Month: September 2016

As the old globe turns: Did you use to Oxiclean your Mandela Effect?

I feel ‘oxy cuted’ .. you know that product, right? No, not the pimple meditation.. the other stuff that Billy Mays sold before his death.

Ocyclean?

There is a problem, of course.. the product, despite what I always thought, is not called Oxyclean. It is OXICLEAN. With an I not a Y.

Really..

Don’t believe me? Look it up..
I know, I know.. impossible! You recall the ads that said ‘oxycute’ dirt..Or pimples.. you know that the “oxy” was a reference to oxygen somehow being used in conjunction with the cleaner..? Am I way off base here?

But that is not what this timeline is serving up to you.

I have not written about the now famed ‘Mandela Effect’ lately. Which is actually too bad. I have had and led several conversation with friends and family over the past few months regarding the topic. Recently Heather Wade had a very listenable program on the September 1 edition of MIDNIGHT IN THE DESERT regarding the topic, should you want to go back and have a look-see.

But this Oxy….I mean Oxiclean issue is the most recent type of time slip I have experienced that actually, well, angered me. Anger because it just stopped making sense. Angry because my sanity feels in jeopardy so often when I delve into this whole time slip notion.

You and I have heard the scientists and experts pooh pooh the Mandela Effect theory.. mass hallucination! Sure, tens of thousands of people remember the BerenSTEIN Bears.. and yes, so many—including me—recall King Henry VIII holding a giant turkey leg in a painting that was pictured in history books in the 1980s.. The list goes on and it is being added to daily. Check Mandelaeffect.com for the complete annals of alternative history. It is an amazing site that no one can replicate.. Add your own commentary and voice to it as well.

With the latest Oxyclean or Oxiclean conundrum I experienced, it reminded me of another recent topic that I did not write about: The movie DAZED AND CONFUSED. No, it was not a good film. It was that typical early 90s teen angst not so funny type of movie.. But it also has created a chapter in the history books of Mandela Effect lure. Did you ever hear of the theory that there was a land mass off of the coast of Australia? It was a large mass and many thousands of people recall it—oddly they all recall it in around the same vicinity. There is no recorded evidence of this mass, or as some have dubbed it, Taured, existing. (also Google the MAN FROM TAURED for some creepy late night reading) .. However, a brief classroom scene from the film DAZED AND CONFUSED may add to the mystery. During the short snipped, there is actually a globe spinning that seemingly has that creepy now vanished land mass!

I went through the normal notion that it was a mistake. Just a misprinted map used in the film. Heck maybe even intentionally done. But this was in 93, long before the Mandela Effect theory. Then I thought, perhaps, the island shaped something was just a map legend. Or a logo of the company who printed it.. But it looks to island-shaped to be such. Or maybe so many people remember the map from DAZED AND CONFUSED that they became dazed and confused and recall this map as real history?

Frankly, none of it makes sense.

So why would a little dumb movie be the key to the Mandela Effect? I have no clue. Perhaps the giant computer programmer in the sky forgot this movie even existed, so much so that the computer code erasing history never was updated the correct way?!
And why would Oxyclean now have an I…?

What if this…super computer popping into parallel dimdimensionsd messing with the timeline not only there, but also here? Sounds like fiction. But get this. (link) The website HACKED reported a year ago that a venture capitalist for the D-Wave computer system announced it had broke the 1000 qubit barrier and that some weird things are now happening.. The managing director of the company, Steve Jurveston, said that now super computers have become so powerful that they actually harness the computing power of huge numbers of parallel universes! Pretty quantum and crazy…

Can we blame D-Wave?

Can you blame CERN?

And …why ..
And why..
And you know what is coming up? September 22. Or the 23rd. That is the date when some weird stuff happens. At least some speculate such.

So in moments like this, during times of frustrating no-answer question sessions, the best thing to do is sit back, pop in Forest Gump and realize you misquoted it your entire life (or did you) and eat a big giant turkey leg.

King Henry style.

Sent from my Sprint Tablet.

September 10, 2016
KUBO pulls emotional strings

Here is the synopsis of the film KUBO AND THE TWO STRING:

Living with his mother in peace, Kubo’s life is changed when he is tasked with finding the sword unbreakable, armor and helmet to defeat his sinister aunts and destructive grandfather. To assist, a monkey and beetle are on hand to help him.

But it goes from there to become one of the greatest and most powerful movies I have ever seen..

My son Ayden took note of the ads on TV for it, we decided as a family to make a movie day. None of us were ready for the wild ride of emotions that hit us.. From laughter and sadness to complete tears and enormous joy and pride of the hero of our film..

Kubo starts with a story that we should not blink.. that the story about to be told is very important.. It is not a lie.

One of my favorite entertainment sites the Flickering Myth has a good review of the film on its site. But not even the review does justice .. the movie is beyond emotional..

By the time the final act arrives, and the remake of MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS begins to play, Mom and Dad were tearful wrecks while Ayden was asking to see the movie again.

It was deep and meaningful.. it had moments for children and adults.. very strong, strong moments.

It is one of the best movies I have ever seen.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hUOKjy-9-o?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque]

September 6, 2016
Small town clowns attack again

A few days ago, I wrote about the ‘small town clowns’ scare going on in South Carolina. It just got weirder.. Not only there but in a lot of other places. Heck, maybe YOU are dressed like a clown reading this!?

A local FOX affiliate in South Carolina quoted someone saying ‘this is serious’ after yet another incident of a clown occurrence took place in the state. The latest took place on August 31.. The complainant, a woman, told officers that a person dressed as a clown was standing in her backyard. She snapped a photo and the person ran off. Police said the responding officer tried to view the photo on the woman’s phone but the image was too dark to make out… The closest SC had to proof yet! Unfortunately it is shrouded in the darkness of the night.

But get this: It is not just South Carolina suddenly fearful.

An NBC affiliate in Ohio is reporting that someone in a clown outfit chased a 14-year-old from his bus stop.. The report also claims that the clown was carrying a knife during the run.

Police are warning that whoever the clowns are, they will be arrested,

And with that.. Heat Street says that the fear of clowns is sweeping the globe. Sounds ominous. They used an interesting photo for their story:

The site reports,

Coulrophobia – the fear of clowns – might seem like an old-joke from the 1990s – but more and more people are signing up to it.

In recent years, clown masks have become a new favourite to intimidate and scare people.

I don’t want to toot my own horn too much (but I am on the cutting edge of pop culture! I swear I am!) but I predicted this a few weeks ago. When one little article popped up regarding clowns, I went to my Facebook page and alerted readers that clown season was coming back again.

It happened years before, too.. Check my articles from the past to jog your memory. In 2014, for example, I wrote about the great clown panic of the autumn of that year. This year, the panic seems to be growing.

Clowns behaving badly. People dressing like clowns.

The autumn winds and early seasonal changes make this time of year perfect for clown scares.. Seriously. The night begins to creep in .. clowns symbolize the end of life (the big inflated noses and white skin, coupled with scraggly hair, are all the active signs of a corpse decomposing) .. I expect more clown scares before the end of the fall in the pre-weeks to the Halloween season.

This is my favorite time of year. The colors, the smells, the feel of the air.. the things to do. And the clowns to see.

September 5, 2016
FAMOUS LAST WORDS

A SEPTEMBER 2 2016 DISPATCH: FAMOUS LAST WORDS

FAMOUS LAST WORDS BY BILLY JOEL

Sitting here in Avalon, looking at the pouring rain
Summer time has come and gone, and everybody’s home again
Closing down for the season, I found the last of the souvenirs
I can still taste the wedding cake and it’s sweet after all these years

These are the last words I have to say
That’s why this took so long to write
There will be other words some other day
But that’s the story of my life

There’s comfort in my coffee cup and apples in the early fall
They’re pulling all the moorings up and gathering at the Legion Hall
They swept away all the streamers after the Labor Day parade
Nothing left for a dreamer now, only one final serenade

And these are the last words I have to say
Before another age goes by
With all those other songs I’ll have to play
But that’s the story of my life

And it’s so clear standing here where I am
Ain’t that what justice is for?
Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn anymore

Stack the chairs on the table tops
Hang the sheets on the chandeliers
It slows down but it never stops
Ain’t it sweet after all these years

And these are the last words I have to say
It’s always hard to say goodbye
But now it’s time to put this book away
Ain’t that the story of my life

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96Ws05V3NsQ]

September 5, 2016