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wcw43921 got a reaction from Lee in In other news...
Shatner Returns From Space
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds – and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of – wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew –
And, while with silent lifting mind I’ve trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.
John Magee, High Flight
I like to think that's engraved on a marble tablet at Starfleet Academy.
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wcw43921 got a reaction from DShomshak in In other news...
Shatner Returns From Space
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds – and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of – wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew –
And, while with silent lifting mind I’ve trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.
John Magee, High Flight
I like to think that's engraved on a marble tablet at Starfleet Academy.
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wcw43921 got a reaction from Pariah in In other news...
Shatner Returns From Space
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds – and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of – wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew –
And, while with silent lifting mind I’ve trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.
John Magee, High Flight
I like to think that's engraved on a marble tablet at Starfleet Academy.
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wcw43921 reacted to mattingly in Funny Pics II: The Revenge
Not to brag or anything, but I got the high score on my scale last week.
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wcw43921 reacted to Tjack in Halloween 2021
OK children, get comfy ‘cause ‘ol uncle Tjack has a Halloween story for you. I swear before all the Gods in Southern California that this is the absolute honest truth....or wouldn’t be funny otherwise.
Once upon a time in that magical college heavy city by the sea from whence I came. It was a lovely fall night around this time of year....It was the last Friday of the month and the week had been a brutal one, selling computer supplies and furniture to the early birds coming into their new dorms. Well, after closing up the store and punching out I was dead on my feet and still had to hustle to catch the connecting bus to get to the one that would take me home.
So I was about to cross a major city street, I looked both ways and stepped off the high curb in the middle of the street and almost got clobbered by a drunk, driving a black car without his headlights on. I jumped up and back and started to stumble on the curb when a small delicate hand steadied my shoulder.
I looked down at my own feet and turned looking first at the feet of my rescuer. Black high lace up combat boots. Black tights with holes in spots. Baggy black shorts, black bustier, black fingerless gloves, pale (REALLY pale) skin, shoe polish black hair in all directions and a pale (REALLY pale) face with an ankh centered over one eye. (Looked a little like Tori Amos)
As I tried to get my brain to reboot I definitely said out loud “I think I may be in trouble here.. “ she just giggled cocked her head to the side, smiled at me and turned and skipped away.
I spent the next two bus rides and the rest of the night telling myself that it was the last Friday night before Halloween and the area was packed solid with dorms and frat houses throwing costume parties.
Sometimes I still tell myself that.
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wcw43921 reacted to Spence in What Have You Watched Recently?
Just watched Hawk the Slayer.
Brought back memories.
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wcw43921 got a reaction from tkdguy in Halloween 2021
The striped suit in the costume shop belongs to Beetlejuice.
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wcw43921 reacted to Cygnia in Halloween 2021
Amityville Horror
Arachnaphobia
Annabelle/The Conjuring
Beetlejuice
Shawn of the Dead
The Shining
Day of the Triffids
Poltergeist
Resident Evil
Silence of the Lambs
Ghostbusters
Lost Boys
Blair Witch Project
Halloween
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wcw43921 got a reaction from pinecone in A Little Good News
I was hoping that Sun Man would get picked up for the Amazing Heroes line, but you know what? This works too.
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wcw43921 got a reaction from tkdguy in A Thread for Random Videos
God bless it, but this is a beautiful machine--
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wcw43921 got a reaction from Lord Liaden in A Thread for Random Videos
God bless it, but this is a beautiful machine--