MorningSide Mortuary

MorningSide Mortuary BBS is back online after a 25 year absence.  It went offline on April 17, 1999, and has returned better than ever.  It features TheMajorMUD (multi-user dungeon), which has over 1900 rooms, 750 monsters, 1800 items, 1200 spells, 15 classes, and 13 races.  MorningSide Mortuary can accommodate 256 users online at the same time.  You can adventure in the TheMajorMUD solo, or form parties to explore together.  MorningSide Mortuary is completely free, and all users have unlimited time on the board, so come on and enjoy.  The board is running The Major BBS v10, which is state-of-the-art BBS software, and can handle multi-users seamlessly.  MorningSide Mortuary also has a Teleconference feature that lets you chat with other users on over 50 connected boards on the Majorlink network. Some of you may remember that MorningSide Mortuary is the name of the Tall Man's funeral home in the cult classic movie "Phantasm".  To log on to Morningside Mortuary, click on this link: MorningSide Mortuary Direct Link  Scroll to the bottom of the page till you see "Connect to MorningSide Mortuary Now!" and hit the "Connect" button.  That will open the actual MorningSide Mortuary site. See you in the MorningSide Mortuary!  Safe journeys to all the fans of Klaatu Barada Nikto, wherever you may be.

Blessed Carlo Acutis │ The Millennial Saint

 

Quite by accident I discovered Blessed Carlo Acutis.  Here is his story: Blessed Carlo Acutis was born on May 3, 1991 in London, United Kingdom, and died on October 12, 2006 (aged 15), Monza, Italy.  His cause of death was acute promyelocytic leukemia.  He was Beatified by Pope Francis on October 10, 2020, two days before the 14th anniversary of his death.  He is on track to becoming a saint in the Roman Catholic Church.  Carlo is the first saint to be buried in Nike sneakers, jeans, and a North Sails track suit jacket.  He is presented as a role model for youth, a saint of the ordinary, and also a possible patron saint for IT workers.  As a side note, Carlo loved the PlayStation.  "Carlo puts flesh on what a saint who plays video games and goes on the internet looks like."  Carlo, has been dubbed “the Millennial Saint” and “the patron of the Internet".  Below are some interesting videos of him.  It is interesting that there is a live feed from the chapel where his coffin is.  People can view him through a glass window on the side of his coffin.  There is a link below for that.  His body is largely incorrupt.  Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. 

 

 

 

Gentle Boys │ Sweet Singers From Moldova

Here are some fantastic videos of the Gentle Boys from Moldova singing Luis Fonsi's "Despacito (Slowly)".  It's very hard to sit still while listening to this music.  Olá!  Safe journeys to all the fans of Klaatu Barada Nikto, wherever you maybe.

 

Bobby Driscoll │ The Greatest Child Star Of Them All

 

Robert Cletus "Bobby" Driscoll was born on March 3, 1937, and had an untimely death on March 30, 1968 in New York City.  He was 31 years old.  Bobby is buried in an unmarked grave in Potter's Field, Hart Island, New York.

Boy Dancers From The Al-Amyn Model School

 

The boy dancers in the videos below are students from the Al-Amyn Model School, Gulmit Gojal, Hunza, which is part of Gilgit Baltistan (Pakistan).  It was filmed in the courtyard in front of the school.  It is an excellent private school, and the headmaster is the esteemed Sir Nazir Ahmed Bulbul, who is a noted poet, composer, and scholar.  The "Kary Kary (Sometimes)" is sung by Salman Paras who is from Gilgit Baltistan.  Needless to say "Kary Kary (Sometimes)" is a monster hit in Gilgit Baltistan.  Safe journeys to all the fans of Klaatu Barada Nikto, wherever you may be.

Ronan Parke │ Rainbow Connection

In this edition of Klaatu Barada Nikto, I am featuring the amazing Ronan Parker singing "Rainbow Connection".  Safe journeys to all the fans of Klaatu Barada Nikto, Wherever you may be.

Detective Chang Apana │ Hawaii's First Action Hero

 Detective Chang Apana was really Hawaii's first action hero.  He once arrested forty suspects all by himself in Chinatown, with no backup at all. That is an accomplishment that has never been equaled in the historical records of the Honolulu Police Department.  Here are some of Chang Apana's exploits as described in my forthcoming book "Charlie Chan's Hawaii":

"Fred Kramer, retired Captain of the Guards at Oahu Prison and Halawa Jail, had some interesting reminiscences about Detective Chang Apana.  Kramer actually saw Apana in action leaping from roof to roof in Chinatown, like a human fly. In appearance, Kramer recalls, 'Apana looked so frail that one slap could break him apart.' "

"Apana, though fragile in appearance, was in reality a very tough man.  Once while attempting to raid a gambling game, he was hurled from a second story window, but like the proverbial cat, he landed miraculously, on his feet unhurt.  Another time when arresting a dangerous Filipino suspect, he was slashed across the stomach with a knife. Again he emerged unscathed as the knife landed on a broad belt that he was wearing."

"Apana had another close brush with death during the arrest of a prison escapee. He was assigned with Chief of Detectives Arthur McDuffie, and Assistant Chief John Kellett to capture a Korean, who had broken out of jail, and who was known to be a desperate character when cornered.

They finally located their quarry, hiding under a house. When he was ordered to come out the suspect replied with a fusillade of shots, one of the shots boring the palm of Kellett's hand.  More shots followed that narrowly missed hitting McDuffie and Apana.  In a lull between the shots being exchanged between the escaped felon and the officers, Apana sneaked around the end of the house, while the other two officers held the fugitive at bay.  In the twinkling of an eye, Apana pounced on the escaped prisoner.  He was in the midst of life and death struggle when the other two officers came to his rescue.  At the end of this ordeal, Apana was in such bad shape, that he had to be taken to the hospital for a week to recuperate."

Please click on video widget below to watch "The Legend Of Chang Apana" that was produced by Jon Brekke, for Oceanic Creative Services. It is the pilot for a projected TV series that hopefully will be in production soon.  Unfortunately, though,  they got Detective Chang Apana's badge number wrong.  It's supposed to be badge number 100, not badge number 352.  When the series finally gets going they should have technical advisers on hand to catch mistakes of this kind.  The creators of "The Legend Of Chang Apana", have put together incredible graphics, along with a script that has a smooth contemporary feel to it, to tell the exciting story of Detective Chang Apana.  It stars Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa as Chang Apana.  This movie is hip, slick, intelligent, and very now!  My congratulations go out to the makers of "The Legend Of Chang Apana", for doing such an outstanding job!