Do you believe in SIGNS?

Two years to the day my mother in law died, my wife captured a photograph of ducks.. Just ducks, or something more?


GRAHAM From the movie SIGNS (2002):

People break down into two groups. When they experience something lucky, group number one sees it as more than luck, more than coincidence. They see it as a sign, evidence, that there is someone up there, watching out for them. Group number two sees it as just pure luck. Just a happy turn of chance. I’m sure the people in group number two are looking at those fourteen lights in a very suspicious way. For them, the situation is a fifty-fifty. Could be bad, could be good. But deep down, they feel that whatever happens, they’re on their own. And that fills them with fear. Yeah, there are those people. But there’s a whole lot of people in group number one. When they see those fourteen lights, they’re looking at a miracle. And deep down, they feel that whatever’s going to happen, there will be someone there to help them. And that fills them with hope. See what you have to ask yourself is what kind of person are you? Are you the kind that sees signs, that sees miracles? Or do you believe that people just get lucky? Or, look at the question this way: Is it possible that there are no coincidences?

It’s been two years since the death of a very important person..

Do they leave signs for you to keep hope, even after they have left this reality?

NO MORE ‘MATTER’

Art Bell quit Coast to Coast AM after his 2010 Halloween show.
And now Art Bell quit Dark Matter after his 2013 Halloween show. 
The hot air again blows.
The weekend of rumors and speculation regarding the potential demise of Art Bell finally ended tonight with an update on Bell’s website. The page detailed Bell’s request to allow free streaming of the show for four hours on Artbell.com and have Sirius XM be permitted to the downloadable portion..According to the site, Sirius XM said no.
(As expected).
Immediately afterwards, Art Bell posted this to his Facebook page:
Sometimes when you are “all in” you win, sometimes lose. By mutual agreement, Dark Matter will no longer air as of tonight.
Immediately after that message was posted, he deactivated his Facebook page (as we all know, it’s impossible to ever delete it).. 
There is an immense amount of anger among loyal Art Bell fans. Some of them are ranting on Bellgab.com (a site that was renamed that from Coastgab after Bell decided to come back) .. also, nasty comments are being placed n Artbell.com’s Facebook page from listeners confused by the entire affair.

According to the post, as relayed by the now famed ‘Bateman’:

I started the show with the expectation that my listener’s would be able to stream the show since most were coming from AM. They started the thirty day trial and found that it was dropping out on them every few minutes. After the 30 day trial most did not renew, why would they? Faced with paying about $180 bucks a Year for something that was not working right, what would you do? So I lost my base. My show is based on call in, if all I am left with is Truck drivers with cell phones going down the road at 70 MPH, well you get the idea. So I asked Sirius to allow free streaming for a Year until they could fix their problems and they said no. The show was simply not viable under these conditions.

And with that, the ride appears to be over.

Wonder how many calls Sirius will field in the next few days of people asking for partial fees back.. Perhaps that topic is summed up best with this post on Bellgab: 

Being stuck with worthless Sirius accessories is the worst part. It’s like an STD, it never leaves. I still have a shitty plug and play unit and boombox laying around somewhere in my closet taking up space.

The very short ride is over–OR IS IT?

What the matter with Dark Matter?

It won’t be live tonight.. Artbell.com has just announced that they will be replaying the show with Richard Hoagland again..

As for live programming in the future, there is lots of speculation and rumor..

But as one user on BELLGAB.com wrote, perhaps this situation is best to let the dust settle…

Art Bell quits DARK MATTER?!

The only place to turn is BELLGAB.com

And it’s quite the story indeed.
Wow…

Plus he appears to have deleted his Facebook page too…?

All a mystery.. But not reassuring.

Yesterday Artbell.com issued its demand to Sirius XM..

At this moment, no official word anywhere as to what will occur tonight when Art Bell would be live on satellite radio..

Twitter is buzzing.. BELLGAB is angry.

A lot of are looking at their SIRIUS radio now, asking ‘now what should I do with this thing?’

Could this be a poker move? A
Chess move? Another ‘habitual retirement’?

Developing..

It’s beginning to feel too much like Christmas…

Stores Nationwide Begin Holiday Season Early Despite Negative Reaction

You read that CBS headline right. We are already tired of Christmas shopping and it’s not even Christmas.
Maybe that is the reason.
We need to celebrate Halloween…thanksgiving..then other holidays after. WE get rushed through life. Back to school shopping in July. Easter candy in January… Halloween in September, and by the time you’re actually getting a costume, early Christmas sales take place. 
I happen to love Thanksgiving..and I find it sad we sort of seem to miss it every year..
So let’s take a pause. There’s plenty of time to shop for Christmas, let’s take it easy..
HOLY CRAP, IT’S ONLY 7 WEEKS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!?!?!?

CASE OF THE MONDAYS. Cold November sun shines, but the rain is coming–it’s always on the way

MONDAY NOVEMBER 4 2013

Time is fast. We are steamrolling to Christmas. I don’t think I’m even near ready..

Meanwhile, all this is happening:

The partial eclipse this weekend may have been a normal, but rare, celestial event. Or was it a sign? Some obviously will say it is..

Maybe this is a sign: A Dutch lake has turned blood red..

Volcano in Indonesia erupts..

How Uncle Sam watches you: What happens to an email when you hit the send button?

Maybe hell is not a place on earth, but a planet all to itself!? Kepler found an earth-sized planet that should ‘not be’.. it has a surface temp that exceeds 1000 Celsius–this is above the temperature where rock melts. But at the same time, it is made of the same rock and iron that earth is composed of..

Another 5.0 quake near Fukushima..
The United States Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz visited Fukushima and released a statement on Energy.gov regarding the trip.. Among the things that Moniz said, ‘shocked’ and ‘stunned’ were words used.. And things seems to be getting worse.. While American media conglomerates rarely expose any details that show how daunting the replacement of fuel rods may be in a land that constantly gets swarmed with quakes may be, it is still occurring. International media sources are the only places to turn to find true accounts of how dire of a situation Fukushima is ..

Reports: Law enforcement leaks to the press, say that Paul Ciancia ‘acted alone’ and was dropped off by a friend at LAX.. This is interesting, especially when we were just told by official accounts that Ciancia has yet to speak and was shot in the mouth–something that reminded me of the Tsarvaev being shot in the throat yet admitting (before being read rights) that he was the Boston bomber..

Powerful windstorm rocks Seattle..

Nebraska electric utilities will be monitoring upcoming Grid-Ex II

No one should be ok with this: Nearly 1 million chickens and turkeys are unintentionally boiled alive each year in U.S. slaughterhouses, often because fast-moving lines fail to kill the birds before they are dropped into scalding water, Agriculture Department records show

Watch your ingredients: Aspartame changes it name to Aminosweet

Peace prize winner..? DOUBLE DOWN, the new book about the 2012 election, reveals this tidbit about President Obama: He told aides that is he getting ‘really good at killing people’ when it comes to drone strikes.. And I guess he’s right. I wonder if he told Malala how great his skills are? Here is the article from the WASHINGTON POST that details this and other things from DOUBLE DOWN

When governments go after witches..

NIGHTMARE FACTORY shines light on horror movie icons..

All thumbs: Why is Megan Fox even in a CALL OF DUTY ad anyway?

LADYO GAGA

GAGA did her thing tonight.. And apparently a lot of people hated it

THE LA TIMES SAYS, 
She was crying too. Tears streamed silently down her face as she wailed, and viewers streamed silently out of the show. During the three minutes or so that Gaga was on screen more than 4,000 viewers exited and continued to do so as microphones cut in and out, cakes were mashed to uncover awards, and Tyler the Creator and Earl Sweatshirt were bleeped out for most of their unintelligible performance.
By the time the webcast was almost an hour in viewership had dropped from its peak of about 215,000 to a median of about 180,000. This for an event that 60 million people apparently voted for.
YouTube may break viral videos, but unless it tries harder next time it may not be able to break itself.  
There may have been a point to how she performed—she is performing the song like a junkie..
But this is the INTERNET baby! If people click off, it’s a loser.
However, in this case, they may be the losers… the performance is pretty darn good for purposely trying to sound bad.

Breathing problems becoming a problem in California

A must read:
Did you know…
  • 40 percent of people with asthma in California are renters, which can limit their ability to rid their homes of dust mites, mold, and secondhand smoke.
  • Children from low-income families are more likely to live next to freeways and be exposed to bio allergens from proximity to agricultural and industrial operations.
  • And nowhere in California is this more apparent than in the Central Valley.