Jennifer Aniston by Steve Malinowski (aka Bray)

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Jennifer, you'll always have to take a look at the previous day's entry, because I'm sometimes inclined to add to it, within the same day.

Did you notice anything? I'm already relocated to a new hosting service. That was quick. At around a quarter past ten pm, I updated my nameserver information, and I was expecting it to take 12 to 24 hours for the change to take effect. Instead, while I was pruning my database, for use on this new host, I was surprised to notice my home page not being found, about a half hour after the nameserver update. Right away, I correctly deduced that the change had already gone into effect in California, but I hadn't uploaded my site to the new host. So, immediately I created a new ftp account, and commenced the uploads. By a minute before the stroke of midnight, on June the 29th, all was up and running at my new host. All I have to do now is to continue pruning my database, to comply with the new host's rule about having only currently-in-use web content uploaded to their machines. I ran into that rule in late 2006, at a host, in the UK, I was using. This new host is in Houston, Texas. This is the first time this website has ever been hosted in the U. S. My data transmissions seem to be faster than ever. My last host, if you really want to know, was located in the Czech Republic, nine time zones to the east. I'm so glad to be through with them. This host is in North America, so it's in the same continent as I am, again. This is the closest I've ever been to my host. This is the fourth hosting service that this website has used. I'm so impressed with how easy and fast everything has been for this transfer. This is the quickest and easiest I've ever got set up, and I didn't have to ask them anything. I was able to easily access and do everything directly. How do you like these purely coincidental statistics: I've used two British hosts, one Czech host, and now a U. S. host. Houston is only 1560 miles from home. That's a big improvement in distance, compared to the Czech Republic.

The above blog entry was made on June 30, 2008.

Oh, I'm loving it. I just asked Lauren Sanchez to read my email response on the air, and she did (June 27, 2008). Thank you, thank you, Lauren. This time, the My13LA question of the night was: Have you ever fought with a person for a long long time, and then made up? Here's my response:

Yes. I had a feud with Madonna, which is over, now that she's breaking up with Guy. (Lauren, read this. Thanks.)

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She didn't read the part in parentheses, and she didn't read "the" in front of "Steve," and she didn't say the "of Fullerton" part. This is the second time they read one of my replies, in which I mentioned Madonna. This is getting more exciting all the time. Well, Madonna, now that the world knows, there's pressure on you to be nice to me, and to be mine.

The above blog entry was made on June 28, 2008.

Thanks, Maria Quiban, for reading my email response to your question on the air, on the My13LA news (on June 26th). This time, the question of the night was: Do you agree with the Supreme Court's decision to strike down the handgun ban? Here's my reply, which Maria read on the air:

Yes, I'm wholeheartedly glad they finally honored the 2nd amendment, and lifted the ban. Collective gun rights go without saying. The 2nd amendment is about INDIVIDUAL gun rights.

Steve

It's about time you 13 news people read another one of my responses on the air. It's been a while since you read the last one on the air. I did a lot of work, standing up for the second amendment. I feel like I influenced this decision, with all the messages I've been sending to politicians. I think I finally convinced them.

The above blog entry was made on June 27, 2008.

I just added a topless photo of Susan Atkins to my special page, when I figured something out. Here's an excerpt from that page, which explains.

I just realized something. Have you ever heard of a lady named Susan Anton? Mention of her was kicking around on tv decades ago. What's interesting is that her name is like a combination of these two names, "Susan (Atkins) and Anton (LaVey). Intentional? You think? Poor Ms. Susan is now reported to be missing a leg, and dying of brain cancer (June of 2008). [Susan Atkins performed in one of Anton LaVey's stage shows, in the late 1960's, in the San Francisco area. That coincidence links her, in a real way, to Anton LaVey, which makes the name coincidence seem all the more interesting.]

I just wrote to Susan Anton, to mention this name coincidence. I wonder if she'll reply to me. I would like that.

The above blog entry was made on June 25, 2008.

Here's evidence that we started the 2008 Summer in my area, without the normal June gloom, as it's called here. They've been giving "red flag alerts" here, in the Los Angeles area, lately. I personally prefer June gloom to scorching heat. I've got an idea, Jen the Hen. Why don't we all use magick of the mind, to bring back the June gloom, and keep it here till the end of Summer? If enough LA area witches/warlocks/ghosts chip into this effect, it ought to descend upon southern California like some kind of unexpected weather phenomenon. In fact, it only takes one adept magick type character to pull off a feat of this magnitude, if it's not opposed by black magick. That's the thing about it. Black magick isn't less common than white magick. I haven't applied myself to the task, but I'm tempted. I know you've got it in you, Jen the Hen. You're not just paltry/poultry/whatever.

Finally, I spotted a GEICO gecko ad here, at the bottom of this page. That thing really gets around. I was wondering if it'd ever show up here, without asking GEICO for an ad to put here.

I believe I know what the last photo of you, I put here, means. I believe that was during the holiday season of 2006. Is that what you want for New Years 2009, in West Hollywood? What do you think? That broad sure looked a lot like you New Years of 2008.

I just put the Death Valley 10-day forecast in an iframe, near the top of this page. Death Valley is hot, but not as hot as you, Jen the Hen. Death Valley is your closest competition.

Fortunately, you rarely wear clothes, Jen the Hen. Here you are naked, for a Smartwater ad. We don't know what you'll do next, but it's a good guess you won't have much, if any, clothes on, some of the time for it. I'm about to put that topless photo of you on my special page. Speak now, or forever hold your peace.

The above blog entry was made on June 22, 2008.

I was going to avoid, for the time being, putting many photos on this page. However, I couldn't resist this one. I think you can see why. As you know, this was in Mexico, with your friend, Courteney Cox. Thanks, Jen the Hen.

As you must know, this is the first full day of Summer. It got up to 96°F here yesterday. I got out of my air-conditioned car at about 9:15pm, and I was hit by warm air. It wasn't as hot as the night air of the desert, but it felt believably like Summer had really arrived.

By the way, I'm thinking, or planning, to put a video capture of you topless, from The Breakup, on my special page here. Tell me right away, if you don't want me to post it. I saw that film here at the AMC theater, but I don't recall this topless scene. Is it possible that I forgot this scene, or do you think they showed a censored version here? There's no excuse for censoring for localities. I'd like to hear what you think happened.

I admit that the stories of you with John Mayer make me jealous.

The above blog entry was made on June 21, 2008.

You ought to read the latest fax I just sent to the five members of California's Senate Public Safety Committee. It's a real gem of argumentation. I also sent a copy of it to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Second Amendment isn't my only thought, worry or concern, not by a long shot, but it is important.

I'm again pondering the need to transfer this website to yet another hosting service. My problems with this one are irreconcilable. I hope to avoid down time, but I'm not sure I'll be able to. I just renewed this website's domain name. This website is about to enter its fourth year of existence. I haven't been saying as much here lately, partly because I've been busy, and partly because of the bandwidth issues my hosting service has been plaguing me with.

Here's an update. The update is that I still haven't received one red cent from all of my bother and time, in creating and operating this website. How do you explain that? July 11 will be the third anniversary of this website.

The above blog entry was made on June 15, 2008.

Well, after thinking about it for months, I've finally done it. I've split this page into smaller pages, a quarter of a year in lenth, each. I had at least two motivations. First, I've been afraid of this page loading too slowly for dial-up visitors. That was my original worry about the size of this page. After many months, I started worrying about the bandwidth consumed with each page load, since it's costing me money. Well, this split ought to take care of both worries. However, I believe that my real problem with the bandwidth for this page is that I'm convinced my hosting service is cheating me. I believe they're reporting that this website is using far more bandwith that it possibly could be, considering the number of page visits. That isn't the only thing suspicious about this hosting service. They've pulled other dirty tricks on me over time, and they just double-billed me. They billed me for the subscription fee on the 10th, and then again on the 11th. They have no right to charge me twice for this month. They have no right to decide to keep taking money out of my account. I reported them to Paypal, today. I have no intention of putting up with their crimes against me.

The above blog entry was made on June 11, 2008.

I was just sitting here, with my window open, listening to the crickets. Their sound seemed to match the clay chicken on my desk, like they're a perfect theme match. It's the life on the farm theme.

News just broke about Ed McMahon being in peril of losing his mansion, due to multi-million dollar debt.

We're finally through with the Democratic primary contest. I'm glad I won't be bothered with that stuff any more.

I just wrote to CNN, to complain about Mike Galanos. He comes across abrasively, on tv, as if people really have nerve to respect the Bill of Rights, as if everyone must immediately burn that document, and kiss his ass, and adopt his obnoxious anti-freedom politics. I'm sick of being reminded, by creepy newcasters, of the trend against freedom in the U. S. They are the vanguards of throwing away the constitutional protections. His type is a disgrace to tv journalism.

The above blog entry was made on June 5, 2008.

Harvey Korman was one of my all-time favorite comedians. Here's a video tribute to him, which you can watch full-screen, by clicking the little minus sign, at the lower-right corner of the video.

The above blog entry was made on June 2, 2008.

I'm glad that we're so close to the end of the political primaries. Those politics have been boring me and worrying me.

I just bought a clay chicken, to put my felt-tipped pens in. I may take a picture of it, so you can see it. I was going to buy more clay chickens, but I figured I'd give it more thought, since my budget is so tight.

The above blog entry was made on June 1, 2008.

I'm finally making my own GIF animations from scratch. I've made a couple such animations, in the past, wth a couple of other programs, but the programs I'm using for the purpose now are more versatile. I've just entered GIF animation creation heaven. Look at my first scrolling marquee animation, which I made from scratch, at the top of this page. Not bad, eh?

The above blog entry was made on May 28, 2008.

I've gotten fancier with this playlist stuff. This is the most advanced setup I've ever used for an embedded playlist. I've again randomized the start point, with the help of JavaScript. I tried this idea out many months ago, but this time I've added more improvements to how I put this all together. I hope you people appreciate how much I've sweated the technical details over the last few years. It's getting better all the time, here.

By the way, I just saw a story, on CNN, about some politician in Italy, who seemed to be portrayed in graffiti, by a painting of his head on the body of a chicken. You think? There's clowning around to this Jen-the-Hen theme in Italy, too? I'm making even more of an international figure of you, Jen the Hen. Be sure to thank me.

While I'm on the subject of this embedded music, I've got a commentary about Microsoft and its competition. I've been using a volume setting, "100," which Internet Explorer doesn't interpret as "100%." The Quicktime plugin does interpret it as "100%." I was using the Quicktime plugin for a long time, so I was oblivious to the problem. I just noticed the effect again, and decided to optimize this website for use with Internet Explorer, since I believe far more people are using it, rather than the Quicktime plugin. All I had to do, to switch, was untick the music support boxes in Quicktime's MIME settings. This has been another annoying situation, which was apparently resulting from Microsoft's competition with its competitors. It seems Microsoft can't stand to allow any other company to seem competent, or compete with them. Microsoft deserves no better than a "boo" for this stunt, presuming it's of their doing.

The above blog entry was made on May 27, 2008.

Have you seen the new Carl's Jr. spot on tv? "The FCC doesn't allow us to show a chicken this hot on tv . . . unless it's on a sandwich. Introducing the jalapeño chicken sandwich. New, at Carl's Jr." They're not going to shut down this page over you, are they, Jen the Hen? I hope not.

The above blog entry was made on May 19, 2008.

I've done it. I've just expanded my product line. Click the George Olsen link, near the top of the page, to find the new item offered here. I've temporarily put it on that page, since I haven't yet created a general merchandise page. That's next. I won't tell you what I just put there. That's for you to find out, by following the above link. It's something everyone, who uses Windows XP, could use (or NEEDS!). Don't be without it.

The above blog entry was made on May 18, 2008.

Now, dare I say, at the risk of a jinx, that I've really fixed the display of the shortcut icon, on these pages? I have. I kind of hate to say how I did it. If you're not seeing this icon at the left of the address bar (where URLs are typed), then you haven't bookmarked this page. So, bookmark this page, preferably in a folder devoted to this website, then close your browser, reopen it, and visit this page again. You should now see the shortcut/bookmark icon, not only in your favorites folder (next to the respective web page), but also at the left of the URL, in the address bar. Well, do you see it? If not, email me a note. It's working for me. Don't I have anything else to do, besides such seeming trivia? Yes, loads of things. However, when I happen across a fix for something, I want to implement it immediately, if possible, and that's what I did this time.

The above blog entry was made on May 17, 2008.

I've been busy with various technical matters, so I haven't said anything here, lately. I just took the lists of songs off of some pages, and relocated them to their own pages. That was to get that information out of the way of the content of the respective pages. Another thing I just did was to create a page to document the U. S. Bill of Rights. I was giving so much thought to those constitutional issues, with all the political activity I've been involved in lately, that I thought it would be good to have a ready copy here to refer to, when needed. You can find the picture link to that page near the top of my politics page. It's a good size, and says "The Bill of Rights," so you can't miss it. It's directly above the links to the NRA pages. Now, if someone encounters a constitutional issue in my blog, they have ready access to my Bill of Rights page, which contents came from an official U. S. government website. The only difference in the content is that I reformatted it to my own liking, but the wording is unchanged.

The other thing I've done lately is to debug the email stationary that ships with Outlook Express. Windows has a software bug that causes a needed pound sign to be omitted, in the CSS style sheet ,in the header of its stationary. That means that when an email made from such stationary is sent to, for instance, a Yahoo email address, the format of the email won't be displayed correctly by Yahoo. That's not Yahoo's fault though. It's a Microsoft software bug. It's easy to fix the stationary template files, by adding one pound sign in the right spot in each such file. Shame on Microsoft. I bet they knew about that. If you use Outlook Express to create new stationary, the same error is created, so the new file would have to have a pound sign added in the right spot, too. This defect is also found in all the templates of the default set of stationary that ships with Windows XP. Every one of those stationary templates would also have to have that pound sign added in the right place. Is this enough techno-boredom for now, or do you want more? I've always got technical issues going on.

The above blog entry was made on May 15, 2008.

Note: The Sharon Tate documentary I had here, Final Days of an Icon, appears to have been removed from Google. That's a shame. I enjoyed it.

As far as that Barker Ranch dig goes, exploratory excavation is officially on the agenda for this month. This dig is to determine if they are going to do a full-blown dig for bodies. The Sheriff's Department intends to keep everyone away from the project, so I don't recommend showing up to get a peek.

My new George Olsen page has undergone a major makeover. It's now easier than ever to listen to those four recent redoes, without even leaving that page. You'll notice the four music players near the top of that page. Just click on one to listen to it. The bass really has been enhanced in those versions.

The above blog entry was made on May 12, 2008.

I'm continually developing new content and other web posibilites. I just created a new email template. I had to add a feature partly manually, because Outlook Express doesn't have all posibilities for templates, through their limited menu selections. In other words, I created a template with OE, then I modified it manually, to add background sound to the template. OE allows adding background sound, but it provides no way to add it to an email template, so I did that part manually. Here's what the email would be like, in html format. It's possible to add this template to the stationary folder (as an HTML file), but it should overwrite a template, with the right name, that already exists. So, you could create a dummy template, and give it the name you want it to have, then overwrite it, directly, in the stationary folder that OE uses to store email templates. This already works, because I already created and sent an email to myself, using this template, to test it. Now, following this idea, you can create you own email templates, with not only picture, but also with any sound file you've got hosted on a hosting service.

I contacted those California politicians again tonight, but this time by email. One of the contact email addresses was bad, but I found and used a good email address for the one I couldn't contact that last time. That means I still contacted the same number of politicians, but this time the list of who received a message is a little different. I even sent a message to the governor of Georgia this time, but that was with regard to a Georgia state bill that I was urging him to sign into law. It has already passed through their congress.

The above blog entry was made on May 11, 2008.

Last night, I sent another political activist fax to 16 Sacramento Assembly members. The issue this time was the right to sell firearms and ammunition at San Francisco's Cow Palace. I've never been to the Cow Palace, but that's no reason to doubt that it should be open to gun shows and the sale of related merchandise. Please read the fax I just sent to those California politicians by clicking here

I've neglected this blog for a few days, because I've been so busy.

I keep up-to-date on the anti-gun measures, from notices received by being on the mailing list of the NRA. I repost the information, which can be found by clicking links in my politics blog. Those widgets, to get to that information, is found by clicking this picture:

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Read up, Jen the Hen. I can tell you people aren't really involved, politically, because the count of my page- visit counter, for my politics blog, is still very low. The government people, in the U. S., won't be honest on their own. They have to be told what to do, and what not to do. Politicians are criminals, basically. The job of being a politician attracts crimnals, not honest people.

The above blog entry was made on May 9, 2008.

I've just set a new record for myself, in terms of the most separate issue political action messages to politicians, at one sitting. You can read this latest volley of messages by clicking here. If you keep reading this stuff, you'll learn something, Jen the Hen.

The above blog entry was made on May 4, 2008.

Well, I've tortured your mind long enough, by making you wait for information on what I was talking about. The following link will take you to a page that illustrates what I meant, when I said here that the Spears name was happening near me. Here's the web page to click over to: Spears is spending a lot of time near me.

Women must be right too, Jen the Hen. Click here to read what I mean.

The above blog entry was made on May 3, 2008.

I wish I could execute all the anti-gun politicians. On the 7th, the California legislature will consider a bill that would severely restrict ammunition sales in the state. Here's an alert from the NRA about it. In case you haven't noticed, the Democratic Party is a major component of U. S. oppression. It's the Democrats that are anti-human-rights. They've always labeled everything in opposites, to pretend to be the good guys. They are the criminals, in more ways than one. They are the defacto communist party of the U. S., but they're pretending to be honest. The Democrats are anti-gun, among other things. They've never honored the Bill of Rights. On what basis can they claim to respect human rights? They only work for dishonest kickbacks for themselves. They don't even care if they hurt each other to get their kickbacks. They're frauds. They're bullies. They've always stolen everything, and they've always come back for more. They must be stopped. One must conclude that one of the reasons Hollywood seems to be Democrat is that the rich bitch showbiz people want someone to watch over all their money, and don't want the second amendment honored. I have one thing to say to them: All the money in the world won't do them one bit of good in a coast-to-coast gulag, passing itself off as the U. S. government. They'd better start respecting the bill of rights, or they deserve a life sentence in a gulag.

There's an interesting circumstance, near where I live, that involves the name, "Spears." Can you guess what it is? If you were to cruise the streets near where I live, with a vigilant eye, you might notice what it is. I've got a set of photos from the other day, which I plan to post soon. In one of those photos, it is apparent what I'm talking about. Since it's already 3:50am, and maybe you're already in bed, maybe this puzzle won't keep you tossing and turning in bed, trying to guess what this is. If you're lucky, I'll put a new page here tomorrow, with the photos. If you're in the area, cruising around trying to figure this out, be sure to stop at my place, Jen the Hen. I think you can figure out where I live.

The above blog entry was made on May 1, 2008.

Well, I've finally got a venue lined up to sell downloads. Did you see the purchase link for a song download, near the top of this page? I've put my remastered version of Makin' Whoopee up for sale first, to see how it goes. It's again late at night (3:24am), so I'm about to call it quits for the night, to resume tomorrow. I plan to set up more music downloads tomorrow.

The above blog entry was made on April 29, 2008.

Here's the vocabulary term of the day: "down ballot." It means the items or offices or people, with less name recognition, closer to the end of a voting ballot than near the top of the ballot. You can thank me for introducing you to this one. The term is in use, but it appears in relatively few (almost none) online dictionaries. Now you'll feel like a political terminology guru because of me, Jen the Hen. By the way, the term may be hyphenated, like this: "down-ballot," when used as an adjective. The definition is hard to find. Try searching the internet for it, and you'll see what I mean.

The above blog entry was made on April 29, 2008.

Here's something interesting. A guy named Eric Thompson, the owner of TGSCOM, an online seller of firearms, sold a handgun to the Virginia Tech killer, and two 9mm magazines and a holster to the Northern Illinois University killer. There's that name, "Thompson," again. Remember the name, "Thompson submachine gun?"

Remember that 48 hours of no sleep, that I mentioned recently? I just want to comment, now, that actually I catnapped for two hours or so the evening before I finally got a regular amount of sleep. That couple of hours made me feel much better, as I resumed doing system maintenance after that.

By the way, I added more to yesterday's entry, approaching midnight. Read up.

Remember my mentioning that my influence got former Washington D. C. Police Chief Ramsey booted from that position? I told of how I KNEW that he was the cause of the murder of Chandra Levy. It was a scorned wannabe lover situation, with Ramsey as the principal. Well, now he's turned up as the Police Commissioner of Philadelphia, and he's disrespecting state law and the advice of the district attorney and lawyers there, because he seems to think he's above the law in Pennsylvania, too. Read about his criminally incorrect management of Philly here. If I had a license to practice law, I'd want to go after him myself. Did I mention that I had contacted Washington D. C. officials and attorney Vincent Bugliosi (who never returned my call), about Ramsey and the Chandra Levy case? I mentioned at least part of that, here. Now creep Ramsey is terrorizing Philadelphia. I suspect it could be Ramsey's evil influence, that so-called "brain scan as a proof of a lie" theory (rubbish). That idea was being touted in Philadelphia, last year or the year before. The guy is big trouble trying to happen at every turn in the road. He must be permanently barred from police departments and government office everywhere. He should have been given the death penalty, or sentenced to life in prison, over the Chandra Levy thing alone, let alone anything else. They ought to recall Ramsey, and appoint me police commissioner in his stead. I'd accept the office of mayor, but fortunately Ramsey isn't mayor. Speaking of the mayor's office, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter ought to be booted out of office too, because he signed those illegal anti-gun measures into so-called law there. There are other things Ramsey is guilty of too, but I'd hate to go into that. Charles Ramsey is an out-and-out criminal, and he shouldn't be tolerated.

The above blog entry was made on April 27, 2008.

I can tell you some more techno-boredom now. Don't worry, it won't bore you too much. It appears that the background music here wasn't autoloading for most people. The reason is that I left out the autostart parameter from the embed code. I wasn't paying attention, so I neglected to have that in place. It was auto-playing for me, because I was using the Quicktime plugin, and that is capable of autostarting the playback even without the parameter for it in the embed code. So now, even you Microsoft default player users will be experiencing the background music now, without having to click "play." You must have noticed, by now, the little control that appears on the page. I've got it set to be about 300 pixles wide, by 45 pixles high. With that, you can jump to the next song or to the previous one. You can also pause, stop or restart with that control. The Quicktime control is nice, because it allows you to select the playlist item by number. In some cases, the Microsoft player will let you select by number, too. It depends on Windows, whether or not that control feature will display in the control.

Here's my latest activist action. I just faxed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and V. P. (President of the Senate) Dick Cheney, about prison abuses against inmates. Please click here, and read what I told them. Take my advice: You should try to avoid going to jail or prison, Jen the Hen. The chicken coop is bad enough, as it is. No need to make matters worse for yourself.

A little techno-boredom, here. Excuse me if it isn't really boring. How amusing. I'm back to using my old external fax modem, which I bought new in the mid 1990's, back when I was using my relatively primative 80486SX pc. The DX models were better than the SX models, for what it's worth. I was working a temporary job then, as an electronic pager technician, for a company called Pagenet. Fortunately, I haven't used a machine that primative, as the 486, in many years. I've gone through a series of machines, since then. I'm now using yet another machine on the internet, as my main machine. Since it has fewer internal pci plots, I set it up to use that old modem. Actually, this modem hasn't done much over those years, but sit in storage around the house. It's back on the job. I'm amused by the fact that it operates through the com1 serial port, through the 9-pin D-shell connector at the back of my machine. Are you duly dazzled my my technical vernacular? No, you're yawning? Technical theory can do that. Now, I can watch the nine status indicator LED's in the front panel; indicating things like "OH" for "off hook," "PWR" for "power," and "TR" for "terminal ready," "SD" for "sending data," "RD" for "receiving data," and so on. Thrilled? I am. You don't get that kind of indications from internal cards, unless maybe you're standing behind the machine staring at the LED's back there, if it's even got them back there.

The above blog entry was made on April 26, 2008.

I've been busy doing system maintenance. I haven't slept in going on 48 hours. I took someone to the hospital yesterday, so that accounts for some of that time.

How's Beverly Hills? I wish I were there.

The above blog entry was made on April 25, 2008.

I just did myself a favor, and ordered a copy of the book, Child of Satan, Child of God: Her Own Story, by Susan Atkins and Bob Slosser. I've been wanting to read that for years. I found a used copy for $2.40 plus tax and shipping, which came to about $6.56. That's serious money on my budget. Once a book in the greater genre goes out of print, the price tends to go sky high. Speaking of Susan Atkins, the story finally broke today that she's been in a private sector hospital for a month, but she's reported to be in stable condition. They can't reveal what her medical condition is or which hospital she's in, due to federal privacy regulations. I've long been tempted to visit her at prison, but I wasn't sure she'd receive me well.

The above blog entry was made on April 23, 2008.

Here's a butt shot of Leticia Casta. I couldn't waste this opportunity.

Yesterday was the queen's 82nd birthday. Today is Earthday. The convicted murderer, Ira Einhorn, attended the first Earthday in 1970, in Pennsylvania. Speaking of Earthday and Pennsylvania, today is not only Earthday, but the election primary day of Pennsylvania. Do you think they wanted the primary to coincide with Earthday?

Here's a second butt shot, this one of Eva Mendes. These naked fur protests have been happening for many years. I don't remember what year I first saw a tv report on such a protest, but I think it was in the 1980's.

You should know that a larger image can often be found by clicking on a photo on this page. A clue is if you find your mouse pointer changing appearance, the way it does when it's over a link.

The above blog entry was made on April 22, 2008.

I finally took the time to search the perezhilton.com website for that recent Madonna video. I found it, and watched it. On the left side of the Perez Hilton home page, scroll down to the column of videos, and scroll those videos to find the Madonna one. When you find it, click on her face, and watch it. Unfortunately, there's no embed code provided, or I would have put it here. You'll just have to visit perezhilton.com yourself to see it, Jen the Hen.

I keep noticing very old music recordings that sound like they have a strutting chicken theme sound in places. They anticipated you that way too? There is commodities trading on the New York Stock Exchange, as one sign of interest in chickens.

For your information, I still haven't received a penny through this website. To help me with that, I just upgraded my Paypal account to business account status. That gives me more options and benefits. I believe I've got it set up more secure than ever. I think I'm going to start offering music downloads for about 99¢ each. I can use Paypal to receive the payments for me. It seems everyone and his uncle are selling music online these days. It remains to be seen if I can get people to buy downloads of 70-year-old music, but it is remastered by myself, so it should be good. Of course, I'd put the higher-bit-density versions up for download, since it's higher in quality. That means those individual single song items would have a file size of about 3 megabytes, typically.

The above blog entry was made on April 20, 2008.

Before I quit for the night (it's 2:00am straight up), I want to mention something. I was just listening to my George Olsen collection, and I can tell you that I easily have the four songs to put in this playlist, to bring the Olsen total in it to an even dozen. One of my favorites of his is called The Girlfriend, and I may add that one to this list next.

After thinking about it more, I'm tempted to not post any more George Olsen music here. That way maybe people would be more tempted to buy compilation CD's from me, with my remastered versions. I think a greatest hits CD would be my first offering. It'd probably have the eight already here, plus four more. George did some of the best roaring 20's music. This is people's chance to catch up on that old sound.

The above blog entry was made on April 19, 2008.

Since you probably weren't getting any sleep worrying about it, I'll tell you now. I finally got the shop manual for my van in the mail. It took eight calendar days from the day it was said to be shipped. And there's more good news. The chargeback from the other online seller finally went through. I just noticed today. I was looking for it day after day. Now I can stop worrying about those items. See, not everything goes wrong for me.

I sent Perez Hilton an email last night. You think he'll reply? I'd like to have his secret for web traffic. I suspect it has to do with the broad general coverage of Hollywood stuff. I've been thinking of adding pages like that myself, or starting a seperate website for it. Exclusive interviews with stars and icons wouldn't hurt, either. There's got to be money someplace on the net. I refuse to believe that a degree in journalism is needed to make good money in journalism. If it is needed, that'd be another case in point that the U. S. doesn't support real freedom of speech. Any time you have to be trained by the propaganda department, which is what the education system in the U. S. constitutes, you've got no freedom of speech. That, plus the comprehensive censorship going on in the U. S., especially by the ethnics, who are trying to monopolize the media, by pretending to be the underdogs. With that trick, they've taken over the whole country, and they're looking for more, like there's no end to their power-and-wealth grab.

There is a portion of instrumental, in Makin' Whooppee, that sounds like the chicken theme. I think it can be found without saying where it is, because musical instinct will guide one to it. Just keep the idea in mind while paying attention, and I think you'll figure out what portion I mean. Even chickens make whooppee. You'd know, Jen the Hen.

The above blog entry was made on April 17, 2008.

This and the next paragraph are techno-boredom items. I think you should read them anyway. I just got rid of the title bar messages I had at the top of the browser. Those messages were more trouble than they were worth. They were a bother to update. My biggest reason to do away with them was that they caused the name of the page's bookmark to be one of the messages. I'd rather have the name of the bookmark to correspond to the title of the page, so I had to delete the message script. I advise, for bookmarking pages of this website, is to click "bookmark," click "create folder," give the new folder the name of my website, "Steven Bray Dot Com," then click "save." Also, I recommend deleting the old bookmarks to these pages, if they are labeled with one of those former title bar messages. If you want to bookmark a page without creating a special bookmark folder, you can click ctrl-d or ctrl-D. That will put the bookmark in the main bookmark folder. This website has so many pages that it'd be better to save the bookmarks in a separate folder to organize them.

One other thing I just fixed is the syntax of the header information, so that Internet Explorer will display my special address bar icon in the address bar and in the bookmarks. Unfortunately, Internet Explorer won't display that icon unless the particular page is bookmarked. Even if you do bookmark the web page, you'll probably have to close the browser, and then revisit the web page, to see that icon. I don't think anyone is going to worry about that one, but it matters to me. That icon makes it easier to find bookmarks of these pages, and it looks nice at the left of the address bar. One problem is that Internet Explorer is very temperamental about display of those icons. The other popular web browsers display them with no problem. Can it be that Microsoft is trying to discourage the use of those icons, so that their IE icon is always there? That would figure, considering how inconsiderate Microsoft is. As if all that isn't bad enough, I discovered something else. Sometimes the page has to be bookmarked in the main bookmark area, rather than in a special folder, if one's using Internet Explorer. That means, when you're visiting the page, just hit ctrl-d or ctrl-D. You'd think Microsoft would have their shit together better than the other browser people, but like I was saying, I suspect they caused that problem on purpose. I believe Microsoft creates a lot of defects intentionally. That's the only explanation for them using Trend Micro, who I suspect of being hackers. If you can't trust Microsoft, who can you trust? There's no such thing as internet security, for most people.

The other night, on My13LA news, their question of the night was: What's your reaction to the video, showing Hillary having drinks at a bar? I usually don't post the question unless they read my answer, which they didn't do that time. Here's what I replied:

If that was a speakeasy, maybe the FBI ought to hear about it.

Steve

I figured that was a good reply, since it matched the 1920's theme my website has had lately. Actually, I think Hillary may have staged that bar scene as an allusion to my Hillary put-down remarks here. Maybe she thinks my influence is detracting from her popularity. Not only that, there was mention recently of a love song to Hillary, but it was someone else's song. That also may have been an allusion to me and my Blues My Wanting Hillary Gives to Me song, here. Do you think Hillary believes I'm costing her, in terms of votes? To be candid about it, I'm not sure Barack's health care plans are any better than Hillary's. Insurance should never be forced on anyone. The only way I can think of, to dodge mandated health insurance, is to vote Republican, and I'm not 100% sure even that would avoid such a law.

Here's my latest Hollywood scoop. I just saw Mariah Carrey in a tv report about a music video, picturing her standing by a unicorn. The interesting thing, to me, about the unicorn coincidence is that I had a girlfriend with a unicorn tattoo on her back. She's the blond one, who I've said before lived on a street called "Seacrest." That was over 18 years ago. As soon as I heard of Ryan Seacrest, whose last name is the same as the street my former girlfriend lived on, I was thinking that must be another one of those coincidences that found me, maybe not by mere chance. I also said here that I came across Mariah Carrey in West Hollywood more than once. If she's been dropping the hint that she wants to be my girlfriend, that's fine with me. I wish she'd drop by my place, if she can find it. I don't know when I'd be able to justify the expense of driving into West Hollywood again. Another coincidence is that the pronunciation of "Carrey" sounds like my sister's married name. Are there any more coincidences between Mariah and myself, that you know of? Speaking of that girlfriend idea, that's what I was wondering about, when Mariah was in that place near me. I was thinking I'd hate to bungle that opportunity.

Sam the Old Accordion Man has a combination of interesting qualities. First, in George Olsen style, it starts off with that grand Hollywood production sound. In places, it sounds like a casual orchestra piece, and in other places it sounds sinister, like 1920's gangster music. The other quality is the barbershop quartet sound to the vocals. It's definitely the Lawrence Welk kind of music. I used to see the Lawrence Welk Show on tv decades ago, mostly because my father used to watch it in the afternoon. Lawrence Welk was an accordionist himself. My father also played an accordion, but it was the button type, rather than the piano keyboard type.

The above blog entry was made on April 15, 2008.

Yesterday turned out to be another one of those verbose occasions for this page. I put Drew Barrymore's entry into this butt shot series, in yesterday's entry, so don't miss it.

I just remastered Sam The Old Accordion Man, by George Olsen. Nineteen twenty-seven was really happening for George Olsen music, as you can tell from this playlist.

I tried to log onto my hosting page, that hosts the music, and I was presented with a signup screen for a ringtone service, which I didn't subscribe to. It sent me a PIN, so I answered my cell phone. I figured that since it was a text message, I can ignore it while I did something else. Then my connection hung up, and announced to me that the call cost me $9.99. That's highway robbery. I didn't even want that call. It was a trick. I'm going to ask AT&T what I can do about it. I don't want them pretending that I have a subscription, either. I didn't agree to one. There is so much dirty dealing on the internet.

I suspect Trend Micro of hacking my personal computer. The timing coincidence, combined with my past experience with using them, leads me to that conclusion. It seemed, after using their firewall and anti-virus software, that they were involved in hacking and sabotage themselves, so I stopped using their software. Now today, the same day that someone got into my computer and changed the password in one of my programs, Trend Micro sent me a timely email message, telling me it's time to buy their software before doing my taxes, which offer they said would expire tomorrow. I think that was to sign that hacking of my password on my computer. I wish there were something I could do about their mischief. There is no such thing as web security. All such companies are dangerous hackers. It's like they're trying to extort from me.

The above blog entry was made on April 14, 2008.

I just sent another important fax to some California Assemblymen. Please read it here.

First, there was just a report on tv that Britney rear-ended a car ahead of her.

Second, someone has been hacking my website. There have been those redirects I've mentioned recently. I just updated, a while back, to a higher-bandwidth plan, and I've still got plenty of bandwidth left, but I just found those redirects on three pages, again. So, I just told the hosting service about it again. If they aren't doing that mischief themselves, why don't they say so? I wouldn't put up with that kind of treatment from any hosting service. By not maintaining your own website, you've spared yourself from the misery I've been put through for going on three years.

The fax machine of one of the politicians still isn't receiving fax calls. The job of a politician is sometimes done?

I wanted to mention the fact that trading stamps are mentioned in Any Rags. I'm trying to remember if I mentioned it before, about my own experience with trading stamps. When I was a kid, grocery stores were giving customers, at checkout, either S & H Green stamps or Blue Chip stamps. S & H Green stamps were green, and Blue Chip stamps were blue. I haven't seen those given at supermarkets in many years. I used to collect those myself at times. Once, I got a diver watch in exchange for stamps. That was either in the late 1960's or the early 1970's. That was one of my first watches. I don't remember which watch was my very first one, at the moment. I had a very accurate self-winding one back in approximately that era. Self-winding watches were the thing, then. I had to wind the diver watch. There used to be a redemption center to cash in the stamps. They provided catalogue information. I haven't seen that redemption center in many years either. I'm not hoping for a return of trading stamps. I just wanted to mention the stuff, since it was in the song.

I was just looking at those Thompson submachine guns again, near the top of the page, and it reminded me of a tv story I saw decades ago. They said someone had entered some business, and shot up the place with a Thompson. They approximated the look of the place, with mirrored walls and shelves laden with bottles of whiskey. Suddenly, the glass started flying and dropping as the bullets were flying everywhere. That was an interesting demonstration. I guess that was before the ban on assault weapons. That was a long time ago, in the 1970's, I think. I don't recall the exact year, at the moment.

Some alto sax was used in the George Olsen orchestra. An example of some interesting low notes is heard in Someone to Watch over Me. Can you tell, by listening to it, if it was an alto sax or a tuba? There's a series of successively lower-toned instruments used in that song. The last instrument in that is the one I'm talking about.

I remind you, and warn you again, that if you found a .pif file on your computer desktop, DON'T OPEN IT! Just right-click it, and select "delete." I wouldn't want you to have a problem with the hacker who's been plaguing me. You can easily spot that file, because it looks like an MSDOS file, with a filename something like "MSDOS.pif."

I also wanted to mention that a while back, the Martin Scorsese Myspace page did me a disservice. So, I told the Woody Allen profile about it, and Scorsese was then deleted from the Woody Allen friends list. At least I have one friend in the world. A short time after that, I saw an ad, in which friends were solicited for the Martin Scorsese Myspace page. See, even Scorsese can't compete with me for Myspace clout?

Here's one of Drew Barrymore, for this butt shot series on this page. You can click it for a larger version. I adjusted the gamma correction and contrast to give a better look at her butt. What strikes me as interesting in this shot is the heat radiator on the right. It reminds me of my oil-filled heat radiator, which got into my background photo for my music page. I've been neglecting my music page for many months. Remember, Drew was the little girl in the movie ET.

The outdoor thermometer was reading 95°F, today. I replaced the HVAC filter, and ran the air conditioning for the first time this hot season. I bet your indoor thermostat is set for one temperature year-round. The po' folks at my place can't afford that luxury.

Speaking of Thompson submachine guns, I was reading about the history of RCA. I remember that takeoever, by General Electric, that was reported on tv in 1986, when I was going to Fullerton College. Well, the RCA name is now owned by a company called Thomson SA. Besides being my first two initials, "SA" is an abbreviation, used in French and Spanish, to mean "corporation." So many coincidences. Maybe they chose that name because of the gangster thing, during the earliest years of RCA. As a matter of fact, RCA was founded in 1919, and the Thompson submachine gun was in development and limited production starting in 1916, with the first commercial production model being the model of 1921, called the M1921. There were earlier models, like the M1919. Today, the Thompson submachine gun is considered obsolete, by the U. S. government. Its bullets wouldn't penetrate a thin tree in jungle warfare, and its range was barely over half the length of a football field, about 55 yards. To top this all off, the FBI continued to used Thompsons until the very year I graduated from high school, which was 1976. Did I tell you I'm the symbolic center of the world? I did. I am.

The above blog entry was made on April 13, 2008.

I've been so busy. This time, I sent another activist fax to many California politicians. Since politicians have to be led around by the ear, to point out their obligation to respect the Bill of Rights, I believe it was an emergency to send this latest message to key officials of this state. Be sure to read it here: Second Amendment Fax.

Yes, I'm influencing what music gets into tv commercials. I think they got the idea for music for a current Loew's commercial, from my having the European Anthem as the background music for my sitemap web page. Also, now they've got Aquarela do Brasil as the background music for a current VISA check card commercial. It's the exact recording I was trying to point out to you. The popular Americanized name of the song is Brazil. Don't judge it just from listening to that commercial, though. It has to be heard in its entirety, more than once, to appreciate it completely. I'm still tempted to put it in my playlist, here.

No one has donated a red cent to my cause here, yet. I take that as a bad sign. People must realize how important my work and my messages are, here. Not only am I informing the public, I'm standing up for civil liberties, by my activist activities. This stuff is all important. I wish someone would donate at least a buck or five bucks, so I can see that the donation link really works. Until I see the link working, by witnessing positive account activity, I'm not 100% sure my donations aren't being diverted to someone else's Paypal account. You don't want a crook to receive my money, do you, Jen the Hen?

The above blog entry was made on April 10, 2008.

I'm such a nice guy, I'm helping John Densmore build an audience in the Seattle area, for his Tribaljazz concerts. Here's his message, which I've copied and pasted:

Hey everyone,

We are looking for a little extra help getting the word out about our Seattle shows next week. If you can lend a hand online like emailing your music friends, facebook, and myspace contacts...please let us know. You will have a chance to win some free tickets and other goodies for your efforts.

Email: info@fanmanager.net

Thanks!

Here are the dates
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Apr 17 2008
Jazz Alley
Seattle, WA

Apr 18 2008
Jazz Alley
Seattle, WA

Apr 19 2008
Jazz Alley
Seattle, WA

Apr 20 2008
Jazz Alley
Seattle, WA

I've got a techno-boredom item. I just ordered a shop manual, for my van, from Amazon.com. I had ordered one previously, but the order was canceled, so I ordered from Amazon, instead.

Ah, here's another item. Muqtada al-Sadr has a Mehdi Army in Iraq. A name coincidence is that I worked with a young man named "Mehdi," in 1980. What next?

The above blog entry was made on April 9, 2008.

I want you to know that I just added another important blog entry to my global warming blog. Be sure to read it. For what it's worth, I mention here that the climatic changes, which brought dramatic changes to places like ancient Egypt, were supernatural in nature, just like the ice age cycle was supernaturally initiated. I'm not saying that it's impossible to undo such changes through more supernatural influence. I know what's been going on, so I'm giving some glimpses of such special knowledge.

At the risk of boring you, I've got an update on my 2007 tax filings. I've already received the federal refund, and I just Cal-filed my state return. I've got $10.00 coming from California. I didn't realize, till less than an hour ago, that I qualified for free Cal-filing of my state return. That's how I just filed. Of course, you don't qualify for Cal-filing, Jen the Hen, since your income is way above the maximum allowed for that particular service. That reminds me of something Paul Moyer said about something on tv years ago, "Only a little bit though, I doubt it?!"

The above blog entry was made on April 7, 2008.

I just updated my Techno Blog Monologue. I gave it a slight makeover, by putting it in reverse chronological order (most recent first). I also made a new entry, the first in 1 2/3 years. I wasn't making new entries, because my priority was to take care of my own problems. I just noticed a problem many people were having, so I decided to tell them how to fix it. It's easy. Read about it in that blog.

The above blog entry was made on April 6, 2008.

Ok, so, this time, soon after I said here that George Clooney was fibbing on being asked "nine years ago" to do Leatherheads, he said something else on tv. I just saw him say, on tv, that he didn't want to keep the other two guys from getting writing credit; that he just wanted to get credit himself. They mentioned the WGA, but I didn't hear that part of the story.

Have you listened yet to that song I mentioned yesterday, Aquarela do Brasil, by Ary Barroso? I was just listening to it again, many times. It's one of the best-sounding musical arrangements I've ever heard. That recording is sixty-nine years old now. Ary was only sixty years old, when he died of cirrhosis, in 1964. He has continued to get movie credits, for his writing of his music, many songs of his being used in those pictures. This song, Aquarela do Brasil, is considered the popular anthem of Brazil. It is sometimes referred to by a shortened name, Brazil.

More on Aquarela do Brasil. It didn't make the top 10 list until 1943, when it finally made number 2. It was then recorded two-million times for tv and radio, in the U. S. I don't know who recorded the particular version I have a copy of. It's very well done, but the singing skipped many lines near the top of the song. I've been tempted to post it to my website.

The above blog entry was made on April 5, 2008.

First, I want to say that I've sworn off cereal with milk. I believe them, this time, that it's the estrogen in milk that is so fattening. It's so fattening, it's nightmarish. I'm not making that mistake again. I've had it. I'm through with milk on cereal.

Next, I want to say that I don't believe George Clooney, who just commented on tv that he was asked to do Leatherheads nine years ago. I saw him say that on tv immediately after I commented here that I think they got the idea for the movie from me. Now, it strongly appears that he's trying to avoid giving me credit or pay by saying they planned the movie for nine years. I don't believe it one iota. This is another example of how dishonest Hollywood insiders are. Being on the A-list is not like being a nice guy. It's totally different than being a nice guy. I'll NEVER believe in the honesty of George Clooney, now, just like I don't believe in the tooth fairy, either. It could seem like a clue, that Hollywood insiders favor the Democrat politicians; they'd be thinking they stand to get kickbacks from those politicians. Hollywood is every bit as controled by organized crime as it ever was. It's just that now you don't see many tommy guns, pistols under the lapels, and so on. That doesn't mean that the organized crime is out of the picture business, though. Far from it. I've said it many times, but I'll say it again. The music business is organized crime, too. What area of showbiz isn't organized crime? Do you know of an area of showbiz that's honest, Jen the Hen?

I was just thinking that I ought to start charging admission to see any updates to my ghost photo series. I can't afford to be Santa Claus, by giving free access to everything. I've got to draw the line someplace. Even if I were Santa Claus, people tend to be on my naughty list, so they don't deserve freebees.

I just thought of some interesting coincidences with the song, Lullaby of the Leaves. With an instrumental sound like that, it'd almost have to be a theme like this. "A fine melody, carressing the bark, familiar to me, I've heard it before." Then there's that "bah bah bah bah," as if suggestive of a tommy gun firing repeatedly. So, now he just wants to hear the soothing sound of the breeze through the leaves, as he clings, dying, to the bark or tree trunk: "And though I know I've reached my goal, sing to me, sing to me, sing to me, lullaby of the leaves." A sad ending as he breaths his last breath or two, clinging to a tree along the street, at the scene of a shootout.

Yes, I found even something else to say. I just found a song recording that I misplaced. It's Aquarela do Brasil, which is Portuguese for "watercolor of Brazil," and the song was recorded by Ary Barroso, in 1939. He recorded at least three different versions of it, but one of the three is especially good. I believe I heard that on the radio, decades ago, and the disc jockey said his name, Ary Barroso. It just connected in my mind, about hearing it on the radio, so very long ago. Now I've got a copy. It's a song I've never heard much, on tv or on the radio. It's good, but I've never heard it much around here. If you want to hear something different, give that one a listen.

The above blog entry was made on April 4, 2008.

I've reached the point where I have to switch hosting services again. I don't trust them anymore. The money has all come out of my pocket. I haven't made a dime from my website in all the time I've had it going. All the expenses have come out of my pocket. I'm thinking of putting a donation link here, so people can support my website, to keep it going. I can't afford to keep paying out, with nothing coming in.

If you've got this page bookmarked in your favorites, I hope you've bookmarked it to load at the top, and not with the #location in the url. If you find the #location after the .htm, when you first click over here from your bookmark, enter the url without the #location information, click "go," wait for the page to reload, and then rebookmark this page. That way you'll arrive at the top of this page. One reason I mention this now is that I'm desperate for donations, and I want everyone to see the new Paypal donation link I put just under the banner. I can't continue to run this website without funding. I've paid for everything from the start, with no income from this website to compensate me for all of my investments of money, work, creativity and expenses. This can't go on anymore, without real money. Pipe dreams aren't capable of sustaining this website or me. It and myself both direly need funding to continue. You know you like this stuff, or you wouldn't keep coming back. It's time to do your part by pitching in. Can you imagine doing a film for free? I know I sure don't want to.

I could kick myself for not putting the donation link here sooner; much sooner. I didn't realize it was so easy to set up. Now I know. I'll never be without a transaction button again. I can't overemphasize how urgently I need the money. I'm sunk without it.

The above blog entry was made on April 3, 2008.

I've been wanting to mention here, that I suspect they got the idea for the soon-to-be-released film, Leatherheads, from my posting, here, of the song, Doin' the Raccoon. Before the song gets going, there is that quarterback talk, as if the singer were getting ready to call "hike," in a football game. Not only that, it was recorded in the 1920's. That's the same timeframe that the movie depicts. On their official website, they mention the bandstand idea. I've infused Hollywood with roaring 20's nostalgia, by my remastering and posting, here, of recordings from that era. I'm currently a Hollywood sensation, Jen the Hen. How am I going to get any money out of this? Do you know? I wish I knew how to draw some money out of this. I deserve pay for this stuff. I've been working hard, and I'm still broke. Something's got to give. There's got to be a way to get my hands on paychecks. The movie is expected to be released Thursday or Friday. I haven't seen a screening of it, so I'm wondering what music has made it into the film. This film should definitely have Doin' the Raccoon in it. If it doesn't, they missed the boat. That'd be a real faux pas, not having that song in the soundtrack.

The My13LA news didn't read my email response on the air tonight (I sent it in only about 15 minutes before that segment), but they did have an interesting photo on the screen, just before they went off the air tonight. They had a photo of the Seattle Space Needle on the screen. What's interesting about that is that my calendar's current April photo is of the Seattle skyline at night, with the Space Needle visible. There is also lightening bolts in my calendar photo. The photo on the news had a clear blue sky around the Space Needle. It's as if they put that view on the screen as an allusion to me, as if they psychically knew what my current calendar photo was. If they like me so much, I'm sure they could make good use of me on their staff. I'm a good writer, for one thing. I'd do reporting, if they'd hire me. I didn't take journalism in college, but their job is more like an acting job anyway. They use actors, so I'm ready to work, if they want me. They'd better hurry. If I start making good money writing tv commercial screenplays, I'd be less tempted by an offer to work at My13LA.

Don't miss this fight between two mice and a scorpion. Watch it here.

The above blog entry was made on April 2, 2008.

I've got an idea for a new GEICO commercial, but I don't agree for GEICO to use it for free. I need to make a living, too. This idea was inspired by the rain forecast for Death Valley for Wednesday, April 2. The scenario goes like this:

GEICO gecko: Well, here I am, trying to catch a glimpse of a rare rain storm, here in Death Valley. Oh! What's that?! I hear something. It's raining! Uh oh. I'd better be gettin' to higher ground real quick.
[Suddenly, a desert flash flood sweeps the GEICO gecko away with a wall of water. The camera pans to the left, to catch the GEICO gecko once again. This time, he's on a motor boat, wearing a skipper's cap.
GEICO gecko: No problem, mate. I always go prepared. I brought me boat with me.
[Suddenly, the stern gradually rises in a swirling motion, then the boat bobs slightly (Titanic style) [boat pointing straight down], and then founders, with the GEICO gecko standing on top of the end of the stern, on its way down.
GEICO gecko: [As his boat descends into the water] Ah, don't worry about me. I'm prepared. I'm covered by GEICO Powersports. They'll take care of everything, just like nothin' happened. Well, catch ya later. I've got some laps to swim. [The GEICO gecko swins towards the horizon, as the scene fades.]

It'd be good if they could do this animation in time for tomorrow's storm, but I don't think they could do it that fast. The timing is good otherwise, though, because they just started to advertise their Powersports coverage. This is the perfect way to get the GEICO gecko involved with that, too.

The traffic to this page has picked up. This is my most popular web page, again. This is the only act you've done in absentia, Jen the Hen. I saw you curtsying on tv, recently. That was about this page, wasn't it? You were taking a bow, as if you were in this show here, happening within this page. I'm sure they'd like you to have a more active role, here. This is your show, too. Don't you want to do it right, by being duly involved in this?

I just had an idea. You can put a word in, to GEICO, to plug my tv commercial idea, the one I described, above. What do you think? You have to give me the credit, though, since it's my idea. That commercial would work. It'd be perfect. It's better than many of the ideas they've already used. I've often used the term, "GEICO gecko," in my mind, and here too. Now, they've used that phrase in one of their most recent commercials. They must have psychically picked that idea up from me, because that's the first commercial in which I've heard them use that phrase. That commercial reminds me of the Life Water commercial, with the lizard jumping up, to get a drink of the Life Water. This website has turned into something of a GEICO blog. I'm thinking of putting their caveman music here, too. I could record my own version of it.

I'm planning to put a music recording called Peckin', by Glen Miller, here. It matches the Jen the Hen theme, by reason of "pecking" being something hens do. Imagine people coming to associate you with that instrumental, because of me, and having them play that music, as soon as you arrive anyplace, as if it were your new theme music. If that happens, you can thank me for that. I'd like you to thank me for everything you've got to be thankful to me for, and that could end up being an example of something to thank me for. Do you think my mentioning this idea would make it less likely to happen? It looks like I'm taking that chance.

On my way out of Norm's tonight, I paused at the stuffed toy crane, and stared at the stuffed toys for some moments. I quickly came to the conclusion that one of the toys was poised to be easily snatched up by that crane. I gave it more thought. I figured that I could invest the 50¢, and give the toy to ol' Norma, for her baby boy. As I was thinking about it, I had one of my accurate visions, for pulling that toy out of the machine. So, I figured thats my queue, telling me that it's probably a sure thing that the machine would hand that blue stuffed octopus to me, and it did. I didn't need a second turn. I put the 50¢ in, moved the crane into position, pushed the button on the end of the control. The crane dropped its claws, lifted the toy, and carried it to the exit chute, and dropped it. I carried it back to the counter, and put my eyeglasses on, to read the label. I then gave it to Norma, to give to her son. Then I left, and went home. That was my good deed for the day. While I'm on the subject, I've got a similar true story. About a couple of years ago, at that same Norm's, I played that same crane machine, and pulled out a black stuffed spider toy. There was a boy standing there, and he asked me if he could have it, so I gave it to him. I pulled other stuffed toys out of those machines. There's two such machines there. One has the big toys, and the other has the smaller toys. I've pulled toys out of both of them. Some of them I gave to relatives' children. I've still got a couple of stuffed toys at home, that I've yet to hand out to kids. I've really been good at landing those toys. I don't know why I'd want to keep snatching up those toys, unless I'd have a particular kid in mind, which I did, tonight. I had already decided who I'd give it to, in advance. I'm such a nice guy, Jen the Hen.

So, you've probably read the GEICO tv commercial screenplay I wrote, and put near the top of this blog entry. I like it. I hope they do that commercial. I sent GEICO an email, telling them where to read it, so that they might buy the rights to use it. I hate to say it, but I'm afraid I might not hear from them for a long time, if at all. That disappoints me. I hope and plan to write a hundred or more GEICO commercials, in the hope of breaking down their resistance, until they give in, and buy such screenplays from me. I figure it's better for me to just dive right in, and start writing the stuff. If I just sat and did nothing, I'd probably never sell a screenplay for anything. Sometimes, until one gets a name for something, one just has to put in the time and work, and see what happens. I want credit and pay for it, though. I'm into the arts largely for the money, which I've always had far too little of, so far.

The above blog entry was made on April 1, 2008.

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