Handels Homemade Butter Pecan Ice Cream

Handels Butter Pecan

Handels Butter Pecan Ice Cream

Handels Ice cream located at 3931 Handel's Court
Youngstown, OH 44511
(330) 788-0356 has been around longer than me, and I'm 45 years old.
They have many flavors, some I cannot even pronounce but the best flavor they make is of course butter pecan. The recipe calls for plenty of pecans, not just a few for decoration, but plenty for texture, and crunchy taste. The ice cream itself was smooth, creamy, just perfect. The cost was $2.50 per pint, which was well worth it.
For the best tasting, best quality ice cream, the Grassy Knoll highly recommends Handels of Youngstown and gives 5 out of 5 stars.

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Lost Update - Aint No Mountain High Enough

ABC Lost In Virtual Reality Update - 01/15/2005

'Cause baby there
Ain't no mountain high enough
Ain't no valley low enough
Ain't no river wide enough
To keep me from getting to you babe

The Grassy Knoll Institute believes the survivors are in a virtual reality laboratory connected together as a battery of tests and experiments are performed on them. Not by the Dharma initiative, but by aliens. In this update, we look at John Locke, the wheelchair bound man who was miraculously cured and became a master of survival. While out looking for Claire, the blond pregnant girl, he stumbles upon a metal trap door in the side of the mountain. Locke is pondering on how to open it.

Meanwhile, Sayid is trying to read the maps from the French woman and Locke gives him his compass saying he doesn't need it anymore. Sayid discovers that the compass is off, that it doesn't point true North. Or, the island doesn't conform to the Earths magnetic field. Perhaps because its not on Earth.

Noticed another thing. This island is huge. It has mountains, tall mountains, waterfalls, miles and miles of land, and an endless coastline. Yet they are the only people on the island. This island is as big as Hawaii, the big island of Hawaii. In reality, the island would be heavily populated since it is the tropical region conducive to year round warm weather and would at least be a huge tourist trap. Why don't these "Lost" survivors realize this?

This episode was really a lot about nothing except to foreshadow what was to become next. I guarantee Claire returns without the baby.

Until next week.

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Lost Update - A Day In The Virtual Reality Life

ABC Lost In Virtual Reality Update - 01/05/2005

I read the news today oh boy
About a lucky man who made the grade
And though the news was rather sad
Well I just had to laugh
I saw the photograph

After a long holiday hiatus, "Lost" the ABC television series returned. If you recall, the Grassy Knoll Institute believes the survivors are in a virtual reality laboratory connected together as a battery of tests and experiments are performed on them. Not by the Dharma institute, but by aliens.

The last episode had Locke, the formerly wheelchair bound bald man, finding a metallic type door under thick brush while looking for the abducted pregnant blond woman Claire. Well, the story never came close to touching on this discovery. Long hiatus, and nothing about the freaking hatch.

Instead, it added a little more back story to the characters and had Kate and the bad dude, Sawyer, getting more cozy. They find a briefcase, Kate's briefcase and there is something very suspicious within.

Kate lies to Jack, the doctor, and they open the case together revealing some cash, guns, papers, and a model airplane. Remember the police agents warning to Jack not to trust Kate?

This episode to me was simply a primer to get the audience back in the swing after being off the air for several weeks. The only significant happening was the eroding shoreline causing the group to move their belongings further inland. My speculation is that the aliens want the group off the beach and will force them into the jungle to experiment.

Next weeks episode will surely explore the metallic door in the mountain and the pregnant woman Claire will be found.

Until next week.....

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Lost Update - Only The Strong Survive

ABC Lost In Virtual Reality Update - 12/10/2004

I see you sittin' there all alone
Crying your eyes out
While everything's going wrong
You know there's gonna be
A whole lot of trouble in your life
Listen to me, get up off your knees

Before I begin, let the Grassy Knoll Institute offer other explanations as to what the ABC's television series Lost is really about. Of course, my theory is that aliens have abducted the plane, making it look like a crash, and now have them in a vast virtual reality laboratory studying all aspects of human behavior.

Several other theories have been kicked around the Grassy Knoll Institute think tank as well.

One alternative is that the survivors are really playing an ultimate reality show and are unaware they are participants. Its really bad when you are selected to be banished from the island.

Another has the survivors not really survivors, but in Purgatory, a sort of weigh station to either heaven or hell. When the person on the island dies, in essence, his/her soul goes to heaven or hell and are released from the island.

Another is that they are lost in the Bermuda Triangle. or have somehow crash landed on the lost city of Atlantis. Or have been sent back in time somehow. Or have broken the dimensional planes of existence and are living in the fourth dimension. Or that it is an updated episode of the Twilight Zone. All good and sound, but yet they don't hold up to scrutiny such as my theory.

So, back to my theory. Claire, the pregnant Australian woman and rock star Charlie are captured by Ethan, the man that is not on the passenger log list. A search party is put together and Lock, the bald knife guy, sets out tracking the trail. After a long search and an encounter with the mystery man, Charlie, the rock star is found strung up and hanged. He is cut down and the doctor performs CPR but to no avail. Not giving up, the doctor finally gets Charlie to breathe. They head back to camp and Charlie has no recollection of the events that took place.

Meanwhile, Lock, the knife guy, finds a metal hull of some sort buried beneath the dirt and brush on the side of the mountain. He intends to find out what's inside......

In this episode, the aliens study the herd and how they react when one is separated. Claire is gone from the group. Is a search party put together, or do they stay huddled together. Also studied is the effect when one of them dies. Charlie is found hung and dead. Jack never gives up and finally gets Charlie to breathe.

And, is the metal hull the protective barrier of the aliens observatory. Perhaps it will get very interesting very quickly.
SIDENOTE: The Institute does not believe it is the aliens headquarters but just another piece to the puzzle of the island of Lost.

Stay tuned for the next update.

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Lost Update - Shes Not There - Its Lost Virtual Reality

ABC Lost In Virtual Reality Update - 12/02/2004

The Grassy Knoll Institutes theory is that aliens have abducted the crash victims and have placed them in a virtual reality laboratory so as to conduct physical and mental experiments on them. This episode fortifies my stance. The focus was on the very Claire, the pregnant blond Australian woman. She awoke in the middle of the night feeling like someone was trying to hurt her unborn baby by doing some sort of experiments on her and the baby. Jack, the doctor, thinks she is merely imagining or dreaming. It happens once again and it freaks her out.

Sayid, the Iraqi guard, returns and says that we are not alone.

Now, the back story. In previous updates, I said that the aliens were among the passengers observing them and studying them. And this episode confirms this. A passenger manifest is gone over to verify everyone on the plane that survived and the group finds out that there is one man that is not on the list but yet still among the group. Ethan is revealed as the outsider just as Claire is about to give birth and the rock star Charlie is with her when Ethan shows up. Claire apparently senses danger, much like the psychic told her before she took the flight, and the episode ended.

The standard M.O. for alien abductions is study, isolation, testing, experimentation, release or destroy. The aliens are selecting the group one by one and the blond pregnant woman was next on the list.

Also, much like the study, Gorilla's In The Midst, where scientists live among the gorilla's in actual wildlife settings to better understand and study their behavior without the constraints of bars, chains, and confined area's. So far, the Grassy Knoll Institute seems correct about its theory and is getting stronger each and every episode.

Perhaps the 1960's song by the Zombies who sang, She's Not There can shed some light on the Lost islanders.

Well no one told me about her
The way she lied
Well no one told me about her
How many people cried
But it's too late to say you're sorry
How would I know, why should I care
Please don't bother trying to find her
She's not there
Well let me tell you about the way she looked
The way she acted, the color of her hair
Her eyes were soft and cool, her eyes were clear and bright
But she's not there

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Uptown Pizza

Uptown Pizza 

Uptown Pizza is one of many pizza choices in Youngstown.

Location: Uptown Pizza, 2940 Belmont Ave, Liberty, 330-759-6907

The Order:. 12 inch pizza with pepperoni.

The Service: A quick phone call, courteous employee's and speedy service. The pizza was ready in the 20 minutes they said it would be.

The Taste: The pizza was hot, the box did not collapse smashing the cheese, and the slices were all completely cut and separated. The crust was cooked and crisped just right. The pepperoni was under the cheese and cooked with the pizza instead of being an after thought. The pizza was well cooked and not soggy or doughy.

Presentation: A solid sturdy white cardboard pizza box with Uptown Pizza logo touting both locations.

The Value: $6.95 for a single topping 12 inch pizza is a pretty good standard deal. The pepperoni topping was not skimped on.

The Rating: 4 out of 5 stars. Grassy Knoll Diner recommends Uptown Pizza for lunch.

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Lost Update - Silent All These years

ABC Lost In Virtual Reality Update - 11/20/2004

But what if I'm a mermaid
In these jeans of his
With her name still on it
Hey but I don't care
Cause sometimes
I said sometimes
I hear my voice
And it's been here
Silent All These Years

Continuing with the Grassy Knoll Institute theory that the survivors of the plane crash on the ABC series "Lost" are actually abductees from an alien race placed in a virtual reality laboratory while experiments are being conducted on them.This week, Sayid, the Iraqi Republican guard, after torturing and almost killing Sawyer in hopes of getting an inhaler needed to help Shannon to breathe, sets off on his own to map the island and see what's on the other side.

As he travels along the shore line, he spies a cable buried in the sand. It stretches from the water to deep into the jungle. He follows the cable and spies a trip wire, a trap to snare what invades the area. He steps over the wire but still gets caught in the trap.

Sayid awakens tied to a bed spring that is hooked up to an electrical current and he gets shocked. A woman asks him questions and he answers truthfully yet he still gets shocked. The woman is the last survivor from a ship wreck over 16 years ago.

After gaining her trust fixing her music box, Sayid listens intently about how the others found their demise. The woman said that "They" took them one by one until she was the only one left. Seconds later, the sound of the monster is heard and Sayid tells her not to go outside the hut. The woman says that there are no monsters on this island, only "Them."

This episode is about the human psyche and how humans react when isolated and how we perform under duress. Through the use of virtual reality, one can be made to believe that you have been stranded on the island for a long time. Perhaps even for 16 years. Using only her gile and wits does she survive. To test her resolve, the aliens took her crew away one by one until she was the sole survivor.

Next week the show is off but in two weeks, that episode should be pivotal being the final week of sweeps week.

Stay tuned for the next update.

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Lost Update - We Can Work It Out

ABC Lost In Virtual Reality Update - 11/07/2004

Think of what you're saying.
You can get it wrong and still you think that it's all right.
Think of what I'm saying,
We can work it out and get it straight, or say good night.
We can work it out,
We can work it out.
Life is very short, and there's no time
For fussing and fighting, my friend.
I have always thought that it's a crime,
So I will ask you once again.

Continuing with the Grassy Knoll Institute theory that the islanders were abducted by aliens and are in a virtual reality experiment in human behavior, Wednesdays episode strengthened my position.The group splits in two, one stays on the shore line in hopes of signaling a rescue ship while the other group hunkers down in the jungle in an area with fresh water, shade, and a defensible perimeter. Then something happens, the doctor, (Jack) gets trapped in the cave and the group comes together and tries to dig him out. They can only open up a small entrance and someone must shimmy through and help Jack. The rock star, Charlie, who thinks the rest of the group doesn't think he is helping out, the same rock star who is hooked on drugs, volunteers to go. He reaches Jack and in his attempts to free him, causes another rockslide and now both are trapped.

Jacks love interest, Kate, the mysterious woman running from the law gets news of the cave in and works feverishly to rescue Jack. The whole group is coming together, working together, with a plan.

Amazingly, the rock star sees a moth, and follows the moth to safety and both he and Jack walk to the group and Jacks love interest runs to him and wraps her arms around him.

Also, another miracle occurs on this episode.Charlie, he rock star, has been addicted for years to a hard drug, and John Locke, the bald man with knives finds out, takes his drug stash, and helps him in two days to kick his habit. Charlie takes the drugs and throws it into the fire for he is finally free. One would think that it would be a long painful withdrawal being addicted for years.

Why does this strengthen my theory? Thanks for asking. Very logical actually. Tonight's episode was a classic laboratory study on human behavior and how when faced with danger and adversity, the entire group pulls together. Hence, Charlie volunteering to squeeze through the hole and the rest digging and removing rubble endlessly.

Also, what a coincidence that Jack and Charlie spot a moth and it leads them to the cave exit. Very convenient indeed.

Tune in next week for the next update.

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You Want Super Sized What

A lady was at the store and picked up several items and proceeded to the checkout. As always the case, one of her items was not priced. Imagine her embarrassment when the checker got on the intercom and boomed out for all the store to hear,
PRICE CHECK ON LANE 13, TAMPAX SUPER SIZE.

That was bad enough, but somebody at the rear of the store apparently misunderstood the word Tampax for thumbtacks. In a business like tone, a voice boomed back over the intercom,

"DO YOU WANT THE KIND YOU PUSH IN WITH YOUR THUMB
OR THE KIND YOU POUND IN WITH A HAMMER?"

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The Fan

It hums it's perpetual song,
Not caring who was listening.
Pushing stale warm air for eternity.
It's cord will indeed be used for punishment.

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Lost Update - Turning Japanese

Lost Update - Lost In Virtual Reality 10/27/2004

Ive got your picture of me and you
You wrote I love you I love you too
I sit there staring and theres nothing else to do
Oh its in color your hair is brown
Your eyes are hazel and soft as clouds
I often kiss you when theres no one else around

Yes, another Grassy Knoll Institute ABC Lost update.(My theory, the survivors are in a virtual reality laboratory being experimented on by an alien race)

Tonight, Jin, the Korean male goes crazy and attacks Sawyer because he is wearing Jin's watch. Sawyer found it in the wreckage and has claimed it as his own. The fight is stopped and the Jin is handcuffed to part of the fuselage. Perhaps the aliens are using psychotropic drugs to influence the emotions and behavior of certain individuals on the island. Perhaps it is a simple test of jealousy, possessions, and anger.

Second, the choice. Half the group decides to go where the fresh water is, and where the area is sheltered somewhat and defensible from wild animals. It is also shady and cooler. The downside is that they are off the shore and not visible to search and rescue crews that surely would be still out there after only several days. The group divides. The other group decides to stay on the beach and tough it out. Another experiment by the aliens on dividing the herd and weeding out the strong. Perhaps an exercise to bring the Alpha personalities to front and center.

Stay tuned till next week.

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Worst Movies Ever Made

The Worst Movies Ever Made
Presented By The Grassy Knoll Institute Film Society

With the Halloween season just completed, I paid close attention to the TV stations promo's for upcoming Halloween movies. I saw most of these so called "Classics" and mind you many of them were clunkers.

Going one step further, the scientists at the Institute decided to compile, (after many hours logged viewing movie after movie) the worst movies ever made.
These movies are in no particular order.....

"Glitter" starring Mariah Carey. Made the movie "Showgirls" look like an Oscar nominated film.

"The Tempest" starring Susan Sarandon. On advice by my older brother that this was a great movie, I took my date, my future wife, to see it. It was our first date, and almost the last. Only the goat Nino saved us.

"Attack of the Killer Tomatoes". Yes, I know it was supposed to be a spoof of classic "B" movies, but the jokes and timing were so bad and the props, paper mache tomatoes bouncing down streets were just pathetic.

"Halloween 3". Thinking that this was the trilogy set of the original Halloween movies, I went and paid good money to be sorely disappointed. This movie was not even about Michael Myers, but about some stupid mask that turns people into zombies. A total lamo.

"Howard the Duck" A talking duck from outer space. No more need be said here.

"Plan 9 From Outer Space". An Ed Wood classic. Aliens come to conquer the Earth but all previous 8 plans used did not work. Hence, the title of the movie. Plan 9 would raise the dead and use the zombies to destroy the earth and do the evil bidding of the aliens. It was also Bela Lagosi's last movie. He died before it was completed and a stand in actor was used to complete the movie. The actor had to use a cape and hat to cover his face so as not to be recognized as not being Bela. I wouldn't want to be recognized in this film either.

"Mars Needs Women". Should have been titled, In search of a script....

"Legend of Boggy Creek". I remember watching the promo ads on TV for this movie. It showed several seconds of a fuzzy out of focus ape like creature from a distance walking in the woods. The problem was, that was the highlight of the movie. There was no more actual footage of big foot. Just worthless interviews from a dozen or so eye witnesses.

"Queen of Outer Space" starring Zsa Zsa Gabor. A group of astronauts are blown off course and land on planet Venus and find it inhabited by women. Beautiful women, in mini skirts, and big hairdos. The plot thickens as do these movies do, and the queen wants the men all dead. Zsa Zsa helps them and is condemned with the men. The green sticky rock thingy that somehow attracts them and traps them is one of the worst ever movie props.

"Who's that girl" starring Madonna. I guess this should be, any Madonna movie but this one tops the charts.

"The Gods Must Be Crazy". The African jungle. A bottle of coke that fell from the sky. That's about it.

"Nell" starring Jodie Foster. Dennis Miller, comedian said it best. You go see Nell by yourself.

"Cabin Boy". It's a wonder this stinker didn't bankrupt and ruin David Letterman's reputation. His company produced this clunker.

"Manos The Hands Of Fate". Apparently Manos was an evil spirit, and the master of the house, or hotel, worshipped Manos. A hapless family stumbles into his clutches and seemingly become worshippers as well. Hard to follow plot. Terrible acting.

"Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot" starring Sly Stallone. The rise and fall of Rocky.

"Teenagers From Outer Space". Classic story. Alien teenage boy sent to take over the Earth falls for beautiful Earth girl. The other alien teenage boys hunt down the renegade alien teenage boy with ray guns that have a two second time delay when pressing the trigger.

"Sgt's Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" starring Peter Frampton and the Bee Gee's. This was the death knell for the disco era.

"The Fog" starring Andrianne Barbeau. The monster was fog that swept bad people away. Reminds me of the movie "Play Misty For Me".

"Laserblast". Classic story of teenage boy not loved by his mother, harassed by the local sheriff, finds alien technology (A laser gun and strange broach that turned him green) and decides to take matters into his own hands. Classic.

"Mr. Nanny" starring Hulk Hogan. This movie clearly proves that Vince McMahon owns all the wrestlers rights and futures. Hulk sinks to low level.

Well, there you have it. Twenty classic stinkers.
Any that I left out or missed?
What are your worst favorite movies?

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Lost Update - If Only You Believed In Miracles

Lost Secrets Update - Lost Is Virtual Reality 10/20/2004

If only you believe like I believe, baby
Wed get by
If only you believe in miracles, baby
So would I

Now that the Grassy Knoll Institute has put its cards on the table, its time to call. In my previous post that immediately followed the pilot show, I told you my theory on what the show was about and why. (Remember, the virtual reality thing, all the survivors are tied together and being experimented on by an alien race) As promised, each and every episode is fortifying the Institutes theory.

Case in point. The bald crazy guy. You know, the one with 400 knives. (John Locke) He was paralyzed before the crash on the island. His back story verifies this. The plane crashes on the island, Locke wakes up and (It's a miracle) he is able to walk. Not just hobble, but run with authority like nothing happened to him. Perhaps, in Lockes virtual reality, he IS all that he can be, the ultimate take charge backwoodsman he always wanted to be.

Then there's doctor Jack. Jack sees a strange man in a suit several times. He finally recognizes the suited man and it is his father, who had died in Australia. Jack was bringing his body back for the funeral. Later on, Jack finds the casket and the body is not there. Perhaps Jack in his virtual reality, wants to believe his father is somehow still alive, and on the island, it is a possibility.

With these extra pieces to the puzzle, my theory holds strong that the survivors are actually in an elaborate laboratory being studied much like human scientists study animals in a zoo.

Stay tuned until next week.

Everytime you come by, let me try
Pretty, please sugar on it
Thats how I like it
I cant even believe it, with you
Its like having every dream I ever wanted
Come true
I picked up your vibes
You know it opened my eyes
But Im still dreamin yeah
And youre right where I found ya
With my arms around ya.

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Famous Last Words

Famous Last Words Gone Bad

#001 I'll get a world record for this...
#002 Let me just reach in and get your watch out of the printing press.
#003 Why am I standing on a plastic sheet?
#004 It's fireproof...
#005 Godfather, why did you kiss me on the cheek?
#006 So, you're a feminist? Isn't that precious?
#007 Gee, that's a cute tattoo...
#008 Don't worry, he's probably just hibernating...
#009 I'll hold it and you light the fuse...
#010 Don't worry, I saw this done on television...
#011 I regret that I have only one life to give for my country.
#012 What duck?
#013 What does this button do?
#014 These are the good kind of mushrooms...
#015 We need a bigger boat....
#016 Happy birthday Mr. President....
#017 Then let them eat cake...
#018 Pull the pin and count to what?
#019 This won't hurt a bit...
#020 Which wire am I supposed to cut?
#021 No one's ever escaped from the Rock...
#022 How fast can this Vette go anyway?
#023 Blue! No, wait, Yellow, Ahrggg....
#024 Anyone got a match?
#025 I'm making a citizens arrest...
#026 Rosebud....
#027 It's probably just a rash...
#028 She's dead.....Wrapped in plastic...
#029 Are you sure the power's off?
#030 The odds of that happening are a million to one...
#031 Hey, there's no handles inside these car doors.
#032 Hey, that's not a violin...
#033 I'm melting.....melting....melting...
#034 Why is the rest of the Star trek landing party wearing a different color uniform?
#035 I wonder where the mother bear is?
#036 I am the walrus...goo goo ga joob....
#037 What's that priest doing here?....
#038 What's that smell?
#039 Here's my Kent State student ID card....
#040 What do these buttons do?
#041 What plane?...
#042 This planet has an atmoshere just like on earth...
#043 Now, let's all stick together....
#044 It's a cook book.....
#045 This doesn't taste right....
#046 Watch this....
#047 Vulcans never bluff...
#048 Nice doggie...
#049 Don't worry, I'm an expert...
#050 I think I just saw Charles Manson...
#051 Now I lay me down to sleep...
#052 This house ain't haunted...
#053 The Lord is my Sheppard...
#054 OK, this is the last time....
#055 That birthmark behind your ear looks a lot like 999...
#056 Phasers on Stun...
#057 Houston, we have a problem...
#058 Where's the instruction manual?...
#059 Give me liberty or give me death...
#060 I don't think we're in Kansas anymore...
#061 Fire what cannon?....
#062 Don't be so superstitious...
#063 No way will it ever rain for 40 days and nights...
#064 That's odd...
#065 So, do you fell lucky punk?...Well....Do ya?...
#066 I have, and shall always be,....your friend...Live long and prosper.
#067 I know a shortcut...
#068 Nero, do you smell smoke?
#069 Who's all those men in black suits and dark glasses?
#070 I'll just slip into the commuter lane for a second...
#071 Is that a black helicopter?
#072 Where's the brakes on this thing?
#073 Don't worry, we'll make the jump...
#074 Here's your recon report General Custer...
#075 I'll get your bagel out...
#076 That sign says Area 51....
#077 I've done this before...
#078 It'll hold us both...
#079 I can make this light before it changes....
#080 Is that a train whistle?
#081 I can do that with my eyes closed...
#082 No, my shoes are not untied...
#083 What do you mean, I'll be back...
#084 Let it down slowly...
#085 Alas poor Yorok...
#086 Oh Ruby,.....Don't take your love to town...
#087 OK, I'll make your day wise guy....
#088 Guilty, Your honor...
#089 I got's to know.
#090 Frankly Scarlett, I don't give a damn.
#091 With God as my witness....
#092 She's a witch...
#093 It looks like it's clear sailing from here.
#094 What a useless scroll. It says, HASTUR HASTUR HASTUR over and over again."
#095 "Click?? ...This doesn't come with ammo?"
#096 "Let me handle this."
#097 "That's only a statue"
#098 "You jump down and distract him, and I'll shoot him."
#099 "Don't be silly. If this was really the ship's "Self-Destruct Button", do you think they'd leave it lying around where anyone could press it?"
#100 "Hmmm...the sign on the door says, "AIRLOCK". I wonder what's inside."
#101"They can't see me. I'm invisible!"
#102 "All clear, guys."
#103 "What do you mean, I hear water?"

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Giant Alien Saw Falls From Sky

Giant Alien Saw Falls From Sky

Evidence That Giant Aliens Exist

The Grassy Knoll Institute discovered a giant saw blade at the center of a small city in Japan. Eye witnesses said the saw blade fell several hundred feet from a huge hovering saucer-shaped alien craft. Amazingly, it stuck blade down in the earth.

The Grassy Knoll Institute estimates the owner of the giant alien blade exceeds 1200 feet in height with an average weight of 40,000 pounds.

The blade itself is made of a metallic material unknown to man and cannot be dented or cut and thus will remain buried in the ground.

The residents only hope of removal is for another visit from the giant aliens coming back to retrieve their missing tool.

If that happens, the Grassy Knoll Institute will be there to report the outcome.

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Lost Update - Sand In Your Shoes

Lost Update – Lost Is Virtual Reality 10/06/2004

You always were a city kid though you were country raised
And back in some forgotten time we shared the cold north days
But the simple life was not your style, and you just had to escape
So it’s goodbye to my lady of the islands.

ABC Lost secrets revealed. The Grassy Knoll Institute believes the survivors are in a virtual reality laboratory connected together as a battery of tests and experiments are performed on them. Not by the Dharma institute, but by aliens.

The survivors are gathering belongings from the plane. The police agent is dying, he is going in and out of consciousness. He warns Jack about Kate, tells him he cannot trust her. Hurley finds out the secret that Kate is the one the agent was bringing back.

The French womens transmission, on a loop for 16 years, stating that they are all dead.

The end of the show, Jack and Kate are sitting on the beach. Jack states that three days ago, we all died. It doesn’t matter who we were, what we did. We are now on the island, with a fresh start. There are now seated in a new environment, a new world, a virtual world. What they do now means everything.

It would appear that the series writers are baiting the viewers in believing they are all dead with Jacks beach statement. But we all different now don’t we. This is merely the shakedown period, a time for the survivors to become accustomed to their new virtual reality world. Everyone’s thoughts interacting, intertwining, becoming one thought.

Until next week Losties.

On Remembrance Day the bands all played, the bells pealed through the park
And you lay there by the “Do Not” signs, and shamed them with your spark
Now winter moans in old men’s bones as the day falls into dark
So it’s goodbye to my lady of the islands.
It was just like this behind the kisses you so soon swept away
I always knew that some day yo’d be bound to just get pulled away…
The summer sun beats on and on, the shops swim in the heat
And you’re standing by the traffic signs with taxis at your feet
I know that in your city skin you’re feeling more complete
So it’s goodbye to my lady of the islands.

No I never got the letters that you said you’d send me
So it’s goodbye to my lady of the islands.

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R.E. M. - Not those Guys

For all you know, the hideous hell you are living in is merely a dream, an illusion, mere minutes of R.E.M. sleep state.
Safely asleep, tucked away in a warm bed in a small sleepy hollow town. Content to be manacled to your pitiful 9 to 5 job at the local employer. Imagine the horror when you finally awake and realize that your dream is actually reality, and reality is a mere figment of your imagination.
Now ain't that like losing your religion.
PLEASANT DREAMS.....From the Grassy Knoll Institute.

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Worst Songs Ever Recorded

The Grassy Knoll Institute compiled the following list:
The worst songs ever recorded

Fish Heads by Barnes and Barnes.
You all remember, this is the second video that the new MTV music network played on its cable channel.

MacArthur Park by Richard Harris
Someone left the cake out in the rain,....and I'll never have that recipe again, oh no!!!!!

Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice
Sorry Ice, you became a laughing stock.

Father Figure by George Michael
I won't be your father figure put your tiny hand in mine.....

Watching Scotty Grow by Bobby Goldsboro
The sequeal to Honey, see the tree how big its grown....

Silly Love Songs by Wings
Sorry Sir Paul.

Norman by Sue Thompson
Can only remember the words Norman, da da da da da d a da something, Norman,....

Boogie oogie oogie by A Taste of Honey
Get down, boogie, oogie, oogie were the only words I believe.

The Night Chicago Died by Paper Lace
Cheesy tune about Al Capone and someones daddy being a cop on the East side of Chicago.

Beach Baby by First Class
From July to the end of September, beach baby, beach baby, beach baby....

Emperors Clothes by Sinead O'Connor
Giving speaking in tongues a whole new meaning.

Informer by Snow
Real fast lyrics of nonsense. Here is a sample...."You know say daddy me snow me-a (gonna) blame A licky boom-boom down' Tective man he say, say Daddy Me Snow me stab someone down the lane A licky boom-boom down"

Rico Suave by Gerardo.
A horn supposedly that was to be sexy, sounds like a dump truck backing up.

She Bangs by William Haung
His 15 minutes of fame was up, now his song lives like "Night of the Living Dead"

Muskrat Love by Captain and Tenille.
A love song about a gerbel. Need anymore be said.

I've never been to me by Charlene
She's been to paradise, but shes never been to me.... And your point?

Disco Duck by Rick Dee's.
The death knell of disco.

Torn Between Two Lovers by Mary Mcgregor
A smarmy marmy tune sung off key.

Havin My Baby by Paul Anka
Just hate it. Couldn't tune the dial fast enough.

Strawberry Letter 23 by Brothers Johnson
It took him 22 previous attempts to write this...."Stained window yellow candy screen, See speakers of kite (ah, ah, ah, ah, ah) With velvet roses diggin' freedom flight (ah, ah, ah, ah, ah) A present from you (ah, ah, ah, ah, ah) Strawberry letter 22 The music plays I sit in for a few (ah, ah, ah, ah...)(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh...)"

Run Joey Run by David Geddes
And to think Madonna had a remake in her papa don't preach tune."Daddy please don't, it wasn't his fault, he means so much to meDaddy please don't, we're gonna get married...just you wait and see."

Bicycle Race Queen
Nice bell. Thats about it.

Mambo #5 by Lou Bega
Incessant melody that drives me crazy.

Billy Don't Be A Hero by The Heywoods
Well, he became a hero and died.

Feelings by Morris Albert
Most sung song on the gong show. Need more be said?

Cars by Gary Numan
In cars, duhn, duhn, duhm, da, da , da duhn, in cars. Great lyrics. Not!!!!

Lime In The Coconut by Harry Nillson
These lyrics speaks volumes...In what language I don't know."Brother bought a coconut, he bought it for a dime, His sister had another one, she paid it for a lime. She put the lime in the coconut, she drank them both up. She put the lime in the coconut, she drank them both up. She put the lime in the coconut, she drank them both up. She put the lime in the coconut, she called the doctor, woke him up, And said, "Doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take, I say, Doctor, to relieve this belly ache? I say, Doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take, I say, Doctor, to relieve this belly ache?"

Magnet and Steel by Walter Egan
This one was made of tin and it didn't stick...

Sylvias Mother by Dr Hook
Who cares about her mother especially when he's whining about her?

Rapture by Blondie
Well, just read these lyrics...."Fab Five Freddie told me everybody's high DJ's spinnin' are savin' my mind. Flash is fast, Flash is coolFrancois sez fas, Flashe' no do. And you don't stop, sure shot. Go out to the parking lot. And you get in your car and you drive real far. And you drive all night and then you see a light. And it comes right down and lands on the ground. And out comes a man from Mars. And you try to run but he's got a gun. And he shoots you dead and he eats your head. And then you're in the man from Mars. You go out at night, eatin' cars. You eat Cadillacs, Lincolns too Mercurys and Subarus. And you don't stop, you keep on eatin' cars. Then, when there's no more cars. You go out at night and eat up bars where the people meet. Face to face, dance cheek to cheek"

Heartbeat by Don Johnson
Stick with Miami Vice Don.

Superbowl Shuffle by Chicago Bears players
Tainted a superbowl victory.

Fernando by Abba
Yes, we hear the drums? Wish We didn't.

Mickey by Toni Basil
Never look at cheeleaders quite the same.

Saturday Night by Bay City Rollers
Saw them at Idora Park. Last gig they ever had.

Tutti Fruitti by Pat Boone
Sure signs that Viagra has affected him.

Towin The Line by Rocky Burnette
I'm tired of listening dude. Cut the line already.

All By Myself by Eric Carmen
Wish he kept this song to himself.

Radioactive by The Firm
You're radioactive? Now what?

Anything by Kenny G

I Was Made For Dancin by Leif Garrett
But not for singin.

MmmmnBop by Hanson
Can't wait for their greatest hits album.

Chuck E's In Love by Ricky Lee Jones
Cats being tortured.

99 Red Balloons by Nena
She got a great body.

Anything by Art Garfunkel

Paper Roses by Marie Osmond
Utah's first family, Donny and Marie....

Which Way You Goin Billy by Poppy Family
The sign post up ahead...The Twilight Zone.

I Found Love On A Two Way Street by the Moments
But lost it on a lonely highway. DOA.

Telephone Man by Meri Wilson
Hey lolly lolly, get it any way you can. Oh god, make it stop.

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds by Will Shatner
Ship.......out.......of.......danger......Beam me up Scotty, there's no talent here.

Betcha By Golly Wow by Stylisitcs
This is something someone would say while watching a porn movie.

Dont Call Us Well Call You by SugarLoaf
They're still waiting for the call.

I'm Not In Love by 10cc
The original boy band. You're not a hit either.

The Show Must Go On by 3 Dog Night
Never thought I'd hear carnival music in rock and roll.

Tip Toe To The Gas Pumps by Tiny Tim
God rest his soul. He peaked on Carson and bottomed by the end of the show.

I Think were Alone Now by Tiffany
Still afraid to go to the mall.

Dont Worry Be Happy by Bobby Mcfarren
Not even Robin Williams could bail this song out.

Anything by Slim Whitman or Box Car Willy.

These are the nominee's. All worthy to be the worst song ever. Did I miss any? Send along a reply to vote for your favorite worst song or add to the list.

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Lost Update - Second Verse Same As The First

Lost Update – Lost Is Virtual Reality 09/27/2004

All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go
Im standing here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye
But the dawn is breakin, its early morn
The taxis waiting, hes blowin his horn
Already I’m so lonesome I could cry.

In part one of the two part pilot episode of the ABC series, “Lost” we found out that a jet malfunctioned and was blown more than a thousand miles off course. Knowing this, the search party is more than likely searching in the wrong location and will eventually deem the passengers as missing and then dead.

Next, we notice that there is a diverse group of passengers that survived. A rock star, debutantes, strong willed women, a doctor, a pregnant woman, a thug, a gentle giant, and from many different nationalities. And, it seems that all of them have some sort of secret to hide. What would that secret be?

There are 48 survivors. And not a single cell phone works. Very odd indeed. Yes, yes, out of range and how so convenient. The island looks harmless enough. A standard South Pacific paradise with plenty of green plantation and brush. And, oh yea, an invisible monster that crashes through the brush and comes right to the foliage line stopping just before the shore. A strange for-boding sound is emanating from this invisible creature and seems to be the central focal point of the series. And did you notice the size of this island? Its bigger than the big island of Hawaii. How can this island not be inhabited? And how could this tropical paradise not be cultivated by some business entrepreneur and have it turned into another Mecca of paradise for the elite and famous?

At nightfall, as everyone gathered around the fire, the doctor decides to look for the rest of the fuselage in hopes of finding the transceiver in hopes of communicating with the outside world. At daybreak, a small group embark on their journey. They find the fuselage, and a pilot that is alive, and the transceiver. Ahh, but the monster shows up yet again. Still invisible but this time sucks the pilot from the plane. The others run in fear and after several minutes of TV drama, they escape alive.

So, with all these clues, where are these people? I’m glad you asked. Let’s eliminate where they cannot be. Rod Serling is deceased so you can throw out the Twilight Zone. You can also skip over a remake of the old 1960’s TV show, “The New People”, the show about a plane wrecked crew of young people on a deserted island that was an abandoned nuclear weapons test site. That show only lasted one season. You can toss out the Bermuda Triangle, we are talking the Pacific Ocean, and last I heard, the Atlantic was where the Triangle resided.

OK, here is the kicker. You have waited long enough. Here’s the scoop. The plane wrecked survivors of Lost are actually abductee’s taken from an alien race and the island they are stranded on is a very life like laboratory. (Hold on, take a breath, flex your neck, and read on) The aliens, knowing they got the mix of passengers they want, take control of the plane and make it look like an accident to the FAA. This leaves all the people needed at the disposal of the alien race.

But for what reason you ask:
The survivors are in virtual reality induced coma’s and are all interconnected to one another. My thoughts are your thoughts type of interaction. With this type of environment, the aliens are able and capable to conduct any scientific, or biological experiment on their agenda.

The monster is merely the beginning of the experiment, to determine that everyone is hooked in to the virtual reality simulator. Anyone not seeing the monster is removed. Hence the people dying.

Throughout the series, the alien race will put obstacles in the passengers way to record and study their reactions, how they group together, how they work together, and how their imaginations become more vivid each passing hour. They will be studying the herd. The monster is just like the monster in the Movie, “Forbidden Planet”, a giant vicious invisible monster driven by the doctors ego, super ego, and id. The more the doctor was pushed, the more powerful and daring and jealous the monster became until it was uncontrollable and finally came into the camp and started killing the other people on the planet.

Saying this, perhaps Lost is a rehashed modern day Twilight Zone episode. You know the one. Where there are people trapped in a pit and there is no escape. A clown, a ballerina, a doctor, nurse, Indian, soldier, business man. They don’t know how they got there. They just woke up and they were there. As the days waned on, more people showed up while they slept. All became suspicious of each other and it was making it difficult to work together. Until that is, the people finally realized that they weren’t people at all, but dolls discarded by a child.

The sign post up ahead, The Twilight Zone….

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The Elevator

Another sound was just heard overhead. Could it be that they have returned? Maybe it was just a stray Tom cat or mangy dog scrounging for food. At that point, it was very difficult to determine reality from illusion. Maybe I should just come out of hiding and get it all over with. That's what they want anyway. To find me. To Kill Me.They have been hunting me ever since they obliterated the earth and enslaved the population. It was inevitable that one day they would find me. It has been 41 days since I have ventured above ground and soaked in the warm rays of the sun. Instead, I have chosen to survive, if you call it that, living in a burned out basement of a long since abandoned building. In a flash, a loud piercing bell sounded.

It was an elevator bell. Unaware, I was somehow teleported and was now standing inside a moving elevator. Trapped like the proverbial rat. Oh my god, they have finally found me. Panic and anxiety set in. "Excuse me sir," the elevator operator inquired, "You did say the 13th floor didn't you?" I panicked. I pushed the operator out of the door, formulating my escape route, knowing that for at least today, this moment, they would not get their prize, their feast, their trophy. I chanted over and over as I ran from the complex, "I will survive one more day."

"What's his problem?", the operator said to the bystanders. One of the others spoke up and said, "You know those traveling salesmen and how high strung they can be making cold calls."

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Lost Secrets - Leaving On a Jet Plane

Lost Secrets - Virtual Reality 09/23/2004

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you’ll wait for me
Hold me like you’ll never let me go.
I’m leavin on a jet plane
I don’t know when I’ll be back again
Oh, babe, I hate to go.

The Grassy Knoll Institute Reveals All The Secrets About The ABC Series, LOST.

I watched the new series "Lost" last night. It was about a horrific plane crash that went down 1000 miles off course leaving 48 survivors stranded on an island. And oh yes, there is a terrible huge invisible monster roaming the island. The Lost pilot was very entertaining but many things did not jive and some scenes were all too familiar. At fisrt notice, my thought process was that the passenegers were all dead and were placed on this island in some sort of Purgatory. But, no, Hell no, it couldn't be about that. Could it?

To start, the premise. Way back in the 1970′s, there was a series that came on right after “Music explosion” titled “The New People”. It was about a group of people stranded on a desert island and all they had to survive was themselves. Until they found an abandoned town smack dab in the middle of the island. The island was stacked with food supplies, water, cars, houses, everything. Except people. Anyway, the reality of the show was that these people were stranded on an island that the U.S. Government had targeted for nuclear bomb testing and was preparing to monitor the effects of the explosion and fallout. Or, was the plan scrapped and forgotten. Each episode would dwell on that. Lets hope LOST is not based on this show. It only lasted one and a half seasons.

Next familiarity. One of the pilots said that they tried to turn back to Australia. Then the tail section broke off and were blown more than a thousand miles off course. The plane crashed where no search party will be looking. This is the tie in tho Tom Hanks movie, “Castaway, ” the movie about a Federal Express Executive left stranded on a deserted island by himself and left with only his wits and desire to be reunited with his wife. The plane was blown off course and the search party was looking in the wrong place. But, it can’t be based on that movie, its been done already. And besides, who would be Wilson?

This TV show is not what you think it is about. The Grassy Knoll Institute will offer up its theory with fact, fiction, and a little back seat driving. But, you will be shocked what we reveal in the next LOST update.

Stay tuned. Part two of the Lost pilot will be discussed and the Grassy Knoll Institute theory fully revealed and mapped out.

Each and every week Lost airs I will post an update on how my theory holds against the episode and the entire theory on Lost.

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