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Remember the red blinking lights device? This silly device made it into most of the Star Trek movies and modern TV series. I always loved seeing it in the background. But, the device receives its first true mention in the sequel to Airplane. This device prop/device crosses over to many sci-fi universes and I love that. Here's some information on the red blinking light machine . You can rent this device for parties for about 800 bucks here .  This device has no purpose. 

The Crank Chop Why does all of Vince Offer's products always sound like sexual actions? Slap Chop and Schticky? When he is not being put on trial by the Scientology courts (I am not making this up ) or beating up hookers that refuse to release his lower lip, he's selling useless shit like this.  And, I love he throws the entire “other” product out the window. How much did that cost to destroy that window? “Oh, me so hungry?” Really, Vince? That's almost as bad as “You're going to love my nuts.” I like the simple design because it is a cross between a See N Say, yo-yo and a Slap Shop.I am not sure people will need it if they have a Slap Chop though.

Surgery Well, I had surgery this Friday. There is not much to say. After I got a blood test, they moved me from a waiting room to a nursing place to change into that weird smock thing that everyone is forced to wear and just underwear. Since I have already been through some of this, it wasn't a shock. After more tests and waiting, a pair of nurses brought me up to the surgery room. It was a room that actually looked more like the sickbay from Star Trek TNG than anything else. It was very modern looking and had a large observation glass And, it was very cold. I met with my heart doctor and tech that had knowledge of the device they were putting in me. They strapped my left arm down and put a breathing mask over my face. I took deep breathes...I woke up in recovery. I slept through the whole procedure. My throat was sore and my chest and left-hand side were in a lot of pain. In recovery, they got me some pain meds that me even sicker, but I puked it up. Th...

Grandmother RIP It was a Sunday and I received a phone call from my mother that my Grandmother was in bad shape. My mother wanted to there for emotional support. I didn't want to be there because I've been to too many hospitals in the last two years. I watched friends and family members get sick and die. While I was closer to my grandmother in Louisville, I didn't want to watch another person die. However, I showed up. Inside the hospice room, My grandmother was in her bed almost still, but with a few breaths here and there. It reminded me of seeing my uncle's body when he died last year. My mother nervously hovered over her checking her chest for breathing. I sat down and just observed everything. At a certain point, she stopped breathing. The nurses came in and confirmed that she stopped breathing. She passed on quietly. She was gone... There was a sense of relief in my heart because she no longer had to deal with pain, sorrow, stress ...

 Shatner Looks back at Star Trek V.  From Slash Film via Entertainment Weekly , ((I got the chance to direct a several-million-dollar movie,  Star Trek V , and I did not get the help I needed in allocating my budget, so when it came to shooting the ending — needing a good villain and lots of computer graphics — I had run out of money. Sorry about that. I had to use footage that I had already shot — and spit on it a lot. I wanted to give [the audience] earth-breaking granite monsters spewing rocks and fire. Instead, I had a few pebbles in my hand that I threw at the camera. )) Here's the thing. Shatner will never fully apologize for Star Trek V. Out of all the TOS movies, it has the most flawed concept. Even Gene wanted to do something similar with an early Trek movie script, but realized it would have never worked. (Gene would go out of his way to stop Shatner from doing certain things in the script, but has little power over the movies.) Shatner wen...

Random Things ~Facebook Friends: It is good to see many of my friends of the past doing so well in their lives. There are so many happy faces and couples that it really does make me feel a little upset I can't get my act together. Because I am not happy with my current job and where I am in life that, I marvel at people that can find a slice of happiness in their lives. I know I won't get married or have kids, I just want to wake up and not dread going into a job a loathe 100%. ~GLH 9: AKA Good Looking Hair: Remember that paint stray for balding men?: This shit was sold through the mail via paid programs on cable. Why would you walk around with some paint chemicals in your hair just to cover up a bald spot? It seems a bit dangerous to me. Wouldn't people tell that you were just wearing paint on your spot? GLH is the clip-on ties of hair-plugs. Check out the ads. (BTW, they are still selling this product on their website !)   ~Star Trek Discov...

Peanuts The Movie   I thought I've grown too old and distrustful to like a movie like this. However, I found myself really loving this movie. With the exception of one element, this movie feels like the series of specials that came out during my childhood at the time. It is charming and sweet in the manner that is the Peanuts of old. Despite the wonderful CGI, this feels and looks like those old Peanut specials from those early days of your childhood. They went out of their way not hip up Charlie Brown such as they did say the new Archie comics. Charlie Brown discovers a new girl ( The Little Red-Haired Girl ) moving in across the street. He has a crush on her. The sort of revolves around him trying new things to get her attention or trying to shed his loser Charlie Brown history. (Snoopy also has his own Red Baron story, which was extremely cute. ) The Little Red-Haired Girl story is probably something most children go through as their first crush. While I...

Farrah Abraham's song: Blowin This might very well be one of the worst songs I've heard in a long, long time. Frah Abrham is that reality star that got famous for getting knocked up and then she became a pornstar (check your local tube site for research). Honestly, she has nothing to offer to the world other than mockery. Double Toasted brought me here to this train wreck of a music video. When I saw their reaction to her album, I had to listen, er endure, one of her singles. Folks, this is NOT really music. This is what the Borg wouldm create to parody music. It is what a machine would shat out after you threw in all the trends of popular music into a program. Then it gets worst...she isn't even trying to lip sync with her own damn song in the music video. You created this piece of shit song, and you can't even bother to act like you're interested in doing this music video. It also has some of the worst aspects of "cool peop...

Star Trek Beyond (3 of 3)  Captain Kirk Chris Pine is looking the part of a seasoned Captain Kirk. He's in his third year in his 5-year mission. Pine has aged into the Kirk part and looks almost like Shatner did in the third season This is symbolic due to the original show only lasting three whole seasons. This movie starts with a bored Captain Kirk simply going through the motions while exploring space. He's in a runt and wants to move up in rank to Vice Admiral. "Admirals don't fly" This is a nice callback to the first and second movies where Kirk is feeling regret for getting promoted to admiral in the original movies. Here it is the opposite. Plus, we see another good scene with Kirk and Bones sharing moment. And, this scene is tied to the first movie. Karl Urban is again great in the role of Dr. McCoy. I like that they even joke about Kirk ripping his shirt. I also liked the opening scene where we get to see the end of one advent...

Microsoft Scammer I received my first phone call scammer today pretending to be a Microsoft Security member. He was from India and had a thick accent. I knew something was wrong when I asnwered the phone and there was a long-long pause before he answered. When he said Microsoft Security, I quickly hung up on him. Come on, I am not a tech head, but I know tech scams when I hear them.  Nice try  

  From The Independent UK , ((Asked when he would even consider reimagining another classic film property, he told The Huffington Post : “No, no, no. No, I will not,” drawing attention to the fact that most of his filmography is original material. )) Paul Feig w on't be rebooting another franchise anytime soon. He took a lot beatings in the social media world for rebooting Ghostbusters. It certainly sounds like he's throwing in the towel. The movie isn't a bomb. It will probably won't break even in the theaters, but will on the home market. A fellow blogger also mentioned that Sony very quietly canceled the male spinoff movie and you haven't heard a word about it. I really didn't have the hatred for the movie like others did, and I even liked the first trailer. However, it is starting to look like Sony really knew they didn't have the golden goose on their hands they were hoping for. Sony is losing about 70 million from this reboot. ...

Karma Horse I have to give credit to Joe Rogan for this clip . I love that this guy brags about not being injured and the damn horse gets an attitude and throws him off. I guess the horse heard enough of his bullshit (horse shit?) and threw him off. I love this horse. Now some are saying that the scene was faked. The in the video says it was real. Straight from the horse's mouth (pun intended).

The Neverending Story (Breaking the Fourth Wall) I grew up loving the childhood favorite movie The Neverending Story. I just re-watched the movie again just a few minutes ago. There was a line of dialogue that clearly breaks the fourth wall that I never noticed before. This is so meta... When the entire planet is destroyed by the Nothing. The Childlike Empress talks about the movie-going audience in the third act. She reveals that Bastian is reading along with their story and that there are many people watching him read their story. She gives us details about things that happened earlier in the movie and points it out to us watching. And, I realized they basically doubled-broke the fourth wall. The Childlike Empress knows she's in a book about a kid in movie. The character knows Bastian is in a movie about the Neverending Story. It is very creepy that she knows this and almost has smirk on her face when she reveals this truth. And, I never realized ...

That Star Trek video game (Repost) Yes, the game is that broken. I think this is the best glitch video I have scene, though Day One: Gary and Sonic Boom are very close to being as glitch-filled, This game came out around the time of Into Darkness and the studio heavily promoted this game. It was supposed to be a bridging story between Star Trek 09 and Into Darkness. The reviews were not kind to this game . The PS3 version scored the highest out of the group, but that was still a 45%. What makes this story funny is that a lot of the movie talent in and behind the camera worked on this shitty game. J.J. Abrams not only distanced himself from the game as they were making it, he tried to get most of his team away from the project too. He also bashed the game after its release. Kind of reminds me of that Ghostbusters video game that just came out and bankrupted the company that made it! 

Pokemon Go...No I've asked if I have or will play this strange GPS Pokemon Go game. And, I just shake my head and say, “I am not a fan of Pokemon and I really don't 'get' it.” I was a little too old for the craze back in the its first heyday. And, now I simply can't get into it. The only way I'd get into this new Pokemon Go is if you get rewarded for having less monsters or not bothering to sign in. I simply hate the whole Pokemon thing and I am a bit annoyed that it has come back huge. Once again Pokemon saves Nintendo from itself. I hate to say this, but I am too old for this shit.

Random Things ~Gravity Falls: I had idea that this show was so good. I heard there was a strange connection to Rick and Morty. I really like this show a great deal. It seems this forest has a lot of magical things that causes problems for the main characters. It is also very edgey for a Disney show. However, Disney's shows are rather intense like Star Wars Rebels. Anyway, I really like Gravity Falls.    ~One Punch Man?: What in the heck am watching? There is a pollution monster and a crab monster. Plus, there is a kid with balls for a chin. So, there is this superhero that has the power of one punch. This might be one of most craziest shows I have ever seen. I thought DBZ has major city-wide damage, but this show kills a lot of people and entire towns are destroyed. The animation is good and the fighting pretty intense. I like the show, but damn it is very strange and I just watched the first episode so far.  ~ Calista Flockhart on Supe...

Wonder Woman Trailer After a lot of false starts, they're making Wonder Woman. Okay, DC, you got me interested. This trailer is extremely good. And, it seems like DC film actually got Wonder Woman right. And, they proved me wrong with their decision on choosing Gal Gadot . She looks amazing as the Amazon. Damn she looks and sounds the part. I heard people were pleased with Wonder Woman the most out of the Batman/Superman movie. I also like seeing Captain Kirk, er, Chris Pine as her introduction to the man's world. I think that was a good casting choice to have Pine as this character. They are also setting this movie during WWI instead of WWII. They're completely different wars. While WW has her orgins in the second war, this change is cool for me. I hope they explore the relationship between Diana Prince and Steve Trevor . Fanboys and Fangirls will be very mad if they screw this up. For me, I like her to be single and strong willed. But...