None-the-less, I love it for it’s title, which, like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, is so ludicrous it makes me forgive everything else.
Killer Klowns was created by Stephen, Charles, and Edward Chiodo. They are three brothers who, as teenagers, made monster movies using a Super 8 camera. As adults they went their separate ways, but eventually reunited to create Killer Klowns From Outer Space.
If I am remembering correctly, they shot the whole movie is fourteen days.
The premise of Killer Klowns is that clowns from outer space invade a college town where they promptly begin killing local residents. The clowns shoot people with this gun that surrounds the victim in a ball of cotton candy.
Not necessarily a bad way to go.
They then take the human/cotton candy ball to their circus tent/space ship. There the balls age (as in decompose) until they are properly ripened. At that point the clowns stick a silly straw into the cotton candy cocoons and suck out the bloody gore.
You don’t get classier than that.
I highly recommend this film to anyone who has a twisted mind and is a connoisseur of the bizarre.
Chloe Audrey Lee fooled me. She didn't mean to, but she did.
When I first started exploring Facebook I met people by joining book lovers groups, then ask the members to be my friend based on our common interest in books.
That is how I met Chloe.
When I looked at her profile I saw she was interested in history, literature, traveling, music, and stuff like that. I didn’t do the math to figure out her age. It didn’t seem relevant.
We started exchanging ideas about history, philosophy, and world affairs. She was obviously bright, well read, and thoughtful.
From these discussions I guessed she was around eighteen or nineteen years old, but I didn't give it much thought. I enjoyed exchanging ideas with her. She impressed me with her maturity.
Gradually it occurred to me that she wasn’t as old as I had thought. I was astounded to learn she was only fourteen years old at the time I first met her. I could hardly believe it.
I continue to be very impressed with this young woman. I have learned a lot from her, particularly about life in China (Hong Kong). We have had so many interesting written conversations.
She is definitely one of my Facebook friends who has had much to teach me. She has made my life more interesting.
Barrie Jenkins became my Facebook friend after I became astounded by his physical similarity to actor George Clooney.
As you can see from the picture to the left these men look remarkable alike, Barrie is the one to the right.
You can tell the difference between these two remarkably handsome men only because Barrie's eyes are set a tiny bit closer together. Other than that they are identical.
Barrie frequently works as a double for George, sometimes as a stunt double but more often as a stand in. Barrie has made ALOT of money from his physical similarity to this celebrity.
Truth be told, Barrie is something of a celebrity in his own right. However he is always very modest about it and will play it down if asked.
Over the years I have sometimes taken exception to how Barrie has taken advantage of his movie star good looks. Though he never tells young starlets that he is the real George Clooney, he sometimes doesn't dissuade them of the belief.
Though this leads to Barrie having a remarkable love life, I think it is somewhat unfair. I have chastised my friend for this ethical lapse, but I am not certain he had taken my admonishment to heart.
He believes, and he may be right, that I am just jealous.
I thought the hula hoop craze was dead, but I was wrong.
When I was a lad, which was a really long time ago, hula hoops where quite the rage. Everyone had one.
Of course, back in the olden days pretty much all anyone did with them was swivel them around your hips. When people wanted to get fancy they saw how many hoops they could get going at once.
Pretty unoriginal.
Now the Hooping craze seems to be getting reborn in San Franciso. Maybe it's also getting hot in other places as well, but I'm not aware of it. But then, what do I know.
The Hoop Girl phenomenon has taken hula hooping to a new level. Incorporating music, dance, and a certain athleticism, it is emerging as a new art form.
I've provided this video clip for your edification and entertainment. It featues HoopGirl All Star Jennaluna.
Ömer Gölgeli did not want to be my Facebook friend. Not at first anyway.
When I made my request to be his friend he replied he only had people as Facebook friends who he had met face-to-face. I knew this wasn't true because I had seen he had friends from all over the world.
The real reason he resisted becoming my Facebook friend because he thought I was an old geezer, which I am. Also because his priority was in meeting attractive young women, which I am not.
He had some pretty good reasons.
At the time I was new to Facebook and thought it would be fun to have a friend what was a twenty-something, Sunni Muslim, from Turkey. Believe it or not, here aren't many of those folks in my neighborhood. I thought it would be fun to get to know one.
So I wrote him back and told him I had bought a plane ticket to Turkey so we could meet face-to-face. He did not believe me, of course, but I got his attention.
He relented and allowed me into his circle of Facebook friends. I am glad he did.
Though we don’t communicate at huge lengths, we do exchange messages fairly regularly. He refers to me as "Old Man", which I might take offense at except I am an old man and he seems to regard me with a certain fondness.
We have had discussions about politics, religion, and what is going on in the world. It has been interesting to see the world from his perspective. Our exchanges have certainly enhanced my life.
Ömer was one of the first Facebook friends I made from outside of my country. I am glad he relented and allowed me into his circle of Facebook friends. He has certainly given me a broader view of the world.
Before becoming Ukraine's first female Prime Minister, Tymoshenko was one of the key leaders of the Orange Revolution. In this period some Western media publications dubbed her as the "Joan of Arc of the Revolution". In my book, that is way cool.
Prior to her political career, Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko was a successful but controversial businesswoman in the gas industry, which made her wealthy. Some people think she is a crook. But then, some people have rather stodgy ideas of what it takes to succeed in politics.
She was once arrested on charges of forging customs documents and smuggling of gas between 1995 and 1997 (while president of United Energy Systems of Ukraine). Her political supporters organized several protest rallies near the Lukyanivska Prison where she was held in custody. She was found innocent and released.
According to Tymoshenko, the charges were fabricated by political the regime in power. In spite of being cleared of the charges, Moscow maintained an arrest warrant for her should she enter Russia for over four years. Those Russians do hold a grudge.
She has twice been ranked by Forbes magazine as being among the most powerful women in the world. She is ranked by me as one of the most interesting politicians I have ever encountered.
It is embarrassing that the Unites States doesn't have any politicians that are even remotely this cool.
