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  1. I was so looking forward to eventually using my super-psychic believing energy rays to lift up an entire mountain to plunge into the sea. That was my retirement plan - to make a fantasy island. Next to the Rapture, of course.
  2. What would the royal Claudette say about...my messy home? Would she gasp in horror and run away...like "Jesus"?
  3. Shoot, I don't even have an appointment book. Though I do tend to jot things down on a wall calender.
  4. I wouldn't put it below him if he feasted on the fresh blood of newborn babies. Have there been any ponds drained in New Knoxville lately?
  5. C- I was wondering whether or not to add "at this very moment" - yet one might ask: how long does it take for thought to travel across the universe? For the Prophet Barney thus verily spoke: "Just use your imagination kids!! ga-faw, ga-faw!" Like Jesus in a purple dinosaur suit. Perhaps purple dinosaurs are worshipped as gods on other planets. Impossible? Who can say for certain.
  6. Throughout this vast universe, on other worlds of distant galaxies, exist multitudes of warring, masturbatory creatures not unlike ourselves, raising the same questions.
  7. If Jesus comes in the wintertime, I'll be in a bind, because Abbotts will be closed for the season. I hope he doesn't mind fish-sticks and tater-tots, along with a simmering bowl of Snow's clam chowder. And if he can do that multiplying the fish-stick trick, that would be a great blessing for our grocery bill.
  8. Being that Jesus is pretty good at cleaning things, I would hand Him a mop. And a paintbrush. The kitchen could sure use a new coat of paint. Then I could treat Him to lunch at Abbott's seafood restaurant, on the shore. But seriously though - if any bearded hippy sporting a robe and sandals came to your door - how would you know it's "Jesus"? Glow-the-dark eyeballs? An angelic choir singing in the background? Too cliche. He'll need to prove himself. If however, he could clean my entire house in the space of 5 minutes - that would be a miracle...
  9. De Mille's "The King of Kings", 1927 silent version. Which actually doesn't belong in the top 10 bad Jesus flicks. Picture Mary Magdala, the wealthy courtesan, riding a chariot pulled by zebras, jealously searching for her lover Judas who had recently joined a cult. Or the first appearance of Christ on the screen through the perspective of a blind girl receiving her sight. Very cleverly done.
  10. Sounds like Velikovsky's "Worlds in Collision" colliding with Toho's "Monster Zero".
  11. No "The Gospel According to St. Matthew", "Barabbas", "Passover Plot"..."Demetrius and the Gladiators"? "Jesus the Vampire Hunter" sounds pretty cool.
  12. For prospective producers toying with this USA-channel made-for-TV movie, to be most likely filmed in New Zealand - let me volunteer my services for composing the soundtrack, which will be a mix of motifs from "Sing Along the Way" blended with the dissonant genre of "Creature of the Black Lagoon", underscored by the ethereal ambiance of a theremin and gong (with tinkling bells punctuating the June blizzard in the dental office). I vote Richard Simmons to play 1980s LCM.
  13. Pirate - Make that a double-feature with "Kingdom of the Spiders" starring William Shatner. Highway, Your recollections at the movie theater have made me seriously consider wanting to attend a Blobfest. Tommy, would love to see such a collection also. In the meantime, I'm enjoying some of the cheapie horror/sci-fi dvd collections out there, even though some prints look like they've been through a cheese grater. The Universal Classic Sci-Fi collection looks like a lot of fun. "The Incredible Shrinking Man" was a fantastic film.
  14. Highway, Though I didn't know it at the time, that "scaring-the-deaf-mute-to-death" color sequence (which I didn't actually see in color till years later, because my family still had b&w tvs into the early 70s) was the earliest depiction of an LSD "trip" on film. Still, those old William Castle films were pretty creepy, along with "Thirteen Ghosts" and especially the "House on Haunted Hill". Another favorite "Creature Feature" just came to mind: "Horror Hotel" with Christopher Lee. Does anyone else here recall seeing this little gem?
  15. Hi Tommy, Growing up in central CT., I also had the good fortune of being able to receive "Chiller Theater" (WPIX, channel 11) and "Creature Feature" (WNEW, channel 5) on the weekends, and enjoying a good share of classic "B" movies from other Long Island channels as well. "The Giant Claw" was also one of my favorites at the time. As also "The Deadly Mantis" "Terror from the Year 5000" "The Manster" "The Tingler" "Invaders from Mars" "The Crawling Eye" "Horror of Party Beach" "Dr. Cyclops" "Robinson Caruso on Mars" "Invisible Fiends" "It Conquered the World" There's so many... And of course, "The Blob" , to which I just picked up the complete soundtrack containing many familiar music library cues used and reused throughout a number of those old movies.
  16. Hmmm...reminds me of that "Treehouse of Horror" Simpson's episode I saw a few years ago, where Homer turns his toaster into a time machine. And if we were robots, would we even be aware of it ?
  17. Penworks, Thank you. And the "scary" questions don't stop. Never in my past wildest, christian daze would I have ever imagined the questions now raised in my older - hopefully somewhat slightly wiser - mind. "Treading where angels dare not tread." But for all the uncertainties I think it's all worth it. Hi Socks. Hi Mr. Happy. Hi Excy. Danny
  18. You are absolutely right, Lindy. The same goes for other writings of about the same second century period - liked the so-called Pastoral epistles (1 & II Timothy, Titus) most certainly not written by Paul. One French writer, P. L Couchoud, joked that he got the sense that it was the same writer wearing different masks behind the production of the later NT material. One of the primary intents behind the production of this apocrypha was one movement promoting their canon against the canons of other rival movements - and one way to carry this out was to argue for the inarguability and infallibility of their "product" against all others. That is why they are underscoring that their canon is "God breathed", is "complete" , is to be "rightly divided" according their "righteous" "teachings", conveniently validated in their canon against oft unnamed heretics and their teachings and their writings bearing uncanny resemblance to that of heretics who actually lived and thrived during the second century. It served it's purpose, and alas all too well; preachers and charlatans continue to derive a number of expressions for promoting the authority of a "god-breathed Word" from those dubious writings - indeed, outright fictions - attached near the end of their new testaments. Danny
  19. Congratulations Eyesopen upon the publication of your book. Have you considered including among your excerpts at your website the table of contents to your work? I know Amazon usually provides these in their excerpts, which allows readers and prospective buyers a better sense of what is actually covered in a work. Danny
  20. You might want to look into the Zoom or Tascam digital multitrack recorders at the guitar stores ( Sam Ashe, Musicians Friend). I picked up a Zoom MRS8 8 track awhile back for about $299, which stores everything on an SD card, and includes a built-in mic, as well a numerous special effects. Some recorders in this range also have a built-in HD. And they are definately smaller than a laptop. Don't know if you considered a multitrack, but you could certainly enhance your podcasts with other tracks with which to add music or whatever. Danny
  21. In all fairness, Robert Tilton never charged me a cent for the sealed plastic bag of miraculous "Holy Water" (amounting to about 10 C.C.) and 12 colored envelopes in which to stuff checks if ever the "Holy Ghost" convulsed me to do so. And for the thin vinyl hanky into which to blow my nose and send back to him that he mayeth lay hands upon it. And for the poster of his squinting countenance, raising his holy hand as if from the other side of a TV screen. It's hangs on my garage wall with some of my other old comics. The holy water has long since evaporated inside the package.
  22. On the "being-dead-for-72 hours" thing: it was a belief held among the Zoroastrians, as mentioned in their scriptures the "Zend Avesta", that upon dying, a person's "soul" remained near the corpse for 3 days, "seated" near the head, at the end of which their "spirit" counterpart would come and lead that soul across the "Chinvad Bridge" into the next world. If a person was good in their life, their "spirit" would be appear to them in the form of Angelina Jolie. If a person lived an evil life - Hillary Clinton.
  23. Have been on a vinyl-to-cd burning spree the past couple weeks. Have been blown away by the remarkable quality of recordings, now that everything has been set up just perfect between my stereo/turntable and computer. The old 70s Pioneer turntable (vintage 70s, tag sale special) has made a big difference as well. Wish cd-recorders had been massed-produced along with the players in the the 80s. Wouldn't have re-purchased&replaced a number of albums commercially-produced on cds over the years.
  24. Took my son to see this last night - very effective, clever movie. Caused a few "flashbacks" to 9-11. Look forward to the dvd to catch those subtleties missed in the first viewing.
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