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On the night after Dad’s passing, Anita (my sister), my aunt and uncle and I went through a ton of old photographs to use in the video that the funeral home would put together for the tribute that would play during visitation on the following night. Wilkerson Funeral did a very solid job in doing so and I wanted to share it on my blog.




I don’t want to say which one, but there is one photo in here that seriously broke my heart to include. It was Dad’s favorite photograph. It hung on the wall of his knife shop. Heck, it was the knife shop, the heart and soul of it. We knew we wanted it in the video, but it honestly hurt me to take it down on the morning before the visitation that night. It was like taking out the last lingering vestige of Dad’s presence from ...

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There is some question about whether or not this is real. Having watched numerous propaganda films made behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War, my gut tells me that it’s legit. That, and because this video does have that “Dear Leader/all others are inferior” tone which is a hallmark of North Korea’s regime.

It’s allegedly a propaganda video made by the North Korean government depicting life of the downtrodden proles in the United States.  Here in America we drink coffee made from snow (which is said to be in “abundance”), there are few birds because the starving masses living in tents have caught and eaten nearly all of them, dead bodies are piled up all over the place, Potemkin-ish cities disguised to look like those of Eastern Europe, unsuccessful Republican candidates are reduced to scrounging in the garbage, and it’s only because of aid from North Korea that we’re ...

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What if Game of Thrones came out a decade and a half earlier, in 1995?  Back when the style of fantasy television was dictated by shows like Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess.  What would it have been like?

Very likely, something like this…




So if Sam Raimi had made Game of Thrones back in the day, who would Kevin Sorbo have played? My guess is Eddard Stark.  Maybe a shaven-headed Bruce Campbell as Varys, or at least Petyr Baelish.

And Lucy Lawless?  No doubt about it: Cersei.

Kudos to YouTube user “hunterlsanders” for such a great piece of work!...

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Three days ago we laid Mom’s body to rest. I keep saying “Mom’s body” because that wasn’t Mom at all, not really. Everything that made Ruby Knight the wonderful, amazing and deeply beautiful woman that she was, God brought into His presence last Wednesday morning and out of that room at the hospice. All that we did two days later was to commit her earthly remains to the cemetery. It was as far as we are able to go in this world.

I am still recovering from it, although I’m sincerely shocked at how well I’ve been able to maintain myself through it all. Have there been tears? Absolutely. But… my girlfriend keeps telling me that I’m stronger than I was a year or so ago, when this would have completely devastated me. Probably to the point of needing severe medication. But this past week has seen me the furthest ...

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I am actually genuinely surprised that my good friend Brian (aka Darth Larry) had nothing to do with this, since he’s a bigger Star Wars geek than even I am and also an accomplished cello player!

Here’s the video that has musicians and saga fans alike everywhere talking today…

Thanks to Geoff Gentry for being the first among many to pass this along 🙂...

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When I first posted about this Thanksgiving’s deep-fried turkey earlier this evening, I forgot to mention that for this past holiday’s music to fry to, I chose to use Steve Jablonsky’s soundtrack for Gears of War 3. Should have made a note of that earlier ‘cuz hey, that kind of thing is important to my personal ritual of deep-frying turkey. Kristen and my friends that I was frying for all thought that it was a terrific score and perfect for the occasion 🙂

Well, a short while ago Kristen surprised me with this video that she put together of me preparing the turkey in the kitchen and then putting it into the oil… which turned out to be the most dangerous bird that I have yet to fry!! No seriously: a tiny bit of hot oil jumped up and hit me in the face. It startled me for a ...

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Good friend Deborah Taylor (who was previously known as Deborah Wilson 🙂 and her husband Dennie found this uproariously funny video and I just had to share it with y’all…

Y’know, Benny Hinn is known for pulling off mind tricks. And didn’t he once claim he could keep people from dying, just like Darth Plagueis was reputed to be capable of? Maybe there’s something to this….

I’m only wondering what should Hinn’s Sith title be. “Darth Pantene” perhaps?...

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This video made my day! While at Disneyland with her family Sariah Gallego got picked to jump on the stage of the Jedi Training Academy feature. But this was one girl who wasn’t satisfied with being a mere Padawan learner! No, she wanted something… more. She wanted to follow her passion. Even if that meant turning to the Dark Side of the Force.

And so in front of everybody including no less a person than Mace Windu, Sariah swore allegiance to Darth Vader and became his Sith apprentice! Behold the video…

Don’t know what else to say but… you go girl!! 🙂...

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