Zombie Addiction

This month Minnie is exploring the alphabet by digging out the unusual, often unexplained and alternative way of thinking. Stories of creatures, places and mysteries that have been passed down to us through centuries tease our imagination, live in our dreams and dare us to explore the impossible. Join Minnie each day as she discovers something unusual in the alphabet.

"abcDeFRstuyZvWXghIjklMnopq....um...tasty!"

Last letter in the alphabet and if I am not mistaken there are a number of walking dead out there. Zombie addiction is on the rise and I confess to be rather fascinated in these "Fictional" characters or creatures. What ever you chose to call them, I have been infected by Zombie culture, and yes it can be addictive. 

There are Movies and Television shows:

Books:

Toys:

Games:

Events like Denvers Zombie Crawl:

Yes, that is me at the zombie crawl in Denver with my sons girlfriend.

Hope you have enjoyed traveling through the alphabet with Minnie and I. We have enjoyed your company. Minnie will be back on the last Friday of May for some gibberish fun, until then you will have to settle for just plain old me. I have some special plans for my blog, but for now you will have to wait and see.

On a last note, are you a Zombie addict---Infected, or just walking dead?

Yolanda Bard-Queen of Psychics

This month Minnie is exploring the alphabet by digging out the unusual, often unexplained and alternative way of thinking. Stories of creatures, places and mysteries that have been passed down to us through centuries tease our imagination, live in our dreams and dare us to explore the impossible. Join Minnie each day as she discovers something unusual in the alphabet. 

 "Now I am a large, but soon.. I too will be a Medium!"

Semi cheating I resorted back to an older post, but mainly because Psychics and mediums fit so well with my A-Z challenge theme. I have however revised the post for this years challenge.

Yolana Bard, was  known as the Queen of Psychics. For over 25 years she worked with politicians, celebrities, and law enforcement officials. She was even at one time named "New York's Best Psychic." 

This must have been a fascinating woman with plenty of interesting  stories to tell. Yolana died at age 66, but her spirit in someway most surely live on.Yolana assisted countless numbers of people around the globe find the answers to their questions. Whether they were wondering how to find prosperity, joy in life, or merely wanted to contact a loved one who passed on, Yolana used her amazing gifts to offer guidance and hope. As one of the world’s most highly regarded psychic mediums, Yolana was regularly consulted on high-profile criminal cases, where she helped numerous police departments solve perplexing cold cases, particularly cases involving missing children. Her private client list included major executives, world leaders, and Hollywood top celebrities.

Do you think that psychics and mediums really do exist, or are these people just clever performers? Here is a little test for you. When you hear the word Psychic, what is the first word that comes to mind? Mine strangely enough is Houdini, whats yours?

X Files Are Real

This month Minnie is exploring the alphabet by digging out the unusual, often unexplained and alternative way of thinking. Stories of creatures, places and mysteries that have been passed down to us through centuries tease our imagination, live in our dreams and dare us to explore the impossible. Join Minnie each day as she discovers something unusual in the alphabet.

"As long as they keep me out of it, I could care a rats hoot!

The truth IS really out there. You can find it where special agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully would never think to look--on the FBI's own Web site.

The agency has been quietly posting documents on the Net about reported unidentified flying objects, alleged alien abductions, and unexplained animal mutilations. More than 1,600 pages dating back to the 1940s are now public on the site, although most contain blacked-out passages and missing names. The Freedom of Information Act have opened up files that may not reveal all there is to know about the possibility of life on other planets, but they give true believers--and even skeptics--a peek at the government's investigations into decades of mysterious sitings.

There are a total of 16,000 FOIA files online, including details about the 1962 Alcatraz Prison escape, Amelia Earhart's disappearance, and the agency's goods on Marilyn Monroe, Pablo Picasso, Elvis Presley, and Bonnie and Clyde. The agency plans to put up to 1.3 million documents on the Net.  "The institutional bureaucracy of the FBI has always been to keep anything that embarrassed the county or FBI a secret," said Dawson Rambo, who runs an extensive X-Files fan site. Andrus of the Mutual UFO Network suggested that the FBI's Web site itself could be part of a bigger government conspiracy. "The U.S. government has lied for over 50 years about UFOs and now no one wants to be put in the position to admit that," Andrus said. "So they have elected to leak the information out gradually. This latest FBI release is just part of that tactic."

One thing that we still have not learned after the freedom of information act has opened up files for the public is, "What really did happen to John F. Kennedy?" It seems that information is so devastating that a whole Generation has to die out before the truth is unveiled. Do you believe we have been visited by an alien life form? What do you think happened to JFK?

Hope everyone has a great week-end!

Walking Catfish

This month Minnie is exploring the alphabet by digging out the unusual, often unexplained and alternative way of thinking. Stories of creatures, places and mysteries that have been passed down to us through centuries tease our imagination, live in our dreams and dare us to explore the impossible. Join Minnie each day as she discovers something unusual in the alphabet.

 "If I were a cat this would be the worst insult EVER!"

The walking catfish is a species of freshwater air-breathing catfish found primarily in Southeast Asia. It is named for its ability to "walk" across dry land, in order to find food or suitable living environments. Actually they slither more like snakes, but they sure do get around. The walking catfish was imported to Florida, reportedly from Thailand, in the early 1960s for the aquarium trade.  Apparently a huge amount of these fish escaped from time to time, either from a fish farm or from trucks transporting the fish. Some fish in Florida, were purposeful released, by fish farmers in the Tampa Bay area, after the state banned the importation and possession of walking catfish. In Florida, walking catfish are known to have invaded aquaculture farms, entering ponds where these predators prey on fish stocks. In response, fish farmers have had to erect fences to protect ponds. Authorities have also created laws that ban possession of walking catfish.

Like illegal immigrants they seem to have crossed over boarders and have even been spotted occasionally in the Midwest. Have you ever seen a walking catfish? Do you like to eat catfish? Not me! I am just praying that if I come across one of these fish it will not have learned how to run.

Viking Mice

 This month Minnie is exploring the alphabet by digging out the unusual, often unexplained and alternative way of thinking. Stories of creatures, places and mysteries that have been passed down to us through centuries tease our imagination, live in our dreams and dare us to explore the impossible. Join Minnie each day as she discovers something unusual in the alphabet.

"I told her to go with Vampire!--Mice freak me out."

According to researchers Norwegian mice rampaged through Scotland, Ireland and Iceland impregnating locals and mixing their Viking mouse genes in the native rodent populations. Fair furred and blue-eyed, the spread of this particular Norwegian mouse gene in northern Europe remarkably mirrored the spread of human genes by Viking pillagers. The Vikings brought animals including horses and sheep on their long boats, and the sexually active house mice must have crept on-board too.

Have you ever encountered one of these furry creatures with viking blood? How do you feel about mice in general? Only four more letters to go in the challenge, how are you holding out?

Unusual Excercise

This month Minnie is exploring the alphabet by digging out the unusual, often unexplained and alternative way of thinking. Stories of creatures, places and mysteries that have been passed down to us through centuries tease our imagination, live in our dreams and dare us to explore the impossible. Join Minnie each day as she discovers something unusual in the alphabet.

 

"Got myself  two pairs of balls, one for each hand."

How many of you have been exercising your brain using balls? The Chinese have been doing it for centuries. Health balls were first produced in the Ming Dynasty by a weaponry blacksmith who was guided by the gods to make iron balls that produced the sounds of a roaring dragon and a singing Phoenix.

Having received them as a tribute to his court, the Emperor of the time rejoiced at their beauty and installed them as one of the palace treasures. Although they were initially reserved for only the Imperial family and government officials they were soon manufactured and enjoyed all over the realm. They were used in Martial arts training and as a preventative cure in traditional Chinese medicine.

According to the Jingluo theory, the ten fingers are connected with the heart, the cranial nerves, the vital organs and the blood stream. The balls stimulate the various acupuncture points of the hands and aid the uninterrupted flow of the blood and vital energy to produce harmony throughout the organs and the nervous system. It makes the bones strong, the mind sober and prevents as well as cures hypertension and various chronic diseases. Exercising everyday for months and years keeps your brain healthy as well as strengthening the immune system. They also help with arthritis in fingers and wrists, they relax your thoughts and release stress. It is said that health balls prolong peoples lives and relieve fatigue in this modern hectic world.

Do they work? Well, I have two pairs and they are relaxing. As to other benefits, it is hard to say. Buy yourself a pair and judge yourself. A more pleasurable way to exercise I have yet to find.

Transhumanism

This month Minnie is exploring the alphabet by digging out the unusual, often unexplained and alternative way of thinking. Stories of creatures, places and mysteries that have been passed down to us through centuries tease our imagination, live in our dreams and dare us to explore the impossible. Join Minnie each day as she discovers something unusual in the alphabet.

"Jeremiah was a bullfrog, and NOW he’s messing with my DNA?"

 “Transhumanism, abbreviated as H+ or h+, is an international intellectual and cultural movement that affirms the possibility and desirability of fundamentally transforming the human condition by developing and making widely available technologies to eliminate aging and to greatly enhance human intellectual, physical, and psychological capacities.” Phew...In other words, a Transhumanist studies the potential benefits and dangers of emerging technologies that could overcome fundamental human limitations. They predict that human beings may eventually be able to transform themselves into beings with greatly expanded abilities. Someone is bound to make a lot of money on these extreme makeovers! Shopping will never be the same.

Technology is changing the world we live in faster than I can keep track of. Sometimes that is a good thing but when we start messing with the human condition, have we gone to far?  Are we ready for a race of "Super-humans" most likely available to only the rich and powerful? I think not, what do you think?