Forward Edge of Freedom

Don't you hate it when an Empire Declines...

First, a quick comment of thanks. It looks like people are reading a bit of the site here and there. Welcome, and thanks for the comments. The Misspent one seems to have brought a crowd of thinking people, and hopefully I can keep people somewhat entertained as they peruse through the site. If it doesn't work, well there always is the Seizure Robots…

Now, it is really trendy to come up with lists and pet peeves. I attribute this phenomenon with the Stand-up craze of the late 80's/early 90's. Boy these guys were witty with their "experiential humor":

"Don't you just hate flying? You have to wait in line, and the food is bad…"
(HA HA!, it's so funny because it's true..)

Then some comedians broke the mold with their pushing of the envelope:
"Don't you F******* hate flying? You have to F****** wait in line, and the food F***B****t!"
(Boy, this guy is edgy, but this sounds a bit familiar)

Then it just wouldn't die…

"I'm not going to talk about flying, but don't you hate it…F***!"
(mmm, I missed the end of "Manimal" for this?)
FEF note: Yes, Manimal was mid 80's but I had to throw it out there. Who green lighted that show?

So, even though stand-up is a bit past its prime, these websites and list shows are about the same thing. Misery certainly loves company, but why do we not get to the heart of an issue with flying and airports. For instance, the downfall of the American Empire can be seen. In the airports? How? With The Roller Phenomenon of course.

Note, this has nothing to do with rollerblading, Disco Roller-skating, or skateboarding (it is not a crime, after all…), it has to do with creating roller everything to make our lives easier. These first started with wheeled contraptions for luggage. The concept was simple, you strapped your suitcase to a cart contraption and rolled your suitcase through the airport. It made you look like a dork, which made everyone except the decrepitly old avoid it.

A revolution happened a few years ago. Maybe it was the tech boom as the legions of consultants took the skies, maybe it was orthopedic surgeons with free time, but soon the roller bag came into fashion. The bag was perfect for the overhead bins, so business travelers do not have to carry a bag through the terminal or worry about a lost bag in a connection. The thought was novel and well intentioned. Problems? One, you are able to fit about three things in the bag. The clothes also all come out like refugees in shipping containers. Second, the bag empty weighs about 80-100 pounds. The wheels and pull handle are not the lightest. Rolling it, no problem. Putting it above the overhead, no problem…if you are reasonably strong. So then comes the air flirt. Venture onto any flight and there is a woman with cell phone in one hand, water bottle in another hand, frappucino in another (never mind), with her 2 carry on bags (2=purse, shopping bag, laptop case, purse, bag of candy, and, of course, roller bag). This is a woman who a few minutes before was ready to shoot daggers at you for almost running into her baggage collection, but as she realizes her roller bag weighs like it has body parts inside it she is unable to get it in the overhead. So she struggles for a bit, then huffs, and waits for a man to help her put it in the overhead.

When I see this I think of Patsy Schroeder. Get this woman on the front lines, and it will be great watching the raid with she and her friends gossiping on the radio while the men are behind getting killed while they lug 80 rucksacks into battle…

Now if that little anecdote was the worst thing, then no problem, but the roller bag did not stop there. Now computer and school bags are in roller form. That seems a bit overboard, but how about roller backpacks. A Backpack! Something that is supposed to be carried on your back, now has wheels and should be rolled around? Plus when it is on your back you have 80 extra pounds of apparatus on your back. Super. Maybe the roller Army rucksack is next, or how about the roller purse or the roller wallet:

Who wants all the added weight of carrying that 12 ounces on your hip, when you can roll your wallet down the street? That makes it easy for thieves who then can grab your wallet and roll it away. No need for them to stress their backs out either.

Now to just complain would be a bit hypocritical. How can I complain about stand-ups, and then do a rant just like them. Because he comes the point: This is one of many symptoms of us being lazy. Life gets easier. First, no one remembers the Civil War anymore 600K dead, towns destroyed. Then, no one remembers WWI: over 100,000 in 8 months of fighting. Then the Depression, WWII, and on. These are the people that sacrificed to create what we have. Now the biggest thing to attack is the pain of carrying our luggage on a plane. The war on terror you say? How many people are really disrupted or even think about it. Oh, sure you have to take your laptop out of the bag now. Who, besides Pat Tillman thought about joining the Army? Who wants to support the troops? The War on Terror by many is seen as a great way to get Bush out of office. Think if people attacked FDR this way. West Germany's capital would have been London, not Bonn, and let's just the Chanukah song would not have been a top 40 hit...

We are the sad afterthought of an empire. There are so many soft people, and none of them have thought for a minute of standing on the FEF. The Romans failed when they all became soft and did not want to fight battles for themselves…sound a bit familiar?

Caligula and Clinton, now those dudes I bet could hang together...

On the Lighter Side: A Disturbing Dreamality!

Well, first thanks for the plug from the Misspent One. Traffic has increased greatly so much that it might be time to take off the old parentheses of the reader(s).

The last couple articles seem to be a bit heavy on the politics so I thought I would send out a quick Dreamality:

"Mazes and Monsters." Tom Hanks after made-for-TV movie. He was a "teenager" (actually, probably 30) playing a kid who thinks the fantasy role-playing fantasy game is real. He ends up stabbing somebody to death, and he gets committed to a loony bin at the end. The thing that was most disturbing was the fact that this was AN AFTER SCHOOL SPECIAL! Who was doing the programming back then?

"Hey, we have a lot of kids watching around 3 P.M.. Let's show a disturbing film about murder and insanity from playing a Dungeons and Dragons type game. Sure, why not? I better scare my kids from playing these games. I don't want them to be dorks…"

Remember this was the early 80's, we did not sit in car seats until we were 13, and wear bike helmets. I suppose a little movie about delusional murder would not arrest our development. I have to be honest though, I STILL get uncomfortable seeing that movie late night (you think little Hunter and Jackson could handle watching this show today.)

Think if it were broadcasted today. The Au pair would be fired the moment Mom and Dad got home from their business trips. That is provided they remember their kids are not Prepping Choate yet. Then, NPR would run the story of how the greedy media corporations are profiting from corrupting young minds. The story would resolve, happily, like any NPR story: soft guitar, soft voices, and an interview with a trial lawyer who is determined to fight for justice no matter how much money he has to make…

I guess kids will just have to get on the Internet where they are safe, provided they can avoid UN weapons Inspectors in their chat rooms...

"Lightning" be Damned, Full Speed Ahead!

Ok, First things first. There was a bit of a disturbance on the FEF. Since I am not invited to write for a living (no tawdry parties), and there are things like mortgages, car payments etc that seem to track me down, I have not been able to always write when I have wanted. So, since I was going to finish the column last night, I was quite surprised to find the hotel I was staying in on my business trip burning. When I say burning, I mean the hotel was engulfed in flames, and when I say my hotel, I mean my room. So, while comparing my inconvenience to what our brave troopers on the real forward edge of freedom is like comparing a pair of underwear on someone’s head to having no head. (Zell Miller made this point eloquently on Fox News today.) Like say, Daniel Pearl. I am not using Mr. Berg because something seems a bit odd with that story, and it is for another time.

What theory I am thinking now is this “cause” of the fire. They say it was lightning. While that theory is the most logical since there was a big storm right before the fire began, I would pose an alternative theory. The writer on the conservative blog, A Misspent Life was staying right next door. Both of our rooms were destroyed. Now you may say that this theory ranks up there with the “Faulty Wiring” of the Alpha Beta house at Adams College, there could be some truth to it. But, since our nation is not defended by the left who cower at anyone threatening it, I will be undeterred to bring my reader(s) the important musings dealing with hard hitting issues of World affairs, sports, and 80’s TV. Rest assured.

Now on with the story. I will avoid the gratuitous Family Ties like flashback montage and will just continue the column. The important point is with the “Rock Against Bush.” Now, the one argument of thinking that a bunch of college and high school drop outs with tattoos and piercing are not the people to give me the heads up on world affairs is futile in this case. Look at the audience, for God’s sake. I do not think the next Bill Buckley or Rich Lowry are running through the crowds taking hits of X in between performing mud slides on the infield.

The real important argument is that I thought punk rock was anti-establishment. Was Johnny Rotten saying, “I am an AntiChrist, I am a Labour supporter!” No, nor would he have let his music be the theme song to a campaign. The whole point of the movement was to annoy and aggravate everyone. Sidd Vicious would yell to the crowd how much he hated the audience. This was complete counter culture. Siouxsie and the Banshees would have swastikas on their foreheads. This was about turning the consonant harmonious world of music into a dissonant mess.

So, now we have these neo-punk people like Green Day and A New Found Glory and they have decided to make punk rock music as a political tool of a certain party. That same party has a strange hold on most media outlets, and an entire performing arts industry. So, what are these groups rebelling against? Where is Johnny Rotten to take a pipe to the head of these “posers?”

“SLC Punk” had the great scene where Christopher “Shooter McGavin” Mac Donald tells his son (Matthew Lillard), “I didn’t sell out, I bought in…” One of my favorite moments in any film.

A great defense for a father to seem cool to his punk rocker son, but not one for people who are purporting to continue a "revolution." In fact, if they do pick a political party as punk rockers, a real counter-culture move would be being for Bush. That would be a boot to the face of their industry. Let’s not hold our collective breaths on these “rockers” understanding this argument…

Rocking the Boat on Rocking the Vote...

There are many questions that are asked at the Forward Edge of Freedom.

One is why do I write about things so old, when I am missing the key demographics of the info-bahn? I suppose to reach them, I should create some sort of seizure inducing anime cartoon to keep their interest…Well, I suppose the intended reader(s?) of this site have attention spans somewhere between anime cartoons and Time Life Civil War Chess Sets…

Quick aside for the chess sets. Remember this? Hand crafted in pewter, one side North, one South. Nice, except 2 pieces would be delivered EVERY OTHER MONTH! Are you serious? I mean, 4-6 weeks for a V-Slicer or a can of GLH I thought was extreme, but a chess set? There must be people still waiting for their Stonewall Jackson and Armistead's to come…Do you think Judy, the Time-Life Operator, is still there?

With that Dreamality discussed, how about the point of the article. I was running the other day, and since I live in an "avant-garde" area (read as wannabe East Village) I run by a couple independent record stores. One of them had a sign for "Rock Against Bush." For those of you that do not know, apparently teen angst has decided that the candidate for them is John Kerry, and now they will put on summer concerts around the country to "energize" young voters and get them encouraged to "take part in the election process."

All these "Rock the Vote" schemes to me are quite dubious. The MTV promotion of voting is along the lines of this unbiased ad:

Voiceover: Don't you hate our President? Then vote and we can get rid of him! Rock the Vote 2004!

Note: commercials are not usually that subtle. Let's face it: The "Make your voice heard" theme really is for pushing the agenda of the socially liberal onto absorbent young minds. Young people are a target in everything. Games, beer, cars, so why not political parties. Obviously the reasons are clear for peddling Pepsi and X box, but why political campaigns?

1) Kids haven't thought about politics. What a teenager learns about current events is from his or her left leaning teachers. These people have not heard any contrary information anyway. Growing up, kids in my class would make fun of Reagan not because they knew anything about his policies, but because SNL and other shows made jokes about him. Thank God, children were learning important views on world events from unbiased educated scholars like Al Franken. If Andropov had been this lucky, Toronto would have Chernyenko's body encased in glass by now, and the Forward Edge of Freedom would be near Fargo, North Dakota…

2) Arguments to pity score points. They learn that caring and being nice has been important since Kindergarten. The liberal politicians love to purport that they "feel their pain." The fact that the liberals may be devoid of empirical evidence or their conflagrations are filled with half truths and exaggerations does not matter. (See #1) All Libs need to do is to show how they want to "help and care." (read create worthless government programs and redistribute wealth)

3) The Legend of Billie Jean. Remember that movie? The Slaters: Helen and Christian, no relation, (are there any other movies where two people with the same last name play siblings who are not related?) have to escape from the police after being accused of murdering a man who was trying to rape her. Vigilante justice! After running from authorities the anti-establishment wins in the end, AND we get to listen to Pat Benatar…These kinds of movies teens love because they feel empowered. The Libs (including MTV and 90% of the media) play on young adults' wish for empowerment. They show commercials with gray haired conservative white men attempting to keep their voices stifled. Are the commercials ever with swarthy looking union organizers threatening to break their legs if they don't vote for the endorsed candidate. What about a black activist forcing people into a van with instructions on who to vote for? Why not? Are these not instances of keeping someone's voice down? What could be going on here?

With the reasons addressed, I now will perform some Abu Garaib punishment, 80's style!

To be Continued…

(relax, keep your hood on, in the meantime, let's work on our butt pyramid!)

Doubling Propaganda Efficiency One Deranged Rant at a Time...

In an effort to help Al Jazeera, NPR, CNN International and the like to broadcast the terrorist propaganda, the Forward Edge of Freedom has developed an easy-to-use new form. I have created an easy to use "Mad Libs" of sorts to help the incredibly unoriginal minded enemy in expressing themselves

We, The Holy (Insert Faction)_________Gihadists express (circle one) Rage, Disgust, Hatred. The (Circle all that apply) American, Israel, British, Western, Infidels have (describe action violating you or Allah) ____________________________________________ which insults Allah and Muslims around the world. We seek revenge for Allah and our (Circle all that apply) Martyrs, Jihadists, Palestinians, and demand immediate (Circle all that apply) Surrender, Removal of Infidels from Holy lands, release of imprisoned Jihadists, and call for a (Circle One) Jihad, Day of Rage, Intifada, New Suicide Attacks. The (Enemy from above)_________ will suffer (Circle all that apply) Thousands of Deaths, Children will be Slaughtered, Stomachs Roasting in Hell. Our (Circle One) suicide bombing, executions, armed resistance will show President/Prime Minister ___________ that they must (circle all that apply) Leave the Holy Land, Apologize to Allah, Give Money)

Circle Fanatical Ending:

Allah will (circle one) reward the martyrs with virgins, burn the infidels in Hell, call on for more jihads, defeat the invaders

To create an analogy to the last defeat of evil, can you imagine Edward R. Murrow and Bill Mauldin worrying about whether they quoted Hitler and Mussolini correctly to counter what FDR and Churchill were saying? Hard to believe what happened to our media...

Right On or Write Off: Dot Coms Hustle Gen Xers into Infamy

The 90's tech boom is our generation's Disco.

When I say Disco, I do not mean that from years of playing Karatika and Logo on Apple IIe's, we would rather form start up companies rather than have cocaine filled, wild orgies in Studio 54 (although, that may be the case…), the point is that every generation has a moment in time that defines them. It quickly makes everyone think, "What the **** were we thinking?"

We did not do this in music…Grunge is still heard today (note to Gen Y: get your own alternative music, quit stealing ours!). We did not do this in fashion. Debate? Think of this: Walk into a place with flannels and ripped jeans, then walk into a place with a white disco suit. See which gets you more stares.

So think back to the late 90's. It was not the "Decade of Greed" of course, since a Republican was not in office, but the same types of things were involved. People leaving high paying jobs to get in on "the New New Thing." The things people were leaving for: a Porsche with your bonus, working fewer hours, millions of stock options. As I was out on the FEF, friends would report to me that they were going to work about 5 more years and then do what they "had passion for." Ahh, right, 7 years of work, take a load off… There were so many things that made me laugh about this goofy time, let's break them down…(not Dr. Jack Ramsay style…I am no Bill Simmons)

The New Economy Everyone with an economics degree who believed that, please burn your diplomas…Yes, no more business fluctuations. Now that we have the Internet, there will not be a bust. Good thinking. Tulips, Trading Companies, Auto and Railroad stocks, Junk Bonds…they were all fools. We are wearing business casual. Our lack of suits is the panacea that hundreds of years of business failed to see…

Altruistic and Altogether Dumb Deals. These were the best: "My web site, Hangers.com, is so people can eliminate that hassle of standing up, going to the store etc. Soon homeless people will be able to go online and get the hangers so they will not look wrinkled when they apply for a job. Wrinkled clothing, you know, tops the list for reasons for destitution. That is the difference with our firm. We are not like the greedy capitalists of the past. Where did I park my Porsche? I have to close on my house in Atherton…" Yeah, changing the world, one lazy hanger buyer at a time. COMPARISON: perhaps Yvonne Elliman and the Gibbs were sitting around with Dick Clark explaining all music will have electronic violins in the future with that rattlesnake sound in the background (think "A fifth of Beethoven").

The New New Jargon…Let's list the favorites: Paradigm shift, outside the box, dot-coms (remember the debate on the proper spelling?), burn rates, Synergies, E things: E Commerce, E meetings, E trading, E postal rampages…COMPARISON: Right On, Jive talking, man, blood...

I'm an idiot Dot-com. I can understand the first few firms doing this, but then when "bricks and mortar" (put it on the list!) firms are adding dot coms to themselves, and then switching back. Don't blame them, firms that were IPOed were selling at a premium with the dot com name at the end of it. COMPARISON: Queen. Hard Rock band of the mid 70's, to lighter pop later. Totally fair? No, but they sang "Radio Ga Ga." NEVER forget that!

Dot Com Man...COMPARISON Disco Stu (yes, he is a Simpson's character…thanks for the news)

The Sock puppet, the stupid Genuity Black Rocket, and every other dot com commercial…COMPARISON: well, they did have Disco Duck

Now if it were just mania, for money, that is not embarrassing. The Gold rush, the roaring 20's, everyone had their day. It is more about the hubris of acting like somehow we were different. Making money is fine, riding a boom is fine. But to act like things are different now is like doing the hustle on a flashing floor, and think that the Twist and the Charleston did not exist for previous generations. Maybe living in a vacuum means there is no air for anyone to say how dumb you look.

Freedom's Outposts and More

Quickly, I wanted to introduce a new feature to the site. Freedom's Outposts. These are other front lines where others dare to stand a post on freedom's forward edge! These are some well written sites, with people far more eloquent and amusing than I can hope to become. Hope you check them out! Quick Dreamality for your troubles…

The Baseball Bunch…Baseball show starring Johnny Bench with guest baseball stars of the early 80's. Nothing beats players such as UL Washington or Lamar Hoyt complete with afros, and tight uniforms (which complemented so well their glazed over cocaine induced smiles) reading cue cards as they wondered how many bad grounders and fongoes these 8 year olds would have to make, before they could cash their checks. Where are the lost episodes with gems like:

Steve Garvey asking for all the kids to put their moms' pictures and phone numbers into the hat for a chance to win "A special Visit"
Steve Carlton to give a quick lesson in politics to the youngsters
Rickey Henderson stating, "Kids, Rickey is the greatest, tell your kids about Ricky, they will playing with Ricky someday"
Steve Howe telling the kids how being a "team player" means urinating into someone else's specimen jar…

Ah the early 80's baseball…

Dreamality of the Day

"We are the Dregs of Humanity…"

"It's Your Move" Jason Bateman comedy of the 80's.
Your typical sitcom story Single mom, son (Bateman), and daughter. Enter nerdy, eager to please boyfriend of mother, and chubby friend of son, and let the hijinx ensue!

While this show was quite clever, the key is the episode where Bateman and fat friend create the "Dregs of Humanity"
They lost the money for a rock band for the school dance, so they dressed up skeletons from science class, used fake smoke, and created a death metal band called "The Dregs of Humanity." The fat friend was operating the band with ropes tied to his arms and legs. It was a 2 parter (There is not a word yet written to describe the emotion when the words "To be Continued" showed up on the screen.) The insanity really began when they the nerdy boyfriend "interviewed" the band, and they would all say repeatedly the above quote. Why does this stuff fill my head?

Buddy Fights or How I Can Be a Liberal Elitist and Make a War Movie...

As I have said before, and the reason for this site, I have indeed stood a post on the forward edge of freedom.

While I am not here in this article to talk about my past exploits or wax poetic about different military anecdotes from my experiences, I did want to share a bit about something I used to enjoy: war movies.

I just watched "The Four Feathers." In my old cinemaphile days, this would have seen by me opening night. Since my dislike of Hollywood's preachy movies of the last decade, I usually wait to watch a movie on cable. That way, when the poor quality, poor acting, poorly written story, and total lack of nudity seems to be readily apparent, I can quickly flip over to the latest rerun of "Small Wonder" on Trio.

Quick aside:
Dreamality alert! "Small Wonder?" Are you kidding? The beginning and end of Edie McClurg's post John Hughes career. Girl robot? I am not going to get into this show too much since VH-1's I love the 80s trashed it to some degree. Although, celebrities trashing each other is a bit hypocritical. Which is why they usually trash everyone in a very guarded way. Because Michael Ian Black and Hal Sparks know that in 20 years "Ed" or "Queer as Folk" or whatever short lived show they are on will be "clipped and ripped" for the world to see. Therefore, "tread lightly" is clearly the motto. Since I will never be hobnobbing with any of these people, I can ask: does the cast get together for reunions? Was the show originally supposed to have a Orwellian post 1984 feel? Do the writers put this poorly written disaster on their resume? Were they shocked it was cancelled? Do they take responsibility for the death of "straight to syndication" TV shows?

Back to the column now. Anyway, "Four Feathers" was a story from the Kipling Victorian British days. A story of integrity and honor, and the importance of protecting the British Empire. An extremely interesting topic. Now is not the time to debate the pros and cons of British Imperialism. Mostly, because it is very un pc to talk of the Colonialism in a positive light. Now, Westernization of the world is a dirty idea. How does the West DARE spread its infidel ways of law and order, education, the arts, and basic civility to the rest of the world. Two quick questions:
1) Name a country besides the US and Australia that is better off now than being under colonial rule?
2) If countries like India, Pakistan and South Africa hate their colonial rule so much, why play cricket, drink tea, and drive on the left side of the road?

Since Hollywood is making this movie, they needed to "modernize" (read as make liberals understand it) the "horrible" idea of glorifying the British rule of the Sudan.

First, Change the cowardice the main character shows to some underlying guilt in the story (Ledger's character does not feel the campaign in the Sudan is right) This way Vietnam draft dodgers will not be confronted by their own cowardice.

Next, add a "noble savage" the likable Sudanese figure who saves Ledger's life multiple times.

Next: Ensure the British get routed during the battle scenes. This way, we can remember underestimating an indigenous people, so the "LA fraternity" can again justify their misguided images of Vietnam.

This movie was going according to Hollywood plan when they added the new twist. Movie people now realize that their standard movies showing with the anti-war themes on them is no longer appealing to a great majority of Americans who watched thousands of their fellow countrymen murdered one fall morning in 2001. What they add to movies now is the movie equivalent of splitting the uprights. They focus on the comrade-in-arms aspect. Now war movies have this "we fight for each other" aspect. Everyone is happy with this. War can still be evil. Nations like the UK and the USA can still be corrupt, while the hero is just fighting for his brethren. Liberal elitists cannot understand why anyone would actually fight for their country. No rational man who reads Vanity Fair would actually feel defending a nation, or way of life is a valid reason to fight poor indigenous people in a far off land. After all, Vietnam, was a horrible war, not worth the "Me Generation's" time…

Think of your modern day movies that deal with war that are not purely anti-war here is some insight into Hollywood's rationale:
Saving Private Ryan: Thankfully, saving freedom across the world is not a good enough theme. Instead, we just need to get some kid home for a funeral. That is much more important than anything like stopping global fascism, or liberating a continent

Blackhawk Down: Killing poor hungry Africans? We would not want to do that. Rangers and Delta Force are peace loving men who just want to protect each other. We are here to fight for each other. Also, this is Bush 41's fault, not Clinton's (my favorite subtle jab in the beginning…how the whole movie was completed without a mention of Clinton or Les Aspin's failures I will never know)

Behind Enemy Lines: Hey, war is BS. Oh crap, my buddy got killed. Now, you guys will pay! (I will, however, give this movie props for trashing Clinton's idiotic policy in Bosnia, and showing French officers as incompetent.)

That is a small sample, and I am just putting "Four Feathers" into the same category. It is complete with questioning of war itself, and even of the memorial scene at the end, "We fight for the man on our left and our right. We also deserve to have our ancestors killed by explosives for what we have done…" I think the second part of the quote is in director's cut DVD…

Hey, LA: Here is a fact from a Veteran. There were guys on my left and right I did not want to fight for. I fought for the US. My country, the one that has given so much to the world, and is the only beacon of freedom that thinks it is worth protecting and spreading freedom and democracy. Most of us in the military get chills when we see the flag, when we hear taps, or God Bless America. It is probably hard to conceive in a Hollywood Creative meeting:

"Must be a rube from the "Red States." These people just are brainwashed."
"Well, that kind of character is trite. How about if we have him just fighting for his buddy?"
"Yeah, much better. We can write a speech saying how he only fights to save his buddies!"
"GENIUS! Where did I put my "Four Feathers" script…"

What the Hollywood elitists did not realize is Americans who fight for this country, love this country. That is why they walk into the recruiter and swear to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. Yes, we "rubes" truly believe in this concept. Fighting for your buddy? Leave that theme for "Roadhouse."

Dreamalities

In an effort to reduce the writing that is involved, I have created a phrase to define moments like in an earlier posting when you remember something obscure from your past, and you thought it was a dream, but it was real. These will now be called Dreamalities. Perfect term? No, but anything to reduce verbiage for these GenYers...and I figure I have enough "street cred" to start some slang for the loyal reader(s?)

Dreamality for today...

Gigglesnort Hotel. Sunday show with puppets and a clay head that would change expressions with his emotions. Not in claymation, mind you, more in:
shot of the smoking dragon puppet talking
Clay man happy
Shot back to dragon
Clay man suddenly angry

I think it might have only been regional abc7 (Chicago) Either way, Thank God for cable...