Some people see animals in cloud formations. Some see planes, trains, and automobiles. And some see the LOTGK logo. What do you see?
LURKING ON THE GRASSY KNOLL
5/11/2009
Puffy Clouds Logo
Some people see animals in cloud formations. Some see planes, trains, and automobiles. And some see the LOTGK logo. What do you see?
5/06/2009
Lost Update: Life From Both Sides Now
Lost Update - Season V - 05/06/2009
Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way you feel
As every fairy tale comes real
I've looked at love that way
But now it's just another show
You leave 'em laughing when you go
And if you care, don't let them know
Don't give yourself away
I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all
John Locke is dead. However, for a dead guy, he sure does get around. He came to the island a broken man, both in body and spirit. In an instant he found his purpose, his path, his destiny. A moment later, he was dead, in a casket. Now he has come full circle, back on the island, taking his assumed rightful place as leader of his people. John Locke has come full circle. So much so that while on his journey, he spies his past self and has Richard Alpert assist and aid Locke in the past while present or future Locke and Ben looked on.
What if this is why we're here? I think we're on this island for a purpose. It's our destiny, it's why we're here. Who do you think said this? If you said Locke, you would be correct. You would also be correct if you said Jack. See what's happening here Lost fans? See how my Lost theory is all coming into place? What, you don't know my Lost theory? You must have been living in the past for the last 30 years.
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.
Lost season five finale will be all about the ying and the yang. White marble, black marble. Good and evil. Right and wrong. What was once odd, is now even. One who was once good, is now evil. I know, you don't believe me, but come on, the signs are right in front of you.
Let's start with Jack And John. (Locke) Jack is a nick name for John. See, they are one in the same already. When the series began, Jack didn't believe the island had special magical powers and rationalized that everything happening had a logical explanation. All he wanted to do was get everyone off the island and he would do whatever it took to complete his task.
John believed in the island, believed that it had special powers, and that he was placed there to protect the island. John did whatever it took to protect the island. Hell, he even died for the island.
Now look at Jack, the current Jack we are seeing. Let it be in 1977 or present time. He wanted to go back to the island. The same island he did everything he could to get off. Now he believes he is there for a purpose. To fulfill his destiny.
And now look at John. He is in command, (And also quite dead BTW) and instead of business as usual for the "Others" he stakes out a journey to visit Jacob with all the tribe. (I'll get back to jacob in a few minutes) He tells Ben that he is not going to seek his advice, but to kill Jacob and free the people from his rule.
Both Jack and John have done a complete 180. And there's more. There's always more.
Jin and Sun. Remember season one and two, Jin was the hotheaded husband getting into fights and skirmishes. His job on the mainland, (Real life) was being a thug for his wife's father. Now Jin is a kinder, gentler, man, one who learned English, who keeps his head together. But Sun, whoa, look out.
Sun, in the beginning was the meek and battered wife trying to flee from her husband but didn't have the strength to do so. And what happened later in the series. You bet, Sun is now the sexy bitch controling her father's empire and calling the shots. Both did a complete 180.
You want more? You got it.
Sawyer, the grifter, hustler, a man out for himself, seizing an opportunity to better himself at the expense of others. Sawyer looked out for himself. As the season's unfolded, Sawyer became a caring man, looking out for Hurley, and others, becoming a team player. He is now settled down with Juliet living the life of Leave It To Beaver's Ward and June Cleaver. Yup, a complete 180.
Why is this so important? Social psychology my friends. Imagine if you will, a laboratory so vast, say, the size of the big island of Hawaii, where the subjects of the social psychology experiment could roam wild and free. Imagine that the test subjects were unaware they were the focal point of said experiment. Imagine the clear pure data that could be collected in such an experiment.
And that is what is happening on Lost. Variables are inserted to make the test subjects react differently. The results are studied and new variables are added. The cycle never ends. Hence, like Desmond seeing Charlie killed many times over, is merely experiencing just one of the variables of the experiment. (Notice Desmond never sees Charlie die the same way)
To hammer this home, put yourself in this situation. Say you accepted to participate in an experiment for a psychology course from the local college. At that point, you know it is a test, and the results, no matter how accurately obtained, would be skewed because you knew it wasn't real life. You could make conscious decisions to alter the experiment with no danger to yourself. In essence, say or do what you think the professor wants you to say or do.
Now say you are in the same exact scenario of the experiment, but you are unaware that you are a test subject. Your actions would be pure, for you would believe it was real life.
That is what is being studied on the Lost island. Human behavior. Good versus Evil. Love and Hate. Alpha male. In a perfect environment. The data would be pristine. And when you were through with one scenario, simply change the variables and study how the humans react to the new settings.
I promised I'd get back to Jacob. Put in your mind what Locke said and did at the end of this episode. He banded the tribe together and set forth to find Jacob and put an end to the reign to a person no one has ever seen. Now I want you to follow the link below to one of my Lost Updates back on May 22nd, 2008 titled Old Man In The Cave. I want you to read that update again. Go ahead, I'll wait for you.
Good, you're back. Startling information isn't it? And I predicted this a year ago. Tonight's final scene was an exact replication of Rod Serling's Twilight Zone's Old Man In the Cave.
Bonus Lost coverage here folks. The burning question, (I hear these's an ointment for that) is, What lies in the shadow of the statue? Here's your answer and you heard it here first. Jughead. Yes, the bomb. It is under the statue in the caves where Eloise, Sayid, Jack, and Richard uncovered the bomb.
Tidbits On Tonights Episode:
* Juliet has one hell of a rack. Just saying.
* Locke is going to kill Jacob.
* Locke insinuates that Ben has never seen Jacob.
* Juliet has a hell of a rack. (I know, said that already, but she does)
* Richard Alpert watched them all die 30 years ago.
* Ben told Sun that Richard has been an advisor for a very very long time.
* Ben is impressed with Locke's timing as his past self comes out of the jungle.
* Juliet remarks about the real world, and that she can't remember it anymore.
* Season five is over next week leaving us many months to ponder what will become the focal point of the final season, season six, on Lost. I believe Sayid said it best tonight when he replied back to Jack about being right or wrong on his theory to use the hydrogen bomb to blow the island up to put everything back on course. "Either way, you'll put us out of our misery."
Until next week, Get Lost.
LURKING ON THE GRASSY KNOLL
5/05/2009
Zoe Saldana - Sci Fi Sexy Siren
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5/02/2009
Kokomo's Steak House - Filet Mignon
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In less than 15 minutes, our dinners were brought to our table. The filet was cooked perfectly, medium well done and butterflied. The baked potato hot with butter only. It was well cooked. (I hate when they add sour cream) The filet was juicy, zero flavor, and tender. The baked potato also tasted excellent.
The Grassy Knoll Diner scores 4.25 out of 5 shots and recommends Kokomo's Steak House at the Mirage Hotel and Casino for dinner. (Especially when it's only $29.99 per dinner)
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Responses to “Mirage Las Vegas Restaurant Discounts”
4/29/2009
Lost Update - Eclipse
Lost Update - Season V - 04/29/2009
All that you touch
All that you see
All that you taste
All you feel.
All that you love
All that you hate
All you distrust
All you save.
All that you give
All that you deal
All that you buy,
Beg, borrow or steal.
All you create
All you destroy
All that you do
All that you say.
All that you eat
And everyone you meet
All that you slight
And everyone you fight.
All that is now
All that is gone
All that's to come
And everything under the sun is in tune
But the sun is eclipsed by the moon.
Daniel Faraday is about to reset time and everything that happened to the castaways, is about to be erased. The song lyrics above are from Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon, the song is Eclipse. The problem however, is not that he gets shot by his mother 30 years in the past, and his mother doesn't know who he is, until after she shoots him, but what he said earlier, and what he said to Jack and Kate tonight.
In a previous episode, Faraday stated, whatever happened, happened. You cannot change the past. Tonight, however, he tells Jack and Kate that the past cannot be changed, except for the variables. And they, meaning, the castaways, are the variables. They have free will, they have the ability to make a different choice, to change the past. Alas, Faraday's scenario doesn't end well, and this plays right into my Lost theory.
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.
So Faraday tells Doctor Chang that he is from the future and that he must evacuate the island immediately. He also tells him that Miles is his son. He then tells Sawyer, Kate, Hurley, Jack, and the gang about the island catastrophe and that he must go to the hostiles camp and meet his mother to reset the time line. He did this to change the course of events, to add a new variable. To course correct so to speak. But I knew this wouldn't work even before Kate typed in the 141717 code on the perimeter fence.
Why? How does the Grassy Knoll Institute know this? I anticipated your next question didn't I? It wasn't anything that Daniel said tonight, or before, but what Desmond had done in the past. Remember when Desmond had his flash and saw Charlie dying? Remember how he tried to prevent Charlie from dying? But what happened in the end? You betcha! Charlie ended up dead. Whatever happened, happened. No matter what you do, you cannot change the past to affect the future.
Remember a few updates ago I mentioned the Time Travel paradox. (Suppose you had the means to travel back in time. While you were visiting the past, you murdered your grandfather before he sired your father preventing you from being conceived and born. But if you were never born, then how could you go back in time to kill your grandfather?) This is why Desmond, Ben, Widmore, Eloise, and Daniel, no matter what they do, or how many times they attempt, they cannot change the course of events in the past to affect the future.
With this being said, here's a Lost series finale spoiler boys and girls. Time Travel is not part of the end Game.
This leaves us only one other scenario. Virtual Reality. Seriously, stay with me here for a minute or two. As the series unfolded over these five seasons, we have come to realize that all the passengers on the plane, and all the hostiles, also known as "The others," have all crossed paths in the past. Don't you find this to be more than just a coincidence? Seriously, hundreds of people, on an island that is invisible, that has properties to move through time, heal terminally ill people, prevent people from aging, allow people to time travel, and allow dead people to interact with the living, plus many more bizarre events, with all of them crossing paths in the past.
Let's concede for the sake of argument that the castaways are time traveling. At that point, you have to admit, that would be a ground breaking scientific achievement since it is deemed impossible. Now add that the island also cures the sick. And not just standard fare illness, but miraculous cures. Just look at John Locke, he is able to walk. Add in all the supernatural events in the previous paragraph and ask yourself, in what scenario can all this be possible? Not just one event, like time travel, but everything involved?
The only scenario that satisfies all those variables is virtual reality. My Lost theory. Some may think I'm a lunatic on the grass, but I know There is no dark side of the moon. Really. Matter of fact, its all dark.
Until Next Week, Get Lost.
LURKING ON THE GRASSY KNOLL
4/26/2009
Idora Park - 25 Years Ago Today
Today I think of those greasy Idora french fries, from the french fry shack, served up in the white cone shaped paper container, grease forming on the bottom, shaking some salt from the dented beat up salt shakers on the counter, and eating them as fast as you can because the Wild Cat line is moving.
Rest In Peace Idora park, April 26th, 1984
LURKING ON THE GRASSY KNOLL
4/24/2009
Philadelphia Hard Rock Cafe - Twisted Mac Chicken
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| Philly Hard Rock Cafe |
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| Twisted Mac And Cheese |
You are looking at $18 dollars of food. Yes, 18 bucks. The chicken was well cooked, hot, tender, and tasted good. The macaroni and cheese was also hot and adequate. The bread however, well, you could pound nails with it.
The service was adequate, it was busy, the waiter did his job, but nothing exceptional. A refill on the water and soda would have been nice.
The walls and tables were lined with pictures of rock legends giving the restaurant a nice feel. I snapped some pictures of the Beatles, the greatest rock band in the history of rock.
The Grassy Knoll Diner scores 3 out of 5 shots and recommends the Philadelphia Hard Rock Cafe for dinner. for dinner.
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Responses to “Philadelphia Hard Rock Cafe”
- April 24, 2009 at 1:44 pm e
PeterW.A. said
The hard Rock is k not known for its food but the atmosphere surrounding it. As long as its edible the Hard Rock considers it a win win.-
April 24, 2009 at 3:47 pm eA win win. Not entirely sure. Although I recommend the Hard Rock, if the service and food slip, then the customers will as well.
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April 24, 2009 at 3:47 pm e
- April 24, 2009 at 2:36 pm e
G Clock M said
That looks horrible. And you gave it kudos and recommend people to go and eat there. No way.-
April 24, 2009 at 3:50 pm eLooks are sometimes deceiving. I’ll agree on the bread, it was pretty bad. The atmosphere was cool, good music, adequate service on a busy evening, the food OK.
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April 24, 2009 at 3:50 pm e
- April 25, 2009 at 4:02 pm e
Contessa Confessa said
you know, this is probably one of the first blue plate specials that hasn’t made my mouth water… (i’m blaming it on the bread!). -
April 26, 2009 at 12:15 pm eI’d totally eat it but for around 12 bucks (converted to Swedish price levels, of course).
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April 27, 2009 at 11:28 pm eYea, don’t get me wrong, the chicken was good, the mac and cheese OK, but the presentation, all thrown together in a bowl with stale bread, well, it lost some points for that.
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April 27, 2009 at 11:28 pm e
4/23/2009
Lost Update - The Good Samaritan
Lost Update - Season V - 04/22/2009
Tonight on Lost, ABC aired a recap following the Oceanic Six escape from the island and eventual return back. Instead of rehashing the rehash, I am staying on point and will analyze yet another social psychology experiment that is being implemented on the Lost Castaways. Tonight's topic is The Good Samaritan.
Everyone knows the parable of the Good Samaritan right? You could take the time and look it up in your bible, in the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 10, verse 25-37. For those not wanting to look it up, here it is in the short version.
A man was walking from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They robbed him of his clothes, possessions, and beat leaving him for dead. As the man lay in the street all crumpled up, a man of the cloth walked by and saw the man but he passed him on the other side. A short time later, another man of the cloth saw the man in need but walked right by him as well. Finally, a Samaritan was walking down the road and saw the man, and he stopped to attend the man. He cleaned and bandaged his wounds, and then lifted the man upon his cart and took him to an Inn. The next day, he paid the innkeeper two silver coins to look after the mans needs and informed the innkeeper that he would return the next day and would reimburse him for any expenses incurred.
The Good Samaritan experiment has been studied many times over by professors across the world. And sometimes, in the case of the Lost Islanders, off the world as well.
We will start with Jack and Ben. Remember a few years back when Jack was forced to operate on Ben to save his life? After he agreed and had Ben open on the operating table, he stopped and demanded that Kate and Sawyer be set free before he would complete the operation and save Ben. Now jump to the present season, just a couple of episodes ago. Young Ben Linus was shot by Sayid and left for dead in the road.
Juliet, Kate, Sawyer, Hurley and gang sought out Jack to help young Ben. Jack flat out refused sealing Ben's fate to die. Remember, Jack was always the good guy, helping the castaways from the get go. Now he goes against his oath as a doctor to heal the sick.
In steps Sawyer. He finally has his life in order. He has become head of security for Dharma, has a nice house, life, and a hot blond doctor in Juliet to do the nasty with. Life is good. But Sawyer does not step around the man lying in the road. (Young Ben Linus) Instead, he risks everything to save him and formulates a plan to deliver Ben to the "Others" (The Innkeeper) to look after and care for him. Sawyer is the Good Samaritan.
Wait a minute? What does the Jesus parable of the Good Samaritan have to do with ABC's Lost and my theory of what is really happening on the island? What, you don't know what the Grassy Knoll Institute Lost theory is. For you first timers, in a nutshell...
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.
Think about it gang. The castaways are put into incredible situations each and every week. Their very lives hang in the balance with each decision they make, or choose not to make. Dead people are walking around the island handing out advice as if they were a dispenser of knowledge from the great beyond. The island vanishes and appears in different places and also at different times. The castaways are traveling through time, some faster than others, some get lost, some get found.
But the one constant of the show, from the pilot episode to last week's airing, is that each castaway has a choice to make. A life altering choice. That choice is what the experiment is all about. If given different scenario's, what choice would you make? Would you choose to help the group, or choose to help yourself. Think of the characters on the show, and how many of them have made an about face on their choices.
Until next week, Get Lost!
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