Eddies Grill Back Patio Geneva On The lake

 

So, yes I know I missed the Halloween season. And yes, it is my upmost favorite time of the year. October is the time of year where my blog flourishes with wonderful people, (And some crazy people) coming to see what is up in my town during All Hallows Eve. I love reading all the comments from each post. And I must say, many are very clever, and mostly humorous. (I get paid for doing this) LOL

Anyway, this post is a first of its kind for the Grassy Knoll Institute. Take a close look at the Eddies Grill billboard above. See that crazy guy holding a spatula and a famous Eddies Grill cheeseburger? (Go ahead, I'll wait a few seconds) 

Yes, Eddies Grill, located on Geneva On The Lake, is now closed. Eddies closed early September and will reopen on Mothers Day weekend in May of 2025. 

Getting back. See that guy smiling. Wearing glasses. That's me. The Curator of the Grassy Knoll Institute. 

I know this is not a Halloween themed post, but hey, I do look a little spooky. OK, a lot spooky. 

However, its taken me 45 years working at my job to get this far. And I have had so much fun working. 

But, last week I retired. Halloween day was my last day. 

Anyway, as I have stated in past Halloween posts, I am not leaving my blog. I will be the last person blogging, even if I am the last one. In fact, I welcome that. 

I am making a promise that I will have at least 20 Halloween posts for the 2025 October season. I guarantee this statement. 

I patiently await comments. Please let them fly. Or swim. Or walk. Or Waltz. 

Happy Halloween (Or November)

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Happy Halloween 2018

It has been a fantastic Halloween season. Thank you everyone who logged in and viewed the Grassy Knoll Institute. I know it is not as crazy as in previous years but I am getting older. And people are now surfing Facebook and other sites leaving behind the tried and true blogs of the universe. 

Alas, I am staying put right here. I am hanging here until I am the last blog in the universe. 

Happy Halloween to everyone once again. Thank you for viewing and commenting and I will see you all next year.

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Small Explosion At Korean Peninsula

Small Explosion Reported In North Korea

At 6:05am EST a small explosion was heard and felt in the Korean Peninsula..

South Korean warships are underway to investigate.

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Paris Hilton Is Pregnant

Paris Hilton Pregnant

Paris Hilton Is Pregnant

Breaking news: Paris Hilton, unable to hide the news anymore, announced today that she is pregnant and will be getting married after several details are cleared up.

That's hot...

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Interactive Haunted House Video

Inside the Dark Zone haunt, there was a booth with an interactive haunted house. Encased in a dark booth lit by black light, neon colored painted ghosts and goblins laid in waiting. Your only defense against the demons was a gun. Each time you hit a target... Well have a look see at the video.

Happy Halloween

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Robert Pattinson Free From The Bitch

Robert Pattinson Finally Free From That Bitch

It is the year 2033 and Robert Pattinson is pursuing one of his favorite past times, skydiving.
It took him five Twilight movies to get close to Kristen, and 20 years and counting to rid himself from the leach.

Geronimo!!!

Happy Halloween

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Zombie Apocalypse Melons

Sexy Zombie Apocalypse Melons

In honor of season four of The Walking Dead airing this Sunday, we proudly present our Zombie Apocalypse Melons because even during the Zombie Apocalypse, nice melons are always a comfort.

(Move out of the prison Rick and go to Woodbury)

Happy Halloween

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Harry Potter 10 Years Later

Harry Potter Not Playing Quidditch Anymore

Every morning as Harry Potter goes to work as a courier messenger in Manhattan, New York, sucking up exhaust fumes and dodging insane taxi drivers, he thinks quietly to himself, Why the FUCK did I destroy the most powerful wand in the world!!!

Happy Halloween

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Clowns Never Laughed Before Video

For those people afflicted with Clownaphobia, (Clownaphobia is the illogical fear of clowns) I present for your viewing pleasure a Halloween prop from the Dark Zone. I decided to add a werewolf and a zombie to your nightmare. Beanstalks never grew...  Happy Halloween

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Happy Halloween 2012

HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2012 FROM THE GRASSY KNOLL INSTITUTE

Happy Halloween to all the readers of the Grassy Knoll Institute. I hope you enjoyed the bevy of beauties in our sexy Halloween costumes pages plus our bumper crop of Halloween melons. I appreciate your patronage and commenting through all these years. With the ever changing Internet experience as everything is shifting to smart phone access and 140 characters or less, the non commercial personal blog is quickly becoming extinct. I do not know what is in store for next year, or even tomorrow, or the direction this blog will take if any but once again I appreciate the patronage.

Happy Halloween

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Titanic Memorial Plaques

One hundred years ago, April 10th, a relative of mine from the small town Addergoole, in County Mayo, Ireland, boarded the RMS Titanic to begin a new life in America. As fate would have it, my relative never made it to America as he perished on the ship. However, before the ship went down, he assisted many women and children who were trapped below deck in third class escape to the precious few life boats.

The Grassy Knoll Institute salutes him.

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Happy St. Patricks Day 2012

Sexy Irish Bartender

Shannon is our Irish barmaid for this evening. Shannon is highly skilled as a bartender able to mix any drink or concoction your heart desires. Shannon's specialty is an Bailey's Irish Cream. Her presentation is a crowd pleaser as her breasts always seem to get wet after pouring the Baileys.

The Grassy Knoll Institute wishes everyone a safe and fun filled St. Patrick's Day and hopes all your barmaids look like Shannon tonight.
Please use your designated driver when returning home or travelling from pub to pub.

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R.I.P. John Lennon

December 8, 1980, I was upstairs in my room listening to the radio with my headsets on high volume. The radio disc jockey broke in and announced that John Lennon was just gunned down in front of his apartment in New York City. He was shot four times in the back. He was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead.

For some reason, I'm feeling old today. I grew up listening to the Beatles. I just knew that the "Paul Is Dead" was all a hoax. I was pissed off when Yoko broke up the band.

Lennon would have been 71 years old.

Instant Karma's gonna get you
Gonna knock you right on the head
You better get yourself together
Pretty soon you're gonna be dead
What in the world you thinking of
Laughing in the face of love
What on earth you tryin' to do
It's up to you, yeah you

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When The Humans Are Away - Storm Cat Parties

I often wondered what my pet cat does all day while Patty and I are hard at work making money so we could buy him even more cat toys and treats. Every morning as Patty and I backed the car out of the drive way, we would see Storm (Our 20 plus pound male cat) looking out the kitchen window at us. It was almost like he was waving goodbye to us. Or so we thought.

One day, on a whim, I turned on the living room computer web cam and set the camera for motion detection. I positioned the lens to display the entire living room area. I wanted to track his movement during the day to see exactly what he did, or didn't do. Every time he would walk into the living room, the webcam would snap a shot. Below is the startling photographic evidence that Storm had invited guests over after we left. The damn cat was hosting parties all day.

No wonder the damn cat sleeps all night.

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A Hummer No More

A Grassy Knoll Institute quirky little fun fact:

Everyone knows how to hum. (No, no, get your heads out of the gutter you dirty readers) But did you know that it is impossible for left handed people to hum while holding their nose closed with the left hand. And it is impossible for right handed people to hum while holding their nose with the right hand.

Go ahead, I'll wait for you.

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By the way, it doesn't matter what hand you use. 

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NFL Lockout Attributed To Alien Influence

NFL Labor Dispute Ego - Or Thought Screen Helmet

Grassy Knoll Institute operative declare Thought Screen Helmet aliens have infiltrated the NFL and caused the lockout.

As the NFL lockout stretches into the middle of July evidence it is evident that thought screen aliens have influenced both the players association and the owners for their own ulterior motives.

With no training camp, preseason games, or regular season games in 2011, football fans will look for alternative activities to fill their daily lives. Thought screen aliens believe the NFL football fan will be more easily manipulated with plenty of idle time and will telepathically push them toward other interests that the aliens need to conquer humankind.

God, please don't let the aliens be NASCAR fans.

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Mila Kunis - Sci Fi Sexy Siren

Mila Kunis Sexy In The 1970's

Mila Kunis, sexy star from That 70′s Show television series has grown up. Not only has she starred in Forgetting Sarah Marshal where she debuted her sexy body, but also starred in the critically acclaimed movie, Black Swan where she got dirty with Natalie Portman. Mila also oozes sexiness in her most recent film due out Friday, Friends With Benefits as she hooks up with co-star Justine Timberlake.

However, Mila lands on the Sci- Fi Sexy Sirens page for her portrayal of Solara in the post apocalyptic movie The Book Of Eli. And let us not forget her role of Mona Sax in Max Payne. Mila, I hope you reconsider your answer to the U.S. Marine to attend the ball in November.

Sci-Fi Sexy Sirens brought to you by the Grassy Knoll Institute marketing team to boost readership and placement on search engines.

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WikiLeaks Hacked By Giant Aliens

Wiki Leaks Snowden

In a reversal of roles, Wiki-Leaks, the nefarious non-profit website publisher of classified media from governments around the world, has been hacked. An elite team of giant aliens infiltrated Wiki-Leaks files during a routine server reboot. Terabytes of valuable information was downloaded concerning strategy and assessment of the enemy which will certainly damage the war effort against the giant aliens poised to take over the world.

One data disk was left behind by the aliens with an encrypted file

After decoding the file, it merely read....

Processing... processing... processing... and a single link was present named Fresh Hell.

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Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy - 1973

Led Zeppelin Houses Of The Holy Record Album

The year 1973 was a mere two years from the explosion of disco music and the down fall of modern society. Led Zeppelin released their fifth album, Houses Of The Holy. This album actually had a title, unlike the previous offering, unofficially known as Led Zeppelin IV. However, the rock band stayed with their bizarre artistic view by not having any words on the album cover. You had to buy the album and crack the plastic protective sheet to explore the lyrics and song titles.

What is the first thing you see when looking at this cover? Perhaps these are outcasts from the movie Splash, starring Darryl Hannah as the sexy nude mermaid coming ashore to mate with Tom Hanks. Perhaps a sequel to the Stepford Wives, Stepford Daughters. Perhaps albino zombies attacking. Yes, a total WTF album cover.

The back cover of Houses Of The Holy doesn't offer up any clues as well. No name, no album title, no band members, no year recorded, not a single word or hint of who released the album.

You must remember, this was 1973, way before the Internet, before MTV, before MP3 players. Listening to the FM radio was the base of music knowledge. When we heard a song or album we had to have, we actually had to go to a record store, browse the rows of albums offered, choose our selection, stand in line and pay cash for our record. Finding Houses Of The Holy was somewhat difficult. One had to ask what album was the new Led zeppelin vinyl. Some record stores rectified this problem by adding a sticker to the outside plastic wrapper denoting Houses Of the Holy.

The inner cover stays with the non disclosure theme. Simply a panoramic view of an old English castle on a hill-side with one naked man holding a naked woman over his head. Perhaps he is sacrificing her to the Gods.

Finally, once inside the album, the vinyl sleeve offered the album title, song titles and lyrics, band members, year recorded, and all the other album information.

Led Zeppelin is comprised of four band members. Robert Plant - Vocals, Jimmy Page - Guitar, John Paul Jones - Bass and Organ, John Bonham - Drums.

Album Tracks:
Side One: The Song Remains The Same, The Rain Song, Over The Hills And Far Away, The Crunge.
Side Two: Dancing Days, D'Yer Mak'er, No Quarter, The ocean.

Over the Hills And Far Away was the album's radio air time hit. The exact lyrics follow.

Hey Lady - you got the love I need,
Oh may Be - more than enough.
Oh, Darling Darling Darling walk a while with me,
Oh, you got so much, so much, so much.

Many have I loved,
Many times been bitten,
Many times I've gazed,
Along the open road.

Many times I've lied,
And many times I've listened,
Many times I've wondered,
How much there is to know.

Many dreams come true,
And some have silver linings,
I live for my dream,
And a pocketful of gold.

Mellow is the man,
Who knows what he's been missing,
Many many men,
Can't see the open road.

Many is a word,
That only leaves you guessing,
Guessing' bout a thing,
You really ought to know.
You really ought to know.
I really ought to know.

Sidenote: The lyrics printed in the liner notes are not exactly what is listed above. Also, for the record, Led Zeppelin was not the "Panty wetter" music many claimed it to be. Just sayin.

Houses Of the Holy Back Cover

Led Zeppelin House Of the Holy Inside Cover Art

Album Jacket Cover

Album Lyrics

Houses of the Holy Vinyl

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Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up

Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up

The age-old question for every Catholic school boy in the 1960's was; Do black patent leather shoes reflect upwards? Wait a minute, you don't know what that means?

You see, in the 1960's at Catholic grade school, it was pretty difficult to get a little female action as there were a few obstacles in our way. First, the girls had to wear ugly ass uniforms with the hem having to touch the knee making them feel non-sexy.

Second, they were Catholic grade school girls. (Only the good die young) They were indoctrined early to stay chaste.

Third, there were approximately 100 Catholic nuns (I say approximately 100 nuns for they never let on to their exact number perhaps to keep us off guard) patrolling the halls and class rooms just waiting for a boy to make eye contact with a girl for more than three seconds. (Three seconds was the standard time frame) A mere second longer, and the nuns would administer blunt force trauma.

However, all hope wasn't lost. The boys did have a well-known secret kept among ourselves. We knew the secret that black patent leather shoes really did reflect up. You see, it was our only hope of stealing a glimpse of girls underwear as they were waiting in line at the drinking fountain, or lining up to go out on the playground for recess, or even marching into church. Since most of the girls wore black shoes, and if the lighting was just right, we were treated to a magnificent view. (Way better than the National Geographics)

There were many a sunny days on the playground that a small crowd of boys gathered around several select girls unwittingly displaying her underwear. Thinking back, I believe that perhaps many of the girls knew of this phenomenon as well and out of the goodness of their hearts offered us cheap thrills to get us through religion class. Perhaps they wanted our lunch and mass money, or both. Welcome to Catholic grade school, 1965.

Thank Christ the Nuns wore flat black (Non shiny) shoes. I would have been scarred for life.

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