Consciousness, UFOs & the Simulation?🛸🤔👽

Interesting TED talk at the 'Third Eye Drops' podcast I thought, as while I have had an OBE, I have never had an alien of UFO encounter ... that I'm aware of anyway.

SpectreVision

I notice that the 'Third Eye Drops' podcast is part of the SpectreVision podcast network now.

SpectreVision

"SpectreVision (formerly The Woodshed) is an American film production company founded in 2010 by actor Elijah Wood and directors Daniel Noah and Josh C. Waller.

In 2024, Spectrevision launched a podcast network called Spectrevision Radio. Included on the network is the podcast Visitations, which is hosted by Wood and Noah."

Even Mike Clelland's podcast is now at the SpectreVision podcast network I see ... or should I say hear?-)

Did the New Naked Gun Film Just Pull a Leaf from The Owl Guy's Book? 🦉📕🤔

Did the New Naked Gun Film Just Pull a Leaf from The Owl Guy's Book? 🦉📕🤔

I saw 'The Naked Gun' last night at the cinema and there was a scene where Liam Neeson's character is looking at a photo of his dead father and asks for a sign, as in an owl to prove that he is OK.

In the end an owl shows up and helps him to catch the criminal mastermind in the film.

And I couldn't help thinking that the scriptwriters of this movie had stumbled across the work of Mike Clelland where he talks and writes about owls as signs from the dead ... and aliens:-)

Maybe the screenwriters will put an owl/alien story into

the sequel?-)

Every August 4th

Mike Clelland's Birthday Falls on Folklore Day?📕🦉🤔💭👽🛸

The only people in the late 9 o'clock session last night was me and my youngest son, so we had the whole cinema to ourselves.
Funny thing is that this is the cinema I wrote about seeing an Ibis after the movie wondering around my car which I had parked in the backstreet -

Life is Like a Movie?

Then last night as we were walking back to my son's car, which was parked in Amy Street, a curlew crossed our (foot)path and I frantically tried to boot my phone back on and catch a few photos of the bird before it took off.

I have never seen a curlew running around the main streets of Brisbane before.

It was heading back to the main road where the cinema is, so I hope it had enough sense to get back on the footpath where we first encountered it when we turned the corner.

The last time I saw a curlew was the one I wrote about in this post -

A curlew at my neighbour's front door:-)

World Curlew Day? 🌍🪺🌎🪹🌏

UPDATE: Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025

My son went out to get some groceries on Sunday morning and came back to park in the driveway and saw a curlew was blocking his path.

He stopped his car to take a picture to show me and said that by the time he took the photo the curlew was in front of the neighbour's garage door.

I haven't seen a curlew around my unit for months, which is what I told my son the night before when we saw one walking the streets of Hawthorne.

How to Celebrate August 30th?🍾🥳🎉

National Days on August 30th

I've already written about 'Frankenstein Day' and 'International Bat Night' in my last post -

How to Celebrate Frankenstein Day?☇📕🌩🥳🎉

Last full weekend in August

But today is also 'International Cosplay Day', 'National Beach Day' and 'International Whale Shark Day'.

Last Saturday of August

I'm not that much into Cosplay, beaches or real sharks (or whale sharks), but it reminds me of a fellow Sharkie supporter who was in a Cosplay TV show who got smashed on the beach by a guy who had no dick at the time -

Brendan Cowell in Game of Thrones

Six Degrees of Brendan Cowell and Thomas Keneally?

Brendan Cowell and Alfie Allen
in Game of Thrones

Every August 30th

Today is also 'National Grief Awareness Day', so just a shout out to all the Melbourne Storm supporters who are probably still grieving the loss to the Sydney Roosters last night on the Storm coach's 600th game:-)

The Raiders finish first in 2025

I think back to the beginning of the NRL season in Las Vegas to when the Canberra coach was sitting in front of me at the Vegas airport whether my decision to chicken out of congratulating him for his win against the NZ Warriors in Vegas was a sliding door/butterfly effect moment where my handshake would have changed something that may have prevented his team from winning the minor premiership?

If that was the case, I'm glad I didn't:-) 

 Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart (right)

Leaving Las Vegas ... For Denver?🎰🌄🎲

How to Celebrate Frankenstein Day?☇📕🌩🥳🎉

Every August 30th

I don't plan on reading Mary's book again anytime soon, as great as it is, maybe I should watch again the 1994 movie version starring Robert De Niro as the creature, knowing how much Robert is a fan of the monster now running amok in the White House;-)

From '1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die' 

Patricia Piccinini looking up to the monster
on a lot of screens right now

Curiouser and Curiouser Affection?

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (film)

Maybe I should watch 'Bride of Frankenstein' today instead?

'Bride of Frankenstein' Makes the Top 100 Greatest Movies of All Time?🎬

Last full weekend in August

But since I don't have a lot of spare time today for all things Frankenstein, maybe I should just watch the short 2019 film 'The Moon, The Bat, The Monster', since it is also 'International Bat Night' tonight?

Although, I see in the news that Emma Stone's new film 'Bugonia' is getting a standing ovation in Venice right now, so maybe I'll have to watch her again in 'Poor Things' this weekend to refresh my mememory of all thing Frankenstein in modern pop culture?

Bugonia is one of the most talked-about
movies at this year's Venice Film Festival

I Feel Like a Poor Thing After Seeing 'Poor Things' Yesterday?💰💸🤑

How to Celebrate Be Kind to Humankind Week?⛪🛞💘✋🧠🤺👄🥳🎉

Celebrated Every Year on
August 25-31 Since 1988

Humankind sounds like an oxymoron to me most days of the week, but when you think about it, there must be more kind humans than not on the planet or the world would be a total s#it show by now.

Forgive Your Foe Friday

The official website says -

"One fun aspect of Be Kind to Humankind Week is that it uses each day of the week to address a different aspect of how to be kind to those in the surrounding community. The days signify a range of unique opportunities to put into practice the work of being kind."

When I think of my ex-wife on "Forgive Your Foe Friday" I think that ain't gonna happen anytime soon ... or even in my current lifetime.

*Sacrifice Our Wants for Others’ Needs Sunday

*Motorist Consideration Monday
*Touch a Heart Tuesday
*Willing to Lend a Hand Wednesday
*Thoughtful Thursday
*Forgive Your Foe Friday
*Speak Nice Words Saturday

Sounds like a thought week at the office to me;-)

Red Planet Turns 25 in 2025 as Two of the Film's Stars (Kilmer and Stamp) Pass Away in 2025?🚀

"Filmink argued it was "One of several expensive flops that helped kill Kilmer’s status as a movie star.""

Red Planet (2000)

Priscilla, Superman Actor Terence Stamp Dead at 87? 🎥🎭🎬👏