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Ten years ago, at 8:46 in the morning, the lives of all Americans changed forever.  We witnessed an attack by terrorist forces in New York, Washington DC, and Pennsylvania.   A combined total of 2,977 lives were lost at these sites and each and every day we mourn their losses.  The 19 attackers are not included in that total because they don’t deserve to be mentioned with the innocent men, women, and children that were lost.  They will remain nameless and faceless because I choose to remember the people that matter, those in the Towers, Pentagon, and on the planes.

Last year, I was lucky enough to travel to NY with my wife, my younger brother Keith, and his wife Elaine.  We were given the opportunity to stay at the Millenium Hilton on the 55th floor.  Each day from sun up until midnight, workers pushed on tirelessly on the grounds that once held the towers.

Now just a year later, most work has been complete and the city of New York has a place, not to mourn but to help move forward.  This will stand as a reminder that in the face of terrible, terrible attacks, we stood strong as a nation and fought together.

To those who doubt our resolve or question our beliefs, the attacks were not just against us.  In 2005, London was also attacked by Islamic terrorists.  These are not focused just against Americans but all those who hold freedom as their flag.

And to the conspiracy theorists who attack each move by the US government during this time, fuck off.  To believe that our government had a hand in this or to question how President Bush handled himself is taking away from all the innocent Americans that died.

Now we all must move forward.  Ten years later, it still seems so fresh.  Watching some of the ceremony brought back the same feelings of sadness and anger.  So each and every day we must make sure to tell the important people we love them, both by words and by actions.  To our allies such as Great Britain, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and others who showed such support, we thank you.  Mankind must use this event to grow and change.

On days like today, I am lucky to live in the greatest country in the world.  The United States of America, while struggling through a murky recession, fighting on Capitol Hill, unemployment up the ass, and the debt total rising, shows that during times of trouble, all that is put aside to focus on our neighbors in all 50 states.  We are Americans, we are one, and we are strong.  God Bless America.

Maybe I am just hoping against hope, but I am pretty excited about this movie.  I know the past has not been kind to this series, especially Tim Burton, but this has major potential.  Check out the trailer and let me know what you think.

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I would like to thank all of the veterans, both past and present, for the service you provide for our country.  America has been built by the blood and sweat of those who fight for our freedom and we need to recognize their sacrifice more than once or twice a year.

Who brought the pimp to the party?  Now where is his cane and bitches?

Craig, Craig, Craig…now the shoe is on the other foot.  I have decided to post several pictures for the readers, just so you all get a feeling of who this blog hero is.  He is but a man, not someone you look up to for your comic and movie posts.  So I want you to enjoy these pictures and understand there are worse ones out there.  Craig was smart enough to wipe those out of history, kind of like the Stalin of Derosby Brothers.

In all seriousness, I want to wish my older brother a very happy birthday.  I am very lucky to have two great brothers whom I have traveled with and killed zombies with (more on that later my loyal readers).

So to Craig, that crazy Son of a bitch…HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

Please feel free to join my new facebook page specifically for my newest novel “Daddy and Baby Monster Hunters”

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After reading Craig’s post on “Grave Encounters” I began to think a bit.  Are the supernatural thrillers any good or are they a cut-out copy of the latest fad.

For those that do not know the story, Craig’s comment about being banned from picking a movie are correct.  In 2006, we traveled to Scotland with a group of high school students.  One night, when figuring out what to do, Craig mentioned going see a movie.  He said that “An American Haunting” looked good so it was agreed that we would spend roughly 20 dollars per ticket to view the movie.  End result?   It sucked big time.  While I tease Craig about this a lot, it wasn’t his fault.  Movies concerning the paranormal are so hit and miss.  The scares throughout the film are important but it is the final chapters that explain the film.  If the hidden theme is lame, the movie becomes lame.

The latest “strike-out” movie is “The Last Exorcism”.  It started out so well and I honestly thought the concept was good.  A priest who has lost his faith sets up fake exorcisms in order to help families.  He does not believe in them and refuses to accept the fact that God and the Devil exist.  Unfortunately, things are turned upside down when the girl is “seemingly” possessed.  The first hour and seventeen minutes rock out with your….well you know what I mean.  If you decide to watch it, turn it off at that point.  Accept the fact that you won’t know if the girl is really possessed or not.  Because if you watch on, and I am expecting you will, it will turn crappy fast.  The ending makes no sense and the director clearly wanted to make an ending which left the viewer thinking.  And he got me thinking that his movie turned in to a steaming pile of crap.

The “Paranormal Activity” series were decent in the way they clearly drag you in to viewing the camera scenes as they happen.  The stories make no sense and my worry is one day they will attempt to describe why the house is haunted.  When they do, we will all think it sucks and another series is down the drain.

The “Blair Witch Project” was very good in its individualism, using the view of the main character as he/she goes through the motions.  It allows the viewer to be scared along with the protagonist.  But this is played…so played.

Craig is right to think I want to see this newest survival paranormal movie.  It looks very good but random girls in white robes has been done before.  Once I find out more about my Daddy and Baby Monster Hunters series, I plan on writing a story dealing with the paranormal.  The reason I think it will be different is the stories are real.  Whether you believe in spirits or not, my brother and I lived in a haunted house in the early 2000′s.  While the backstory will be fictional, the events and hauntings will be real.

UPDATE:  Saturday April 30th

One thing I was pondering as I was watching “A Haunting in Connecticut” was the fact that if a person has been a part of a haunting, he/she doesn’t experience what we see on the movies.  Creaks, voices, shadows, footsteps:  those are all part and parcel of living in a haunted house.  But some of the movies seems to build off of unnecessary scares without realizing that a real person who might not believe in the paranormal might be afraid of small things.

I just saw this commercial on MLB network and thought I would post it.  It symbolizes all that is good with the game.  Keith and I chat relentlessly about whose team is better and each spring, I have reasons why the Mets are.  It is crazy that fans of any team find Spring Training to be a rebirth and positive thoughts on all teams….well except the Pirates.  Enjoy.