Actually I think you would call this a retro-futuresque Merry Christmas
wish - for you all. May things be simple and happy this Christmas &
may Dr, Smith stay out of your hair.  The Robinsons turned him into
a Christmas tree, and boy is they ever happy about dat!! Yessir!!
( you may also note - the robinsons are awefully fond of yellow )

The Bucket List, a 2007 movie starring Jack Nicholson & Morgan Freeman - to me is probably one of the most profound flicks I will ever see. Maybe their will be a better movie tomorrow, or in a year or two, but I doubt it.  But not for me. Two terminally ill men make a list of what they want to do before they die, and set out to do just that.

Critics gave it low points and I am wondering what the heck were they expecting out of this movie. Blowing things up? Nudity and rampant sex?  Super cool dazzling special effects?  Well if thats what an enjoyable movie is to the reader, you wont like this movie. If you want something that feels real and grabs you, makes you feel the dread, then laugh snot bubbles at witty dialog and finally breaks your heart - this is a movie for you.  I recommend it for the rich characterization, the dialog, the philosophical thought put into it, and the heart and of course.., the well timed fun.

There are a few colorful metephors and the subject matter is not for small kids.

PS - Shameless self pimping: Vote on some of my songs in the playlest to the left. I need the high marks - but to keep you honest, vote only on the ones you like best - if you dont like anything on my list? Pretend you like one. Thats honest enough for me - LOL. Simply click on a song - let it load and show at the top of the list you will get stars on the right of the song title - click on the number of stars you think its worth.

It couldn't happen to anyone else any other place - not this year. Last night the power line collapsed IN THE DRIVEWAY!!!!  Without power for about 3 hours - and add heartache to misery, I did not get to record last night's episode of "Terminator: The Sarah Connors Chronicles" which screws up my collection.

BUT WAIT! Thats not all - according to the workmen from the electric company - that to their knowledge this was the FIRST winter weather related power outage this season in this state.  So yeah - Hawgtown Arkansas IS Ground Zero! Oh for the love of mike, why couldn't it of happened to you! Then I could be reading your related blog entry - and I would not have missed Terminator, The Sarah Connors Chronicles.

Not that I would wish such inconvenience on any of my friends - I'm just sayin'.
Film at 11.

Ok - some of you wondered about my Extraterrestrial friend Bob.  I wonder about him too, he's just not quite right. If you know what I mean.

On a serious note.., I took this picture on December 1st 2008.  I hesitated posting it here because I get called everything from a liar to being made fun of. If it was just my word I would understand. But I got the freaking picture with my camera! No wings, no sounds just moving along like nobody's business. Not hear say. I did not doctor the photo in any way other than to add the closeup and arrow.

When I say UFO everyone automatically starts thinking I am calling this a Space Ship.  I never said such a freaking thing - and it fishes me off BIG time when people start making that assumption and making fun of me. UFO is an "Unidentified Flying Object" - if it flies and cant be identified - its a UFO.  Doesnt matter if its a plane, a blimp or a weather baloon, until its identified its a UFO.

THE PICTURE IS HERE - CLICK ME
Photobucket resized the image so its not as sharp as thr original pic.

Its flying in the air - so I am calling it an AIRCRAFT of some sort.  As for so called ETs and flying saucers, etc, I believe they are from right here on Earth - even if its got little green men, they are from here not elsewhere in the universe - although the Universe is a pretty big place and the likelihood of life elsewhere exists. Science even holds out for that possiblity.

Of course I should have thicker skin - I tried to pass it off and make jokes my ownself until I realized they arent just laughing at me - they are calling me a liar and the same as labeling me a retard or crazy despite having a picture, again, assuming I am saying I caught an Extra Terrestrial.  Jokes are one thing but when friends call me a liar - I stop laughing.

Up front I don't have the link to this story - and I heard already enough I don't need to know more.  If it has ovaries at birth without so much as extra genitalia - its a clear cut case of Female having baby! End of freaking story.  This woman who feels she is a man (and has a woman partner) has given birth to a baby. The tabloids and "some" Legit news sources are shouting to the roof.., that a man has given birth to a baby. GIVE ME A BREAK! I am not Einstien - but this whole thing is insanely stupid even on a scientific view scale. Any scientists saying that this woman turned man is a valid male birth is out of his mind and needs to lose his or her Braniac License.

This planet is screwed up enough without confusing genders.  Its non of my business if Joey JuJu born a man wants to be a woman. If he already knows about the taboos and goes with his gut he wants surgery - fine - thats his business to become a her - But Let Joey know that when he becomes Joette - it is medically and naturally impossible for Joette to have a baby.  He cant say "Well I really am a woman" and make it stick.  Its like a Rock calling itself a tree. Doesn't make it so. Put a few leaves on the rock - its still a rock.  Put lipstick on a pig and its still a pig. Paint the toenails on a chimp a hot looking rock star doesn't make.

So - take a woman who get transgender surgery - she's still a woman. unless she cant have ALL the man parts and dispense with the female parts - come on. If she calls herself a man - fine. I don't care. but now comes a woman who thinks she's a man - non of my business.  She/He gets pregnant and the world starts cheering about the MAN having a baby.

Has intelligence really dropped that low in the 21st century? This is NOT a personal view point - a woman has ovaries and the other stuff that makes her a woman.  The only way I myself (in my opinion) can place the matter in a gray area is if the person has been BORN with BOTH male and female parts.  I cant just say scientifically that THIS person is anything other than what he or she has decided he or she is.

This politically correct Bull Snot has reached a new low.  OH! THIS MAN GAVE BIRTH TO A BABY!  How people live or what they choose to call themselves - I don't care - BUT for the love of anything that can be considers sacred - EVEN SCIENCE yields to Political Correctness????  The moment Science recognizes this woman as a man that gave birth to a child - then scientists judgments and theories come into deep question.

I love my friends - they can disagree with me if they want, but cheese Louise - when political correctness overrules common sense and science - move over Planet of the Apes because we already will have Monkey's ruling the planet.

[A sad foot note to the above sanity] Certain preschools in California are encouraging small children to pick their own gender. AFTER confusing them with political correctness b.s. - that they have a right to choose what gender they want to be.  Parents who objected in court were over ruled by the judge, who cited the parents had no business, nor the qualifications to be dictating what constitutes education.  This is ONE story I wish I had the links to. I couldnt believe my ears. This story came out a scant few years ago on Tv and Radio broadcasts - secular and religious mediums.