WordWolf

Ok, the story.... I was taking a plane somewhere, for the first time in memory. (I'd traveled by plane as a VERY small child, but had no memory of it.) I was a touch nervous and traveling alone. While I sat in the plane, we had a slight delay before takeoff. I had a Walkman on and was listening to NYC's rock station, 102.7, WNEW. (It existed at the time.) They announced they were going to premiere the new Pink Floyd album soon. I figured I'd miss it and be out of broadcast range soon. As it turns out, just as we were beginning to taxi out, the DJ announced they were now playing the world premiere of the first single, "Learning To Fly." As I watched us approach the clouds and pass through them, I was listening to the lyrics for the first time. =========================================================== Into the distance, a ribbon of black Stretched to the point of no turning back. A flight of fancy on a windswept field Standing alone my senses reeled. A fatal attraction is holding me fast- How can I escape this irresistible grasp? Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies. Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I Ice is forming on the tips of my wings. Unheeded warnings- I thought I'd thought of everything. No navigator to find my way home. Unladened, empty and turned to stone. A soul in tension that's learning to fly. Condition grounded- but determined to try. Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I Above the planet on a wing and a prayer, My grubby halo, a vapor trail in the empty air, Across the clouds I see my shadow fly Out of the corner of my watering eye. A dream unthreatened by the morning light Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night There's no sensation to compare with this Suspended animation, a state of bliss Can't keep my mind from the circling skies Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

Probably "West Side Story".

I'll take a guess. "American Bandstand"?

"Learning To Fly", by Pink Floyd. (Off of "A Momentary Lapse of Reason".) I have a most remarkable personal story about when that song premiered.

Got it in one! I was thinking the Molly Shannon and Chris Rock mentions would steer people over to SNL, but you caught the other references and didn't take the bait.

It came up here, primarily on the thread of the same name, "Hunt Close."

The book came up again...

twi's had nothing of substance to offer for decades. This "Monday Morning Quarterback" routine is particularly sad. "Gee- if it had been us, we'd have seen the trouble coming. Too bad you didn't have us there." As other posters have made obvious, those same twi'ers were unable to identify the trouble that was before their noses when they had the chance. So, their claims of being able to head off trouble is an especially empty claim. Then again, empty claims-and empty chairs- seem to be the order of the day for twi nowadays.

Ok, next one. Among the directors of this series was Rosie Perez. Among the staff were Carrie Ann Inaba and Jennifer Lopez. Among those who appeared on it were Molly Shannon and Chris Rock. Among the regulars was Jim Carrey.

I'll go with "Bablyon 5." I was kind-of hoping for "Quark",but that was between the ST shows, AFAIK.

It was OBVIOUSLY "Romeo And Juliet".... until the Romeo character killed the Juliet's BROTHER. In R&J, Tybalt is Juliet's COUSIN. Raf isn't going to make a mistake that big when he can catch it so easily. So, it's a Romeo & Juliet TYPE story where the Romeo kills the BROTHER of the Juliet.

Obviously, it REFERENCES Twilight. So, it can't BE any Twilight movie. It sounds like a vampire flick. It has to have come out in the last decade because it presumes the public knows what Twilight is. It sounds serious, otherwise I'd guess "Vampires Suck" (a spoof of the genre.) I'll need to think about what movies this COULD be.

vpw's greatest successes always happened overseas with no way to confirm them. For example, the miraculous arm healing that even Mrs W said NOTHING about in her account of events. (Her silence on what was supposedly an incredibly dramatic miracle that shaped his ministry says quite a bit even if she never came out and said "It never happened." In her account, it never DID happen because she wrote about what DID and that wasn't there.) So, twi has LOTS of faithful followers in Africa who we NEVER hear from and who NEVER videotape themselves in action or even send a group photo. You KNOW twi would make a major deal of ANY evidence they had of growing influence anywhere. If they're CLAIMING that much to this day, I am confident it's all bull.

For the other people who may not know, twi's undereducated staff made up the redundant term "international countries." Any time you're talking 2 or more countries (nations), you're talking "internationally." It's sometimes amazing what impact twi's poor practices have had on all of us. It can take decades to catch it all.

The ones I remembered that weren't mentioned were: Kindred:the Embraced (I was a White Wolf Publishing reader, so that was an obvious show for me) Right now, more or less, is a show called "the Gates", about a gated community with supernaturals. I imagine it's interesting. Then there's "Being Human", in UK and US flavors, with a vampire, a werewolf, and a ghost. There was briefly "Moonlight", which looked like a cross between Forever Knight and Highlander. Would you believe Count Duckula was the SECOND one of his type? Filmation made up "Quackula" in 1979. There's quite a few shows that had a vampire at some point- like Tales from the Crypt and so on. =========== I'll think up another question unless you want to take it.

I know "Drac Pack" was a bit too late for you, but you don't remember "the Groovy Goolies?" I'm thinking you at least HEARD of Count Duckula at some point. With the movie, I thought "Dark Shadows" would have come up fast. Any others spring to mind before we move on?

I reserve the right to call all this "Indigo Children" stuff hokum. Everybody wants a special title. http://www.skepdic.com/indigo.html http://www.crystalinks.com/indigochildren.html The second links shows that even people who are into psychic phenomenon call "shenanigans" on this "Indigo Children" business. If your kid has ADD, you can love your kid and work with them, or you can decide the problems are really side-effects of being supernatural and do NOTHING to help the kid fit in. This will make the kid feel entitled rather than teach him to try to succeed. I consider this label to be HARMFUL to the children.

Ok, According to www.dcwg.org/detect/ the site you named was A site to check for specific malware. There's a list of similar sites, some of which have an option to switch to English. So, try http://www.dns-ok.fi/ and http://www.dns-ok.ca/ for the Finnish and Canadian sites. I just ran them and my PC shows up clean.

Well, I can't get into www.dns-ok.us either. According to www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com, that site is DOWN. Other than that, I'm not sure what you wanted. If it's about some malware, maybe you can post a link to where it's explained or mentioned or something, then I'll have a better idea what you need and what to recommend.

I'm sure Rosalie and Donna have pondered that same question, and came to the same conclusion- with about $50 million missing, the IRS/FBI would follow them to the ends of the earth. Current twi cadre have limited skills. They all (AFAIK) only speak English (if Rupp is already on the outs, at least.) The number of countries they could flee to is limited, and the IRS/CIA would find them easily. This is 2012. Everyone leaves a data trail. The only way to drop that would be to go "off the grid"- but that would mean living in a tent or a cabin somewhere with no electricity-which defeats the entire purpose of running off with the money. They have more "benefits" by staying and milking the twi cash-cow, and collecting the golden eggs than they'd have if they killed the golden goose looking for the gold. We're all confident the motivation of twi's top people is MONEY and LUXURIES. They'd all leave and retire with the money if they could. I wonder how the remaining innies feel, answering to people who are in it strictly for the paycheck... So, 30% full is overly optimistic, and it's more like 5%-10% full except when there's people bused in or brought in for a promotional event?

There's a lot more than either of us were thinking. I wasn't even thinking of 2 shows that are currently in circulation. (Not counting "The Vampire Diaries".) Then again, since they don't have "vampire" in the title and I'm not watching them, that's not hard to do. George, for fun, how many cartoons with vampires can you name? I was thinking of two, there's at least one other I should have remembered.

We've discussed this before. It's listed as a non-profit organization. If they just close shop and grab the money, the IRS will go after them and put them in prison. They have to pretend to actually do things to provide "benefit of the doubt" so the government just doesn't nail them for fraud or whatever.

If the locals will forgive me for making a straight trivia question.... Name 4 (or more) shows that feature/feature at least one vampire in the regular cast. (I'll accept analogues, where "we won't call it a vampire" applies.) (I can name 8 without getting into analogs, all off the top of my head, and most of them, I've never actually watched.) Oh, and to be specific, they should all be LIVE-ACTION shows, although I can name at least 2 cartoons as well.

The worst part of socialism is that it discourages excelling and rewards the lazy. The worst part of capitalism is its callousness-the poor are left to starve. (When these don't happen, the systems aren't taken to their extremes, and people MODERATE them somewhat and don't let them get that far.) twi actually inflicts the worst of both worlds on its worker bees. The people at the top are lazy and rewarded. Everyone else is stifled and prevented from excelling-they must CONFORM. Everyone except those at the top are left to find help ELSEWHERE after spending 15% of their income (at minimum) fattening twi coffers. twi believes that once you have their money, never give it back.

The second was a Woody Woodpecker cartoon that spoofed Dragnet. "If Woody had gone right to the police, this would never have happened."