Jesus Saves - Then Rocks The House

Jesus Image Appears

Grassy Knoll Institute Reporting from Maine:
Guitar maker believes the image of Jesus is on the neck of one of his newly made guitars. The image is seemingly burned into the wood grain of the guitar and depicts a full bodied image including arms, legs, and the head of Jesus.

Upon further study, the image does appear to be that of a man, but the clothing is that of an astronaut, a spacesuit very much resembling NASA's Apollo moon Astronauts. This revelation sparked a rebuttal from another religious organization claiming it to be their prophet.

The Raelians, (A religious cult that believes an alien species through DNA intervention created the human race) interprets this guitar figure as a sign that Elohim, (Raelian equivalent to Jesus) is preparing to return to Earth to battle non believers.

The Grassy Knoll Institute asks why now? Why did Jesus, or Elohim appear on a guitar neck in Maine today? What is the significance? The Christian holy day Easter was last week and the Raelian holy day of Cylonian was March 20th, (Series Finale For Battlestar Galatica) has also passed.

It has been noted that a clandestine government agency has been mobilized and ascending upon the great state of Maine. We will assuredly follow their movements in the upcoming days.

In other news, Strangely enough, David Bowie is coming April 24th to New Gloucester, Maine for a rock festival and revival of his top selling 1970's album, A Space Oddity.

Wam Bam Thank You Mam!

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Battle With Satan

As a child, I had several recurring nightmares. One of them involved me coming face to face with the Devil. (Satan, Lucifer, Fallen Angel, Prince Of Darkness, Beelzebub, Mephistopheles) For years, I would have this same two dreams almost nightly.

The dream would always start the same way. I would be sleeping in bed, the lights are out, my other two brothers sleeping across the room. Suddenly, I would be awoken by a strange noise. In the dream, I would open my eyes and scan the dark room and not see anything except a faint red glowing in the corner by the window. I would let my eyes adjust to the darkness and then pull the covers off and get out of bed to investigate.

As I approached the window, I could smell brimstone. (Not sure how I knew what brimstone smelled like, but I did nonetheless) The red glowing became more intense. I glanced back at my two brothers and they were asleep. At that moment I knew something bad was going to happen, (My spider senses were tingling) (This was the late 1960's folks, Spiderman was popular back then) but for some reason, I kept going.

A few more feet and instantly a tall figure came into immediate focus. It was the classic depiction of the Devil himself. All in red, with horns coming out of his head, yellow glowing eyes, a goatee, animal hoofs for legs, a menacing face, sharp fangs for teeth, and a red cape. I was frozen, not in fear, but on what to do. I wouldn't have to wait long.

The Devil lunged at me, grabbed me in his arms and announced in a loud theatrical roar, "I have you now, and I'm taking you to hell with me!" A moment later, my brothers Jack and George were holding me and yelling at me to wake up. I had climbed up into the window and was apparently ready to jump out. George yanked me down and a minute or so later my senses came back to me and I knew where I was.

Mom and Dad came hustling up the stairs to see what all the commotion was about. Jack said I was gonna jump out the window. I really didn't want to tell Dad that the Devil was after me and wanted to take me to hell. A few minutes of questions and it was "Everyone back in bed" time.

For the next few years, this nightmare would replay three to four times a week. My parents, fearing that I would hurt myself, (Jump out the window) re-arranged the beds making mine farthest away from the window and Jack and George's in front of the window. (I would have to climb over George's bed to get to the window.
) My sleepwalking and nightmare days had begun. It would last into my early teen years. Not just this particular nightmare, but a set of two that seemed to rotate like a bad movie of the week series. Columbo and McCloud. (I'm getting to that in a second)

I did notice something strange about this nightmare. After about a month of the exact same dream, somehow I understood that I was dreaming, and I knew what was going to happen next. I knew that I would see the Devil and that he would grab me and try to take me to hell. For quite some time, I played out this scenario in my sleep until one night, things changed.

Again, a noise woke me up and I saw the red glowing light. I got out of bed and walked over to the window. Again I saw the Devil but right before he grabbed me, I ducked and he missed. I then turned and ran. Out of the room and down the hallway. Then down the steps, across the landing, and down the rest of the steps with the Devil in hot pursuit. I made it to the front door and headed for open space, the playground behind my house.

Looking back, the Devil was in hot pursuit. Apparently having hoofs feet was an extreme advantage for him. A moment later, I spied my advantage. The jungle gym. The Devil was so big he wouldn't be able to fit inside but i could jump right in and keep the Devil at bay. I turned on the jets and made my way to the jungle gym.

The Devil was very close to me now, only a few feet away. He was just ready to grab me when I dove through the bars of the jungle gym. I made it! Safety! Or so I thought. As if by magic, the Devil squeezed himself inside the jungle gym. He came towards me and I began to run around the circle of the gym. Luckily there were four fireman's polls in the center that acted as a border against me and the fiery pits of Hell.

As stated earlier, the Devil was light on his hoofs, and he was gaining on me. He was so close I could feel his hot snotty breath on the back of my neck, the smell of his sweaty brimstone odor, and I could hear low guttural snarling.

I was getting tired at this time and every trip around the circle the Devil was gaining. It was inevitable, he was going to catch me. I didn't want to look back but like a bad movie, I had to. As I glanced back, The Devil was reached his arms out and grabbed me and shouted he was taking me to Hell.

And SNAP! I was awake. My brothers found me in the dining room running around the table. This new scenario would continue for months until one one night, I had had enough. While running from the devil once again, and knowing the results, I decided to stop. The dream started the same as always. Hearing a noise, seeing the glowing red light, seeing the Devil, ducking, running, him giving chase, the playground, the jungle gym, the running. But this time, instead of running in circles in the jungle gym, I stopped and turned around to face the Devil.

The Devil continued to run toward me snarling and growling but I stood my ground. A second later, right before he was going to grab me and take me to Hell, the Devil vanished into thin air. I had won. I faced my fear and I had won. I would have this nightmare only a few more times with the same results. Me winning the battle. The last time I had the nightmare, I stopped it right from the beginning. Instead of getting out of bed, I just rolled over and went back to sleep.

Now I had to work on my other nightmares.

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Lost Update - And Miles To Go Before I Sleep

Lost Update - Season V - 04/15/2009

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

Last week I revealed two of the many experiments being conducted on the Lost Islanders. Ivan Pavlov and his salivating dogs to show how conditioning can be changed in an animal. Desmond pushing the button every 108 minutes was the subject. The second was Stanley Milgram’s study on Obedience To Authority. Ben Linus was right smack dab in the center of that experiment. Negative reinforcement to force obedience. The difference is that Desmond and Ben are not aware of any experiments, not aware that they are in a lab, and not aware that nothing they see, feel, or hear is real.

Tonight, I will enlighten you with yet another classic social psychology experiment being conducted on the castaways. I present to you Phillip Zimbardo's Stanford Prisoner's Experiment.

The Prison Experiment, conducted in 1971, was a critical social experiment to study how humans react and behave to being held captive. Zimbardo selected two groups of people deeming one group inmate guards, and the second group, prisoners. The guards were then told to lock up the prisoners and treat them as they would think prisoners should be treated. The prisoners were handcuffed and shackled together and led to their cells and locked in. In the beginning, attitudes didn't change, the guards were receptive to the requests of the prisoners for food, water, and bedding.

But as the experiment progressed, several of the guards became aggressive towards the inmates and went as far as torturing them. The experiment soon got out of control as the prisoners staged a rebellion and rioted against the guards causing both physical and mental harm to both the guards and prisoners. The warden, Phillip Zimbardo himself, had to end the experiment and bring order back to the two groups of of test subjects. The experiment was originally designed twofold. One, to study humans in captivity and how they adapt to being obedient and manipulated when presented a legitimate ideology and support staff. Two, how a group given absolute authority can overstep their boundaries.

My Lost theory sounds pretty good now doesn't it? The castaways of Oceanic Flight 815 are the prisoners while the "Others" play the part of the guards. At first, the "Others" stay away and leave the castaways alone and seem to live in a balanced environment. Until the prisoners find out what the "Others" are doing behind their backs. (Spying on them, stealing the children etc..)

The castaways assemble, and rebel against the "Others" in a violent showdown where many people are killed. The warden, (Ben Linus) has lost control of the situation, and must now put an end to the unchecked violence. This is exactly what transpired in Phillip Zimbardo's Stanford Prisoner's Experiment. Which brings us to my Lost theory.

Holy smoke monster Batman, we're just now getting around to what my Lost theory is. It's worth the wait.
Just what is the Grassy Knoll Institutes Lost theory…
Although it appears the survivors of Oceanic flight 815 are on a tropical island, they are being deceived. There is no island. The survivors are in a virtual reality laboratory. All the castaways are interconnected to one another sharing each others thoughts, memories, and feelings. While in this virtual reality laboratory, a battery of physical and mental experiments are performed on them. And who is running these experiments? As Juliet stated, the Aliens of course.

The poem opening this update is by Robert Frost titled, Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening. It describes the tumultuous relationship between Miles and his father, Doctor Chang. Read it again now, before we continue.

Horace brings Miles into the "Circle Of Trust." Not really much of a ceremony was it? Lafluer is not available and Horace needs somebody, Miles is there, and becomes part of the Inner Sanctum. (Now we all know why the compound community goes Helter Skelter.) Miles accepts, (Not even a secret handshake, secret password, not even a stinkin T-Shirt.) What Social Psychology study is going on here? (There will be a test on this tomorrow so speak up now)

I found something very odd in tonight's episode. While Miles and Hurley were riding in the VW van, the radio was playing It never Rains In California by Albert Hammond. Later on we heard the Captain and Tennille singing Love Will Keep Us Together. I am not here to judge the poor taste of music, but my question is, from what radio station is the music broadcast from? Yea, yea, yea, I know there is a tower on top of the mountain, but a radio station, highly unlikely.

Naomi tells Miles they need him for the island mission because there are a lot of dead people on the island they need information from. Hold the phone, stop the movie. Is Miles Bruce Willis, from the movie, I See Dead people? i don't buy it. Dead people on the island with information. Want my motto, dead men tell no tales.

If this were real life, and not a TV program, they would have a date with the mental ward. We, as rational people, would not accept that dead people were communicating with the living. (Jon Edwards has that racket cornered on the A&E channel)

The only plausible explanation is my theory. The virtual reality theory. No one is dead, or mostly dead. No one is in heaven. No one is time traveling back and forth and back again. The island isn't invisible nor does it move around in the ocean. Everything the castaways and the "Others" are experiencing is being controlled in a lab. A virtual reality lab. Each variable introduced is carefully inserted to create the desired effect to study how the herd, (Castaways) reacts.

Tidbits From tonight's Episode:

* Juliet to Kate: "Well, here we go!" After Ben's father finds he is missing.

*Miles is in the same time line as himself as a three month old child. You can throw that theory out folks.

* Naomi returns. And so does the hotness of the show. She is attempting to talk Miles into joining the freighter mission.

* Miles accepts for 1.6 million dollars.

* Do you know what lies in the shadow of the statue? If you don't you are not ready to go on the mission.

* Faraday returns to the island. Questions for Faraday: How many times has he been on the island. And since he has been there before, why doesn't anyone recognize him? Don't give me that Superman disguise crap.

Until next week, get Lost!

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Five Guys Burgers - Cheeseburger And Fries

Five Guys Burgers And Fries

Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips used to stand where Five Guys is now. Arthur's was there for as long as I can remember. Just a little while ago, they closed their doors and Five Guys had the building torn down and erected a new one. Naturally, we had to try the new burger joint.

Five Guys Menu

Parking was easy, as there were only a few cars in the lot. Once inside, of course the place was sparkly clean. It was a brand new building. There were several prominent banners touting how famous Five Guys Burgers were. (I have never heard of them before) Anyway, we bellied up to the counter and placed our orders. I asked for the cheeseburger, large french fries, and regular size diet Coke.

Five Guys Cheeseburger

This is the $4.59 Five Guys cheeseburger. Yes, that's right. Four and a half bucks for this so called "Famous" Five Guys burger. To me, not so much. I will say it wasn't terrible, but after seeing all the accolades posted all over the store, this burger was highly disappointing.

Five Guys Fries In A Cup

This is the $3.79 order of large fries. (Cooked in pure, no cholesterol, tasty peanut oil) Seriously, almost four bucks for a pack of fries. The fries were good, but not $4 dollars good.

Fries At The Bottom Of The Bag

At the bottom of the sack, there were some greasy fries left. I found it very strange to receive my order in a take out bag when we ordered for dining in. They even gave us a tray.

Here's how the dining experience went. Placed order, given an orange tray. Sat down at our table, waited for our number to be called. 10 minutes later our number was called, our order was packed in a take out sack. We were handed two empty plastic cups, the server motioned to the Coke dispenser on the left, we filled our cups, took the sack to our table, separated our dinners. No napkins were on the table, looked for napkins, found none, looked for salt, ketchup, mustard, found none. Asked the server, we had to go back to the counter to ask, we ate our dinner, and left.

Let's tally the dinner tab. A $4.59 cheeseburger, a $3.79 order of fries, and a $1.59 regular size diet Coke. What you see here is $9.97 of food. Sadly, McDonalds has better tasting burgers and fries and a hell of a lot cheaper. MsDonald's offers you a double cheeseburger for 99 cents, a large order of fries for $1.79 and a regular diet Coke for 79 cents for a total of $3.57 of food.

The Grassy Knoll Diner scores 2 out of 5 shots and DOES NOT recommends Five Guys for lunch or dinner.

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Summer Glau - Sci Fi Sexy Siren

Summer Glau Sexy Terminator In Tight Jeans

Summer Glau - Sexy Terminator In Tight Jeans

Summer Glau plays Cameron, the deadly killing Terminator machine sent from the future to protect John Conner in what will become the final battle of humankind. If that isn't enough, Summer was also in the Sci-Fi series, The 4400, playing Tess Doerner. She also played River in the movie Sci-Fi movie Serenity, reprised her role as River in the TV series Firefly, and guest starred on an episode of Angel.

Check out The Sarah Conner Chronicles on FOX Friday's at 8pm and enjoy the photo's below.

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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Lost Update - Who Will Save Your Soul

Lost Update - Season V - 04/08/2009

Who will save your soul when it comes to the flowers now
Who will save your soul after all the lies that you told, boy
Who will save your soul if you wont save your own?

They're coming to get you Barbara! Welcome to Zombie Island. First we have Christian Sheppard waltzing around the island handing out advice to whoever wants to hear it, who by the way is dead. Ben sees his daughter Alex under the temple. She gives Ben instructions. And oh BTW, Alex is dead. Her instructions to Ben were to follow exactly what John Locke tells him to do. Yes, you guessed it. John Locke is dead. Lost has turned into The Night of The Living Dead. George Romero would be so proud.

Before we shamble along any further in this black and white horror movie, let's check in on my theory and how in hell it ties in to tonight's episode.

Just what is the Grassy Knoll Institutes Lost theory...
Although it appears the survivors of Oceanic flight 815 are on a tropical island, they are being deceived. There is no island. The survivors are in a virtual reality laboratory. All the castaways are interconnected to one another sharing each others thoughts, memories, and feelings. While in this virtual reality laboratory, a battery of physical and mental experiments are performed on them. And who is running these experiments? As Juliet stated, the Aliens of course.

I have been touting my virtual reality experiment for 5 plus years now and tonight, I take the theory to another level. As I have stated countless times, the castaways are being studied, experimented on without their knowledge, from an unseen outside force. I contend that an alien influence is overseeing the experiments. But what experiments exactly are going on here. Tonight, I will enlighten you.

 I present to you the famed reknown Physiologist Ivan Pavlov. Pavlov researched Classical Conditioning. You know the experiment, where he used a dog and trained him to salivate every time a bell rung. Over a period of time, the dogs became conditioned knowing that when they heard the bell, they would be fed immediately.

What's this got to do with Lost? EVERYTHING!
Let's compare Pavlov's dog to a member of Lost. Let's pick Desmond. Desmond was down in the hatch for years and every 108 minutes he had to push the button to stop the end of the world from coming. When the counter got close an alarm would sound, (Insert bell here) and this sound would excite Desmond to push the button. Desmond's reward was to stay alive and save the world. He was conditioned to think this and to act every 108 minutes. This is but one of many experiments being conducted in a controlled environment, a virtual reality controlled environment.

For tonight's episode, we are going to explore Psychologist Stanley Milgram and his study on Obedience To Authority. Milgram's experiment used two subjects, one becoming the student and one becoming the teacher. The assignment was for the teacher to ask the student a series of questions. For every wrong answer, the student would be given a small shock from the teacher and the shock would increase with intensity at every wrong answer. The focus was to study how effective punishment was for learning particular behaviors. Before the experiment began, both the teacher and student were hooked up to the device that emitted the electric shock and given a sample 45 volt jolt.

Midway through the experiment, the teacher became concerned noting that the student was in obvious pain from the shock. The teacher balked from throwing th switch on the next wrong answer until the administrator demanded that the experiment continue and demanded that the teacher throw the switch. After a few more incorrect answers, the teacher again balks. The administrator tells the teacher that he, not the teacher or student, assumes all liability for the results of the study and for the safety of the student if he is hesitant to continue administering shocks to the student. The teacher continued until the experiment was concluded.

Tonight's episode focused on Ben being judged by the smoke monster, (Hence the lyrics by Jewel, Who will save your soul) and of John Locke coming back and taking control. Please note that several times during the episode, John had to coax Ben into continuing his journey to be judged. As Ben got closer, he balked, and John had to reinforce the determination for Ben to complete his journey to be judged.

Continuing, after Ben fell through the floor, he came face to face with the smoke monster, and afterward, his daughter Alex appeared to him and told Ben to listen and do exactly what John Locke tells you to do or she will kill Ben.

This my friends was Stanley Milgram's study on Obedience To Authority.

Next week, we will explore yet another classic psychological experiment conducted on the castaways.

Tidbits From Tonight's Episode:

* Jacob wanted it done. (Richard said to Widmore)
* I believe you call it the monster. I came back to be judged. (Ben to Locke)
* Charles Widmore, seems to be the leader, Ben replaces him by force, the beginning of the feud.
* Who is Jacob. Perhaps the Old man in the cave.
* Ben always lies. Even when he's telling the truth!
* Every time you hear whispers, run.
* Ben kills Caesar with shotgun in front of Locke. He tells Locke, You're welcome.
* Ben finds Sun and Lapeidus in his old cottage,waiting for Locke because the dead guy Christian told them so.
* BEN: Dead is dead. You don't get to come back from that.
* Ben goes to shoot Penny, shoots Desmond, son is Charlie.
* Locke leads Ben to the temple to be judged by the smoke monster. * Ben is afraid to go underground.
* What lies in the shadow of the statue.
* Ben meets the smoke monster, sees his life with Alex, sees the good and bad, Alex hating him, Ben condemning her to death. Smoke monster does not kill Ben.
* Alex appears, roughs up Ben a bit. Tells him to follow exactly what John Locke tells him to do.

Until next week, Get Lost!

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Calhoun’s - BBQ Ribs And Fries

I Did What The Sign Said To

Calhoun's of Gatlinburg is famously known for its BBQ ribs. Naturally, I had to order them. It was November, during the Smoky Mountain Gift Show, so the city was crowded, and Calhoun's had about a 30 minute waiting list. We mulled around outside until our name was called.

We were seated and a minute later our waiter came to our table and took our drink order and appetizer order. I went with a diet coke. A few minutes later, he took our main dinner order. Or course, I went with the famous BBQ spare ribs with a side of french fries.

The service was incredible for a busy evening, my coke was refilled, and my ribs were delivered to my table in under 10 minutes.

Calhouns Fall Off The Bone Ribs

As you can see, the ribs were plentiful, and this was the half order. The BBQ sauce was just spicy enough and the ribs, well, they were hot, tender, and juicy. The meat almost fell off the bone. The fries were good as well, but pretty much forgotten due to the taste of the ribs. And yes, the waiter brought plenty of napkins as they were needed.

The cost was $13 dollars for the half slab without tip. The price included fresh bread and rolls and one side which for me was the french fries. All in all, a good experience.

The Grassy Knoll Diner scores 4 out of 5 shots and recommends Calhoun's of Gatlinburg for dinner.

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   Longfellow said

   April 6, 2009 at 8:30 am e
   I have eaten there and agree, the ribs and service were darn good. I was there in the summer though, not when it was busy.
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   Gumby said

   April 7, 2009 at 12:52 pm e
   I love ribs. The hotter the better sauce.
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   Bitzky said

   April 7, 2009 at 7:24 pm e
   Oh dear , you just gave me the biggest cravings for ribs! They really look delicious.
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     LOTGK said

     April 8, 2009 at 8:59 am e
     I wasn’t surprised, they looked and smelled delicious.
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   Wraak said

   April 8, 2009 at 5:30 pm e
   those french fries look marvellous too. me wants.
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Lost Update - Flux Capacitor

Lost Update - Season V - 04/02/2009

Tell me, doctor, where are we going this time
Is this the 50's, or 1999
All I wanted to do - was play my guitar and sing
So take me away, I don't mind
But you better promise me, I'll be back in time
Gotta get back in time

Don't bet your future, on one roll of the dice
Better remember, lightning never strikes twice
Please don't drive at eight, don't wanna be late again
So take me away, I don't mind
But you better promise me, I'll be back in time
Gotta get back in time

"DOC: Marty, we have to go back to the future.
MARTY: Why Doc.
DOC: It's your kids Marty, we have to do something about your kids.
MARTY: What, did they grow up to be assholes or something.
MARTY: Doc, we don't have enough road to get up to 88!
DOC: Marty, where we're going, we don't need roads!

It was only a matter of time before the Flux Capacitor and the 1.21 gigawatts needed to power it appeared on Lost. And everyone knew it would involve Hurley. I loved it when Miles was trying to explain to Hurley about time travel and paradox's and how things already happened, but for them, it was happening right now. Does my theory hold it's ground with last night's episode. Yes sir, it certainly does.

Just what is the Grassy Knoll Institutes Lost theory….I’ve been waiting a long time to tell you…..
Although it appears the survivors of Oceanic flight 815 are on a tropical island, they are being deceived. There is no island. The survivors are in a virtual reality laboratory. All the castaways are interconnected to one another sharing each others thoughts, memories, and feelings. While in this virtual reality laboratory, a battery of physical and mental experiments are performed on them. And who is running these experiments? As Juliet stated, the Aliens of course.

For this update, we're going to change it up a bit. In 30 seconds, here is what happened on Lost last night. (Those of you that read slower, perhaps it will take a minute) I will then explain my theory. Ready, here we go.

* Ben is alive. Sayid did not kill him. Jin saves Ben.
* Kate to Sawyer's ex: Sawyer sent me! He's a coward. He stayed behind because of the child.
* Hurley waves his fingers checking to see if he was disappearing as in Back To The Future.
* Hurley and Miles discuss time travel and split time lines and that what was happening to them right now already happened to them 30 years ago. Hurley asked why doesn't he remember it then. And why doesn't Ben remember that Sayid shot him as a child.
* Jack refuses to help Ben even though he is a top flight surgeon. He states that he cannot tamper with the past. He is going to let Ben die.
* Juliet does her best to stabilize Ben.
* Kate donates blood. She is a universal donor.
* Kate meets Ben's father.
* Jack says maybe the island just wants to fix things all by itself.
* Kate doesn't like the new Jack.
* Jack said the last time he was on the island he tried to control and fix everything, now, not so much.
* Time paradox again - Hurley and Miles again cannot explain why Ben didn't recognize Sayid in 2004, the man who shot him in 1977.
* Ben is not getting better, Juliet suggests to bring him to the others.
* Meanwhile, Kate loses Aaron in grocery store.
* Sawyers daughter is Clementine.
* We learn Kates secret. She gave Aaron to Claire's mother, told her everything about the island and why she was going back. To find Claire.
* Richard doesn't answer to anyone, he said it, not to Charles or Ellie.
* Richard takes Ben into jungle, into a secret cave, tells Sawyer he will lose his innocence. Still want me to take him?
* John Locke returns. Welcome back to the land of the living saying to Ben as he sleeps.

In a nutshell, tonight revealed a reversal of fortune, or personalities. Jack has assumed Sawyer's role, he is now the bad guy, the loner, the outcast. Sawyer is now the new Jack, in charge, authority, trying to do what is right for everyone, trying to fix and maintain control over everything. As Ben said a couple of weeks ago. "And how did that work out for you!"

Jack declines to help Ben, and Sawyer is disgusted that he won't help. Think back to season one and two when Jack would ask for assistance and Sawyer declined, saying he was out for himself. This was a pivotal moment in the plot. Not only has the island shifted, but the people and their personalities as well.

I have said this 105 times so far, and I will say it once again. The castaways are in a laboratory, and without their knowledge or permission, are being experimented on like cattle. A virtual reality simulation running keeps all of them connected to control the herd, sort of like one giant electric fence. they are free to roam, free to think, to react, but don't step out of the perimeter lest there be consequences.

Some understand what is going on. Perhaps it is Ben, and through his efforts, is trying to break the control and end the game. Perhaps Desmond, with his flashes, sees what he is not supposed to see. And Faraday, perhaps he has reasoned out the solution and will implement a plan to save everyone.

Tidbits from last night's episode:

* Richard looks like he doesn't want to take Ben into the jungle. It's like he knows what will happen.

* Charles and Eloise are in charge. Not just over Richard.

* Jacob will be appearing shortly. Perhaps to cure Ben.

Until next week, Get LOST!

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