Video and the podcast stars

Something that's a bit of a revelation to us in the last year or so is our subscription to YouTube; that is, we pay for YouTube Premium, and watch it on our 65" TV.  More often than not, the resolution is 4K or close.  No ads, unless the video you're watching puts them in, and you can just FF ahead.  It's effectively stifled our interest in cable TV - especially news, as network news just doesn't have their shit together at all, and haven't for a long time with it just getting worse.  

Anyway, I see a lot of stuff that I really like, and I thought I'd share it with you here. 

From the Epicurious folks, here's an absolutely marvelous pancake recipe that made me want to eat way past the full point.  I think the guy here maybe overdoes it with some stuff, but just make this for a treat at least.  Is whipped butter even a thing?  I'll have to find it.  Or prepare it or whatever.  Anyway, this is AWESOME.

Something I've really come to be fascinated with and absolutely love is Gnosticism and the esoteric.  It's changed my life looking into that stuff.  Janice, too.  There's so much peace with discarding all the fear that we've been taught by our religion all our lives, and finding out that maybe the God you believe in, or should believe in, is all light and love.  A video like this will give you an indication of what it's all about.  I'm learning new things everyday and finding real happiness in my soul with this.  I don't feel guilty for being me anymore.  And I know, not believe but know, that if I ask God for something, I know God hears me and works beyond time.  I believe Jesus was sent to teach us how to bring that out in ourselves now.  He was called 'rabbi' after all - "teacher".  I really think folks would fall in love with the bible all over again through this very different lens, just because I think it makes way more sense.  Stop being afraid!

Next up along the same lines, here's a video about gnosticism and how Sophia and Mary Magdalene actually figure into biblical times.  This is a real eye opener to me.  I've always felt women were oppressed, but watching this makes me realize just how much Rome screwed up the world with its obvious patriarchal ambitions to preserve exclusive male dominance.  Was Jesus Mary's husband?  I don't know.  There's a non-zero chance.  But that number for me is closer to 100 than zero.  This would make women feel good about themselves, which clearly, has been thwarted by organized religion in general.  They've been subjugated into being subservient systematically through the ages, but I feel like an awakening is happening.  And I am so here for it.  A theory is that Chris Bledsoe's Divine Lady apparitions is actually Sophia, which would be the embodiment of all feminine energy.  The world is out of balance, and I feel Sophia can help restore that peacefully.

And one more on that side of the fence -- this is one that I've saved and re-watched, and will have to still, a lot.  It's very reassuring to think that you can gain this ability to handle situations in the best way possible; i.e. if you fight fire with fire, you'll only get a bigger fire.  A couple of weeks ago I lost my cool in a situational setting due to my lack of self discipline.  There's a lot of comfort in knowing that there is an alternative to dealing with things that way, and as a guy that's battling mental illness for a living, that's encouraging.  And a work in progress for me.  Everyone would benefit from this:

Here's one that'll get anyone at least a little bit angry.  These days, I believe that we're being lied to constantly about everything, from politics to religion to UFOs to all things "mystical".  To me, mysticism is just science we don't know yet, and religion teaches us to fear what we don't understand.  When you do that, you relinquish control to that which you don't grasp.  But, there really is an enlightenment and awakening going on right now, right under our noses.  The Trump mafia family; the Epstein files; Disclosure.... I don't remember a time when so much information has come out all at once.  Life changing, history changing information.  This is a clip of Greg Carlwood from the Danny Jones podcast, blowing the dust off nearly 100 year old facts that are why we are still living in the dark ages of energy and tech in general.  We've been forced to be stagnant by Big Oil all the way back to pre-WWII.  But once again.... all is being revealed, right?

Time to be a fungi now.... Magic Mushrooms!  I finally got to try them a couple of weeks ago via Golden Teacher tea.  Golden Teacher being the type of mushroom, I guess it's the most popular and gentle one.  With all the great things I've heard abou mushrooms, the one thing that staved me off was the barfing.  I.  Can't.  Handle.  Barfing.  So I needed a way around that, and I found a way to make tea with them, with a little fresh ginger and a splash of lemon with honey.  It's really quite good!  And the 'high' it brings is more of a deep sense of calm, empathy and focus.  Like with pot, everything seems brighter, but maybe more meaningful because it enhances focus, where gummies will make you happy, but very chill.  So will this, but... I think you'd have to see for yourself.  Janice had it with me recently and she loved the feeling.  There's no come-down on it, like with cannabis.  Funny how that is, isn't it?  No withdrawal symptoms from plant medicine.  But anyway, this following video explains the fantastic effects of psilocybin on the human brain, and how it has the potential to heal even Alzheimer's and other cognitive issues.  And yeah, man, it makes you happy!  The long term effects go beyond the high and give you a real sense of peace long after you've had it.  Like, for days.  At least.  I've no interest in illicit drugs, and cannabis and mushrooms are not those.

From mushrooms to Skinny Bob, here's a story I want you to see about a famous recording from fifty some years ago or more of an 'alien' crash site with UFO wreckage, and not just one surviving alien but several, as well as casualties.  This is one of the most heavily scrutinized videos in the genre, because it can't fully be disproven; and in fact looks more relevant with time.  As technology evolved, we were able to clean up old video like this reel to reel stuff and get a better look with some help from A.I. , but in case you think it's just A.I. , you get to see the original and enhanced copies.  This is the most real looking footage there is of non human intelligence.  If you've seen Spielberg's new movie "Disclosure Day", I'm sure you'll find he got a lot of info and inspiration from this very footage.  The Skinny Bob footage is here along with the "Family Vacation" clip.  Not explaining anymore, you have to see for yourself:

I guess that's all I'll stick on here for now.  Let me know what you think, if you'd like.  I'm always listening and watching.

Enjoy the rest of summer, my friends.

Odds 'n Ends July 17, 2026

I've been meaning to sit down and write a blog for awhile now, putting it off and putting it off.  I might have to put time aside on a certain day every so often and just hammer it out.  I've always got something to say.

I wonder if I should give the video blog thing a try, because it's the last perceptive link to context in physical media.  You can't completely get across your ideas strictly in text like you could a spoken word, with visual aid.  Though text has its advantages.  I can type something, re-read it, and change my mind, whereas when you speak, it's out there, and sometimes you have to retract.  But then the same can be said for text.  

Anyway...

This'll be an odds 'n ends post.

Knowing Nolan

*  Every three years is a Nolan year, last time being Oppenheimer, this year being Odyssey.  I'm looking forward to seeing the show, even though I'm not familiar with the Homer story.  I almost feel kind of uneducated knowing how well known the story is, and I've just never read it.  I went out and got the book American Prometheus that it's based on and only got through the first couple of chapters, simply because the typeface is so small in the book; I had to give it up because of my eye strain.  Not giving up on it though - I've got to get my eyes tested soon!  But anyway, the scale and scope of the story is monstrous, especially for an IMAX screen, which Nolan faithfully champions with all his movies now.  Hopefully we'll be seeing it next week.  There's also Spiderman Brand New Day coming in a couple of weeks that I'm looking forward to a lot.

"Listen..."

*  We did see Disclosure Day on preview day, the day before official release.  I knew that reviews for it would spoil a lot of it and probably be unfavorable to many critics, so I wanted to see it for myself first.  For anyone who's into UFO lore, a lot of the subject matter in the film will be quite familiar, and will 'get it' more, but this is a movie that's going to age not unlike many of Spielberg's stories, that is to say, revelatory as time passes, not unlike Close Encounters of the Third Kind, which Spielberg was way ahead with.  It did moderate box office business, but the real buzz will happen when it's out on VOD and blu ray.  Something it didn't quite touch on, understandably, was much of the religious aspect of disclosure.  I think that UFO theology and spirituality will merge noticeably in the coming months and years.  I recommend to anyone to read a book by Chris Bledsoe called "UFO of God", where Bledsoe really comes across as 'chosen', by something, and he equates his experiences with Godly and angelic characteristics.  He even claims he was healed of serious illnesses with his encounters.  He summons 'orbs', or light beings, at will regularly, and even takes videos of them that he posts online.  Government is paying attention to him, and with the recent spate of people investigating all things UFO disappearing (in some cases, being unalived), I kind of worry about him.  He's quite the gracious, humble guy.  And completely apolitical, which I think is of utmost importance when you approach that kind of subject matter.

Back in the U.S... back in the U.S... back in the U.S.S.A

*  American politics is really screwing up the world lately isn't it?  You have a mentally unstable, dementia ridden, child-raping, cannibalistic, wife abusing (let's face it, he either killed Ivana or had her killed), incestuous, racist, closet gay/homophobe combo, felonious, con artist, criminal-coddling demon in charge of the free world, who's hell bent on taking away said freedom to benefit his ultra-crooked family and friends and tank his country's prosperity in order to succumb to Netanyahu's and Israel's far, far right wishes.  The war he started with Iran, which he's trying so hard to drag the world into, is a constant distraction of the release of the Epstein files, which, when the truth comes out, he knows will absolutely decimate his empire for good.  In fact, it could be so cataclysmic that the political and entertainment industry could collapse under the weight of it all.  And I'm all for it.  If 2025 ushered in the Age of Aquarius and enlightenment, that would mean that the dark corners of society will have light shone in them and the world can begin healing.  It's been happening, and is happening, and will intensify as the days go by.  By the end of this decade, a very different world order will be upon us, and the U.S will not be at the center of it anymore.  The U.S. under Trump has really revealed the demonology at the center of its power, puppeteered by Israel and its motivations.  Notice I didn't say 'Jews', because radical Israeli politicians among the Jewish are grossly misrepresenting them, and most of them know it.  It's interesting how republicans point fingers at Canada saying we're becoming communistic when they themselves are at that forefront, but that's classic republican MAGA projectionism.  And the richer you are, it seems the more conservative you get, because you're holding on tight to that stupidly excess money.  And a simple millionaire isn't really that rich anymore.  But there is no such thing as a billionaire who is not a crook.  

Fungi Friday

*  This'll be a fascinating end to the week for me, as I'm going to embark on a journey with psilocybin, or magic mushrooms.  I'm choosing the Golden Teacher route, which is a 'beginner's' mushroom for the experience, that being it's not as intense or anything like other species of them can be.  I've heavily researched it and am taking all the precautions, and am going into it with eyes wide open.  Magic mushrooms, as a lot of us are hearing now, are supposed to be massive allies for brain function, which can potentially really help people like me with anxiety and neurological issues.  I read a lot of literature saying that they help the brain restore pathways and even actually physically heal it, so, I'm taking the responsible and practical approach to this and am looking forward to the experience.  The one thing that held me back was how emetophobic I am, or extremely afraid of vomiting, which seems to accompany some mushroom users.  So I researched it and found that you can actually make tea with the mushrooms so that you don't have to actually eat them, which is where the problem can be for me.  Watching this video helped in my research.  I may actually take videos of my experience and post them here, because if this really turns out well, I'm going to be championing it for everyone with mental illness, anxiety and depression.  Gemini is also assisting me in tackling this venture.  Note that I'm chiefly doing this for practical purposes and not recreationally, although I don't condemn or condone that.  We'll see where this road leads. 

Yahu for Putin

*  The collapse of Russia appears to be imminent.  For anyone who's truly paying attention, and I don't mean to mainstream media which seem to be cheerleaders for the 'mighty' Putin, it's pretty clear who's in charge of things right now.  If Putin and his cronies fall to the wayside, that opens up gates for other floodwaters to flow.  I believe Russia is subservient to Israel, and are working closely with Israeli hardliners to take down the U.S.  It isn't hard to see.  Clearly, Trump is compromised via the decisions he's making in attacking Iran on Israel's behalf, and Netanyahu knows how soft Trump is in his decision making - not to mention, people may forget that Jared Kushner is clearly beholden to Israel himself and is their Trump whisperer.  So... if Russia falls, eyes will turn toward the middle east, where leverage thru Putin will have vanished, which changes the dynamics of the Iran war significantly.  Without Putin's assistance, Iran may fall as well, but not from the war from the U.S., which is illegal in the ICC anyway.  Definitely potential Hague fodder.

That's a long fuggin' bungee

*  I don't know what to think of my hometown of Moncton these days.  We just had municipal elections that we hoped would set in action some kind of remedial program to deal with the homeless and get to the bottom of the rampant drug use, but absolutely no progress has been made that I can see.  The cost of shelter here is absolutely nuts, and power is the same.  Let me say this... I believe we lost our police force years ago when Camille Theriault was premier, and he and then-mayor Leopold Belliveau didn't do anything to support Monctonians who largely wanted to keep our local police.  In fact there was a campaign across the city to support the city police.  But we got the RCMP anyway... and less policing.  All while the city's population is exploding.  I would bet the RCMP, as they are now known, are frustrated behind the scenes at their lack of preparedness and resources.  I had high hopes Brian Murphy would be elected mayor this year and do something, but apparently he lost by a few hundred votes.  We now have mayor Shawn Crossman, whom I did not vote for because he didn't support a simple request by a friend of mine; and that was enough to lose my trust too.  I'll tell you this... Moncton is a hair's breadth away from becoming a true shithole city.  It's tragic and shameful how far we've dropped, and everyone else is talking about us.  We literally have a bad reputation for our lack of action on our problems.  I didn't vote for Susan Holt, either, because I didn't trust her to do what needed to be done.  And I was right.  Look... all you have to really do if you live here is take a long walk.  Walk downtown in Moncton and head to the bridge and walk across.  Step around the streets there.  Clean.  Hardly any noisy vehicles.  No homelessness.  And more greenery and less concrete.  I mean... I understand Covid hit us hard, really hard.  We have the hospitals, so the impact hit harder near them.  But that's over six years ago, ffs.  Why is this city so slow to bounce back??

I guess that's good for the time being.  If you're reading this, thanks for coming by!  I appreciate you.

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