Each used only once therefore one song could only represent an entire run. This list could change in the future but for now here we are. Share your opinions if you like 250 Come To My Window – Melissa Etheridge 249 Constant Craving – K.D. Lang 248 Great Balls of Fire – Jerry Lee Lewis 247 Time of Your Life – Green Day 246 Hunger Strike – Temple of the Dog 245 Zombie – The Cranberries 244 Shut Up and Dance With Me – Panic at the Disco 243 Believer – Imagine Dragons 242 Unchained Melody – Righteous Brothers 241 Poker Face – Lady Gaga 240 Dark Horse – Katy Perry 239 Salt - Ava Max 238 It’s Not Over - Daughtry 237 Oops I Did It Again – Brittany Spears 236 Music of the Night – Michael Crawford 235 She’s A Maniac – Michael Sambello 234 What A Feeling - Irene Cara 233 The Greatest Adventure – Glenn Yarbrough 232 Man In Motion – John Par 231 No Easy Way Out – Robert Tepper 230 Free Bird – Lynard Skynard 229 Old Fashion Love Song – Three Dog Night 228 Pretty Mary Sunlight – Jerry Reed 227 Sex and Candy – Marcy Playground 226 Genie In A Bottle – Dove Cameron 225 Groovin – The Rascals 225 The Stray Cat Strut – The Stray Cats 224 Mickey – Toni Basil 223 Cover Girl – New Kids On the Block 222 Bye Bye – Nsync 221 Unknown Stuntman – Lee Majors 220 What’s Going On – Lee Majors 219 1985 – Bowling For Soup 218 Speed Racer – Matthew Sweet 217 Collide – Howie Day 216 Been Around The World Tonight – Lisa Stansfield 215 Shattered – O.A.R. 214 Bad Day – Daniel Powter 213 Two Become One – Spice Girls 212 Don’t Speak – No Doubt 211 Rome – B52s 210 One Of Us – Joan Osbourne 209 I Got My Mind Set On You – George Harrison 208 You and Me - Life House 207 I’ll Be – Edwin McCain 206 Walking In Memphis – Mark Cohan 205 Iris – Goo Goo Dolls 204 How To Save A Life - The Fray 203 High Life Again – Steve Windwood 202 Love In the First Degree – Alabama 201 Bad Company – Bad Company 200 Life In A Northern Town - Dream Academy 199 Video Killed the Radio Star – The Boggles 198 The Unknown Stuntman – Lee Majors 197 Fine Fine Day - Tony Carey 196 The Forgotten Years - Midnight Oil 195 Baby I Need Your Loving – The Four Tops 194 California Dreaming – Mamas and the Papas 193 The Game - Motorhead 192 Kokomo – The Beach Boys 191 Tub Thumping - Chumbawamba 190 Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum 189 Secret Garden – Bruce Springsteen 188 My Girl – Temptations 187 I Will Remember You – Sarah Mclaughlin 186 Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore - REO Speedwagon 185 Alan Parson’s Project – Eye In The Sky 184 Losing My Religion - REM 183 Stayin Alive – Bee Gees 182 Final Countdown – Europe 181 I Ran – Flock of Seagulls 180 Never Surrender – Corey Hart 179 Every Breath You Take – The Police 178 We Didn’t Start the Fire – Billy Joel 177 Only the Lonely – The Motels 176 Come On Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners 175 Show Me the Way – Stix 174 Heaven - Warrant 173 You Got It All – The Jetts 172 Honesty – Stryper 171 Southern Cross – Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young 170 Don’t You Forget About Me – Simple Minds 169 Footloose – Kenny Loggins 168 Glory of Love – Peter Cetera 167 Africa – Toto 166 When A Man Loves A Woman – Percy Sledge 165 Forever – KISS 164 Talk Talk – It’s My Life 163 When I You Smile – Gloria Estafan 162 Search Is Over – Survivor 161 Head Over Feet – Alanis Morissette 160 First Cut Is the Deepest – Sheryl Crow 159 Life Goes On - Poison 158 Head Over Heels – Tears For Fears 157 Fine Young Cannibals – She Drives Me Crazy 156 Power of Love – Celine Dion 155 Kyra – Mr Mister 154 Eternal Flame – The Bangles 153 Fast Cars – Tracey Chapman 152 Telstar – Tornadoes 151 It Must have been Love – Roxette 150 Ordinary World – Duran Duran 149 Dare to Be Stupid – Weird Al 148 Beauty and the Beast – Angela Lansbury 147 Living After Midnight – Judas Priest 146 Forever Young – Alphaville 145 Take On Me – A-Ha 144 White Rabbit – Jefferson Starship 143 Hazard – Richard Marx 142 Nobody’s Fool – Cinderella 141 What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong 140 Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond 139 Kiss From A Rose – Seal 138 Easy – Lionel Richie 137 When the Night Comes – Joe Cocker 136 Keeper of the Flame – Martin Page 135 Hello – Adele 134 Don’t Dream It’s Over – Crowded House 133 Constant Craving – K.D. Lang 132 Praying For Time – George Michaels 131 Natural Woman – Aretha Franklin 130 Wind Beneath My Wings – Bette Midler 129 Two Out of Three Aint Bad – Meat Loaf 128 Let It Be – The Beatles 127 Chasing Cars - Snow patrol 126 She’s Like the Wind – Patrick Swayze 125 Daydream Believer – The Monkees 124 No More Mister Nice Guy – Alice Cooper 123 Make Me Lose Control – Eric Carmen 122 I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Whitney Houston 121 You Are Not Alone – Michael Jackson 120 I Drove All Night – Cyndi Lauper 119 She’s In Love With the Boy – Trisha Yearwood 118 Good Bye to You – Scandal 117 The Gambler – Kenny Rogers 116 Do I Have to Say the Words – Bryan Adams 115 Owner of A Lonley Heart - Yes 114 Tom Sawyer - Rush 113 Kiss the Rain – Billie Myers 112 Aint No Sunshine – Bill Withers 111 Never Tear Us Apart – INXS 110 She’s All I Ever Had – Ricky Martin 109 Amanda - Boston 108 Georgia On My Mind – Ray Charles 107 Steam – Peter Gabrial 106 Mental Pictures – Jon Secada 105 Summer Breeze – Seals and Croft 104 Popcorn – Hot Butter 103 I Just Called To Say I Love You – Stevie Wonder 102 Dirty Deeds – Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 101 Shadows of the Night – Pat Benatar 100 Only Time – Enya 99 If I Could Turn Back Time – Cher 98 Sailing – Christopher Cross 97 Dreamer - Ozzy Ozborne 96 Time In A Bottle – Jim Croce 95 Lost In Your Eyes – Debbie Gibson 94 Ballad of Jane – LA Gunns 93 Here I Go Again – White Snake 92 Best of Intentions – Travis Tritt 91 Drift Away - Dolby Gray 92 Suspicious Minds – Elvis Presly 91 Live To Tell – Madonna 90 Try - Pink 89 Maria - Blondie 88 White Flag – Dido 87 Can You Takle Me High Enough – Damn Yankee 86 When I’m With You – Sheriff 85 November Rain – Guns and Roses 84 The Touch – Stan Bush 83 Eyes Without A Face – Billy Idol 82 Sweet Little Lies – Fleetwood Mac 81 All My Love – Led Zepplin 80 Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd 79 Toy Soldier – Martika 78 Return To Innocence – Enigma 77 Bette Davis Eyes – Kim Carnes 76 I Will Always Love You – Dolly Parton 75 I Die Without You – PM Dawn 74 Runaway – Del Shannon 73 Maybe Baby – Buddy Holly 72 Can’t Help Falling In Love – Lick The Tin 71 Power of Goodbye – Night Ranger 70 You Sing To Me – Marc Anthony 69 End of the Road – Boyz II Men 68 I Swear – All For One 67 Karma Chameleon – Culture Club 66 Drowning – Backstreet Boys 65 Willie Nelson – The Scientist 64 Night Shift - Commodores 63 In the Year 2525 - Zager and Evans 62 Yellow – Jodie Whittaker 61 Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison 60 Into The Great Wide Open – Tom Petty 59 Hurt – Johnny Cash 58 Space Oddity – David Bowie 57 Send Me An Angel – Scorpions 56 Starting All Over Again – Hall and Oates 55 Price of Love – Bad English 54 Beast of Burden – Rolling Stones 53 Standing Outside A Broken Phonebooth With Money In MyHand – Primitive Radio Gods 52 Faithfully - Journey 51 I feel You Breathe – Faith Hill 50 Nothing Compares To You – Sinead O’connor 49 Purple Rain - Prince 48 With Or Without You – U2 47 Alive – Pearl Jam 46 Drive – The Cars 45 Been In Love Before – Cutting Crew 44 Take Me Hom Tonight – Eddie Money 43 Making Love Out Nothing At All - Air Supply 42 Open Your Eyes - Asia 41 Land Down Under – Men at Work 40 You’re So Vain – Carly Simon 39 I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats 38 True – Spandau Ballet 37 Please Remember Me – Tim Macgraw 36 Lucky One – Amy Grant 35 I Live My Life For You – Firehouse 34 Sunshine on Leith – David Tennant 33 I’m Gonna Be 500 Miles - Proclaimers 32 I’ll Stand By You – The Pretenders 31 Faraway – Nickelback 30 Total Eclipse of the Heart – Bonnie Tyler 29 Let It Go - Newzboys 28 Steel Bars – Michael Bolton 27 Angels – Robbie Williams 26 Hands To Heaven – Breathe 25 Thank You For Loving Me – Bon Jovi 24 Dream On – Aerosmith 23 When Its Love – Van Halen 22 Tarzan Boy – Baltimora 21 Foreigner – Until The End of Time 20 More Then You Think I Am – Danny Gokey 19 Somebody Saved My Life Tonight – Elton John 18 Stand By With Me – Ben E. King 17 I’ll Take You Back – Jeremy Camp 16 Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It – Darius Rucker 15 Blues Eyes Blue – Eric Clapton 14 Werewolves of London – Warren Zebon 13 Downtown Trains – Rod Stewart 12 Here Without You – Three Doors Down 11 As I Lay Me Down – Sophie B Hawkins 10 Unwell - Matchbox 20 9 I Wish It Would Rain Down – Phil Collins 8 Have You Ever Wanted Someone So Bad – Def Leppard 7 Heart of the Matter – Don Henley 6 Annie Lennox – Why 5 Alone – Heart 4 All of Me Loves All of Youy – John Legend 3 My Immortal - Evanessence 2 Perfect – Ed Sheran 1 Show Must Go On – Queen

50. KOKO B. WARE 49. JOHNNY B. BADD 48. BAM BAM BIGELOW 47. ANDRE THE GIANT 46. HILLBILLY JIM 45. RAZOR RAMON 44. TITO SANTANA 43. MR. PERFECT 42. SID VICIOUS 41. BARRY WINDHAM 40. BIG BOSSMAN 39. RIC FLAIR 38. SHAWN MICHAELS 37. ARN ANDERSON 36. TERRY FUNK 35. MUTA 34. JEFF JARRETT 33. VAN VADER 32. DAMIAN PRIEST 31. CODY RHODES 30. ‘RAVISHING’ RICK RUDE 29. HANGMAN PAIGE 28. ROB VAN DAM 27. DUSTIN RHODES 26. JOHN CENA 25. KEVEN OWENS 24. MIKE ROTUNDA 23. GOLDBERG 22. MARK BRISCO 21. SETH ROLLINS 20. ROMAN REIGNS 19. ‘STONE COLD’ STEVE AUSTIN 18. THE ROCK 17. ‘ROWDY’ RODDY PIPER 16. RANDY ORTON 15. UNDERTAKER 14. BOOKER T 13. SWERVE STRICKLAND 12. EDGE 11. WILL OSPREAY 10. AJ STYLES 9. JAKE ‘THE SNAKE’ ROBERTS 8. ‘MILLION DOLLAR MAN’ TED DIBIASE 7. REY MYSTERIO 6. RANDY ‘MACHO MAN’ SAVAGE 5. DUSTY RHODES 4. EDDIE GUERRERO 3. BRET ‘THE HITMAN’ HART 2. HULK HOGAN 1. STING

It's hard to loose family, no matter how close you may or may not be to that person. You get use to having them around. Believing that they are immortal. Surviving every obstacle in their way to earn the right to stay here with us forever no matter what. Right now many are feeling this with the lose personally and celebrity wise. Then we find out that is not possible, no matter how we may plead and beg. It is through the promise of Jesus Christ, that we will rise again with him. And that through him we are whole. Right now, extended family (counting all the friends too) has begun to grieve the lose of their family. And eventually will go on but for now going to cry a bit. Throw in some laughs through the tears, maybe even a smile. When we remember how you were just a comfortable person. You were a character and you gave a damn about others. I liked having you around. Didn't know you as long as the rest but I counted you as a good friend. That's okay because I believe in the promise that all will be one and we will meet again, someday. She lives on in our memories and through Christ Almighty. Eternal peace and happiness to all who have passed on. You are love d , you are missed and will never be forgotten.

If you have a talent, of any kind. An ability to create; teach; talk or invent, remember that this is evidence of God. Those clever ideas; acts of kindness is all because of God and that you chose to listen to that voice in your head. That voice that spoke to you about forgiveness; kindness; hope and love. It can take many forms through voices of others; actions and writing. The nature of it's origin is the same. God grants us the tools; the answers and reason for our actions. Is we listen or not is on us. Corruption of beauty is on us because we listened to the wrong voice. The jealous; bitter; selfish voice that only wants to be proven right. Wants to drag us into a world of endless pain. God is not Pain. God is not prejudice. God is not hate. God does not need us to be rich. God wants us to be loved and to love. Real love that includes strengthening each other in that love that originates within us that comes from GOD. God already knows that He right. He wants to help us in the most subtle ways. May not open the clouds and scream but will show He cares when someone calls you up and sees how you are. Shares a candy bar with you. Draws a pictures. That is all because God spoke to us about how that would be kind and we listened. We are needed. We matter. We are loved by many more then we can imagine. May be we did not know we did. We all get lost and we all get hurt. Keep reaching, block out out the that hateful bitter voice telling you that you are crap. It wants you to fail. It wants you to fade into nothing, but between the noise of unimportant stuff, is God telling you, 'I coming with help. Reach for me'. We can be that help if we listen to the kindness of God. We are one and together through Jesus Christ, WE HAVE WON. Please remember that. No matter what you are going through, please know God loves loves you. Jesus Christ loves you. They are real. Feel that.

When I was younger, I spent a lot time with my Grandparents on my mom side. Learned how to see life from my Grandfather Mercer. How to talk a good story or two. Loved to be around people but could be fine on my own too. My Grandmother Mercer taught me a lot about God and Jesus Christ. Both Grandparents were devout Christians who had endured light and dark with plenty of grey. Don't we all? Grandma explained life once in this manner. Took a piece paper and drew what looked to be a graph. Countless tiny boxes going up and down of different sizes with misshaped sides. Then she filled in one little box. ‘Multiply this by a Million and multiple that by another ten times than maybe you will start get close to the amount of people and possibility there are in this world that is constantly changing. People are born and die every second of the day thus changing every second of a day. Shifting every little detail that makes up life in subtle ways.’ I asked her what the one filled in box was. I was generally curious as it seemed quite a solo act. Her reply was, ‘Kurt, that is you.’ Her point was that one box does not show the whole picture. Even linking them to other boxes owned by friends; events; memories and family will still be lacking a lot of detail. The whole picture can not be seen since the world has not ended yet so it is still a work in progress. Only God knows how the whole picture looks as He has already finished the picture. The detail is only appearing to us slowly as we must live in that moment. Developing like an old camera print. We can feel around us but are at times taken in so hard that we see no change. Except in those fixed points like a birth or a death. Those are game changers. One can be beautiful as a story begins. Everything new and fresh. The other can be beautiful through the memories. Always sad though because someone will always be missed. Especially when it feels that the story is not done. Can’t see it. No matter how much pain that person might be in; how they lived and accomplished or how long they have lived, we miss them. We beg and plead for them stay. Not ready to say goodbye. I am terrible at good byes. I rarely say them as to me that way too permanent. As in, ‘I will not see you again’. I have loss people and I have gained people. They live in my mind where I make sure they are not forgotten. I forget a detail, I regret it. Kelly says I remember too much but I feel that every detail is important to build that picture enough so I can see it. Linking memories together. Trying to fill the gaps enough that it is not fiction but splendid none the less. Two years ago yesterday, Kelly and I loss somebody very close to our family. A dear friend whose loss is being felt by so many even now. I find myself talking to God on a regular basis at night. I work as a Security Guard and as I lock the campus, I tend to chat with the One Above All. I believe in God and I believe in Jesus Christ. I know this world is built and continues to exist because of God. Do I sometimes get angry with God, of course I do. I don’t like him telling me to wait and trust Him. I have argued with Him quite often on matters. I do not like seeing pain around me but then a life line shines through as a thought or a beautiful moment that reminds me that God lives. A memory can do that at the best of times when needed. God knows that. He sees the picture completed. He knows we will be mad. He understands the yelling. So I tell Him the good and the bad. Guess what it does help to say everything on one’s mind to someone who will just listen. Knowing you are understood. I do not see the entire picture so I do not know why people have to get cancer and suffer. I do not understand why some grow into dust and other don’t even get to have a wrinkle. I do not understand why good and evil must exist together. Yes, I know everything is choice; preference; justification in our lives. We do not see how picture A links up to picture Z. How crying can become laughter. A loss into a gain. It is not easy to jump there but happens while we are looking elsewhere at times. I want our friend back here in the now but I also know her faith in God allowed her to trust God. She is free with no pain. She was my friend because she started out as Kelly's friend. The memories that Kelly has helps her now. That we are happy for because the struggles that she went through. The hurt she endured but never gave up. She trusted God who can see in the dark to lead her out of the dark. That is the trust we need now. To reach out to the other pictures. Link to laugh and cry. To carry us forward knowing that God is actually doing the lifting. We are all little filled in squares, that all matters. Link up together in that all under the same sky created by the same entity. Together we can find the answers. The whispers will be shared in life through our stories connecting on some rooted ideal. The tears and the joy. The message God has shot into life will be gathered, stitched into one so we will understand as one family. I love you guys. I hope everyone is okay and doing well. Only Love. If anyone is need of help in anyway, reach out. God is with us; we can feel it if we try.

I was a big wrestling fan when I was a kid and still watch it even now but prefer All Elite Wrestling over WWE though I watch both. In the 80s and 90s, I think all fans were huge into Hulk Hogan. Let's be honest the guy was more fiction then real but we loved him because we believed in him. This guy should of been a comic super hero. He was perfect in all ways. You know he would save the day and right all the wrongs. He had to. Red and yellow icon who looked like cheese wearing a bandana and a handle bad mustache Was a bad guy in 1996. Black and white and still was cool to many. A s we got older we realized he was human and he has made many mistakes as we all have. Celebrities come in 2 categories; those we think are better then the rest or those we want to see fail. I think Hogan has been in both categories. What am I rambling on about? July 24th, 2015, it was made known that Hogan made racist comments years ago. The "N" word is a disgusting term and degrading but not only to one culture. I am Caucasian but I find the term wrong and inexcusable but lets be careful about throwing stones at Hulk Hogan cause we have all hurt other people with are words and actions. I have not always been kind to others and others have not always been kind to me. Hogan has been accused of many lies which yes he was lying about experiences and events that could easily be proven. I think he played the audience in his post wrestling career. He wanted to stay relevant so he gave people a reason to keep talking about. He lied about steroid and cocaine use in 1991, true. He was probably not faithful. Hogan was on his third marriage. He politic his way to the top of wrestling, acquire great wealth. Held people back for his benefit. Seemed to see himself as two people. Hulk Hogan, who was pe4rfect and Terry Bollea, his real name, who was very much not. He did a lot for charities and his fans. Loved his fans. Became a pop culture icon that made wrestling, as a whole, a pop culture crossover to those who may not care about wrestling as a whole. I am a Christian, a Male and Caucasian, people of other backgrounds automatically thought the wrong thing about me and have verbalized it. I have misjudged people and if I could apologized to each of those people I would. We all can be hurt and we all have hurt others. The media even supports some of the jokes and insensible words that we as a society should object but we laugh at them until the wrong person says them. I am not defending Hogan but I am asking people to pray for each of us to be better and not be an abuser or a victim. Spending time counting pain, borrowed or owned, is a waste. We all have a right to our opinions, and I am sure that each of us has a thought we have about other people that is better left not shared or said, but still as individuals we must govern ourselves and be careful in what we say. Today, July 24th, 2025, Hulk Hogan, Terry Bollea, passed away at the age of 71. He leaves behind children; step children; Grandchildren; a wife; friends and many fans. He is missed. And think of this as well. why do the Enquirer and other newsfeeds reveal old pieces of news? Magnifying sinners into saints and sinners into sub human trash? They do not want to enlighten us or show a great wrong, they want to make conflict. He was Hulk Hogan. A guy beyond human. Fiction that breathed and we loved him for being that larger then life dude. That's another thing, discrimination is wrong. I agree with that all discrimination is wrong. Then why is it okay to discriminate against God? Discriminate against Jesus Christ? Why is that? God forgives. We should forgive each other. Just forgive and move on. No proving someones legit sorry because we are not God. That's something to think about.

History can not be rewritten. It should not be forgotten what can be learned. Otherwise, it will repeat over and over again until the lesson is learned, possibly with much pain and lose along the way. The need to like all that history tells us is foolish, but editing only brings plot holes. We must see the good and the bad. Know the difference of the two and carry it all carefully.

Sometimes a really good theme song for a television series, whether drama or sitcom, is one with no words at all. Shooting right at an emotion instead of a catchy tune with self-explanatory lyrics of said show. Not all these shows I like, but the theme songs are very memorable to me. I like music what can I say? Of course, many of these are from my childhood and may not be as newer as some of the readers here may know. A good history lesson cannot be missed, right? 20. Matlock (1986-1995) Lighthearted Theme The Southern Gentleman lawyer, Ben Matlock, and his down home ways to proving his clients innocent and sometimes finding that they are truly guilty. 19. Night Court (1984-1992) Blues type street music Theme It's New York City and weirdo will be find in Night Court. The regulars are only matched by the oddballs that show up because the law says they got to. 18. Star Trek (1966-1969) Erie Travel Theme The Five-year mission of the Star Ship Enterprise. To explore new worlds and civilizations. Fell short of the goal by two years unless season one was year three? 17. Beverly Hills 90210 (1990-2000) Upbeat Theme The life and times of a bunch of rich kids living in the high dramatic Fastlane of Beverly Hills and remarkably surviving stupidity. 16. M*A*S*H* (1972-1983) Heart Felt Theme A series that depicts the hardships of the Korean war. A war that lasted three years opposed to the show that lasted eleven years. 15. A-Team (1983-1987) ptimistic Military theme Vietnam soldiers on the run for a crime that they did not commit but can't prove it. They work to help those who need their talents and no one else is willing to help. 14. Airwolf (1984-1987) Tech Secret Agent Theme Knightrider if it was a super powered jet/helicopter hybrid. 13. Equalizer (1985-1989) Underworld Theme A man with special talents sets out to clean his ledger as a secret agent, by helping those who cannot help themselves. 12. Battlestar Galactica (1978) Regal and triumphant Theme A caravan of ship lead by the last battle star in search of Earth while being hunted by cool looking robots. 11. Saint Elsewhere (1982-1988) Upbeat Theme The hospital you go to when you are in need of a miracle. Hated the final episode. Terrible. 10. Hill Street Blues (1981-1987) Easy City Theme The life and times of a Chicago Police station and how it's members deals with the job. 9. Mission Impossible (1966-1973) Suspenseful Theme MI6 agents who are not known to the public but come together when a task calls for them to interfere. 8. Law & Order (1990-2010; 2022-Present) Dark and Edgy theme A hour long drama that usually starts off with the police investigation of a crime sliding into the trial of said crime. Half and half right down the middle. 7. MacGyver (1985-1992) Whimsical Adventure Theme Angus MacGyver can defuse a bomb with a pocket knife and a wad of chewing gum. Yeah, just throw together stuff from things he finds in his pocket or a random room.   6.  Knight Rider (1982-1986) Mysterious Tech Theme The shadowy world of a man that doesn’t exist and his talking computerized T-Top. 5. The Munsters (1964-1966) Weird Dance music Theme The Domestic lives of a family made up of Frankenstein’s monster; a werewolf; a vampires and Dracula. And a niece who remarkable is seen as the misfit as she is ‘normal’ looking. 4. Twilight Zone (1959-1964) Eerie Theme An anthology about the weird; the supernatural; the fantastical from the mind of Rod Serling. 3. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955-1965) Suspicious Theme An anthology series about suspense and murder hosted by Alfred Hitchcock, the genius behind 'The Birds' and 'Rear Window'. 2. Perry Mason (1957-1966) Dominating Force Theme A lawyer who will take on the impossible cases and never loses. In fact, he wins during exploratory hearings much of the time. 1. Doctor Who (1963-1989; 2005-2025) Other worldly Theme A heroic meddler that travels through time/space in a blue police box to save the innocent.

First question you may have is who in the heck is Pauline? Well if you are as old as am you might know that answer with a little explanation. Pauline was Mario’s girlfriend in the 1981 arcade classic, ‘Donkey Kong’. She was a beautiful blonde who was abducted by Donkey Kong, carried up a construction site, I think that was what it was supposed to be, and held hostage until her plumber boyfriend showed up to rescue her. It must have been a horrifying experience to be first, kidnapped by a giant gorilla who’s named as a four-legged animal that has nothing to do with primates, then being stuck on top of some unsteady girders waiting for rescue by one guy. No cops, no firefighters, no military, nothing but a short Italian guy who has to avoid an endless supply of barrels being tossed at him. Which some cases can magically go against gravity and go back up the girders to try to kill the hero, AGAIN. This is after the barrels have been set on fire in some cases mind you by a can marked ‘OIL’ at the bottom. How convenient it is all like it was planned out or something, right? Here is more trauma for the poor woman, when Mario’s gets to the top finally, what happens? Donkey Kong then grabs her and climbs a convenient ladder escaping to apparently another set if girders to continue this little cat and mouse game. Yes, I am confusing my metaphors and have lost track of who is the cat and who is the mouse. This is not a stupid creature guy, we are talking super-villainy. Why did he take Pauline in the first place? We are never told as of the motivation. Ransom perhaps? Then there is a list of demands and why the authorities are not involved? What city is this in the first place? Do not get me wrong, Pauline seems to be a very lovely looking young woman. Kind of resembles Debbie Harry with the red dress and the long blonde curly hair. Some versions have Pauline with brown hair, but okay. Debbie Harry is a 1980’s rock icon most familiar to many as the lead singer of ‘Blondie’. Coincidence probably, but would be funny if that is actually Debbie Harry and she did not want the publicity of being held hostage by Donkey Kong and said her name was, ‘Pauline’. I know I am getting carried away. I do have some theories about what might happen to this emotionally scarred woman. Eventually, Mario does rescue her after fighting against more animated fire and jumping lawn chairs, whatever those things are and Donkey Kong falls to his death. No, actually he does not because in 1982, ‘Donkey Kong Junior’ happens and no sign of Polly. She is completely gone from the rest of the adventures for either Kong or Mario. In this new saga, Mario has gone evil by locking Kong in a cage holding him captive in a jungle or amusement park, I do not know. Instead of barrels, Mario tosses mechanical dogs at a small child, Donkey Kong’s son, Junior. Pauline was probably very heartbroken when Mario and his bother were never seen again. Maybe she believed that he died, faked his own death, went missing, left town, met another woman or wandered into a sewer pipe where he wound up in a magical mushroom kingdom destined to fight a guy named Bowser or King Koopa depending on which version you are playing, to free a Princess and her kingdom. The bad guy is a giant turtle/gator looking thing and he is the king of the Koopas, literally turtles by the way, and he is called Bowser. He is a tyrannical amphibian named after a dog! What is it with Mario and confusingly named monsters? Yeah, all those things actually did and do happen over and over depending how good you are at playing the ‘Super Mario Brothers’ games. Still, Mario you are a mindless jerk. You had a beautiful woman waiting at home for you and you choose a princess who keeps getting caught by a demented turtle and leads you on, no offense to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Princess Peach, you are probably very nice. But think about it all the infinite amount of Mario games, Peach keeps getting captured while Polly got caught once and never again. This woman learned that screaming for help takes forever so obviously took self-defense classes and took back her life. Not a victim is Polly, NO MORE!!! ​ So what I think happened, well here we go: She bought up the construction site turned into reasonable price housing and became a successful businesswoman. Wrote her memoirs and became a New York Times Bestseller.Got married and had a little family in the suburbs. As a way to continue therapy and overcome her past, works with Gorillas at the ZOO. Tours and was inducted in the ‘Rock and Roll’ Hall of fame with rest of the band, ‘Blondie’. Created and marketed to easy street with ‘Donkey Kong Country’ after copyrighting the big ape who was not bright enough to get himself, legal counsel. Cries every time she looks at a sewer pipe that makes her remember Mario. Has an unnatural hatred for the movie, ‘King Kong’. And what of Mario? If you are keeping up with the Super Mario games, you can see he is a bit busy. Never quite beats Bowser, or his evil lookalike, Wario, and has yet to win Princess Peach. Then again, maybe Mario staying away from home because he may be worried that a certain someone is still not over the hurt of Forty-Four odd years ago? Yeah, Mario, Pauline might be waiting for you to come back. In fact, who knows, she may know how to reach a gentleman whose initials are ‘DK’. Be afraid Plumber, be afraid and prayer that a warp zone doesn’t lead you to a place where mushrooms, fire planets, and stars can’t save you! A woman’s scorn.

The surface of the sea life home can be cut with a butcher knife. Whatever life lives beneath should never fear to get cold because nothing can crack that skin. Toasty warm all year through easy to burn off those pounds come summer. Always a cold chill near those waters steam rises but never warm as it mists.  Weird how the water may be green but the ground is mud brown never lacking in hydration. Meant for a casual slow walk of three or more days because you are not getting far running unless you want to give up your footwear and since that rock just blinked I wouldn’t recommend going barefoot. The trees, tall and fat, are not custom to being solo acts since they are all practically stepping on each other. No eyes so it is much easier to stand still instead of trying to find an exit. Even if these future tables; chairs; and canoes did see a way out, the clumsy old things would trip into each other making a lumberjack’s job easier.  The trees are a worried type with those arms stretched out to the sky grabbing onto their neighbors for reassurance or to offer a prayer. Tightly knitted together with limbs thin as a pretzel but nonetheless strong to stand up to the elements, interwoven where light is gone in the noonday sun.Pitch black except for the critters who are part light bulb. No one comes by too often or perhaps note would have been passed along on how trees are not typically purple, red whatever lies between those colors because leaves forgot to borrow green from the swamp choosing to be brown crackling all hours of a clock. Watch your step, the fungus is big enough to live in. Condo mushrooms for all six or-legged critters. The swamp did have a name but sadly the sign sunk to the bottom after being chewed and digested, no one bothered to remember what the name was much easier just to call it, ‘Swamp’. Short and sweet to the point with plenty of room to add as much or as little in regards to the description as an individual may feel fit. Folks do live around here, a fella, but it may not be a person as you may or may not categorize one. Not a talker; he doesn’t wear clothes; he couldn’t rank him as an animal but not a person. More like a couch potato. Looks like a Murray than potato so Murray is he will be called. Murray is a big, fat, warty old frog that is so lazy he barely opens his eyes for anything except if lunch is flying by. He croaks by accident as a belch than a comment. Looks behind, nope whatever is behind Murray does not matter as long as it does not eat him. Takes too much effort to turn around when you have no neck. What is behind him is in the past far too annoying to turn to see. Anyway, much of the wildlife in the swamp sees Murray as a rock a grey-white moldy green rock. Those eyes should be a hint that Murray is alive, with the breathing, since they just stare. The purple bats, Nah, they have fragile backs. It would take four of those flying rugs to lift one Murray and then how do four splits one fat frog? Size of a small hen, absolutely but no excitement at least a chicken clucks; tries to fly; shows determination but Murray just no. Someone is bound to get stuck with the legs still feel hungry no matter how many pounds each weighs. The grey tree wolves don’t like junk food and do not want to catch the boredom from Murray so they will gladly pass on that menu selection. Completely scratch that one-off, permanently. Now, where would such fine creature as Murray live? Yes, he is already in a swamp but was in a swamp. He is afraid of heights; hates mud and dirt; easily gets seasick so he limits water exposure; therefore Murray lives on a rock. A big clean boulder attached to the side of the water edge. Cool and warm at the same time; good insect picking and close but far enough from the gooey water.A bit nomadic so no furniture or possessions Murray has no patience for luggage and no cash to hire assistance. Very affordable with no landlords or neighbors until the recent blasted away the old dirt holding it into place tossing Murray's home deep into the deep never to be seen again. Worse of all the shake chased the best insects off into the other side of the swamp. That is no good.What is a moldy old frog to do? Hop? Come on Murray too good for that and does not have his motion sickness pills since he suffers from vertigo, naturally. Then again Murray is a frog with no job; no money; already mentioned no clothes and has no health care. Please refer to the Murray is a frog portion of the previous line. Stuck on land in the mud annoyed it is not even Monday and Murray is quite annoyed. What to do about mealtime could walk completely around the swamp getting muddier and wetter since the sky dared rain for four days. The swamp water surface would be easy to bounce off of; Murray has done it before, by accident. Nice and gooey like a jelly road if you are a bouncy ball, a future job for the frog, but the sinking of the rock house did cause the water to become choppy. Actual water can be seen, water cannot be walked on by anyone in these parts.  An idea is needed, Murray is getting hungry again. Can you blame him he just ate an hour ago? It was lint but Murray will try anything that does not eat him first as long as it is within reach of his tongue.Speaking of being within tongue reach, Murray noticed a fuzzy pink ball lying on the ground immediately next to him. He thought it was just a very flat bug. It happens often due to a careless shoe stepping on an unknowing pedestrian.Murray's red eyes lowered and rose to examine his find not being too impressed. He croaked no reaction from the pink ball. He hopped towards, no response at all from the goo. Murray decided it must be dead, food, or both so with a whip of his tongue he gobbled it up. A bit sticky though as it was difficult to swallow Kept getting wedged into the side of Murray’s mouth this was not at all amused his tongue was not giving it up. Careful the frog opened his mouth raising his tongue so as to shake the pink glob loose. He stared down at a piece of wrapping that perhaps belonged to the glob. Pity Murray cannot read the word on the crumpled paper. Doubt he would know what the words Super Duper Bubble Gum meant anyway. The gum was not budging no matter how hard Murray tried. This annoyance was quickly becoming a concern. What if he could never get rid of it? What if the gum stayed, forever! Would M8urray need to feed it too? Fat frogs do not like sharing their food.At  that moment a buzzing sound could be heard as a flock of tasty flies chose to return from across the swamp must be on their flight plan or taking a night stroll. Forgetting the appendage on his tongue, Murray flung his tongue like a lasso attempting to grab as many of the zooming horde ores as possible in one throw. He was considered an excellent sharpshooter in his time, at least his own opinion.   Shockingly enough he caught six of them thanks to the gum on the tip of his tongue. What a stroke of luck that the smug amphibian decided to strategically strap that glob on his hunting tongue. Pure genius is what Murray saw himself at that moment as he smiled with a chuckled forgetting that these flies were not dead yet and apparently good friends as they all began to pull forward. No worries, Murray is a frog with webbed feet he can stick to the ground if the ground was not wet itself making it very slippery to stand in one place while gravity was betraying you in favor of desperate insects who decide going straight up was the best mean to survive. One flipper was barely touching the ground.Was this even possible? After all, Murray is a very heavy fellow. Folks mistake him for one of those stone gnome statues found in yards all the time. Even if there was no such thing as a scale his ego alone must be in the triple digits capable of winning a super heavyweight weigh-in contest any day. Nature was not on Murray’s side today a low gust decided to assist lifting cargo and the pilots higher enough to drift into a low riding branch. Murray’s bull rope tongue crashed into the branch flipping him three times smacking the flies into the frog's face sticking the wad of gum, with the flies still attached, on the nose. Unfortunately even six nearsighted flies are no match for a tree. Never have buzzing insects stuck to your face quite bothersome. Murray was smacking his own face trying to quiet down his neighbors realizing quickly he was now in pain.Was it mentioned that this particular tree was very old? A stone trunk with brittle splintering branches that were already snapping under Murray's weight.Swatting about did pay off, sort of, as Murray grabbed hold of his tongue pulling off the gum and the flies from his face. Very ticklish the tongue is with the old frog laughing loudly as he tears off the goo from the tip of his sticky tongue. The glob with the flies was now on his right flipper which he was very proud of the result. Easy snack down the hatch except the flipper was stuck to the flipper. Never a  break shaking rapidly the flipper annoying the flies only made them buzz more.   Hopping about was making the branch a bit rickety as Murray finally freed his flipper of the gooey bother, flinging it as far as he could. Watching it shoot into the distance the glob continued to aim for the ground changing the flight plan to continue to fly forward slowly gaining height little direction with six pilots trying to navigate at the same time. No matter they had escaped their captor who was feeling very disappointed. How foolish it is for a frog of his age and status, as well stature, to throw away lunch like it was merely fast food, which it was.Don’t worry about Murray, he has another worry to occupy his brain. Remember that rickety branch he was hopping and thrashing about on, yeah it snapped. Never has a frog’s eyes been so wide as Murray’s was at that exact moment. Quickly swimming across the air he manages clung to the trunk of the tree to stop his fall thus remembering that the tree is splintery making him both ticklish and jabbing him in the stomach causing reflexes to push him off the tree continuing his increasing descent. Do  frogs believe in God? Not sure but right now would probably be a great example of converting to the faith especially seeing the light is likely as a figurative or literal occurrence. Eyes closed muttering a few croaks loudly realizing that the falling has stopped and Murray is alive. A huge sunflower had caught him choosing not to hold Murray too long since after all, it is just a sunflower, dropping the frog into the dry ground mud a few feet away. That was an ouch if there ever was one.No  bones were broken; the brain was as intact as before but the mud liked the company so Murray was stuck. He looked up at the sunflower as to say could you not have held on a little longer? Done a few pushups? Taken a vitamin or two so to be a little stronger not to drop me? Murray was actually pointing and yelling at the sunflower as if to threaten legal action.The sunflower gave a response by shaking some dirt, dropped on the petals from the trees, onto Murray’s head knocking him down to brood.  And so Murray was back to square one with his tongue stuck in the mud and now the sky is raining. Mud baths are all the rage these days and Murray deserves that luxury. The good part is eventually the mud will loosen up so he can slowly hop away. In the meantime, a group of wandering ants is having a good old laugh at the expense of poor Murray. They would make nice appetizers if they keep laughing so as to be powerless to run. That would be fantastic otherwise Murray will have to chase them which is absolutely not really worth it, right?

Have you ever wondered how a spoon would defend itself? A fork and a knife have it pretty easy. Both are pointy, sharp, could easily permanently harm a person or a lovely frozen dinner. Granted a knife and fork are meant to cut steak or potatoes while a spoon is a soup bowls. Buddy, no way am I downplaying how important spoons are to a great bowl soup. I would never do that.I just wonder what a poor spoon does if they got mugged?Not referring to staring mindlessly at a mug. That would be cruel especially if one is not a coffee person. Before we go any further, we need to dispel some fables. Spoons are not blind; earless or limbless. That is a foolish myth. Their ears are obviously hidden like that of a noble mallard or pigeon. Instead of feathers, those big old holes in the noggin, the part mercilessly dunked into a boiling mug of tea, spoons cover with metal or plastic. No judgment.The eyes are quite tiny. Beady possibly but invisible when closed. A shy bunch cruel light sensitivity. Why else would they lie around acting helpless? Not because they are lazy, but because glasses are expensive.Difficult to make such a small prescription. Let us not even begin to speak of contacts. Allergies are issue too. Have we never thought that perhaps some of the things that these "civil servants" are forced to scoop and serve might be harmful to them? Could you hear a spoon?Probably not since they are very soft spoken.Everyone knows that. Natural shyness causes the spoon community to be self-conscious about scrawny arms and legs. So much that said appendages can fold into the sides. Yes, that is true? Invisible. Possibly? There is proof of this occurrence. Ever wonder how we "misplace" a utensil? Yes, everything I have said applies to spoons; knives; forks and yes, sporks! Spoons lying carefree in the wrong part of the silver ware drawer. Hanging out with forks? Hmmm. Hidden in the couch cushions instead of the sink or dishwasher? Forgetfulness? I think not. While we are the matter, utensils, especially sensitive spoons, do not like hot showers. Luke warm is preferable. Individual bathing in the sink, after it is cleaned. Not into group showers in the darkness of the dishwasher. The noise is too loud and too hot. Also the knives like to sing opera as spoons like contemporary as fork prefer country. Sporks are more kin to Christian rock.  Utensils in general don’t travel alone. Usual come in a pack of either clones of one kind or variety of all the eating tools.Sometimes colorful. Festive to limit of taste. Lovely engraves tattoos, might be stickers, advertising a loving flowery design or where to get a nice cheeseburger. Spoons are very fortunate to be teamed in holiday gift sets, with a bowl, Knife and fork, they get a plate. A spoon gets a novelty bowl and maybe a tiny bag of soup or cereal. The milk rides alone. Allergic to heat. Wimp. Anyway would a spoon need to call 911? Funny how such a quiet tone could be ignored on the phone. Spoons after all. A spoon would need to be schooled in the art Morse code. Therefore, how will call for help? If managing, by the grace of God, get help on the line, what is the possibility that the dispatcher will know Morse code? Yes, it is a wasteful journey. Oh and my reasoning could be questioned as well.Spoons need to hire protection. Watch, a spoon hires a fork to a fight a knife.HA! soft talker, maybe so the Fork also knows Morse code or sign language. Again a Fork is in the utensil tribe. What currency would be used? Mutual Assured Meal Handling? Forks, Knives and Spoons might like food. Knives and Forks could share a nice stack of waffles. Spoons might prefer the fruit that is optional for such a meal. I admire how they all keep such thin figures. Carbs and sugar should put the pounds on but the job keeps all fit. Beautiful, truly.Perhaps signal flags. Hope they all know what they mean.Physical intimidation is not a bad card to play. Folks back off with a Knife or Fork hanging around the local plate. Toast doesn't want any part of a Knife. Especially when butter is around. Beef stew probably would hand over its wallet, if it had one, to stay clear of a Fork. Stabby and picky all at the same time. Quite annoying. Could a Straw be an enemy to a Spoon? After all, a Straw can handle soup and beverages. Double threat. Spoons are just formal scoopers. Can a Spoon blow an errant pea across the table? Apparently a Spoon and a Fork may actually be compatible. Where do we think sporks come from ?Probably the stork. Sporks, scoops and digs into a nice bowl of eggs. Sorry chickens.A spoon is too round to be a threat to anything. Being made of plastic is no good because you snap in half from a too strong of a hand get you tossed into the trash. No one is going to bother taping up a plastic spoon unless it is some weird keepsake, but I doubt that. A metal spoon is a good heavy sucker the bigger it is but defenseless against strong grip in a bendy mood or fire right? Permanent back trouble.Nice tapping sound on a table or glass if you are giving a speech at a wedding. Careful, or the spoon will be arrested for breaking a glass. Fatal. Mortal enemy of magnets. Too attractive. Ice cream is too cold; a Spoon will catch a cold obviously.If you flip a knife or a fork on the edge of a table, probably going to be stuck into someone or thing. A spoon? Nope. It just lands on the floor being forgotten of its gymnastic and it yelling at you in it’s very quiet voice. Shame.Just thought of something? Spoons are musical. Smack two of them together and in theory, make music. Maybe break a nut or kill a fly too.  Must be painful for a spoon to constantly receive trauma to the head. Get the aspirin and call the doc. Therapy. Deep meditative therapy. Cannot bend for yoga. Soothing music for the emotional pains of the day. Wonder what does go on in a Spoon's brain. Tons of silent films is my guess. Cannot go wrong with the classics.

It must be rather difficult to be a pencil. Spending much of one’s life upside down or at least at a slant with all the blood rushing to the brain. The pointy end must be the head therefore must have a brain, right? I do believe that is logical since if a pencil has no brains then who decides their actions? I know what you are going to say, no I do not think that it is all the decision making by the pencil user aka a person! That is too silly since I can state for a fact that at times I have no idea what I am going to draw or write until the pencil starts to move allowing me to tag along for the ride. Very humble pencils are to allow people to take one hundred percent of the credit all the time. That is a true charity acted upon strangers to make God very proud.I just realized that if the pointy end is the head then the eraser is the…butt? We are literally wiping mistakes off a piece of paper with a butt. EEEWWW. I am kind of feeling bad for the pencil community. They are limbless; bare naked, color and decorations are not clothes and they have no eyes or mouths. Not helpless though. Never consider a pencil helpless because how many times have any of us been jabbed by a pencil by merely picking them up? Not coincidence what so ever. Fast rollers too across a nice smooth floor. They know the difference. Not stupid to roll onto a rug, they get stuck; stepped on and broken.Only good thing about being stepped on is now you got two pencils. How else do they replicate but by asexual division? Might have two smaller pencils but sharpen up the second one with an artificial eraser on the other end boom got a spare. Or if you want to be a double threat living on the edge sharpen both ends no eraser. Lethal weapon less trips to the sharpener. Does it hurt when the point gets broken? Cannot imagine that they enjoy being flung into ceiling tiles. That is going to hurt especially if anyone of them has vertigo or motion sickness. Inhuman to treat an inhuman so inhumanly like that. Pencils need an organization to fight for their rights. Pencil Legal Action Team Against Discrimination and Abuse or Ridicule (PLACADAR). Sounds like an awesome monster flick.A pencil probably could get some decent money from the courts just on teeth marks; pencil snapping and point breaking alone. Those things happen daily.  Pencil breaking is basically crippling for life if argued the right way. Teeth marks or point breaking is emotional/mental trauma and or disfigurement. Yeah, freaky how I am rationally speaking of these matter isn’t? Do pencils have sinuses? Are we technically continuously busting their noses? And what about those little triangle things teachers put on pencils to correct writing posture? Does a pencil find those humiliating or a bad Christmas sweater novelty fun to wear at parties? I would imagine pencils are quite lucky in not being able to see cannot be afraid of the dark. Never heard one scream but no mouths so I guess another positive, cannot bother a neighbor. Back to my original thought that pencils are aware since sometimes I do find myself writing strange lists of what seems to be nonsense. Maybe they are complaints.Perhaps a pencil can sense its surroundings by vibrations like a snake. Have heard of no revolutions, yet, so I am guessing that the pencil community are a race of peace loving pacifists who wants to serve others to fulfill a deep rooted sense of purpose for the greater good. Or maybe they are all inanimate which I totally dismiss because that is boring. I do not like boring. I will go thinking that pencil live quiet lives in boxes; cases; drawers; back bags with white out; scissors; markers and pens being the enemy of blank paper and notebooks until the end of time as we know it.