Well, it’s about that time. The Christmas season is over and the ball has dropped to signify another year has begun. Aside from the annual commercials selling every type of weight loss machine, drink, and diet plan imaginable, there is one more thing that should be happening right about now. This time of year should also bring the beginning of all of the “prophetic words” from the numerous “pastors” and “preachers” that talk about how this is the year for ________ (insert the new, popular word/term for financial prosperity here…). This is the year of blessing, wealth, prosperity, health, overflow, abundance, and/or fullness. This is the year when that peace/love/hope/power/healing/miracle/joy you’ve been waiting for is going to happen! If you will send these men and women your seed/offering/gift in faith and believe that what they are telling you is true, oops sorry, I mean believe in faith, then you will know greater power/glory/honor/fame/money/prestige/happiness/joy/love/peace/prosperity/your best life now. All that for your best “faith seed”! Seems like a pretty good deal doesn’t it?

If it wasn’t so heretical, it would actually be kind of fun. Like biblical Mad Libs…

But, is this how it really works? My best friend and I talk about this kind of stuff all the time. Part of the reason is because I am familiar with all of this talk. I followed these kinds of people for about 4 years. In that time I believed for things that I never dreamed possible. And guess what? Some of them happened. And, some of them didn’t. My best friend says that if the gospel that you’re preaching doesn’t fit or work or make sense in the poorest of the third world countries, then it probably isn’t the gospel. And I have to agree with her. The “ministries” that promote this kind of message give me pause now. I just shake my head with sadness whenever I hear these “pastors” talking.

See, now that I have been there and gotten away from it, this kind of “preaching/teaching” leaves a bad taste in my mouth and actually makes me angry many times for a number of reasons. The first reason is the one that I mentioned above. It’s heretical. There is nothing in the Bible that says that you or I or anyone else is guaranteed health, wealth, prosperity, or a “good life” if we have enough faith. The ONLY way to have the Bible read this way is to take a number of unrelated scriptures, mix it together with a bad hermaneutic, toss in a dash of eisegesis, and then link it all together with shady, unfounded ideas that pull at the needs of untold millions and gently guide them away from the truth. This is the type of thing that Paul warned Timothy about:

But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these. For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses, always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these {men} also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, rejected in regard to the faith. (2 Timothy 3:1-8)

Are we supposed to be worried about any of this? The message that these “men of God” are preaching can only work in America! (And there’s no guarantee that it will work much longer here either!) How often does the Bible say that we shouldn’t love money or keep our eyes on it because it will vanish in an instant? And yet, that is exactly what these men are doing! They are training people to fix their eyes on wealth. Many will say that their message isn’t about just financial prosperity but about “complete prosperity in every area of life”. Then why do so many of them spend countless hours on money and every conceivable way for you to get it, all with 48 verses from both old and new testaments to “back it up”? If pressed, they even begin to claim outrageous things that have no basis in the Bible. They will talk about how they expect to have money because they are little gods and God owns the cattle on a thousand hills. Because of this, so do they because God is “daddy” and they’re just like Him…They will also talk about how they have the right to be “blessed” with wealth and health because Jesus was wealthy (he got gold, frankencense, and myrrh) and was never sick. He never lacked anything and didn’t so much as sniffle.  This is where I start to get mad. This is man at his most arrogant. For a sinful, wretched creation (saved or not) to stand up and boldly declare that they are anything like the Lord Jesus Christ is to utterly take leave of their senses and make themselves His equal. God’s mercy is evident in the fact that these men and women haven’t become a pile of soot and ashes on a scorched spot of the carpet on the stage. There is NO ONE like Jesus Christ! NONE! You and I at our very best couldn’t even come close to what He has always been.

Jesus Christ is God MADE FLESH. He is the culmination of everything that God set out to do from before the beginning of time. Read that again…He is the perfect union of infinite God and fallible man. He is the ONLY One who can make any claim to anything like this and for us to do so is tantamount to the darkest form of blasphemy and idolatry that there is. These “men” claim to be close to Him and know Him more intimately than many others. If they really knew Him like they say, I doubt with the utmost certainty that they would even think to utter the claims that they do on a regular basis. If they knew Him like they propose, they would walk in humility, knowing the place that they were in and realizing that there was nothing they did to get them out of that place. They would know that to think that a sinful, created man could actually “speak something into existence” is folly to say the least and more likely an indication of a gross lack of mental acuity or the onset of senility (some of these guys and gals are getting up there!).

The sad part of all of this (aside from the fact that these men have deluded themselves into thinking that their message is the gospel) is the fact that so many have been taken in by them. There are thousands upon thousands that give their last few dollars to these people hoping that this time, their “breakthrough” will come and they will have the money/fame/health/power that these charlatans have. Watch them on TV. How many of the people sitting in the audience, dressed to the nines, are failing miserably in their marriages, finances, or other areas. How many of them are wearing a facade of prosperity and health so that others won’t think that they lack faith? How many of them have heard the same preaching and been amen-ing these crooks year after year after year and have nothing to show for it execpt meager meals, broken homes, and red ink in their checkbooks? All of this while the “preachers” live in million dollar mansions, have dozens of cars, and fleece their flock for even more money to support their “worldwide ministry”. Do these ”pastors and teachers” give? I’m sure they do. It helps their image.

To add insult to injury, many of these wolves also have “healing ministries” where they gather the sick together to pray for them and touch them and see God “supernatually heal” them. I know that Benny Hinn, Rod Parsley, Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, Jesse Duplantis and Jerry Savelle all talk about this. Benny Hinn travels the world “healing” the sick and lame and packs people in by the thousands so that they can experience the healing power of God. Seen on TV, the “miracle services” are truly a sight. People filling the arenas singing and praising and worshipping in order to “feel God’s presence” and “receive their miracle” (what you don’t see is the people in the back…). Throughout the event, Mr. Hinn “preaches” his message to those in attendance telling them things like “salvation and healing are one and the same thing, when you have one, you have the other”. So, if I understand him correctly, anyone who isn’t healed, isn’t saved? This is ridiculous! Paul, Timothy, and many other preachers of the true gospel suffered from maladies. Did Paul not have enough faith to be healed of the thorn in his flesh? There is something else that bothers me and it suprises me that so many people don’t seem to think about this. If Benny Hinn really could heal like he claims, why doesn’t he just make his rounds to all of the hospitals and heal everyone? Maybe it’s because he doesn’t want to destroy the already weakened job market? How wonderful for all the doctors and nurses. Really though, if he could do what he says, then why travel around taking up offerings and parading it about? Why not just do the work and let God get the glory? Isn’t that what Jesus did?

Jesus didn’t go around touting Himself as a healer or miracle worker, and yet untold numbers of people thronged around Him and followed Him for miles because of the things that He did. On numerous occasions, Jesus expressly told the person healed not to say anything (they did anyway…it would be kinda hard not to, wouldn’t it?). Jesus just walked around and healed people (or RAISED THEM FROM THE DEAD). John says in his gospel that if we wrote about all of the things that Jesus did in the 3 1/2 years He ministered, there wouldn’t be enough books to contain it all. Jesus just did the work. Not only that, whenver Jesus did heal someone, it was always for one of two reasons. Jesus’ miracles were either to provide tangible proof for who He really was or to support His message of repentance and faith in order to be reconciled to God. But if “pastor” Hinn knows this, then why doesn’t he preach the same message? Why does he spend more time parading around and putting himself in the spotlight? I have a feeling that it’s because that’s all he has and that there is no substance to his ministry. And he’s not alone. In a way, I would love to be called on by God to be an Elijah to these prophets of Baal. I would love to see God be glorified and the chicanery stop… It would have to be a God calling though…

Can God heal? Of course, God can do anything He wants! Is He required to heal? NO! Especially when we try to bring a horribly uncontextual (is that a word?) scripture to Him as some sort of “promise” that He made to us and arrogantly expect Him to fulfill that “promise”. God never promised those who follow Him health or prosperity. Never. Take all the scriptures you want from both Old and New Testaments and claim them as “yours”. That doens’t mean a bit if they’re out of context or just flat out wrong. God can bring money and God can take it away. He can give health and take it away. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Why can He do this? Because He’s God. He is the ONLY God and there is no other. You and are are human beings that are below God. We are less than He is and yet He loves us. Does this mean that you should pray for healing? Not at all! Pray like it’s going out of style. Believe that it can happen! But, know that it may not happen and understand why. Get your theology and understanding of God correct so that you will be able to stand in whatever life brings your way (good or bad). This year may be the best year (in the eyes of the world) that you’ve ever had….or it may be the worst. It may be the hardest, toughest, most trial filled year of your life. And at the center of it all will be your understanding of God. If you understand Him correctly, He will be your refuge and shelter in times of trouble. He will preserve you however He sees fit and help you to hang on, unless He decides that it’s your time. Then, nothing that you do will prevent that from happening. But, if you truly know God, that’s not so scary a thought…is it?

I hope and pray that you have a great year, but more so, I pray that you come to a clearer, more biblically sound understanding of who God is. This can only come through a right understanding of how He revealed Himself – the Bible…

Hola hoy les traigo Flock web Browser
el browser social basado en nuestro amado firefox
cabe mencionar que tiene soporte de muchos de los plug-ins de firefox. pero eso no es lo que hace a este navegador tan genial.

Imagen de muestra click para ver
http://www.ubuntu-pics.de/bild/26620/screenshot_003_hIbK1a.jpg

Este navegador incorpora grandes novedades en cuando a web social, un ejemplo es la side bar
People: Nos informa de las actualizaciones de nuestros amigos en facebook

MediaBar: Nos permite ver paginas como youtube, google images, photobucket, picasa etc

Miniview: Nos permite ver las aplicaciones de la media bar en una venta aparte.

Photo Uploader: Subir Fotos a nuestro host Favorito

Mail Cheker: Te mantiene informado de tus ultimos e-mails.

Clipboard: Gestiona tu portapapeles mas comodamente.

Favorites: Gestion de tus favoritos.

Accounts: Manejo mas completo de tus cuentas y contraseños

Blog Editor: Permite editr tu blogger sin necesidad de ir hasta a el.

RSS Feed: Mantente enterado de las nuevas actualizaciones de tus paginas favoritas.

y un largo largo etcetera.

Para instalarlo hacemos lo siguiente.
Descargamos el paquete tar.gz de

www.flock.com

despues de haberlo descargado lo descomprimimos y vamos al archivo.

flock-browser

por si acaso en propiedades le damos los permisos necesarios.
Seguimos las instrucciones y listo, solo nos queda ocultar nuestra carpeta de flock

para esto la colocamos en nuestro Home y le ponemos un “.” antes del nombre, queda asi “.flock”
con esto al actualizar la carpeta, esta quedara oculta. ahora creamos una nueva entrada en el menu con la siguiente ruta:

/home/tu_usuario/.flock/flock-browser

listo nuestro navegador abrira
pero aun nos falta instalar flash para esto les dare el siguiente archivo:

http://www.divshare.com/download/8782073-6c9

y lo colocaremos en la siguiente ruta.

/home/remaster/.flock/plugins

con esto reiniciamos nuestro flock y deberiamos tener soporte para flash, Espero les sea util saludos!

Tweeting, status updating…you don’t have to look very hard to see how the most popular social networks encourage a kind of groupthink among their users. If you’re a maverick, though, or your organization wants to customize social tools for internal use, here are eight free, open-source resources.

Storytlr is an open-source “lifestreaming” application that was recently released on Google Code. It can collect and let you share content you have on social media sites, blogs and elsewhere, but it’s best known for allowing you to make tapestries and slideshows along a timeline representing your online social activities. The Storytlr site is shutting down, but the code and applications based on it will live on.

Like Storytlr, Sweetcron is a very well-liked open-source lifestreaming application. Over at OStatic, Lisa discussed how it can aggregate the many types of social networking that you do. Lisa also discussed Amplifeeder, which does similar things.

Identi.ca is the best-known open-source alternative to Twitter. The microblogging platform is used by lots of people in the open source community, and is a good choice for the business or organization that wants to customize an internal microblogging strategy. Laconica is also worth looking into.

Jisko is an open-source microblogging platform based on MySQL and PHP that offers some unusual features, one of the most useful being the ability to include attachments with your updates. People who read Jisko’s equivalents of tweets can download your attachment in a single click (be careful about malware and untrusted senders, though). OStatic covered Jisko here.

Flock is a favorite browser among many social networking addicts, due to its tight integration with social applications. Based on Mozilla Firefox, it offers integrated Twitter functionality and can help you manage your online social life from one place.

BitNami isn’t a social networking tool, but its pre-built, open-source software “stacks” can instantly give you or your organization a powerful wiki, blog, forums for discussion, and many other useful, server-based social applications. Bitnami configures the whole stack, so you’re free of installation headaches, and the software you use costs you nothing. You can also run your applications natively, virtually, or in the cloud.

Walking on a small street in Hiroo, in central Tokyo, we heard a strange noise and saw some people staring at a persimmon tree. On closer examination, we saw that there was a flock of wild green parrots gathered in this tree. The green on orange colors perched on a leaf-less tree is sublime.

I have seen wild parrots throughout San Francisco, and there was even a movie about them. I didn’t realize that Tokyo was warm enough for them to survive outdoors. I wonder how many there are.

Speaking with a woman recently about urban ecology, she told me that she enjoys city bird-watching. It made me realize that bird-watchers, particularly those who enjoy their hobbies in the city, can be an important voice for improving urban landscapes and habitats. Maybe urban bird-watchers are analogous to surfers who have been active in the clean ocean movement.

It has been a few weeks since I have posted, sorry to keep you waiting ;o). Truth is I have been just a tad busy with my four beautiful children,  enjoying the internet, Christmas movies, Christmas parties and keeping up with all my friends blogs with this cool browser that I have downloaded. A FEW MONTHS AGO…my husband showed me this new browser called flock. For those of you who facebook, twitter, youtube, upload pictures and/or blog, I think you will absolutely LOVE this browser.

Here is a short list of flocks features: Check it out, download and have fun!

Flock Browser – Flock Experience | Flock

For the DIY small business owner and marketing director it can be an overwhelming task to manage all the different social networking sites you’ve become a member of.  But an ingenious and simple solution exists for those looking to easily conquer their networking.

Flock, “the social web browser”, integrates browsing the web and managing up to 20 different social networking sites, all from one program.   This means you can be surfing the world wide web while handling your social networking presence at:

1. bebo
2. Facebook
3. MySpace
4. Gmail
5. YouTube
6. digg
7. flickr
8. Twitter
9. WordPress
10. photobucket
11. Blogger
12. YahooMail
13. delicious
14. Blogsome
15. LiveJournal
16. xanga
17. TypePad
18. AOLmail
19. Picasa
20. tinypics

Flock is also compatible with Windows, Apple and Linux operating systems making it flexible to any type of small business network.

So if you’re a DYI small business social networker I would encourage you to check out Flock, the social web browser, at http://flock.com/tour/.

“to obey is better than sacrifice” (I Samuel 15:22-23)

As a child I got my share of chastisements (in personal circles I would be saying “whuppins’”). There were rules we were given to follow and I would often make a mistake or two. Not that I was a bad child but sometimes the street light would just catch me blocks away from home. However I realize that some children were malicious and intentionally disregarded the rules their parents established.

With this so-called holi-day season in full force I have again witnessed the numerous justifications by so-called followers of Christ to engage in an array of activities that the god of this world has authored, sanctioned, and promoted. Each year I hear/see a new layer of X*#&% added to the mix; with my all-time favorite being “He is the reason for the season”. They who promote this ideology probably do not even realize HOW what they are saying is so true. He IS the reason for this season: it is designed to blaspheme and corrupt Him and what He stands for.

Potential sheep of the fold, desperately looking for their Shepherd, cling to whatever their uneducated minds and hearts see.  This I understand as they do not know any better. However, those malicious purveyors of evil who are those wolves in sheep clothing are very active to make sure that those potential sheep stay as confused as possible, as the messengers of Truth go forth with the Light.

In spite of all the evidence, the scales are still tipped in favor of the cover-up. I know that the sheep are a little-flock and small in number. I expect the majority of so-called followers of Christ to be undercover devils. One-third of a myriad is a number too big for me to count (let he who hath an ear, hear). Yet  it still irritates me when I see it, hear it, smell it (this season has its own odor), and in a second handed way, taste it.

Why, for example, is it o.k. for businesses to fund Christmas Parties, forcing employees to participate, and not be called to task, for that “church-and-state” political line?  If Christ Mass is about Jesus Christ, it should be illegal for corporations to fund and promote such an activity. Yet the offices I have visited recently are adorned with vestiges of Satan Clause, as usual; no mangers, no wise men, definitely no baby Jesus but an occasional reindeer.  (Didn’t channel 5 news call Christmas a religious holiday in their story of a child in trouble who drew a picture of Jesus at their school?). Mixed signals, deception, chaos-confusion.

The best yet was an interview I heard yesterday on the radio of a Jewish mother telling the elaborate story of how she consoled her child who was concerned that Santa was not going to bring her desired toy. She had taught her that Santa comes to every house and Santa can do anything, so her very specific request was not too hard for Santa.

Well He who I serve has historically been mindful of the disobedience of His own. The world is not a part of this conversation. To those who call themselves a follower of Christ and who do not follow Christ, a sacrifice is definitely in your future. There is a lesson to be learned in the story of King Saul. The people wanted to have a king like the rest of the world. It did not matter that they already had a King, the King of Heaven, they wanted a man-king like the rest of the world. Saul was disobedient.

Remember the story of the prophet Noe. Once the rain started falling his disobedient neighbors definitely wanted to get in that Ark. No can do!

Then there is the description of the fate of the disobedient at the end of this age. I cannot begin to imagine what an eternity in a lake of fire burning with brimstone would be like; sharing it with Satan and his hierarchy and crew. Can you?

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Advent season and I hope that God blesses you and your family with the hope and joy of God bringing God’s light into the world through God’s son, Jesus.

I also know this time of year is extremely hectic for everyone so I wanted to take this opportunity to invite you to mark your calendars for some exciting upcoming events in the life of the youth of First Presbyterian Church.

January 2010

January 10            Informational Meeting for Presbyterian Youth Triennium (Open to all current 8^th-12^th graders) Between Services in the Youth Center

January 10            Presbyterian Youth Triennium Bake Sale

January 16            The Fold Habitat for Humanity Youth Service Day with youth from Nativity Lutheran and City Church (Open to all youth 14 and older) 9 AM-3 PM Parkway Village

January 24            Deposit, Registration and Scholarship Application due for Presbyterian Youth Triennium (Open to all current 8^th-12^th graders)

January 24            The Flock Get Together

January 31            Super Bowl Sub Sandwich Fundraiser Ordering Day

February 2010

February 7            Souper Bowl Sunday

February 7            Super Bowl Sunday Sub Sandwich Fundraiser Pick Up Day

February 12-14    The Fold Habitat for Humanity Youth Service Weekend with youth from Nativity Lutheran and City Church (Open to youth 14 and older)

February 24           Final Payment and Late Registration for Presbyterian Youth Triennium (Open to all current 8^th-12^th graders)

February 21            The Flock Get Together

March 2010           (Greg out of the office for family leave)

Sundays in March  Presbyterian Youth Triennium Quilt Fundraiser

March 14                   The Flock Get Together

March 19-22             The Fold Service Reward Trip

March 21-28             Spring Break

April 2010

April 4                         Easter Pancake Breakfast

April 4                         Presbyterian Youth Triennium Quilt Drawing

April 11                       Confirmation Sunday

April 11                       Presbyterian Youth Triennium Bake Sale

April 18                       Youth Ministry Visioning Conversation (During Second Service)

April 25                        Youth Ministry Visioning Conversation (During Second Service)

If you have any questions about anything listed here and would like to help out don’t hesitate to give me a call (541-350-8074) or email me (ggbolt16@gmail.com)

Blessings,
Greg

Don’t Sunday’s just suck? There was literally nothing on TV, hardly any shops open and you just can never find something to do. It’s so damn frustrating!! Well saying that I did do something yesterday. I went into town since some places are open over the Christmas period and sold my iPod classic for a measly £20. I feel ripped off. Which is indeed a fact, I was but hey.. what can you do.. welcome to England!

Ending on a good note I got lots of yummy chocolate including chocolate covered popcorn om nom nom! Just shooting off in a few minutes to watch the Star Trek movie. I’m not much of a trekkie but it has Simon Pegg in it so I must watch it!! I have shocked myself by not seeing any sooner with him being my favourite actor.

Might be seeing Rosie later hopefully Missed her! I haven’t been able to see her all weekend since we both don’t have any money or no money at all should I say so it sucks so bad. Dear Government, please read my blog post and be so kind to get more jobs for us unemployed young people; we need money!!

Question: What do you guys get up to on Sundays?

Anyways that’s me signing off.. na night my lovely flock

“One..two ..three..five..seven” I counted down the 7 Mynas flocking together. Is it a meeting? Say, over global warming, eh, richer birds decline to reduce c-emission?? Another Copenhagen? I stood up to see clearly. Are they fighting? Yeah! They were hitting each other with their beaks. They flew 2 inches above the ground, targeted one, and then, bang on!

Wait a minute, they are not fighting, they are collectively hitting one! The myna which was subject to repeated beatings seemed to be of a bit different colour as compared to other mynas. There were a few kids, 8-10 years old, hiding behind the bushes and watching the site carrying a sadistic grin. I called one of them to my terrace.

“What is going on?” I knelled in front of him to look into his sparkling eyes pulling his tiny nose.

“Didi, humne chiriya ko pakad kar, use water-paint karke uda diya, hahaha(We trapped the bird, water-painted it and then allowed it to fly <huge laughs>)” he said controlling his breathe which had gone up as he raced to the terrace upon my call. ”Lekin wo ud nahi payi, usko shayad chot lag gayi us waqt, aur dusri chiriya usse pehchan nahi paa rahi hein, isiliye maar rahin hein, hehe (But it failed to fly, perhaps it got hurt while painting, other mynas are unable to recognize it so they are hitting it.)” He added smilingly.

“This is bad. You should be kind to animals….” I patted on his head but he ran away winking. Perhaps, he wasn’t aware of the cons of the deed he did. It was an act of fun for him.

What kids did to the myna can be understood in some ways, but what it’s flock was doing, was beyond my conscience. I mean, they were hitting somebody they belonged to, that too ruthlessly. Yes, I can understand that they were unable to recognize it, but hitting an already injured bird is not justified in any possible way. If they can not help, they should have stayed away, why killing it?

I stand still, in a Perpetual Perplexity

Suddenly, one of the kids came, caught another myna, coloured it, and washed the former one. All the other mynas flown away except these two. The newly coloured myna was now injured, helpless and constantly looked at the older one, probably for help. The older one looked back at the other myna, who was busy hitting it with the flock a few moments ago. Everything around turned intense awfully. Will it take a revenge? Are we going to see some more actions? Or will it forgive on emotional grounds? Will it offer help? Neither, to my amazement, it neither tried to hit nor helped. The bird stood still, probably in a dilemma; a moral crisis, an emotional down surge. It’s eyes were stoned and limbs refused to move. A strange silence of indifference echoed in the atmosphere. I could not understand her behaviour. The physical trauma pierced into it’s mind and perhaps, it washed away the emotional attachment towards it’s flock that used to exist within it’s heart. But why did not it take a revenge, I mean it had fair chances to hit the other bird? Does not that mean the bond it shared was not broken in totality?

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Do you find any connection? Well, I do. It is  not about a bird. It is about all living creatures. A physically/emotionally injured living being needs support. If you disdain such a being, you are leaving them in a plight. It gives birth to natural indifference and a never ending Dilemma. I know, not every one on this earth is compassionate but can’t you just stay away instead of hurting them morally or physically? Think about it.

Everybody seems so happy, have I possibly gone daffy?  What is this?

This, my friends, is the December news for the Zoanthrope Monthly!  Continuing the age-old tradition of the old paper-news Zoanthrope Monthly, this edition is brought to you by the modern age, the world wide web, and the letter Z! I thought a nice little Christmas theme would be just a thing for this December – and it’s so cheery!  Don’t you agree?

This time around, I’ve decided to give it an all new name: Masquerade!  Why?  Well, it’s quite simple: as zoans, we live the masquerade – pretending to be human, wearing a mask over our true natures.  Got it?  No?  Never mind…  let’s move along.

-THIS MONTH IN KILLAMARSH-

First off, it’s Christmas!  Is anyone else as excited as I am?  I personally don’t celebrate it for what it is, but, really, The Nightmare Before Hanukkah doesn’t sound anywhere near as catchy.  You can bet your animal that I’m right into these kitschy celebrations, so let’s look around Killamarsh to see who else is getting in the spirit!

Well, I know the local Zoanthrope Investigations team are, for one.  As well as their annual Holiday Party, they’ve organised a bit of a fundraiser – the SORT OF SECRET SANTA!  If you donate money to their fundraiser, which goes towards buying gifts for the terminally ill children in the Golden Galileo, you’ll get entered in a Secret Santa event, where you exchange gifts with a mystery stranger!

“Please send in your SOSS photos to the police station. The best matched pair will win a three week holiday in one of our police cells to the North Pole next August!”

Why does this letter smell of dog?

That aside… I have another letter here, matching me up with some leopard chap… along with all his private information, current whereabouts and bank details, and I haven’t even had a chance to donate yet!  Oh no, and I have friends in the same situation – it appears the ZI have gotten their records mixed up, and have sent SOSS invites to everyone in Killamarsh.  Oh well, let’s not let them down – off your ass and to the shops to beat the Christmas crowds, folks!

We also see the debut of ZI’s very own wiki, WiZI!  Volunteer owned and operated, it’s completely up to you to help it fulfill its potential.  Now go edit your little hearts out!

-MOREAU ISLAND-

Now some of you will know that due to unfortunate circumstances regarding my health, I was not personally involved in this great kerfuffle on the nearby Moreau Island.  Despite this, I’m doing my best to look into the mysterious events that took place there after the ferry, Noah’s Ark, went down on the journey there on the 3^rd of last September.

It seems that with the exception of a few unlucky travellers (including our very own Daemon White and Simon Bridgewater – rest in peace, brothers) everyone reached shore safely.  They headed into the hotel where a costume ball was held that night, as well as a PETZ meeting – but everything was not as it seems.  Those who attended the meeting were brainwashed by officials and awoke shortly after with no knowledge of what happened!

The next day, the 4^th, most of the visitors went off to Freek Land, the promised carnival.  The bright flashing lights, colours and sounds there sparked off the brainwashed zoans and they went about capturing their peers and dragging them back to holding cells within a mysterious laboratory.

Meanwhile, in the House of Mirrors, a strange gas was reported to be forcing zoans into their alpha forms before they too were captured!  The dear Jackson Adamson has left us after a rabid were-coyote attack on behalf of the Rout, but one can’t blame them for their instincts.

Who could be behind this abhorrent act?  I’m going to keep doing research, but the rest of you will have to wait and see…

-NEW IN THE GROUPS-

This section will cover what’s new in the groups of Killamarsh!  Now, while you folks probably doubt a rogue like myself could do any good in this department, I’m here to show you that that’s simply not true.

First up, both the Flock and the Felis have new meeting places!

Under relatively new Queen Barbara Whitestone, the Flock now call the beautiful lagoon next to her shop, Whitestone Flowers, their home.  Future meetings will be held here, in ‘Swan lake’, rather than their last home, the Flock Cottage.

And new leader, Amunet Elizabeth Norton (a very beautiful princess known personally to me), has chosen the bizarrely-named bookshop, the Litterate Box, as their new meeting place.  In fact, there’s a meeting being held there very soon to give out ranks to current Felis members!  All you kitty people, you want to be in on this one!

On top of that, the Pard are all invited to some post-Moreau leaf-wrangling with Belladonna!  Looks like fun!

Meanwhile, poor Marshall Jackson has gotten himself lost.  Come on, cougars, look after your own!

The Ouroboros are holding a pool party down in Hades, so all you scaly chaps better get down there, too!

Finally, the rats rodents have a pow-wow down at their meeting place, the Polis, and are calling all of theirs.  I’m not going, but hey, I find their leader a royal pain in the ass, so…

-HAPPY BIRTHDAY!-

The Zoanthrope Monthly would like to wish a very happy birthday to the following members of the zoan community, on behalf of the Zoanthrope Investigation’s private records, (cough cough):

Maliko Sarose (3 Dec, 1989)

Heinrich Müller (4 Dec, 1960)

Amelie Skip (4 Dec, 1992)

Malachi O’Shea (6 Dec, 1963)

Sabrina Wyn (6 Dec, 1974)

Thor Aarsheim (7 Dec, 1984)

Tuvia Michalski (9 Dec, 1968)

Anthony Deisant (9 Dec, 1983)

Warlock (11 Dec, 1977)

Barnadine (17 Dec, 1966)

Lars Liebestod (19 Dec, 1963)

Scarlett O’Malley (25 Dec, 1987)

Dillon O’Keeley (28 Dec, 1992)

Kahcis (30 Dec, 1982)

Alyssa Jordan (31 Dec, 1981)

… and to everyone else I may have missed, too.  My haxoring isn’t that good, y’know.

Now you can catch my lovely little elf, Lizzie Norton with an interview of last month’s Character of the Month, Ingrid Hartwin, right here for more festive cheer!

And all that remains is for me to wish a happy Christmas to all, and to all, a good night!

This is your loveable Cyclops, Isidor Klein, signing off.

This air conditioners have become the real urban flock groups, like pigeons and sparrows

In years past, science fiction was almost exclusively left to the hard-core fans: comic nerds, Trekkies, Tolkienites, and even the dreaded otakus.

In contrast, today’s average moviegoers flock to see sci-fi blockbusters. The genre has evolved from the esoteric to the mainstream.

Source:
http://blog.koldcast.tv/2009/koldcast-news/koldcast-tv-picks-17-seminal-moments-in-sci-fi-films/

Alrighty my mighty flock who is actually reading this lol! Check me blogging again.. seems like a joke but meh. I think this sheep needs to get things off his chest and well posting it up on here will just be the best thing.

Last night was great! Rosie came round and we hung out for a few hours and watched Paranormal Activity together. Think it scared her a little bit!! Haha… but don’t blame her for being scared really I was too the night before watching it all on my own. I did have a couple of disasters after she went home.. cooked a pizza and burnt it bloody typical when I was starving. Then tried to ring Rosie back but think she fell asleep bless her she’s working so hard at her work placement proud of her! Then I fell asleep for a few hours at 10PM woke up at almost 1AM today thinking it was time to get up for college and take a shower lol. I still haven’t been back to sleep and it’s 4:15AM … I’ll be logging off in a minute though need to give these eyes a rest I’m starting to get sleepy again finally.

Anyway I’m off.. hope you didn’t mind reading my ramblings. I do tend to ramble on a lot don’t I! Going to watch this crappy film on Zone Horror and fall asleep. Nighty night my fellow sheep!

Baaaaaaa-ye.