What is it about disaster stories/films that makes them popular? Ever since I read Stephen King's The Stand back in high school, I seem to be drawn to apocalyptic in nature. Maybe I should use the word 'apocalyptic' since that would indicate a religious undertone.
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I sometimes wonder if somewhere in my psyche is a small desire to see most of the world's population wiped out. And I must say now NO, I don't secretly desire that. Not by a long shot.
The reason that I'm blogging about this is my recent introduction to the television series called ''Jerico'. Given that we no longer have 135 cable channels (all featuring crap) available to us, we have a whopping two channels - Channel 8 (CBS) and Channel 10 (ABC). When I first heard of 'Jerico' coming out on CBS, I had intended to start watching it but got sidetracked by school work. It wasn't until about three weeks ago that I discovered that all of the episodes were featured on their website and I could watch them all; the only downside was that I had to do it up at school since we also do not have internet at the house.
I find the series 'Jerico' interesting because of the strategic story about terrorists detonating small nuclear warheads (20-kT) in something like 22 American cities and what happens to the country overall and the more specific drama storylines of the people in the small town of Jerico and how they deal with what's happening in the country and how it impacts their little town.
From what I understand, there are approximately two or three more 'new' episodes appearing in the next few weeks and then the series will go into hiatus; after that, the series will probably repeat during the hiatus.
If you get a chance, give a look and see what you think about it. If you're not inclined to watch all of the episodes to try and understand what's happening, then go to the CBS website link up above - there's a metric ton of information about the plot, characters, etc.
All done with "'Jerico' on CBS"?
What is it about disaster stories/films that makes them popular? Ever since I read Stephen King's The Stand back in high school, I seem to be drawn to apocalyptic in nature. Maybe I should use the word 'apocalyptic' since that would indicate a religious undertone.
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TGIF
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Nothing much happening today...finished dialysis and relaxing before my Physics class.
Just wanted to say 'Howdy!!' and thank God that it's Friday!!
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Yay Friday! I think by the time you finish school I'll be heading back to school for my aircraft mechanic courses. Cheers Mikey, I should be heading back to SD during the summer.
And no, I'm not a "barking moon bat" just yet ;)
|| Posted by Elly, April 27, 2007 10:13 PM ||And no, I'm not a "barking moon bat" just yet ;)
Good, cause like 'Dawn of the Dead', if you get bitten by a moonbat you'll become one.
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April 24, 2007
Earth-like Planet Discovered
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Cool stuff: check it out
UPDATE: Okay, the original link got trashed somehow; I plugged in a NEW link which should work.
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Mikey, I think you might have typed the link URL incorrectly. I get the message "The page cannot be found." You might need to delete the "http://madmikey.mu.nu/" before everything else.
Even so, we can speculate on this earth-like planet. Can we send Pelosi and Murtha there? Or if they complete their takeover here, can those of us unwilling to be ruled by them escape to the new planet?
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Full Dose
I heard about this a few days ago on the radio and thought it was a joke:
Sheryl.....you have to keep taking all of the medication sweetie.Yeah....I could see this suggestion working for women when they conduct number one sitting on the pot. But what about those days when those bean & cheese burritos aren't working well with your intestinal tract?
OMG....this woman needs a serious dose of reality injected into her life.
UPDATE: Never thought I say this, but I have to agree with Rosie on her comment about this.....
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Gee Mikey, how original. A wingnut making fun of Cheryl Crow's "use less toilet paper" rant.
|| Posted by nunya, April 24, 2007 02:37 PM ||Sorry you see this as a 'wasted commentary'....but she BEGS to be ridiculed.
Seriously, do you honestly expect everyone to take insane suggestions like this SERIOUSLY?!? Your notion of getting rid of all the guns in the nation is more credible than this.....
|| Posted by Mad Mikey, April 24, 2007 04:36 PM ||I knew it was a joke before Crow even hinted at it.
But, since your on the topic of taking insane suggestion seriously, iit doesn;t surprise me that people did. afterall, they did believe in a fucking baboob president about weapons of mass destruction amongst every other daily lie that comes out of his putrid simean mouth.
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April 22, 2007
Fallen Angel
I hate hearing about incidents like this:
While the article doesn't specifically identify the pilot that crashed, one of the photos of the Blue Angels performing their last maneuver just prior to the crash identified the plane that crashed: it was Blue Angel #6, the Opposing Solo pilot Lieutenant Commander Kevin Davis. LCDR Davis' biography can be found on the Navy's Blue Angels website here.It is always sad to hear of a member of the Blue Angels being killed, especially while performing during an airshow. While it'll take a while to determine the cause of the accident - be it a mechanical or system failure on the aircraft or possibly even pilot error, I do know one thing for sure: while the family of LCDR Davis will undoubtedly be greiving over his death, this Naval Aviator died doing what he loved the most.
Rest in Peace Commander.
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