Edward Piercy

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Lux Aeterna

Sunday, 13. December 2009, 23:05:46

The Four Seasons

Supernova remnants and star formation in galaxy M83.

The beauty of the Creator's creation.

Merry Christmas to all.

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P.M.P.I. Contents and Updates

Saturday, 15. March 2008, 10:56:36

Pat Maginess, sea turtles, private-eye novels, private detective

"I would never shoot a cat. Unless they really had it coming to 'em."

-- "All My Todays"

It was a long, dark, quiet drive back to Los Angeles.

-- from That Killer Smile

SHORT STORIES:

"Those Songs We Sing to Ourselves"
"Remember Me"
"Hello, Robert"
"All My Todays"
"The Salesman"
"It's a Dog's Life"

NOVELS:

That Killer Smile (Complete Novella).

Click on the book cover to go to the novel.

HISTORICAL:

Nick Carter: The Crime of the French Cafe (Anon/Piercy)

COVER ART MINI-STORIES:

As a service to my readers who might only have about two minutes
between Point A and Point B, I decided to post humorous bits using
the covers of old pulp magazines. Here's the link.

The Complete Cover Art Mini-Stories

REVIEWS:

Hollywood Confidential (Movie Review)
Margin for Murder (Movie Review)
The Proposal (Movie Review)
Best Detective Movies
Kiss Me, Deadly (Movie Review)
Attack of the Sabretooth (Movie Review)
Savior (Movie Review).
Bare Trap by Frank Kane (Book Review).
I, the Jury by Mickey Spillane (Review-Essay).
DaVinci's Inquest (TV Series Review).
The Snarl of the Beast by Carroll John Daly (Book Review).
Poisons Unknown by Frank Kane (Book Review).
V. I. Warshawski (Movie Review).

MISCELLANEOUS:

CSI: Noir
Survivor China Episode 2 (Parody)
The Jungle Book Revisited (Parody)
The Black Dahlia Revisted (Parody)
The Nazi Bastard Diaries
Einstein On Lunch (Tiny Tale #1)
Robespierre's Doll (Tiny Tale #2)
The White Book (Tiny Tale #3)
Curse of the Body Snatchers (Tiny Tale #4)
Bruce's Enormous Penis (Tiny Tale #5)
Red Rock (Tiny Tale #6)
The Gentlemen's Club (Tiny Tale #7)
Rising (Tiny Tale #8)
Barbershop Quartet #1
Barbershop Quartet #2
Barbershop Quartet #3
Barbershop Quartet #4

Check out what you've missed in the Archive.

Plus: Turtle Live Cam! (North Carolina (UTC -5) daylight hours)

DECEMBER UPDATE:

Well seem to be getting this update out a little late.
Oh well, no big thang I guess. Anyway November was a
pretty dreary month here. Thanksgiving was nice but
perhaps a bit too quiet -- what happened to all those
dysfunctional family dinners I used to go to? Ah, the
good old days. Didn't get much snow in November at all,
a great disappointment. And so far none to speak of
this month either. Also just a few days ago I almost
fell into respiratory collapse and had to go to the
ER up at Deaconess. They treated me with the speed of
a gunshot victim and pumped me full of massive steroids.
Which seemed to do the trick so after making sure I was
okay an hour later they sent me home with Rx for more
steroids. Makes me kinda restless, those steroids. I now
see why athletes on the damn things go ballistic every
once in a while. Fortunately I haven't been on them that
long. So the result is that while I am feeling very bad
physically my brain is pumping overtime. In fact I was
up to 4:30 the other morning reading Emily Dickinson.
Well one thing about all of it is that I am counting my
blessings even more than usual this Christmas. And I
wish a very happy holiday to everyone out there --
everywhere.

Best wishes to all,
Edward Piercy

That I have made all transformations
According to the dictates of my heart
In all places that have desired my ka

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P.M.P.I. Theme Music

Tuesday, 20. June 2006, 01:54:38

Music

To play the music, click on George or Glenn's picture.

(Please be patient. It will take a minute to connect with your media player.)

George Friedrich Handel
Suite in D minor HWV 447
Courante
Artist: Keith Jarrett
Format (MP3) / Timing (02:31)
Light and dark combined.

J.S. Bach
Partita in G Major BWV 829
Praeambulum
Artist: Glenn Gould
Format (MP3) / Timing (01:47)

Now playing in a galaxy near you...

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A Happy Smiley Post

Tuesday, 15. December 2009, 18:18:37

The Republic of Bullshit

See?

Nothing but a nice happy smiley!

Nothing bad or depressing or pessimistic!

And here's Winnie the Pooh!

And look! I'm even throwing in Hayley Mills
with a nice cat!

And when the drugs wear off, I'll go back
to my usual type posts!

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Alison and Jamie

Tuesday, 15. December 2009, 02:51:09

Music

Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince of The Kills.

Really liked this photo.

I'd like to lay in bed with Alison with half our
clothes on and talk and smoke cigarettes.

[Photo by Pooneh Ghana.]

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Another Little Rant (So Sorry)

Monday, 14. December 2009, 22:27:35

Music, The Four Seasons

No mo' Info.

I was on youTube today going through a string of Thomas Dolby videos.
Dolby was one of those people during my New Wave days that had such a
great impact that he was almost taken for granted. But there is no doubt
that he was one of the people who set the bar for quality standards in
that era.

Well one thing led to another and I started in on some other 80s vids.
Eventually I went to an old favorite of mine -- "What's On Your Mind" by
Information Society. Or at least I tried. As it turns out the original
video of the song is not there anymore. Or at least I can't find it.
There is one that says "original" -- but it is not, it is a remix version.
And there are a couple of other remix versions of the song. None of which
is the original with it's incredibly hard-driving instrumental passage
towards the end. And of course to me the frustrating thing was that the
true original was one I had linked in my Crazy Daisy's Nightclub posts
here on the blog. I was talking about bad links in a post just the other
day. Not finding the video was a perfect example of what was bothering
me.

I don't think that a lot of people understand that you just can't take
something which is perfect and change it without screwing it up. I guess
that's not obvious enough.

You know I think that if all the idealists and such were to finally realize
their dream and the world would somehow become a perfect place that
humans would have it totally fucked up again six months later.

I've been trying to let go of it all, though; inasmuch as is possible to
do and still get up in the morning and keep walking across the floor.

Dying is easy. It's life that's so often tough.

Well I guess I'll get my ass back and listen to some more Wave. Time for
some Human League, I think. If I can find any originals left.

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Fare Forward, Voyagers!

Sunday, 13. December 2009, 21:25:13

Astronomy, Science, Telescopes

In about a decade, there is a good probability that the
Voyager I and Voyager II spacecraft launched to explore
the outer planets in 1977 will reach interstellar space,
making them the first human objects to have reached the
stars.

The satellites are now traveling in relative opposite
directions, and are passing through the heliosphere --
our solar system's outer envelope.

Read more.

A beautiful photo of the bow shock created by
the star LL Orionis as its heliosphere collides
with the gasses of the Orion nebulae.

[Source.]

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Hamlet Reloaded

Friday, 11. December 2009, 21:40:52

The Republic of Bullshit

Happened to catch the trailer the other day for
the new modernized version of Shakespeare's Hamlet
starring Keanu Reeves.

The final duel between Hamlet and Laertes was
the strangest I've ever seen.

Rosencranz and Guildenstern just seemed to be
stoned most of the time.

"Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the
slings and arrows of outrageous fortune..."

I have to admit that the ghost of Hamlet's father
was very cool.