I love the taste but the sugar typically included with it reeks havoc on my metabolic syndrome. Carob nibs are my alternative of choice becuse they are healthy with much less sugar.
Enjoy !
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- July 6, 2020
- National Fried Chicken Day 2020
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Another National Fried Chicken Day is upon us bringing thoughts of eating gamecock and other foods of the observance.
Yes, the notion of fried chicken has been engrained into my psyche from childhood and I remember crying when chickens were prepared from live birds to the frying pan only to have me devour them as though I never experienced any tears whatsoever.
I suppose that the citified boy which was the grandson of Ida Lou Whetstone Williamson simply was confused in the food chain principles which we still observe.
I wasn't a "baby" just "tender hearted".
National Fried Chicken Day goes down on July 6 each year and there is no information regarding how or when it actually began.
I suppose Colonel Sanders may have influenced it ... but that is mere speculation.
So get out there and grab your bird, dredge it in flour and seasoning and fry it up in observance of this, your National Fried Chicken Day.
Cheers !
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- July 5, 2020
- P T Barnum
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When I was a child I was much more interested in circuses, going to the fair, and other manner of similar entertainment choices which are still available on occasion.
Phineas Taylor Barnum
July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891
PT Barnum was much more of a personal interest at that time when I was a child and my thoughts traversed the gamut of fantasy and entertainment was a primary concern in my existence.
Phineas Taylor Barnum was a businessman, showman and entrepreneur specializing in entertainment promotion turned politician, author, publisher, and philanthropist.
His main claim to fame was founding the Barnum & Bailey Circus and becoming the legislative sponsor of 1879 Connecticut anti-contraception law.
He is also remembered for a number of hoxes which he promoted and it is said that he coined the phrase "There's a sucker born every minute" even in light of a lack of proof in historical documentation.
His circus business was started when he was 60 years old and ended up being the source of that fame he has enjoyed throughout the years.
He established "P T Barnum's Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan & Hippodrome" in 1870. This was a traveling circus, menagerie, and museum of "freaks" which did business under many other names over the years.
He was married twice and fathered four children. His second marriage was to a woman 40 years younger than he and ended in 1891 upon his death at home from a stroke.
He is interred in the Mountain Grove Cemetery of Bridgeport Connecticut which is a facility of his own design.
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- July 4, 2020
- Independence Day 2020
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Today is Saturday, July 4, 2020, aka Independence Day, aka as simply The Fourth of July.
Independence Day is a federal holiday in the United States marking the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
In these days of failed patriotism by leftist individuals we who remain patriots observe the day with fireworks, parties and get togethers, concerts, barbecues, picnics, parades, and various sporting events.
For those who don't know, this was the day in 1776 that the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress.
There was a time when this would not have needed to be said but with our failed education system which indoctrinates leftist ideology instead of teaching facts and figures it goes without saying that a major adjustment is coming down the pipe that concerns respect for The Republic, law and order, and conservative viewpoints.
I hope you're on the right side of history. Get ready for the day of reckoning because the conservative right isn't going to take this desecration of our country without severe consequences for those who would undermine and usurp who and what we are ...
Foreign nationals be damned. That goes for you George Soros and your slimy low life nazi ilk.
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- July 3, 2020
- Dog Days here, but not there ...
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Today marks the beginning of Dog Days according to the Old Farmer's Almanac. However, this does not correspond to established traditions of European cultures.
The day is derived from the viewing of constellations and of course, your position on the planet determines the overall layout of the constellations as they are interpreted via the eyes.
Regardless, of if you subscribe the the Old Farmer's Almanac definition or the European definition the days are pretty much the same ...
They are the hottest and muggiest part of the summer season.
Webster defines “dog days” from early July through early September and this corresponds to the hot sultry weather of summer in the northern hemisphere.
Me, I live in South Carolina. We tend toward hot weather regardless of 'dog days' or not. Be this as it may I likewise subscribe to the American definition as provided in the Old Farmer's Almanac.
To each, their own.
So attempt to chill out and protect yourself from heat and humidity and enjoy the time as a passing of the seasons. The summer of the seasons. The oppressive white hot summer like we have in South Carolina where if the 98 degrees doesn't get you the 98 percent will.
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- July 2, 2020
- Elie Wiesel
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Never having been a holocaust denier I have encountered Elie Wiesel in person, on several lecture stages, and in various documentary films.
Though we have not met up close and personal I feel that I know a fair amount regarding who he is and what he is all about. He has been a favorite personality of mine for years because I have respected his story, his fortitude, and his character.
Eliezer Wiesel was born in Romania and was an American Holocaust survivor, author, professor, political activist, and Nobel laureate. He has amassed a collection of 57 tomes in French and English and was a Jewish prisoner of the Nazi regime in Auschwitz and Buchenwald.
He held a position as professor of the humanities at Boston University and they created the the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies to honor his work.
His involvement in those causes associated with defending human rights and judiasm inspired the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC and his politics were those against oppressive regimes and genocide.
Peace, atonement, and human dignity were the crux of his message to humanity as the result of his personal experiences in the death camps and he was active in human rights for his entire lifetime.
Elie Wiesel passed in the early hours of July 2, 2016 at his home in Manhattan. He was 87 years old.
Rest in peace.
Matthew 5:2 And He opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 5:4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. 5:5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. 5:7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. 5:10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 5:11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Holy Bible, King James Version
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- July 1, 2020
- Pining for Margaux Hemingway
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I've always viewed the ending of Margaux Hemmingway one of the true tragedies of my time on earth. I wasn't really your 'true fan' per se but I was always keen on her activities and warm for her form.
Margot Louise "Margaux" Hemingway
February 16, 1954 – July 1, 1996
Margot Louise "Margaux" Hemingway did fashion modeling and acting in the United State. She was a very successful supermodel in the early years of my coming of age and as such was something always beyond my grasp and I realized this at that time.
I cared not for the covers of Cosmopolitan, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, and TIME opting instead for those sound bytes and photographs and magazine paragraphs which gave glimpses into Margaux the person ...
But all I could ever really do is covet and nothing else. So I did nothing but have interest.
You do what you must do in life based on your circumstances. Admiration from afar not withstanding we live within those boundaries set for us by either others or ourselves.
She was the granddaughter of writer Ernest Hemingway and this may have been some of that allure I felt for her. The later years in her life were marked with the addiction and depression which sometimes accompanies money and fame; not to mention ancestral predecessors.
She suffered a level of publicity which ultimately drove her to take her own life ... either intentionally or via attempting escape with those drugs which she could obtain with relative ease.
She passed on July 1, 1996 and I mourned her loss for the world and me personally even though I was nothing in that mix which was her life. We were both in our early 40s.
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- June 30, 2020
- Companies Gouging in the era of COVID-19
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I've noticed a lot of inflated prices around since the government and CDC began mishandling the so-called COVID-19 pandemic.
Stores everywhere are offering goods like cleaning products, hand sanitizer, and such with inflated prices and from my perspective the backlash is going to be pretty severe if people start to notice just how badly the unscrupulous purveyors of these products are treating their fellow citizens.
For example, clorox bleach was removed from the shelves for an extended period and when it returned it was SERIOUSLY marked up ...
As if a fake shortage was created toward that end.
So today I bought my last bottle of clorox bleach and I will decline all products marketed by Procter & Gamble Company in retailiation for what I view as the victimization and profiteering by a company out to screw those among whom they live and do business.
Leave it to some stupid Oakland, California company to get all creative to the detriment of everyone else. Scumbags.
Boo !
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