Why do we call it ‘THE SUPER BOWL’? I know it is the big championship game with colorful half time shows from classic music acts; overly expensive special effects; overly expensive sometime good other time bad ads but really, this is worthy of ‘SUPER BOWL’. Super means beyond ordinary. Honestly I just watch it for the ads. Nice to see creativity in the ad campaigns in resurrecting old icons with a sprinkle of pop culture in there forgetting what was being sold. Sometimes we even see a trailer for a potentially awesome movie that will be released when outside calls itself summer. What a tease but works to get us geeks excited. Cannot even tell you the last time I noticed who actually won ‘THE SUPER BOWL’ and why on Earth is that term copy righted. I mean it a lot of businesses call it ‘The Big Game’ Sounds like a generic toy you buy at the dollar store not attractive. Got to make cash I guess. We need to amp up this side show by a lot. It is not super enough. So little action and way way too much talking. We have eyes, it is a visual sport we do not need to be told what we are looking at. Shut up and watch be amused. Speaking of being amused I have a few ideas on how we can make this a ‘SUPER BOWL’.The stadium needs to be shaped like a real. It is false advertising calling it a bowl when nothing is round or oval. The teams should be in mech suits armed to the teeth. Forget the run of the mill players. This is for all the marbles people. The players should be beyond special. Super intelligent kangaroos; cyborgs; flying dolphins; perhaps sentient trees? Last man standing Iron man battle. Four-hour time limit with points awarded for eliminations and goals. Whoever after the time limit expires has anyone or the most left wins. Time travel should be an option. For the amount that seats cost, rumored $4, 000 to $9, 000, we should be able to have historical locations for the game. In fact, open commentary and performer option to historical acts; Laurel and Hardy; The Beatles; William Shakespeare or even Harry Houdini. Not everyone has to sing you know. This special affair should not only be available to the dead we should look to the past for prime competition. Open it to free agents, alive or dead, pluck them from the grave for experience or out of time for peak performance.  Flight or a motor cycle should be an option to get from side to side of the field. Could be a power up bonus pack. Dropping the spheres from the zeppelin releasing their pay load on impact. No bombs, again non-lethal explosives and fireworks will be built into the field. The football should be alive with both teams needing to use mental thought to gain control of it. The field should be a battle field full of traps; explosives and turf that will fight back. The end zones should be defended by robots with built armaments. The coaches should operate them by remote so not to endanger lives since it may be possible to destroy the giant robots. They must be giants. Have a zeppelin fly across dropping power up for the players.Invincible power; fire or ice power who be random but thrilling. T o make the game more interesting, put a pit in the middle of the field with a couple sea monsters that can torment the players. Non-lethal sea monsters of course I mean this still broadcast TV we have to be general audience. Bonus point for subduing the monsters who are self-regenerating of course. Half time show should be classic music acts that are actually dead. Yes, to be called ‘SUPER BOWL’ we need to resurrect the legends to perform at this event. The acts do not get bad anyway so it is a win win. Dead people don’t ask for anything in return probably be grateful to stretch the old limbs a bit.I know what you are saying this is way too expensive to do for one show. Marketing and advertising people. Slap ads on the sea monsters; the zeppelin; the robots; and have the dead and time anomalies do some product placements. Yes, this could cause some time paradoxes that could eradicate time and civilization as we know it but we need to pay to keep the lights on. We need to put side the potential offense to God with reanimating corpses but again we will rock YouTube; Facebook; twitter; the bootleg market and DVD sales. Huge people this will be huge.You  know many more beverages; snacks; cars and pyramid schemes you could sell with this? Let’s us go farther have the products be fed into your mind via Virtual Reality chips in the actual chips. The can coke or plate carrying your pizza can conduct a survey as you are enjoying said product pumping coupons into your brain. That is marketing done the crazy way. You are welcome, HA.

Rugs are invertebrates. They have to be if you want to contemplate the possibility. Why I am not sure then again I am contemplating it but I am also that type a person. Anyway rugs are very flexible. Easy to roll up no bones to break or pain to inflict since I am not aware of any pain receptors. Maybe it is painful to be chucked about as a rug? No mouths but still I guess that would hurt. Perhaps they built up a pain tolerance after all stepping on their backs that people do daily. We are not a light footed people. Maybe ballerinas are but work shoes hurt. Granted rugs serve few purposes: look like; keep dirt to a limit and welcome folks in. Are we stepping on the backs or the fronts of this race of silent invertebrates? I hope it is their back sort of like a turtle otherwise stomach pushes are brutal. Very hard to eat when you are all sore in the stomach. And to answer the next question, yes it is apparent that rugs eat dust and dirt. Have you very cleaned a rug?They are full of dust which obviously their food crumbs and underneath them there is always a clump of dust. Sure sign of food hoarders. If they lay about all day does that mean they are relatives of the sloth? Sloths moves eventually rugs do not on their own so perhaps they worse than sloths. Rugs are so lazy they do not even clean themselves. What a strange class structure too; bathroom; outside; office; living room; kitchen just to name a few. Have you seen a shaggy rug? Go get a haircut. Body art still rage among this community with words like WELCOME along with a house or birds stitched next to it. That will not wash off no matter how many rain storms you leave it in.They will fight do not doubt that truth. Stack a bunch of rolled up rugs in a corner and just wait until they all roll down at you. Yeah you may think that it is gravity or a freak movement. Watch as those pesky things are perfectly still until you walk by. No one will arrest a rug? No one will even consider a rug as a culprit until now. There is a reason why criminals use rugs to get rid of evidence or hides stolen goods. The rugs are their PARTNERS! Using their non-human status to escape prosecution hide out in a resale shop until the heat dies down and gets sold for a cheap dime returning to the streets to commit more crimes. Are they employed? Do we pay them no. I think we have answered the dust eating issue not mention the laziness? No motivation what so ever except when the chance for cheap thrills and easy money. We need stricter rug programs to prevent such criminal behavior. Provide job training as display models in a show rooms. After school programs like laying on the floors of nursing homes for the elderly.We do not want today's rugs in dumpsters in a alley being used as a toilet or chew toy but a stray cat or dog. Can these rugs breath; see; smell; talk; or feel? We may never know. Science is still far from those answers. With a simple cleaning and stitching they are practically immortal so we must treat with kindness or one day we may be facing a rug uprising. We cannot survive such a war. Dry cleaners would be happy making hard cash on washing all the blood out of those rugs. But who would pay that price, who?

Those familiar with the original 1981, ‘Donkey Kong’? Who remembers, ‘Super Mario Brothers’, 1985? No, duh, of course, we all remember these classics. They are still awesome even in the year 2025. Imagine for a moment, if you will, the iconic construction site all slanted in bright red, but instead of Donkey Kong climbing up that ladder with Pauline, it’s King Koopa is climbing up that ladder with Princess Peach? Down at the bottom of left side of the screen, instead of an oil can, which sets barrels on fire, we have a recognizable pipe with Goombas coming out. Yeah, those mushroom looking critters following Mario, who is still here of course, as he is trying to climb up the ladders to reach King Koopa. Mario would be stuck going forward if he was being chased while Koopa is still tossing barrels at him. Here is the catch, each barrel has a Koopa Troopa inside and they break out while rolling down the lane. Suddenly this game is a lot harder. No hammers to break those suckers, counterproductive, but a mushroom to turn you super and closer to the top have a firepower flower. How awesome would that be to stomp those turtles and shoot with firepower and avoid a storm of dropping barrels? Too easy, but I would love to see Mario be able to shoot at Koopa but then ‘Game Over’. Really make this Super Marioish and throw in those psychedelic stars bouncing through, speed up the music and race through to the top. The other levels vary in style and difficulty, but keep the level styles from Donkey Kong but keep adding the Koopas, the goombas coming up out of pipes, replacing other projectiles with some Hammer Brothers, Shy Guys, and Boos! Tell me this isn’t getting you a bit excited. Why has this not been made? Come on! Nintendo keeps remaking ‘Super Mario’ and ‘Donkey Kong’ instead of letting two games just get married and have babies. This is a enlighten age, sort of, and we would accept this relationship. Congratulations, Mario and DK, it’s a ‘KOOPA KONG’ !!

(Additional commentary from Josie Hook) As most of you are aware; I am a HUGE 'Doctor Who' fan. I keep it very secretive. I have been watching the series since I was six years old. I am Forty Nine years old now so you do the math. (JH: Forty one for anyone that's not in the mood to do math at the moment) Am I a fanatic? According to my wife, the answer is a big heavy YES! My daughter, who also likes the series, thanks to me, would also say YES to my fanaticism. I would call myself a passionate enthusiastic follower of the genre. I am admitting that I wanted to name our daughter after one of the many female companions of the show. My wife, rightfully, said no since most of the names make no human sense. Anyway, I also know the names of all sixteen actors to play the title character and the alternate media versions. At least the interesting one. For the record I am not counting David Tennant twice. He played Ten and will also be Fourteen but gets counted once in my canon. I know the names of all Television episodes, how many different variations of the themes, first and last lines, first and last episodes of each Doctor , reason for regeneration. Yes, let us remember, that The Doctor can die but for a Time Lord, death does not mean the end necessarily. If the second heart, Time Lords have two, does not stop then they can regenerate. Technically a rebirth but same person with a new appearance. And yes, I have a cardboard cut out the TARDIS, The Doctor's Police Box Time Machine, life size model for that matter. (JH: I believe it's behind the armoire we call Narnia) The fist story I had ever seen, was called “The Armageddon Factor”, made in 1979 by the BBC. PBS channels broadcasted BBC shows and Doctor Who was seen in the Chicago Illinois area on PBS channel 11 (WTTW). It starred Tom Baker, the Fourth Doctor, and right away I loved the show. It could be about anything and that made it wonderful. I got into 'Doctor Who' because my brother would watch the series on Sunday Nights at 11pm, when there was no school next day or it was summertime, and talked about how who cool the show was. I gained the interest of five people and my brother stopped caring about it because he thought it was a bit campy. Yeah it was and that was part of the coolness of the show. (JH: My uncle thought he was too mature for it after a point) ​ Tom Baker’s Doctor was the definition of eccentricity. Tall, lanky, mop of curly brown hair beat up old clothes and a long overcoat with a twelve foot long scarf wrapped around his neck. (JH: The scarf was originally supposed to be two) The toothy smile made so many question what he was thinking. He always came out on top because he was always a mile ahead of his opposition. Never did he seem afraid or beatable. He disarm others with foolish comments or a bag of jelly babies while quickly defeating them without realizing he had beaten them. I loved him in the role and still consider him the true embodiment with all the right characteristics alive. ​ Moral, fun, charming, intelligent and unpredictable, were the many reasons why Tom Baker would go on to be the longest serving Doctor on Television. 1974 to 1981, seven years, which saw the series go through three producers during that time and many genre changes. First three years saw the show go through the horror/Gothic themes that pushed the boundaries of what a Children Show is meant to be. Yes, 'Doctor Who' was considered a Children’s Show. There was humor but focused more on suspense, invoking fear and plenty of violence. People died on screen and sometime pretty extreme ways.This was the work of Philip Hinchcliffe, who decided to give Children reason to hide behind the sofas! Deemed to be too adult, Hinchcliffe was taken off ‘Doctor Who’ after three seasons being replaced by Graham Williams. Williams brought a lot more humor and made the series about fantasy. Hinchcliffe did homages to Frankenstein, The Mummy, Day of the Triffids, King Kong, while Williams dealt with fairy type kingdoms; a planet eating planet and a quest for A Key to Time. And did I mention, a robotic dog, named K-9. ​ By Tom Baker’s seventh, and final, season on the show, John Nathan-Turner would assume the position of Producer. Graham Williams left after three seasons. Most of the Actors who played The Doctor would usually stay with the show for about three seasons. Many have said that the show is fun but difficult project to manage. ​ Nathan-Turner tried to make the series less Tom Baker and more the concept of ‘The Doctor’. Not Gothic but not fantasy humor. The show was now traditional SCI-FI. More time travel with explanations of how it happens with science not so much ‘magic’. Tom Baker was burned out and wanted to move on, and we saw many changes. ​ ​Production value improved. The opening/closing credits were different as was the music. These changes would work well the following season, with Peter Davison, The Fifth Doctor, but did not work too well with Tom Baker. I believe that is because the changes were too extreme. Even the costume for Baker, adding question marks on the collar and the entire ensemble was now red/plumb. (JH: The changes also didn't really fit with the Baker doctor while they did with the Davison doctor) ​ The Doctor’s Sonic Screwdriver was also downplayed in this season. The Doctor was known for pulling objects out of his pockets but the Sonic Screwdriver was the ultimate tool, did pretty much anything that the script called for. The fourth Doctor started out the season, season eighteen, with Time Lady Romana, and K-9. Both would be written out throughout the season. ​ Definitely a youth movement was coming. The replacements were a flight attendant, named Tegan, a mathematician/thief from E-Space, named Adric, and a biochemist from a dead planet, named Nyssa. This was all to improve the show and the season was…okay. The stories were good but not AWESOME good. In my opinion, the best two stories came at the end of the season, 'The Keeper of ‘Traken’ and ‘Logopolis’. ‘Traken’ reintroduced ‘The Master’ and set up the season finale. Logopolis’, written by script editor, Christopher Bidmead, speaks of entropy. (JH: Also, the only story that Adric was likable in was "Full Circle") Everything falls apart as quickly as it is put together. The Doctor seeks to repair, at last, the chameleon circuit. The TARDIS, in theory, can blend into its surrounding if they are not old and broken down. ​ 'Logopilis' was eerie. Had a feeling that things were not going to go well this time. Urgency and goodbye in the mood. The Doctor and Adric head to Logopolis with Tegan, accidentally wandering into the TARDIS while they are on Earth measuring an actual Blue Police Box. Tegan was not revealed to Adric and The Doctor until after they left Earth. Her car broke down and she entered The TARDIS believing it to be an actual phone booth so call for help. Tegan was portrayed as very feisty but at time not very intelligent. She does not want to be invloved in all this mess. She wants to go home and to her job as a flight attendant. Nyssa was quite intelligent, sweet and a bit naive. She is a marvel at tools with a sense of wander and undertanding of the mysterious. A woinderful mood of optimism. She wants to learn. Adric, was not very well liked because he was a bit overly intelligent, untrustworthy and annoying. (JH: Back to my previous point, he was only likeable in "Full Circle") Logopolis is inhabited by a race that can create structure through mathematics. This is only capable with exact measurements.The Doctor figures out that The Master has been on board to get to Logoplis as well. During all of this, The Doctor is haunted by a silent white figure, known later as the ‘Watcher’. We see a much more somber Doctor, who is concerned about this ‘Watcher’. This ghost appears at will and from what we gather is aware of the future. (JH: Whom we haven't seen since) He must warn the Doctor of what may be. On Logopolis, The Master gains controls and stops the work on the planet. The inhabitants of Logopolis were continuously working on equations allowing the universe to remain in existence. Without that ‘Block Transfer Computataion’, the universe begins to fall apart. Nyssa, from Traken, joins The Doctor permanently. The Watcher rescued her from Traken before it entropy consumed it. The Master killed her father, Tremas, and assumed his form to survive. The Master was very busy in this story. He turned his TARDIS to look like The Doctor's type 40 Blue Police Box, arriving on Earth first. Materializing his over a real Police Box in the early 80's. The Master had read The Doctor's mind to know where he was going. Time Lord's can do that of course. Now of course in 'The Keeper of Traken', our heroes thought that The Master was dead. He wasn't and The Doctor, of course, not surprised by this revelation. While on Earth, The Master killed a cop and killed Tegan's Aunt, laughing in shadows while he does it, by shrinking them with his 'Tissue Compression Device'. We do not see The Master until part 2. but we knew he was there. Cool but a bit predictable. (JH: It's Doctor Who, what else did you expect?) ​The Master creates a time bubble in The Doctor's TARDIS, forcing them to be count in a loop. Continuously trapped inside the console room with diminishing lighting and sound. This was to symbolizing time being halted. Of course The Doctor frees The TARDIS but fails to flush The Master and his TARDIS with actual flooding. The Master tried shrinking The Doctor inside the TARDIS to crush him and fails. Even using mind control on Nyssa does not work. It is a bit cartoonish but again, fun! After all the traps and mysteries, The Doctor is forced to join with The Master to keep the universe from dying. They need a transmitter to keep the portals open to allow the universe not to collapse. The end comes when both are on top of the PHAROS radio tower located on Earth, The Doctor hanging from a cable desperately trying to stop The Master from blackmailing the universe. The Doctor succeeds but falls as The Master gets away. Now people have criticized the finale because of how it looks. The Doctor is shown lying on his back on the ground, conscious and no blood nor apparent broken bones. True fanatics of the show will tell you that The Doctor should have been visibly injured from falling so high up landing face down. This error would be explained in 2010. In 'End of Time', The Tenth Doctor explains that his body is rebooting to prepare for regeneration. In reality, Doctor Who was a children's show. There was no may to end the run of a extremely popular Doctor by showing him coughing up blood! Also, probably no budget or time. ​'It's the end, but the moment has been prepared for.' One of the best final lines in any show. With a smile and beckoning motion, it is revealed that 'The Watcher' is The Doctor. This ghost is from possibly the future but I believe that it is actually The Doctor's spirit, maybe his true form. A warning of what was to come. This answers the question as to why The Doctor is so somber and soul searching. Though he wants to avoid this future, The Doctor ultimately accepts his fate. Trusting uncertainty is the only way to save what he loves, The Universe. The Watcher merges with the dying Doctor to regenerate into a younger Fifth Doctor. Adrian Gibbs played The Watcher was not credited for a long time while Fifth Doctor, Peter Davison, was promoted to the high heavens. Nathan-Turner was great with building hype for the show. I personally love this regeneration story because there was a sense of mystery with obstacles constantly piling onto The Doctor. Yes, we know he would survive. It is called 'Doctor Who' after all, but the journey is fun. By surviving, The Doctor beats The Master. Destroying The Master's message to blackmail the universe, The Doctor wins. His companions are all orphans now in a way. All they have is The Doctor. This is a really good turning point. The series continued picking up where it left off without missing a beat. Many thought that The Doctor failed but he did not. He saved the universe and sacrificed himself in the process. One of the most serious episodes. The BBC was not sure that the show could survive with a new Doctor. Night and day of how different Baker and Davison were from each other. Davison was thirty; medium build and portrayed the character as fallible. Lack of confidence piled into a cricket outfit and a stick of celery on the coat's lapel. And question marks on the collar, again. Supposedly they would of ended the series on a cliffhanger. If so, the show would never have seen Twenty, Thirty, Forty or Fifty years. We are on sixty two and the future continues.

I was thinking today, yeah I know big surprise. Back in November 2001, my Grandmother took a bad fall before Thanksgiving. I took care of her from 2000 to 2001 and it was very hard to admit that she needed a a nursing home at that point. I felt defeated. My then fiancee, Kelly, told me I did my best for my grandma and that helped a lot for my confidence. The day before thanksgiving, we were at the hospital and I was sitting with my dad in the waiting room while mom and Kelly were with grandma. We did not know if she would be OK so I chose to stay home instead of going to my sisters for the holidays. I would have had to travel from Palatine, Illinois, to Mount Vernon, Illinois, hours away. I did not want to be that far way in case, my Grandmother had passed. Many had said I helped give her a good year. Kept her company and helped to take care her. At this moment it did not matter to me, I felt like a failure. While sitting there, dad said a very kind thing out of nowhere. 'I would never of asked you stay, but I am glad you stayed.' That still means a lot to me now. Grandma would survive and would recover. We would loose her in 2006, after she was able to meet my daughter, her first Great Grand Daughter. Sadly, Dad is gone too. We lost him in 2018 but his memories live inside my head. That makes living without him a little easier. He lives on.

I do not listen much to critics. Especially movies or music. They aren't a authority on the topic they review. They are offering an opinion. Probably paid a lot for said opinion. Might encourage to highlight certain products that they may might be affiliated or paid to? I rather listen to many different views on toys and comics from people who actually pay for them. Makes more sense to hear from the consumer, not actor or paid celebrity endorser, looking at you professional critics, because the consumer has cash. Has need. And most of all will likely buy more if they like it. The customer is the one who will make or break that film; album; show or product. The media in question fails then the advertising funding said project will fail too. Possibly. Critics tend not to pay for said items because work expenses of a sort. After all, criticizing something brings more attention. More chatter. Getting people angry to react. To complain. To be in the minds of potential buyers. Better to criticize then to out right like something, right? Unless, for some not all, a topic is popular to love or to hate. Advertising is important. Getting people on board is important but keep an eye on who is saying what. And always remember, it is a personal subjective, self motivated opinion that is not at all gospel. For the record, I like films that critic don't for the most part. Ha!

1 'AN UNEARTHLY CHILD' (1963) First Doctor The very first story of the sci-fi series. School teachers, Ian and Barbara, discover that their student, Susan, is extraordinary in her knowledge of history and science. This leads to them discovering that Susan and her grandfather are not only from another time but another place. The result is abduction and get lost in time in a blue police box called The TARDIS. 2 'TIME MEDDLER' (1964) First Doctor The Meddling Monk is one of The Doctor's own people. He too travels in time. Difference is that The Monk wants to cause chaos just for the fun of it. If so, why in in 1066 Earth in a Viking village? 3 'THE WAR MACHINES' (1965) First Doctor WOTAN is the greatest artificial mind on Earth. A vast computer that can take care of all the worlds needs. Too bad it has realized it don't need to serve people. The Doctor is the only one who can stop WOTAN from enslaving the world as Earth's new god. 4 'THE MOONBASE' (1967) The Second Doctor The Cybermen lurk in the shadows invading Earth's Moonbase, ready to take it for domination. Too for them that The Doctor and his companions have shown up to even the odds. 5 'WEB OF FEAR' (1968) The Second Doctor The incorporeal Great Intelligence  leading The Doctor into a trap, located in The London Underground, to drain the Doctor's mind of his knowledge. The Doctor and Jamie and Victoria must avoid the Yeti and keep the military from being a causality. 6 'THE MIND ROBBER' (1969) The Second Doctor The Doctor; Jamie and Zoe have found themselves in the land of reality. A Universe made of imagination and twisted logic. There are no rules to the power of thought? 7 'SPEARHEADS FROM SPACE' (1970) The Third Doctor The Doctor has just regenerated and is now exiled to Earth by the Time Lords . He joins Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart  of UNI T and scientist, Liz S haw,  to stop the intelligence Nestenes  from colonising the planet through their use of the Autons , killer plastic duplicates; dolls and shop-window mannequins . 8 'THE MIND OF EVIL' (1071) The Third Doctor A machine that can remove all evil from a human mind. Sounds nice, but where does it go? The Doctor and Jo must deal with this machine that is now killing people at a prison while The Master, an evil Time Lord, is planning on starting World War III by invading a peace conference with nerve gas. Fun! 9 'THE SEA DEVILS (1972) The Third Doctor The Master ,   makes contact with the Sea Devil to plot to use them to conquest of the Earth from humanity. The Sea Devils are intelligence marine life in the underground for eons waiting for the time to reclaim their rightful rule. In other worlds, they were here first. 10 'THE THREE DOCTORS' (1973) The Third Doctor Solar engineer Omega, was the originator of the experimentation leading to Time Treveling granting the power to the Time Lord. He now seeks revenge on the Time Lords after he was left for dead in the antimatter universe. As Omega drains energy from our Universe, the first three incarnations of The Doctor must join forces to stop the eradication of life itself. 11 'TIME WARRIOR' (1974) The Third Doctor Sontaran Commander Linx crash-lands in medieval England. He agrees to give futuristic weaponry to the warrior Irongron and his men, in exchange for shelter to perform repairs on the damaged ship. Linx begins to take scientists from the 1970's to aid in his repairs thus altering the time line requiring The Doctor interfere. 12 'GENESIS OF THE DALEKS' (1975) The Fourth Doctor The Doctor  and Sarah  and Harry are sent by the Time Lords  to the planet Skaro  at the time of the Daleks ' creation. They are given three options: Prevent them from becoming evil; Prevent them from being created or if need be, destroy completely before they are a threat. The Doctor also meets the creature that creates the Daleks, Davros, a mutated monstrosity that wants nothing more then absolute conquest. 13 'SEEDS OF DOOM' (1976) The Fourth Doctor On mission for UNIT, The Doctor and Sarah investigates a mysterious pod  found in the Antarctic. However, the crazed millionaire and plant collector Harrison Chase is also interested, and has sent his violent henchman Scorby and the botanist Arnold Keeler to acquire the malignant alien plant for his personal collection. Unfortunately both pods have infected two human hosts with a desire to feed off the Earth. 14 'TALONS OF WENG CHIANG' (1977) The Fourth Doctor 19th century London, women are being abducted; Giant rats are invading the sewers and a 51st century monster known as Magnus Greel will stop at nothing to return to the future. The Doctor and Leela must uncover the truth in time before Greel's time machine rips the Universe apart. 15 'HORROR OF FANG ROCK' (1977) The Fourth Doctor English island of Fang Rock in the early 20th century, there is a mystery at the old Lighthouse. A shapeshifting alien Rutan  arrives on Earth  to use the planet as a base in the Rutans' war against the Sontarans . Problem is there are too many human in it's way. The Doctor and Leela must try and save the inhabitants of not just the Lighthouse, but Earth itself. 16 'THE ARMAGEDDON FACTOR' (1978) The Fourth Doctor The planets Atrios and Zeos are involved in a nuclear war in which Atrios is losing terribly. There is a third planet in the middle of the two, there lies The Shadow , a follower of The Black Guardian . Shadow wants to steal the first five segments of the key to time from The Doctor as The Shadow has already located the sixth segment on Atrios. Sadly it happens to be the Princess Astra 17 'THE CITY OF DEATH' (1979) The Fourth Doctor Count Scarlioni, is an alien called Scaroth, who sets to steal the Mona Lis a  to finance experiments in time trave . He hopes of averting the accident that killed his race four hundred million years ago , and splintering Scaroth through time. Problemis that began the existence of life on the planet, Earth. 18 'LOGOPLIS' (1980) The Fourth Doctor Trying to repair The TARDIS chameleon circtuit, The Doctor and Adric go Logopilis unknowing giving The Master safe passge. The Doctor gains new assistants in Nyssa and Tegan, beyond anyones control. A horrivble truth is revealed that the Universe is unraveling and The Doctor is warned from The Watcher that The Doctor may not survive this one. 19 'EARTHSHOCK' (1982) The Fifth Doctor 2526, The Cybermen plot to wipe out Earth, as a conference of multiple planets to form a military pact against the Cybermen, is taking place. 20 'ENLIGHTENMENT' (1983) The Fifth Doctor The Doctor, Tegan and Turlough encounter god-like immortals racing historical sailing Earth ships from through space, crewed by plucked humans they from time, to win the prize of enlightenment. 21 'THE CAVES OF ANDROZANI' (1984) The Fifth Doctor The Doctor and his companion, Peri, becomes involved in a war for control of the life-prolonging substance "spectrox" on the planet Androzani Minor, being fought between the ruthless businessman Morgus and the android-builder Sharaz Jek . The Doctor has more important matters as he must race against time to save Peri and himself from a virus that will cost The Doctor his current incarnation. Opps, spoiler. 22 'REVELATION OF THE DALEKS' (1985) The Sixth Doctor On the planet Necros, The Doctor and Peri have arrived to pay respects to a deceased friend. Meanwhile, Davros is masquerading as the Great Healer and has commandeered a funeral home, the high-tech facility Tranquil Repose, as a base from which he can convert humans into either food for the starving or into Daleks for his new army. Meanwhile a bounty hunter; a businesswoman and spies want Davros dead. Simple enough. 23 'ULTIMATE FOE' (1986) The Sixth Doctor The final part of a season long story, 'Trial of A Timelord', where all comes together? The Doctor was placed on trial for interfering in the course of history which not allowed among the Timelords. The prosecutor, The Valyard, is revealed as wanting to destroy the counsel of Timelords. But something worse, The Valyard is the dark side of The Doctor somewhere in the future. 24 'PARADISE TOWERS' (1987) The Seventh Doctor The Doctor and Mel come to Paradise Towers, the height of technological wonder. Or should be. The place is run down. Girls gangs are playing games; elderly are keeping dark secrets while the caretakers are obsessed with rules that serve no purpose. Then there is the great Architect, Kroagnon, the incorporeal entity seeking substance so kill everyone else. 25 'IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE DALEKS' (1988) The Seventh Doctor The Doctor  and Ace  travel back to 1963 to retrieve the Hand of Omega, a powerful device created by the Time Lords, and keep it from the Daleks . The Doctor is manipulating the situation but did not expects two rival armies of Daleks. 26 'GHOSTLIGHT' (1989) The Seventh Doctor The Doctor and Ace enter the mansion house in Perivale  in 1883, Josiah Smith, a cataloger of life forms from another planet, seeks to assassinate Queen Victoria  and take over the British Empire . The house is full of secrets and everything inside is evolving. The alien, LIGHT, doesn't want to gain power, he wants to preserve his catalogue. No more change. And, why will Ace burn this house to the ground in the future?

Everyone has a color. Everyone has a gender. Each and everyone has a personality. Unique and special. Not to stand in line of first to last, but side by side. Outside of personal perception, no one is comparable to another. An individual who is defined by living that unique life that God gives.

Twenty Four Years today I was okay where I was. Trying to trust God in all things. Trying to be content then and now. I had a job in the Harper cafeteria. I was taking care of my Grandmother, who lived down the road from me. I was also working on my very first comic book. The comic was called ‘The Improbable Barnsy and A Pocket Full of Teeth’. Barnsy, as many of you know is a pelican and is based on me. The main result of the story is Barnsy gets a girlfriend. I started working on the comic in late 2000 and by June 2001, the girlfriend did not have a face or a name. In reality I was not dating anyone. I sucked at dating. I was regulated to friend a lot and thought to be well odd. Had my friends, my family and a purpose so I was grand. How was I able to draw a character without a face? Barnsy’s girlfriend was a puddle, a water sprite. For most of the story we see her as a puddle of water with her face shown in the last page. The page I had not drawn yet and the rest of the book had a blank for the name. Thankful for proof reading. May of 2001, an old college friend called me up telling me about a friend of hers who she felt would be perfect for me. I was a little unsure on this. Took a lot of prayer and some insight from my Grandma to actually call this woman up, who my friend was talking so highly about. Funny thing was that she couldn’t remember what her friend looked like. Worried if Kelly was real. The friend’s friend knew what I looked like cause my face was on a cartoonist website. Anyway, I started talking to Kelly Susan Schweig in June of 2001. We spent hours talking pretty much everyday. Kelly was quite easy to talk to. Kelly has a really easy way about her. She genuinely listens making you feel special like you are the most important person in the world. She is no fake. Finally I asked Kelly out on July 3rd 2001. Which would be technically my first; my last and a very successfully blind date. Perfect record. We met at a lovely Greek restaurant, Forsey’s cafe for dinner and then went to the carnival in Palatine. I walked to Forey’s from Grandma’s place. Kelly was kind enough to drive us the carnival. Talked for hours and i kissed her. Kelly got to the restaurant early seeing me pacing back and fourth. I was super nervous. I looked like I wanted to either run or throw up according to my future wife. I finally walked into Forsay's and sat down waiting for Kelly. Then she walked in with her bright red hair pulled back dressed comfortably but very flattering clothes. Aersome expression. It was a very nice dinner in spite of me dropping my broccoli off my fork three times. Kelly finally suggested that I just eat with my hands. I took Grandma's advice, I order fish. The broccoli was water logged. I trip over my words a lot when I am nervous. Also pretty clumsy. Mom suggested I calm down and remember to breathe. Grandma suggested that I do not order anything that requires red sauce since I do have the old nick name of 'Smudge'. Do like spaghetti at times. Forsey’s is a bank now by the way and may still have a groove in the sidewalk where I paced. I’m still devoted to Kelly. Found what I didn’t know I needed. We started off as friends but quickly become much deeper. No regrets. Barnsy’s still has his one and only, Pudnelopy. We have had a good life together so far. Got engaged September 7th, 2001 and married September 6th 2003. Became parents to Katy on November 30th 2005. We have had bumps in the road but the good outweighs the bad. Kelly has always been there for me to help me see clearly. Hopefully I have done the same for her. Work in progress. She brought me back to my faith; she is my reasoning; she encourages me and most of all loves me unconditionally. My wife, my best friend, a wonderful mom to our daughter and the voice in my head that keeps me from being stupid.Kelly has encouraged me to start my own mini comic series. She does appreciate my talents to whip up a card for birthdays and holidays. We have saved a lot of cash on that front. Kelly has actually been helpful in my creating some of my characters. Alister Mcbunny; Grumpy Guppy; Fredrick Frankenstein and the name of Barnsy’s Universe. Imagination Fantastique. I am Barnsy to Kelly's Pudnelopy. And yes, they have have a daughter named, Puddles. Puddles is based on our daughter, Katy. We have argued together; we have laughed and cried together. Through it all we are us. Never surrender Kelly, I love you forever and beyond.

It all began seventy-seven years ago today, March 31st 1948, my dad, Dean Edmund Lewis, was born and deserves observance. I still hope one day it gets national attention. Side Note: Dad did not ever like when his birthday fell on Easter. He felt that nothing should take away from the significance of Easter. Children getting a day off from school; greeting cards; a parade and a mention on a calendar or two would be quite nice. If we can give groundhogs; dead Presidents; inventors; scientists; Saints and everyone else in between their own day, then I do believe a mustached Engineer from the Midwest can get one too. Dad passed away in 2018 weeks before he would have turned seventy, but we consider him seventy when he passed. Why a holiday? A renaissance man of sorts. His interests were Ham Radio; Weather; Astronomy; Welsh culture; Birds/nature; Scouts; Knot tying; Played the viola in his younger days and was an Auxiliary Coast Guardsman. Logic; discipline; honor; respect; family and science guided his life which was all rooted in a deep faith in God. He helped people when they needed help just didn’t make a huge deal about it. Very kind and overprotective which opened the door to insanity at times, but the best intentions were always there. He was left-handed but referred to his left hand as his other hand since he was a bit conservative. With that said dad tried to accept all types as longs as they weren’t hurting other people. It was that old Methodist, Baptist, Lutheran, Catholic, Christian mentality of living by God’s commandments with a dash of mercy and kindness.A bit colorful in his language when referring to those he felt were cruel to others. He showed wisdom at times when he would rely on Mom’s counsel on somethings because, in spite of some rather colorful language/commentary regarding society, dad knew who to ask. He wore everything like a uniform, even a shirt and jeans looked like they could pass an inspection. Clean and pressed. The chief tool kept always, a Swiss Army pocketknife. Was dad grumpy; impatient; imperfect; fussy and at times a bit bothersome? Oh absolutely, who isn’t. I loved my dad, but we are not talking Jesus Christ here, but a good man dad was nonetheless. Faithful to his family and wife; honest; loyal and scientific/faith, yeah I think he qualifies for Holiday status. So how does one celebrate this brand spanking new holiday? Show kindness; forgiveness; look after each other because you want to; love each other; be happy in all the weird parts of who you are and have faith. Perfect, no. Made mistakes, yes. The good outweighed the bad, absolutely. Happy Birthday, Dad. Love you, miss you, and remember you every day of my life.

One of the most famous duo in the digital world, Mario and Luigi, 'The Mario Brothers'. 'Super Mario Brothers' if you want to be amped up. Two Italian Plumbers who apparently chose to save a fantasy realm full of sewer pipes, mushroom people and turtles, instead of making money plumbing. Come on guys there are bills to pay. Where it is not too strange for floating stars to grant limited times crazy music driven invincible power; mushrooms making you double in size breaking floating walls; and let us not forget firepower which is kind of intimidating if you are a mindless minion shuffling back and forth in enclosed area. Did you know that Mario is older than Luigi? Crazy. Luigi seems to be the only common sense of the two, but still he follows big brother anyway. Luigi is taller after all. Come on, stand up to Mario already. Is Mario really the last name? Was Mario's parent that lazy in naming him. My theory, he and Luigi changed their name. The original is dumber. Before his own franchise, Mario had to begin in the 1981 video game hit, 'Donkey Kong'. In his first appearance, Mario is referred to as 'Jumpman'. Not even a first name unless that was his first name. I am confused. It was written on the cabinet instructions of how to play the game. Right on the screen sides for everyone to see. Jumpman, must be his last name? Mario Jumpman? Does not sound very Italian. So Luigi would be Luigi Jumpman. Again better than being called Mario Mario and Luigi Mario. Luigi Mario sounds like a lovely dish though. Not a fan that. Not a fan of the character's 'last' name, but okay as a dish. Just not at all creative nor original! Granted Jumpman is not very good either. 'The Jumpman Brothers' or 'Super Jumpman Brothers', sounds like a very weird hopping game or a hip hop group from the future.

I do not watch a lot of live action TV shows. If something is on then I may watch it but most times I prefer cartoons. I still am a huge animation fan, but there are still a handful of TV shows I will watch and go back to. Why these shows? Simple, world building. These had excellent characters that were easy to relate to. The reoccurring side characters were a nice touch too. These worlds evolved and changed from the start to end of show runs. Locations; show directions and cast changed but quite organically. 5. Mr. Belvedere (ABC 1985-1989) The series follows posh English butler Lynn Belvedere as he struggles to adapt to the Owens household in suburban Pittsburgh . 4. Facts of Life (NBC 1979-1988) The changing lives of young women and their mentor/mother figure, Edna Garrett. The first season featured a large cast at an all-girl school but the eight years would focus mainly on four girls: Blair Warner , Tootie Ramsey , Natalie Green , and Jo Polniaczek . The series shifted from the Eastland School to a storefront bakery ‘Edna's Edibles’, later becomes a pop culture gift shop called ‘Over Our Heads’ run by the girls. 3. Head of the Class (ABC 1986-1991) The series follows a group of gifted  students in the Individualized Honors Program (IHP) at the fictional Millard Fillmore  High School in Manhattan , and their out of work actor/history teacher Charlie Moore. Moore would leave in the final season and was replaced by eccentric Scotsman Billy MacGregor. 2. Night Court ( NBC  1984 -1992) The show is set in the night shift  of a Manhattan Criminal Court  presided over by a young, unorthodox judge, Harold "Harry" T. Stone. The series focused on the weird types of cases that went through the court and the oddball cast. 1. Cheers (NBC 1982-1993) The show is set in the bar in Boston , run by ex-Red Sox player and womanizer, Sam Malone. Stories centered in the bar as the eclectic cast would gather and stories would grow beyond mere episodes and became years long arc.