KHEL 666: December 2012

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Would You Eat Bugs?

Dan poses an interesting question. Here's my response.

I saw a program about this via Netflix. I believe it was from the National Geographic Channel.

Knowing that Carmine coloring is made from Cochneal insects doesn't particularly bother me, and I thought I could probably eat the grasshopper burger that they showed on the program and not be squicked out by it.

I could eat scorpions because they're rather similar to crustaceans, and I do eat shrimp and crab. But when you said cockroaches? Forget it, I'd die!

Dan has other great topics to discuss as well. I've really enjoyed his Vlog. Do check it out!

Great Charities: Child Saving Institute

Learn about the Child Saving Institute in Omaha, Nebraska here. They do great work to help abused kids, runaways, and pregnant teens.

Funk Roberts MMA Workout

If you're looking for a new routine, here's one that you might enjoy trying.

I like this guy's personality, and if you're like me and like old school rap, the soundtrack is great! He has a lot of free workout videos that you can pick from.

Obviously, I will never be as strong and fit as Mr. Roberts. I'm pushing 50 real hard, and I have back and joint problems. But I've learned that there is no reason to feel ashamed about modifying the routine. If I were to do "Burpees" I would end up in the ER with my back thrown out. Instead, I would probably do one leg at a time, or do pushups instead.

There are exercises for everyone, regardless of your level of fitness, and regardless of your size. Don't let haters stop you from doing something good for yourself. So sayeth the evil fat broad with the snarky attitude. I will keep exercising until the day that I can't. Because I actually do enjoy it.

Friday, December 28, 2012

The Times Playlist

Here is a playlist for you from The Times. It's a time machine to the early 1980s. This band did not get much airplay in the U.S., at least not in the part of the country where I was living. Maybe in New York or L.A. or places like that. I honestly don't know.

Times: I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Cultural Joking with Maz Jobrani

Cultural jokes are not racist jokes. We should be able to laugh at ourselves a little. This does not mean it's ever okay to make mean jokes at another's expense.

For instance, I'm a fat person of East European descent. I laugh at fat jokes if they aren't mean spirited. Usually such jokes are made by fellow fatties. I also enjoy a good European joke, if I can find one. Polack jokes are the most prevalent, but some of those can be mean spirited.

Please remember, it's one thing to have a little fun. It's another to be mean at someone else's expense. Which is why I hope that Daniel Tosh falls into a pit of flaming sewage and dies horribly. He is a pathetic, nasty little man who never grew out of being a school yard bully.

But enough of my lecturing. Let's enjoy the routine with Maz Jobrani!

Happy holidays to all! Let's hope that Daniel Tosh's heart becomes several sizes bigger and he learns to be a nice guy. I'm not holding my breath, though.

Illsa

In My Arms

Monday, December 24, 2012

Om Nama Shivaya Mantra

Om Jayanti Mangala Kali

The Tears of Kali

Pulp Fiction Soundtrack

Sunday, December 23, 2012

"Pulp Fiction" Playlist

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Aha Moment!

Image found here.

Dahlings, the light bulb has gone on! I thought it had burnt out, but nay, there is still juice enough to produce an idea or two. I just realized that with this Posterous system, I can publish posts to multiple blogs, including multiple Blogger blogs! So now you can find me in multiple places. Choose one or more to follow the Tempest!

KHEL 666 (mixed use blog with multiple authors)

KHEL 666 on Facebook

Tempest on Facebook

Tempest on Posterous

Torrid Tempest (My personal mish mosh)

UNDEAD in the Netherworld (Primarily a Creative blog with multiple authors)

UNDEAD on Facebook

I also have Twitter account, a Tumblr Log, and a Typepad blog, but to be honest, I don't check those very often. It's a bit too much to keep up with.

The Geminids

Pardon my crass language, Dahlings, but You Tube has a butt ton of videos about the Geminids. Do click the link to get your Science on.

The image was found in this nifty article. I learned that most meteors are caused by a passing comet, but the Geminids are caused by an asteroid. This makes them slower moving than most meteor showers. Who knew? Well... I didn't.

Enjoy the article and the videos!

XOXO,

Tempest

The Perfect Stranger

Illsa's Illin' Movie Reviews: Tales of Terror

Bullet for a Vampire: Ye Gods, was this awful. The mobsters were funny in their way, but overall, the acting was as wooden as the stakes. As for the "home movie" at the beginning, it went on way too long. Don't try to be poignant when you know you're delivering schlock.

The Town that Loved Pizza: Amusing in its own awful way. Looks like a bunch of students got drunk on cheap beer and decided to make a movie.

The Garden Tool Murders: This is the most enjoyable of the lot. The action seemed to flow more smoothly.

Demon's Day: This one played like a video from an understandably forgotten, not particularly talented, and extremely cheesy hair metal band.

To be kind, this was a lower than low budget production. They worked with what they had available.

On the positive side, the people involved obviously enjoyed themselves. There are some potentially excellent character actors. They had heart, you have to give them that.

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Cosmic!

In honor of the fact that we're all going to eat flaming death tonight at midnight, here's a bunch of videos about our evil, evil galaxy! These were created by Cosmic Journeys.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Netherworld Cinema: Dagon

BRITTNEY AND EMRALD'S REVIEW

Guest starring Mr. Howard Phillips Lovecraft

BRITTNEY: The special effects were cheesy as hell, and not in a good way.

EMRALD: Still, it was infinitely more watchable than the last film we reviewed. The acting was better and the cinematography was superior.

BRITTNEY: It was slightly more true to the story--but to the wrong story. This was "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," not "Dagon." Although of course Lovecraft's "Shadow Over Innsmouth..."

HPL: Deep ones don't have octopus tentacles for legs!

EMRALD: Lovecraft's "Shadow Over Innsmouth" did not include creatures with octopus tentacles for legs.

HPL: To quote that fellow Robert Olmstead, whom I interviewed for my investigative report, entitled, of course, "The Shadow over Innsmouth..." Well, let me just read you the passage wherein he describes the bus driver, a Deep One hybrid.

(clears throat)

"His age was perhaps thirty-five, but the odd, deep creases in the sides of his neck made him seem older when one did not study his dull, expressionless face. He had a narrow head, bulging, watery-blue eyes that seemed never to wink, a flat nose, a receding forehead and chin, and singularly undeveloped ears. His long thick lip and coarse-pored, greyish cheeks seemed almost beardless except for some sparse yellow hairs that straggled and curled in irregular patches; and in places the surface seemed queerly irregular, as if peeling from some cutaneous disease. His hands were large and heavily veined, and had a very unusual greyish-blue tinge. The fingers were strikingly short in proportion to the rest of the structure, and seemed to have a tendency to curl closely into the huge palm. As he walked toward the bus I observed his peculiarly shambling gait and saw that his feet were inordinately immense."

HPL: You see, dear ladies, he had feet. Feet! Not octopus tentacles! And listen to this, my friends. This is from my investigative report, entitled Dagon. The poor fellow who gave me this information asked not to be named, and I respected this wishes. Just listen a moment.

(clears throat)

"Of their faces and forms I dare not speak in detail, for the mere remembrance makes me grow faint. Grotesque beyond the imagination of a Poe or a Bulwer, they were damnably human in general outline despite webbed hands and feet, shockingly wide and flabby lips, glassy, bulging eyes, and other features less pleasant to recall. Curiously enough, they seemed to have been chiselled badly out of proportion with their scenic background; for one of the creatures was shown in the act of killing a whale represented as but little larger than himself."

HPL: Does this report make any mention of octopus tentacles?

Emrald: Well, no, Mr. Lovecraft. No octopus tentacles.

HPL: Feet, my dear ladies. Webbed feet. Feet are mentioned. Feet.

Emrald: Absolutely, Mr. Lovecraft. Feet.

HPL: Do you know what else was not mentioned in my investigative report, dear ladies?

Brittney: Let me guess. Sex-crazed octopus creature hybrids with staring eyes.

HPL: Yes. And Dagon is not an octopus monster in a well which tears women's arms off in its lust to impregnate them with its spawn.

Emrald: Would you like a cup of tea, Mr. Lovecraft?

HPL: I would, my dear. But could you add a little something--extra to it? If you take my meaning.

(Cuzzin Hildy-Bob enters room)

Cuzzin Hildy-Bob: Howdy, gals! Howdy, Mr. Lovecraft! Would y'all like a nice cup of my special Xmahannukwanzyule Shine Spiced Cider?

HPL: That would be the very thing, dear Cuzzin Hildy-Bob. Thank you so much! Have you seen this film? It's a travesty, my friend, an absolute travesty!

Cuzzin Hildy-Bob: (calls into hallway) Hey, Virgie, better make Mr. Lovecraft's a double!

Coming up next:

Brittney, Emrald, and Mr. Lovecraft review the film version of "Herbert West, Re-Animator."

Brittney, Emrald, and H.P. Lovecraft

For FOGNL/UNDEAD Entertainment

Monday, December 17, 2012

Netherworld Cinema: The Lurking Fear

Happy Lovecraftmas

Merry Xmahannukwanzyule to all the Lovecraft Groupies. We found a whole bunch of Lovecraft videos to share. So don't say we never gave you anything. --Brittney

Sunday, December 16, 2012

A People's History of the American Empire

Zero: An Investigation into 9/11

Fahrenheit 9/11

Join me in watching the full Fahrenheit 9/11 movie.

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