A Wrinkle In Time

Madeleine L'Engle

196 pp.

I began this story on October 1, 2019, and finished it on Monday October 21, 2019. It was the first of a three part series. A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in The Door and A Swiftly Tilting Planet all dealt with Meg and Charles-Wallace Murry and the O'Keefe's as well.

"There's nothing the matter with his mind. He just does things in his own time and way." 

A Wrinkle In Time P. 10

Everyone does some things differently. That's what makes our communities and countries and even our families so strong. This can be said about many individuals. They don't go with the flow, the make their own waves so to speak. Are you a leader or a follower? How brave are you?

"Your development has to go at it's own pace. It just doesn't happen to be the usual pace."

A Wrinkle In Time P. 11

There is no predetermined time when one shall develop into something else. Life is a process, we have to all stay true to ourselves as well as stay true to the process of life.

"You don't have to understand things for them to be."

A Wrinkle In Time P. 24

Charles Wallace and Meg met Calvin O'Keefe. These are the three main characters.

"The heart has its own reasons, where of nothing knows nothing."

A Wrinkle In Time P. 35

Calvin, Meg, and Charles Wallace just met Mrs. Whatsit and was sewing Holloween costumes, she told them to leave, Charles Wallace said he'd explain later as soon as he understood.

"I think with our human limitations, we're not always able to understand the explanations."

A Wrinkle In Time P. 45

Calvin came over for stew, then Meg walked him home.

Charles Wallace appeared and took them their voyage with Mrs. Who, Mrs. Whatsit and Mrs. Which

"It was not simple darkness, or absence of light. Darkness has a tangible quality, it can be moved through and felt; in darkness you can bark your shins; the world of things still exists around you. She was lost in a horrifying void."

A Wrinkle In Time P. 55

"The only way to cope with something deadly is to treat it a little lightly."

A Wrinkle In Time P. 58

"Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything."

Euripides 

A Wrinkle In Time P. 59

"The more a man knows the less he talks."

A Wrinkle In Time P. 59

They all just tesseracted to Messier 101, Uriel third planet of Malak 

"To stake one's life for the truth."

A Wrinkle In Time P. 60

Mrs. Whatsit turned into a minotaur with wings.

As they flew they saw a beautiful garden, and many creatures the same as Mrs. Whatsit turned into, they were singing, Charles Wallace could only make out some of what they were singing. They each took flowers from the gardens and used them to breathe when the altitude was to thin.

"What could there be about a shadow that was so terrible that she knew that there had never been or ever would be again anything that would chill her with a fear that was beyond shuddering, beyond crying or screaming, beyond the possibility of comfort."

A Wrinkle In Time P. 60

"Experiance is the mother of knowledge."

A Wrinkle In Time P. 72

You need knowledge in order to have gained experience. The more knowledgeable you are the more experienced you may be.

They went to a two dimensional planet. They met the Happy Medium. When the children asked her to show them their home, the medium said "Why must I show them that when they're so many pleasant things to see."

Mrs. Which responded "There will no longer be so many pleasant things to look at if responsible people do not do something about the unpleasant ones."

A Wrinkle In Time P. 74

They saw a darkness that was trying to consume Earth.

Jesus, Shakespeare, Leonardo Divinci, Michelangelo, Bach, Louie Pasteur, Madame Curie, Albert Einstein, Albert Schweitzer, Muhammad Gandhi, Buddha, Beethoven, St. Francis, Euclid, and Copernicus faught the darkness.

Meg saw Calvin's mother hitting his brothers, she wanted to protect him as she did Charles Wallace

"This time the nothingness was interrupted by a feeling of clammy coldness such as she never had felt before. The coldness had deepened and swirled all around her and through her, and was filled with a new and strange of darkness that was a completely tangible thing, a thing that wanted to eat and digest her like some enormous beast of prey."

A Wrinkle In Time P. 93

"I do not know everything; still many things I understand."

A Wrinkle In Time P. 95

"Only a fool is not afraid."

A Wrinkle In Time P. 96

True bravery is shown when you least expect it. It is strength, courage and disapline which lead to bravery. To different people bravery varies, some may lead adventurous lives which bravery is a must, while others may lead more subtle lives where they don't require bravery as much.

The town they went to all the children were playing ball and skipping rope outside in rhythm. The houses and the paths were identical and even the flowers.

Charles Wallace gave a boy his ball back and his mother glowered at him. They met a paper boy who told them about Central Intelligence. They found the Central Intelligence and were going in. In the Central Intelligence Agency they saw a man who was reporting one of his letters were jamming. To which Charles Wallace said "Strawberry or raspberry jam."

"We have to make decisions, based on fear."

A Wrinkle In Time P. 112

They had met this man who said they had been waiting for them. The man had asked Charles Wallace to stare in his eyes.

Charles Wallace has a neurologically brain to cope with special ideals.

"I would not have your decisions come from the weakness of an empty stomach."

A Wrinkle In Time P. 120

They lost Charles Wallace and were eating with a clone

They didn't know what happened to Charles Wallace. 

"You see on this planet everything is in perfect order because everybody has learned to relax, to give in, to submit. All you have to do is look quietly and steadily into the eyes of are good friend here, for he is our friend, dear sister, and he will take you in as he has taken me." 

A Wrinkle In Time P. 127

"Maybe if you aren't unhappy sometimes, you don't know how to be happy."

A Wrinkle In Time P. 133

Charles Wallace, the imposter, proved himself yet again by laughing at Meg when she got hurt. Meg has to sacrifice herself to save both Charles Wallace and her father. Their father couldn't see. So, Mrs. Who's glasses gave him back his sight.

"Meg could feel a rhythmical pulsing. It was a pulsing not only about her but in her as well, as though the rhythm of her heart and lungs was no longer her own but was being worked by some outside source."

A Wrinkle In Time P. 146

Meg realized it was a brain.

"Like and equal are two entirely different things."

A Wrinkle In Time P. 149

"The first sign of her returning to conciousness was cold. Than sound. She was aware of voices that seemed to be traveling through her across an artic waste. She realized the voices belonged to her father and Calvin. She did not hear Charles Wallace. She tried  to open her eyes, but the lids would not move. She tried to sit up, but she could not stir. She struggled to turn over, to move her hands, her feet, but nothing happened. She knew that she had a body, but it was lifeless as marble."

A Wrinkle In Time P. 152

"ITs completely unused to being refused. That's the only reason I could help from being absorbed, too. No mind has to hold out against IT for so many thousands of centuries that certain certain centers have become soft and atrophied through lack of use. If you hadn't come to me when you did I'm not sure how much longer I would have lasted. I was at the point of given in"

A Wrinkle In Time P. 153

"Nothing seemed important but complete rest, and of course IT offered me complete rest. I had almost come to the conclusion that I was wrong to fight, that IT was right after all and everything I believed in most passionately was a madman's dream. But then you and Meg came to me, broke through my prison, and hope and faith returned."

A Wrinkle In Time P. 153

Meg was trapped in a marble statue. They saw a beast with tentacle fingers which each had a head. The beast was taking Meg.

Meg was out of the comatose state and asked about Charles Wallace, father, and Calvin. Her keeper said they were looking for Charles Wallace. The keepers don't understand the concept of dark and light.

"How can you explain sight on a world where no one has ever seen and where their is no need for eyes?"

A Wrinkle In Time P. 169

"It was a music even more tangible than form or sight. It had essence and structure. And for a moment only the melody was real."

A Wrinkle In Time P. 171

"It was she who was limited by her senses."

A Wrinkle In Time P. 171

"We look not at things which are seen, but at things which are not seen. For things which are seen are temporal. But things which are unseen are eternal."

A Wrinkle In Time P. 172

Aunt Beast took Meg back to her father and Calvin and as they were having lunch their meal got interupted with Angel's. Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which materialized between Meg, Calvin, and her father. Meg's going to save Charles Wallace.

"You mean you're comparing our lives to a sonnet? A strict form, but freedom within it?"

A Wrinkle In Time P. 184

"You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. What you say is completely up to you."

A Wrinkle In Time P. 184

Mrs Whatsit gave her the gift of love.

Mrs Who gave the spectacles with a little enchantment: "The foolishness of man; and the weakness of God is stronger than man. For ye see your calling brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many might, not many noble, are called but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound which are mighty. And base things of the world, and things which are despised, has God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to naught things that are naught...May the right prevail."

A Wrinkle In Time P. 186-187

"Love. That was what she had that IT did not have. She had Mrs  Whatsits love, and her father's and her mother's, and the real Charles Wallace's and the twins, and Aunt Beast's."

A Wrinkle In Time P. 192

Once back to Earth Meg, her father, and mother and the twins were hugging and the three witches tried to tell them something but vanished in a gust of wind before they had a chance.

Artemis

I began reading Artemis by Andy Weir on Wednesday August 6, 2020 and I finished reading this book on Monday September 7, 2020. It was copywritten in 2017.

It had 303 pages.

"Artemis is the first city on the moon, it is made of five huge spheres called bubbles. They're half underground."

Artemis Andy Weir p. 5

Bob Lewis is the guild leader. The Sun doesn't define their time on the moon.

"We don't have streets in Artemis. We have hallways. It cost alot of money to make real estate on the Moon and they sure as hell aren't going to waste it on roads. You can have an electric cart or scooter if you want but the hallways are designed for foot traffic. It's one-sixth Earth's gravity. Walking doesn't take much energy."

Artemis Andy Weir pp. 6-7

"We've got plenty of silicon on the moon so glass is locally made."

Artemis Andy Weir p. 12

"I grew up watching StarTrek. Now I get to live it." 

Jin

Artemis Andy Weir p. 16

"Star Trek? Seriously that's like a hundred years old."

Trond

Artemis Andy Weir p. 16

"Quality is quality. Age is irrelevant. No one bitches about Shakespeare fans."

Jin

Artemis Andy Weir p. 16

"Most people don't know it, but there's a ridiculous amount of oxygen on the moon. You just need a shitload of energy to get it."

Artemis Andy Weir p. 24

"If you commit serious crimes we exhile you to Earth."

Artemis Andy Weir p. 27

Artemis doesn't have fire departments.

"Reacting silicon with oxygen creates a lot of heat."

Artemis Andy Weir p. 30

"Factories can be rebuilt. People can't."

Artemis Andy Weir p. 32

"Fidelis Ngugi simply put the reason Artemis exist. When she was Kenya's Minister of Finance she created the country's entire space industry from scratch. Kenya had one - and only one - natural resource to offer space companies: it's equator. Spacecrafts could take full advantage of Earth's rotation to save fuel. But Ngugi realized they could offer something more: policy. Western nations drowned commercial space competition in red tape. Ngugi said, how about we don't?"

Artemis Andy Weir p. 37

"When your in a vaccum, getting rid of heat is a problem. There is no air to carry it away. And when you have electric power, every Joule of energy ultimately becomes heat. It may be from electrical resistance, friction in miving parts or chemical reactions in the battery that release the energy in the first place. But ultimately it all ends up as heat." 

Artemis Andy Weir p.53

Web searches are faster on Earth, simply because that is where the databases are. The closer you are too them, the faster your searches will be.

"Space agencies around the world were the first to rent properties on Artemis. In the old days, Armstrong Ground was the best real estate in town. Since then, four more bubbles spang up, and the space agencies remained." 

Artemis Andy Weir p. 56

"The moon always points the same  face towards Earth. So even though we're in orbit from our view, Earth doesn't move. Well technically, it wobbles a bit because of lunar liberation...Earth is fixed in the sky. It rotates in place and goes throgh phases, but it doesn't move."

Artemis Andy Weir p. 57

"When you weld aluminium, you need to flood it with a non-reactive gas to keep the surface from oxidizing. On Earth they use Argon because its massively abundant. But we don't have Noble gases on the moon, so we have to ship them in from Earth. And Neon weighs half as much as Argon, so that's what we use."

Artemis Andy Weir p. 65

"The aluminium isn't magnetic, suction cups and propellers won't work in a vaccum, and a rocket engine would be stupidly expensive."

Artemis Andy Weir p. 72

"Water is one of the best absorbers of all chemisty. And melting the ice takes even more energy."

Artemis Andy Weir p. 85

"In the old days, astronauts needed expendable filters to collect CO². Modern suits sort the CO² molucules out through some complicated use of membranes and vaccums outside."

Artemis Andy Weir p. 99

If Artemis ever exploded, their was Bern which protects the city from an explosive event.

Jazz Bishera just disabled four harvesters by cutting their antennae.

"Shadows on the moon are stark and black. No air means no light diffusion. Sunlight refected off nearby rocks, dirt and hills and so on."

Artemis Andy Weir p. 121

Jazz was being asked by Rudy about the explosives. She stuck to her story.

Jazz changed her name to Harprett Singh, because she was afraid people were coming after her.

Harpreet decided to keep her mouth shut and that was the only way she'd stay alive.

"Food makes you comfortable. It's how you recenter."

Artemis Andy Weir p. 152

"Dust takes a long time to settle in Artemis. Atmosphere plus low gravity equals particles taking forever to fall."

Artemis Andy Weir p. 161

The code to the lockbox was 1701 after the Starship Enterprise Registry number.

"You don't notice neon when you breathe it. It just feels like normal air. And the human body has no way to detect a lack of oxygen. You just plug along until you pass out."

Artemis Andy Weir p. 177

Artemis didn't have an official police station.

"Every city needs an underbelly. It's best to let petty criminals do their thing and focus on the bigger issues."

Ngugi

Artemis Andy Weir p. 178

"If you commit a crime, Artemis deports you to the victims country. Let their nation exact revenge on you. It's only fair."

Artemis Andy Weir p. 180

OLTS stanf for Optical loss test set. This tells you how much light you lose during a transmission.

"Superconductors have zero resistance to electrical currents. Why can't their be a material with zero resistance to light?"

Artemis Andy Weir p. 188

ZAFO-zero attenuated fiber optics

Jasmine saw Svoboda and came up with a way to revolutionize telecommunication on Earth. Although when she went to Nougi to tell her, Nougi pulled a gun on her.

"Glass is just silicon and oxygen, both of which are created by aluminum smelting."

Artemis Andy Weir p. 195

"Building a civilization is ugly. But the alternative is no civilization at all."

Artemis Andy Weir p. 199

"The moon is a nice place to pass out. You hit the ground very gently."

Artemis Andy Weir p. 200

"The sky is not the limit."

Artemis Andy Weir p. 207

Jasmine's sister is helping her take down Sanchez Aluminum

"New York, Chicago, Tokyo, Moscow, Rome, Mexico City--they all went through hell to control their mob infestation. And those are the success stories. Big chunks of South America are still under cartel control. Let's not do that, let's take care of this cancer before it spreads."

Artemis Andy Weir p. 217

"There's no weather on the moon, but there is static electricity. Fine lunar dust gets everywhere and sticks to everything with the slightest charge."

Artemis Andy Weir p. 231

"Copper has a higher melting point than the operating point of the bath but a lower melting point than steel."

Artemis Andy Weir pp. 249-250

Loretta was in the reactor that was set to blow. The reactor exploded. Sanchez, Bashira, and Dale made it out safely. Bashira was trying to fix the air filtration system in Artemis.

Bashera had faught Alvarez and handcuffed him to Rudy's desk.

"Ive been winging it, you know as a father. I had nothing to work from. No blueprint. And I chose a hard life for us. An immigrant life in a frontier town."

Artemis Andy Weir p. 294

"I've learned by the teachings of Muhammed, I try to be honest and true in all my decisions. But like many I am flawed, I sin. If your peace of mind comes at the price of a small tarnish on my soul, then so be it. I can only hope I've built up enough good grace with Allah that he will forgive me."

Artemis Andy Weir p. 295

"An economy is a living thing. It's born full of vitality and dies once it is rigid and worn out. Then through necessity people, groups and the cycle begins anew, but with more economy, baby economies, like Artemis is right now."

Artemis Andy Weir pp. 300-301

The Librarians and The Pot of Gold

The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox Copyright 2018 I began this book September 9, 2020. I finished it on Saturday October 17, 2020. It had 331 pages. Lady Sebella had a dagger which was past down through generation which held vast power and magic which could transform the world. She held a leprechaun who brought her gold, for an infant girl that Sebella stole from her mother. She traded the girl for the gold. A Librarian saved the baby. The Librarians who Pennywise Unleased The Librarians who saved the child were Eramus, Deidre and Padriac. "The righteous are never truly alone." The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 17 Dedrie rang a bell which drove Sebella into a fit. Dedrie freed the leprechaun to help with the fight against Sebella. They dosed Sebella in Holy Water and then beheaded her. The Phantom of the Opera is real. "Gaston Leroux, who wrote the original book was a celebrared investigative journalist back in the day, and his so-called novel was actually based on eyewitness testimony and written records he unearthed while looking into certain real-life-events that took place at the Paris Opera...and beneath it." The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 27 "Paris Opera volumous archives contains hundred of thousands of books, musical scores, libretti, set and costume designs, correspondence, posters, programs, scale models, and even some three thousand pieces of antique costume jewelry. Housed in a domed pavilion on the west side of the theater, the library paled in comparison to the Library, but was still pretty impressive in its own right. Towering oak shelves lined the walls, with the rarer volumes protected by wire screens. Framed paintings of dancers and divas decorated any wall space." The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 30 Cassandra had her brain tumor removed which enhanced her abilities. This gave her more of the ability to see charts and diagrams, that only she could see. "For Cassandra the world was an endless series of real-life-story problems that she had a definate knack for solving. If anyone could zero in on a tell tale clue, it could be her." The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 34 Stone and Ezekiel met the Phantom playing music on a piano in the catacombs of the Grand Paris Opera House Stone and Ezekiel fell through a shaft and then were blinded by light, which had the effects of funhouse mirrors by reflecting back and forth to infinate times they were trapped in an endless desert. "He (Eric) was misunderstood, scored, maligned! Driven to madness by an uncaring world that could not see his brilliant mind and wounded heart--behind his ucursed ugliness. He should be revered as a genius, not reviled as a monster." The Librarians and The Pot of GoldThe Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox Copyright 2018 I began this book September 9, 2020. I finished it on Saturday October 17, 2020. It had 331 pages. Lady Sebella had a dagger which was past down through generation which held vast power and magic which could transform the world. She held a leprechaun who brought her gold, for an infant girl that Sebella stole from her mother. She traded the girl for the gold. A Librarian saved the baby. The Librarians who saved the child were Eramus, Deidre and Padriac. "The righteous are never truly alone." the day, and his so-called novel was actually based on eyewitness testimony and written records he unearthed while looking into certain real-life-events that took place at the Paris Opera...and beneath it." The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 27 "Paris Opera volumous archives contains hundred of thousands of books, musical scores, libretti, set and costume designs, correspondence, posters, programs, scale models, and even some three thousand pieces of antique costume jewelry. Housed in a domed pavilion on the west side of the theater, the library paled in comparison to the Library, but was still pretty impressive in its own right. Towering oak shelves lined the walls, with the rarer volumes protected by wire screens. Framed paintings of dancers and divas decorated any wall space." The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 30 Cassandra had her brain tumor removed which enhanced her abilities. This gave her more of the ability to see charts and diagrams, that only she could see. "For Cassandra the world was an endless series of real-life-story problems that she had a definate knack for solving. If anyone could zero in on a tell tale clue, it could be her." The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 34"For Cassandra the world was an endless series of real-life-story problems that she had a definate knack for solving. If anyone could zero in on a tell tale clue, it could be her." The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 34 Stone and Ezekiel met the Phantom playing music on a piano in the catacombs of the Grand Paris Opera House Stone and Ezekiel fell through a shaft and then were blinded by light, which had the effects of funhouse mirrors by reflecting back and forth to infinate times they were trapped in an endless desert. "He (Eric) was misunderstood, scored, maligned! Driven to madness by an uncaring world that could not see his brilliant mind and wounded heart--behind his ucursed ugliness. He should be revered as a genius, not reviled as a monster." The Librarians and The Pot of GoldThe Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox Copyright 2018 I began this book September 9, 2020. I finished it on Saturday October 17, 2020. It had 331 pages. Lady Sebella had a dagger which was past down through generation which held vast power and magic which could transform the world. She held a leprechaun who brought her gold, for an infant girl that Sebella stole from her mother. She traded the girl for the gold. A Librarian saved the baby. The Librarians who saved the child were Eramus, Deidre and Padriac. "The righteous are never truly alone." the day, and his so-called novel was actually based on eyewitness testimony and written records he unearthed while looking into certain real-life-events that took place at the Paris Opera...and beneath it." The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 27 "Paris Opera volumous archives contains hundred of thousands of books, musical scores, libretti, set and costume designs, correspondence, posters, programs, scale models, and even some three thousand pieces of antique costume jewelry. Housed in a domed pavilion on the west side of the theater, the library paled in comparison to the Library, but was still pretty impressive in its own right. Towering oak shelves lined the walls, with the rarer volumes protected by wire screens. Framed paintings of dancers and divas decorated any wall space." The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 30 Cassandra had her brain tumor removed which enhanced her abilities. This gave her more of the ability to see charts and diagrams, that only she could see. "For Cassandra the world was an endless series of real-life-story problems that she had a definate knack for solving. If anyone could zero in on a tell tale clue, it could be her." The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 34 Stone and Ezekiel met the Phantom playing music on a piano in the catacombs of the Grand Paris Opera House Stone and Ezekiel fell through a shaft and then were blinded by light, which had the effects of funhouse mirrors by reflecting back and forth to infinate times they were trapped in an endless desert. "He (Eric) was misunderstood, scored, maligned! Driven to madness by an uncaring world that could not see his brilliant mind and wounded heart--behind his ucursed ugliness. He should be revered as a genius, not reviled as a monster." The Librarians and The Pot of GoldThe Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox Copyright 2018 I began this book September 9, 2020. I finished it on Saturday October 17, 2020. It had 331 pages. Lady Sebella had a dagger which was past down through generation which held vast power and magic which could transform the world. She held a leprechaun who brought her gold, for an infant girl that Sebella stole from her mother. She traded the girl for the gold. A Librarian saved the baby. The Librarians who saved the child were Eramus, Deidre and Padriac. "The righteous are never truly alone." The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 17 Dedrie rang a bell which drove Sebella into a fit. Dedrie freed the leprechaun to help with the fight against Sebella. They dosed Sebella in Holy Water and then beheaded her. The Phantom of the Opera is real. "Gaston Leroux, who wrote the original book was a celebrared investigative journalist back in the day, and his so-called novel was actually based on eyewitness testimony and written records he unearthed while looking into certain real-life-events that took place at the Paris Opera...and beneath it." The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 27 "Paris Opera volumous archives contains hundred of thousands of books, musical scores, libretti, set and costume designs, correspondence, posters, programs, scale models, and even some three thousand pieces of antique costume jewelry. Housed in a domed pavilion on the west side of the theater, the library paled in comparison to the Library, but was still pretty impressive in its own right. Towering oak shelves lined the walls, with the rarer volumes protected by wire screens. Framed paintings of dancers and divas decorated any wall space." The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 30 Cassandra had her brain tumor removed which enhanced her abilities. This gave her more of the ability to see charts and diagrams, that only she could see. "For Cassandra the world was an endless series of real-life-story problems that she had a definate knack for solving. If anyone could zero in on a tell tale clue, it could be her." The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 34 Stone and Ezekiel met the Phantom playing music on a piano in the catacombs of the Grand Paris Opera House Stone and Ezekiel fell through a shaft and then were blinded by light, which had the effects of funhouse mirrors by reflecting back and forth to infinate times they were trapped in an endless desert. "He (Eric) was misunderstood, scored, maligned! Driven to madness by an uncaring world that could not see his brilliant mind and wounded heart--behind his ucursed ugliness. He should be revered as a genius, not reviled as a monster." The LibraThe Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox Copyright 2018 I began this book September 9, 2020. I finished it on Saturday October 17, 2020. It had 331 pages. Lady Sebella had a dagger which was past down through generation which held vast power and magic which could transform the world. She held a leprechaun who brought her gold, for an infant girl that Sebella stole from her mother. She traded the girl for the gold. A Librarian saved the baby. The Librarians who saved the child were Eramus, Deidre and Padriac. "The righteous are never truly alone." The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 17 Dedrie rang a bell which drove Sebella into a fit. Dedrie freed the leprechaun to help with the fight against Sebella. They dosed Sebella in Holy Water and then beheaded her. The Phantom of the Opera is real. "Gaston Leroux, who wrote the original book was a celebrared investigative journalist back in the day, and his so-called novel was actually based on eyewitness testimony and written records he unearthed while looking into certain real-life-events that took place at the Paris Opera...and beneath it." The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 27 "Paris Opera volumous archives contains hundred of thousands of books, musical scores, libretti, set and costume designs, correspondence, posters, programs, scale models, and even some three thousand pieces of antique costume jewelry. Housed in a domed pavilion on the west side of the theater, the library paled in comparison to the Library, but was still pretty impressive in its own right. Towering oak shelves lined the walls, with the rarer volumes protected by wire screens. Framed paintings of dancers and divas decorated any wall space." The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 30 Cassandra had her brain tumor removed which enhanced her abilities. This gave her more of the ability to see charts and diagrams, that only she could see. "For Cassandra the world was an endless series of real-life-story problems that she had a definate knack for solving. If anyone could zero in on a tell tale clue, it could be her." The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 34 Stone and Ezekiel met the Phantom playing music on a piano in the catacombs of the Grand Paris Opera House Stone and Ezekiel fell through a shaft and then were blinded by light, which had the effects of funhouse mirrors by reflecting back and forth to infinate times they were trapped in an endless desert. "He (Eric) was misunderstood, scored, maligned! Driven to madness by an uncaring world that could not see his brilliant mind and wounded heart--behind his ucursed ugliness. He should be revered as a genius, not reviled as a monster." The Librarians and The Pot of Goldrians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 45 As the Phantom playing on his organ grew in intensity, so to did the temperature in the catacombs. Cassandra and Baird asked Claudel the librarian of the opera house if he had a chandelier and just as they looked up saw it swinging. Cassandra realized that the opera house had to much vibrational energy, which would cause the building to collapse. Baird pulled the fire alarm to no avail. The chandelier fell and Baird mannaged to save Cassandra and Claudel. Stone and Ezekiel were drastically digging to find an escape from the desert. They found a box which contained a grasshopper and a scorpion carved of jade resting on top of a velvet cushion. Stone had took a copy of the Phantom of the Opera from their Library. "If there's one thing I learned on this job, it's that there's more truth in the old stories than anyone could ever guess." Jake Stone The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 55 Stone and Ezekiel climbed out of the chamber when they put the amulets in their respective places, but they came face to face with the Phantom. Stone and Ezekiel got to the Phantom but before they could do anything the Phantom threatened to unhinge the chandelier above them with the touch of a piano key. Bard and Cassandra were in their way through the Opera House when they were stopped by a security guard. Since they didn't have time Baird just punched him out. Cassandra and Baird managed to diffuse the bomb before it went off and shattered on the play audience. Ezekiel saved Stone from the Phantom by obtaining a sheet of music and threatening to rip it. When they unmasked the Phantom they found him as an audonis of a man. Carson was called away to be an inpartial arbitrator in some disputes mer-people were having. As the Librarians were about to play trivial pursuit The Clipping book sent them on their next investigation in Ireland. They found a tomb of two mammoth stones, that time covered with erosion. The structure a table of some mythical beings. This was the portal in which they used. As always Cassandra missed a step through the portal, maybe because the rotation of the Earth or crossing between untold miles was a tad disorienting. The stone they were sent to investigate had been moved by someone. Ezekiel put together a digital app for his phone to detect lay lines and map them which amazed the group. They found an Ogham, Ireland first written alphabet. It was the first attempt to write ancient Erin or primitive Irish "The origin of the ogham are lost to history and the subject of ongoing debate. Some say it was derived by the druids, others by early Christian missionaries looking for a way to translate native tongues into written word. Legend on the other hand, holds the ogham was gifted to Irish people by the Tuatha De Danann themselves." Jake Stone The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 88 "Here lieth the bones of the foul serpant which once infested our shores. Let no hands disturb these unholy remains, on peril of your soul." Jenkins The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 93 "Ogham is an extremely odd and obsolete alphabet; people who can translate it in the field are even rarer today than people who know how to use apostrophes and semicolons properly." Jenkin The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 93 "The Serpant of the Brotherhood had been the Librarians nemesis for longer than even he (Jenkins) had walked the Earth; unlike the Library, which was dedicated to keep magic it's that there's more truth in the old stories than anyone could ever guess." Jake Stone The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 55 Stone and Ezekiel climbed out of the chamber when they put the amulets in their respective places, but they came face to face with the Phantom. Stone and Ezekiel got to the Phantom but before they could do anything the Phantom threatened to unhinge the chandelier above them with the touch of a piano key. Bard and Cassandra were in their way through the Opera House when they were stopped by a security guard. Since they didn't have time Baird just punched him out. Cassandra and Baird managed to diffuse the bomb before it went off and shattered on the play audience. Ezekiel saved Stone from the Phantom by obtaining a sheet of music and threatening to rip it. When they unmasked the Phantom they found him as an audonis of a man. Carson was called away to be an inpartial arbitrator in some disputes mer-people were having. As the Librarians were about to play trivial pursuit The Clipping book sent them on their next investigation in Ireland. They found a tomb of two mammoth stones, that time covered with erosion. The structure a table of some mythical beings. This was the portal in which they used. As always Cassandra missed a step through the portal, maybe because the rotation of the Earth or crossing between untold miles was a tad disorienting. The stone they were sent to investigate had been moved by someone. Ezekiel put together a digital app for his phone to detect lay lines and map them which amazed the group. They found an Ogham, Ireland first written alphabet. It was the first attempt to write ancient Erin or primitive Irish "The origin of the ogham are lost to history and the subject of ongoing debate. Some say it was derived by the druids, others by early Christian missionaries looking for a way to translate native tongues into written word. Legend on the other hand, holds the ogham was gifted to Irish people by the Tuatha De Danann themselves." Jake Stone The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 88 "Here lieth the bones of the foul serpant which once infested our shores. Let no hands disturb these unholy remains, on peril of your soul." Jenkins The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 93 "Ogham is an extremely odd and obsolete alphabet; people who can translate it in the field are even rarer today than people who know how to use apostrophes and semicolons properly." Jenkin The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 93 "The Serpant of the Brotherhood had been the Librarians nemesis for longer than even he (Jenkins) had walked the Earth; unlike the Library, which was dedicated to keep magic safely contained, the Brotherhood saw magic as a power to impose their will on the world and to shape the coarit's that there's more truth in the old stories than anyone could ever guess." Jake Stone The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 55 Stone and Ezekiel climbed out of the chamber when they put the amulets in their respective places, but they came face to face with the Phantom. Stone and Ezekiel got to the Phantom but before they could do anything the Phantom threatened to unhinge the chandelier above them with the touch of a piano key. Bard and Cassandra were in their way through the Opera House when they were stopped by a security guard. Since they didn't have time Baird just punched him out. Cassandra and Baird managed to diffuse the bomb before it went off and shattered on the play audience. Ezekiel saved Stone from the Phantom by obtaining a sheet of music and threatening to rip it. When they unmasked the Phantom they found him as an audonis of a man. Carson was called away to be an inpartial arbitrator in some disputes mer-people were having. As the Librarians were about to play trivial pursuit The Clipping book sent them on their next investigation in Ireland. They found a tomb of two mammoth stones, that time covered with erosion. The structure a table of some mythical beings. This was the portal in which they used. As always Cassandra missed a step through the portal, maybe because the rotation of the Earth or crossing between untold miles was a tad disorienting. The stone they were sent to investigate had been moved by someone. Ezekiel put together a digital app for his phone to detect lay lines and map them which amazed the group. They found an Ogham, Ireland first written alphabet. It was the first attempt to write ancient Erin or primitive Irish "The origin of the ogham are lost to history and the subject of ongoing debate. Some say it was derived by the druids, others by early Christian missionaries looking for a way to translate native tongues into written word. Legend on the other hand, holds the ogham was gifted to Irish people by the Tuatha De Danann themselves." Jake Stone The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 88 "Here lieth the bones of the foul serpant which once infested our shores. Let no hands disturb these unholy remains, on peril of your soul." Jenkins The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 93 "Ogham is an extremely odd and obsolete alphabet; people who can translate it in the field are even rarer today than people who know how to use apostrophes and semicolons properly." Jenkin The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 93 "The Serpant of the Brotherhood had been the Librarians nemesis for longer than even he (Jenkins) had walked the Earth; unlike the Library, which was dedicated to keep magic safely contained, the Brotherhood saw magic as a power to impose their will on the world and to shape the coarse of history as they saw fit. Moreover they were utterly worthless when it came to achieving their ends, as too many past Librarians had discovered to their sorrow."se of history as they saw fit. Moreover they were utterly worthless when it came to achieving their ends, as too many past Librarians had discovered to their sorrow."safely contained, the Brotherhood saw magic as a power to impose their will on the world and to shape the coarse of history as they saw fit. Moreover they were utterly worthless when it came to achieving their ends, as too many past Librarians had discovered to their sorrow." The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 94-95 Someone was at the door, which waa very surprising. "The existence of the Librarians was largely a secret, known only to wizards, dragons, djinn, secret societies, clandestine government organizations, and, okay a few ordinary people whom the Librarians from the fire over the years. The Library's phone number was unlisted, nor could it be found on Twitter or Facebook." The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 101 "The Library is a repository for countless dangerous books and relics as well as more powerful irreplaceable items, then the Smithsonian, the Library of Congress, the Louvre, the Tower of London and Ebay combined." The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 102 Bridgett O'Neil rang the door to the Library, she had no where else to go. Bridgett had heard a banchee for a couple nights. 3 different women; a maiden, a mother and a crone. "Banchees are Irish Spirits keening foretells the coming of death. Although somewhat ghostly in nature, they are actually a variety of fairy. Indeed the word "banshee" derived from the Gaelic bean-sidhe, which roughly translated means "woman of the fairy." Traditionally they cry for members of venerable Irish families, including I'm afraid the O'Neals." The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 108-109 "There's always hope, even if its a slim one." Cassandra The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 111 Jenkins and Cassandra are off to Portland, Oregon, to visit a Leprechaun colony while the others research more on the Banschees. "It's not just a matter of simple optics; dawn and noon and that coupled with the fundemental principles of applied astrological symbolism, is essential to produce the desired effect due to--" Carol The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 120 "Just as the original Serpant dared humanity to taste the fruit of knowledge, shall we lead the world into a new age of magic and miracle." Carol The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 123 Jenkins and Cassandra had gotten four leaf clovers which Jenkins had grown to blend in with the Fair Folk. "Mills End Park was officially the smallest park in the world a circle of shrubbery, two foot in diameter, in the middle of a concrete traffic medium on a public street. This was the largest leprechaun colony west of Ireland and had been formally recognized as such since Saint Patrick's Day 1948." Jenkins The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 130 "The whimsical is merely the gateway to our ultimate destruction: a faerie that is home to a sizable contigient of expatriate of leprechauns who emigrated to the Pacific Northwest decades ago, at least as time is reckoned on the mortal plane. Time tends to pass at a slower rate where the fare folk are concerned so I suggest we do not linger here any longer than neccessary." Jenkins The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 130 "We are beneath the city (of Portland) but just one step removed from the more prosaic version of reality." The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 133 Cassandra saw Bridgett. "So where do leprechauns get their gold in the first place? Nobody really knows. There are lots of conflicting stories and legends. Some say the gold was stolen from Viking hoards buried beneath the Earth. Others say they earn the money as cobblers, making and repairing shoes for other fairies, who wear theirs out by dancing, or they earn it as fiddlers, playing for the revels of fairy kings and queens. And some say the gold comes from long forgotten mines and treasure troves dating all the way back to the misty days of legend, when ancient Gods and Godesses ruled over Ireland." Bridget The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 144 "There really should be some sort of formula for converting faerie time to mortal time." Cassandra The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 149 "Saint Pat's day is a big deal here in Chicago, parades, parties--they even dye the river green for the occasion." The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox pp. 164-165 They saw the Banshee in Pot O Gold's bar in Chicago The woman was crying as Eve Baird joined in "The woman's mouth opened, her bottom jaw falling farther than humanly possible, revealing a bottomless chasm from which a hellish high-pitched, high-decibal keening that instantly drowned all other sounds as its pitch and volume rocketed upward to a deafening rate." The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 171 When Eve Baird went for her she vanished into thin air. Jenkins and Cassandra were trapped at the Mills End for fear of the Serpant of The Brotherhood had awoke, when Bridget appeared and offerered to take them out. "Cassandra took a deep breath, not letting the seemingly infinate number of clovers intimidate her. Her senses mingled and merged as she put her magical brain to work. The gentle rustling of shamrocks turned into a symphony of simmering and equations that tinkled like calculus and tasted like geometry." Cassandra The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 188 Max confronted the Librarians in the Pat O'Gold bar and as he was about to retreat his assistant gave them away by mistakenly showing them a mark. Grady, the Leprechaun saved Stone and the others by magically switching his fiddle with Max's weapon. "The Yucatan Death Touch was a technique forbidden in honorable fighting systems. Honor is subjective. In any event, you understand why this is pointless, if invigorating, donnybook is over." The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 205 Bridgett saved Ezekiel and Stone but then she fainted. "Your classic changling, from myth and history is a changling swapped for a mortal child in infancy, although, admittedly magic is sometimes employed to make the substitute appear identical to the original child, the better to pull off the switch." Jenkins The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 210 "Snakes may shed their skin, but people hardly change." Max The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 221 "If there was one thing she had learned as a Guardian, it was that some operations required Librarians, not soldiers." Eve Baird The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 223 The new surgery Cassandra had recently had made her more telepathic. She called Eve Baird and Ezekial Jones to assist them when they were about to be discovered by The Serpent of the Brotherhoods goons. "It wasn't easy. You have to find a way to alchemically fuse the raw magic within an object symbolically suited to acheive the desired effect, which means taking into account both mind and matter along with deleting the uncertainty principle by...." Carol The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 237 "A fighters true strength comes from his heart and soul." Stone The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 237 Stone and Cassandra had just escaped the Eden's Manor by diving in the mote to their freedom. Carol and Max avoided the blast by the helicopter. Ezekiel and Baird escaped a vault and then got a magic door back to the Library. They all escaped from Eden Manor. Cassandra managed to get hold of the Leprechaun at FinnMcools until the banshee showed up and distracted her. The leprechaun saved both Bridget's. The Banshee disappeared as Stone and Ezekiel tried to catch her. Cassandra lost the leprechaun she chased outside, amidst a sea of others dressed in the same attire, because it was Saint Patrick's Day and everyone was dressed as a leprechaun. The Librarians were following the Banshee to the leprechaun. "Some ties could stretch across centuries." The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 259 "Flight was a fugitives sole recourse." The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 262 The Librarians almost got Grady as the Banshee was chasing him, but he hoped in a limo with the Serpant of the Brotherhood by mistake. "We could of used her (Eve Bard) back in Camolt. Things might have turned out differently with a Colonel Baird to keep The Round Table in line." Jenkins The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 267 "Rainbows don't have an end, they're simply sunlight refracted through water droplets in the sky. It's an optical phenomenon that occurs when the sun shines through a departing weather pattern at just the right angle. As it happens, Ireland gets more rainbows than any other countries because it gets lots of intermittent showers due to the low pressure system in the North Atlantic, and because it's distance from the equator means that it gets more sunlight in from no more than fifty-three degrees above the horizon, significantly increasing the chance of rainbows. But rainbows don't really touch down on the ground anywhere. There's no such thing as an end of a rainbow." Cassandra The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 267 The Serpant of the Brotherhood was taking O'Grady back to Ireland to find his pot of gold "The world was a big place, and even bigger than most people realized when you counted all the lost kingdoms and secret tombs." The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 272 "I arise today through the strength of heaven...through the firmness of a rock." The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 274 "You can still see the remnants of the old cathedrals and refractories and such. And look at that High Cross over there, still standing after centuries." He gestured at a Celtic monument and whistled. "Just imagine how this place must have looked in the dark ages, when it still was a monastic community attracting devout scholars and scribes from all over. It has been said that the Irish Monks helped save the Western civilization by preserving and copying countless books and manuscripts that might otherwise have been lost after the fall of Rome..." Stone The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 278-279 Saint Patrick used the shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity, Three Leafs, but one flower. "It occured to me earlier that there may be another way to interpret that bit about the end of the rainbow. A rainbow is red to violet, right? So you can argue that, the very end of a rainbow is violet... or maybe ultraviolet?" Cassandra The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 284 "Traditionally, the four leaves of the clover stand for Faith, Hope, Love, and Luck." Jake Stone The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 286 The Librarians opened the tomb only to find an empty pot there. "It was never about the gold. It's about the Pot." Jenkins The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 287 "The problem with immortality was that one's memory tended to get overstuffed, making it harder to retrieve any relative arcania without an excess of rumaging around first." Jenkins The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox pp. 287-288 "When the Tuatha De Dannon came to Ireland in the misty days of yore, they brought with them four powerful magical objects from the mystic islands from which they hailed: a stone, a spear, a sword....and a cauldran." Jenkins The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 288 "In fact, the Dagda--whose visage is emblazoned on the Pot--was among the mighty leaders of the Tuatha De Danann. He was a god of fertility, magix and druidry. It's said that his bountiful pot, which was forged by one of the oldest and wisest druids, could feed multitudes withoout running dry, so that none ever went away from it unsatisfied." Jenkins The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 288 "According to some old tales, those sacrificed to the Cauldron would rise again unstoppable undead creatures, under the sway of whomever controlled the Pot." Jenkins The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 289 "Like the Dagda himself, the Cauldron embodies both abundance and destruction the eternal cycle of birth, death, and resurrection. In the wrong hands this power could be put to terrible ends." Jenkins The Librarians and The Pot of Gold By Greg Cox p. 289 O'Grady was Bridgett relative. He gave her up to keep her safe. He always kept an eye on her though. Max killed Coral the Pot's blood sacrifice. Maximillian Lambert brought Lady Sebella back from the dead. Sebella was torturing Eve Baird. Then Jenkins showed up and rang Saint Patrick's Bell which drove Sebella away, in a frenzied manner. Jenkins was ringing the bell to entice the Banshee as well. The Banshee wanted the Cauldron. Baird had the Cauldron and the Banshee was chasing her. Ezekiel freed Grady from the silver chains the Serpant of the Brotherhood put around his hands and feet. Coral who had just died had come back and saved Jake Stone by scaring Max. However, this turned out to be Grady in disguise. Baird gave the Banshee the Cauldron and now there was a coach of death coming for O'Grady. yeremiah@aol.com Yeremiah Hardt

The Beverly Hillbillies

Did you know...

... that today is The Beverly Hillbillies Day? The year 1962 brought the now familiar tune "Come and listen to the story 'bout a man named Jed..." The Beverly Hillbillies aired on CBS-TV on this day, enchanting audiences with Jed, Ellie Mae, Granny, Jethro, Miss Jane and that banker feller. ;-)

No Passengers Beyond This Point

I started reading this story on July 24, 2020. I finished this story on Wednesday August 5, 2020. It had 

241 pages. It was written in 2011.

"Worry is like a dripping faucet--every drip makes you imagine something bad on the way...trouble....trouble...trouble..do something...do something...do something."

No Passengers Beyond This Point Gennifer Choldenko p. 2

The bank owned the Tompkins house away so they're moving to Colorado to live with Uncle Red

India gets a call from her best friend Matty about an upcoming party, she doesn't tell her about the move

They leave for the airport. Mrs. Thompkins will join them in three months. Finn left his model solar system at home. 

The plane is having turbulence. The children think it's a nice way of saying the plane is having a seizure. India tries to call home to find out that the phone has been disconnected. She than tries mom's cell and leaves a message that they've landed. They travel from the airport in a taxi which has bird feathers on the seats. They see breathtaking mountains when they reach the road.

All the children's names were sky written in the sky. They passed a truck that says "We love you India, Finn and Mouse." Chuck gives them all pieces of wood which they have to put together in order to call him. They all have cottages with paths leading to them and a parental figure has just made them peanut butter cookies.

"When something good happens don't question it. Just go for it."

Maddy

No Passengers Beyond This Point Gennifer Choldenko p. 75

They have a library/bookstore. When you touch buttons different rooms appear.

"Just take it on face value. If you think too much, worry about every little thing, you'll get in your own way."

No Passengers Beyond This Point Gennifer Choldenko p. 84

"If you spend all your time worrying about the future, you can't enjoy the present."

No Passengers Beyond This Point Gennifer Choldenko p. 84

"I will be giving up time for information."

No Passengers Beyond This Point Gennifer Choldenko p. 92

Each room has buttons that makes things appear. Elevators require fingerprints. 

"Dreaming is intoxicating."

No Passengers Beyond This Point Gennifer Choldenko p. 95

The computers in the houses have the heart factor, where they can predict what someone wants based on their past.

"Relive your Moment. Return to the Home of your Dreams. Photos, memories, videos, mementoes of your day. Relive your day. Return to Euphoria."

No Passengers Beyond This Point Gennifer Choldenko p. 101

"You don't end up some place like its magic. You make decisions that get you there."

No Passengers Beyond This Point Gennifer Choldenko p. 109

"People want what they can't have. They make decisions they can't live with."

No Passengers Beyond This Point Gennifer Choldenko p. 112

India gets lost, when this earthquake hits and shifts realities or something. She tries to find Mouse and Finn. Dean drives her back to the market. Then she gets savagely attacked by all these birds. A white cat saves her. 

India got a ticket from a guy named Mickey. He cons India out of her bracelet her mother gave her on her Thirteenth birthday, he then just goes into a shop and slams the door.

India got a phone and calls Maddy. She gets a computer and a tiny watch. Men take India away saying she is in violation of code 7522.

India got a position as a a greeter. She gave it up because of Mouse's broken arm.

Chuck and the kids are in the cab searching for the black box. Chuck leaves them at the airport to get India back at the town. They were in Birds Nest Passage. It had feathered covered sheets, tables which were constructed from egg cartons, and feathered covered coatstands etc. Finn and Mouse hid in lockers when they saw some guards searching for them. They both locked themselves in, however Mouse locked herself in so well she couldn't get out. Her locker opened by following three steps: 

"1) Remember what you want to forget

2) Ask yourself a question you can't answer

3) Remember what you wish for more than anything you had forgotten." 

No Passengers Beyond This Point Gennifer Choldenko p. 163

1) They remember how much they miss Mommy

2) Why dosen't India play with me anymore?

3) Bing came from the song "BINGO"

Mouse's locker opened.

India has trouble getting off a tram, it finally lets her off at the last stop.

Mouse and Finn give a dog a bone.

India meets Sky

Mary Carol leads India down a corridor.

"Some decisions you don't have time to make again." 

No Passengers Beyond This Point Gennifer Choldenko p. 190

"Dissatisfaction is infectious. There are pockets of discontent in every society...No city is perfect.

No Passengers Beyond This Point Gennifer Choldenko p. 190

Chuck gives India Bings wallet, which was dads old wallet. Mouse and Finn are trapped in an avalanche of dirt. A dog saves them. They call him boom, because of the lightning and thunder storm.

India goes to the bathroom to look inside the wallet. She finds a picture of her mom and dad while her mother is pregnant with Mouse. There's a note on the back of it that says, "Sparky has your back."

"I want a chance to live my life my own way."

No Passengers Beyond This Point Gennifer Choldenko p. 208

India gives up her communicator with Maddy for a golf cart. The dog is like a bulldozer for them. He digs a path out for the children in minutes. They steal a segway, but before talk to Uncle Red.

India rescues Mouse, Finn and Boom at the airport. Boom keeps the security guards off the cart so they make a getaway.

"Sometimes people get more mad at you when you're right than when you're wrong."

Bing

No Passengers Beyond This Point Gennifer Choldenko p. 227

Finn has an armpatch which guides them to the blackbox like a GPS

Finn is not well, they go in the trees. They barely survive another thunderstorm. Trees around them explode into piles of amber.

It turns out that they were the survivors of an airplane crash. Boom, short for Boomerang, rescued them by bringing his owner Finns shoe. Boom got a collar from his owner after that. The dog, Boom, was the only part of the childrens dream that was real.

Kevin Bacon

Did you know...... that today is Six Degrees from Everyone Day? Celebrate the birthday of actor Kevin Bacon (1958), inspirer of the Six Degrees from Kevin Bacon game, by finding your connection to someone you really want to meet. Happy birthday, Kevin!

Midsommer

Directed by Ari Aster

This movie is about a Sweeden Festival gone terribly array. Aster compares the sacrificial burning box to the burning of an Ex's possessions. He spent months researching Scandanavian and Germanic Cultures. There was the foreshadowing of the grizzly bear that someone was going to die in a grizzly bear skin. Another illustration shows the cutting of peoples hands as a sacrifice. We see the old couple cut there palms and eventually commit suicide, which is explained as population control and so they won't burden society.

#piccadillyinc

Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau

I began reading this book on Monday April 29, 2019 and finished it on Mothers Day May 12, 2019. It had 57 pages. It was from a collection called Wooden Books.

"Homesickness proves home is where the heart is." Love: The Song of The Universe p. 4 This is so true. You see it all the time alluded to in movies and shows as well as stories you read.

"People seek affiliations with other  living systems." Love: The Song of The Universe p. 8 They most certainly do. If not we won't have communities or even civilization.

"A love for nature therefore can enrich and inform a person's love for itself." Love: The Song of The Universe p. 8 Yes totally, if you love everything around you you are unstoppable.

"In humans, emotions are experienced with the help of the limbic system, where sensory impressions are processed by the hippocampus and amygladia, and are interpreted as either painful or pleasurable, safe or dangerous, before forming into long-term memories in the cognitive neocortex. These help us to learn about the world, to socialize, and to survive. All mammals have some sort of limbic system, so complex emotional and group behavior in the animal world is widely observed, and bonds between humans and animals, whether for survial or companionship, are commonplave. Wolves, for example, allied with humans, later to become household friends." Love: The Song of The Universe p. 10 This is so interesting. We learn and respond to the world around us.

"Aristotle describes friendship as wanting what is good for your friends and helping them get it." Love: The Song of The Universe p. 12 That is so true. A good friend is someone who will always help you no matter what.

"Courtship rituals are prominant throughout the animal world and humans are no exception. Whether at a nightclub or wedding, dancing holds importance in the annuls of love. Close body synchrony allows two partners to show off their intellectual and physical vitality via the symmetry and balence of their movements. Rhythmically moving together also attunes dancers to eachother and cultivates shared intentions. Reseach by contemporary neurobiologist Dr. Anirvdah Patel suggests that only creatures that can move to a beat are one that can mimic sounds: some birds, doliphins, whales, and people." Love: The Song of The Universe p. 18 Dancing as one shows that you and your partner are one for that moment or forever.

"Romantic love is seen as a reflection of eternal, spiritual love."  Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p.18 Love, in essence, is the highest vibrational energy their is, and therefore it is unstoppable.

"In the Chinese Legend of The Butterfly Lovers two young children Zhu Tingtai and Liang Shambo meet at school. Since girls, at this time, are not allowed to be educated, Zhu disguises herself as a boy. She falls in love with Liang, with Liang regards Zhu, her true identity hidden like a brother. It takes many months before Zhu reveals the truth, and then the two swear undying love." Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 20

"The wedding processional known as "Here comes the Bride" is the bridal chorus from Wagners 1850 opera Lohengrin. Less well-known is the fact that in the story it is followed by the murder of several guests in the wedding." Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 22 Surprisingly or not this was ommited.

Valentine's day cards came from slips of paper that were randomly selected by men to see what woman they will be companions for in a year, which often led to marriage. The day after Valentine's Day is Lupercus Day, who is the equivalent to the Greek God Pan.

"When the soul is pure in its commitment to love, everything aligns to ensure its success." Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 26

"Saliva contains over one thousand proteins containing markers of physical health and genetic makeup." Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 28

"The lips have more nerves for their area than any other part of the body, followed by the tongue and fingers." Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 28

"Philosophy, both ancient and modern, speculate that the underlying current of romantic love is a yearning for a sense of completion." Dr. Aaron Ben Zeev identifies three features of incompleteness: wanting the relationship upgraded (or resumed); believing that it is lacking something; and believing that completeness is possible if both parties become "whole.""
Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 30

"When in love, some people become more sensitized to other people's emotional states (while others become less so). The personal intamacy enjoyed by lovers can give them a fresh perspective on the world. Empathy is assisted by specialized cortical nerve cells, mirror neurons, which help with the processing of other peoples feelings and intentions (e.g. the apparent involuntary contagion of smiles and yawns, or the ability to sense when someone is looking at you from afar.)"
Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 32

"In Dante's Devine Comedy, Francesca is married to Paolo's unpleasant brother Gianciotto. One day Francesca and Paollo are in a field reading a book about Lancelot and Guinevere, when they discovered they are deeply in love. Their subsequent adultary is discovered and both are killed by Gianciotto. Destined to be together in the second ring of hell (lust) for all eterity, Dante asks them how something so beautiful and pure as love could bring this fate. Francesca replies "Their is no greater pain than to remember, in our past grief, past happiness."
Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 32

"Long time lovers often come to resemble eachother over time. This is sometimes explained via shared lifestyle factors such as diet and exercise, or behavioral mimicry, where positive reinforcement patterns such as laughing and smiling together cause special lines around the face (Duchenne smiles) to form. Again we see the action of mirror neurons and empathy both vital to love." Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 32

"Love changes everything." Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 34

"Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired." Robert Frost Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 34

"Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. Khalil Gibran Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 34

"Being loved by soneone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage." Lau Tzu Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 34

""Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none," says the Countess of Rousillon in Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well. But trusting someone with your heart is a risk so serious for an individual that many have great difficulty in taking it. As W.B. Yeats warned, "Tread softly because you tread on  my dreams.""

Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 36

"One of the most important aspects of any relationship is trust, an unwritten contract which bestows safety, reliability, and acceptance. Trust evolves over time, proven by words and deeds. Developmental psychologist Erik Erikson [1902-1994] identified trust as the first psychosocial stage of development, which is re-examined in successive stages throughout a lifetime. The English word for trust origiates around the 12th century and is related to the Nordic traust (help), Old English treowe (faithful), Dutch troost (comfort), and German trost (consolation), as well as the English true."

Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 36

"Among the most essential elements of love are empathy, altruism, and compassion. Each represents a cycle of giving and recieving, sustaining through a transformative act of selflessness."

Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 36

"People in love often find themselves so overcome with passion and desire that they show symptoms resembling sickness, addiction or paranoid obsession."

Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 38

"While beauty and aesthetics are largely a subjective affair classical  ideals have tended to favor balence and proportion."

Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 40

"Many Latin-based languages refer to the sun as male and the moon as female, while Germanic languages have them reversed. In Slavic languages, e.g. Russian the sun is neuter and the moon is fenale when full and male when crescent. In Hebrew they take either gender."

Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 42

"In the Blackfoot Indian story The Star Bride, the mortal Feather Woman falls in love with Morning Star, son of the Sun and Moon. They give birth to Starboy, who is brought back to Earth with a scar that only the Sun can remove. He falls in love with a woman, but she will not marry him with the scar, thus the purpose of the Sun Dance. The astrological symbols representing Mars and Venus are used today as the symbols for male and female."

Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 42

"Why do so many love stories contain the theme of death? There are two purposes. The obvious one is to reveal the lover's dedication and willingness to sake their potential welfare on the sake of their beloved, even to die. The other according to thinkers like mytholist Joseph Cambell [1904-1987], is a metaphor where the sacrifice is being made is one of ego. The necessary slaying of the dragon, is the slaying of ones own shadow, insecurity of separate ego which percieves the change presaged by love as a kind of death."

Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 44

"The traditional on  bebended knee" marriage proposal is a custom in which surrender, honor, and person being proposed to is exalted, as they have the power to determine the future of the relationship with the utterance of one single word. In contrast the proposer offers his or her whole self without shame from position of (sometimes unnaccustumed) vulnerability."

Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 40

"A circle represents the enclosing of a sacred space. The wearing of a ring to the betrothed started at least in Ancient Rome. A man gave his beloved a ring of iron known as  Annulas Pronobus(noble ring), to announce not only his pledge to her, but her unavailability to others."

Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 46

"The Greeks believed that the fourth "ring" finger contained the longest vein in the body, extending straight to the heart, although the choice of finger and hand varies across history and culture."

Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 46

"Once glued together, weather by custom or law, two people become one. Long periods of time, as well as sharing life's ups and downs deepen and strengthen the bonds."

Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 48

"In Plato's Symposium [c. 380 BC],  Aristophanes, suggesting why lovers feel whole when together, speculate that humans united with two heads, four hands, and four feet, and came in three sexes; male, female, and androgynous/hermaphroditic. However they were an arrogant species and Zues as usual lost his patience and split their bodies in half. Ever since they have been running around seeking their other halves. Symbols of unity of oppisites such as the Chinese Yin-Yang are present across many traditions and cultures."

Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 48

"Jung described the ideal pairing of male and female, or their counterparts anima and animus, as a syzygy. This condition allows for the complete individuzation and realization of each member of the pair. As with a perfectly balanced contrapuntal music composition, independance and intradependance exist in equal measure.

Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 48

"The ancient Hindu Kamu Sutra [c. 300 BC] list various types of sexual arts including kissing, marking with teeth and nails, embracing, touching, rubbing, piercing, pressing, striking, moaning and coitus. Of the latter there are 40 basic positions, with variations limited only by imagination and age, some with poetic names like "the ripe mango plum," "climbing the tree," and "caress of the bud." For those who still have energy, it also advises the study of singing, music, and dance. The 11th century Ratirahasya, or Kaku Shastra (Secrets of Love) is likewise full of practical guidance and adds a study of feminine beauty, erogenous zones, aphrodisiacs and ideal days for arousal, but instructs that these sacred arts are only to be enjoyed within marriage."

Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 50

"Ancient taboos about incest and premarital sex are common the world over. In the case of the latter, before the invention of contraception, the costs were different for each partner as a young mother is tied to her child in a way in which the father is not. This often observed difference between the sexes is neatly summed up in line from the 1991 film City Slickers: "Women need a reason to have sex. Men just need a place.""

Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 50

"Perhaps the greatest gifts from happy unions can be children. These little darlings give parents the opportunity to see the world through new eyes, and learn more about themselves and about the joys and struggles their own parents faced. Love and devotion combines into a potent mix of daily sacrifice."

Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 52

"The call to love is to love not only others, but also ourselves and all things. Not an easy task, so many give up. The tragedy of love is not in the separation of lovers but in the separation of people from love."

Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 54

"Ancient cultures and belief systems describe numerous ways of perceiving, sensing and expressing the most potent energies. In outline instinct are the  foundation, emotions are the inflections and thoughts are the interpretations of inexorable propensity of love."

Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 54

"Love really might make the world go round. The new era of quantum mechanics how everything at a quantum level is truly connected as our ancestors once knew. Add love to the mix, and it follows that the universe may be suffused with this life giving force. Thus love propagates itself, radiates across time and space, and like any timeless meledy sings to us all."

Love: The Song of The Universe Jason Martineau p. 56

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Life of Pi

Hardships unite but they sometimes can divide. After watching the movie and reading the book I'm left to wonder why? What is the purpose of it all? I have more questions than ever. But I think those will never be answered or the more questions that are answered at least three more replace them, much like the mythological hydra monster, in Greek lore. 

I began this book April 5, 2018 and completed it on June 5 2018. The novel has 319 pages. I watched the movie August 13, 2018. 

"If we citizens do not support our artists, than we sacrifice our creation on the alter of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams." Life of Pi This quote moved me so much, because if we do not cherish our artist we end up not being any better than animals. If we don't have a reason to live, than what's the point of life. 

"The reasons death sticks so closely to life isn't biological necessity--it's envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is a passing shadow of a cloud." Life of Pi Death is jealous of life. It is through this jealousy that envious takes hold. This enviousness is the cause of great drama. This drama leads to the evils in life; such as war, poverty and even disease. When you have a disease you have so much pent up tension that your body does not know what to do with it. 

"There is no more happenstance, no more "freedom", involved in the whereabouts of a lizard or a bear or a deer than in the location of a knight on a chessboard." Life of Pi If this were the case, than I guess free will is out of the picture. Without free will, or freedom; everything is machine like." Repetition is important in the training of not only animals but humans." Life of Pi To train anything you need to repeat it in everything there is. Even when you are fully trained you can always learn more to advance your skill."

The most dangerous animal of all to the keepers and visitors of the zoo are the elephants. More people are killed by them then by any other animal." Life of Pi People are killed by people more, but in zoos I could see their point since elephants their freedom so badly, that they are made to perform and they are not free. But is anyone? 

"All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them into strange, sometimes inexplicable ways." Life of Pi This is true, however it has to be maintained in order to balance the light and dark forces that inhabit the cosmos. 

"The individual soul touches upon the world like a well reaches for the water table." Life of Pi Each soul adds such depths and so much beauty to the universe it surrounds that it makes an everlasting impression on the lives that it has touched in such profound ways. 

"Every element lived in harmonious nature with its neighbor." Life of Pi Its through this harmony that we see what the spirits have in store for us. 

"Religion is about our dignity, not our deprivation." Life of Pi That is what it is always about. Love is the answer to all questions. 

 "The main battlefield for good is not the open ground of the public arena but the small clearing of each heart. Meanwhile the lot of widows and homeless is very hard, and it is to their defence, not God's, that the self-righteous should rush." Life of Pi "Technology helps and spreads good ideas--these are two laws of nature. If you don't let technology help you, you condemn yourself to dinosaur-hood."Life of Pi True, although sometimes the best is without technological advancements. So like everything else it's a double edged sword. 

 "The Earth is a creation of God and the same all over." Life of Pi God is love and light. Whatever he created is the same, so be gracious and courteous to others and treat all with respect. 

 "People move in hope of a better life." Life of Pi It doesn't always work out that way though. 

 "Zoomorphism is where an animal takes a human being or another animal to be one of its own." Life of Pi 

 "CITES, The Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species had just come into effect and the window of trading captured animals had slam shut." Life of Pi

"You must take life the it comes at you and make the best of it." Life of Pi Pi got up feeling tension, tried to wake his brother, but couldn't. The ship sank in a violent storm. Pi was thrown in a life raft, but alone in the middle of the night. The sailors threw him on the liferaft to be eaten by the hyenas, but the hyenas protected him from the tiger, Richard Parker. Daylight came and he couldn't find any other survivors. Hyenas eat anything even cannibalize.The hyena was eating the zebras injured leg. "When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible selfish hunger for survival." Life of Pi Pi then saw a sea turtle and told it to get help. "To lose a brother is to lose someone, whom you can share the experience of growing old, who is supposed to bring you a sister-in-law and nieces and nephews, creatures to the people of your life and give it new branches. To lose your father is to lose the one whose guidance and help you seek, who supports you like a tree trunk supports its branches. To lose your mother, well, that is like losing the Sun above you." Life of Pi The hyena just killed the orangutan--Orange Juice. "It seems orange--such a nice Hindu colour is the colour of survival because the whole inside of the boat and the tarpaulin and life jackets and the life buoy and the ours and most every other significant object was orange. Even the plastic, beadless whistles were orange." Life of Pi Pi found food and water supplies on the boat. "Overcoming death is terrible enough but worse yet is oncoming death with time to spare, time which all the happiness that was yours becomes clear to you." Life of Pi Richard Parker ate the hyena. A rat appeared on the life boat, went on Pi's head, Pi through it in Richard Parkers mouth. Pi made a raft of life jackets to escape Richard Parker. "If there's one thing more dangerous than a healthy animal, it is an injured animal." Life of Pi. "Only fear defeats life." Life of Pi. "Doubt meets disbelief and disbelief tries to push it out." Life of Pi Pi imagined he and the tiger were circus performers as a way to keep time going. "Pressing the eyes of fish will paralyze them."Life of Pi. Pi survived 227 days at sea, learned to fish, attacked by flying fish, managed to stay alive from a Bengal Tiger "Time is an illusion that only makes us pant." Life of Pi. Vomit makes excellent territorial markers. "Tigers, indeed all animals, do not favor violence as settling scores." Life of Pi Animals crave peaceful interactions as do we all. "Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love--but sometimes it is so hard to love." Life of Pi Love is difficult at times but it is always worth it. "Despair was a heavy bleakness that let no light in or out." Life of Pi Pi found an island, was scouting it during the day and returned to the ship at night "Can there be any greater happiness than salvation." Life of Pi Meerkat were bringing ashore dead fish. "The training of tigers is no easy feat. They are considerably less flexible in their mental make-up than other animals that are commonly trained in circuses and zoos--sea lions and chimpanzees, for example." Life of Pi Training is difficult for all, even humans, but in our attempts to train we teach ourselves as well. Pi left Richard Parker on the boat. The meerkats all went up in the trees Pi found a tree which he though had fruit but each had a different human tooth inside at the core of the leaves surrounding the fruit Pi came to Mexico. Richard Parker left him without even a glance back. Pi was fed and cared for and adopted by a Canadian family. "Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask any scientist. God is hard to believe, ask any believer. What is your problem with hard to believe?" Life of Pi Believe in the wondrous and you got something. You have to have faith. "The world isn't just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something to it, no? Doesn't that make life a story?" Life of Pi Life is a culmination of our experiences. We constantly add to this and make it better. Pi was making a more believable story up. It was a shame that he had to, because what a fantastic feat he was just through and to dim it down by having to make it more believable. He, his mom, a sailor, and a cook from the ship were on the lifeboat. The sailor broke his leg while jumping on the raft. The cook removed the leg and used it for bate. The cook cooked the rest of the sailor.

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 yeremiah@aol.com Yeremiah Hardt

Leave It to Beaver

Did you know...
... that October 4th is Leave It to Beaver's Birthday? In 1957, the TV comedy Leave It to Beaver premiered on CBS. The first toilet "tank" ever shown on a TV show was on Leave It to Beaver. In 1957 the networks were squeamish enough about displaying a bathroom on television, let alone an actual toilet. After several rounds of wrangling between the network and the production company, a compromise was reached: The episode could include shots of a toilet tank, but not the toilet itself. Problem solved! ;-) 

Flintstones

Did you know...
... that today is Prehistoric Family Day? The Flintstones, which premiered on this day in 1960, was the first TV cartoon show aimed at adults. Alan Reed, the original voice of Fred Flintstone, uttered the famous "yabba-dabba-doo" in the first episode. Originally, the line read "Yahoo," but Reed asked Joseph Barbera if he could change it to something with a little more "pop" to it... and the rest is history. Celebrate today by coming up with your own line that pops! ;-)

Rocky Marciano

Did you know...
... that today is Rocky Marciano Day? On this day in 1952, Rocky Marciano knocked out world heavyweight champion Jersey Joe Walcott in the 13th round and went on to be the only heavyweight champion in boxing history to retire without a defeat or draw as a professional boxer.

Home Improvement

Did you know...
... that September 17th is the Home Improvement Birthday? In 1991, the TV comedy "Home Improvement" premiered on ABC-TV. Celebrate Tim the Toolman Taylor as you do some work on your own house!

Road Runner

Did you know...
... that today is Fast and Furry-ous Day? Today is the anniversary of the first Road Runner cartoon's debut in 1949. What does that mean? It means Wiley E Coyote and the Road Runner share the same birthday! :-)

Rockford Files

Did you know...
... that September 13 is The Rockford Files Day? In 1974, The Rockford Files, starring James Garner as a private detective, premiered on NBC-TV. Rockford was an ex-con, wrongly convicted of armed robbery and paroled, who eked out a living at his dilapidated trailer on the beach at Malibu. Celebrate by watching your favorite detective show!

The Flying Nun

Did you know...
... that September 7th was the birthday of The Flying Nun? In 1967, Sally Fields starred as The Flying Nun on ABC-TV. She flew for three years, until April 3, 1970. Enjoy some old TV classics today!

Foghorn Leghorn

Did you know...
... that today is Foghorn Leghorn's Birthday? This Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies character is a large, white adult Leghorn rooster with a stereotypically Southern accent, a "good ol' boy" speaking style, and a penchant for mischief. Happy birthday, Foghorn!

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn

Premiered June 4, 1982

When the U.S.S. Reliant came across the former eugenics warlord Kahn Noonien Singh and his remaining followers on the planet Ceti Alpha V, it launched Kahns mission of revenge against the crew of the Starship Enterprise. The former warlord took command of the Relient and attacked a nearby science station, stealing an experimental device of the Genesis Project. That device eventually caused his death as Captain James Kirk and the Enterprise crew fought off his attack, but not without cost. First Officer Spock was lost in the incident but not gone forever.

Friends no more?

Did you know...
... that May 6 was Last Friends Episode Day? The final episode of the television sitcom Friends aired on this day in 2004 and was watched by more than 52 million viewers. It won six Emmy Awards, including outstanding comedy series, and from its second season until the end of its run maintained a top five or better Nielsen rating, hitting number one in its eighth season.

Gandalf

He is a fictional character and one of the protagonists in J. R. R. Tolkien’s novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. He is a wizard, member of the Istari order, as well as leader of the Fellowship of the Ring and the army of the West.

Herman Munster

He is a fictional character in the CBS sitcom The Munsters, originally played by Fred Gwynne. The patriarch of the Munster household, Herman is an entity much like Frankenstein’s monster.

Star Trek: Discovery

Star Trek: Discovery is an American television series created for CBS All Access by Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman. It is the first series developed specifically for that service, and the first Star Trek series since Star Trek: Enterprise concluded in 2005. Set roughly a decade before the events of the original Star Trek series and separate from the timeline of the concurrently produced feature films, Discovery explores the Federation–Klingon war while following the crew of the USS Discovery.

Donny and Marie

Did you know...
... that today is Donny and Marie Day? On this day in 1976, the TV show "Donny and Marie" premiered on ABC-TV. The show starred brother-and-sister pop duo Donny and Marie Osmond. Donny and Marie (18 and 16 years old, respectively, when the program premiered) were the youngest entertainers in TV history to host their own variety show at that time.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

We saw Star Wars: The Last Jedi. I thought it was great. Carrie Fisher ws in the whole thing. I wasn't sure ifshe ws going to be because she died. Mark Hammell was in there as well.

Angry Birds

Did you know...
... that today is Angry Birds Day? On this day in 2009, the game Angry Birds was released. Created by Finnish company Rovio Entertainment, the series focuses on multi-colored birds who try to save their eggs from green-colored pigs, their enemies. It's known as the most downloaded freemium game series of all time!

Funny Girl (1968)

In this classic musical, plain faced Fanny Brice, played by Barbara Streisand, rises to stardom on the New York vaudeville stage and maintains and maintains a turbulant marriage with a suave gambler Nick Arnstein. Directed by William Wyler and co-starring Omar Sharif, the film was nominated for eight Oscars and Streisand won Best Actress, as well as a Golden Globe.

Goodbye, Columbus

Adapted from Phillip Roth's novella, this comedy explores values based on materialism and class-consiousness. The story centers around the romantic relationship between a young Jewish man who works at the Bronx Public Library and a beautiful spoiled young woman from a well-to-do suburban Jewish family. The film stars Jack Klugman, Ali McGaw, and Richard Benjamin.

Winnie-the-Pooh

Did you know...
... that today is Winnie-the-Pooh Day? The book "Winnie-the-Pooh," by A.A. Milne, made its debut on this day in 1926. Milne named the main character after a teddy bear owned by his son, Christopher Robin Milne, who was the basis for the character Christopher Robin. The rest of Christopher Robin Milne's toys - Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo and Tigger - were used in Milne's stories as well. Read a classic today!

Jetsons

Did you know...
... that today is The Jetsons Premiere Day? On this day in 1962, The Jetsons premiered on ABC-TV. This popular primetime cartoon show features the Jetson family living in a utopian future. It was Hanna-Barbera's Space Age counterpart to The Flintstones. Grab some popcorn and sit down for a bit to enjoy this popular sitcom - you won't regret it!

Golden Girls

Did you know...
... that today is The Golden Girls Debut? On this day in 1985, we became acquainted with 4 single older women living together in Miami, Florida. Each of the main characters have won Emmys for their acting and the series also won 2 Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series and 3 Golden Globe Awards for Best Television Series. Spend some time today watching this "golden oldie"! ;-)

The Chosen (1981)

Maximilon Schell, Rod Steiger, and Robby Benson star in this film, whi depicts Brooklyn in the 1940s when two Jewish kids become friends. One is from a Hasidic family and the other a Zionist family but they come together through their mutual love of stickball. The issues of the importance of tradition, parental expectations, and the formation of the Israel cause constant friction.

Chariots of Fire (1981)

Based on a true story, this 1981 film tells the story of two British track athletes--one a determined Jew and the other a devout Christian--who compete in the 1924 Olympics. The internationally accaimed film, starring Ian Charleson and Ben Cross, won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Costume Design, and Best Original Score.

Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

Norman Jewison directs Chaim Topol in this version of Sholom Aleichem's quintessential story of a Jewish peasent in Prerevolutionary Russia, conyending with marrying off his three daughters while growing anti-Semitic sentimant threatens his village.

A Place to Call Home

Set in Australia in the 1950s, A Place to Call Home is a compelling and romantic story of one woman’s journey to heal her soul and of a privileged family rocked by scandal.

The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)

The first film basedon the personal diary of Anne Frank was directed by George Stevens and starred Shelly Winters. It won three Oscars including Best Actress. Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name, which was based on the original dairies detailing the life of a Jewish girl in hiding during WWII, it was honored as the eighteenth most inspiring film of the AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers in 2006.

Schindler's List (1993)

Steven Spielberg's epic portrait of Oskar Schindler, a German businessman in Poland who saw the opportunity to make money from the Nazis' rise to power and gradually became concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution. Starring Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, and Ralph Fiennes, the film won seven Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay.

Shoah (1985)

Claude Lanzmann's nine hour French documentary recounts the story of the Holocaust through interviews with witnesses, including several survivors as well as several ex-Nazis. The recollections of those directly involved demonstrate all to well that itcan happen anywhere at any time.

Reversal of Fortune (1990)

Directed by Jewish-Canadian David Cronenberg, this films stars Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, and Ron Silver. It is a darkly humorous adaptation of Alan Dershowitz's book about his successful legal appeal of Claus von Bulow's conviction for the attempted muder of his wife, Martha "Sunny" von Bulow. The film concentrates on the preparatory work that Dershwitz and his students did as they attempt to disprove the prosecution's case and achieve the reversal of fortune of title.

The Jazz Singer (1922)

This musical star Al Jolson as the son of a Jewish Cantor who must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer. The film was remade in 1980 with Neil Diamond in the lead to somewhat less acclaim.

Bugsy (1991)

Directed by Barry Levinson and starring Warren Beatty and Annette Benning, Bugsby tells the story of underworld legend Bugsy Siegal, a Jewish mobster who was one of the most feared gagsters of his day. The film depicts Siegal's role in the development of the city of Los Vegas in the 1940s.

Exodus (1960)

Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, and Ralph Richardson star in this film directed by Otto Preminger.  It is a fictionalized account of the post-WWII struggle for Israel to become an independent country and home for Jewry.

Ben-Hur (1959)

This record-breaking film was the winner of eleven Oscars, including Best Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor, and Score. This epic masterpiece stars Charlton Heston as a rebellious Israelite who takes on the Roman Empire in the time of Christ. Directed by Oscar-winner William Wyler, Ben-Hur features one of the most famous action sequences of all time--the chariot race--and was named was named one of the top American films of all time by the American Film Institute.

The Golem (1915)

In sixteenth century Prague, a rabbi creates a giant creature from clay, called the golem, and using sorcery, brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews from persecution. Writer, actor and director Paul Wagenor made three films built around the mythical creature of Jewish legend; the original was released in 1915 and a sequel of sorts, The Golem and the Dancing Girl, came out in 1917, followed by The Golem: How He Came into the world in 1920.