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he old television series, “Night Gallery”, featured an episode I have seen several times since it aired in 1971. Though the series as a whole was hit-and-miss, I have always liked this particular episode; always found it to be spooky, and even rather sad. It is about a psychiatrist, played by David McCallum, falling in love with a woman who happens to be a werewolf (or a variation thereof). I recently decided to look at the original source of this “Night Gallery” episode: a short story called “The Phantom Farmhouse”, written by Seabury Quinn and published in 1923. The protagonist is a minister named John Weatherby who has been recuperating from some sort
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The Phantom Farmhouse Book Review of temporary paralysis in a sanitarium in Maine. During his stay, he spends much of the time imagining an idyllic house and small family hidden among the trees of a nearby forest. One evening, after recovering his ability to walk, he takes a stroll outside the sanitarium and discovers that the house he had imagined is real. Though some measure of apprehension accompanies his wonder, he is too intrigued not to pursue this discovery further. Later, he meets the house’s occupants: a middleaged, kindly-seeming couple whose grown daughter is ‘as slender and lovely as a Rossetti saint; as wonderful to the eye as a medieval poet’s vision of his lost love in paradise’. The woman and her parents welcome him into their home and a friendship commences. But a number of foreboding elements trouble (Continued on page 6)
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The Phantom FarmhouseBook Review John Loranger..……………...1 Cole Porter and His Music Richard G. Pugh ….…….......3 Dave Ugly “The Underwear Incident” Brian T. Shirley ……………...4 The Patriot Post: Defenders of Freedom ........................7 Take the Quiz..……………...9 What In the World Is the Story? ………………………...10 I Love You My Angel Mike Aloia…..………..........11 Quiz Answers.….Back Cover
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Cole Porter and His Music
ne of my favorite musician/song writers was and forever will be Cole Porter. He had it all together. He wrote, no, crafted the lyrics to all his songs and put them to music…what a gift! He had the right combination of thought and feelings few musicians have achieved and could put together poetry and music in ways other musicians could only dream of doing. His songs made the era famous and when he left in1964, the quality of music in America took a nose dive. A list of his “hits” would fill this column to overflowing and many might never have heard most of them. Born into wealth, Porter never allowed this to interfere with his musical talent and during his life he was a prolific creator of enduring songs and that may never be bested. My favorite was “Night and Day (1932), followed by a string of love songs that touched (Continued on page 5)
When I die I intend to take my music with me. I don't know what's out there, but I want to make sure it's in my key. https://www.azquotes.com/quote/1207127
George Burns
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ere's a story that's in my 3rd book "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Club" and I've also performed onstage. Several years ago I had a gig in N.C. on the coast and one of my good friends, Dave Evans (aka Dave Ugly), asked if he could tag along as he did not have a gig that week and wanted to get out of town for a few days. I said "Sure" and, "Maybe he could even emcee or do a guest spot if he wanted, " providing the club owner was cool with it. We knew Dave would have to stay in my room as he was not on the bill, but that was cool with both of us; we'd been friends for years. We got stuck in traffic on the way up and made it to the hotel about 30 minutes before showtime. Thank God the comedy club was in the hotel because we were both stressed out with the trip and everything. I went up to the room to take a two minute shower and change while Dave started pounding beers. When I got to the club, Dave said he no longer wanted to go onstage and I could not blame him, I, however, had no choice. The show went great and a good time was had by all, especially Dave. He was well into his cups by the time we went to the room and I wasn't feeling too bad myself. Needless to say, we were both out as soon as our heads hit the pillows. Around 4:00 am, I was awakened by loud knocking on the door to my hotel room. (It is important to note that this was one of those nice hotels, with the doors to the rooms on the inside of the building leading to the hallway.) I stumbled out of bed, feeling very groggy and wondering who the hell was pounding on the door. When I opened the door, there was Dave Ugly. (Yes, the same Dave who fell asleep in the room with me) standing in the hallway, in his UNDERWEAR!. I actually looked back at the bed to make sure he
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Dave Ugly " The Underwear Incident" wasn't still in it. I didn't say a word as I was a little shocked, and I can only imagine the look on my face as Dave said " I know, I know, let me in security is coming". I let him in and, believe it or not, did not say a word. We were so tired we just crashed. On the way back to Charleston, South Carolina (about a 5 hour trip) the next day I found out what had happened. It did take a while for Dave to tell me because I could not look at his hungover self and remember him standing in the hallway half-naked without laughing to the point of tears. Apparently he had gotten up to use the bathroom (still drunk and half asleep) and after relieving himself, had simply walked out the door to the room without knowing it. He then got lost in the hallway and could not remember which room he was in. He knocked on someone else’s door and they said, "You’ve got the wrong room”, to which David put his hand over the eye hole in the door and said, "Quit looking at me”. He did find the right room and I do remember after I got him in, I heard a security guard in the hallway talking to someone and the person was saying, "I don't know. It was some drunk guy in his underwear". As we neared Charleston, and I could talk without laughing, I said to Dave "You know I have to tell people about this; especially the other comics." He just put on his sunglasses, sucked in a deep breath and shook his head. He knew. This story has been told with Dave's permission. Brian T. Shirley has the look of a Don Rickles, the comedy of a George Carlin with a touch of Robin Williams but when you roll it all together, it is pure and unique and something only Brian T. Shirley can deliver. Brian has toured the USA, Canada, The Bahamas and Japan for 25 years. He combines menology, character driven material, story telling and has worked well known comedy clubs, country clubs, resorts, cruise ships, special events, military installations and private events! Check out some of his upcoming shows, promo videos, videos from his webs series and other projects at www.briantshirley.com.
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my heart. Allow me to list a few, please! “What Is This Thing Called Love?” (You’d be) “Easy to Love” “In The Still of The Night” “All of Me” “Begin The Beguine” “I Get a Kick Out Of You” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” “You Do Something To Me” “You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To” “I Concentrate On You” “Just One Of Those Things” Although very much at his best at home in New York City …he created “I Happen To Love New York” …he traveled extensively with his wife Linda and spent many years in Paris. Later California called him where he wrote several memorable songs although he professed never to care much for the Hollywood crowd. He continued his song writing and musical composing through a collection of signature songs on Broad Way with the hit play “Kiss Me Kate” based on Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew.”
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One of Porter’s songs I used to sing as a kid was “Don’t Fence Me In”. While I was never interested in learning all the words, who wrote them, or their profoundness at my tender age, I have not forgotten one of the lines that never left me. “Let me be by myself in the evening breeze and listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees”. I never actually saw one of those trees until moving from Charleston to Reno in 1973. Later in life while riding on his estate his horse fell and pinned him underneath. He was so severely injured he could not play the piano with the skills once mastered. Great minds such as his are rarely immune from pain and suffering in fact there are numerous examples of lives and careers destroyed by such. He fought depression which was deepened by his inability to reach the foot pedals and he endured twenty or more operations leading to amputation of one of his legs. He became reclusive but continued to write up to the time of his death in 1964. Frank Sinatra was so taken with Porter’s song “Night and Day” he recorded it on five separate albums and never missed the opportunity to sing it in his frequent concerts. After coming to Reno from Charleston, S.C. in 1973 to accept the position of CEO of the Nevada State Medical Association and serving as Director of Physician Relations at Washoe Medical Center for two years, Pugh retired in 1990. Later he helped establish Health Access Washoe County (HAWC) and served as Board Member and President for several years. He has served as Adjunct Clinical Instructor at the University of Nevada School of Medicine and authored four books through the History of Medicine Program there.
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Weatherby’s fulfilled daydream. For one thing, the existence of the house in the woods is denied by other people at the sanitarium. Plus, the family itself possesses a number of oddities: misshapen and red-stained fingers, hands frigid to the touch, and even some not-so-subtle canine traits, all of which the protagonist is willing to overlook. His attraction to Mildred, the young woman, outweighs all other concerns. Within the horror and paranormal elements, a romance develops. Weatherby is in love with Mildred, and she with him; but her accursed condition presents an insurmountable obstacle to the fulfillment of this love. Readers should discover for themselves how all of this works out, but I found the ending to be haunting and touching. The “Night Gallery” episode modernized much of this original material. But it did so in such a way that it remained faithful to the spirit of the short story. Still, the latter is for me more satisfying than the television program. I would not call Seabury Quinn’s “The Phantom Farmhouse” a great work of literature; but it is good, solidly good, and well worth reading—especially for fans of the horror genre that do not require high doses of violence and sex in their fictional products. One final note for those who might now be interested in “The Phantom Farmhouse”: Paperbacks are available through Amazon but the prices seem too steep for a book that is only 52 pages long. I purchased the Kindle version for $2.99.
John Loranger was born in Butte, Montana in 1961 but has spent most of his life in Nevada. He served in the United States Navy from 1983 to 1987, then worked for the telephone company before retiring in 2011. He has always enjoyed reading fiction and has published two novels of his own: "The Odyssey of Art O'Hara" and "Lions and Souls: the Story of St. Mary of Egypt". His approach to fiction is best summed up by a quote from Walker Percy: "The first rule of thumb, of course, is pleasure. A good book gives the reader pleasure, the sort of deep, abiding
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Max: Beyond The Thunderdome? 2. Vodka, Galliano and orange juice are used to make which classic cocktail?
9. How many arms/tentacles/limbs does a squid have? 10.
3. Which American state is nearest to the former Soviet Union?
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11. Characters Charlie Allnut and Rosie Sayer appeared in which classic 1951 movie?
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5. At which battle of 1314 did Robert The Bruce defeat the English forces?
13. Which river forms the eastern section of the border between England and Scotland?
6. Consecrated in 1962, where is the Cathedral Church of St Michael?
14. Which Briton won an ice-skating Gold at the Lake Placid Olympics?
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What in the World Is the Story? PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE Presumption of innocence. ... One of the most sacred principles in the American criminal justice system, holding that a defendant is innocent until proven guilty. In other words, the prosecution must prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, each essential element of the crime charged.*
many, many , many women), the presumption of innocence is critical to obtaining the justice we deserve whether we are the accuser or the “I agree that we — this is not, that’s a criminal trial. What I believe is, we ought to get to the bottom and find the facts in the way that the FBI has always done. There’s no presumption of innocence or guilt when you have a nominee before you.”
*https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/ presumption_of_innocence
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he #Me Too movement has ignited emotions and opinions that make it difficult for men and women to have reasonable discussions without worrying about their job, their position on a board and sometimes even the risk of losing a friendship. It seems that the presumption of innocence is being muddied perhaps due to the nature of the subject matter. The following quotes are troublesome and they come from both sides of the political aisle. It seems that if a person is accused of a sexual transgression, the presumption of innocence goes by the wayside if it is relative to a job interview or an election. To us, that seems wrong. We don’t often take sides, but feel it is important to point out the hypocrisy and the danger of this approach. As a woman who understands about being attacked (and I am among
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand: "To those who I hear say, over and over, this isn’t fair to Judge Kavanaugh, he’s entitled to due process. What about the presumption of innocence until proven guilty? Dr. Blasey Ford has to prove her case beyond reasonable doubt," Gillibrand said, paraphrasing the arguments of people who think Kavanaugh deserves a fair shake. She then attempted to shoot down these arguments. "Those are the standards for a trial," the senator declared. "Those are the standards in criminal justice. We are not having a trial. This is not a court." "He’s not entitled to those because we’re not actually seeking to convict him or put him in jail," Gillibrand argued. "We are seeking the truth. We are seeking facts. We are seeking just what happened."** **https://pjmedia.com/video/gillibrand-kavanaughdoesnt-deserve-innocent-until-proven-guiltybecause-this-is-not-a-court/
CNN’s Jake Tapper: “Doesn’t Kavanaugh have the same presumption of innocence as anyone else in America?” Sen. Mazie Hirono: “I put his denial in the context of everything that I know about him in terms of how he approaches his cases” #CNNSOTU https://cnn.it/2MVQV82
Mitt Romney: (in his condemnation of Roy Moore) "Innocent until proven guilty is for criminal convictions, not elections," Romney wrote on Twitter.
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The strong bond of friendship is not always a balanced equation; friendship is not always about giving and taking in equal shares. Instead, friendship is grounded in a feeling that you know exactly who will be there for you when you need something, no matter what or when. -Simon Sinek Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/friendship Copyright, 2015-2018, LeRue Press. No part of this publication may be copied or reprinted without permission from LeRue Press (LRP).
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I Love You My Angel
“Walk the Turtle”
he surrealism of our worst fears actually happening to us and the ones we love is a complete devastation to our heart; a bleeding of spiritual soul occurs as tears of love flow from our eyes in sorrow.
This aspect of life is part of our living experience. As a free bird in flight our spirit is called home into the arms of our Savior. The precious moments we spend with those we have complete unconditional love for is a gift from God. While praying for comfort and healing, we receive His grace and peace. From birth until death, our amount of time to be alive in this world is uncertain. For those we meet who are kindred to us is to believe inside your soul, and to know, you will always find each other again as they travel into our promise of everlasting life. Thus is our romance of life, a never-ending journey where love is our guide. We discover the pain with the joy, we feel the presence of human compassion when we dream to share our lives together. I walk the turtle today grieving over the loss of my greatest love and my best friend, Brittany Danielle Withers. She was a true gift of deep love and comfort to my soul and spirit. The few years we spent together were some of the greatest moments in my life. I humble myself to God’s mercy and for understanding how she enhanced my life and made me a better man. Her inspiration and memory will live forever. Each day that I am allowed to wake up and embrace life is a day I will whisper to myself, I love you my Angel.
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Mike Aloia is a father of two daughters and a proud grandfather. He is 50 years old and lives in Jacksonville, Florida. Mike is multi-talented: a cartoonist, comedian, musician, songwriter, actor, columnist, and the CEO of American Hearts Radio, LLC Entertainment Network. He has experience in web TV, radio entertainment production, artist management, and other aspects of entertainment. His column “Walk the Turtle” are his thoughts on slowing down, taking it easy, and enjoying life. Mike's work can be found in the following places: www.americanheartsradio.com www.facebook.com/americanheartsradio www.harmonybooking.com
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