Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Acker Mini Mansion

It was the nickname of the last home of Forrest J Ackerman.  He was the founder and editor of Famous Monsters of Filmland, a writer, literary agent and actor.  Try this bio and search for more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_J_Ackerman.

He had the most extensive collection of sci-fi/horror movie memorabilia, at around 400,000 pieces.

There had been two previous homes called the Ackermansion and Son of Ackermansion.

Uncle 4E lived his last 6 years at the Minimansion, with a greatly reduced collection.  He still maintained tours, free of charge as done previously

His inspiration and influence were widespread and many in showbiz in all facets were personally encouraged by him.  Including me.

His wordplay was legendary.  The last one that he mentioned to me was Baby-lon 5 or Lon Chaney the early years lol.

So inspiring but his last home reduced to either a parking lot or minimall?  Geez there would hardly be room for any zombies lol.

On Thursday morning, November 17, 2016 the corner of Franklin and Vermont Avenues, in the heart of the neighborhood "Uncle Forry" lived in for 30 years, was christened Forrest J Ackerman Square.

Most of all he lives in our hearts and minds and inspires u as we pass it along.

I know 'things' come and go.  The farm/estate of my GreatAunt May and GreatUncle Emmett is gone.  It encompassed an area now rife with a housing addition and two strip malls.  The last of it, their house and garage, have finally disappeared.

I miss the mahogany basement bar and all the flowers outside.  One could target shoot in the back yard in the day.

We come and go.

What remains is passed down such as Freedom and the drive and creativity that propels us forward.

Monday, April 29, 2019

John And Martha

Title reminds me of the old voiceover comedy routine of John and Marsha.  Through speaking, they convey a variety of emotion such as love, doubt, fear, happiness.  Look for it.  It's worth a laugh.

John is John Dorie and Martha is known as 'the filthy woman' on Fear the Walking Dead, a spinoff of the popular The Walking Dead tv show.

I'm not going to critique the show.  If you like, watch it for yourselves.  But the two characters interest me.

John Dorie happened to be a cop.  He had already withdrawn to a remote cabin before the apocalypse.  He was dealing with guilt concerning someone he killed in the line of duty. 

I don't think he was prepared for it, even though it was a perp.  Certainly it placed him where he was at the start.

John is very self sufficient.  He is used to camping, hunting, fishing etc.  He has access to water and a generator.  Except for the occasional undead visitor, it's a quiet life.  He can defend himself.

He also has a heart.  He is willing to help others and nurses a woman back to health

Martha was an English teacher.  She and her husband attempted to flee a city at the start.  A panicking driver causes them to collide and impales him, totaling the car.  They are stuck on the road with him slowly dying.

Both are quite intelligent and devoted to each other.  They are academic and have little survival skill.

She repeatedly tries to flag down other evacuees to no avail.  Martha is left to watch her hubby die and turn.  Then she repeatedly mutters that someone will stop and help.

Somehow she gets the body out after dispatching him and buries it.  She cries and stays at the grave, sleeping.  The filthy comes from the fact that she never bathed after this. 

Her mind snaps and she gets revenge for no one helping by killing folks and thus zombifying them.

She blames them for her lack of self help and is particularly antagonistic to those who help others.

Now, their professions might not have a thing to do with who they are.  I know good hearted self sufficient teachers and cops who are just the opposite as well as the counter opposite to that.

Different contents of character.

In one, faith is lived.  In the other it's more like a salve or bandaid. 

When crisis occurs, one survives and the other dies.

Taking care of yourself thus being able to take care of others.

Up to you.

Sunday, April 28, 2019

Oaths Rising

It's always so.  But there is a current tide in the affairs of people and it's surely rising.

'The choice of all men, to endure oppression, or to resist', as presented in the prologue to The Alamo 1960, is profound and always true. 

An oath taken is lifelong.  It cannot be revoked.  It can be betrayed or suborned.  It can even be dormant.  But, it is lifelong.  You may end whatever kind of service you were sworn to uphold; the oath colors your life.

There have always been threats to the Republic.  People have dealt with them in several ways.  Sometimes as a light rain, others as a storm.  And there are occasionally the ensuing floods.  I don't mean a little standing water in your basement.  It is a raging torrent, sweeping objects away or obliterating/covering them.

The threat has never been worse.  Perhaps just as dire, but never as full swung.  The machinations of the varying 'flavors' or odors, of collectivists are full blown and unrelenting.  One can easily imagine if we were totally disarmed how complete their tyranny would be.

So there is a call to patriotism.  Oaths are rising with varying degrees of  intensity and necessity. 

New oath takers are coming along for much more than a ride, given by those countless predecessors.

You must decide where your watermark is etched.

Saturday, April 27, 2019

April Foolish

The drama has played out.  No collusion.

Yet the collectivists, against all odds cling to delusion.  After all, that's the total of their makeup.  Steeped in lies and half truth, they have no alternative but descend.

Remember, there are useful idiots, true believers, string pullers and those who dwell in shadowy background.  All collectivist.  No wonder they hate the President.

He/us are working to Restore the Republic  The are seeking to install worldwide collectivism. 

They prefer to have subjects who want to be told what to do.  We encourage individualism and the gathering of like minds, who don't always agree.

Lies are piling up and fools rush in, while fear ensnares them.

Perhaps the folly needed to go the limit.  It shows the perfidy of collectivism.  And just how squirmy/wormy enemies of Freedom are.  Truth shines on something and sure enough, it is rewritten to aim for our destruction. 

One can be foolish and have, for instance, a poster of a beach.  It is either a goal to obtain aka vacation or enough money to travel, or it is just a dreamy pic, an 'if only' to comfort within imprisonment.  People fool themselves.

Obstruction has either been achieved or not.  For a time it's dragged us along.  All of the negativity has been exposed.  We have a choice.  We live in fear or we do not.  That is the secret which is not a secret. 

We are foolish if we let fear control us.  We are wise to face fear and be free.

My Mom used to say, ''April Fool is past, and you're the biggest fool at last''. 

Or not.