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I have been wanting to go back over to the place where I had my original Kelley Jones art framed. They did such a lovely job that I had a thought...
You see, I'm in possession of an official schematic of the Saturn V rocket first stage booster. My father had it in his possession from his time at NASA (as an electrical technician) back in the 60s. It came to me after his passing.
It's been hanging in my cubicle at work for a year or two now. In some cheap frame I bought at Walmart. I've been toying with the idea of getting it professionally framed, as befits a piece of history.
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Probably not completely happy. Mildly happy, if I'm lucky.
The household seems to be suffering from a case of the first cold snap blahs. Everyone's a little sniffly, some aren't sleeping well, and there are several headaches in evidence.
It's become a sort of regular occurrence when the temperatures dip for the first time. A tradition, but a reminder that not all traditions are good ones.
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What I did end up watching is the first two episodes of It: Welcome to Derry. I'm a fan of the original novel, having read it at the tender age of 14 (I still have my first edition copy) when it originally came out.
I liked original film version with Tim Curry. And I liked the more recent version, despite some idiotic changes.
This was.....different. I find I have to divorce myself from the original content, so that the liberties the show runners take, and the stupidity of the overarching plot, don't drive me crazy.
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Damn! I saw that Forbes had an article saying the Willow series on Disney+ had a budget of $17 million per episode. Considering it failed so spectacularly they actually pulled the whole series from the platform, I'd say that was another in what's become a long line of money sinks by the house of mouse.
I'd laugh, if the destruction of so many once beloved franchises weren't so sad.
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In case anyone wants to read one of the most idiotic lists of all time, the kind that helps degrade all of human civilization:
THE 200 “BEST” HORROR MOVIES OF ALL TIME
For my own sanity, I had to put the word best in quotation marks.
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Hopefully, the changes won't be too drastic. I'd hate to lose all my posts and threads. Still, any changes are probably long overdue. I think the current form of the boards has been around for about 20 years. At least, that's how long I've been posting.
I think one of the biggest changes I've seen (besides cooler people being replaced by far less cool people) was the addition of the Archive section. Followed by the actual Fawtly folk helping break things so much that The Lord of All Code (R.I.P) finally found a way to let threads go on forever.
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Then there was another weird occurrence when I got to the building. Dude in a pickup truck, park at the entrance the building's driveway. I went past him to the parking garage, and he moved a bit further up. As I was walking to the building, he kept pulling through towards the garage.
Before he could enter the garage, he turned to exit the driveway. Then he looped around. I had to come back down a few minutes later because I forgot the leftover Halloween candy in my vehicle, and he was parked in the garage. Weird.
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Today I solved a mystery which has haunted the depths of my mind for probably close to 40 years. I remember being a young lad and finding a supernatural horror movie on that had John Hurt as Asmodeus.
I promptly forgot about, but vague knowledge of it has returned over the decades since, encroaching on my thoughts every so often. It did so again today, so I finally decided to look it up.
Gods bless the internet. The movie Spectre, from 1977. It was a pilot developed by Gene Roddenberry - think Holmes and Watson, but (for the time) modern and investigating the occult. It wasn’t picked up for a series, but they expanded it to a sort of TV movie.
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In a fit of pique because they didn't get a series, Spectre went on to attempt to conquer the world, and were defeated by James Bond.
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And today will be another long one. Work, plus a regular troop meeting tonight. And I think I'll have to force the boy to volunteer for grubmaster again. I don't think he got everything he needed signed off last time.
We'll also be hosting a bunch of AoL Cub Scouts tonight. Hopefully, they'll all crossover to the troop.
We're also going to present the Spirit of the Eagle Award to the parents of the scout who passed away awhile back. I'm sure that'll be emotional. Not for me, mind you. I'm an emotional black hole. The only thing that escapes my gravity well is annoyance (and the occasional anger) and disappointment.
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In a fit of pique because they didn't get a series, Spectre went on to attempt to conquer the world, and were defeated by James Bond.
And, sadly, they gave up using the occult for the efforts. Focusing instead on Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion. How boring.