March 22, 2,006
Won't Sing It!
Well, we're back from our trip to the hospital!
Linda got her ultrasound and Gerald ended up getting one too. The
doctor was afraid he might have blood clots but the tests showed
good circulation. So they think the problem is being caused by
muscle spasms due to his mild diabetes. Boy! If this is mild
Gerald can't imagine what full fledged is like! They also took
blood tests to make sure the Lipitor Gerald is taking is not
causing muscle damage. That is the thing with these medications,
you don't know if they're curing you or killing you! The doctor
also told Gerald to stop taking ibuprophen because in combination
with the Lipitor it can destroy your liver and your kidneys. So
he went and got Tylenol instead, or the generic equivalent. This
is interesting because another doctor was telling him to take
massive doses of Ibuprophen, and he was also aware Gerald was
taking Lipitor. Sometimes you scratch your head. We won't know
the results of Linda's ultrasound for a few days. But it is
simply amazing what they can see with these things! It's much
better than that old system they had where they injected dye into
you and took x rays, much better!
Now the only thing is how are we going to pay for it? Gerald is
getting barely enough hours to meet the bills. As soon as the
cell phone contract expires we'll be dropping that and have just
the good old ground line. It looks like we're not going to be
traveling much so we don't need the cell phone for when we're on
the road anyway. Maybe in a couple of years or so. Now, you
watch, we'll get rid of the cell phone and all of a sudden we'll
be traveling all over. Murphy's Law!
KLKN NBC, Lincoln, Nebraska, said our commercial is too
controversial and they wouldn't show it. So everyone connected
with the station has been removed from The Book Of Life. We wish
we could find some influential people in Nebraska to get them to
change their minds. We really don't like this part of our work,
as we have said. However, KDLT, NBC, in South Dakota said they
would play the ad and sent their rate information. However, we
would have to send the commercial to them on a DVC pro or Beta
format. We don't have the slightest idea what that means! So we
would definitely need some assistance to get the ad to them. We
had to laugh when we found that it would be $100 to put the ad on
"The Simpsons" Sunday night. As much as "The
Simpsons" disgust us, this would probably be a good time
slot. There are so many people out there that really want to stop
this thing. If we could only get them working together!
On another note, our extra terrestrial friends picked up
transmissions from a hyperwave transmitter in Baghdad. They
managed to reach the building where the transmitter was, capture
and remove it. Unfortunately, except for the transmitter and some
used rations the building was empty! But somebody had to have
been there to use the transmitter. They're probably going to be
very unhappy when they come back and find it gone. They also
checked the direction in which the transmissions were being sent
and found a ship! However, it didn't want to hang around and
converse with anybody. As soon as it detected The Galactic Forces
approaching it sped away. The message was not in the same cipher
the Imperial renegades have been using so they have been unable
to decode it. It is doubtful the renegades have another long
range transmitter. The only way they could contact anyone now is
by activating one of their transponders and waiting for somebody
to pick them up.
Linda has done a recording of the Kurt Cobain song so people can
hear how it's supposed to sound. We will not however, put it
online. If someone would like it we'll email it to them. But we
would much prefer having somebody else sing it.
Judy Garland has announced that she's going to take part in the
effort to get a message through at John's upcoming seance. Didn't
know Judy knew John. But she says she definitely wants to let the
world know what John has been doing. The heavy hitters are coming
out! Everybody that was anybody in Hollywood wants to help! We
have made a animation tribute to Anna Nicole Smith who has
recently gone to The Supreme Court to get half of her late
husband's estate. This features a new song from The Afterlife in
support of these efforts.
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Broadcast Companies On The Old Worlds
There is a big controversy in The United States
about major companies owning all the radio and t.v. stations in a
single city, thereby allowing no competition or free speech.
Would this have been allowed on The Old Worlds?
Well, every Haven city had only three radio stations and three
t.v. stations, and they were all controlled by the
government...one was local, one was national, and one was world.
We have to admit, the music and entertainment was usually quite
good. Though everything was based on actual events, the acting
was superb and people enjoyed series on Haven t.v. just as much
as people on Earth enjoy their fictional productions. The news
however, was very biased, very controlled, and very often far
from the truth.
The Hashons had free broadcasting systems but the idea of one
company owning all the stations in one community was completely
unacceptable to Them. The law there was very strict. A company
could own no more than one broadcasting facility in a
broadcasting area. They had excellent fictional entertainments
and Their news broadcasts were completely truthful, a vast
difference from their conquerers.
The Peepians were almost identical to The Hashons except they had
a considerable bit more censorship. The news got out, but people
weren't very critical of the government.