“Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe.”
-- Lao Tzu
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Hares and rabbits are not rodents; they're Lagomorphs
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Devil's Road
Last evening I watched one of Travel Channel's two-hour "shock docs" from last year entitled 'Devil's Road: The True Story of Ed and Lorraine Warren'. Actually it was aired on Reelz this time. When presented in its totality, their life's work was even more substantial then I believed; having trailblazed paranormal investigation, and strongly influencing society at large. The documentary really seemed to dot every 'i' and cross every 't' as far as Ed and Lorraine Warren's public life is concerned.
Below, the scene from 'The Conjuring 2' where Ed Warren sings to the Hodgson family to comfort them made for an interesting touch in the film.
The Conjuring 2 - Can't Help Falling in Love With You
4,018,085 views - August 28, 2016
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Patrick Wilson (as Ed Warren) sings Can't Help Falling in Love With You in The Conjuring 2.
I love this scene so I made a quick video of it.
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The pleasant Vera Famiga
Great actress; of Ukrainian ancestry
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Rammstein - Sonne (Official Video)
196,697,049 views - July 31, 2015
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Premiere: January 29, 2001
Shoot: 13th to 15th January, 2001
Location: Babelsberger Filmstudio, Potsdam
Director: Jörn Heitmann
Single: Sonne
From the Album: Mutter
The video shoot for the song SONNE was produced in Potsdam at Babelsberger Filmstudios from the 13th to the 15th of January 2001. It was the first time Jörn Heitmann directed a Rammstein video.
SONNE, the first single from the album MUTTER is released soon thereafter. Beside the original and an instrumental version of the song, the single contains the track ADIOS and two remixes by Clawfinger.
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Rammstein-Sonne lyrics w/ English trans
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Woman shows signs of life literally moments before scheduled cremation
Thank goodness this didn't end in a horrible disaster!
'Dead' Woman in Argentina Discovered Alive Seconds Before Scheduled Cremation
Tim Binnall - CoastToCoastAM.com - February 1, 2021
In a wild story out of Argentina, a daughter mourning the loss of her mother was stunned to discover that the ailing senior was still alive mere seconds before she was set to be cremated. The shocking turn of events reportedly took place in the city of Resistencia last week where the unnamed 89-year-old woman had been hospitalized for a few days. Upon visiting the facility one morning, her daughter was informed that she had, sadly, passed away from heart failure and was handed a death certificate stating as such.
The woman's body was then handed over to a funeral home where she was set to be cremated following a memorial service. However, as the daughter was saying what she thought was her final goodbye to her mother and workers prepared the conveyor belt which would send the remains into an incinerator, she suddenly noticed that the 'corpse' was displaying signs of life. The astounded woman quickly alerted personnel at the crematorium and managed to save her mother from a truly nightmarish demise.
The 'undead' woman was subsequently brought back to the hospital, where she is currently in the intensive care unit. And, as one might imagine, her daughter is not too thrilled with the clinic which declared her mother deceased, lambasting them for their malpractice and reporting the situation to the authorities, who now say that they plan to conduct a full investigation into the matter to determine how such a massive miscue could have happened.
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Waimea Canyon on the island of Kauai, Hawaii
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When imagining the Hawaiian Islands, an incredible beach may be the first thing that pops to mind, but there’s much more here besides white sand and sparkling surf. Our image shows Waimea Canyon, a vast geological wonder cut deep into the western interior of Kauai, the fourth-largest island in the chain. The gorge is known as the ‘Grand Canyon of the Pacific’ and it earns the comparison: At 10 miles long and reaching depths of 3,000 feet at some points, Waimea makes a big impression. Unlike that other enormous canyon in Arizona, the landscape here was formed not only by river erosion, but also by the massive collapse of the volcano that forms the island of Kauai itself.
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The spectral tarsier (Tarsius spectrum, also called Tarsius tarsier) is a species of tarsier found on the island of Selayar in Indonesia.
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The mountaintop of toppled god
The ruins on Mount Nemrut depict a gaggle of gods from both Greek and Persian traditions, plus a few deities that King Antiochus I made up himself. The range of spiritual faiths represented in the statues found near the 7,000-foot summit reflects southeastern Turkey's long history as a crossroads of cultures. Today, the derelict statues are protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
In 70 BCE, Antiochus took power here in Commagene, one of several small onetime states formed from the shambles of the Seleucid Empire. Looking to unify his populace, he synthesized a mythology that hailed Greek and Persian figures, from Ares to Zarathustra—plus the king himself and his family. Antiochus' claim to godhood wasn't eternal, as he was deposed in 31 BCE, but sometime before that he cemented his customized state religion in history by having its partial pantheon—including, of course, himself—carved into stone statues on the peak overlooking his kingdom.
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The Shirelles - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (Stereo Mix), HQ
33,040 views - April 21, 2016
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Cats Reacting To The First Snow Funny Compilation
6,981,515 views - January 15, 2019
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The classy Madeline Kahn
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A rite for a fallen antagonist?
Recently a man, whom I was involuntarily linked to for a long time, passed away. He was a bit younger than I, and to make a long story short.... was more of an antagonist in my life. I suppose you could say that I grew up in the same situation as he. He wasn't actually from the neighborhood, but had grandparents who lived there, and was there a lot. On top of all that, he was simply in a different cultural universe... of gangster rap, drugs, etc. Unlike certain bad individuals that I know of from that time, I probably wouldn't have given it much thought. However this man, of mixed race, is just someone I can remember when he was a very young boy. I didn't quite know how to take the word of his passing. He wasn't even what one could call a "frenemy" (friend/enemy), but just someone whom I can recall social interaction with... some of it volatile. Most of it was simply playing sports at the local playground or grass field, or just people of that age hanging out there. I suppose mainly I just remember him being so small, wrestling with bigger kids; you know, someone that other boys got a a kick out've. It was his decision to become a negative and disruptive force when he got older. Somehow I don't feel comfortable using his first name, so let me just call him Roderick.
Roderick, unbeknownst to anyone, had a fragile heart. Even if he lived a healthy lifestyle, he likely would have had problems with it at some point in his life. This heart issue was not visible at all when he was younger. It's my understanding that at about age fifteen he began to smoke crystal meth. When inhaled, the toxic smoke (which includes petroleum among its sordid ingredients) is immediately absorbed into the brain. On top of brain damage and a host of other problems, crystal meth usage causes heart disease as well. For him to use this drug is like a diabetic consuming a dozen sugary sodas a day! He died of heart failure about ten months ago, although I didn't hear about it until a few days ago. Once the damage was done, it couldn't be undone. He needed a device to even allow him to merely breathe at night, and so many issues are tied into this health issue.. respiratory problems, etc.
Somehow I can't help but recall his competing in sports with older boys. One I recall of an older brother of one of my friends who made an appearance at the playground. He was sitting on a bench, play boxing with Roderick... all three feet of him. Roderick was leaning into him, just like a boxer, with strong hooks in crosses. The older boy was smiling, befuddled as the small kid was working him over. I suppose these times are what I most remember, and I'll just skip over what he later became... much of it was due to drug addiction, and those who fed or enabled it. I think a person can be both a victim and perpetrator of the problem. When he got older, he grew to about 6'1"... and eventually to what he claimed was 240 lbs... but looked more like 275. Some questioned how he maintained his weight if he was using meth. I don't know.
In the same vein as we may feel sorrow for someone whom we may have been at odds with--although different in a lot of ways to--I felt sorrow for him. I don't know how empathetic I am, but when someone has a terminal illness or has passed... I feel strongly that I don't want them to suffer. Dying young, even with that alone, I'm certain that he suffered. In other words, just knowing that--even with his "living in the moment" mindset--in his last days must have been very difficult. I'm sure he must have finally acknowledged the consequences of his actions. It's difficult to convey in writing, both his positive and negative traits. He could be nasty if you questioned him on something, yet would see you the next time and act like things were great, and everything was on the up-and-up. Some of it was probably his good nature when high, and the opposite when on a low.
When hearing of his passing, I felt like a little devil was on one shoulder and a little angel on the other. The little devil would say in one ear "forget him, he was no friend of yours. common dope fiend"... and the little angel was saying "remember that tiny boy playing with kids twice his size and age? there's a tragedy about this." I couldn't quite get myself to hold a simple rite for him. It felt disingenuous somehow. Finally after a few days, I decided to just take a night hike "of acknowledgement"; to simply acknowledge him, without ritual. Last night, I did. In some ways, I thought of it as also just a acknowledgment of that time period for me. A rememberance, of all the good and bad. It then seemed like a simple enough concept. I suppose I may have felt emotion for the symbolic death of the innocence of that time period, with him merely symbolizing it.
It had ended up being a two-hour hike, under a very clear sky; very starry for these parts, with no visible moon, with much stillness. In the middle of the hike, I stopped to gaze upon a particularly dark and starry part of the sky in one direction towards a 1,300+ mountain peak. As I stared, a shooting star moved in that exact spot, at high altitude, and for just a short distance. Unless someone was specifically focusing on that one spot, they would not doubt have missed it. Coincidence? I don't see many shooting stars around here. If it was a sign, it would have been a universal sign for me only; affirming the magic of the night. During the hike I gathered four items: a tiny pine cone, a little piece of a rowan bush with berries, a little tip of a bush with several tiny round crowns of purple flowers, and a small tip from a cherry blossom tree. Initially I had not planned on any ritual, or even necessarily seeking his spirit being present, but sometimes we change our minds a little bit. I remember a line from the end of the film 'The Edge' where a dying character said to the man whom he saw as a deadly adversary, but was now trying to save him: "Never too late for a kind gesture eh Charles?"
Before I made it back to where I was parked, I stopped at a recently self-discovered grove of relatively young eucalyptus trees, amid some much older ones. There was a pretty little clearing in between them, with some nearby street lamps emitting some light into the little clearing. I placed the tiny pine cone against the base of one tree, signifying that he was young once. Then I placed the cherry blossom behind and over it, signifying rebirth, as the cherry blossom tree looks dead in early winter until it blooms again in spring. I then set the purple flower crowns and the red rowan berries on each side. The little red berries could be like little hearts, signifying that in later incarnations he can have many healthy hearts.
Coincidentally, I had watched a 1973 film earlier that evening entitled 'Jeremiah Johnson, which I had watched before numerous times, and even reviewed it on this blog. I then remembered the main words from the theme song from the movie: 'The Way That You Wander'. I took off my cap and looked up at the small circle of sky between the tree tops. I seemed to see a little flash of what looked like a star appearing and disappearing. I think I was just from my eyes due to some far off light reflecting; a condition of light and shadow. Finally I faced the little altar and sang the lyric from the song:
The way that you wander is the way that you choose,
The day that you tarry is the day that you lose.
Sunshine or thunder, a man will always wonder.
Where the fair wind blows.
I then said his first name and made a final statement. It wasn't all merely about him, but a symbol of the death of the innocence of youth. As I was exiting the grove, I found that there were two more rowan berries which came off in my pocket. I tossed them back into the grove. On the short trek back to the car, I passed a rowan bush with more little red berries than I had ever seen on a rowan bush before! There were just hundreds and hundreds of them on this relatively small bush; hundreds of little hearts, somehow symbolizing the hope of future incarnations. As I drove home, I thought about how the little altar would look pretty amid the sun rising from the east and emitting sunlight into the little grove the next morning. A little altar sitting in the morning stillness, all by itself, amid the chirping of birds.
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Jeremiah Johnson
12,410 views - June 24, 2015
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