tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18376760467604375052024-03-29T21:35:54.820+10:00Just Watching the Wheels Go Round"You can observe a lot just by watching"
Yogi BerraBrizdaz (Darren)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.comBlogger7024125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post-86190793009020409342024-03-29T09:06:00.009+10:002024-03-29T21:06:33.394+10:00Immaculate?⛪👼🥚🐤<div><i><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EkhOVqms0Ug" width="320" youtube-src-id="EkhOVqms0Ug"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/d8SRtNhmZ1g" width="320" youtube-src-id="d8SRtNhmZ1g"></iframe></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKbw_rWlHJ0tuPFbvGqdL3wb2Vm9St3lvJey_gn4BRJpEA3hUi4rDfPrfMehu5lXZ-1tjhnwAO07tP5KJ2-PihOwuMkhcDS2agAGUiauDxNmPFXXhj0w7_PcWRmMS7l8u8QoDXEbJNGolQbhVeZZdQNDYs_FzxHpPfFURm2bsy6Uw9O13jAHjQQV4lkE/s781/Immac.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="501" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKbw_rWlHJ0tuPFbvGqdL3wb2Vm9St3lvJey_gn4BRJpEA3hUi4rDfPrfMehu5lXZ-1tjhnwAO07tP5KJ2-PihOwuMkhcDS2agAGUiauDxNmPFXXhj0w7_PcWRmMS7l8u8QoDXEbJNGolQbhVeZZdQNDYs_FzxHpPfFURm2bsy6Uw9O13jAHjQQV4lkE/w256-h400/Immac.png" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23137390/?ref_=tt_mv_close"><span style="color: red;">Immaculate </span><span style="color: black;">(</span><span style="color: red;">2024</span><span style="color: black;">)</span></a></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table></b></i></div><i><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I might have to check out </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_(2024_film)"><span style="color: black;">this </span><span style="color: red;">'Immaculate' </span><span style="color: black;">movie</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> over the </span>Easter Weekend<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> sometime ... and not just because I think </span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2858875/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_0_nm_7_q_Sydney%2520"><span style="color: red;">Sydney</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> is a </span><span style="color: red;">hot chick</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, either<span style="background-color: #fcff01;">;-)</span></span></b></i><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcORKWzxwSVF13sHXq4UwsWQKoAeFn_189X8QsdOQ0epA4mAQ6xFAbSMIrZQiyGMAIUretslGPWdiR7gLZHvpLeerjXTYtFd4LVDtaWMvJhKkDyRqiT_cSM5n2th9qhvHN1LnsavGdDN7I6nmaQQqvMkeJ0A5PhGzaIvFtajoJqOAm78S9BSGn6FLG_e4" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcORKWzxwSVF13sHXq4UwsWQKoAeFn_189X8QsdOQ0epA4mAQ6xFAbSMIrZQiyGMAIUretslGPWdiR7gLZHvpLeerjXTYtFd4LVDtaWMvJhKkDyRqiT_cSM5n2th9qhvHN1LnsavGdDN7I6nmaQQqvMkeJ0A5PhGzaIvFtajoJqOAm78S9BSGn6FLG_e4=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/178622601-immaculate" style="color: #ff3300;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">Immaculate </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">(</span><span style="color: red;">Anna McGahan</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">)</span></span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table><i>I've been dying to see <span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23137390/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_q_Immaculate"><span style="color: red;">this movie</span> </a></span>since reading<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_McGahan"><span style="color: red;">Anna McGahan</span></a></span>'s novel of the same name<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> ... well I'm not getting any younger<span style="background-color: #fcff01;">:-)</span></span></i><br /><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Although, I do have a lot of reading to do over </span>Easter ... and before I die<span style="background-color: #fcff01;">:-)</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SbFQujZcmw0" width="320" youtube-src-id="SbFQujZcmw0"></iframe></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2i-BTIic2Zw" width="320" youtube-src-id="2i-BTIic2Zw"></iframe></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZEVADln48tUoBL7ajQsBbhKMb4BMty5pmKgJUvYP42KKp3HNPLZFRq5UR_P7dDYfZyXCeT0Y96Rssn5YnEKq4pPsxm2yXKHI5Gn87ewAEdvuVy1pOpggyL0w_KUkZ1-8m4qdmsQ2DOwb9uoItJjI91R6DSE51RiDmR7gMqq6aGMBIyWOvyTgqpn3agA/s4032/IMG_7895.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZEVADln48tUoBL7ajQsBbhKMb4BMty5pmKgJUvYP42KKp3HNPLZFRq5UR_P7dDYfZyXCeT0Y96Rssn5YnEKq4pPsxm2yXKHI5Gn87ewAEdvuVy1pOpggyL0w_KUkZ1-8m4qdmsQ2DOwb9uoItJjI91R6DSE51RiDmR7gMqq6aGMBIyWOvyTgqpn3agA/w300-h400/IMG_7895.JPG" width="300" /></a></div></i></b></div>I listened to a few more recent podcasts shows featuring </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_McGahan"><span style="color: red;">Anna McGahan</span></a></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> this week, as I stumbled across a </span>DVD<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> at work of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underbelly:_Razor"><span style="color: black;">Underbelly<span> </span></span><span style="color: red;">Razor</span><span style="color: black;"> series</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, starring </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_McGahan"><span style="color: red;">Anna McGahan</span></a></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, even though I started watching the series on the </span><span style="color: red;">STAN</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> streaming service recently.</span></i></b><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">And I'm working on a post about </span>biographies<span style="color: #3d85c6;">, including </span><span style="color: red;">Anna's</span> semi-fictional autobiography<span style="color: #3d85c6;">, as well as a few other people's</span> "<span style="color: red;">real</span>" life stories ... so far<span style="color: #3d85c6;">.</span></i></b><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="1154" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifq9_kYFkPu1wPy2zYioeh4tjX2mmpVHsv53DZhEmm6e4Fa56lsD8BLl8cwZnzxcBNAjkw6pikgCSKg_s6Z03ui65OOoOD-mGyJAjw5-L2kXVyAAfFlDuxb7pUm-QoBPT102r6EjRviq_aPl1HmJaw_TS0wxd3etSIAiBCulBlmtqxhk2aJqJ-_10TBR4/w400-h140/AMcG.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://thirdspace.org.au/city/melbourne/episode/what-beautiful-about-life"><span style="color: red;">WHAT IS</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> BEAUTIFUL</span><span style="color: red;"> ABOUT LIFE</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">?</span></a></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ironically, I wrote a post about beauty myself -</span></i></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2024/03/beauty-her-beast-and-blossoming-self.html"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">BEAUTY, her </span><span style="color: red;">BEAST</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">, and the </span><span style="color: red;">BLOSSOMING SELF</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">?🌹🪞⏰</span></a></span></b><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-NGNXDE-RtJgEMMMS4mJG1PZZZCzW8PHsQ-_AbuiFYc50IcJ-PxB8IAW6x8EFm-uWvyiVx_uZD4ae9S0kKd5b0EmvKJ7ePoq9cqlpQnSutBpwdv2MAkS_wDxJslpsVo50sUupMqmVHKsE8zQoDnsg2bCr1_xmiMgh97d3oLYBGevvhJqFsaDV-2MqXLE/s576/AMcG2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="319" data-original-width="576" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-NGNXDE-RtJgEMMMS4mJG1PZZZCzW8PHsQ-_AbuiFYc50IcJ-PxB8IAW6x8EFm-uWvyiVx_uZD4ae9S0kKd5b0EmvKJ7ePoq9cqlpQnSutBpwdv2MAkS_wDxJslpsVo50sUupMqmVHKsE8zQoDnsg2bCr1_xmiMgh97d3oLYBGevvhJqFsaDV-2MqXLE/w400-h221/AMcG2.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://wheredowegopod.com/135-2/"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">135</span><span style="color: black;">:</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span><span style="color: red;">Anna McGahan</span><span style="color: black;"> on the Stories that</span><br /><span style="color: red;"> Shape Us,</span><span style="color: black;"> Break Us,</span><span style="color: red;"> and Make Us</span></span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">We all like a good story over </span>Easter<span style="color: #3d85c6;">, whether a </span>book<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> or </span>movie<span style="color: #3d85c6;">,</span><span style="color: red;"> true</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> or not</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, I think<span style="background-color: #fcff01;">;-)</span></span></i></b></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_DiRQyAEObn_v7R61bnzoG9ZgQLUfYl54RcCXX4-aF2oOMfUgpfJCkY55BAqyRJWJEzEyO5EsNCj8usgcu9no0JRczMqgAr4uvzZspBK2VwvD-YjFLVfeXR6qwz81DNgvrZ6sPO01_TE9oiaEbHUN_CtKlNlqwmalsW48OTl0yeOaSlA_qlfOMQ4H3_I/s305/AMcG3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="301" data-original-width="305" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_DiRQyAEObn_v7R61bnzoG9ZgQLUfYl54RcCXX4-aF2oOMfUgpfJCkY55BAqyRJWJEzEyO5EsNCj8usgcu9no0JRczMqgAr4uvzZspBK2VwvD-YjFLVfeXR6qwz81DNgvrZ6sPO01_TE9oiaEbHUN_CtKlNlqwmalsW48OTl0yeOaSlA_qlfOMQ4H3_I/s1600/AMcG3.png" width="305" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/anna-mcgahan-creativity-and-the-creative-process/id1559822691?i=1000514440936"><span style="color: #e69138;">Anna McGahan</span><span style="color: black;">: </span><br /><span style="color: black;">Creativity and the Creative Process</span></a></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I'd like to see </span><span style="color: red;">Anna</span>'s book <span style="color: red;">'Immaculate' </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">made into a </span>movie<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> or </span>TV mini-series<span style="color: #3d85c6;">, too.</span></i></b></div></div></div></div>Brizdaz (Darren)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post-54032377202354881772024-03-27T08:41:00.005+10:002024-03-27T08:48:50.206+10:00Happy World Theatre Day ... Break a Leg? 🎭<div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mdBVJbzkoqo" width="320" youtube-src-id="mdBVJbzkoqo"></iframe></div></i></b></div><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-NUnKoK3MW7VK-ZoZzfDq1XQiA4x27IcU4e1CFCE7de-8pEcFMSDnBFs3dZ4ubEwRC7wlcLdLs0ElHramOZWZQ-Gm4dJdHsWihs3iJvnnuco2LCNGY_i0E56pfO6lowRzavzizrHz0hOgwD3M1oR0SkYr-JEtKPJWZ0eDbqWcWll6dCPTymsb5KMfqK0/s631/WTD.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="631" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-NUnKoK3MW7VK-ZoZzfDq1XQiA4x27IcU4e1CFCE7de-8pEcFMSDnBFs3dZ4ubEwRC7wlcLdLs0ElHramOZWZQ-Gm4dJdHsWihs3iJvnnuco2LCNGY_i0E56pfO6lowRzavzizrHz0hOgwD3M1oR0SkYr-JEtKPJWZ0eDbqWcWll6dCPTymsb5KMfqK0/s320/WTD.png" width="320" /></a></div></i></b></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I didn't even know that</span><span style="color: red;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Theatre_Day"><span style="color: red;">'World Theatre Day'</span> </a></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">was a thing, until today.</span></i></b><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">So, I rang my sons to see if they want to buy some tickets to</span><a href="https://www.qpac.com.au/whats-on/2024/love-stories"><span style="color: red;"> Trent Dalton's </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">'</span><span style="color: red;">Love Stories</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">'</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> in </span><span style="color: red;">September</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, as we all liked that book and are curious to see it brought to life on stage.</span></i></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2021/09/deepak-chopra-stairway-to-heaven.html"><span style="color: black;">Deepak Chopra: </span><span style="color: white;">Stairway to Heaven</span><span style="color: black;">, the </span><span style="color: white;">Synchro</span><span style="color: black;">destiny of </span><span style="color: white;">Boy Swallows Universe</span><span style="color: black;"> ... and God </span><span style="color: red;">Don't</span><span style="color: black;"> Play Dice ... ?</span></a></span></b><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pKtezm0f4VQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="pKtezm0f4VQ"></iframe></div></i></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2023/10/plum-love-stories.html"><span style="color: #674ea7;">PLUM </span><span style="color: red;">Love Stories</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">? 💓💑💘💔🖤</span></a></span></b><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2hWMYshLenEFVVr_R68Vxjfob2w0Ni-Pfy18e5yBRdiDSnFr7D5dU6A3PO_DF4-kcusKP_zjjWzmCAN7nwt12AGVRUgly_xxU2mjl_63I8vtmZuQybViw849qAVYiA3lz8Mu3IQzxiB-rWQFulmTEWf6U_Xvl0DSBkNvpK5uqUcXcz6bVy0jD2UxEO5c/s905/WTD2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="905" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2hWMYshLenEFVVr_R68Vxjfob2w0Ni-Pfy18e5yBRdiDSnFr7D5dU6A3PO_DF4-kcusKP_zjjWzmCAN7nwt12AGVRUgly_xxU2mjl_63I8vtmZuQybViw849qAVYiA3lz8Mu3IQzxiB-rWQFulmTEWf6U_Xvl0DSBkNvpK5uqUcXcz6bVy0jD2UxEO5c/w400-h258/WTD2.png" width="400" /></a></div></i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7telN7PVa22ZRmlqo4CeduzdvslQCn2P5YdHo64At_ntfpf2Cll0TdDTexgHR-eKn7eTFl_odLLtd96Ch7aaWaTMnXSYSlZ86if3U3H6-e8vVYvsznB8nOi96UmpYTLDkne5s6jWjxMq5mgWtz6gf8Kc1TJ5-nToTy32Al7pSPuysMzMpJCy7V4n8ar0/s1018/WTD3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="1018" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7telN7PVa22ZRmlqo4CeduzdvslQCn2P5YdHo64At_ntfpf2Cll0TdDTexgHR-eKn7eTFl_odLLtd96Ch7aaWaTMnXSYSlZ86if3U3H6-e8vVYvsznB8nOi96UmpYTLDkne5s6jWjxMq5mgWtz6gf8Kc1TJ5-nToTy32Al7pSPuysMzMpJCy7V4n8ar0/w400-h226/WTD3.png" width="400" /></a></div></b></div>I guess<a href="https://nationaltoday.com/world-theatre-day/"> </a></i></b><b><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Theatre_Day"><span style="color: red;">'World Theatre Day'</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span></a>ends at midnight tonight<span style="background-color: #fcff01;">?-)</span></i></b></div></div><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6PkKot5MlGU" width="320" youtube-src-id="6PkKot5MlGU"></iframe></div></i></b></div><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8gd_ohoPzYc" width="320" youtube-src-id="8gd_ohoPzYc"></iframe></div></i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2019/12/dont-fk-with-cats-or-pia-zadora.html"><span style="color: black;">DON'T F</span><span style="color: red;">**</span><span style="color: black;">K WITH </span><span style="color: white;">CATS</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">... </span><span style="color: red;">or Pia Zadora</span><span style="color: black;">?</span></a></span></b></div>Brizdaz (Darren)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post-57049873482880073492024-03-26T15:17:00.003+10:002024-03-26T15:26:14.835+10:00Frost and the Art of Food Consumption and Art?🍔🎨🎭<div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuw_XWAgQKk0COIEYw2E6VYNbKSuJETh7eLt8hW8iNi5jraMDjCZz5EFrHAu7yfhkQ4LGE8b02xqkZJdx99t5Tj9MuILscQ6GEhakcSchcdY3TctRipksKa67raKftryP4R0YfPxPM0H5JQYdNWtEJ6RR52e8oLLV9cScrglAAh26YNt_seRAr46kWVMI/w300-h400/IMG_7806.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: red;">The </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">"</span><span style="color: red;">toy</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">"</span><span style="color: red;"> I got</span><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #2b00fe;">:-(</span></i></b></td></tr></tbody></table><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I wanted the </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerwin_Frost"><span style="color: red;">Kerwin Frost</span> </a></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">figurine.</span></i></b></div></div><div><b><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjK1fLwW7jLD0W5zx515iMacCQbKeoTk-vVRXJ8umSupzlAWrVEHJUVW7OVFioLOEQ21SDMh_KmHoExhIBMhf5pm3tBCy9cvztzPRVDAQI1JdOr1zOt056OvRbfj5crVuDU-DTNouVtP01hIr7B2xuIKSD5s26vV8V8EbvRTJx_UAte2f6UbkkhxaoQeE/s701/AHMKF.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="701" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjK1fLwW7jLD0W5zx515iMacCQbKeoTk-vVRXJ8umSupzlAWrVEHJUVW7OVFioLOEQ21SDMh_KmHoExhIBMhf5pm3tBCy9cvztzPRVDAQI1JdOr1zOt056OvRbfj5crVuDU-DTNouVtP01hIr7B2xuIKSD5s26vV8V8EbvRTJx_UAte2f6UbkkhxaoQeE/w400-h318/AHMKF.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2024/02/mcdonalds-adult-happy-meals-australia/"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">McDonald’s </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Adult</span><span style="color: red;"> Happy </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Meals <br /></span><span style="color: red;">Have</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> Arrived in</span><span style="color: red;"> Australia</span></span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Not that I had any idea of who </span></i></b><b><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerwin_Frost" style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;">Kerwin Frost</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> was at the time.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">So, I looked him up through </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerwin_Frost"><span style="color: black;">Wikipedia</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> and was surprised to see that</span><span style="color: red;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerwin_Frost"><span style="color: red;">Kerwin</span></a></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> shared a </span><span style="color: red;">birthday</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> with </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung"><span style="color: red;">Carl Jung</span></a> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick"><span style="color: red;">Stanley Kubrick</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkmP_mDq2nTYREQ_nOwb04F0k-9vkbQWu28SsRS5QjLYi3uUyk_qy8SE4d1G_p6P1O7lOIAcfqAa4GhlQqf3Ym1Kw-J0acegJpqorF6zuUOjltk4_vdSEOOrRKY01GLBzi8Uwu2VKc4UdzfIviX_gSwCFNJM2TAhnF3MZnWjJLB46p29N5ryEDMUSyBkA/s490/KerwinFrost.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkmP_mDq2nTYREQ_nOwb04F0k-9vkbQWu28SsRS5QjLYi3uUyk_qy8SE4d1G_p6P1O7lOIAcfqAa4GhlQqf3Ym1Kw-J0acegJpqorF6zuUOjltk4_vdSEOOrRKY01GLBzi8Uwu2VKc4UdzfIviX_gSwCFNJM2TAhnF3MZnWjJLB46p29N5ryEDMUSyBkA/s16000/KerwinFrost.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerwin_Frost"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Kerwin Frost</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span> <br /></span>(born</span> <span style="color: red;">July 26, 1995</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">)</span></span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmX86WLJIxi0KEyYo844pO6bIlWJMHnZFRlX0aYe1Gm39hSOiFLegApfzEdCkaYD2BFWAOBxkyIYsuaVIfY0Z9EI7nwV3IWDFjdmgGr7vBs707CO1_yOK37o7R7pnVRWDIifFfJ2LKdem1t_kHQH5Z6vcWqFaDFAg9rBKwhcZgAejGaBJqIEGkibJJ4tI/s4032/IMG_7902.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmX86WLJIxi0KEyYo844pO6bIlWJMHnZFRlX0aYe1Gm39hSOiFLegApfzEdCkaYD2BFWAOBxkyIYsuaVIfY0Z9EI7nwV3IWDFjdmgGr7vBs707CO1_yOK37o7R7pnVRWDIifFfJ2LKdem1t_kHQH5Z6vcWqFaDFAg9rBKwhcZgAejGaBJqIEGkibJJ4tI/w300-h400/IMG_7902.JPG" width="300" /></a></div></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I didn't worry too much about getting</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> the lame</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><span style="color: red;">Darla</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">"</span><span style="color: red;">toy</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">"</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, as I thought I had a few months to try and get the</span><span style="color: red;"> Kerwin figure.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Afterall, </span><span style="color: red;">1</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> chance in </span><span style="color: red;">6</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> are </span><span style="color: red;">Russian Roulette</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">odds</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> of shooting yourself in the head.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">And I've already tried once </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">(to get a</span><span style="color: red;"> toy</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">, </span><span style="color: red;">not </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">shoot myself)</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, so how hard could it be to get a </span><span style="color: red;">KF</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> "</span><span style="color: red;">toy</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">" eventually</span><span style="color: red;">?</span><br /><span style="color: red;">WRONG</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">!</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The next visit when I asked for an </span><span style="color: red;">Adult Happy Meal</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> at the </span><span style="color: red;">Drive Thru</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, I was told they didn't have any, because they were </span><span style="color: red;">SOLD OUT</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I started thinking that when it came to</span><span style="color: red;"> artists</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, maybe </span><a href="https://kerwinfrost.com/"><span style="color: red;">Kerwin</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> was a </span><a href="https://kerwinfrost.com/"><span style="color: red;">sell-out</span><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #2b00fe;">?-)</span></a></i></b></div><div><b><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3q518XLeliHW9dNf7oOHas07zmDrhLOODeTF7_VUwkT-tmohZQze__U0pVqFfdN82mKg0wKjv53tvMx_N8FVjCI2IL3Ku-GEBcfhPFT3mVKQosksk8HWk-X8TTsJCGddorD5D7ULDMSKmIdmaJX12A9kalZ0sruLP_2g1E4Ooej7n-jNfE3J-OwQaFzs/s1763/AHMKF2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1019" data-original-width="1763" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3q518XLeliHW9dNf7oOHas07zmDrhLOODeTF7_VUwkT-tmohZQze__U0pVqFfdN82mKg0wKjv53tvMx_N8FVjCI2IL3Ku-GEBcfhPFT3mVKQosksk8HWk-X8TTsJCGddorD5D7ULDMSKmIdmaJX12A9kalZ0sruLP_2g1E4Ooej7n-jNfE3J-OwQaFzs/w400-h231/AHMKF2.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://kerwinfrost.com/"><span style="color: red;">FRY GUY</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> (</span><span style="color: red;">SOLD OUT</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">)</span></a></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I asked when they were getting more in and was told that's it, </span><span style="color: red;">GAME OVER</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Can't say that I was</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><span style="color: red;">happy</span><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #2b00fe;">:-)</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqtoWX6quvvYdmilqibea0GEEkH8FH7bNJzFyiRYiLdktJNmonJvYSFfjvvUuVxMmje0mZhCd5uXWO5h0eZsxRnp7Ot-Y3wDTPWg9ZnpjWcoZ8fgN7vmlS6C6XQmXD6Rk3Md9TSjKLGJlqGj9Lz0jOPSCpce3i-HNV7Uvq_BSKwFqvinnY1Rl-kNxtVk4/s496/AHMKF3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="425" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqtoWX6quvvYdmilqibea0GEEkH8FH7bNJzFyiRYiLdktJNmonJvYSFfjvvUuVxMmje0mZhCd5uXWO5h0eZsxRnp7Ot-Y3wDTPWg9ZnpjWcoZ8fgN7vmlS6C6XQmXD6Rk3Md9TSjKLGJlqGj9Lz0jOPSCpce3i-HNV7Uvq_BSKwFqvinnY1Rl-kNxtVk4/w343-h400/AHMKF3.png" width="343" /></a></div></i></b></div><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_HOpMTdxlWL_TImT_QmCFLOWAPApYKkwrBDNBgH1iPA_UtQXrTf4ndPCYx5nv-YdMXULBcw6K27SAl3ZX9KtBijk6qftshuvfZF0sEj5oC6W8_0Yx0d1UllQJpQioBjZS4NDT_hjdq0OZSZqyAdPUeo4_pkdg6a8JBAQjUKesouRX-9r3OYgP42ydpBU/s4032/IMG_7806%20-%20Copy%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWTOYEOWR4HiBpBcjHFcstaVa6Bf83lZeZByrmUBa6bZwyTF-5VxkeA_V3gBI3g6OHW-6xwtlsKTs2hud3trJAURmWBPGXMbgi4zlIKu2VgiErl30-BQ8SORvaRjZAAVN7qFp3riQHNAZlufl-jZqcpPj139N8HgPqO02nXMG5er0mzQU-NW4NJYKIm74/w400-h300/IMG_7835.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">What is it with portraits</span><span style="color: red;">?</span><br /></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdP8dH7ihgDSHBlGpB1MCDW-R97At1-mHuWzV3v3lBeyaOiJO2eRHDWGQaTq2JbrwB5QlXZbi9F7Zliq60sJ_MmQz0v4QeYmchI4S28D6BKKGELRXjj0a-xSMmGU50R1Q8DLVwGqdFy9NFHTDRAaRXSkOK68kWN6fvI8_YNW2TrDMc4cwOBlxD9RRyEW0/s4032/IMG_7842.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdP8dH7ihgDSHBlGpB1MCDW-R97At1-mHuWzV3v3lBeyaOiJO2eRHDWGQaTq2JbrwB5QlXZbi9F7Zliq60sJ_MmQz0v4QeYmchI4S28D6BKKGELRXjj0a-xSMmGU50R1Q8DLVwGqdFy9NFHTDRAaRXSkOK68kWN6fvI8_YNW2TrDMc4cwOBlxD9RRyEW0/w400-h300/IMG_7842.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7xH0IN1J7vjGJzfP2mTGP3VpV19AAuX3eCXzSqfst9eHHtA5mpH7NNbKT2-djCT26AmJO6HWzXPBCCqC1YDva1iZbI2hopgaEbdykaSDl5QZNFxApjZJseEBAZSCVoHWMNZ_l8LsSXy0KnQs7rv0LrlrZCmZeUDBMVKcPtmwIEICk1SN84BJGlpzfp0U/s4032/IMG_7840.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7xH0IN1J7vjGJzfP2mTGP3VpV19AAuX3eCXzSqfst9eHHtA5mpH7NNbKT2-djCT26AmJO6HWzXPBCCqC1YDva1iZbI2hopgaEbdykaSDl5QZNFxApjZJseEBAZSCVoHWMNZ_l8LsSXy0KnQs7rv0LrlrZCmZeUDBMVKcPtmwIEICk1SN84BJGlpzfp0U/w400-h300/IMG_7840.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I prefer trippy art to portraits any day of the week.</span></i></b><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEuPWLbiHs_VRUjFf47TZ4iXVR_XrMFf3ix3J44BJCqZWHcBv-dpnRVmIhm7RvFeKmohq_PFiu5wx4bxYNXVh0iYDRlMZKND6CrpiG4Da-M6PKveKJDgH5m-HE_kVg9iolcdmjpnwJnD-x9GGYQi6WLeDSyhHylAHHbvdwJ3xnqGCbRh0vt68xi3VHCfA/s447/AHMKF4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="447" data-original-width="321" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEuPWLbiHs_VRUjFf47TZ4iXVR_XrMFf3ix3J44BJCqZWHcBv-dpnRVmIhm7RvFeKmohq_PFiu5wx4bxYNXVh0iYDRlMZKND6CrpiG4Da-M6PKveKJDgH5m-HE_kVg9iolcdmjpnwJnD-x9GGYQi6WLeDSyhHylAHHbvdwJ3xnqGCbRh0vt68xi3VHCfA/w288-h400/AHMKF4.png" width="288" /></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The second time I tried getting an </span><span style="color: red;">Adult Happy Meal </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">was when I was heading home from work and then heading out to my youngest son's place to watch the first </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane_Lions"><span style="color: red;">Brisbane Lions</span></a></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> game of the season on his TV, because we couldn't get tickets to the </span><span style="color: red;">Gabba</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, as the match was </span><span style="color: red;">SOLD OUT</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Seems to be a theme running through this post, do you reckon<span style="background-color: #fcff01;">?-)</span></span><br /><span style="color: #3d85c6;">He is coming over to my place to watch the </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane_Lions"><span style="color: red;">Brisbane Lions</span></a></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">/</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club"><span style="color: black;">Collingwood Magpies</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> game Thursday night and I'm paying for </span><span style="color: red;">pizza </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">... not </span><span style="color: red;">McDonalds</span><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #3d85c6;">:-)</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxbbDXowtCQPc5dGyq2GRpy8iRZxofXCkBHh9kh2lwPXrBRTESOpIGHvuue1hYk9BTMy2UX5I5pwuoNsDT6XLs_Iu7Pp07IYgh8wYUTkM7aEwIoNxa80xg9_3RysFJFpBTIiaJuxFyS9NhbSMgLnd6JQ4rj8GBLGmPQoCDlKDN_V39iMVVBr225a2d978/s481/AHMKF5.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="462" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxbbDXowtCQPc5dGyq2GRpy8iRZxofXCkBHh9kh2lwPXrBRTESOpIGHvuue1hYk9BTMy2UX5I5pwuoNsDT6XLs_Iu7Pp07IYgh8wYUTkM7aEwIoNxa80xg9_3RysFJFpBTIiaJuxFyS9NhbSMgLnd6JQ4rj8GBLGmPQoCDlKDN_V39iMVVBr225a2d978/w384-h400/AHMKF5.png" width="384" /></a></div></i></b></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">And I'm hoping to turn </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">my frown</span><span style="color: red;"> upside down</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> with the </span><span style="color: red;">Lions</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> first win of the season<span style="background-color: #fcff01;">:-)</span></span></i></b><div><b><i><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">One group of losing fans </span>will not be <span style="color: red;">happy</span> after the game on <span style="color: red;">Thursday</span> night<span style="color: #3d85c6;">, since both teams are </span><span style="color: red;">win</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">less</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> since meeting in last year's </span><span style="color: red;">GF</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, which I'm still not </span><span style="color: red;">happy</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> about losing</span><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">:-(</span></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8S-f_DiDgklvyGQprICYccDhJy2LFOd7U7FkErn3IfuqGHv4P_YYLZrvfewczMSMEplBuimC0lKrhGnbpIS67htmCLhksw6uEFBBMGJZAYPjsBdkeaIVBL4IzBDZIh4X_Ly9vhU_W8DNMSvzLWu6PtTCoCHIrlGq5Me6_10tAnK9flZp9KsF2FKblVTs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8S-f_DiDgklvyGQprICYccDhJy2LFOd7U7FkErn3IfuqGHv4P_YYLZrvfewczMSMEplBuimC0lKrhGnbpIS67htmCLhksw6uEFBBMGJZAYPjsBdkeaIVBL4IzBDZIh4X_Ly9vhU_W8DNMSvzLWu6PtTCoCHIrlGq5Me6_10tAnK9flZp9KsF2FKblVTs=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div></span></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Maybe </span><span style="color: red;">McDonalds </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">should get </span><a href="https://benfrostisdead.tumblr.com/"><span style="color: red;">Ben Frost</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> to make some art for their </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Australian </span><span style="color: red;">Adult Happy Meals</span><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #3d85c6;">?-)</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/I0Qu62_vPbo" width="320" youtube-src-id="I0Qu62_vPbo"></iframe></div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><div><b><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNRjTtpcaATvSltstEk838kJVlHO0svu2MS9T5eAVtG77M4-DA0gaL4r3Uh7bpwxLJl0Wy_xMXTwjePcaEorWAmd5LRy5JRcGbUGaMGmbWSdAe9-Pcu-KaekEhYQRceB7J93cWVYrsjHiHl1_ObvT_SBzzfdht1V5g-68i65Y5az7YnfWeGTDxHysY7p8/s826/NBoy.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="826" data-original-width="588" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNRjTtpcaATvSltstEk838kJVlHO0svu2MS9T5eAVtG77M4-DA0gaL4r3Uh7bpwxLJl0Wy_xMXTwjePcaEorWAmd5LRy5JRcGbUGaMGmbWSdAe9-Pcu-KaekEhYQRceB7J93cWVYrsjHiHl1_ObvT_SBzzfdht1V5g-68i65Y5az7YnfWeGTDxHysY7p8/w285-h400/NBoy.png" width="285" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1266029/?ref_=tt_mv_close"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Starring </span><span style="color: red;">ATJ</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> as </span><span style="color: red;">John Lennon</span></a></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table></i></b></div>When I saw that announcement in the news, I thought to myself, that came out of nowhere<span style="background-color: #fcff01;">;-)</span></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1236" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgouMByzt6vVLDFUnrpUAIBWnR20JBvylRpKYL9vehA0C-x08eONNmZsbpdUgJx3FQJvofrqBDcJvf_tdDdRWimTv7MzN6W5T3alm-uTT22rM0VRywiE-8tQy9k3qMsdLpM3JfCzA8P6UnKYC5Z9GUXIb6aRSTHvNKARZRkZoNKhFLEIQDq9jzt-fSpeUk/w400-h225/AJTBond.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1093951/?ref_=tt_ov_st"><span style="color: red;">Aaron Taylor-Johnson</span></a></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table></i></b></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><div><b><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTUhhaLv5o2mlatiYv9EJSutIhWMJ_HR9aCRIgR9PNhAJ8TG-Vq_EdrIROZhy4OO3MSFIpXtwvD8OKW3afpedP-UlBtsbDH4s32mxqyUQAmLnIKIV4Sh24lcgyqpfbTFOyDOSbH1jtw-TIlTm3clKXTL8qEH1dF0yPqqU-KrdN8Cbszg2_iINnJqKOqg4/s443/ATJ.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="88" data-original-width="443" height="80" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTUhhaLv5o2mlatiYv9EJSutIhWMJ_HR9aCRIgR9PNhAJ8TG-Vq_EdrIROZhy4OO3MSFIpXtwvD8OKW3afpedP-UlBtsbDH4s32mxqyUQAmLnIKIV4Sh24lcgyqpfbTFOyDOSbH1jtw-TIlTm3clKXTL8qEH1dF0yPqqU-KrdN8Cbszg2_iINnJqKOqg4/w400-h80/ATJ.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Taylor-Johnson#cite_note-8"><span style="color: red;">Aaron Taylor-Johnson</span></a></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table></i></b></div>That will go down like a lead balloon with some </span>"Conspiracy Theorists"<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> I'm sure, although I couldn't imagine that kind would be into </span><span style="color: red;">Bond </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">films</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> in the first place.</span></i></b><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/I5BHuws-3To" width="320" youtube-src-id="I5BHuws-3To"></iframe></div></b></span><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I have no problem with </span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1093951/?ref_=tt_ov_st"><span style="color: red;">ATJ</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">playing</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><span style="color: red;">Bond</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, but then I'm part Jewish as well</span><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #3d85c6;">:-)</span><br /></i></b><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0IOsk2Vlc4o" width="320" youtube-src-id="0IOsk2Vlc4o"></iframe></div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The last film I thought saw </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Taylor-Johnson"><span style="color: red;">AJT</span> </a></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">in was </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12593682/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_2_act"><span style="color: red;">'Bullet Train'</span></a> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">where he looked nothing like </span><span style="color: red;">007</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">.</span></i></b></div></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">But I had watched </span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1781769/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_17_act"><span style="color: red;">'</span></a></i></b><b><i><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1781769/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_17_act"><span style="color: red;">Anna Karenina'</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> on </span>DVD<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> a few weeks back not realizing that he played </span><span style="color: red;">Vronsky</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> in that horrid version of the story -</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z-nyXX5zOLg" width="320" youtube-src-id="Z-nyXX5zOLg"></iframe></div></i></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-2012-love-letter-to-anna-karenina.html"><span style="color: red;">A</span><span style="color: black;"> 2012 </span><span style="color: red;">Love Letter</span><span style="color: black;"> to </span><span style="color: red;">Anna Karenina</span><span style="color: black;">?🎥💌🎬</span></a></span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/y35cTSFFeYU" width="320" youtube-src-id="y35cTSFFeYU"></iframe></div><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2024/01/secrets-and-spies-and-synchromysticism.html"><span style="color: black;">Secrets</span><span style="color: red;"> and Spies</span><span style="color: black;"> ... and </span><span style="color: red;">Synchro</span><span style="color: black;">mysticism</span><span style="color: red;">?</span><span style="color: black;">🌊🕵🕳 🐇</span></a></span></b><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ByXNehAIbSg" width="320" youtube-src-id="ByXNehAIbSg"></iframe></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2024/03/secrets-and-spies-and-ufosuaps.html"><span style="color: black;">Secrets and Spies</span><span style="color: red;"> ... and </span><span style="color: #38761d;">UFO</span><span style="color: red;">s/</span><span style="color: #38761d;">UAP</span><span style="color: red;">s?</span><span style="color: #38761d;">🛸🔍👀</span></a></span></b></div></div></div></div>Brizdaz (Darren)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post-13434089526823443082024-03-24T21:41:00.008+10:002024-03-25T15:34:01.468+10:00Notre Dame Should Be Ready for the Paris Olympics Opening on July 26th?📕🔥🚒🎆<div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0NofSJzYGHU" width="320" youtube-src-id="0NofSJzYGHU"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wfvGsS3F58I" width="320" youtube-src-id="wfvGsS3F58I"></iframe></div></i></b></div><b><i><span style="color: red;"> July 26th</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> is </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung"><span style="color: red;">Carl Jung's birthday</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, so that seems rather </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchromysticism"><span style="color: red;">synchro</span><span style="color: black;">mystic</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, don't you think</span><span style="color: red;">?</span></i></b><div><span style="color: red;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ddWqym3nB7c" width="320" youtube-src-id="ddWqym3nB7c"></iframe></div></b></span><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2024/03/beauty-her-beast-and-blossoming-self.html"><span style="color: red;">BEAUTY</span><span style="color: #38761d;">, her </span><span style="color: red;">BEAST</span><span style="color: #38761d;">, and the </span><span style="color: red;">BLOSSOMING SELF</span><span style="color: #38761d;">?🌹🪞⏰</span></a></span></b><div><span style="color: red;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="957" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVU0WZFTkudSoyRf9YyMeErHGrfkXL9saZ8rqMuM7pdOvKXZBxBGQ6KqSd7g8T4qt3_4BDNnO_B5Z34PzLMnQ9sMEZXbs3oVgPGFZ843nd3xQKj4toi5c9j5IrTk42Rb4J7hCbeHLluIBGNJsZhMMCXMsn0PdqlNNC4PsbFH6Qt_CFbtpNHp1kyeXgqSg/s320/NDonFire.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12264966/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_Notre%2520Dame%2520on"><span style="color: red;">Notre-Dame on Fire </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">(</span><span style="color: red;">2022</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">)</span></a></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table></i></b></div>Probably why I thought of the two synch movies above of </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/Seallion/videos"><span style="color: red;">Jake Kotze's</span></a> when I read that newspaper article above<span style="color: #3d85c6;">.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">And kind of weird that </span></i></b><b><i><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001618/?ref_=tt_cl_t_2"><span style="color: red;">Joaquin Phoenix</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> has played </span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5360996/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_8_act"><span style="color: red;">Jesus</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, the </span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7286456/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_5_act"><span style="color: red;">Joker</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> and in his latest movie </span></i></b><b><i><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13287846/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_1_act"><span style="color: red;">Napoleon</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/d385fB-94aU" width="320" youtube-src-id="d385fB-94aU"></iframe></div></i></b></div><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/r353HtxBr7E" width="320" youtube-src-id="r353HtxBr7E"></iframe></div></i></b><b><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/t433PEQGErc" width="320" youtube-src-id="t433PEQGErc"></iframe></div></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2019/10/in-art-of-comedy-lifesynchromysticism.html"><span style="color: red;">In the Art of Comedy </span><span style="color: black;">(</span><span style="color: red;">Life</span><span style="color: black;">/</span><span style="color: red;">Synchro</span><span style="color: black;">mysticism)</span><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: black;">Timing is Everything in </span><span style="color: red;">a World Gone Mad</span><span style="color: black;">?</span></a></span></b></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLmBjPfPzXNVmhVrliTBrwRJJtKKxxH9sFRFsvhC4z2O0Esn5FNkNOwmK0ArE4vg9JE2pBdToqmYgM0G3Q2wniuZ-troOn_3W0rOJF4QjxEUWidYChvUX9Q13pf03zy1jio7sZ35k5xDU7o_VSE8Xc0PMjFRJ5wdeYxuSk3E7L71TIqjIe0O4FAczpVGA/s846/EWS.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="570" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLmBjPfPzXNVmhVrliTBrwRJJtKKxxH9sFRFsvhC4z2O0Esn5FNkNOwmK0ArE4vg9JE2pBdToqmYgM0G3Q2wniuZ-troOn_3W0rOJF4QjxEUWidYChvUX9Q13pf03zy1jio7sZ35k5xDU7o_VSE8Xc0PMjFRJ5wdeYxuSk3E7L71TIqjIe0O4FAczpVGA/w270-h400/EWS.png" width="270" /></a></div><b><i><span style="color: red;">July 26th</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> is also </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick"><span style="color: red;">Stanley Kubrick's birthday</span><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #3d85c6;">;-)</span></a></i><br /></b></div></div></div>Brizdaz (Darren)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post-88361840493483078472024-03-22T06:56:00.005+10:002024-03-22T22:10:43.564+10:00Margot Robbie Goes Full Perky Pat with The Sims?🎥💻🎦<div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fIekuG3FG7I" width="320" youtube-src-id="fIekuG3FG7I"></iframe></div><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pBk4NYhWNMM" width="320" youtube-src-id="pBk4NYhWNMM"></iframe></div></i></b></div>"After bringing </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">the iconic doll brand</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> to </span>the big screen<span style="color: #2b00fe;"> to </span><span style="color: red;">rave reviews</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> and</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> huge returns</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">, </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Robbie</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> is turning her sights as a producer on </span><span style="color: red;">one of the most popular video games of all time</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #fcff01;">The Sims</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">, first released in </span><span style="color: red;">2000</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">, became an international sensation and went on to become the one of the best selling games ever, selling a whopping </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">200 million copies</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> and counting.<br />Director </span><span style="color: red;">Kate Herron</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">, best known for helming the first season of the </span><span style="color: red;">Marvel </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">series </span><span style="color: red;">Loki</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">, is set to take the reins on the project, with a screenplay co-written by </span><span style="color: red;">Herron</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> and </span><span style="color: red;">Briony Redman</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">.</span><br /><span style="color: #fcff01;">The Sims</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> is a life simulation computer game where players play as an</span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> avatar</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> that has changeable personality traits, skills, and relationships, and goes through the mundane tasks of daily life like making dinner and decorating a home.<br />Much like </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Barbie</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">, </span><span style="color: #fcff01;">The Sims</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> have no autonomy and the game has no specific narrative outside of players living out their fantasies through their </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">avatars</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ngmPx-s_UEu1wfCrTqkg6gz1v-aBiTiRKHW6zTDGFsWTtzhQSbA85eNonuUBU1EM6265rql6N40f5oT0sYhB5tAXipSpc0EUH9nnSdmHTDwyqvlPyngxHu89oS6zuUwNAS0oVNI8xAGfF4r6g24RTcFlyJYoSmoCYIrkpqFvnHGr1ZBq59MezzYKTrU/s688/Sims.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="688" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ngmPx-s_UEu1wfCrTqkg6gz1v-aBiTiRKHW6zTDGFsWTtzhQSbA85eNonuUBU1EM6265rql6N40f5oT0sYhB5tAXipSpc0EUH9nnSdmHTDwyqvlPyngxHu89oS6zuUwNAS0oVNI8xAGfF4r6g24RTcFlyJYoSmoCYIrkpqFvnHGr1ZBq59MezzYKTrU/w400-h233/Sims.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/margot-robbie-set-to-for-the-sims-movie-after-barbie-success/news-story/571d66ffa6fe92e14b7107eb59563996"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="color: red;">Margot Robbie</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> set for </span></span><span style="color: red;">The Sims</span><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe;">movie after</span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> <span>Barbie</span> </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">success</span></span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> I have never played </span><span style="color: #fcff01;">The Sims</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, but I'm sure </span><span style="color: red;">Margot</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> has.</span></i></b><div><b><i><span style="color: red;">Kylie </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">is a bit older, so I'm not so sure if she has<span style="background-color: #fcff01;">:-)</span></span></i></b></div><div><b><i>Maybe<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Margot </span>could make a movie version of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Stigmata_of_Palmer_Eldritch"><span style="color: black;">'</span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldrich</span><span style="color: black;">'</span></a> next<span style="background-color: #fcff01;">?-)</span></i></b></div><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p6Cnazi_Fi0" width="320" youtube-src-id="p6Cnazi_Fi0"></iframe></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZyhrYis509A" width="320" youtube-src-id="ZyhrYis509A"></iframe></div></div><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2024/03/a-kylie-minogue-perky-pat-padam-padam.html"><span style="color: black;">A </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Kylie <span>Minogue </span></span><span style="color: black;">Perky Pat </span><span style="color: red;">Padam Padam</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">Doll</span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">?</span><span style="color: black;">👁👀😍</span></a></span></b></div></div></div><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfz63LIYyQwAQ0luHQ_OteiPBL8KAMzPaWNm3chX_sGCFMGVPB1CruNpFmGIMoQneb7KqcUaA95XHh85FJKA2tMp7S9fDlJNoYn2MRDLBPoNXLfMVvAMUoUQsqKZvpNGMQQIWQNRq8cByO0AMmG4kg3KO3qk41dH9qrFx5wFUDxjRyqVudeLj6il_2Vzw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="268" data-original-width="182" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfz63LIYyQwAQ0luHQ_OteiPBL8KAMzPaWNm3chX_sGCFMGVPB1CruNpFmGIMoQneb7KqcUaA95XHh85FJKA2tMp7S9fDlJNoYn2MRDLBPoNXLfMVvAMUoUQsqKZvpNGMQQIWQNRq8cByO0AMmG4kg3KO3qk41dH9qrFx5wFUDxjRyqVudeLj6il_2Vzw=w272-h400" width="272" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2018/03/margot-robbed-me.html"><span style="color: red;">Margot</span><span style="color: black;"> Robbed </span><span style="color: red;">Me</span><span style="color: black;">?</span></a></span><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">UPDATE:</span> March 22nd, 2024</b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWAe0o3IRH0DcO1KfrrYnRJP7ULrpuCcCt9bHcgVy1PW2a0FM9muJb9TR8iB_OhwvbxtaXf4fGqmY_tMCMD1DagMT7jrjMMEgKCNmkEv4a-xZdLskVrhjwT80Nz9MlDaQ_dG0q7Edx0rPoG386Bc3A8O0qkigetMj3MylT9U9D26CeLoLKSI6HCkXXuY/s1166/AquaAusTour2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1166" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWAe0o3IRH0DcO1KfrrYnRJP7ULrpuCcCt9bHcgVy1PW2a0FM9muJb9TR8iB_OhwvbxtaXf4fGqmY_tMCMD1DagMT7jrjMMEgKCNmkEv4a-xZdLskVrhjwT80Nz9MlDaQ_dG0q7Edx0rPoG386Bc3A8O0qkigetMj3MylT9U9D26CeLoLKSI6HCkXXuY/w400-h309/AquaAusTour2.png" width="400" /></a></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I had no idea when I posted this post this morning that </span><span style="color: red;">Aqua</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> were touring </span><span style="color: red;">Australia</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> right now and play my hometown </span><span style="color: red;">Brisbane</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> on Sunday.</span></i></b><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVtiiq-Ryh0ZpH18VKFdV3N-h43I-Zncc-QP9p_p21NSs4xMdfVWSthICzvzZeANlmQ_uorU2TlQsrLBEvjKJ_VimMEEEp_0fIAGp4aR4cyT2ocLZbx0HXPUVCX3hgTKGzcmYW1lTnKwGtVWzQ1ve3988w2xEMsTz4vGOg9JQ6WOJX10hgH-aAlehVju8/s360/AquaAusTour.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVtiiq-Ryh0ZpH18VKFdV3N-h43I-Zncc-QP9p_p21NSs4xMdfVWSthICzvzZeANlmQ_uorU2TlQsrLBEvjKJ_VimMEEEp_0fIAGp4aR4cyT2ocLZbx0HXPUVCX3hgTKGzcmYW1lTnKwGtVWzQ1ve3988w2xEMsTz4vGOg9JQ6WOJX10hgH-aAlehVju8/s16000/AquaAusTour.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/tours/pop-act-aqua-leave-perth-fans-stunned-after-singer-performs-while-crying-in-her-pyjamas/news-story/7ed1ffbcc9f051e53d3e2069a3678309"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">Pop act</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> Aqua</span><span style="color: red;"> leave</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> Perth </span><span style="color: red;">fans stunned after <br />singer </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">performs while crying</span><span style="color: red;"> in her </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">pyjamas</span></span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNkl9ieaN6NPkaoP95jBg6vpQEPjEHngZHTxpRQfpErmRpomS9STPucCxqQVtKRVp0SWCokSoOqhOktZFndTKnWvHCnsc_IcMvpBn2jgsbFH4ReXTbQPpQ0S_cUh_3VQg5B1wf_mVmPSzddUsbGy4PjWGKO9z3M2sJxJz1-zv598c5DhEMMk_s02eBQHg/s299/AquaAusTour3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="299" data-original-width="277" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNkl9ieaN6NPkaoP95jBg6vpQEPjEHngZHTxpRQfpErmRpomS9STPucCxqQVtKRVp0SWCokSoOqhOktZFndTKnWvHCnsc_IcMvpBn2jgsbFH4ReXTbQPpQ0S_cUh_3VQg5B1wf_mVmPSzddUsbGy4PjWGKO9z3M2sJxJz1-zv598c5DhEMMk_s02eBQHg/w371-h400/AquaAusTour3.png" width="371" /></a></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Maybe starting the tour off in </span><span style="color: red;">Perth</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> wasn't a good idea</span><span style="color: red;">?</span></i></b>Brizdaz (Darren)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post-59430714789434520182024-03-21T07:10:00.003+10:002024-03-21T07:10:45.050+10:00Sci-Phi: Science Fiction as Philosophy?🛸🤔<div><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-weight: bold;"> I've been watching </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/sci-phi-science-fiction-as-philosophy"><span style="color: black;">'</span><span style="color: #e69138;">The Great Courses</span><span style="color: black;">' channel</span></a> </span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">lectures </span><a href="https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/sci-phi-science-fiction-as-philosophy"><span style="color: red;">'Sci-</span><span style="color: black;">Phi</span><span style="color: red;">: Science Fiction as </span><span style="color: black;">Philosophy</span><span style="color: red;">'</span></a> <span style="color: #3d85c6;">by </span></b></i><b><i><a href="https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/sci-phi-science-fiction-as-philosophy"><span style="color: red;">David Kyle Johnson, Ph.D.</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, which you can get a subscription to from </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Amazon Prime</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, or </span>Apple TV<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> for about </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">$7.99 </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">a month in </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Australia</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> at least anyway.</span></i></b><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">You can get </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">a week's free trail</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> to see if you like the channel, before you have to pay, not that I care if you sign up, as I'm not getting a kick back for telling you.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I just think the </span><span style="color: red;">24 episodes</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> are worth a watch, not that I agree with everything </span><span style="color: red;">David</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> says in those lectures.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDiF6hPWlgyjwSGtRRIwwYX_b5NGqe1gIkXo9bgPDdK7gE5TnlZoeWjWZoCe9mg2K72hiiU5oAmMztBcRRA0iT3blND0LJL8KVcLjUurkRBc-yWLmxYi9kMScuiRLhyphenhyphenNOr0RHYJ2_g7spjbSKJ1i0QIWpPUCetYBOxcMPoICrtlRhr5slQnnBaFCbuBbU/s987/Sci-Phi3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="327" data-original-width="987" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDiF6hPWlgyjwSGtRRIwwYX_b5NGqe1gIkXo9bgPDdK7gE5TnlZoeWjWZoCe9mg2K72hiiU5oAmMztBcRRA0iT3blND0LJL8KVcLjUurkRBc-yWLmxYi9kMScuiRLhyphenhyphenNOr0RHYJ2_g7spjbSKJ1i0QIWpPUCetYBOxcMPoICrtlRhr5slQnnBaFCbuBbU/w400-h133/Sci-Phi3.png" width="400" /></a></div></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I do think a lot of those movies he lectures about are worth viewing, though.</span></i></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2020/09/what-is-most-resilient-parasite.html"><span style="color: black;">What</span><span style="color: red;"> is the Most Resilient </span><span style="color: black;">Parasite</span><span style="color: red;">? </span><span style="color: black;">[</span><span style="color: red;">Remember</span><span style="color: black;"> Which Film Won the </span><span style="color: red;">2020</span><span style="color: black;"> Best Picture Oscar</span><span style="color: red;">?</span><span style="color: black;">]</span></a></span></b>Brizdaz (Darren)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post-28118967938856130282024-03-20T08:56:00.004+10:002024-03-20T09:08:26.880+10:00The Kindly Ones!?📖😐💭🦋<div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CZzfl7SGvcM" width="320" youtube-src-id="CZzfl7SGvcM"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX0a0z5eb4giVHLV6aOCVD3RGYsg_P5G4P_G9705lTQHlc8CtOzPjTjqg9neddBVfhkYzyrCnO_bg6sCJC9joYWeLxhQmRtsO_FI8uoi_7dDlo07j_YthV5YHe_oXIQ9D8YPr6aKl0xWAcMcDJSfzvQbhuvLpYt0sGRK5DoZSYrkilHptSeE9sULVNmzU/s4032/IMG_7825.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX0a0z5eb4giVHLV6aOCVD3RGYsg_P5G4P_G9705lTQHlc8CtOzPjTjqg9neddBVfhkYzyrCnO_bg6sCJC9joYWeLxhQmRtsO_FI8uoi_7dDlo07j_YthV5YHe_oXIQ9D8YPr6aKl0xWAcMcDJSfzvQbhuvLpYt0sGRK5DoZSYrkilHptSeE9sULVNmzU/s320/IMG_7825.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XJFHNMxj2ms" width="320" youtube-src-id="XJFHNMxj2ms"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRABN8y_vL3mPozVu8gGpqgwKInWYai-iIk0LEah6nSH-pV26qXD5v7mg1OokwwJ-v_AQS96MmwjY8R4GzLETw8ZoTTQG76H1OqDfw3RJ_39KxLSdDsLriSs706G3NeS0PJ27Sw1qL4VXvXYRsUsSP08C6y8y9oGUiufIKmWO2BcHiacuIdHjWhKG5WZI/s4032/IMG_7882.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRABN8y_vL3mPozVu8gGpqgwKInWYai-iIk0LEah6nSH-pV26qXD5v7mg1OokwwJ-v_AQS96MmwjY8R4GzLETw8ZoTTQG76H1OqDfw3RJ_39KxLSdDsLriSs706G3NeS0PJ27Sw1qL4VXvXYRsUsSP08C6y8y9oGUiufIKmWO2BcHiacuIdHjWhKG5WZI/w300-h400/IMG_7882.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H78ox0n6BS0" width="320" youtube-src-id="H78ox0n6BS0"></iframe></div></i></b></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> I placed an order at my local library for an inter-library loan for one of the </span>1001 books<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> I'm told I should read</span> before I die<span style="color: #3d85c6;">, and when I picked the book up at my library found it was nearly </span>1000 pages<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> long.</span></i></b><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">This was </span><span style="color: red;">the next book</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> in </span>chronological order<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> when working my way backyards from</span> the end of the book<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> -</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/G2E9c9Ht3M4" width="320" youtube-src-id="G2E9c9Ht3M4"></iframe></div></i></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2024/02/half-of-yellow-sun.html"><span style="color: black;">Half of a </span><span style="color: #fcff01;">Yellow Sun</span><span style="color: black;">?🌍🌄</span></a></span></b><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I didn't know if I wanted to force myself to read a </span>1000-page book <span style="color: #3d85c6;">over a month that I might find wasn't worth my time reading it in the end, so I searched </span><span style="color: red;">You Tube</span><span> </span><span>for reviews</span><span> of the book</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> and found the reviewers in the You Tubes I have included in this post.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">They didn't really sell me on reading this book, so I thought I would read the first few pages to see if there was a hook in those first few pages that would make me feel like I should read the book.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8SP9MiolHGdBanfOzm89HAdX9Ozoj5o-TmP_JABUJcUlRJ_ZdIqQtxMpvxrp2YgOMW5dXJWIODtRT_6NoQVqUpabtqzcxDH2xPsnFmmG7NIK06IoID9IhXFXCRjBel8LL19c0kyDocPQ2pF-4t0RVhyHc7jzP6f9XVbD_4WQKwi_moF959_TggacCEEI/s3639/IMG_7883.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3639" data-original-width="2590" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8SP9MiolHGdBanfOzm89HAdX9Ozoj5o-TmP_JABUJcUlRJ_ZdIqQtxMpvxrp2YgOMW5dXJWIODtRT_6NoQVqUpabtqzcxDH2xPsnFmmG7NIK06IoID9IhXFXCRjBel8LL19c0kyDocPQ2pF-4t0RVhyHc7jzP6f9XVbD_4WQKwi_moF959_TggacCEEI/w456-h640/IMG_7883.JPG" width="456" /></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">On the first page was </span>an analogy of a butterfly to a human being<span style="color: #3d85c6;">, and I had just had a few</span><span style="color: red;"> WTF</span>(<span style="color: red;">?</span>)<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span>butterfly <span style="color: red;">synchronicites </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">in my life a few days before picking up this book from the library -</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEi0vLqSfJPrzvo7LkUBMBpbzuXMWODKv7c7GHG7CoyB8J0t2zGKmpdP0SmMi9pdGsrzKPq0336xD5NeJLRvdkwleluRZRqqYYikXXmSKMAspKQceQu9kNMDpQ9sVEaZfT5EQV16xkLRfJbfmvty_7eB9wnixLqCRLEVYsiV-vHIPy8q3nXEHcD-8xnkA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEi0vLqSfJPrzvo7LkUBMBpbzuXMWODKv7c7GHG7CoyB8J0t2zGKmpdP0SmMi9pdGsrzKPq0336xD5NeJLRvdkwleluRZRqqYYikXXmSKMAspKQceQu9kNMDpQ9sVEaZfT5EQV16xkLRfJbfmvty_7eB9wnixLqCRLEVYsiV-vHIPy8q3nXEHcD-8xnkA=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div></span></i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2024/03/what-is-monarch-butterfly-effect.html"><span style="color: #e69138;">What</span><span style="color: black;"> is the </span><span style="color: #e69138;">Monarch Butterfly</span><span style="color: black;"> Effect</span><span style="color: #e69138;">?</span><span style="color: black;">🌀🦋</span></a></span></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglmyjKGNspdrKZp26Lz67tpAHl47N6W3JTCUEsXF2LRAru8E8It-d1RlOsIzdoFG9SO6AqHIX-9ijODTsnLXJr_6pTf4uYz8P3WWvsPpe2u3J4I_1GhJxicMVxC-wlm_dkP_lTL7JS_ixC_JctbG3U9q3haxpNrim0B6RsUIzuRTDVn9_EwmtWawpB2MQ/s701/KindlyOnes.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglmyjKGNspdrKZp26Lz67tpAHl47N6W3JTCUEsXF2LRAru8E8It-d1RlOsIzdoFG9SO6AqHIX-9ijODTsnLXJr_6pTf4uYz8P3WWvsPpe2u3J4I_1GhJxicMVxC-wlm_dkP_lTL7JS_ixC_JctbG3U9q3haxpNrim0B6RsUIzuRTDVn9_EwmtWawpB2MQ/s16000/KindlyOnes.png" /></a></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Another personal </span><span style="color: red;">synch</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> was </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kindly_Ones_%28Littell_novel%29"><span style="color: red;">the date the book was published</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">My father</span> died on <span style="color: red;">that date</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> in </span><span style="color: red;">2016 </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">and he was part Jewish, as far as family background goes -</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xBgLqHc3iw4" width="320" youtube-src-id="xBgLqHc3iw4"></iframe></div></i></b></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqqUwGnUm7ZAuEtVqqgyjapmlxbTAygRVD6T3OX4maiHgShfXSP4qym9FCJ7w76j6Teq0AYo7nNTw3FYTsQGWxReEoHMfc14snQnDNzvXjQ_apVVVT5TkfkMW9qN49ff4q-oR6DgR9qBATX3LqTs9wpSUTEJlcAaTZ6uQeBaPXufS5D8N2pGc2Cxy93Kk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="178" data-original-width="320" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqqUwGnUm7ZAuEtVqqgyjapmlxbTAygRVD6T3OX4maiHgShfXSP4qym9FCJ7w76j6Teq0AYo7nNTw3FYTsQGWxReEoHMfc14snQnDNzvXjQ_apVVVT5TkfkMW9qN49ff4q-oR6DgR9qBATX3LqTs9wpSUTEJlcAaTZ6uQeBaPXufS5D8N2pGc2Cxy93Kk" width="320" /></a></div></i></b></span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2020/02/gloomy-sunday-and-power-of-music.html"><span style="color: black;">Gloomy Sunday</span><span style="color: white;"> and the </span><span style="color: black;">Power of</span><span style="color: white;"> Music</span><span style="color: black;">?</span></a></span></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BlB_dT157Kw" width="320" youtube-src-id="BlB_dT157Kw"></iframe></div><b><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Littell"><span style="color: red;">"Littell</span> </a>is the son of author <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Littell_(author)"><span style="color: red;">Robert Littell</span></a>. Although his grandparents were <span style="color: #2b00fe;">Jews</span> who emigrated from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire"><span style="color: red;">Russia</span></a> to the <span style="color: red;">United States</span> at the end of the 19th century, <span style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Littell"><span style="color: red;">Littell</span> </a></span>does not define himself as a <span style="color: #2b00fe;">Jew </span>"<span style="color: red;">at all</span>," and is quoted as saying, "for me <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism"><span style="color: red;">Judaism</span></a> is more [of] a historical background."</i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">That won't keep you out of </span>the death camps<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> if history repeats </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Littell"><span style="color: red;">Jonathan</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">And it looks like I have some </span>very heavy reading<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> ahead because of you </span></i></b><b><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Littell"><span style="color: red;">Jonathan</span></a></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">:-(</span></span></i></b></div></div>Brizdaz (Darren)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post-2776854468244595442024-03-19T07:47:00.012+10:002024-03-19T09:35:13.655+10:00BEAUTY, her BEAST, and the BLOSSOMING SELF?🌹🪞⏰<div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/e3Nl_TCQXuw" width="320" youtube-src-id="e3Nl_TCQXuw"></iframe></div></i></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ddWqym3nB7c" width="320" youtube-src-id="ddWqym3nB7c"></iframe></div></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> I finally watched the live action version of </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast_(2017_film)"><span style="color: red;">Beauty and the Beast</span> </a></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">after listening to a</span><a href="https://thisjungianlife.com/beauty-and-the-beast/"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> '</span><span style="color: red;">This Jungian Life</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">'</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span></a><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><a href="https://thisjungianlife.com/beauty-and-the-beast/"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">podcast</span></a> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">episode titled </span><a href="https://thisjungianlife.com/beauty-and-the-beast/"><span style="color: red;">'BEAUTY, her BEAST, and the BLOSSOMING SELF'</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">.</span></i></b><div><b><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWTERf2cCfiTucwDQvY9_MsfS0lupPzwkSeo0d03WsG9QhjGd9RPosfcVoIpe6ohr_TG6RwZIsi2GW9zE72zvoPbFLmonW50GkyFi36nEqBzJVC54ndb12Yoh49MEsL6ln4t9mnvAGQTF0kBmUM_p-Z5wA9SinJC5keZHpZh-nPl77I5Ni6eDWuM9DyLk/s828/BeautyBeast.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="563" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWTERf2cCfiTucwDQvY9_MsfS0lupPzwkSeo0d03WsG9QhjGd9RPosfcVoIpe6ohr_TG6RwZIsi2GW9zE72zvoPbFLmonW50GkyFi36nEqBzJVC54ndb12Yoh49MEsL6ln4t9mnvAGQTF0kBmUM_p-Z5wA9SinJC5keZHpZh-nPl77I5Ni6eDWuM9DyLk/w273-h400/BeautyBeast.png" width="273" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2771200/?ref_=tt_mv_close"><span style="color: red;">Beauty and the Beast </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">(</span><span style="color: red;">2017</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">)</span></a></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I didn't realize it at the time, but I had watched it on </span><span style="color: red;">March 17th</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> (St. Patrick's Day)</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> this year, which is </span><span style="color: red;">exactly 7 years</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> since the film was released.</span><br /><span style="color: #3d85c6;">And it was also </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/Seallion/videos"><span style="color: red;">Jake Kotze</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">'s birthday</span></a><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #3d85c6;">:-)</span></i></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-siren-song-cults-sam-harris-gods.html"><span style="color: red;">The</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> Siren Song</span><span style="color: red;">,</span><span style="color: black;"> Cults</span><span style="color: red;">, Sam Harris,</span><span style="color: black;"> Gods </span><span style="color: red;">and Years </span><span style="color: black;">Ending in </span><span style="color: red;">7</span><span style="color: black;">?</span></a></span></b><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wfvGsS3F58I" width="320" youtube-src-id="wfvGsS3F58I"></iframe></div></i></b><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg88J6VOiIkKOPSazg8kWa91X5_wLIIuDCTdWUTNJIIwoWhT0MusrUPvb-qRHjiICiOfLudy6cf3QELCgYnk0wg0GDdZWMJtO3X5tUZxDsouLR8KUufU3XJQjtRvVo_eChVvJ47tWJYHWXf0NW0p9FEM4zNv6Wka9dt0jYtuElUK1gbDvvC4wSLUVL9uj0/s205/PSILoveYou.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="172" data-original-width="205" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg88J6VOiIkKOPSazg8kWa91X5_wLIIuDCTdWUTNJIIwoWhT0MusrUPvb-qRHjiICiOfLudy6cf3QELCgYnk0wg0GDdZWMJtO3X5tUZxDsouLR8KUufU3XJQjtRvVo_eChVvJ47tWJYHWXf0NW0p9FEM4zNv6Wka9dt0jYtuElUK1gbDvvC4wSLUVL9uj0/w320-h268/PSILoveYou.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/hook-ups-break-ups/patrick-stewarts-ex-slams-actor-for-editing-her-out-his-life-in-memoir-i-feel-angry-and-betrayed/news-story/434681c347ea194edd9780121cf763d8"><span style="color: red;">Don't you</span><span style="color: black;"> just </span><span style="color: red;">love </span><br /><span style="color: red;">synchro</span><span style="color: black;">mysticism<span style="background-color: #fcff01;">?-)</span></span></a></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-rise-of-rose.html"><span style="color: red;">The Rise</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> of the </span><span style="color: red;">Rose 🌹?</span></a></span></b><b><i><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYKBeEmyaI9u3p33Gy9Q6-afCsyZQ53rz1XQO1bm_fMOapHPTkcp36HVjoBI_f1y2aYV5L_Zy1bk1rUs-r_e-ZRT_MyCPWka983hjb8I7CPuSEKXuO29lnz7ph43BCElqdzHxRC6v2CHUIPWsXKlmfCsuq8TdN8MVilAjqrBP0pvUxno57haaZ9DNeM98/s4032/IMG_7878.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYKBeEmyaI9u3p33Gy9Q6-afCsyZQ53rz1XQO1bm_fMOapHPTkcp36HVjoBI_f1y2aYV5L_Zy1bk1rUs-r_e-ZRT_MyCPWka983hjb8I7CPuSEKXuO29lnz7ph43BCElqdzHxRC6v2CHUIPWsXKlmfCsuq8TdN8MVilAjqrBP0pvUxno57haaZ9DNeM98/w300-h400/IMG_7878.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I watched the movie on a </span>DVD<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> that</span><span style="color: red;"> synchro</span>mystically <span style="color: #3d85c6;">crossed paths with me in an Op Shop a week or two ago and came with the music video as a bonus.</span></i></b></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/axySrE0Kg6k" width="320" youtube-src-id="axySrE0Kg6k"></iframe></div></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNBtb07HZr0thyz5xrojBWIyf_86uoOadfPNuvITqp10JBjeN8tXF53yy6P5AEU10QCfX3iVKoHUhYj_l5Y8CQL3o0vyOA02hnb0Fd6WWPLfCh7hTgx4jFqxDjtp-1f22ItCPMBK3EQNjN2Uqlgxiyv1Pwt4qQuorrzPxUrTJyFHKWEAenwQ-d583AQk/s3720/IMG_7879.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2426" data-original-width="3720" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNBtb07HZr0thyz5xrojBWIyf_86uoOadfPNuvITqp10JBjeN8tXF53yy6P5AEU10QCfX3iVKoHUhYj_l5Y8CQL3o0vyOA02hnb0Fd6WWPLfCh7hTgx4jFqxDjtp-1f22ItCPMBK3EQNjN2Uqlgxiyv1Pwt4qQuorrzPxUrTJyFHKWEAenwQ-d583AQk/s320/IMG_7879.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The live action </span>Disney<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> version seems rather </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Masonic </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">in theme with a character representing </span>time<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span>(the clock) <span style="color: #3d85c6;">and a character representing</span><span style="color: white;"> light </span>(the candelabra).<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span></i></b><br /><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">And the</span><span style="color: red;"> Beast </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">looks rather </span><span style="color: red;">Pan</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> like, not that that is a </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Masonic</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> thing, but isn't </span><span style="color: red;">Pan </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">the god of </span><span style="color: red;">music</span>?</i></b></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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</span><span style="color: red;">about </span><span style="color: black;">owls </span><span style="color: red;">and </span><span style="color: #38761d;">UFO</span><span style="color: red;">s? 🦉</span></span></a></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table></i></div><div><i style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">And my </span><a href="https://hiddenexperience.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black;">"old mate"</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> the </span><a href="https://hiddenexperience.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black;">"Owl Guy"</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> over at </span><a href="https://hiddenexperience.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: red;">"</span><span style="color: black;">The Hidden Experience</span><span style="color: red;">" blog</span></a> <span style="color: #3d85c6;">would get a kick out of the appearance of </span>an owl<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> as </span><span style="color: red;">Bell's father </span>lay dying in the woods<span style="background-color: #fcff01;">;-)</span></i></div><div><i style="font-weight: bold;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEUNagPl1aJd3xVkNL6_uIsLKgPOyuR7AQV9U-uK_UtJBN9OQtxamlfJuuxwFA5rRwBcYpUc_EN2z9plBrT8XBKEzLeJIDQaBUx9k5nCCRj_To37Xf6oHTj6Ij-1oGtqEkBq9GvN67v4AED5YjN6fOoHTRu56HGjuQVO6JHz_g1sUIwDP_h0wGSXJGlc/s1123/EverythingIs.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1123" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEUNagPl1aJd3xVkNL6_uIsLKgPOyuR7AQV9U-uK_UtJBN9OQtxamlfJuuxwFA5rRwBcYpUc_EN2z9plBrT8XBKEzLeJIDQaBUx9k5nCCRj_To37Xf6oHTj6Ij-1oGtqEkBq9GvN67v4AED5YjN6fOoHTRu56HGjuQVO6JHz_g1sUIwDP_h0wGSXJGlc/w400-h296/EverythingIs.png" width="400" /></a></div></i></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2020/06/owls-ipads-crows-and-trippy-messages.html"><span style="color: black;">Owls, iPads, Crows</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> and Trippy Messages</span><span style="color: black;">?</span></a></span></b><div><i style="font-weight: bold;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dAURAT4FlhY" width="320" youtube-src-id="dAURAT4FlhY"></iframe></div></i></div><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2020/09/hard-being-me.html"><span style="color: red;">Hard</span><span style="color: #38761d;"> Being Me</span><span style="color: red;">?</span></a></span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMjiYYTQi-DnVdlQ0wbi1XIvVIrB1FOa5D0hsCv8TBWWSOD4I0-AGfERVrDXbGPob8Bo0fmoJnEqYGKjm1kfr29QC5MZPdbSG37VaLnWYqGL7GFjbKnP7iJeJ-okT7Cj5Mf2m6jpv3s-FWHHnF_wXaEmiK27TadlZc_q9eg7yx9-FhqET4d9t_EAfb13g/s3980/IMG_7876.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2882" data-original-width="3980" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMjiYYTQi-DnVdlQ0wbi1XIvVIrB1FOa5D0hsCv8TBWWSOD4I0-AGfERVrDXbGPob8Bo0fmoJnEqYGKjm1kfr29QC5MZPdbSG37VaLnWYqGL7GFjbKnP7iJeJ-okT7Cj5Mf2m6jpv3s-FWHHnF_wXaEmiK27TadlZc_q9eg7yx9-FhqET4d9t_EAfb13g/w400-h290/IMG_7876.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><i style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">And in my hometown of </span><span style="color: red;">Brisbane</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, you can't help but see </span></i><b><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast"><span style="color: red;">Beauty and the Beast</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> everywhere, especially if you read the newspapers.</span></i></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3K3bp0p6cxJ0fntGfx8iwEynvvqV-yT59ce1O9XjifQETZONL8ZjMunanmLcH9tUPZpHt0YnjG8Pue7PXvhyMeHCdXygSQXKuKKHKNz9MbMWnIwJXhZnIMXC4FxYyVmCU6C2sdmXN4Gc6aDr5XHdrAj3PeikG2REF1OIGgeB2rdXjfSKZC4nlBnwY01A/s3729/IMG_7877.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3729" data-original-width="2605" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3K3bp0p6cxJ0fntGfx8iwEynvvqV-yT59ce1O9XjifQETZONL8ZjMunanmLcH9tUPZpHt0YnjG8Pue7PXvhyMeHCdXygSQXKuKKHKNz9MbMWnIwJXhZnIMXC4FxYyVmCU6C2sdmXN4Gc6aDr5XHdrAj3PeikG2REF1OIGgeB2rdXjfSKZC4nlBnwY01A/w448-h640/IMG_7877.JPG" width="448" /></a></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I notice that there seems to be a trend lately with </span><span style="color: red;">Jungians</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> examining </span><span style="color: #38761d;">fairy tales</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> for </span><span style="color: red;">Jungian themes</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, and even the current </span>'<span style="color: #ff00fe;">Barbie</span>' movie<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> goes under the</span><span style="color: red;"> Jungian</span> microscope<span style="color: #3d85c6;">.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9r15U2p0G8JCqxN1gzBZg0wt5MKQxGonkSFtDtHGc7uheF_QymvxADOomtUbyHkwEAcqYlrrvc8B8W5_wShgEJ53lhfcLpr-miQHL1Zn31PpZ31pJDs-Md8ZTGeLaisq3LebMqNXECjA-moR03F26zKhlkg3KD5d3uJGV15XDsvlvgGuLorTuGl4OD60/s1301/JungianFTs.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1301" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9r15U2p0G8JCqxN1gzBZg0wt5MKQxGonkSFtDtHGc7uheF_QymvxADOomtUbyHkwEAcqYlrrvc8B8W5_wShgEJ53lhfcLpr-miQHL1Zn31PpZ31pJDs-Md8ZTGeLaisq3LebMqNXECjA-moR03F26zKhlkg3KD5d3uJGV15XDsvlvgGuLorTuGl4OD60/w400-h260/JungianFTs.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@JungInstituteChicago/videos"><span style="color: red;">C.G. Jung</span><span style="color: black;"> Institute of </span><span style="color: red;">Chicago</span></a></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I have to say that being a straight "</span><span style="color: white;">white</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">" male, that the </span></i></b><b><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast"><span style="color: red;">Beauty and the Beast</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> story has never appealed to me.</span></i></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yZgRESkXdCk" width="320" youtube-src-id="yZgRESkXdCk"></iframe></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Maybe I'll just have to get tickets to the </span>Cinderella <span style="color: #3d85c6;">ballet instead<span style="background-color: #fcff01;">?-)</span></span></i></b><i style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></i></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiATF1fwpQT-Bz0aF2JLnmoL8jAluUaCIuJOq0DFEpatWflmrNL4p4G7HVkCHk5Yf3A3SQ4-Z6QJ6x2qlGOL95Md6Jvk0DDUlUId7WQuiY261Nv_2A7Zz9ynfyFrRqrAirpOZLrKfHlBYzmRJQ6GR4iY4UxuczqTeBoe8H6XAOHrd5PGFSfTwSEU-Brs0E" width="306" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-style: italic;"><i><span style="color: red;">4</span><span style="color: #38761d;">.</span><span style="color: red;">2</span><span style="color: #38761d;">% alcohol</span><span style="color: red;">?!</span></i></b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">And I must say that it's easier to watch a movie like </span></i></b><b><i><span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast_(2017_film)" style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;">Beauty and the Beast</span> </a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">with </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">3 </span>cans<span style="color: #6aa84f;"> of </span>Guinness<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> under your belt<span style="background-color: #fcff01;">;-)</span></span></span></i></b></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Hey, </span>traditions<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> are</span><span style="color: red;"> hard </span>to break<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> from</span> previous years<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> -</span></i></b><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2021/03/happy-stpatricks-day-2021.html"><span style="color: red;">Happy</span><span style="color: #38761d;"> St. Patrick's Day </span><span style="color: red;">2021</span><span style="color: #38761d;">?</span></a></span></b></div>Brizdaz (Darren)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post-59809264599423902782024-03-18T17:36:00.011+10:002024-03-23T09:30:43.171+10:00Is Cyclone Megan Having a Shot at Katherine?👑🌀<div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Rqv5bKP3dfQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="Rqv5bKP3dfQ"></iframe></div></i></b></div><b><i><div><b><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEG-0znQe7qhjko-pSU4uVjZI7sFvowePl9BYyk6Dj9G3VR3qJgxVUDWkezy0x6H_30kIvyz0v7yy4P6aB_5McZm6kH8BfgDCJsLZtc6thE01Sg0dO6JZclACH8G6nh5fjJxflqFo-fJxBSCVQByf6RUMTNhEDkFOVO94CU-sZYLGMCOsw8J_Z76eUZRM/s281/CycMegan3.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="255" data-original-width="281" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEG-0znQe7qhjko-pSU4uVjZI7sFvowePl9BYyk6Dj9G3VR3qJgxVUDWkezy0x6H_30kIvyz0v7yy4P6aB_5McZm6kH8BfgDCJsLZtc6thE01Sg0dO6JZclACH8G6nh5fjJxflqFo-fJxBSCVQByf6RUMTNhEDkFOVO94CU-sZYLGMCOsw8J_Z76eUZRM/w320-h290/CycMegan3.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/royals/meghan-markle-genuinely-worried-tries-reaching-out-to-kate-middleton/news-story/6b475bdc53117917f93011b8efd7010a"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">Meghan</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> Markle ‘</span><span style="color: red;">genuinely worried</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">’,<br /> tries ‘</span><span style="color: red;">reaching out</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">’ to </span><span style="color: red;">Kate </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Middleton</span></span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></i></b></div><span style="color: red;">OK</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, so there is a </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">"</span><span style="color: red;">h</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">"</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> missing from </span><span style="color: red;">the cyclone's name</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, but kind of ironic that a</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> cyclone</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> named </span><span style="color: red;">Meg</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[</span><span style="color: red;">h</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">]</span><span style="color: red;">an</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> isn't far off hitting a </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Territory"><span style="color: red;">Northern Territory</span></a></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> town named </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine,_Northern_Territory"><span style="color: red;">Katherine</span><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #3d85c6;">:-)</span></a></i></b><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pGVbsTcQ778" width="320" youtube-src-id="pGVbsTcQ778"></iframe></div></b><div><b><span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine,_Northern_Territory"><span style="color: red;">"The </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Katherine</span><span style="color: red;"> Region</span></a> </span>was popularised by the novel <span style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_of_the_Never_Never"><span style="color: red;">We of the Never Never</span></a> </span>(<span style="color: red;">1908</span>) by<span style="color: red;"> Jeannie Gunn</span>, the wife of a pioneering pastoralist in the late <span style="color: red;">1800</span>s. A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_of_the_Never_Never_(film)"><span style="color: red;">film version</span></a> of the book was released in <span style="color: red;">1982</span>. The feature film <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedda"><span style="color: red;">Jedda</span></a> (<span style="color: red;">1955</span>) was partially filmed at <span style="color: red;">Katherine Gorge</span>; however, the last roll of negatives was destroyed in a plane crash on its way for developing in <span style="color: red;">England</span> and the scenes were re-shot at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanangra_Falls"><span style="color: red;">Kanangra Falls</span></a> in the<span style="color: #2b00fe;"> Blue Mountains</span>. The <span style="color: red;">Australian horror film</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_(2007_film)"><span style="color: red;">Rogue</span></a>, released in <span style="color: red;">2007</span>, was partly filmed in <span style="color: red;">Katherine Gorge</span>. <span style="color: red;">Katherine</span> is also briefly mentioned in the <span style="color: red;">1986</span> film <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Crocodile%22_Dundee"><span style="color: red;">Crocodile" Dundee</span></a>. <span style="color: red;">Katherine</span> features heavily in<span style="color: red;"> Generation</span>, a novel by <span style="color: red;">Andrew MacAllan</span> (a pseudonym of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Leasor"><span style="color: red;">James Leasor</span></a>)."<i><br /></i></b><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hcJ-PdA-TxI" width="320" youtube-src-id="hcJ-PdA-TxI"></iframe></div></b></span><div><b><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeaIGHTd9_4Q27UTQZUXIH2vBDneSN0hralzjsLt5pujJN9s-TzV78UfEKz1LaLgBYHs74h2NFzX2I96htKsWawBzgUER29UbE9_bBjRu9k3NxyDp-7nngoWEyrr32yij0YSmZ4jjXj6shuP2xxxCSZPehEJOMCr5PR_-S5rQHqKs395SeP2EZImfu9vI/s870/CyCMegan.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="870" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeaIGHTd9_4Q27UTQZUXIH2vBDneSN0hralzjsLt5pujJN9s-TzV78UfEKz1LaLgBYHs74h2NFzX2I96htKsWawBzgUER29UbE9_bBjRu9k3NxyDp-7nngoWEyrr32yij0YSmZ4jjXj6shuP2xxxCSZPehEJOMCr5PR_-S5rQHqKs395SeP2EZImfu9vI/w400-h381/CyCMegan.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/breaking-news/cyclone-megan-to-make-landfall-with-destructive-200kmh-winds/news-story/da3da4d9bbe60c0aea5cc49e855526b4"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Cyclone </span><span style="color: red;">Megan</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> has already<br /> paved </span><span style="color: red;">a destructive path</span></span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsdOxGnU3zK7TLuXJ3x8h3MLMtMS2t6_oy3mVUB57F-qpOrhSHnK_dkuNGntonfP6CP2Wqp8gE9eDwZSaQAmju7wNQsTfdIDvj-3BKkckPsAZqrawAjqInrS7xKL8Zr8C0M-QoxMTulnDwNciU594oYUhy_GBSv6OzUN7Z4wfH41iY9druGWarm-X451U/s861/CycMegan2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="861" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsdOxGnU3zK7TLuXJ3x8h3MLMtMS2t6_oy3mVUB57F-qpOrhSHnK_dkuNGntonfP6CP2Wqp8gE9eDwZSaQAmju7wNQsTfdIDvj-3BKkckPsAZqrawAjqInrS7xKL8Zr8C0M-QoxMTulnDwNciU594oYUhy_GBSv6OzUN7Z4wfH41iY9druGWarm-X451U/w400-h358/CycMegan2.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/cyclone-megan-to-make-landfall-with-destructive-200kmh-winds/news-story/da3da4d9bbe60c0aea5cc49e855526b4"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Cyclone</span><span style="color: red;"> Megan</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> to make landfall <br />with destructive </span><span style="color: red;">200km</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">/</span><span style="color: red;">h winds</span></span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #3d85c6;">But, what's in a name, right<span style="background-color: #fcff01;">;-)</span></span><br /></i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2018/07/whats-in-name-that-which-we-call-rose.html"><span style="color: red;">What's</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> in </span><span style="color: red;">a Name</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">? </span><span style="color: red;">That </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Which We Call</span><span style="color: red;"> a Rose </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">by Any Other Name</span><span style="color: red;"> Would </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">... Be a Meme</span><span style="color: red;">?</span></a></span></b></div></div></div></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">UPDATE:</span> March 23rd, 2024</b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FkZn5u3MIiY" width="320" youtube-src-id="FkZn5u3MIiY"></iframe></div><b><br /></b></div>Brizdaz (Darren)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post-21868765784720030192024-03-17T09:38:00.003+10:002024-03-23T14:43:37.919+10:00'The Awakening' of Kate Chopin and Some Experiences of an Irish R. M.?😴🍀<div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0YqoahSAdQE" width="320" youtube-src-id="0YqoahSAdQE"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wyFrS9Aw1ro" width="320" youtube-src-id="wyFrS9Aw1ro"></iframe></div></i></b></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu1I7N88i6Z6F0H5i9hgpXoX7MHrJSVFSxikbOM1OD3njzFyloFnbJoQg9R9Ri5MazG01SyKoa4MdgplWK70LNCo7jaIS7Ajdg2NQ7GXBX0MIUacc9gGEDzjGPvtM5lRrFdvCypVPgit4I9x6Wn3wXzwzKESEQOYrrMEAiQZg4fW94P1n-_MX2iTrtjrg/s1777/IMG_6168.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1777" data-original-width="1513" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu1I7N88i6Z6F0H5i9hgpXoX7MHrJSVFSxikbOM1OD3njzFyloFnbJoQg9R9Ri5MazG01SyKoa4MdgplWK70LNCo7jaIS7Ajdg2NQ7GXBX0MIUacc9gGEDzjGPvtM5lRrFdvCypVPgit4I9x6Wn3wXzwzKESEQOYrrMEAiQZg4fW94P1n-_MX2iTrtjrg/w340-h400/IMG_6168.JPG" width="340" /></a></div></i></b></div>I finished reading</span><span style="color: red;">/</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">listening to </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Chopin"><span style="color: red;">Kate Chopin</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">'s </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Awakening_(Chopin_novel)"><span style="color: red;">'The Awakening'</span></a> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">on </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women%27s_Day"><span style="color: red;">International Women's Day</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> and should finish </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Irish_R.M."><span style="color: #38761d;">'Some Experiences of an Irish R. M.'</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> on </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day"><span style="color: #38761d;">St. Patrick's Day</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, </span><span style="color: red;">2024</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, oddly enough, in a </span><span style="color: red;">synchro</span>mystic<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> way, as I never planned it that way, as I'm just reading the books out of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1001_Books_You_Must_Read_Before_You_Die"><span style="color: red;">'</span><span style="color: black;">1001 Books</span><span style="color: red;"> You Must Read </span><span style="color: black;">Before You Die</span><span style="color: red;">'</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> in </span><span>chronological order </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">of the one's that I can get my hands on from libraries or</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> free</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> podcast readings.</span></i></b><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I had never heard of </span><span style="color: red;">Kate Chopin</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> before reading the </span><span style="color: red;">1001 books</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> book.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I think I was more interested in </span>Kate's biography<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> and writing career than her book </span></i></b><b><i><span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Awakening_(Chopin_novel)" style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;">'The Awakening'</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">.</span></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: red;">"The Awakening</span> was particularly controversial upon publication in <span style="color: red;">1899</span>. Although the novel never was technically banned, it was <span style="color: red;">censored</span>. <span style="color: red;">Chopin's novel</span> was considered <span style="color: red;">immoral </span>for its comparatively frank depictions of <span style="color: red;">female sexual desire</span> and for its depiction of a protagonist who chafed against <span style="color: #2b00fe;">social norms</span> and established gender roles. The public reaction to the novel was similar to the protests that greeted the publication and performance of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrik_Ibsen"><span style="color: red;">Henrik Ibsen</span></a>'s landmark drama <span style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Doll%27s_House"><span style="color: red;">A Doll's House</span></a> </span>(<span style="color: red;">1879</span>), a work with which <span style="color: red;">The Awakening</span> shares an almost identical theme. Both contain a female protagonist who abandons her husband and children for self-fulfilment.<span style="color: red;">"</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></i></b><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AyMFbgQcdVU" width="320" youtube-src-id="AyMFbgQcdVU"></iframe></div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/I8NZl9Dl8ss" width="320" youtube-src-id="I8NZl9Dl8ss"></iframe></div></i></b></div>I even listened to podcasts about </span><span style="color: red;">Kate Chopin</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, which often involved a reading of one of her short stories as a bonus.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfG309IbeSm8MKJXi1UaJKSscEK9eO3epqvJgrex_iJ2DL4cRTfLkpwz-HT62VXuradusOT3lXevczhynj1sHQjwrhQzJ9X0nInttlI1Cl9b-cas0i2dh2OlGVTQRv2NiB8Ti9YF10-S0QMx7MFZURuDkLxRMtDph5JiYDqG7z3pUwBnGo9DaaSWQz6Rs/s646/KChopin3.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="646" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfG309IbeSm8MKJXi1UaJKSscEK9eO3epqvJgrex_iJ2DL4cRTfLkpwz-HT62VXuradusOT3lXevczhynj1sHQjwrhQzJ9X0nInttlI1Cl9b-cas0i2dh2OlGVTQRv2NiB8Ti9YF10-S0QMx7MFZURuDkLxRMtDph5JiYDqG7z3pUwBnGo9DaaSWQz6Rs/w400-h299/KChopin3.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://www.historyofliterature.com/kate-chopin/"><span style="color: red;">The History of Literature</span><span style="color: black;">: Kate Chopin</span></a></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table></i></b></div><div><b><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhem9XIbph71NN83-W8epIsVeWSHKrJDSs4_d_n4qhR9KtwuVw7s2YFP7MwXAaUdP23GEK9iuziau0QeNBvKCW8Gfes_FuyE6dESTCnl7Oe2KHb3I8VlZO8OZN07E_FL0xoe03PzxN0GqbEMNrimCwr1z0ggtcbvDwOe4_eNgv80WTLWc26IE5z9VTwrec/s1150/KChopin2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="1150" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhem9XIbph71NN83-W8epIsVeWSHKrJDSs4_d_n4qhR9KtwuVw7s2YFP7MwXAaUdP23GEK9iuziau0QeNBvKCW8Gfes_FuyE6dESTCnl7Oe2KHb3I8VlZO8OZN07E_FL0xoe03PzxN0GqbEMNrimCwr1z0ggtcbvDwOe4_eNgv80WTLWc26IE5z9VTwrec/w400-h243/KChopin2.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Awakening_(Chopin_novel)#/media/File:Library_Walk_30.JPG"><span style="color: red;">Kate Chopin</span><span style="color: black;"> plaque, </span><span style="color: red;">New York City</span><span style="color: black;"> library walk</span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></i></b></div><div><b><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG172AOlH1zqUcusf6aP2fWpZ_kk4pzg1xLe3Yvwsk5O0iGDmyD_vkVf6OEtjp6tlzGDVPG9wXXAJV5xMtoeo_CKZDzfZShjrR81ZYx9T5V67EANjYC_jctpu52t0TYb46-bshKdYPfRCjEv9hVQnuJD3dCPbx6bpW0jkiNKbUIZX-htX1KN9sUcLQeRY/s971/KChopin.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="431" data-original-width="971" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG172AOlH1zqUcusf6aP2fWpZ_kk4pzg1xLe3Yvwsk5O0iGDmyD_vkVf6OEtjp6tlzGDVPG9wXXAJV5xMtoeo_CKZDzfZShjrR81ZYx9T5V67EANjYC_jctpu52t0TYb46-bshKdYPfRCjEv9hVQnuJD3dCPbx6bpW0jkiNKbUIZX-htX1KN9sUcLQeRY/w400-h178/KChopin.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kate-chopin/id1449154033?i=1000495274492"><span style="color: red;">The Catholic</span><span style="color: black;"> Reading Challenge: </span><span style="color: red;">Kate Chopin </span></a></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I realized through listening to the above podcasts that I really like reading and listening to </span>biographies<span style="color: #3d85c6;">, more than </span>straight fiction (</i></b><b><i>biographies are <span style="color: red;">always</span> part fiction)<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> and as I was listening to these </span><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-reading-challenge/id1449154033"><span style="color: black;">two Catholic podcasters</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, I was wondering what made their lives tick, their </span>be<span style="color: red;">lie</span>f<span style="color: red;">s</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> and their </span>l<span style="color: red;">if</span>e<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span>stories<span style="background-color: #fcff01;">:-)</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivjQ_kbuCDokW8pWZrF1cdw_37AZnpOrx5svWmBZ9pSPHaJZXeU-jdsqU3i9g2f_c1h7Nj4gTuNw2pqNbmRQrYZ28VyWFRpJum_p54Rp752esLx5sM37IXbWvT2E0pDhOGXPWR0yqoyP03K1PMUrAhycr7yiCyd7UAYDrFrSbhS3R_uQB8nULfjYXrIbo/s980/KChopin4.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="980" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivjQ_kbuCDokW8pWZrF1cdw_37AZnpOrx5svWmBZ9pSPHaJZXeU-jdsqU3i9g2f_c1h7Nj4gTuNw2pqNbmRQrYZ28VyWFRpJum_p54Rp752esLx5sM37IXbWvT2E0pDhOGXPWR0yqoyP03K1PMUrAhycr7yiCyd7UAYDrFrSbhS3R_uQB8nULfjYXrIbo/w400-h234/KChopin4.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-13-biographies-getting-lost-in-a-good-story/id1449154033?i=1000444375932"><span style="color: red;">The Catholic</span><span style="color: black;"> Reading </span><span style="color: red;">Challenge </span><span style="color: black;">Episode </span><span style="color: red;">13</span><span style="color: black;">:</span><br /><span style="color: black;"> Biographies -- </span><span style="color: red;">Getting</span><span style="color: black;"> Lost in a </span><span style="color: red;">Good </span><span style="color: black;">Story</span></a></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zltIDGlyQ0c" width="320" youtube-src-id="zltIDGlyQ0c"></iframe></div></i></b></div><div><b><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiiWDAfVv_Phyurk9A5farq7EgwobseVGMbTpLZR8rvwp3sJNwsr5mVsaNtSaGTj8GKcY7fMMrA-Ok4TCGOmlsvPCDKWY2H49Q8T7lTyj8tsO2HOdPYzrjnwAmEM50keuz5M9gtLxBfMg0DcqPfq_q5eQYgyo7Qy-we64ioycV5lVEu5I5PbCjoDMKDUM/s4032/IMG_7869.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiiWDAfVv_Phyurk9A5farq7EgwobseVGMbTpLZR8rvwp3sJNwsr5mVsaNtSaGTj8GKcY7fMMrA-Ok4TCGOmlsvPCDKWY2H49Q8T7lTyj8tsO2HOdPYzrjnwAmEM50keuz5M9gtLxBfMg0DcqPfq_q5eQYgyo7Qy-we64ioycV5lVEu5I5PbCjoDMKDUM/w300-h400/IMG_7869.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Some biographies I have to read still</i></b></td></tr></tbody></table></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Everyone has a story to tell it seems, but how many would be best-sellers<span style="background-color: #fcff01;">?-)</span></span></i></b></div></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ironically, </span><span style="color: red;">Kate Chopin</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">'s themes of </span>divorce <span style="color: #3d85c6;">and</span> suicide,<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> etc, would seem </span>anti-Catholic<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> to me, so it's interesting that</span> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-reading-challenge/id1449154033"><span style="color: black;">two Catholic podcasters</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> would be interested in her books and stories, to my mind.</span></i></b><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ah, </span>the <span style="color: white;">spiritual </span>rabbit holes<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> I get into in my reading choices</span><span style="background-color: white;">>:-)</span></i></b></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">It must be getting close to </span>Easte<span style="color: #3d85c6;">r</span><span style="background-color: white;">>?-)</span></i></b><div><b><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg72gciSp440Q79VQhtNLb-8SBf5zlPklTEId9ArNlLMXCZkUDedXs94Aw2O0rlu-LxPjBZztdeB78FU-4TtON16wKA9AsMFSDdUAFJfBNaQxfHBPHelfGObsGqe_plg5JzKVl90LvxtpCPt6bHpmLxb-6OshQz7dzNgNkKyZpDV07-f_b9mRXCDk2tC_E/s4032/IMG_7875.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg72gciSp440Q79VQhtNLb-8SBf5zlPklTEId9ArNlLMXCZkUDedXs94Aw2O0rlu-LxPjBZztdeB78FU-4TtON16wKA9AsMFSDdUAFJfBNaQxfHBPHelfGObsGqe_plg5JzKVl90LvxtpCPt6bHpmLxb-6OshQz7dzNgNkKyZpDV07-f_b9mRXCDk2tC_E/w400-h300/IMG_7875.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: start;"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day"><span style="color: #38761d;">St. Patrick's Day</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, </span><span style="color: red;">2024</span></i></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Anyway, I've got </span>Guiness <span style="color: #3d85c6;">to drink and </span></i></b><b><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Irish_R.M."><span style="color: #38761d;">'Some Experiences of an Irish R. M.'</span></a> <span style="color: #3d85c6;">to finish listening to today, and I'm not even </span><span style="color: #38761d;">Irish</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, </span>Roman Catholic<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> or </span>religious ... but I am<span style="color: white;"> spiritual</span>, though<span style="background-color: #fcff01;">;-)</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">Cheers</span>.<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGP7d5WvhMxpc0NYZ1GM8UWQVzOWd3sMqoHzS92SdkNzOToHKihd5cYCd3mMMhTBTrWRGS_p2VPfJFgCmP59dKnHTa_l_A3_pWSNoMXaEiRKnbnupwK6_NcRXOTMF3q9wFZL6_J8rtbOV9DLh9TH93zUePeF0xLO57XGyNdRrbJi8mGhKw_z9dMI9wLAI" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGP7d5WvhMxpc0NYZ1GM8UWQVzOWd3sMqoHzS92SdkNzOToHKihd5cYCd3mMMhTBTrWRGS_p2VPfJFgCmP59dKnHTa_l_A3_pWSNoMXaEiRKnbnupwK6_NcRXOTMF3q9wFZL6_J8rtbOV9DLh9TH93zUePeF0xLO57XGyNdRrbJi8mGhKw_z9dMI9wLAI=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 11.592px;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">The Holy Trinity<span style="background-color: yellow;">:-)</span> </span></i></b></td></tr></tbody></table></i></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2018/03/happy-stpatricks-day.html"><span style="color: black;">Happy </span><span style="color: #38761d;">St. Patrick's Day</span><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: black;">:-)</span></span></a></span></b>Brizdaz (Darren)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post-27281221916522610232024-03-16T10:11:00.004+10:002024-03-16T10:17:28.315+10:00A Kylie Minogue Perky Pat Padam Padam Doll?👁👀😍<div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p6Cnazi_Fi0" width="320" youtube-src-id="p6Cnazi_Fi0"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg18QocqOGLk_TEXiQ2lnGy4rfdCX5hIkG4Ix9FzKNlcP5IKCB027TPTnshWzjL-yVRsGRopDMMTJCcL2c6PNltRh7d2v8i9qKgf333au572uRHZf_XjdPF3asIidEdynjsvX6-m-hQVzUWfC2nPCIgQmODiAMIkuwQbmBQRJF72sHxdIb2_kC7CLa4fgY/s3781/IMG_7874.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3781" data-original-width="2059" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg18QocqOGLk_TEXiQ2lnGy4rfdCX5hIkG4Ix9FzKNlcP5IKCB027TPTnshWzjL-yVRsGRopDMMTJCcL2c6PNltRh7d2v8i9qKgf333au572uRHZf_XjdPF3asIidEdynjsvX6-m-hQVzUWfC2nPCIgQmODiAMIkuwQbmBQRJF72sHxdIb2_kC7CLa4fgY/w347-h640/IMG_7874.JPG" width="347" /></a></div></i></b></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNgYRB3bKisvd6PmQ13FXkBeWlbuoTr5UXLbL2osVb86LjQ_OQ1L_8_pA1SFlfFvbOoV2AqP7bAfLO1lNYINfmN2zUhzFXRsRcn1FuHxeK8OzmizhltF5kfflH9L9LcWHa1C4viA89dFcetrWqHgsN0on2ERz1VyCSp-yNFW83TOCJqybp1wTxZMkjG8w/s856/KMBarbie.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="834" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNgYRB3bKisvd6PmQ13FXkBeWlbuoTr5UXLbL2osVb86LjQ_OQ1L_8_pA1SFlfFvbOoV2AqP7bAfLO1lNYINfmN2zUhzFXRsRcn1FuHxeK8OzmizhltF5kfflH9L9LcWHa1C4viA89dFcetrWqHgsN0on2ERz1VyCSp-yNFW83TOCJqybp1wTxZMkjG8w/w390-h400/KMBarbie.png" width="390" /></a></div></i></b></div> I saw this</span> local newspaper story (<span style="color: red;">above</span>)<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> where<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylie_Minogue"> </a></span></i></b><b><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylie_Minogue"><span style="color: red;">Kylie Minogue</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> has her own </span><a href="https://shop.mattel.com/pages/barbie-role-models-kylie-minogue"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Barbie </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">doll</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> now, and I couldn't help thinking of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">PKD</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> writing about </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Stigmata_of_Palmer_Eldritch"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Perky Pat</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Stigmata_of_Palmer_Eldritch"> </a>in a novel of his I recently read</span><span style="color: red;">/</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">listened to<span style="background-color: #fcff01;">:-)</span></span></i></b><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Plus, it looks like </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><a href="https://shop.mattel.com/pages/barbie-role-models-kylie-minogue"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">this doll</span></a> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">was released pretty close to </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick"><span style="color: black;">the anniversary of</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">PKD</span><span style="color: black;">'s death</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, maybe</span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">?</span><br /></i></b><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeSS46VQabrVcJVDIQ7JhCyZiNidktgci9MmLw9hDjT_-013eV_TZ2_7D5jpxP9ckGWFHLe90nSVbJAQpiGJ0Qvk6ECqlzAh_fNI7APG0ubKbOsZ9GX5FsYGKiFG2ONQ8k2vvW5VfKVCULIOGjiZlOp1B92rYHwGOW9tiqVZxxfrc44e5CuJHZ-uVQQxw/s665/TTSoPE.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="665" data-original-width="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeSS46VQabrVcJVDIQ7JhCyZiNidktgci9MmLw9hDjT_-013eV_TZ2_7D5jpxP9ckGWFHLe90nSVbJAQpiGJ0Qvk6ECqlzAh_fNI7APG0ubKbOsZ9GX5FsYGKiFG2ONQ8k2vvW5VfKVCULIOGjiZlOp1B92rYHwGOW9tiqVZxxfrc44e5CuJHZ-uVQQxw/s16000/TTSoPE.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 11.592px; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Stigmata_of_Palmer_Eldritch" style="color: #ff3300;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">Publication date </span><span style="color: red;">1964</span><span style="color: black;">?</span></span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></b></span><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-three-stigmata-of-palmer-eldritch.html"><span style="color: red;">The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch</span><span style="color: black;"> Turns </span><span style="color: red;">60 </span><span style="color: black;">This </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Year</span><span style="color: black;">?🚀📖</span></a></span></b></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7JD69IlA9io" width="320" youtube-src-id="7JD69IlA9io"></iframe></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I wonder if my </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">"old mate" </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">over at </span><a href="https://secretsun.blogspot.com/search?q=Padam+Padam"><span style="color: black;">'</span><span style="color: red;">The </span><span style="color: black;">Secret </span><span style="color: red;">Sun</span><span style="color: black;">' blog</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://secretsun.blogspot.com/search?q=Padam+Padam"> </a>will rush out and buy a </span></i></b><b><i><a href="https://shop.mattel.com/pages/barbie-role-models-kylie-minogue"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;">Kylie Minogue</span></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><span style="color: black;"><strike>sex doll</strike> </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Barbie</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, since I know how much he likes</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylie_Minogue"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">our</span></a></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylie_Minogue"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><span style="color: red;">Kylie</span><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #3d85c6;">;-)</span></a></i></b></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqo4qrC_1TElfH01Gltxfopk3Ap2lM2oLQir3wkLhLyVyfT6A9WqPuZEW3ecEwKa0uVfD2tYYLrdDMGuR2u0wb9Gcjh5VPHCcTBb14MMdEYa6gsGpjsthAsE2NEyQgfUlqptaxHqt_tu9lwM7nw9QShRRSNyqVFGqUUqlvOOuM9190UXwf9l1XRFSSVTk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqo4qrC_1TElfH01Gltxfopk3Ap2lM2oLQir3wkLhLyVyfT6A9WqPuZEW3ecEwKa0uVfD2tYYLrdDMGuR2u0wb9Gcjh5VPHCcTBb14MMdEYa6gsGpjsthAsE2NEyQgfUlqptaxHqt_tu9lwM7nw9QShRRSNyqVFGqUUqlvOOuM9190UXwf9l1XRFSSVTk=s16000" /></a></div></i></b></span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2023/08/kylie-minogue-she-who-must-obey-knowles.html"><span style="color: red;">Kylie Minogue</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">: She Who Must Obey </span><span style="color: red;">Know</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">le</span><span style="color: red;">s</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">' First Law</span><span style="color: red;">?</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">👮🚔🚨</span></a></span></b></div></div>Brizdaz (Darren)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post-60464866498747791502024-03-16T06:04:00.001+10:002024-03-16T06:55:24.575+10:00Secrets and Spies ... and UFOs/UAPs?🛸🔍👀<div><b><i></i></b></div><b><i><div><b><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJiI0Jdx_xLRRLQ-V43BC0YEIRYBz_5A2pLSKzUuNgjpKwq7bwzl0Hi1mB_ZMAXyUNC_vPZtD3kMP4dUOQ5FqPTF1r53tq2eNVRo4GBNSSV57upZj1X6YJI25kZRdcam6-reZGI9pZEcj12_sp_K7fIU7yoAeqUgQVxSSuw_9RavQh-JmyAyt-ZwsFgRQ/s355/SecretsSpies2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="349" data-original-width="355" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJiI0Jdx_xLRRLQ-V43BC0YEIRYBz_5A2pLSKzUuNgjpKwq7bwzl0Hi1mB_ZMAXyUNC_vPZtD3kMP4dUOQ5FqPTF1r53tq2eNVRo4GBNSSV57upZj1X6YJI25kZRdcam6-reZGI9pZEcj12_sp_K7fIU7yoAeqUgQVxSSuw_9RavQh-JmyAyt-ZwsFgRQ/w400-h394/SecretsSpies2.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://secretsandspiespodcast.com/episode/s8-ep32-the-us-governments-search-for-alien-life-with-garrett-graff"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;">S</span><span style="color: red;">8 </span><span style="color: #38761d;">Ep</span><span style="color: red;">32</span><span style="color: #38761d;">:</span><span style="color: red;"> The US government’s</span><span style="color: #38761d;"> search </span><br /><span style="color: red;">for</span><span style="color: #38761d;"> alien life</span><span style="color: red;"> with </span><span style="color: #38761d;">Garrett Graff</span></span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></i></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3d85c6; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BLPOU0DQ87gWHote-3jFbPJM8dgh7WkdZEWDKBsaCTGI2tiixh3A8FkxT_K6Xa0An4Tk768KATi4m4diQ4wHr-7YKLaPZYwIzKyViFPbQLisA46WiCA8dNGhqPjV0kASWZBABX7eH23MFxwD2r4nJerOH8zZtlx1e2z7juTxhJxGTB0hUMZw0cYlj64/s2047/IMG_3044.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1533" data-original-width="2047" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BLPOU0DQ87gWHote-3jFbPJM8dgh7WkdZEWDKBsaCTGI2tiixh3A8FkxT_K6Xa0An4Tk768KATi4m4diQ4wHr-7YKLaPZYwIzKyViFPbQLisA46WiCA8dNGhqPjV0kASWZBABX7eH23MFxwD2r4nJerOH8zZtlx1e2z7juTxhJxGTB0hUMZw0cYlj64/w400-h300/IMG_3044.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> Well, this </span><a href="https://secretsandspiespodcast.com/episode/s8-ep32-the-us-governments-search-for-alien-life-with-garrett-graff"><span style="color: black;">'Secrets</span><span style="color: red;"> and Spies</span><span style="color: black;">' podcast episode</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> dropped onto my </span>Apple Podcast playlist<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> in the wee hours of</span><span style="color: red;"> March 16th</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> here in </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Australia</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> like a</span> record scratch <span style="color: #3d85c6;">across my brain.</span></i></b><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">As while I often listen to this podcast to keep up with current world events, </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">UFO</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">s</span><span style="color: red;">/</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">UAP</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">s are not something I would expect to hear about on this podcast, unless </span><span style="color: red;">Vlad and his gang</span><span style="color: #38761d;"> </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">were flying around in them</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1CjImyiJmz8Z_kPdDpOQYNHnvtTKHjZMzu18B-OBP4CM64j7f-L04vvq-poqAJYjR1sCCpbfzGeRMljNtDnc50ZOj8QS888YAqlG3SNFUJ3E2PhRoh3xlayTGzM2V7Y-pOq3WM15kWD-IuEo6hy9ICKQIOf2SQQqULGxIJoiaR6732LdeBmrmquG-l3U/s2044/IMG_3043.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1529" data-original-width="2044" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1CjImyiJmz8Z_kPdDpOQYNHnvtTKHjZMzu18B-OBP4CM64j7f-L04vvq-poqAJYjR1sCCpbfzGeRMljNtDnc50ZOj8QS888YAqlG3SNFUJ3E2PhRoh3xlayTGzM2V7Y-pOq3WM15kWD-IuEo6hy9ICKQIOf2SQQqULGxIJoiaR6732LdeBmrmquG-l3U/w400-h299/IMG_3043.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Maybe </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://secretsandspiespodcast.com/episode/s8-ep32-the-us-governments-search-for-alien-life-with-garrett-graff"><span style="color: red;">this episode</span></a> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">should have been dropped a day later, to land on </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">St. Patrick's Day</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, which would have fit in with talk of </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprechaun"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">leprechauns</span></a></span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #38761d;"> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">and such topics for </span>drunken debates<span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #38761d;">?-)</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mB8fnMWErqM" width="320" youtube-src-id="mB8fnMWErqM"></iframe></div></i></b></div><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSGlDilluULNoFa8afhbnEWrE_xITO7FjLGkG1E5RnZCcRdKhBfJ8od3YunyPt1euzhWqen53nT7mU96WHnzy88eM_EGB0LzoXGBWK4Q_QUXeer0SP18lTyiwDQsCGorLyBtTG5CNLUBVR1ubG_NvCWccsFZ6BYA3dzFpG6alLadSsxF-L0IJinVwAF4/s219/Lep.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="219" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSGlDilluULNoFa8afhbnEWrE_xITO7FjLGkG1E5RnZCcRdKhBfJ8od3YunyPt1euzhWqen53nT7mU96WHnzy88eM_EGB0LzoXGBWK4Q_QUXeer0SP18lTyiwDQsCGorLyBtTG5CNLUBVR1ubG_NvCWccsFZ6BYA3dzFpG6alLadSsxF-L0IJinVwAF4/w320-h273/Lep.png" width="320" /></a></div></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">And</span><span style="color: red;"> happy birthday</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> for tomorrow, </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/Seallion/videos"><span style="color: red;">Jake Kotze</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, while I'm on the subject of </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">March 17th</span><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #38761d;">:-)</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #38761d;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcAYA9xMfkO3sv9UOXrwpvq3yCQbTwIqKjjS2466R_ACqaP_eA21OgYtE3ZL0q8L4Q3A_DKugp1OS9gEV31vDJ1eVGhvgAZ5hY3PLxCFjZnoEFPanH9fFEyk0fEjhglSTdcnOuYBGwRoVyqBSem5vIpM2IMo_KH3xyUMGPl8N3GVh3wv_uf0_IjqWSDvY" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="308" data-original-width="398" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcAYA9xMfkO3sv9UOXrwpvq3yCQbTwIqKjjS2466R_ACqaP_eA21OgYtE3ZL0q8L4Q3A_DKugp1OS9gEV31vDJ1eVGhvgAZ5hY3PLxCFjZnoEFPanH9fFEyk0fEjhglSTdcnOuYBGwRoVyqBSem5vIpM2IMo_KH3xyUMGPl8N3GVh3wv_uf0_IjqWSDvY=w400-h310" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h1 class="js-clip_title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/112673851" style="color: #cc3300; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;">Jake Kotze</span><span style="color: black;"> interview, </span></span></a></h1><h1 class="js-clip_title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/112673851" style="color: #cc3300; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;">On the Road to the </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Olympia Sync Summit</span></span></a></h1></td></tr></tbody></table></span></i></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2016/03/jupiter-gets-hit-on-jake-kotzes-birthday.html"><span style="color: #e69138;">Jupiter </span><span style="color: #38761d;">Gets Hit on </span><span style="color: #e69138;">Jake Kotze's Birthday</span><span style="color: #38761d;">?!</span></a></span></b>Brizdaz (Darren)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post-4709379703901060722024-03-14T21:40:00.004+10:002024-03-14T22:33:27.506+10:00Happy Pi Day (3/14) 2024?🎂<div><b><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmlHFOJdrheB1QCN2qFRlxsxKvIEKuv3W4ExeOhEhGrIYBmHGA9QhHAc6JBALVhUfE1yKdfGQqImSx1aeWkAwgHGYnQsMc8i7JQLWwg1MQXrRVwmtjuJ5QwvyilUDjtlvOA6omkueJ_PMt-_geM1SppBOFSsfCtlqGpl-bM1N86EizE3vigulm5HSlQc/s4032/IMG_7870.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmlHFOJdrheB1QCN2qFRlxsxKvIEKuv3W4ExeOhEhGrIYBmHGA9QhHAc6JBALVhUfE1yKdfGQqImSx1aeWkAwgHGYnQsMc8i7JQLWwg1MQXrRVwmtjuJ5QwvyilUDjtlvOA6omkueJ_PMt-_geM1SppBOFSsfCtlqGpl-bM1N86EizE3vigulm5HSlQc/w300-h400/IMG_7870.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>My <span style="color: red;">Steak </span>pie <span style="color: #6aa84f;">with peas</span> today</b></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidjT9C3kP-qNJmCEPStdxER9FVa9nhnFP7tTYjtIFQ_Qk7RAss9dTKjdQkslms4MYSimk7g2VJXtGbhAejLHWCqiFCm0cWbaYg_2jS_BoR1r9c32fKJ-lPz_88NWCue16GprOesnyeRIN5W_qOUM-QMet55djK5k3XGFzszAeI22xtHcDjC7GlH52wJzc/s4032/IMG_7873.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidjT9C3kP-qNJmCEPStdxER9FVa9nhnFP7tTYjtIFQ_Qk7RAss9dTKjdQkslms4MYSimk7g2VJXtGbhAejLHWCqiFCm0cWbaYg_2jS_BoR1r9c32fKJ-lPz_88NWCue16GprOesnyeRIN5W_qOUM-QMet55djK5k3XGFzszAeI22xtHcDjC7GlH52wJzc/s320/IMG_7873.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Don't <span style="color: red;">worry</span>, I'm spiritual, <span style="color: red;">NOT </span>religious ...<br />or <span style="color: red;">worry for me </span>if you want to<span style="background-color: #fcff01;">;-)</span></i></b></td></tr></tbody></table></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2018/05/stephen-hawkings-final-theory-universe.html"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Stephen Hawking's </span><span style="color: black;">Final</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> Theory</span><span style="color: black;">: The Universe is a</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> Hologram</span><span style="color: black;">?</span></a></span><br /></b></div></div></div>Brizdaz (Darren)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post-77894396035713269712024-03-13T11:42:00.002+10:002024-03-16T05:11:01.613+10:00A Poster of Taylor Swift's Front Bottom in an Australian National Newspaper?🎤📰🗞👀😁<div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBr375wV6GxgCMq0_KhA1tBdy22gqa-eSPaNra1bOS6YnSv-FiE5WwtVxI17b7FIXoiZ-4bgHsCufZc2aBJRIBeQaoJOKhTwEfeFDpsqb3gFAylv9BjObOsrDL5eUyVH_Xzb9F1e2N6a2I9VuEHZFQUMjzuSFecnpo5MYnk6RP5RbyYkefdJFymGghddU/s3970/IMG_7864.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2850" data-original-width="3970" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBr375wV6GxgCMq0_KhA1tBdy22gqa-eSPaNra1bOS6YnSv-FiE5WwtVxI17b7FIXoiZ-4bgHsCufZc2aBJRIBeQaoJOKhTwEfeFDpsqb3gFAylv9BjObOsrDL5eUyVH_Xzb9F1e2N6a2I9VuEHZFQUMjzuSFecnpo5MYnk6RP5RbyYkefdJFymGghddU/s320/IMG_7864.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></i></b></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kb-8Nmm7Dbw" width="320" youtube-src-id="kb-8Nmm7Dbw"></iframe></div></i></b></div> I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this</span> centre spread above<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> in my </span>local <span style="color: red;">Queensland</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span>newspaper<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> of </span><span style="color: red;">Taylor</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">'s </span><span style="color: red;">SWIFT</span><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">;-)</span></span></i></b><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I had a whole</span> pile of newspapers<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> that my mother had given me when I last saw her, as she pays to have the newspapers delivered daily and I get them off her a few days later and read through them, usually from sports section through to the front page.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">And if I had have read from front to back this day, I might have seen </span>this page below <span style="color: #3d85c6;">explaining what the </span><span style="color: red;">SWIFT</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span>poster<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> was all about</span><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #3d85c6;">:-)</span></i></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-tao-of-wonder-woman.html"><span style="color: black;">The Tao of </span><span style="color: white;">Wonder Woman</span><span style="color: black;">?</span></a></span></b><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ6s8YPcL1d6LLkurCiUbr1nGsR0QdeVIYztUCx0789E_Q5dvUqd7-l5NewrMHxkluDfxYp38baxgCAwQ86cgryr-OpkuWohdOuDxovZALlMYopJbc3ZRgONhx_l5VN8MEUd071KkOy2gm0ipsNJa-Kz0f5dgJhfTLZpVESSQpzLSwqojLmg8WPHkmLz8/s4030/IMG_7868.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2815" data-original-width="4030" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ6s8YPcL1d6LLkurCiUbr1nGsR0QdeVIYztUCx0789E_Q5dvUqd7-l5NewrMHxkluDfxYp38baxgCAwQ86cgryr-OpkuWohdOuDxovZALlMYopJbc3ZRgONhx_l5VN8MEUd071KkOy2gm0ipsNJa-Kz0f5dgJhfTLZpVESSQpzLSwqojLmg8WPHkmLz8/w400-h280/IMG_7868.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgbu_qfZuFIQm8RDtDjBqYDml0Yf7UJwVs5ikrPFxY0nEjnKZpuoJP_yLvqJo92DvjJ5uJOWXJ6jF5inptBT-bxQN92voZL_UGqnFZXYoqIp5azo8oSJg6a-7_9I_g8k-Y8v1AafFW5N98r_qQ0oXPbDhyawYb5oIhyphenhyphenYeOJg2AGbPgepThd1AB8mM_aZA/s4032/IMG_7863.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgbu_qfZuFIQm8RDtDjBqYDml0Yf7UJwVs5ikrPFxY0nEjnKZpuoJP_yLvqJo92DvjJ5uJOWXJ6jF5inptBT-bxQN92voZL_UGqnFZXYoqIp5azo8oSJg6a-7_9I_g8k-Y8v1AafFW5N98r_qQ0oXPbDhyawYb5oIhyphenhyphenYeOJg2AGbPgepThd1AB8mM_aZA/w300-h400/IMG_7863.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I kept the </span><span style="color: red;">SWIFT</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> poster and Blu-Taced it on my computer room wall for when my sons come over to next visit, and when they ask me about</span> the newspaper poster<span style="color: #3d85c6;">, I'll tell them, </span><span style="color: red;">"</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Didn't you know that I</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">was </span><span style="color: red;">a bit </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">of a</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><span style="color: red;">Taylor Swift</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> fan</span><span style="color: red;">"</span><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">?-)</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwu21Wv1dJLm6bVSZzmHnEMEzZaMgpMPg3v5qUrHIRaqk64fyxYCMMT62Zm-LyLZGldE2FPDVWKc6_xBhKXTGbrytSZTVcfxbfT6TQILCegMhKygch9Cl16Hrm9k6F9Mcf3S6GhN5cmcQbWho0gW6kIvJn6rmjl1amvzxa318iudJ-tHuEaYhmVHOiZl8/s3561/IMG_7862.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3561" data-original-width="2851" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwu21Wv1dJLm6bVSZzmHnEMEzZaMgpMPg3v5qUrHIRaqk64fyxYCMMT62Zm-LyLZGldE2FPDVWKc6_xBhKXTGbrytSZTVcfxbfT6TQILCegMhKygch9Cl16Hrm9k6F9Mcf3S6GhN5cmcQbWho0gW6kIvJn6rmjl1amvzxa318iudJ-tHuEaYhmVHOiZl8/w320-h400/IMG_7862.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></i></b></div><b><i><div style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhlYoL4jI1j492VrTtniiDkasEEV4DKOfUS2nBk7713E_GgF3z74Sn1NQL2-_7c3JtCjjJ_wesFoPL3dGzI9ZOPuLpTHyXoGvLgRdlZ6aDrsEH_XyrLgcdXMC1jjY3REjBJ3rlKjQJbWZKdtLrlevFVgNjARoQa1cIypIUMB07DpCnoWPqEGhO8euZfUA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="518" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhlYoL4jI1j492VrTtniiDkasEEV4DKOfUS2nBk7713E_GgF3z74Sn1NQL2-_7c3JtCjjJ_wesFoPL3dGzI9ZOPuLpTHyXoGvLgRdlZ6aDrsEH_XyrLgcdXMC1jjY3REjBJ3rlKjQJbWZKdtLrlevFVgNjARoQa1cIypIUMB07DpCnoWPqEGhO8euZfUA=w323-h400" width="323" /></a></div></span></i></b></div><span style="color: #38761d;"> I saw the </span><span style="color: red;">March 8th</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><span style="color: #38761d;">page on my </span><span style="color: red;">Chinese Calander</span><span style="color: #38761d;"> the other day,</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> which was about<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women%27s_Day"> </a></span><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women%27s_Day"><span style="color: red;">International Women's Day</span></a></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, but then </span>saw in the news<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> that it was also the</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> 10th anniversary</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> of </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370"><span style="color: red;">Flight MH370</span> </a></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">going missing.</span></i></b><div><b><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_JDC-X7BJ0On4QbuAtzpMvMPH_o-12Azbob0G50LNnkvC6Zzs4NFswmNbRd7ypOZRTfQEU7quCcuri4CHdxVWNadGjcWeUoSWs2cSb3cJgSzJ0kleqWSKefqc3PBF87D6zFtOmRs-Vplx8ZGeOjxxZcBjjE7hpt6jCjZ2wK93iwNNJ_ZBLuXQB-wXxFI/s699/MH370.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="699" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_JDC-X7BJ0On4QbuAtzpMvMPH_o-12Azbob0G50LNnkvC6Zzs4NFswmNbRd7ypOZRTfQEU7quCcuri4CHdxVWNadGjcWeUoSWs2cSb3cJgSzJ0kleqWSKefqc3PBF87D6zFtOmRs-Vplx8ZGeOjxxZcBjjE7hpt6jCjZ2wK93iwNNJ_ZBLuXQB-wXxFI/w400-h301/MH370.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-08/mh370-10-year-anniversary-heartache-and-mystery-endures/103552532"><span style="color: red;">The victims' families </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">are still waiting </span><span style="color: red;">for answers</span></a></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Which is quite unbelievable from a </span><span style="color: red;">2024</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span>hindsight<span style="color: #3d85c6;">, thinking that this plane is still no closer to being found than when I wrote this </span><span style="color: red;">2017</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> post -</span></i></b></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-mysterious-universe-of-flight-mh370.html"><span style="color: red;">The</span><span style="color: black;"> Mysterious Universe </span><span style="color: red;">of</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> Flight </span><span style="color: red;">MH370</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">?</span></a></b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">UPDATE: </span>March 12th, 2024</b></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEits-d2m-T16YeY1DK96M462kJ7Xsni5VnmdwOU31a-nuSlmtdQKle7MQHJwc_3696QfByHyPHv1jWL87pHdcNUHjv0xzrvxQVWVAEbeZ9uXFIKGFJDdECJymcQlH3DtEOmVzXHxAV_aCRLjdCjFnsDPhX0-Z9RHTxv5rqxmVNOh2X9SocCETLjRrU-GNI/s353/BWBlower.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEits-d2m-T16YeY1DK96M462kJ7Xsni5VnmdwOU31a-nuSlmtdQKle7MQHJwc_3696QfByHyPHv1jWL87pHdcNUHjv0xzrvxQVWVAEbeZ9uXFIKGFJDdECJymcQlH3DtEOmVzXHxAV_aCRLjdCjFnsDPhX0-Z9RHTxv5rqxmVNOh2X9SocCETLjRrU-GNI/s16000/BWBlower.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/boeing-whistleblower-john-barnett-found-dead-from-selfinflicted-wound/news-story/056b2ac1a15b903f28f99c1af2b0ea4d"><span style="color: red;">Boeing</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> whistleblower</span><span style="color: red;"> John Barnett</span><span style="color: black;"> found dead<br /> from </span><span style="color: red;">‘self-inflicted’</span><span style="color: black;"> wound</span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I read </span>this news story above<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> just after writing up this post and posting it.</span></i></b><b><br /></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">UPDATE: </span>March 13th, 2024</span></b></div><div><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRRl7XzXPIsfjwTB83IFPDnhW9ttnZG09cp-xoJSC2iHbLFXUJzVhKhcxYnxIKMj2lViJXxygQAjAOKJV957qll0N2ZvQ8bt3q7qc5NjMGGIxXnHmaQVMdD6NwDxntwdou5IlixIDnGfeUKV060njl9BgnGjLnemyHlzV9bQ11vTj4wgYMyYPqYTD1AQI/s393/BlackBox.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="172" data-original-width="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRRl7XzXPIsfjwTB83IFPDnhW9ttnZG09cp-xoJSC2iHbLFXUJzVhKhcxYnxIKMj2lViJXxygQAjAOKJV957qll0N2ZvQ8bt3q7qc5NjMGGIxXnHmaQVMdD6NwDxntwdou5IlixIDnGfeUKV060njl9BgnGjLnemyHlzV9bQ11vTj4wgYMyYPqYTD1AQI/s16000/BlackBox.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/black-box-seized-by-authorities-investigating-latam-airlines-la800-flight-after-turbulence-issue-to-auckland/news-story/76fee35d0469f8fb93bd8f88c864defa"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;">Investigating </span><span style="color: red;">Latam Airlines</span><span style="color: black;"> LA800</span><span style="color: red;"> flight<br /> after "</span><span style="color: black;">turbulence issue</span><span style="color: red;">"</span></span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">These passengers were very lucky it seems.</span></i><span><br /></span></b></div>Brizdaz (Darren)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post-71922239797177945632024-03-10T21:28:00.045+10:002024-03-13T08:27:35.863+10:00Andras Jones Straight to Video on Australia Day?🌏📼🌎<div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uqk1ygszguk" width="320" youtube-src-id="uqk1ygszguk"></iframe></div></i></b></div><div><b><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqlIh43e2GiFw4Puve3p9N5Xb7BLSPwCJZxX1iIKTGqOggXr0FQUHjLUctZ0PYp3uzklvW8_Mc44I_UhHYHXGpk9R661Ce53vllsd_OR8fa4jIwbCn-zXZfHdDZJm7VxHIbySVxcmi0MI2kE7lS-w7v5ltQydrBwDETG4mZICL3ozUZnrl_au6NDwCGrc/s1516/IMG_3036.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1516" data-original-width="777" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqlIh43e2GiFw4Puve3p9N5Xb7BLSPwCJZxX1iIKTGqOggXr0FQUHjLUctZ0PYp3uzklvW8_Mc44I_UhHYHXGpk9R661Ce53vllsd_OR8fa4jIwbCn-zXZfHdDZJm7VxHIbySVxcmi0MI2kE7lS-w7v5ltQydrBwDETG4mZICL3ozUZnrl_au6NDwCGrc/w328-h640/IMG_3036.jpg" width="328" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://straighttovideo.buzzsprout.com/1172573/14375308"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Straight To Video</span><span style="color: black;"> Episode </span><span style="color: red;">272</span><span style="color: black;"> - </span><br /><span style="color: red;">Andras Jones</span></span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></i></b></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eHLDg_8D_Ws" width="320" youtube-src-id="eHLDg_8D_Ws"></iframe></div></i></b></div>Last weekend before going to sleep I put </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andras_Jones"><span style="color: red;">Andras Jones</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> name into my </span>Apple Podcast<span style="color: red;"> search bar </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">to hear what podcasts he had been a guest on lately, if any, and up comes a podcast called </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://straighttovideo.buzzsprout.com/1172573/14375308">'</a></span></i></b><i><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://straighttovideo.buzzsprout.com/1172573/14375308"><span style="color: red;">Straight to</span> <span style="color: red;">Video'</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-weight: bold;">uploaded on</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Day"><span style="color: red;">Australia </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Day </span></a></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Day"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-weight: bold;">(</span><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">January 26th</span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-weight: bold;">)</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-weight: bold;"> where </span><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Andras</span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> was flogging his new album </span><a href="https://previouslyyours.com/product/recognize-de-escalate-decode-2024/"><span style="color: red;">'Recognise, De-Escalate & De-Code'</span></a> <span style="color: #3d85c6;">coming out on </span></b><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">April 19th</span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-weight: bold;"> </span><b>(you do know that the next day is </b><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler"><span style="color: red;">Hitler's birthday</span></a></span><b>, don't you </b><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Andras</span><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-weight: bold;">;-)</span> <span style="color: #3d85c6; font-weight: bold;">this year.</span></i><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidCX17STpEL7iJ4y-8RkcIsSh9kfmloYY_Il2IVaYH98_EUfpTg6DLqUDMwTOqMJqZ2hma9kXfHxE6c5nX9kri_u6mL4GGLQ9bsEJVL3639plsBp7mrOqYN9VDwLXqCHw4czfRgwUYfSHhSrG9HRGJhs1WSa43LRb_-Bcsj8bhm9ZTd2rHaMXwQsFWgpk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidCX17STpEL7iJ4y-8RkcIsSh9kfmloYY_Il2IVaYH98_EUfpTg6DLqUDMwTOqMJqZ2hma9kXfHxE6c5nX9kri_u6mL4GGLQ9bsEJVL3639plsBp7mrOqYN9VDwLXqCHw4czfRgwUYfSHhSrG9HRGJhs1WSa43LRb_-Bcsj8bhm9ZTd2rHaMXwQsFWgpk=s16000" /></a></div></i></b></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/56h7Q5aFwTc" width="320" youtube-src-id="56h7Q5aFwTc"></iframe></div></div><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-six-degrees-of-separation-of-andras.html"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The </span><span style="color: red;">Six Degrees of Separation</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> of </span><span style="color: red;">Andras Jones </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">in </span><span style="color: red;">Hollywood's </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">House of Cards</span><span style="color: red;">?</span></a></span></b><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WqlKNofXtUg" width="320" youtube-src-id="WqlKNofXtUg"></iframe></div></b></span><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1176" data-original-width="539" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqOzwp1NktHWwy8Nx0ZL8ntWrJIDoX981MfSrZY2750AnrvgYOrATOabnJ5ghq7GVBDTwkR1in7E_g5qUE-RsRYVf7LS8CmqFnZYSnoF0tR6dxaTrYkXH8h6GS8zQJIdHMkTo-8Kk_JaRdrz0nacayt1CnRwxO_8cP0LzYm4mWdp9-MIg_pAN3zZFGWk/w294-h640/AJRecord.png" width="294" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://previouslyyours.com/product/recognize-de-escalate-decode-2024/"><span style="color: red;">RELEASE</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> DATE: </span><span style="color: red;">April 19th, 2024</span></a></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Day"><span style="color: red;">Australia Day</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> has become a rather controversial holiday over here in the last few years, but I've written about my feelings on the holiday on this blog before and my feelings haven't changed on the subject, even though I think it wouldn't hurt to make the holiday the </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">first </span><span style="color: red;">Monday</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">in </span><span style="color: red;">February</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, so there is no </span><span style="color: red;">"fixed date"</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> like there is now -</span></b></i></div><div><i><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2771" data-original-width="3951" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxZFvLwx2kFwdmFki6ne4e7lvOSzaJrSk9z9mCLKgv5FAv1-MIZ4fMOP7Su6Jz0rNtzQ_L0jP37spoFtIrUWrV1ro61ZDWo_IzKac0IQp_P6wIZINDTF-h5rAhKeSW-x3pZy_cls1coEhGDhf_-mpOFGaaOUxbx-N8LaFra2fGIy2xA3Da6PLdbMhPA3U/w400-h280/IMG_7634.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span></i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2014/01/happy-australia-day.html"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Happy </span><span style="color: red;">Australia (</span><span style="color: #38761d;">The Lucky Country</span><span style="color: red;">) Day</span></a></span></b></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSx3xL0BARQ-rMmFE-QX0aqoCW_mDzZDqcgITj8yr6jpfBPnbHtty_qF72alz7GyusX5yb09AYX_0HbOdjhLq_H__Xe1nDLIqiKJ7XL07Le8FtwOBUpZW5oxU1jpy90ylj1mvXMlE50FxvcmXUaOQVuTX-DL2HVPfMuAOEAhiuZQGk1CTgGm_I_ElKKlM/s4001/IMG_7859.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2890" data-original-width="4001" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSx3xL0BARQ-rMmFE-QX0aqoCW_mDzZDqcgITj8yr6jpfBPnbHtty_qF72alz7GyusX5yb09AYX_0HbOdjhLq_H__Xe1nDLIqiKJ7XL07Le8FtwOBUpZW5oxU1jpy90ylj1mvXMlE50FxvcmXUaOQVuTX-DL2HVPfMuAOEAhiuZQGk1CTgGm_I_ElKKlM/w400-h289/IMG_7859.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">And talking about divided opinions, I see Andras has a podcast episode where he interviews Oscar nominee </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_Gladstone"><span style="color: red;">Lily Gladstone</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> on his </span><a href="https://www.theworldiswrongpodcast.com/episodes"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">'</span><span style="color: red;">The World is Wrong</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">' podcast</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">.</span></i></b></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokU2PB8TV8QMAMfJshqtFdabahMVhS4DWVZbXl74p5VKt3zHHbHbiKdLWnmNZuGwbqaiqLrhr55ANCZuWy8e2uzPJhQ-B3IJDq5cK7Qkd18TO_lmExrSmSM02tpxkUwoPF3SgrraJD0yqxBrRMbbOxLcwBXx34bIJLYzZsYE1qqSlgS2tWLqroVkbJzg/s1533/IMG_3038.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1533" data-original-width="783" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokU2PB8TV8QMAMfJshqtFdabahMVhS4DWVZbXl74p5VKt3zHHbHbiKdLWnmNZuGwbqaiqLrhr55ANCZuWy8e2uzPJhQ-B3IJDq5cK7Qkd18TO_lmExrSmSM02tpxkUwoPF3SgrraJD0yqxBrRMbbOxLcwBXx34bIJLYzZsYE1qqSlgS2tWLqroVkbJzg/w327-h640/IMG_3038.jpg" width="327" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.theworldiswrongpodcast.com/episodes/lily-gladstone-on-radio8ball-with-hermina-jean"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Episode</span><span style="color: black;"> 0</span><span style="color: red;">99</span><span style="color: black;">: </span><span style="color: red;">Lily Gladstone </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">on</span><span style="color: red;"> <br /></span><span style="color: black;">Radio8Ball</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> with </span><span style="color: red;">Hermina Jean</span></span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">And as much as I like </span><span style="color: red;">Lily </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">and her performance in </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killers_of_the_Flower_Moon_(film)"><span style="color: red;">'Killers of the Flower Moon'</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, my vote is for </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Stone"><span style="color: red;">Emma Stone</span></a> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">in </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_Things_(film)"><span style="color: red;">'Poor Things'</span></a> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">-</span></i></b><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/muuLGNH3JRQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="muuLGNH3JRQ"></iframe></div></b></span><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2024/02/i-feel-like-poor-thing-after-seeing.html"><span style="color: red;">I </span><span style="color: #38761d;">Feel </span><span style="color: red;">Like a</span><span style="color: #38761d;"> Poor Thing </span><span style="color: red;">After Seeing </span><span style="color: #38761d;">'</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Poor Things</span><span style="color: #38761d;">'</span><span style="color: red;"> Yesterday</span><span style="color: #38761d;">?💰💸🤑</span></a></span></b></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-hNPWFcEIkJyFxeXH6XDbiJ6VRs3YN6YH7IUa0Ae4-xXhEOHE3Bp_Jgxmd_pDsyrJ5zAkfNKrgvjtYXA3_jk2DXeLQpFsikXrYp7j3F2GMfUpc8nTgGwriGclJtCRrCCONwdkGJlg7m3JMQRnTgbj4VRHK5kY_qGgBhmnQJKdey9Qd6X5LdS_OpOZ6wY/s626/MikeC.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="416" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-hNPWFcEIkJyFxeXH6XDbiJ6VRs3YN6YH7IUa0Ae4-xXhEOHE3Bp_Jgxmd_pDsyrJ5zAkfNKrgvjtYXA3_jk2DXeLQpFsikXrYp7j3F2GMfUpc8nTgGwriGclJtCRrCCONwdkGJlg7m3JMQRnTgbj4VRHK5kY_qGgBhmnQJKdey9Qd6X5LdS_OpOZ6wY/w266-h400/MikeC.png" width="266" /></a></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">But </span>who<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> knows how </span>the Academy<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> will vote</span> tomorrow <span style="color: #3d85c6;">morning </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">(</span><span style="color: red;">Australian time</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">)</span><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #3d85c6;">?-)</span></i></b></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxZ-Rq9YkSnTp6m23TLhqVI6lA_VRpjDRNOBr4vPhxxkNId_BgX1dD0AYAWy1QhCGSSNYgj84eHHasFg-TeTHlNXCcGEifGVSuHnWBPdHcEaVKhWxO6oPmOK58ew-ZSRiuX2IIwX-wrvF2UjEh9AgJ9N1tm-uk7dJvJn4ZC-X3Dkl8KRik2YBhc-3DxgE" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxZ-Rq9YkSnTp6m23TLhqVI6lA_VRpjDRNOBr4vPhxxkNId_BgX1dD0AYAWy1QhCGSSNYgj84eHHasFg-TeTHlNXCcGEifGVSuHnWBPdHcEaVKhWxO6oPmOK58ew-ZSRiuX2IIwX-wrvF2UjEh9AgJ9N1tm-uk7dJvJn4ZC-X3Dkl8KRik2YBhc-3DxgE=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5537002/" style="color: #ff3300;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">Killers of the Flower Moon </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">(</span><span style="color: red;">2023</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">)</span></span><span style="color: red; font-size: 11.592px;"> </span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></i></b></span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2024/02/what-does-it-mean-when-you-see-owl.html"><span style="color: white;">What </span><span style="color: black;">Does It Mean When You See An </span><span style="color: white;">OWL</span><span style="color: black;">? 🦉👀</span></a></span></b></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-KwX96t6KstFr-epcL9XeUDwDA3V_rDKIndaNKhVAaHyS_aJ8W23fAnWSvLKVCZETYMcrvRY_094J_hNKO72ryipuiYr6VTtiW3laF0f_E9yhBSiiaElUmOwpe2TMsHKxJWI_t0CpOdSOBIXsDJ14wba3jWR79BM0vCi6cBFZ-GSekPAKEr0nb2nhRKQ/s1526/IMG_3039.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1526" data-original-width="780" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-KwX96t6KstFr-epcL9XeUDwDA3V_rDKIndaNKhVAaHyS_aJ8W23fAnWSvLKVCZETYMcrvRY_094J_hNKO72ryipuiYr6VTtiW3laF0f_E9yhBSiiaElUmOwpe2TMsHKxJWI_t0CpOdSOBIXsDJ14wba3jWR79BM0vCi6cBFZ-GSekPAKEr0nb2nhRKQ/w328-h640/IMG_3039.jpg" width="328" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.theworldiswrongpodcast.com/episodes/episode-84-the-island-of-dr-moreau-1996"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Episode</span><span><span style="color: #38761d;"> 0</span><span style="color: red;">84</span><span style="color: #38761d;">: <br /></span></span><span style="color: #38761d;">The Island of Dr. Moreau (</span><span style="color: red;">1996</span><span style="color: #38761d;">)</span></span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I listened to a few of </span><a href="https://www.theworldiswrongpodcast.com/episodes"><span style="color: red;">Andras'</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> 'The World is Wrong' </span><span style="color: red;">podcast episodes</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> during the week, and this one above and below about </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_of_Doctor_Moreau"><span style="color: red;">'The Island of Dr. Moreau'</span></a> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">got my attention, after having recently read the book and watched the movies -</span></i></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2024/01/reading-and-watching-island-of-dr.html"><span style="color: black;">Reading </span><span style="color: red;">and Watching </span><span style="color: #38761d;">'The Island of Dr. Moreau'</span><span style="color: red;"> from a </span><span style="color: #38761d;">2024</span><span style="color: red;"> Perspective</span><span style="color: #38761d;">?🌊🏝</span></a></span></b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjALNQrapsUjvgcUn2f5tkI098_fo1kiUoh69qI09TJ-f5fe4hEFndlunmXHM9-4_ViyhbDPQLeb7WoaNO9wx2KK9dhDuV1Jn9-pVOoxLJvlsnKmECDZDunS21xV3CyOflbpOfuXl2D2iH7Hq7Q8gSrVNTYtIZWAtP06KPosmJXH_FfBJf_ob9qZfBsEEA/s1198/AJDrM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1198" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjALNQrapsUjvgcUn2f5tkI098_fo1kiUoh69qI09TJ-f5fe4hEFndlunmXHM9-4_ViyhbDPQLeb7WoaNO9wx2KK9dhDuV1Jn9-pVOoxLJvlsnKmECDZDunS21xV3CyOflbpOfuXl2D2iH7Hq7Q8gSrVNTYtIZWAtP06KPosmJXH_FfBJf_ob9qZfBsEEA/w400-h256/AJDrM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.theworldiswrongpodcast.com/episodes/episode-84-the-island-of-dr-moreau-1996"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">Episode</span><span style="color: #38761d;"> 0</span><span style="color: red;">84</span><span style="color: #38761d;">: </span><span style="color: #38761d;">The Island of Dr. Moreau (</span><span style="color: red;">1996</span><span style="color: #38761d;">)</span></span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6YCcPZ0m3r0" width="320" youtube-src-id="6YCcPZ0m3r0"></iframe></div></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">And I did enjoy listening to your chat with our old </span><span>synchead</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> mate </span><span style="color: red;">Rodney</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> about the </span><span>2 </span><span style="color: red;">Psycho</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> movies.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I haven't seen the new one yet </span><span>(apart from the trailer and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/Seallion/videos"><span style="color: red;">Jake's</span><span style="color: #38761d;"> sync</span><span style="color: red;"> films</span> </a>about it)</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GVYn_RGsops" width="320" youtube-src-id="GVYn_RGsops"></iframe></div></i></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2013/10/rodney-ascher-andras-jones-room-237.html"><span style="color: red;">Rodney Ascher</span><span style="color: #38761d;"> & </span><span style="color: red;">Andras Jones - </span><span style="color: #38761d;">Room 237</span><span style="color: red;">: Stanley Kubrick</span><span style="color: #38761d;">'s </span><span style="color: red;">The Shining</span><span style="color: #38761d;"> on Radio </span><span style="color: red;">3</span><span style="color: #38761d;">/</span><span style="color: red;">14</span></a></span></b><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/C0x3NEMpeT0" width="320" youtube-src-id="C0x3NEMpeT0"></iframe></div></div><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2021/02/weird-studies-glitch-in-matrix.html"><span style="color: black;">Weird Studies</span><span style="color: red;">: </span><span style="color: #38761d;">A Glitch in the Matrix</span><span style="color: red;">?</span></a></span></b></div><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQ207MtMUUIZjwJJ0cC9OejIp6U5YlDjDLnC8CNYVJCd5kIY78Kt0qzV67tTkx_3FrKwpScpyy5Jx-ky4n2yAQc1UaA8KiIDjL6NaOdj6PbatdjHtAAwmJZEjhwyP672fCFqpfENiqwGZWeas2Yo07YqwrdHjWVlwqV7KNpww7T0eBW92GWMTD80130FA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="262" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQ207MtMUUIZjwJJ0cC9OejIp6U5YlDjDLnC8CNYVJCd5kIY78Kt0qzV67tTkx_3FrKwpScpyy5Jx-ky4n2yAQc1UaA8KiIDjL6NaOdj6PbatdjHtAAwmJZEjhwyP672fCFqpfENiqwGZWeas2Yo07YqwrdHjWVlwqV7KNpww7T0eBW92GWMTD80130FA=w262-h400" width="262" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-twin-peaks-of-nightmares-and-dreams.html"><span style="color: red;">The</span><span style="color: #38761d;"> Twin Peaks </span><span style="color: red;">of</span><span style="color: black;"> Nightmares </span><span style="color: red;">and</span><span style="color: black;"> Dreams</span><span style="color: red;">?</span></a></span></b></div><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IG7uU1mQE5I" width="320" youtube-src-id="IG7uU1mQE5I"></iframe></div></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Well, I'm off to bed, so I can watch a replay of </span><span style="color: #e69138;">The Oscars</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span>tomorrow night<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> (</span><span style="color: red;">Australian</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> time</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">), as I have to work tomorrow morning</span><span style="color: red;">/</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">afternoon when </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">The Oscars</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> are beamed live to </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Oz</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIY9bL0lTCA1yIb4ITXoUnPN3lYw03M1HG11aHByp5Vbwy7EPylj-GnIbZcpl-7TR58XCzAodbEi4u0xqtHVmFD4QciCFVCN5av16BRZDQtWquX8J1j2Up92zgqPWSdHL2Fi4sYISSr5briTnVet9hbj-UGJa19SWMNRl6mqddOpbl9bJufSgkE8qqsIg/s565/LillyG.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="565" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIY9bL0lTCA1yIb4ITXoUnPN3lYw03M1HG11aHByp5Vbwy7EPylj-GnIbZcpl-7TR58XCzAodbEi4u0xqtHVmFD4QciCFVCN5av16BRZDQtWquX8J1j2Up92zgqPWSdHL2Fi4sYISSr5briTnVet9hbj-UGJa19SWMNRl6mqddOpbl9bJufSgkE8qqsIg/w400-h178/LillyG.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-10/oscars-lily-gladstone-killers-of-the-flower-moon-awards/103565726"><span><span style="color: red;">What's nex</span><span style="color: red;">t</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> for </span><span style="color: red;">Gladstone</span></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">, </span><span style="color: red;">with</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> or without an </span><span style="color: red;">Oscar</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">?</span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Good luck </span><span style="color: red;">Lily</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> and </span><span style="color: red;">Emma</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, and may the </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">'Best Actress' </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">win<span style="background-color: #fcff01;">;-)</span></span></i></b></div></div></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">And let's not forget that tonight is a </span>new moon<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> -</span></i></b><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;">UPDATE: </span>March 11th, 2024</b></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ESTPcyLFL4WCWtTnuWicvznvpsrGFdQu_41qyArZvMLr3Ym9DK-q2xG871phzFC_6lPYZtBCPNULsNGy6Eo50JpcrMnb6uyl-D2OmCkGyXGZDVk9w3A44NRpdSIUlmoXUxia25qnq2UcDLcP9ch1CuEarP7suELcssspVObDtbObGCGQPCsl1puLT0g/s513/OscarsPlag.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ESTPcyLFL4WCWtTnuWicvznvpsrGFdQu_41qyArZvMLr3Ym9DK-q2xG871phzFC_6lPYZtBCPNULsNGy6Eo50JpcrMnb6uyl-D2OmCkGyXGZDVk9w3A44NRpdSIUlmoXUxia25qnq2UcDLcP9ch1CuEarP7suELcssspVObDtbObGCGQPCsl1puLT0g/s16000/OscarsPlag.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/awards/oscars/oscarnominated-film-the-holdovers-accused-of-plagiarism-day-before-event-overwhelming/news-story/c9dda55290cd931c7428adf098635c50"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Oscar-nominated</span><span style="color: red;"> film </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">‘The Holdovers’</span><span style="color: red;"> accused of </span><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe;">plagiarism</span><span style="color: red;"> day before event</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">: ‘Overwhelming</span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AhKLpJmHhIg" width="320" youtube-src-id="AhKLpJmHhIg"></iframe></div></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Reminds me of the claims of my </span><a href="https://secretsun.blogspot.com/2012/06/true-hollywood-horror-story-sequel.html"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">"old mate" </span></a><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://secretsun.blogspot.com/2012/06/true-hollywood-horror-story-sequel.html"><span style="color: red;">Christopher Knowles</span></a> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">made about his script and the script of </span><a href="https://secretsun.blogspot.com/2012/06/true-hollywood-horror-story-sequel.html"><span style="color: red;">Hanna</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> -</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-ewyRx2yP63zajc-s0XNxuSdiEI1uMp7bPDdb-_S2mPgrXrJvGSDiNL6rMK7AngAVTqCIOsASAAjTNmlmXLI4p2UP0DXcDsyWhxmuD1g8gTXYwKlvA763Vq-G8bkfAr4KelpY3qKQBwcNhl7FAHQ3HJMdLSZdO3cDRcvPKRYPZNqtedHyEkQPHfmm8I4" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-ewyRx2yP63zajc-s0XNxuSdiEI1uMp7bPDdb-_S2mPgrXrJvGSDiNL6rMK7AngAVTqCIOsASAAjTNmlmXLI4p2UP0DXcDsyWhxmuD1g8gTXYwKlvA763Vq-G8bkfAr4KelpY3qKQBwcNhl7FAHQ3HJMdLSZdO3cDRcvPKRYPZNqtedHyEkQPHfmm8I4=s16000" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0993842/" style="background-color: white; color: #ff3300; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 11.592px;"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;"><i><b style="background-color: black;">Snow ?</b></i></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table></span></i></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u73CLdHpbNk" width="320" youtube-src-id="u73CLdHpbNk"></iframe></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2012/06/say-snow-to-hanna.html"><span style="color: black;">Say</span><span style="color: white;"> s</span><span style="color: red;">NO</span><span style="color: white;">w</span><span style="color: black;"> to </span><span style="color: red;">Hanna</span><span style="color: black;">!</span><span style="color: red;">!</span><span style="color: black;">!</span></a></span></b></div></div></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">UPDATE: </span>March 13th, 2024</b></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYZHTuP5HoLyNCtl5QXdEpg1LN5stBi6zENzLr3c21Q8T3x1pxD-sLNcXdjsRiafGAFBOyeeGotNMo3rofp4eFLIVbRJqWwRMMrQIky5zhi_7nYRcEP-qZQ8OBeIp8PL-BpyATu375QOUShFQXRM_VIkehS5VLcGz4FkOKtFVr1eiIeWolpjW5oQaveho/s752/EmmaStoneOscar.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="699" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYZHTuP5HoLyNCtl5QXdEpg1LN5stBi6zENzLr3c21Q8T3x1pxD-sLNcXdjsRiafGAFBOyeeGotNMo3rofp4eFLIVbRJqWwRMMrQIky5zhi_7nYRcEP-qZQ8OBeIp8PL-BpyATu375QOUShFQXRM_VIkehS5VLcGz4FkOKtFVr1eiIeWolpjW5oQaveho/w371-h400/EmmaStoneOscar.png" width="371" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-11/oscars-key-moments-2024-ryan-gosling-ken-messi-dog-john-cena/103571966"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Emma Stone</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> picks up her</span><span style="color: red;"> 2024</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> Oscar</span></span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I hate saying, </span>"I told you so"<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> as much as </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://secretsun.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: red;">Chris Knowles</span></a></span><a href="https://secretsun.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: red;"> </span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">at </span><a href="https://secretsun.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black;">'</span><span style="color: red;">The</span><span style="color: black;"> Secret</span> <span style="color: red;">Sun</span><span style="color: black;">' blog</span></a> <span style="color: #3d85c6;">does, but ...</span></i></b></div><div><b><i>I TOLD YOU SO<span style="background-color: #fcff01;">;-)</span></i></b><b><br /></b></div>Brizdaz (Darren)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post-35134600740549002492024-03-09T23:24:00.004+10:002024-03-10T07:59:39.399+10:00Weird How This Weird Studies Podcast Dropped on the 25th Anniversary of Kubrick's Passing? 👀<div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZIf5scEuvRfMO-VsEakTv9q1gzDmtLwhQOZb4DhZm8dfy-0a5sugjS9hfXtrBz6cE4x3dtNsIuTj2ElL8aotjJxwAMbVOKwmT9n6DqRusdDMRL44QKyy95hLtFfvRSI_Bue2TpOpV1Low9XeBgiKKlF23eIVoGSreI6G-M7Ne3YB9hYQEy0I-qdQKLx0/s4032/IMG_7853.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZIf5scEuvRfMO-VsEakTv9q1gzDmtLwhQOZb4DhZm8dfy-0a5sugjS9hfXtrBz6cE4x3dtNsIuTj2ElL8aotjJxwAMbVOKwmT9n6DqRusdDMRL44QKyy95hLtFfvRSI_Bue2TpOpV1Low9XeBgiKKlF23eIVoGSreI6G-M7Ne3YB9hYQEy0I-qdQKLx0/w300-h400/IMG_7853.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLnDpUPbf0GGttu1a3PNTO17pfP-VzHwCtJqntTrbCOKqWxUe6Z13tYEF1MKCZmoSlwwHuCgnpsfFKQyxaT87OCRIEiI9xt8dIqno0HYK8URSlWFf2pAP0m5_v9yLJ48zWOvfLjOQoEjazqTMjDWIrsC-rYQNJj7d0BYvcVVqNbM46aLDTOLa7wRGCJbM/s1516/IMG_3035.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1516" data-original-width="780" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLnDpUPbf0GGttu1a3PNTO17pfP-VzHwCtJqntTrbCOKqWxUe6Z13tYEF1MKCZmoSlwwHuCgnpsfFKQyxaT87OCRIEiI9xt8dIqno0HYK8URSlWFf2pAP0m5_v9yLJ48zWOvfLjOQoEjazqTMjDWIrsC-rYQNJj7d0BYvcVVqNbM46aLDTOLa7wRGCJbM/w330-h640/IMG_3035.jpg" width="330" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.weirdstudies.com/164"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">Towards a Weird Materialism: </span><br /><span style="color: red;">On </span><span style="color: black;">Expressionism</span><span style="color: red;"> in Cinema</span></span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibEcMnNvp6UhA6ek1qUASlnCRUF9bZhGhIQCB45ZmS7aHZOjtGpdUjRSLIZRIn8shugQtze3eBawN5wwHeYkEz40GwRzTIH-WLHjz-RoboYINKFDrXFzH0ZvaR-1DzbdrP2zZUW7IJb59McaVha7J-4AqazYHLhfk8Wra0jv-PLU5Nc6NNwr_ruhyphenhyphenSwCQ/s678/StanK.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibEcMnNvp6UhA6ek1qUASlnCRUF9bZhGhIQCB45ZmS7aHZOjtGpdUjRSLIZRIn8shugQtze3eBawN5wwHeYkEz40GwRzTIH-WLHjz-RoboYINKFDrXFzH0ZvaR-1DzbdrP2zZUW7IJb59McaVha7J-4AqazYHLhfk8Wra0jv-PLU5Nc6NNwr_ruhyphenhyphenSwCQ/s16000/StanK.png" /></a></div></i></b></div><b><i><span><div style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CjgwUB1CXek" width="320" youtube-src-id="CjgwUB1CXek"></iframe></div></i></b></div><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.weirdstudies.com/164"><span style="color: red;">The podcast episode</span></a></span></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> which was dropped on </span><span style="color: red;">March 7th</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> here in </span><span style="color: red;">Australia </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">starts off with a mention of the course </span><span style="color: red;">JF</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> is going to teach about the films of </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick"><span style="color: red;">Kubrick</span></a></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> from </span><span style="color: red;">March 28th </span>(which is the day before <span style="color: white;">Good Friday</span>)<span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">called </span><span style="color: red;">'All is Full of Love'</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, then </span><span style="color: red;">JF</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> an</span><span style="color: red;">d Phil</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> go on to discuss </span></i></b><b><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Ford_Coppola"><span style="color: red;">Francis Ford Coppola</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">'s film, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker%27s_Dracula_(1992_film)"><span style="color: black;">Bram Stoker’s</span><span style="color: red;"> Dracula</span></a> <span style="color: #3d85c6;">starring </span></i></b><b><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winona_Ryder"><span style="color: red;">Winona Ryder</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> and </span></i></b><b><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keanu_Reeves"><span style="color: red;">Keanu Reeves</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, who both starred in the film I had watched and written about in my last post -</span></i></b><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hkjDUERgCQw" width="320" youtube-src-id="hkjDUERgCQw"></iframe></div></b></span><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2024/03/a-scanner-darkly-book-vs-film.html"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">A Scanner Darkly</span><span style="color: black;">: Book</span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> vs </span><span style="color: black;">Film</span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">?</span><span style="color: black;">🎥📖 🎬</span></a></span></b></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6mwExPrwGzVqMy8hTl4F_BrqKndrSlUQd1ziiKlhg1OxCyYRp1AApZbu7yoqnDOEP_-_6Npnj3N8h54JHn1tJdQGY16UnAEtG5nunKt3vPiitoA32v2QiEaHVlfX-bk2X7J7ocWT5z61qTaNxSK1B3KXdAh2fLVNweb5KTqS8g813x01c9VLp-gNujjQ/s4032/IMG_7854.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6mwExPrwGzVqMy8hTl4F_BrqKndrSlUQd1ziiKlhg1OxCyYRp1AApZbu7yoqnDOEP_-_6Npnj3N8h54JHn1tJdQGY16UnAEtG5nunKt3vPiitoA32v2QiEaHVlfX-bk2X7J7ocWT5z61qTaNxSK1B3KXdAh2fLVNweb5KTqS8g813x01c9VLp-gNujjQ/w400-h300/IMG_7854.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/m9UJd9bk_oo" width="320" youtube-src-id="m9UJd9bk_oo"></iframe></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2023/08/did-someone-just-mention-caligari-or-am.html"><span style="color: red;">Did Someone Just Mention Caligari</span><span style="color: black;"> ... or Am I Crazy</span><span style="color: red;">?</span><span style="color: black;"> 🎥🎪🎎🎬</span></a></span></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6nfkCoYWOfB5IQbFeH5RbVF40h8I93fKU3sSSnPvpwHnWz8mvWnlcHq7D0KD4ylT44HZdWkETILU2B03YBso464lU0trvDgone22iscyS9ctJHJAfuqbFOA-1NaQaTORQrECfUIZHIcoAa04jvo9flV0MrB13OjMWrR14KGUxWCO49ruoULlMHqwaSGs/s4032/IMG_7490.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6nfkCoYWOfB5IQbFeH5RbVF40h8I93fKU3sSSnPvpwHnWz8mvWnlcHq7D0KD4ylT44HZdWkETILU2B03YBso464lU0trvDgone22iscyS9ctJHJAfuqbFOA-1NaQaTORQrECfUIZHIcoAa04jvo9flV0MrB13OjMWrR14KGUxWCO49ruoULlMHqwaSGs/w300-h400/IMG_7490.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2023/12/what-would-keanu-do-if-he-was-jesus.html"><span style="color: black;">What Would</span><span style="color: white;"> Keanu </span><span style="color: black;">Do ... if He Was</span><span style="color: white;"> Jesus</span><span style="color: black;">?🎄🎅😸</span></a></span><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kv7eL5rYGfQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="kv7eL5rYGfQ"></iframe></div><b><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuoqOXFObCwyuV40SvIbkNyVhAvR4wtyUB93fX4fzteqBPbej1Dmw7KMDZUy-yS93xaJmOx3jIZJGcOCKk4omEW8RUXnaVu8pxvDlvt7kHFR8yOAH_3-s0D7uyKZ7tOdCoje588fvdUhMIX8bTyd9b28yNMSK66_BI5cV76a6tyNYNf6Njv0fMssLHZWY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuoqOXFObCwyuV40SvIbkNyVhAvR4wtyUB93fX4fzteqBPbej1Dmw7KMDZUy-yS93xaJmOx3jIZJGcOCKk4omEW8RUXnaVu8pxvDlvt7kHFR8yOAH_3-s0D7uyKZ7tOdCoje588fvdUhMIX8bTyd9b28yNMSK66_BI5cV76a6tyNYNf6Njv0fMssLHZWY" width="306" /></a></div></b></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-messagejust-be-yourself.html"><span style="color: black;">The Message ... </span><span style="color: white;">Just Be Yourself</span></a></span></b></div>Brizdaz (Darren)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post-48580850659570432142024-03-09T19:30:00.001+10:002024-03-09T19:46:50.270+10:00A Scanner Darkly: Book vs Film?🎥📖 🎬<div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hkjDUERgCQw" width="320" youtube-src-id="hkjDUERgCQw"></iframe></div></i></b></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWjNeyU8ODX60I43IixV8KUFlNADW8ArNiIrN6Ke7KCHoA7sW9Y1kYJwpRj-m7yYD79r9IfO8jp5SZo3q7uuyo7jPm3N9lLg7jXDll9svKvfiFyAgRbrAf2ZiUJFsfAFe-4I_Xo2G5sJkNwWOntUClpJcQRIziSHER5oNX8PGa4DzI_ZaIzUsmwuX7H38/s4032/IMG_7855.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWjNeyU8ODX60I43IixV8KUFlNADW8ArNiIrN6Ke7KCHoA7sW9Y1kYJwpRj-m7yYD79r9IfO8jp5SZo3q7uuyo7jPm3N9lLg7jXDll9svKvfiFyAgRbrAf2ZiUJFsfAFe-4I_Xo2G5sJkNwWOntUClpJcQRIziSHER5oNX8PGa4DzI_ZaIzUsmwuX7H38/w300-h400/IMG_7855.JPG" width="300" /></a></div></i></b></div>I couldn't get a copy of</span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Scanner_Darkly"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">PKD</span></a></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Scanner_Darkly"><span style="color: black;">'s book</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Scanner_Darkly"> </a>from my local library, or any libraries around </span><span style="color: red;">Brisbane </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">and the surrounding areas, but I heard that</span> the movie <span style="color: #3d85c6;">was pretty faithful to </span>the book<span style="color: #3d85c6;">, so I just watched my </span>DVD<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> instead.</span></i></b><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I had seen the movie years ago when I never knew </span>(or cared)<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> much about </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">PKD</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">'s life</span> (and to be honest I still don't really care about his life, because the more I read his work the more of a<span style="color: #ff00fe;"> Dick </span>I think he was<span style="color: #3d85c6;">). </span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I admire people like </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Linklater"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Richard Linklater</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> more than </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Dick</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, who can make a decent movie from his </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Scanner_Darkly"><span style="color: black;">semiautobiographical fiction</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">. <br /></span></i></b><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SCx7O_xhUR8" width="320" youtube-src-id="SCx7O_xhUR8"></iframe></div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The </span><a href="https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/3f0ae950-e734-4b3b-9bb6-9baa60b10de3/episodes/ad0e7162-d995-422f-9f2f-9d8c3beb3331/cover-to-credits-a-scanner-darkly"><span style="color: red;">Cover to Credits</span><span style="color: black;"> Podcast</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> about the<a href="https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/3f0ae950-e734-4b3b-9bb6-9baa60b10de3/episodes/ad0e7162-d995-422f-9f2f-9d8c3beb3331/cover-to-credits-a-scanner-darkly"> </a></span><a href="https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/3f0ae950-e734-4b3b-9bb6-9baa60b10de3/episodes/ad0e7162-d995-422f-9f2f-9d8c3beb3331/cover-to-credits-a-scanner-darkly"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">'A Scanner Darkly'</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><span style="color: black;">book</span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> vs</span> <span style="color: black;">film</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> was my favourite listen.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">And they reminded me that</span><span style="color: red;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Jones"><span style="color: red;">Alex Jones</span></a></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, the biggest </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Dick </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">of them all was featured in the </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">2006</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span>movie<span style="color: #3d85c6;">.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Could you imagine </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Alex Jones</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> on drugs</span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">?</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bliFkRnN6e4" width="320" youtube-src-id="bliFkRnN6e4"></iframe></div></i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2019/03/the-alex-jonesjoe-rogan-experience.html"><span style="color: #38761d;">The </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Alex Jones</span><span style="color: black;">/</span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Joe Rogan</span><span style="color: #38761d;"> Experience</span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">?</span></a></span></b></div></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/q7jydAzAX-o" width="320" youtube-src-id="q7jydAzAX-o"></iframe></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">My next</span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> PKD</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> book to read is </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Free_Albemuth"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">'</span></a></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Free_Albemuth"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Radio Free Albemuth'</span></a> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">which I have been told by my library they can't supply to me with either, so </span>I may have to listen to the above<span style="color: red;"> You Tube</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> before I watch my </span>DVD<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> of it again.</span></i></b><br /><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I remember liking the movie when I watched it years ago</span>, again not knowing or caring that much about<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Dick</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span>at the time -</i></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2017/02/radio-free-albemuth-isnt-it-ironic.html"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Radio Free Albemuth</span><span style="color: black;">: Isn't It Ironic</span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">?</span></a></span></b><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j1zB4hjmHfw" width="320" youtube-src-id="j1zB4hjmHfw"></iframe></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">To be honest, now that I'm nearing the end of </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Dick</span>'s novels, I'm getting sick of<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Dick </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">and wish I never bought his </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">exegesis</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, which I'm yet to read. </span></i></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2023/11/pkd-was-cracked.html"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">PKD</span><span style="color: black;"> was Cracked</span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">?</span><span style="color: black;">🥚🍳</span></a></span></b><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPjlmI49FdchaFcarNY6zopMvnGq8-trG6uKKm1E2QxFRTC1cZPXAJAHYDb3u-y2oNEohpbQsRj5bQGgqWVJqn7MK6AuwrM7Jht-vy9gx4_bD1K90_VqrcjlXhFpD91YtQkQG6jAH3Jt_QVj1aPPF0kW-tMaXBykv0dCompQMRX0_AhBH1qekmXKywYE/s4032/IMG_7412.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLiz250iD98_DrXXcSl5S6quIEpAKCpWbO5dsLJjFSoMVfqF3gjEtb97hH-vd7cgzn-3-MWaXeAKQErMINOmBygjtCeJSifa_SKw93pXtqHmLTm27_BBG7zIfPA9DdavfLq2dDONBWo9QsqQodo3fkzhtdxvdva62Mbtle8-Ckb5lnazD4MxcgAp1-Mgs/s410/DragZ.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="171" data-original-width="410" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLiz250iD98_DrXXcSl5S6quIEpAKCpWbO5dsLJjFSoMVfqF3gjEtb97hH-vd7cgzn-3-MWaXeAKQErMINOmBygjtCeJSifa_SKw93pXtqHmLTm27_BBG7zIfPA9DdavfLq2dDONBWo9QsqQodo3fkzhtdxvdva62Mbtle8-Ckb5lnazD4MxcgAp1-Mgs/s320/DragZ.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/dragon-ball-anime-legend-akira-toriyama-dies-aged-68/news-story/1e17329093e5a35295d0a2368570c89d"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Dragon Ball</span><span style="color: black;"> anime legend <br /></span><span style="color: red;">Akira Toriyama</span><span style="color: black;"> dies aged</span><span style="color: red;"> 68</span></span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> Kind of </span></span>ironic news<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> I see this morning with </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Toriyama"><span style="color: red;">Akira Toriyama</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> passing away in </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_(zodiac)"><span style="color: red;">2024</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> the</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_(zodiac)"><span style="color: red;">Year of the </span><span style="color: #7f6000;">Wood</span><span style="color: red;"> Dragon</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">.</span></i></b><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2024/02/enter-2024-dragon.html"><span style="color: #38761d;">🐲</span><span style="color: red;">Enter the</span><span style="color: #38761d;"> 2024 </span><span style="color: red;">Dragon</span><span style="color: #38761d;">?🐉</span></a></span></b><div><b><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2nEzizuKs7HnvpPmjX50KS5PcQLtyNqWsNqGjFGl0xftL62FdW098uoxadhKqL-h0Qg5pgooH3IXYs_mVfUi2P1YlDIVo7dRI2IBGFyf2q9lmzHa7itLnkpHFNy2yaqqDPpdUYLIf4L3oDjwh6QwYlmATMtRxqMlFeyzgAvIFJAzX3IXJGsMXM1gjEDk/s937/AT.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="937" data-original-width="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2nEzizuKs7HnvpPmjX50KS5PcQLtyNqWsNqGjFGl0xftL62FdW098uoxadhKqL-h0Qg5pgooH3IXYs_mVfUi2P1YlDIVo7dRI2IBGFyf2q9lmzHa7itLnkpHFNy2yaqqDPpdUYLIf4L3oDjwh6QwYlmATMtRxqMlFeyzgAvIFJAzX3IXJGsMXM1gjEDk/s16000/AT.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Toriyama"><span style="color: red;">Akira Toriyama </span><br /><span style="color: black;">(April 5, </span><span style="color: red;">1955</span><span style="color: black;"> – March 1, </span><span style="color: red;">2024</span><span style="color: black;">)</span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vqEBfFJ8EQk" width="320" youtube-src-id="vqEBfFJ8EQk"></iframe></div></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I notice </span><span style="color: red;">Akira</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> was born in </span><span style="color: red;">1955</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goat_(zodiac)"><span style="color: red;">Year of the </span><span style="color: #7f6000;">Wood </span><span style="color: red;">Goat</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, which reminds me of this old</span><span style="color: red;"> 2017</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><span style="color: red;">Year of the Rooster</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> post I wrote -</span></i></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2017/08/chinese-astrological-archetypes-in-real.html"><span style="color: red;">Chinese</span><span style="color: black;"> Astrological </span><span style="color: red;">Archetypes</span><span style="color: black;"> in </span><span style="color: red;">Real Life</span><span style="color: black;">?</span></a></span></b></div>Brizdaz (Darren)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post-12284120493433699472024-03-08T01:04:00.003+10:002024-03-08T01:04:36.633+10:00What is the Monarch Butterfly Effect?🌀🦋<div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRGgkxcR1F_awgOnVRMJF6R-CvTpEyF0-fuqpbUxmd2y801oI5mc-lt5uOVqrVFNeTz521-gtGnAvNF1ht4oBW7NJoRMytETbEvMgH27R3CH2B_XMpbSJX5vQzS5PgQRk5AbnUw8uKFcj-1U9IthHfJwmN0VGB7CQVmsTSFzklol3pPecr7bquZFCris/s902/BlueButterfly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="902" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRGgkxcR1F_awgOnVRMJF6R-CvTpEyF0-fuqpbUxmd2y801oI5mc-lt5uOVqrVFNeTz521-gtGnAvNF1ht4oBW7NJoRMytETbEvMgH27R3CH2B_XMpbSJX5vQzS5PgQRk5AbnUw8uKFcj-1U9IthHfJwmN0VGB7CQVmsTSFzklol3pPecr7bquZFCris/s320/BlueButterfly.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></i></b></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> I recently wrote about my butterfly encounters recently in this post -</span></i></b><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2024/02/messages-from-blue-butterfly.html"><span style="color: #e69138;">Messages From a </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Blue</span><span style="color: #e69138;"> Butterfly</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">?🦋</span></a></span></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgPVmAqfgwGglizsHAxlkPRIMPEeDipcTYu-SAC24Dp2W_g307zFR2Yo04_a2g1CWnvjnrvLVwpnqQ0iJtQ3kKrWAxQTGco3mYUAHW4BdPP-Kgp_KdIBQojQ1YomWBVjG4mvzJja5quOpFNSpeASMVY9CB3YVQh-nYVyj-uAXSUmetcY6hIlIxWZbhLrU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgPVmAqfgwGglizsHAxlkPRIMPEeDipcTYu-SAC24Dp2W_g307zFR2Yo04_a2g1CWnvjnrvLVwpnqQ0iJtQ3kKrWAxQTGco3mYUAHW4BdPP-Kgp_KdIBQojQ1YomWBVjG4mvzJja5quOpFNSpeASMVY9CB3YVQh-nYVyj-uAXSUmetcY6hIlIxWZbhLrU=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I remembered that a book that crossed my path just after my father passed away was called </span><span style="color: #e69138;">'Secrets of the Monarch'</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, but it's pretty much always been the </span>Crow butterfly<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> that seems to deliver the messages to me -</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEERsV63iKWbDvuw4JY2T2XhFnPt224G-yO1reHGqhfbeYzE3WdYYtSFK0RHt1zwjbyjOUhGt7wD5Iy2vcj3ozxMHCyA8KdBfv7txa4wVhdv4_52AaKreiArmo1TpYKmHaMy24BGG0SH2c6M5Q9NZ4lAmazgWaHQ1hDotIe5f0HkL6Xkoh6W_yVpzeyXE/s4032/IMG_7771.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEERsV63iKWbDvuw4JY2T2XhFnPt224G-yO1reHGqhfbeYzE3WdYYtSFK0RHt1zwjbyjOUhGt7wD5Iy2vcj3ozxMHCyA8KdBfv7txa4wVhdv4_52AaKreiArmo1TpYKmHaMy24BGG0SH2c6M5Q9NZ4lAmazgWaHQ1hDotIe5f0HkL6Xkoh6W_yVpzeyXE/w300-h400/IMG_7771.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><i><span style="color: red;">My </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">lucky </span><span style="color: red;">Dragon coin <br /></span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">I bought </span><span style="color: red;">this year</span></i></b></td></tr></tbody></table><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">And oddly enough, when I bought my </span><span style="color: red;">2024 dragon coin</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, I was given it in a red envelope with gold butterflies printed on it -</span></i></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2024/02/enter-2024-dragon.html"><i><span style="color: #38761d;"> </span></i><span><span style="color: #38761d;">🐲</span><span style="color: red;">Enter the</span><span style="color: #38761d;"> 2024 </span><span style="color: red;">Dragon</span><span style="color: #38761d;">?🐉</span></span></a></span><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjACPkocCSNCzxECDRXzWXpGDrOW-348KI0EaSKR6tLVF3OhHZIkFES5Fey0dWEfPsfIWphYGs4GlaUt4UvEKBex2NH68MJObUwa6TY2M6mPf2X9hsO8DD9b08GcCh4f6rlgX2P-7ACsJfe0bhFBGEwc2W5ajDp-d4LnZMSCESSrP3hOKUDs1mqk7UXUOw/s4032/IMG_7733.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjACPkocCSNCzxECDRXzWXpGDrOW-348KI0EaSKR6tLVF3OhHZIkFES5Fey0dWEfPsfIWphYGs4GlaUt4UvEKBex2NH68MJObUwa6TY2M6mPf2X9hsO8DD9b08GcCh4f6rlgX2P-7ACsJfe0bhFBGEwc2W5ajDp-d4LnZMSCESSrP3hOKUDs1mqk7UXUOw/w300-h400/IMG_7733.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I'll have to keep watching the tree in my back yard for</span><span style="color: #e69138;"> Monarchs</span><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #3d85c6;">;-)</span></i></b><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2024/02/watching-tree-to-catch-butterfly.html"><span style="color: #38761d;">Watching the Tree to Catch ... A </span><span style="color: #e69138;">Butterfly</span><span style="color: #38761d;">?🌲🦋👀</span></a></b></span></div>Brizdaz (Darren)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post-47998115322863332992024-03-05T13:46:00.012+10:002024-03-05T14:59:34.074+10:00Moon Rituals?🌚🌑🌝🍕<div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RUz1pZ_LujU" width="320" youtube-src-id="RUz1pZ_LujU"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5mTGhmhGTq4Ba87GVR9f_suh2gWhuyOALUAEwRxijgJYtHbpPHOnGEEFsVKOGhvFJyxHkzmwmgKBYo_7Ne8gYZ0rPF6C18Y-4CPUXQPylbtYnc4xr2Jl2zDRV9mma2oTdH3rQgrpDI3CGdkL_G2GgNSNTISiHAQGcoFhVAtI5wzKd_sqLk1xzdFSysMA/s4032/IMG_7816.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5mTGhmhGTq4Ba87GVR9f_suh2gWhuyOALUAEwRxijgJYtHbpPHOnGEEFsVKOGhvFJyxHkzmwmgKBYo_7Ne8gYZ0rPF6C18Y-4CPUXQPylbtYnc4xr2Jl2zDRV9mma2oTdH3rQgrpDI3CGdkL_G2GgNSNTISiHAQGcoFhVAtI5wzKd_sqLk1xzdFSysMA/s320/IMG_7816.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></i></b></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> I wrote a recent post about how </span>my late brother's birthday<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> fell on a</span><span style="color: white;"> full moon</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> in </span><span style="color: red;">2024</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, which also happened to be </span><span>the anniversary of the date my divorce was finalized</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> and how I was planning to have </span><span style="color: red;">pizza</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> for dinner that night -</span></i></b><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2024/02/15-devil-card-and-weird-studies.html"><span style="color: red;">#</span><span style="color: black;">15, </span><span style="color: red;">The Devil Card</span><span style="color: black;"> and Weird Studies</span><span style="color: red;">?</span><span style="color: black;">🃏😈</span></a></span></b></div><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfJLMh7zIwZjYSyJ0X5Z8YN3OfR6tmNxUDJQX-g5DK5i4TXHCbzjxv1KkmLI0werfrn6qe6tcUjEDzv3f0VBdW-raegt0PYJAvFFf6MDBa67-uDD08JMdFEX-IJQ2KMlPrhK4GpgJ56GR1EM9LDQMnPXQjItC7NlPlxelRT-9vqZCYwJ5OitX-Kwl7b0M" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="227" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfJLMh7zIwZjYSyJ0X5Z8YN3OfR6tmNxUDJQX-g5DK5i4TXHCbzjxv1KkmLI0werfrn6qe6tcUjEDzv3f0VBdW-raegt0PYJAvFFf6MDBa67-uDD08JMdFEX-IJQ2KMlPrhK4GpgJ56GR1EM9LDQMnPXQjItC7NlPlxelRT-9vqZCYwJ5OitX-Kwl7b0M=w227-h400" width="227" /></a></div><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Unfortunately, my youngest son wanted to see the movie</span> <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20256448/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_6_tt_8_nm_0_q_The%2520Dry"><span style="color: red;">'</span></a><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20256448/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_6_tt_8_nm_0_q_The%2520Dry"><span style="color: #38761d;">Force of Nature</span><span style="color: red;">: The Dry </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">2</span><span style="color: red;">'</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> that night and have </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">fish and chips</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> for dinner, so I had to have</span><span style="color: red;"> pizza</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> on </span><span style="color: red;">Sunday</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> night instead -</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qfQAgA9VNog" width="320" youtube-src-id="qfQAgA9VNog"></iframe></div></i><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantern_Festival"><span style="color: red;">Fifteenth day</span></a></span><br />Main article: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantern_Festival"><span style="color: red;">Lantern Festival</span></a><br /><br />The <span style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantern_Festival"><span style="color: red;">fifteenth day of the new year</span></a></span> is celebrated as the <span style="color: red;">Lantern Festival</span>, also known as the <span style="color: red;">Yuanxiao Festival </span>(simplified Chinese: <span style="color: red;">元宵节</span>; traditional Chinese:<span style="color: red;"> 元宵節</span>; pinyin: Yuán xiāo jié), the <span style="color: red;">Shangyuan Festival</span> (simplified Chinese: <span style="color: red;">上元节</span>; traditional Chinese: <span style="color: red;">上元節</span>; pinyin: Shàng yuán jié), and <span style="color: red;">Chap Goh Meh</span> (Chinese: <span style="color: red;">十五暝</span>; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Cha̍p-gō͘-mê; lit. <span style="color: red;">'the fifteen night'</span> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokkien"><span style="color: red;">Hokkien</span></a>). <span style="color: white;">Rice dumplings</span>, or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangyuan_(food)"><span style="color: red;">tangyuan</span></a> (simplified Chinese: <span style="color: red;">汤圆</span>; traditional Chinese: <span style="color: red;">湯圓</span>; pinyin: tang yuán), a sweet <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutinous_rice"><span style="color: red;">glutinous rice</span></a> ball brewed in a soup, are eaten this day. Candles are lit outside houses as a way to guide wayward <span style="color: white;">spirits</span> home<span style="color: red;">. Families may walk the streets carrying lanterns</span>, which sometimes have riddles attached to or written on them as a tradition.<br /><br />In <span style="color: red;">China</span> and <span style="color: red;">Malaysia</span>, this day is celebrated by individuals seeking <span style="color: red;">a romantic partner</span>, akin to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine%27s_Day"><span style="color: red;">Valentine's Day</span></a>. Nowadays, single women write their contact number on <span style="color: #e69138;">mandarin oranges</span> and throw them in a river or a lake after which single men collect the <span style="color: #e69138;">oranges</span> and eat them. The taste is an indication of their possible love: sweet represents a good fate while sour represents a bad fate.<br /><br /><span style="color: red;">This day often marks </span>the end<span style="color: red;"> of the Chinese New Year festivities</span>.</b></div><div><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitdZfr8wetV2ot1j7FuWe90bhEpDw5zPOcRN5-bRXfHWTYDxL-4JbA7JRK_4RyLdlghzS4N32-MoQI5CMp27sVbHQO-qAErVCl1FQge2AiluJ5jiTkgwJ7u36K_h19S8UMedHvC82R-PG591RzMcrb-5wU81du7WrTKyPLZeMcaIuZ0NhhzpFRG241h84/s2550/IMG_7819.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="2021" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitdZfr8wetV2ot1j7FuWe90bhEpDw5zPOcRN5-bRXfHWTYDxL-4JbA7JRK_4RyLdlghzS4N32-MoQI5CMp27sVbHQO-qAErVCl1FQge2AiluJ5jiTkgwJ7u36K_h19S8UMedHvC82R-PG591RzMcrb-5wU81du7WrTKyPLZeMcaIuZ0NhhzpFRG241h84/w318-h400/IMG_7819.JPG" width="318" /></a></div></span><i><span style="color: red;">Sunday </span>night <span style="color: #3d85c6;">I ordered a </span><span style="color: red;">Napoletana pizza</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> from a local pizza shop and drank </span><span style="color: red;">red wine</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> and listened to </span><span style="color: red;">Tony Bellino</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> sing Italian songs about the moon hitting your eye like a big </span><span style="color: red;">pizza pie</span><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #3d85c6;">:-)</span></i><br /><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">And when I went out in my backyard on </span><span style="color: white;">Moon</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">day morning to throw my </span><span style="color: red;">empty pizza box</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> in my </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">recycling bin</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, there was the</span><span style="color: white;"> moon</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> hitting my eye right before </span><span style="color: #e69138;">sunrise</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">And on </span><span style="color: red;">a personal weird 2024 note</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, my younger living brother's birthday in </span><span style="color: red;">March</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> is the day before the </span><span style="color: white;">full moon</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> that marks </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter"><span style="color: white;">Easter</span></a><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #3d85c6;">:-)</span><br /></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHzDG2372UMjhnq7qLqOJEyOz33D-B7vFrtzPegDkhg9nFFu_OEy-MZXoiJHYHXbPQuInjX7OLg9c7RZy6bThPqF6c9tJyaqs4Ob0UQLcRCMJ4kHLRxnuffycWbm5XYOY87m9r8Zj3qP4DixkKcSFOsVcKBbfRZceCmqwMbvIY-M8GSB1sp1q5JOpvMrM/s463/EasterFullMoon.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="463" data-original-width="425" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHzDG2372UMjhnq7qLqOJEyOz33D-B7vFrtzPegDkhg9nFFu_OEy-MZXoiJHYHXbPQuInjX7OLg9c7RZy6bThPqF6c9tJyaqs4Ob0UQLcRCMJ4kHLRxnuffycWbm5XYOY87m9r8Zj3qP4DixkKcSFOsVcKBbfRZceCmqwMbvIY-M8GSB1sp1q5JOpvMrM/s320/EasterFullMoon.png" width="294" /></a></div></b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt7puqbfpQpvUN0UyVuZPC0yvopjqYlwPf4Xha4A9xMFA_-oUwr4oDeKirFmEXSKFsadbn-HTtoElLP2JEwyM_H58AXI1OQWRGAETtvT_qOdAciAnLQQ18FxM0DPTdzidnrDHdlvtn0dvo_qPwkFKt_4JpT0attXGeOf4gxwRJWc9sqluq0FGo5oiJhm4/s564/EasterFullMoon2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="397" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt7puqbfpQpvUN0UyVuZPC0yvopjqYlwPf4Xha4A9xMFA_-oUwr4oDeKirFmEXSKFsadbn-HTtoElLP2JEwyM_H58AXI1OQWRGAETtvT_qOdAciAnLQQ18FxM0DPTdzidnrDHdlvtn0dvo_qPwkFKt_4JpT0attXGeOf4gxwRJWc9sqluq0FGo5oiJhm4/w281-h400/EasterFullMoon2.png" width="281" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.thecreatorscalendar.com/why-must-rome-fix-easter-to-the-full-moon-part-1/"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;">Why Must </span><span style="color: red;">Rome</span><span style="color: black;"> Fix Easter<br /> to the Full Moon</span><span style="color: red;">?</span></span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I find it amusing that the </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_(zodiac)"><span style="color: red;">Year of the Rabbit</span></a></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> ended when the </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_(zodiac)"><span style="color: red;">Year of the Dragon</span></a></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> came in and that Easter </span><span style="color: white;">Moon</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">day will be </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day"><span style="color: red;">April 1st</span></a> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">this year<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day"> </a></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day"><span style="color: black;">(AKA </span><span style="color: #38761d;">April Fool's Day</span><span style="color: black;">)</span></a><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day">:-</a>)</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihCkXmKKMhproiHMZ_xeESfLyc-BSgFiY47GXMxQ0WI1wbvTLJ_N2-_lG7kZdCoPAmzIQX8MHg5JuKfFQ9dsWgDr8OVD0FB2LgYeWl0afI7t1lLHGty7Es7LsVV1YWBKKoi52XMR7bcAK7qqEAy7lYUA4q38FFapNEXcvwR-Mp4L68zDVL3dtofCGwRMo/s549/EasterFullMoon3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="549" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihCkXmKKMhproiHMZ_xeESfLyc-BSgFiY47GXMxQ0WI1wbvTLJ_N2-_lG7kZdCoPAmzIQX8MHg5JuKfFQ9dsWgDr8OVD0FB2LgYeWl0afI7t1lLHGty7Es7LsVV1YWBKKoi52XMR7bcAK7qqEAy7lYUA4q38FFapNEXcvwR-Mp4L68zDVL3dtofCGwRMo/s320/EasterFullMoon3.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-fall-of-easter-down-under.html"><span style="color: black;">The Fall of</span><span style="color: white;"> Easter </span><span style="color: black;">Down-under</span><span style="color: white;">?</span></a></span><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><br /></span></span></i></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #3d85c6;">:-)</span></i></b><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2024/02/watching-tree-to-catch-butterfly.html"><span style="color: black;">Watching </span><span style="color: #38761d;">the Tree to Catch ...</span> <span style="color: black;">A Butterfly</span><span style="color: #38761d;">?</span><span style="color: black;">🌲🦋👀</span></a></span></b><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLxU41cA2xlJ-_lalWRlz5QKhezb8Nm-JoNmgj0blCylfpOxos1NDIgs6qPoEGFN1TAZVm4xT-oc4c4mLqXipUr2iQ1O8rxIj2y1ktGh_rYaAiDb9BFeZflO5xnPL9b2ek1EXKgndI6eIhlccUF-8rfUby9zqyY_y2DgFVRD3gU5UE78gN93E4aDcxOlU/s4032/IMG_7733.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLxU41cA2xlJ-_lalWRlz5QKhezb8Nm-JoNmgj0blCylfpOxos1NDIgs6qPoEGFN1TAZVm4xT-oc4c4mLqXipUr2iQ1O8rxIj2y1ktGh_rYaAiDb9BFeZflO5xnPL9b2ek1EXKgndI6eIhlccUF-8rfUby9zqyY_y2DgFVRD3gU5UE78gN93E4aDcxOlU/w300-h400/IMG_7733.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ironically, the </span>2024 Oscars<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> will be held on the night of the</span> new moon<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> this year, so I wonder how </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killers_of_the_Flower_Moon_(film)"><span style="color: red;">'Killers of the Flower Moon'</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span>will fare on the night<span style="background-color: #fcff01;">?-)</span></i></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2024/02/what-does-it-mean-when-you-see-owl.html"><span style="color: white;">What </span><span style="color: black;">Does It Mean When You See An </span><span style="color: white;">OWL</span><span style="color: black;">? 🦉👀</span></a></span><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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G. Wells' Novel 'The War of the Worlds' Only Popular Today Because of Welles?📖📻🌎🌍<div><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgqmXT3fdWZWws08p18im8fcOWKsr7zvij7miKk_AEzOxuu0pQMeiv7w7RyknljeWOcHbGJLLbcGvEYl8cpbvNQreeXXIK71Ygp74BrJIR04F114Y1kg5L8_19bnqaWohEi5KqgtZGjHjXLILXJS87_EtR2xUmOdR-TSiTOEiIzqu_B-3wVV55CYmK5VE/s4032/IMG_7850.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgqmXT3fdWZWws08p18im8fcOWKsr7zvij7miKk_AEzOxuu0pQMeiv7w7RyknljeWOcHbGJLLbcGvEYl8cpbvNQreeXXIK71Ygp74BrJIR04F114Y1kg5L8_19bnqaWohEi5KqgtZGjHjXLILXJS87_EtR2xUmOdR-TSiTOEiIzqu_B-3wVV55CYmK5VE/w400-h300/IMG_7850.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1001_Books_You_Must_Read_Before_You_Die"><span style="color: black;">1001 Books</span><span style="color: red;"> You Must Read</span><span style="color: black;"> Before You Die</span></a></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kdNXH5-EFPE" width="320" youtube-src-id="kdNXH5-EFPE"></iframe></div></div><b><i><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I recently read</span><span style="color: red;">/</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">listened to</span> <span style="color: #3d85c6;">the </span><span style="color: red;">1898</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> novel</span><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds"> <span style="color: red;">'The War of the Worlds'</span> </a></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">by </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Wells"><span style="color: red;">H. G. Wells</span></a></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> and I was thinking this book must have got one mighty boost in sales from </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Welles"><span style="color: red;">Orson Welles</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> adapting the book for the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(1938_radio_drama)"><span style="color: red;">infamous </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">1938 </span><span style="color: red;">radio play</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">And I find it ironic that </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology"><span style="color: black;">Scientologist</span></a><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology"> </a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Cruise"><span style="color: red;">Tom Cruise</span></a> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">starred in and produced a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Worlds_(2005_film)"><span style="color: red;">2005 version</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Worlds_(2005_film)"> </a>of the book for </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Worlds_(2005_film)"><span style="color: black;">the big screen</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, considering that </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology"><span style="color: black;">Scientology</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> was started by a </span>Sci-Fi<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> writer who wrote stuff that would make </span>Wells' stuff <span style="color: #3d85c6;">look rather sane, if </span>Wells<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> wanted to </span>start a religion<span style="background-color: #fcff01;">:-)</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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G. Wells</span><span style="color: black;">, </span><span style="color: red;">Orson Welles</span><span style="color: black;">)</span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></b></div>"On <span style="color: red;">28 October 1940</span>, on the radio station <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTSA"><span style="color: red;">KTSA</span></a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio"><span style="color: red;">San Antonio</span></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas"><span style="color: red;">Texas</span></a>, <span style="color: red;">Wells</span> took part in a radio interview with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Welles"><span style="color: red;">Orson Welles</span></a>, who two years previously had performed a famous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(radio_drama)"><span style="color: red;">radio</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> adaptation of </span><span style="color: red;">The War of the Worlds</span></a><span style="color: red;">.</span> During the interview, by <span style="color: red;">Charles C Shaw</span>, a <span style="color: red;">KTSA radio host</span>, <span style="color: red;">Wells</span> admitted his surprise at the sensation that resulted from the broadcast but acknowledged his debt to <span style="color: red;">Welles</span> for increasing sales of one of his <span style="color: red;">"more obscure"</span> titles."</i></b><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/16aa5NtpVbw" width="320" youtube-src-id="16aa5NtpVbw"></iframe></div><i>In <span style="color: red;">1978</span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Wayne"><span style="color: red;">Jeff Wayne</span></a> produced a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Wayne%27s_Musical_Version_of_The_War_of_the_Worlds"><span style="color: red;">musical album of the story</span></a>, with the voices of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Burton"><span style="color: red;">Richard Burton</span></a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Essex"><span style="color: red;">David Essex</span></a>.</i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">So, there was another boost to </span><span style="color: red;">Wells' book sales</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> I would imagine</span><span style="color: red;">?</span><br /></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mGeIsCLOI-U" width="320" youtube-src-id="mGeIsCLOI-U"></iframe></div><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">And what about the </span><span style="color: red;">1996</span></i> </b><b style="font-style: italic;"><i><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds"><span style="color: red;">'The War of the Worlds'</span></a> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(1996_film)"><span style="color: black;">knock-off</span><span style="color: red;"> starring another</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/will-smith-jada-pinkett-smiths-school-was-total-scientology-says-former-headmaster-1520730"><span style="color: black;">Scientologist</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></a>(<span style="color: red;">?</span>) <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/will-smith-jada-pinkett-smiths-school-was-total-scientology-says-former-headmaster-1520730"><span style="color: red;">actor</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Smith" style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;">Will Smith</span></a>?</i></b></div><div><b style="font-style: italic;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifX8zh_LsOCquQVAS6679ki5Ej-Q9dyF29nl6WjZCAwgtG7cI66SqWhbnHAW-r0r5xJQGk6SBA1PNFCIVbQqKxzJ4p0YHfx0Nkl8kEcGgV7-6jxjFGcG0wFEjVtCjbYAwdhN74WhXeFidqmWFJvguWffmRJnzzJgFUc4GCgoLOsC4T6645RALsKwCK9Xg/s351/IDayTime.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="351" data-original-width="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifX8zh_LsOCquQVAS6679ki5Ej-Q9dyF29nl6WjZCAwgtG7cI66SqWhbnHAW-r0r5xJQGk6SBA1PNFCIVbQqKxzJ4p0YHfx0Nkl8kEcGgV7-6jxjFGcG0wFEjVtCjbYAwdhN74WhXeFidqmWFJvguWffmRJnzzJgFUc4GCgoLOsC4T6645RALsKwCK9Xg/s16000/IDayTime.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(1996_film)"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">Independence Day <br /></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">(</span><span style="color: red;">1996</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> film)</span></span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></b></div><div><b style="font-style: italic;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPUvdaiBBRmAXBZmGbDVkSuNylUHH1013srEvV_MheBMA2nCChc2MO2QkFb8bE6S7M6lQpraEggGrzc9d7qbNyT_7SRnPHpCve-AGT91u6rJMDWQPL1sDwf6LeY01a2bd3gpwSiztO1km2dtbd0-OIvdcntTX4QWCJJlkpelR_awYDnTZy1xD8iXYSZDE/s771/WillSmith.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="619" data-original-width="771" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPUvdaiBBRmAXBZmGbDVkSuNylUHH1013srEvV_MheBMA2nCChc2MO2QkFb8bE6S7M6lQpraEggGrzc9d7qbNyT_7SRnPHpCve-AGT91u6rJMDWQPL1sDwf6LeY01a2bd3gpwSiztO1km2dtbd0-OIvdcntTX4QWCJJlkpelR_awYDnTZy1xD8iXYSZDE/w400-h321/WillSmith.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.nickiswift.com/840412/the-bizarre-truth-about-will-smith-and-scientology/"><span style="color: red;">It all started with </span><span style="color: black;">Tom Cruise</span><span style="color: red;">?</span></a></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I watched that movie this week and couldn't get over how bad the script was.</span></i></b></div><div><b style="font-style: italic;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">It was</span> eerie<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> seeing </span>a shadow descend over the then intact Twin Towers <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(1996_film)"><span style="color: red;">in that </span><span style="color: black;">1996</span><span style="color: red;"> movie</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">.</span></i></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2017/05/2001-present-can-only-be-viewed-from.html"><span style="color: white;">2001</span><span style="color: black;">: The</span><span style="color: white;"> Present </span><span style="color: black;">Can Only Be Viewed from the Past</span><span style="color: white;">?</span></a></span></b><div><b style="font-style: italic;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgghzGJ1KdDLFKPaxMX_7bxb9ARP2ddfLVMdAfDLzsV4Tlcq7Z7vk9uxc3snl-cNejOE0OETt_mYN85gQin9JooV1mhaumEMZWb6PWFPpw6Lz0Dsz7cBop-cg88Z5jO96Xp_UAUk8aQ4RHLJmWOVNyKwbiLmCZco-jGU2xMfg_BwXyYa-7il7dL1I3_fMA/s1060/WorldUFODay.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="654" data-original-width="1060" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgghzGJ1KdDLFKPaxMX_7bxb9ARP2ddfLVMdAfDLzsV4Tlcq7Z7vk9uxc3snl-cNejOE0OETt_mYN85gQin9JooV1mhaumEMZWb6PWFPpw6Lz0Dsz7cBop-cg88Z5jO96Xp_UAUk8aQ4RHLJmWOVNyKwbiLmCZco-jGU2xMfg_BwXyYa-7il7dL1I3_fMA/w400-h246/WorldUFODay.png" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Kind of </span>weird<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> too how </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(1996_film)"><span style="color: red;">'Independance Day'</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> starts on</span><span style="color: red;"> July 2nd </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">(World UFO Day)</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> passes through </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Cruise"><span style="color: red;">July 3rd</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">(</span><span style="color: red;">Tom Cruise</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">'s birthday<span style="background-color: #fcff01;">;-)</span></span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> and ends on </span><span style="color: red;">July 4th</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">:-)</span> </span><br /><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I guess all the world is a stage full of </span>BS<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span>(<span style="color: red;">B</span>e<span style="color: red;">lie</span>f <span style="color: red;">S</span>ystems)<span style="color: red;">?</span></i></b></div><div><b style="font-style: italic;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nc4wGkA0CsQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="nc4wGkA0CsQ"></iframe></div></i></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2024/01/is-door-in-wall-by-h-g-wells-ghost.html"><span style="color: white;">Is </span><span style="color: black;">The Door in The Wall</span><span style="color: white;"> by </span><span style="color: black;">H G Wells</span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> a</span><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: white;">Ghost Story</span><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: black;">or</span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> Sci-Fi</span><span style="color: black;">?👻📕⚛🚪</span></a></span></b>Brizdaz (Darren)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post-33954456607477867902024-03-02T08:27:00.012+10:002024-03-05T05:25:13.802+10:00If You Are Going to Do a Kubrick on a Book, at Least Make a Better Shining Story of IT Robert?🎥📕🎬🤡<div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xhP05eOYbTE" width="320" youtube-src-id="xhP05eOYbTE"></iframe></div></i></b></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9AozKzIyLBfR685tLPPnFndPWwtkEq4LYeJznWQLm9N-4uG4xUAvWdG1RKuUBWsj-23PJbsCQKV-kgf-jkqMQMoeN6lp7Qnkk3BE4iwFacjQSgVfyI0CIf7kO5iml3zF7DAtgcch1uThRnCER9INPZNWwbUDoN97zOZgxUrYtVOFhoUU6IetCPM9lURo/s4032/IMG_7814.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9AozKzIyLBfR685tLPPnFndPWwtkEq4LYeJznWQLm9N-4uG4xUAvWdG1RKuUBWsj-23PJbsCQKV-kgf-jkqMQMoeN6lp7Qnkk3BE4iwFacjQSgVfyI0CIf7kO5iml3zF7DAtgcch1uThRnCER9INPZNWwbUDoN97zOZgxUrYtVOFhoUU6IetCPM9lURo/w300-h400/IMG_7814.JPG" width="300" /></a></div></i></b></div><div><b><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQFEooXL_5wrcJrDIsiau9oWSRrmO_dmtlE7QkH7ysMlfyA-HNwGBffkZLlSJ5eE2OU39NKIJlr6V6w6Zy-qqYj9ako3j1aiwKov69O-OgakkCbVO8ApS2vq5gUVwPJvpLlujp-1AJyA2ZDkZ15YRnxOiAC2T9JI9UyepxQFChlZjaF6Ai9vJjjnE6NoA/s830/Dry2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="582" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQFEooXL_5wrcJrDIsiau9oWSRrmO_dmtlE7QkH7ysMlfyA-HNwGBffkZLlSJ5eE2OU39NKIJlr6V6w6Zy-qqYj9ako3j1aiwKov69O-OgakkCbVO8ApS2vq5gUVwPJvpLlujp-1AJyA2ZDkZ15YRnxOiAC2T9JI9UyepxQFChlZjaF6Ai9vJjjnE6NoA/w280-h400/Dry2.png" width="280" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20256448/?ref_=tt_mv_close"><span style="color: #38761d;">Force of Nature: </span><span style="color: red;">The Dry</span><span style="color: #38761d;"> 2</span></a></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table></i></b></div> I saw the movie </span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20256448/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_6_tt_8_nm_0_q_The%2520Dry"><span style="color: red;">'</span></a></i></b><b><i><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20256448/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_6_tt_8_nm_0_q_The%2520Dry"><span style="color: red;">Force of Nature</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">: The Dry </span><span style="color: red;">2'</span></a> <span style="color: #3d85c6;">at the cinema last Saturday, after I had read half of the book, which the movie is based on.</span></i></b><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEf6ywhdiOLKjZbswA4HTPZOJ8isOGOAqt77lOeV-buoZk0I0WktvnVsw3wlP3Bldsh13GvdarmSYqehmNaXah36RrFRpkkqDL0pQ-wUEq4cxK1hh_NFE-Zkj_3eVLge0FtWpk_rCrDb_htyAEYZ8RbiewW1qvjGE9mkj9F9c0HanMlPi0apvGJLoUUsU/s2747/IMG_7851.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1492" data-original-width="2747" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEf6ywhdiOLKjZbswA4HTPZOJ8isOGOAqt77lOeV-buoZk0I0WktvnVsw3wlP3Bldsh13GvdarmSYqehmNaXah36RrFRpkkqDL0pQ-wUEq4cxK1hh_NFE-Zkj_3eVLge0FtWpk_rCrDb_htyAEYZ8RbiewW1qvjGE9mkj9F9c0HanMlPi0apvGJLoUUsU/s320/IMG_7851.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></b></span><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I only read half the book, which I picked up for </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">$1</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> at an </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Op Shop</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, because I was going to the cinema to see, it and was assured by a reviewer on </span><a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/force_of_nature_the_dry_2"><span style="color: red;">'Rotten Tomatoes'</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> that the film closely follows the book, so I dropped it off at a book exchange at West End before seeing the movie that afternoon.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The book and film are worlds apart, </span><span>as far as storylines go</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, I would soon find out.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJM3nd2RNqmHqaTluHs7Yvgs74N-8rpiE8bNeg2TT5QTFCENJCNhy80iNQMauTNUxfVpYZpnBWxplJU9V4o0NSDSrwYvtwHSvhZC5lR80d5g7ye5l1mutn4wnIalq0ubPyzd7rUd1whpxEruK0yMVLiWloQ9WQ96KMgM4Pva_M4N2wA5BZ8-mbm3Wgl6Y/s354/RTKate.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJM3nd2RNqmHqaTluHs7Yvgs74N-8rpiE8bNeg2TT5QTFCENJCNhy80iNQMauTNUxfVpYZpnBWxplJU9V4o0NSDSrwYvtwHSvhZC5lR80d5g7ye5l1mutn4wnIalq0ubPyzd7rUd1whpxEruK0yMVLiWloQ9WQ96KMgM4Pva_M4N2wA5BZ8-mbm3Wgl6Y/s16000/RTKate.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/force_of_nature_the_dry_2"><span style="color: red;">Kate</span><span style="color: #38761d;"> obviously </span><span style="color: red;">hasn't read the book </span><br /><span style="color: #38761d;">...and needs a good splatting</span><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: red;">:-P</span></a></i></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table></i></b><div><b><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force_of_Nature:_The_Dry_2"><span style="color: red;">"</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">'</span><span style="color: #38761d;">Force of Nature</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">: The Dry</span><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #38761d;">2</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">'</span></a> is a <span style="color: red;">2024 </span>Australian<span style="color: red;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_film"><span style="color: red;">mystery</span></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_film"><span style="color: red;">thriller</span></a></span> film written and directed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Connolly"><span style="color: red;">Robert Connolly</span></a>. The film is a sequel to the<span style="color: red;"> 2020</span> film <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dry_(film)"><span style="color: red;">The Dry</span></a>, and is based on the <span style="color: red;">2017</span> novel <span style="color: red;">Force of Nature </span>by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Harper"><span style="color: red;">Jane Harper</span></a>. It stars <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Bana"><span style="color: red;">Eric Bana</span></a>, reprising his role as <span style="color: red;">Aaron Falk</span>, alongside <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Torv"><span style="color: red;">Anna Torv</span></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborra-Lee_Furness"><span style="color: red;">Deborra-Lee Furness</span></a>,<span style="color: red;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_McLeavy"><span style="color: red;">Robin McLeavy</span></a></span>, Sisi Stringer, Lucy Ansell, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_McKenzie"><span style="color: red;">Jacqueline McKenzie</span></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Briggs"><span style="color: red;">Tony Briggs</span></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Lindsay_Taylor"><span style="color: red;">Jeremy Lindsay Taylor</span></a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Roxburgh"><span style="color: red;">Richard Roxburgh</span></a><span style="color: red;">."</span></i></b></div></div><div><b><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoVaYrz1pytNh5YqB7BExX6OWOP3BMbGo6gNph6HS5p4C9FL-B-LtvtJwu8D1SDw6GHb4IN1lgFpG_lnpkiOozT2rVFi5_NifuM3QCdvav21K9KIknUK0bxdC-BSKz9qmkut4ucS-NNKjHUITC36JqJLsyrVpuv3zkR0e-Hqe4Y_zXzQC_RsnoIKu6RUw/s766/DannyS.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="766" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoVaYrz1pytNh5YqB7BExX6OWOP3BMbGo6gNph6HS5p4C9FL-B-LtvtJwu8D1SDw6GHb4IN1lgFpG_lnpkiOozT2rVFi5_NifuM3QCdvav21K9KIknUK0bxdC-BSKz9qmkut4ucS-NNKjHUITC36JqJLsyrVpuv3zkR0e-Hqe4Y_zXzQC_RsnoIKu6RUw/s320/DannyS.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Scene from <span style="color: red;">Kubrick's </span>'<span style="color: red;">The Shining</span>' "<span style="color: red;">based</span>" <br />on <span style="color: red;">King's book</span> of the same name</i></b></td></tr></tbody></table></i></b><b><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Connolly"><span style="color: red;">Robert Connolly</span></a> <span style="color: #3d85c6;">has gone and done a</span><span style="color: red;"> Stanley Kubrick</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> with </span><span style="color: red;">Jane Harper'</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">s second book and destroyed the whole backstory of the </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: red;">Aaron Falk </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">character.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Because </span><span style="color: red;">... SPOILER ALERT ...</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><span style="color: red;">Aaron's mother</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span>dies while giving birth to him in the book<span style="color: #3d85c6;">, but in the movie, there is </span>a whole backstory <span style="color: #3d85c6;">written by </span><span style="color: red;">Connolly</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> where </span><span style="color: red;">Aaron and his mother</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> used to go bushwalking with his </span><span style="color: red;">father </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">in those same </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Victorian forests</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> where</span><span style="color: red;"> Alice</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> has gone missing.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">In the book </span><span style="color: red;">Falk</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> never went bushwalking</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><span style="color: red;">with his father</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, as this all takes place after events in</span><span style="color: red;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dry_(film)"><span style="color: red;">'The</span> <span style="color: red;">Dry'</span></a></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> when </span><span style="color: red;">Aaron</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> was accused of covering up for his friend, and they were run off their farm to go live in the city.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Not only that, but the spider bite in the movie is a snake bite in the book.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The couple who run the retreat in the movie are brother and sister in the book.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">And the black sisters in the movie are twins in the book.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bF-qQte-_bQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="bF-qQte-_bQ"></iframe></div></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">And on the subject of </span><span style="color: red;">Alice</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, here below is another book I picked up at the Op Shop.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhrNiXYDICW0AYfAvuHofhE9x9wfZ3ZvBUkbYOpXhaM2jH8BIsxsqay5TRGfikkPwErW_sMc35iZYca38239QCiufwuNDG3pwUycUh_Y67441IKep7C-Mo4LWLkEl_1JKGi1TA1l82Imw2zbWxsP2C73UZj1mAgjTrmmLdaFOXisU3pP5nqDRAdysNkXc/s3061/IMG_7846.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3061" data-original-width="2861" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhrNiXYDICW0AYfAvuHofhE9x9wfZ3ZvBUkbYOpXhaM2jH8BIsxsqay5TRGfikkPwErW_sMc35iZYca38239QCiufwuNDG3pwUycUh_Y67441IKep7C-Mo4LWLkEl_1JKGi1TA1l82Imw2zbWxsP2C73UZj1mAgjTrmmLdaFOXisU3pP5nqDRAdysNkXc/w374-h400/IMG_7846.JPG" width="374" /></a></div></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UwN4sMhcLCDwGogCjysyXNh-Y1tOW-vwMaH1OqRxsfw13RAjwBP6Bfuc4NIfvCFeqr-PtLnv8TYxOCpZ18LGRGiWMevycKBpaOqJe9JcQuTGyYKMz1bfQxaOHKheRyoSXQqaDoMKKobdJj3JkZ-T7lj-7wWBZt_I98dgXM5x8C554LMkCsau07Cj3vk/s2971/IMG_7847.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2971" data-original-width="2872" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UwN4sMhcLCDwGogCjysyXNh-Y1tOW-vwMaH1OqRxsfw13RAjwBP6Bfuc4NIfvCFeqr-PtLnv8TYxOCpZ18LGRGiWMevycKBpaOqJe9JcQuTGyYKMz1bfQxaOHKheRyoSXQqaDoMKKobdJj3JkZ-T7lj-7wWBZt_I98dgXM5x8C554LMkCsau07Cj3vk/w386-h400/IMG_7847.JPG" width="386" /></a></div></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiByeJLrLi9Juf3Ibha09r9jgVxpAcIGlB7nWqsQ-8ABDSXNqjQotWJkjqRfKce9G8E-W7hnkOKjdzkxVgMrrJ8J1WdfYWeEp7n1nRVNcy-Pz9UYZEgQX-xU93yB9fxUjk3R1OBC0uiFVFpNdMmGIDt45x-aFzMFiueeyjMtKRN9VJt9_k3Yh2R-rz31js/s2591/IMG_7849.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2522" data-original-width="2591" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiByeJLrLi9Juf3Ibha09r9jgVxpAcIGlB7nWqsQ-8ABDSXNqjQotWJkjqRfKce9G8E-W7hnkOKjdzkxVgMrrJ8J1WdfYWeEp7n1nRVNcy-Pz9UYZEgQX-xU93yB9fxUjk3R1OBC0uiFVFpNdMmGIDt45x-aFzMFiueeyjMtKRN9VJt9_k3Yh2R-rz31js/w400-h389/IMG_7849.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><b><i><span style="color: red;">Breaking the rules </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">is probably not good advice for </span></i></b><b><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Connolly"><span style="color: red;">Robert Connolly</span></a> <span>when it comes to adapting books to the screen</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QxtF04xyw64" width="320" youtube-src-id="QxtF04xyw64"></iframe></div></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">And if I was </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Harper"><span style="color: red;">Jane Harper</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, I'd be wanting to break a few things of </span><span style="color: red;">Robert's</span><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #3d85c6;">:-)</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/87bnEs4IG5Y" width="320" youtube-src-id="87bnEs4IG5Y"></iframe></div></i></b></div><div><b><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQcJiS7QiSNwLhz444A-FR63F6DXXw4hH3_498faNEFnACKbbmHiBE015DGEHJnDwaLk_OVy5T8GrAMe88wOMiJmUDohq6CmqPjEOJVjOqW0CEfXWE55c2hQrgJhHWrDlD4PnSsvcDs1caMxyJ8vgKOYbAIXT_WZF0Zxi-ZLkbtzsP3Aoz7peBAZ3w90/s1483/POPCORNPod.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="907" data-original-width="1483" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQcJiS7QiSNwLhz444A-FR63F6DXXw4hH3_498faNEFnACKbbmHiBE015DGEHJnDwaLk_OVy5T8GrAMe88wOMiJmUDohq6CmqPjEOJVjOqW0CEfXWE55c2hQrgJhHWrDlD4PnSsvcDs1caMxyJ8vgKOYbAIXT_WZF0Zxi-ZLkbtzsP3Aoz7peBAZ3w90/w400-h245/POPCORNPod.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://popcornpodcast.com/episodes/force-of-nature-the-dry-2-review"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Popcorn Podcast</span><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #38761d;">'Force Of Nature</span><span style="color: red;">: The Dry </span><span style="color: #38761d;">2'</span><span style="color: red;"> review</span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0e_6obyvKAE" width="320" youtube-src-id="0e_6obyvKAE"></iframe></div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><div><b><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg19b-HXu5RYy2CB2Wp_PJHcAfL3rlh4jGfcBtRFivKWySZmVmGbMF-HOEsleqCyeb9IPRVxrt08U5UpAdPdQhKNWzdS1DOuZd5gbnK4lXf4EGu-itYb5p4BqcxuEMthzCvNZ8iTE-CZWx0u8UwTFiyIW2lveyqwidhnjQQ4f6ZaZV4bg18L_L0y1xzVpI/s961/PCEssentials.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="404" data-original-width="961" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg19b-HXu5RYy2CB2Wp_PJHcAfL3rlh4jGfcBtRFivKWySZmVmGbMF-HOEsleqCyeb9IPRVxrt08U5UpAdPdQhKNWzdS1DOuZd5gbnK4lXf4EGu-itYb5p4BqcxuEMthzCvNZ8iTE-CZWx0u8UwTFiyIW2lveyqwidhnjQQ4f6ZaZV4bg18L_L0y1xzVpI/w400-h169/PCEssentials.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/force-of-nature-the-dry-2/id1587786990?i=1000644816714"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Pop Culture Essentials</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;"> Podcast - </span><br /><span style="color: #38761d;">Force of Nature:</span><span style="color: red;"> The Dry </span><span style="color: #38761d;">2 </span></span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></i></b></div>With all that said, I did like the movie, because of </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">the beautiful cinematography of the Aussie bush</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, but </span>this film is a letdown story wise<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> for me after loving </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dry_(film)"><span style="color: red;">The Dry</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> so much.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">And I must admit that it was rather creepy seeing this movie when </span><span>a woman was missing in </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Victorian bushland</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> that weekend</span><span> ... and still is.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgml5iDF7jOC9p21tCRvOu_iIEN__tAR3uApIvVhl6zKaFh1O0QOO3O_Q5S8wGC9UBgo8hwx4abkM2jnvKt8RoxMi65WCGiLKShZF5dM52jrwv4X7vBzMyfGUWXv4JKjETX-SVuEWPHt0SRDq9DXrzbq3dnC_M1eVnh-JMXyXBsfyZZYmWSqUHrZFJC7oY/s701/MissingWalker.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="535" data-original-width="701" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgml5iDF7jOC9p21tCRvOu_iIEN__tAR3uApIvVhl6zKaFh1O0QOO3O_Q5S8wGC9UBgo8hwx4abkM2jnvKt8RoxMi65WCGiLKShZF5dM52jrwv4X7vBzMyfGUWXv4JKjETX-SVuEWPHt0SRDq9DXrzbq3dnC_M1eVnh-JMXyXBsfyZZYmWSqUHrZFJC7oY/w400-h305/MissingWalker.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/news/volunteer-search-crews-forced-to-abandon-search-efforts-for-samantha-murphy-due-to-catastrophic-weather-conditions/news-story/92f80f666105173e706ab84e04e59ade"><span style="color: #e69138;">Volunteer </span><span style="color: #38761d;">search crews</span><span style="color: #e69138;"> forced</span><span style="color: #38761d;"> to </span><span style="color: #e69138;">abandon</span><span style="color: #38761d;"> search efforts<br /> for </span><span style="color: #e69138;">Samantha Murphy</span><span style="color: #38761d;"> due to </span><br /><span style="color: #e69138;">catastrophic weather conditions</span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOeBu3S3zin64x1i1hSw8CPFKBNEw_bf7sdmh8TZO_VJd-CYF0DssaJ6rmTfTtl0BmAre5S1S0qxxxivKk-zst-ZgB0my_nSXW8O0k5_PGQrl4xTIiVgIs4t32oh-6uEZNgSg81OjuaimZr2hqdEZQkP8psIWNCQ1J5oBwcwyxzTcVqPl0QuL_dyfNQhM" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="275" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOeBu3S3zin64x1i1hSw8CPFKBNEw_bf7sdmh8TZO_VJd-CYF0DssaJ6rmTfTtl0BmAre5S1S0qxxxivKk-zst-ZgB0my_nSXW8O0k5_PGQrl4xTIiVgIs4t32oh-6uEZNgSg81OjuaimZr2hqdEZQkP8psIWNCQ1J5oBwcwyxzTcVqPl0QuL_dyfNQhM=w282-h400" width="282" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5144174/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_6_act"><span style="color: red;">The Dry </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">(</span><span style="color: red;">2020</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">)</span></a></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-truth-is-still-out-there-where.html"><span style="color: red;">The Truth</span><span style="color: black;"> is Still </span><span style="color: white;">Out There </span><span style="color: black;">Where the </span><span style="color: red;">Truth</span><span style="color: black;"> Lies<span style="background-color: #fcff01;">?-)</span></span></a></span></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">UPDATE:</span> March 2nd, 2024</b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM21WUKGPPWemS2pa_aluguGFfP28xYMDGeJj1pQ3jKNMxhsTWMLqTEDkvFjXmrja9Rd7PCTUMrpgrx7gzASj-vIE-BMiN5YKjF_0CBgtZG4QxKc0j1snMBGOgQR9wI-rCoTM1fPp5cyQnf662rWfBtCcyGj-0bTjoR_aUcIsCGWIU-72yk-n4V7R4fo4/s1024/BStats217.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="1024" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM21WUKGPPWemS2pa_aluguGFfP28xYMDGeJj1pQ3jKNMxhsTWMLqTEDkvFjXmrja9Rd7PCTUMrpgrx7gzASj-vIE-BMiN5YKjF_0CBgtZG4QxKc0j1snMBGOgQR9wI-rCoTM1fPp5cyQnf662rWfBtCcyGj-0bTjoR_aUcIsCGWIU-72yk-n4V7R4fo4/w400-h308/BStats217.png" width="400" /></a></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I went to check </span><span style="color: red;">my blog stats</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> for the last few hours and there were </span><span style="color: red;">217</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span>hits currently<span style="color: #3d85c6;">.</span></i></b><br /><b><i><span style="color: red;">Kubrick</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> famously changed </span><span style="color: red;">King</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">'s </span><span style="color: red;">Room 217</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> in </span>the novel<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> to </span><span style="color: red;">Room 237</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> in </span><span style="color: red;">Kubrick'</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">s </span><span style="color: red;">'The Shining'</span> movie<span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #3d85c6;">:-)</span></i></b></div></div><div><b><i><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></i></b></div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">UPDATTE: </span>March 4th, 2024</b><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38FyPsB719HBjDUXx_O9SVCvbqwUOSc0VktOUywrZ4LZs52Tla9M941Su7ODpZtWW3P4b8cu8U7R6yvOsRqnECBf-PQPIuMAxsqqWdaGsX3_sSm_Y1vw44RgRgf_zauwIAgTTN_BRrN5GerHMOeXaE0JPzZKCEewDZ2X8wPhcrhRrVJi6y3VWMe0WxJE/s428/WaterfallDeath.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="428" data-original-width="396" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38FyPsB719HBjDUXx_O9SVCvbqwUOSc0VktOUywrZ4LZs52Tla9M941Su7ODpZtWW3P4b8cu8U7R6yvOsRqnECBf-PQPIuMAxsqqWdaGsX3_sSm_Y1vw44RgRgf_zauwIAgTTN_BRrN5GerHMOeXaE0JPzZKCEewDZ2X8wPhcrhRrVJi6y3VWMe0WxJE/w370-h400/WaterfallDeath.png" width="370" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/woman-falls-to-her-death-at-queensland-waterfall/news-story/55a23b4064ef288c19779adad0148912"><span style="color: red;">A </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">woman</span><span style="color: red;"> has </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">died while attempting to retrieve</span><br /><span style="color: red;"> camera gear</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> that had fallen </span><span style="color: red;">by a waterfall.</span></a></b></td></tr></tbody></table><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">If you have seen the movie </span></i></b><b><i><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20256448/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_6_tt_8_nm_0_q_The%2520Dry"><span style="color: red;">'</span></a></i></b><b><i><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20256448/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_6_tt_8_nm_0_q_The%2520Dry"><span style="color: red;">Force of Nature</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">: The Dry </span><span style="color: red;">2'</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">, then </span><span>this news story above</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> you may find a little eerie.</span></i></b><b><br /></b></div>Brizdaz (Darren)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837676046760437505.post-79204151652079276252024-03-01T07:45:00.002+10:002024-03-01T22:35:56.489+10:00Where Have I Watched a Naked Fight on a Beach Recently?🥊🌴<div><b><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJXX86d6kXjk1B60Xc1L-wu2lztpWMTqeLWH2GKThmokAxUy7dHPZbLLtZnumV65q0UenTIQld88RIR9_5xhjWNsSpHYutvCaJQBNOKabkpAsobcLI5Cp4EFleAQ6gSl9A_AudwdPtL-aFomvKhc2E3JLeeEzkoskHEVVNRlb6GvLXjkiCeggr3AOARDU/s421/NakedBeachFight.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="396" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJXX86d6kXjk1B60Xc1L-wu2lztpWMTqeLWH2GKThmokAxUy7dHPZbLLtZnumV65q0UenTIQld88RIR9_5xhjWNsSpHYutvCaJQBNOKabkpAsobcLI5Cp4EFleAQ6gSl9A_AudwdPtL-aFomvKhc2E3JLeeEzkoskHEVVNRlb6GvLXjkiCeggr3AOARDU/s320/NakedBeachFight.png" width="301" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/naked-fight-on-beach-stuns-crowd-at-venice-beach-boardwalk/news-story/add95666f0283bd3eaa51808050acd25"><span style="color: red;">Naked fight</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> on beach </span><span style="color: red;">stuns crowd <br />at </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Venice Beach </span><span style="color: red;">Boardwalk</span></a></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/W3-slBOV84w" width="320" youtube-src-id="W3-slBOV84w"></iframe></div></i></b></div><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Looks like </span><span style="color: red;">that naked lady</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> had </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15671028/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_1_act"><span style="color: red;">'No Hard Feelings'</span> </a></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">toward her attacker in the end<span style="background-color: #fcff01;">?-)</span></span></i></b><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u1hVAhIVa-4" width="320" youtube-src-id="u1hVAhIVa-4"></iframe></div></b></span><div><b><a href="https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-hunger-games-catching-fire.html"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black;">The Hunger Games:</span><span style="color: red;"> Catching Fire</span><span style="color: black;">? 🌊🔥🐰</span></span></a></b></div></div>Brizdaz (Darren)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.com0