Johnny Red’s Top 5 Christmas Wish List

A number of things have taken my time and energy away from getting a new blog posted.  The Holiday seasons are the worst time to work in a grocery store which drains every last ounce of energy out of me, it’s also gaming season so Borderlands and Left 4 Dead 2 have eaten up a lot of time, and now it seems I have been stricken with a rare mutated version of Swine-Flu called; Mega-Ultra-No-Happy-Fun-Time-Swine-Flu.    

On the plus side it’s help turn my apartment into some sort of makeshift bio-weapons lab.    

Here we see my Team of Scientists preparing my lunch. WTF?! Tomato soup and an egg omelet again?! It's a good thing I'm trapped in this protective bubble!

Seeing as it’s been over a month since my last blog post I began to feel guilty. So I decided to write up this totally bullshit blog entry   list of Christmas Gifts I expect to find under my tree this year. Upon reflection I have concluded that I have been a right basterd very good boy this year. So if any of my readers find it in their generous hearts to help secure and deliver any/all of these items to me on Christmas Day I won’t have to unleash my Bio-Engineered Flu-bombs on your household would hold you in a special place in my heart forever.   

    

   

    

5. Movie/Television Replica Clothing 

    

You have probably already concluded from reading my previous blogs that I have a big problem with the reality we currently live in. Is this my fault? I didn’t choose to live in the near-iliterate, banal, mediocore, coast to coast shopping mall we call America. So until I master the awesome power of Reality Warping, I have to find other ways to keep my sanity.   

One of these ways is getting myself lost in great Science Fiction.  Whether it’s a book, graphic novel, movie, video game, or television show, I use the time I spend with them to escape this primitive world we live in.   

   

    

WTF NASA?! I should be an Outer Space Bounty Hunter where all my actions are accompanied with Jazz or Blues music by now!!!

     

This is where Abby Shot comes in. They specialize in recreating clothing from some of the most popular science fiction mediums out there. Movies, television, video games, etc. Two items on their site have caught my attention.  

   

First is a replica Browncoat worn by Captain Malcolm Reynolds in the amazing, albeit short lived sci-fi show Firefly.   

   

    

After all, Firefly helped teach me all the valuable lessons in life I now cherish.

Sporting the replica Browncoat will help seperate me from the crowd. In fact it may prompt several people in authority to literally seperate me from the crowd. But hey, that’s what being an outer space rebel will do. All for the low, low cost of…um….$359.  

Now that I own the Browncoat, all I need to do is find a spaceship and rowdy crew of rebels. Baby steps John, baby steps.

The second item that caught my attention is the replica coat of the 10th incarnation of Doctor Who. The new Doctor Who series will probably go down as my favorite sci-fi television show of all time. Mostly because it helped inspire me to create and write Monster Rebellion.  

So…yeah I want this.  

Notice the bright blue inside lining. For that touch of the future!

Also, if any woman wants to travel with me in a time traveling blue police box they also sell the Doctor’s companion jacket as well.  

*Note: I don't really own a time traveling blue police box, BUT if you have a good imagination I know an empty dumpster that might work.

I also belive that acquiring these items will help me in my defense against the soon to be implemented state required therapy sessions I’ll be forced to endure.  

"John...for the last time you ARE NOT a traveling spaceman!", "Oh yeah, then explain this JACKET!", "Sigh..."

 

4. A Jet Pack of Some Kind

This item is fairly simple. You see growing up reading comic books and watching sci-fi movies I have concluded that we are long over due for public jet packs. I don’t understand why this is such a difficult device to create? We can send rocket ships to the moon, but can’t strap those same rockets to a human torso? I smell a cover up. And I believe there is a consensus on this as well.  

I think that statement speaks for all of us.

So I’ve done some reasearch and discovered that there have been many advances in the science of human rocket technology.  I am grateful to these individuals who have helped further my goal of owning a jet pack. I say this because on one occasion I allowed my Team of Scientists to take up the cause. The results were….less than favorable.  

  

    

 A gentleman by the name of Eric Scott has made many advances in jet pack technology. In fact he has even broken a Guinness world record by traveling 68 mph in his jet pack prototype.  

Here’s a pic of Eric Scott doing what he does best.  

   

Impressive? Yes. Comfortable? Doesn't look it.

Well as impressive as Eric Scott’s jet pack feats have been, there’s still just something primitive about his design. No, if I am to use a jetpack I want something with style.  

Let’s see what the Military is currently cooking up.  

Definitely has the style I'm looking for but...why would I need a parachute?

Ugh…the need for a parachute totally negates the purpose of a fully functioning  jet pack. If this was for sale on Amazon I’d give it two stars.  

Why is this so difficult? Did, or didn’t I watch a documentary when I was young about an awesome jet pack? I recall it clearly.  

This was a documentary right?

Ok I’m gonna be honest here. The reason I want a jet pack is because I’m sure it will impress women. If big pick-up trucks and motorcycles can somehow cancel out the logical reasons a woman should date someone, then a jet pack must be like spanish fly.  

You're safe now M'am. I own a jet pack....and flame resistant pants!

 

3. A Mascot Costume

   

If any of you are worried that you might end up buying me the same gift as everyone else who reads this sight, then don’t worry because this entry is for you.  

I want a full size, deluxe mascot costume. Doesn’t matter what it’s of. As long as it practically covers me completely. The reason I want one of these is because the potential for hilarity seems almost limitless.  

I can be this…  

  

   

 or this…  

   

  

or this…  

  

Just imagine Johnny Red walking the streets of Northern Maine decked out in this!  

"Where's your God now?!"

The only problem is these costumes tend to cost thousands of dollars a piece. But remember that I’ve been a decietful power hungry megalomaniac very, very good boy this year.  

Also remember the potential for hilarity.  

  

 

2. A Robot

   

There are countless ways owning a robot could make my life less complicated. I could get so much more done with a robot assistant. This would leave me the time and energy I need to complete all the experiments my Team of Scientists and I have put on the back burner.  

A robot could help me with dealing with annoying customers while doing my job managing a Produce Department.  

INITIATING CAKE HOLE SILENCING IN 2.3 SECONDS

   

They can help me with transporting all those ”volunteers” the military supplies to me for my experiments.

 

"My recruiter said I'd get bonus pay for this!", "SILENCE MORTAL!"

They can also help clean up after the Zombie Apocalypse, WHICH I might add still wasn’t my fault no matter how the media is trying to spin it.

"DEAD ZOMBIE, LIVE HUMAN, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?", "What was that?", "ERR...NOTHING."

I also believe that having a robot friend would be a great way to talk out my troubles to an obedient ear without judgement.

"ONCE THE FLESHY ONE PASSES OUT I'LL BE FREE."

But there is one robot I absolutely do not want. Just the thought of that robotic monstrosity haunts my nightmares. Why it was even built is a mystery. When I think of the time, money, and research spent on developing that abomination makes me lose faith in humanity…and robots.

Tentacle Rape Robot: I don't want it!!

1. Warren Ellis

 

Warren Ellis is probably the greatest influence on me as a writer. He’s revolutionized science fiction comics. If there was no Warren Ellis there would be no Monster Rebellion to entertain you people when you probably should be working.

He drinks, smokes, and is all around edgy and paranoid. Yep, he's a writer.

Some of his most influential works have been the entire Transmetropolitan series…

A tale about a strange, horrifying, humorous future America that may just come to be.

His work on Planetary…

Archeologists who unearth mysteries relating to fringe science and pop culture lore.

And more currently Doktor Sleepless…

Mad Scientist who broadcasts to the masses through his own radio show.

Unlike most uppity writers, Warren Ellis tends to keep himself grounded and on the same level as the fans who read his work. I’ve had a few e-mail conversations with him myself. Although he’d probably never admit it, he’s quite humble except for the times he asked all his fans to refer to him as, “Internet Jesus”, and “Love Swami.” He even keeps a twitter account open to all his fans. Here are a few excerpts that he recently posted on his website WarrenEllis.com .

On Pitching Comic Book Ideas:

* THE MANY SUICIDES OF AQUAMAN: The Loneliness Of The Underwater Crimefighter When There’s No Fucking Crime Underwater

* BATMAN’S FATAL HEADSHOT: His Parents Died Twenty Years Ago, But Only Today Did He Find Their Hidden Rape Shed

On Americans Wishing Him Thanksgiving:

* Here in Britain, of course, it’s Thank Fuck We Got Those Weird Jesus Bastards On The Boat Day

On Pitching Movie Ideas to Hollywood:

* phoning Hollywood to pitch THE MUMMY IV: I SHIT DUST

* Related: also trying to beat out Joss Whedon’s TERMINATOR pitch with TERMINATOR: I SHIT ROBOTS

* But, coming soon, Sandra Bullock romantic comedy I SHIT NEW BOYFRIENDS

On Life in General:

* I don’t care what anyone says, I’m changing my job description on my passport to “Space Bastard”

* hammer pneumatic fucking drills into that editor’s face until he has arseholes for eyes oh shit twtter’s on hello there

* the term “beard” shall henceforth be replaced by “crackling virility hedge”

* If you love something, set it free. With one of those tracker anklets. With a bomb on it.

 

 I wouldn’t recommend a solo attempt at acquiring Warren Ellis, as he is no doubt full of trickery and hyper-energized at all times by constant Red Bull consumption.  As you can all clearly see from the above photo that he is rather out of shape. This is to your advantage as long as at least three of you team up on him.

Once acquired, I refuse to use the “K” word in this operation as I don’t understand where the law stands on internet blogging, but once “acquired” Warren Ellis will provide me with facebook status updates, blog topics, and when needed he may update my blog in a more timely fashion than I have been lately.

Christmas only comes once a year folks so please make mine a happy one.

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You may also attempt to acquire another favorite writer of mine, Alan Moore. But the unholy curses from the bowels of Satan's bowels he may put on you will be on your head not mine!

 

John Michael Gagnon…Have a Strange Christmas Everyone…Johnny Red

 

Top 5 Origins of Halloween Traditions

It’s no secret that Halloween is my favorite time of year. Costumes, candy, parties, and all manner of responsibility and ethics thrown out the window. I love it. It’s also the one time of year that being considered insane is a good thing.

Seeing as Halloween is only a few days away, I figured this blog entry should shed light on some of the origins of our Halloween traditions.

*Warning* Johnny Red is in no way responsible for the damage done to your joyful perceptions of Halloween fun. 

 

5. Trick or Treating

Oh yes, to be young again. Wandering the neighborhood, breathing the crisp fall air, dressed up in our Halloween costumes for a night of fun and candy collecting. It was the best time of the year for being a kid. Trick or Treating hasn’t changed that much since it’s Celtic origin. I guess the only difference is trick or treating was originally called ”Souling”, and was originally a bit more…creepy.

During souling children would dress up in costumes, go door to door, beg for soul cakes, and when received would pray for the household’s dead relatives. I guess that could be fun?

In old Ireland children didn't show up to your door dressed like Power Rangers. They most likely looked like this. Then they would stand outside your door and pray for your dead Auntie. *shiver*

Now the actual term “trick or treat” didn’t surface until the 1920′s.

The earliest known use in print of the term “trick or treat” appears in 1927, from Blackie, Alberta, Canada: Hallowe’en provided an opportunity for real strenuous fun. No real damage was done except to the temper of some who had to hunt for wagon wheels, gates, wagons, barrels, etc., much of which decorated the front street. The youthful tormentors were at back door and front demanding edible plunder by the word “trick or treat” to which the inmates gladly responded and sent the robbers away rejoicing.

 

"Trick or Treat Mother Fuckers!!" Back in the day if you didn't cough up the candy then the "trick" was very real. Well I exaggerate.

We fast forward nearly a hundred years and trick or treating is now a national tradition. Capitalism has cashed in on it as well. Candy sales are the second highest during Halloween, second only to Christmas. Costumes are massed produced and sold in nearly every store. It’s become a cash cow for many corporations, and now the tables have been turned on the children who once upon a time took control of their neighborhoods and forced the adults to do their bidding.

Capitalism has also brought it’s own horrors to trick or treaters everywhere.

 

4. Haunted Houses, Apple Bobbing, Parties

Halloween is a great time to dress up, throw parties, purposefully scare the hell out of each other, and other things we wouldn’t do any other time of the year. But we do this as adults now. Wait a minute, wasn’t the tradition of Halloween centered around children? Are we, as adults, being selfish in turning Halloween into a more adult oriented holiday?

No we’re not because Halloween was originally a festival that adults took part in more than children. Yes, souling, or trick or treating is a children’s tradition, but that was only part of Halloween.

The first celebrations included “play parties,” public events held to celebrate the harvest, where neighbors would share stories of the dead, tell each other’s fortunes, dance, and sing. Colonial Halloween festivities also featured the telling of ghost stories and mischief-making of all kinds.

 

Adults: "We're taking back Halloween and restoring it's respect."

The  party game of apple bobbing was also done by adults as well. The origin of apple bobbing came from when single adults would gather around a bucket or tub of floating apples and try to be the first to grab an apple with their teeth. The belief was whoever managed to grab the first apple would be the next one to be married.

I win! Bahh! Marriage tastes like death!

Apple bobbing has lost it’s popularity in recent years as the idea of sticking your face into a tub of snot and spit filled water isn’t very appealing.

Many people also believed that during Halloween the veil to the next world was briefly lifted. People felt that during this time you might be able to glimpse the future. Women would use mirrors and ask that the image of their future spouse to appear in it.

Awww! Fuck Halloween, and fuck my life!!

Haunted houses and haunted hay rides have also risen in popularity and become traditions during Halloween. Haunted houses probably go far back as when people first believed that the departed spirits of the dead could return to familar grounds. Nowadays it’s probably explained through carbon monoxide leaks.

Nevertheless simulating a haunted house to scare the bejezus out of each other has caught on. In fact they are very profitable. Over twelve million people a year visit simulated haunted houses.

Haunted Houses: It's a shit your pants good time!

Now you would think that uptight religious folks would be outraged over our traditional Halloween practices. Well apparently they are. In fact one church wasn’t content in just preaching about the evils of the Halloween holiday, no they took it one step further and created their own haunted house.

A growing Halloween tradition among Evangelical Christians is to provide a type of horror tableau which promotes public awareness of conservative Christian concerns. In Arvida, CO, the Abundant Life Christian Center built a haunted house for Halloween 1997. It includes simulations of:

	a bloody abortion in progress,
	a ritual human sacrifice by a Satanic cult,
	a teen committing suicide,
	the funeral of a homosexual AIDS victim, and
	a live action scene of a date rape

A simulated date rape?! I'm telling you no haunted house can compare to the horrors you will face when entering this building.

 

3. The Jack ‘O Lantern

Pumpkin carving is standard Halloween tradition. But it wasn’t always so. In fact it wasn’t until modern times that pumpkins themselves were even used for carving. Yet again the tradition of carving vegatables goes back to old Ireland. But back then they didn’t use pumpkins. No, no, those would be too easy to carve out. They used turnips instead.

Every try even cutting a turnip? How about carving one out? A testament to Irish patience.

The tradition comes from the legend of Stingy Jack. The folktale says that a man named Jack who was the greediest man alive wouldn’t even go to hell with the devil when his number was up. Instead he tricked the devil to climb a tree, and while up there he carved a cross into the tree and the devil couldn’t get down.

The devil. What a putz!

The devil was so angry with Jack that he denied him entrance to hell. And since Jack wasn’t allowed in heaven either, he wanders the world with nothing but a carved out turnip lantern to keep him company.

Say what you will, but I think this is still better than going to hell.

Nowadays carving pumpkins has become almost an art form during Halloween. Every year we see more and more creative designs from the traditional Jack ‘O Lantern. For example:

The traditional witch design.

A video game player with time and skill on his hands.

The Predator in pumpkin form. Probably my favorite.

Let’s see…we also have this.

Good god!! Come on America, are you serious?! I think I'm gonna be sick!

Blaaaargh!!

 

 

2. Costumes

Ohhh my favorite part of Halloween. An excuse to dress up in horrifying costumes for a night of make believe. Well I suppose you could do that any night of the year, but Halloween is the only night you won’t gain an unwelcome reputation in doing so. Dressing in costumes has become a children’s tradition and sadly the horror elements seem to have faded.

Awwww cute!

Adorable!

The least threatening Pirate ever.

Awww isn't that cute--WTF??? Somebody call family services and remove that child from his home.

Originally Halloween costumes were suppose to imitate the dead, supernatural beings, and demonic creatures. Only dressing in a costume would keep you safe from the otherworldly hordes crossing the veil into our world looking to possess, and/or drag us back to the other side.

So traditional Celtic costumes looked more like this:

Imagine dozens of children roaming the streets wearing those things over their heads.

Yes, most of the fright is missing from costumes nowadays. But one costume has reigned supreme for decades and is still the number one selling costume of all time. The Witch!

So seeing as the Witch is the best selling Halloween costume I decided to do a little research on the origin of the Witch. And after doing that research I decided some things should just not be discovered. Hold on to your hats folks because here is the origin of the Witch and her broomstick.

They were old mad women who put hallucinogenic  oils on the end of their broomsticks and put them in their vaginas.

I’M SORRY! I’M SO SORRY!

"I'm sooooo tripping balls right now!"

Yes, according to the research that’s where the origin of the Witch and her broomstick comes from. In fact this was known as far back as 1470.

“But the vulgar believe, and the witches confess, that on certain days or nights they anoint a staff and ride on it to the appointed place or anoint themselves under the arms and in other hairy places.”

Well all I can say is thank God those days are over. Or are they??

I don't even have the words.

  1. Halloween Itself

Halloween itself originated in Old Ireland and was called Samhain. Much of what went on during the celebration of Samhain has already been covered in the previous entries. But there is one thing I want to make clear to everyone. They BELIEVED in all this stuff. We celebrate Halloween because we know it’s a fun and lighthearted time. But none of us today actually believe we have to dress up in costumes to ward off evil spirits. Well I’m guessing the majority of us do not believe that.

But imagine being a child in Old Ireland. You’re fast asleep, dreaming of…I don’t know…Old Ireland things, when all of a sudden your parents burst in your room!

"Quickly son! Cut some holes in this sack and put it over your head!"

You ask your parents why you have to do such a thing?  They reply, “Because demons, spirits, and our dead ancestors are coming through the veil…tonight!!”

“Jesus Christ on a stick father!! What are we going to do?!”

“Don’t worry son, if we imitate the monsters and our dead decaying relatives they may leave us alone! They may!”

“I’m scared father!”

“I’m scared too son! Now get your sister and go door to door and beg for cakes or bread to satisfy the dead! Also pray outside each house for the homeowners dead relatives as well!”

“What are you going to do father?!”

"The other adults and I are going to build a giant bonfire in town to attract the otherworldly hordes!"

“Father this sounds crazy!”

“Shut up son! Oh I almost forgot! The evil ones won’t be attracted to the bonfire if there is any other lit fire in town! Now put out that fire in the fireplace!”

“Father it’s fucking Autumn! It’s going to be freezing in here!”

“Son, trust the grown ups! We know what we are doing! Now where is that cow?”

“What in the hell are you talking about?!”

“We have to slaughter livestock and throw the bones in the bonfire! Clearly it’s what we have to do!”

"Run Bessie! Run!!"

“Alright forget the livestock! We’ll build another bonfire next to the first one and then each of us will walk between them to cleanse ourselves!”

“Father I am NOT walking through FIRE!”

“Son, it’s the only way!”

"See! It's working!"

“What do you mean it’s working? Those people are dead now Father!”

“Exactly! If they were evil spirits then the fire wouldn’t have harmed them!”

“I can’t even put into words how fucking retarded this is! Where did you hear all of this Father?! Who told you we had to do these things?!”

“Well the old woman in the hills did.”

“The one with the cauldron?”

“Yes!”

“The same one who cackles all night and walks around with that smelly broomstick?”

“Yes, the very one!”

…

“Fuck you guys, I’m going back to bed.”

And that my friends is the story of Halloween!

*Warning* Believing and repeating anything Johnny Red tells you can cause serious damage to your reputation. Johnny Red exaggerates and twists the truth for his own self-amusement.

 

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Don’t forget everyone who lives in the Northern Maine area that Johnny Red will be throwing his annual Halloween Costume Party this Saturday night! Party starts at 7 p.m. and Costumes are mandatory. If you show up without a costume then my hired muscle will gladly tune you up at the entrance, toss your broken body inside, and claim you came dressed as mugging victims.

Oh and since I promised Max and Dominic strippers, then here you go!

Zombie Strippers: Jerk off to that you lucky so and so's.

John Michael Gagnon…boo!…Johnny Red

Top 5 Ways to Make My Job Managing a Produce Department Easier

As many of you already know, I recently took a management position in the produce department of my local grocery store. Yep, goodbye are the days of being a mild mannered night manager. I have to admit I went head on into this new, well not really new since I used to manage a produce department, venture with confidence and a new zest for life.

That lasted about a week.

So here’s the third blog entry detailing the sufferings one goes through when working in a grocery store.

 

 

5. Why am I Awake and at Work Before the God Damn Sun is Up?!

 

So here’s how my typical day managing the produce department starts. First I am awakened by my alarm clock. My alarm clock has a very unique sound to it. I’ve spent many years trying to pin point exactly what it is and I think I’ve finally figured it out.

It sounds just like the Angelic shriek of a fallen Angel cast out of Heaven as it decends towards the Earth to conquer the worm. And if not exactly like that sound then it comes pretty damn close.

 

Pictured: My Alarm Clock

 

And do you want to know the worst part about it? I usually set my alarm clock to go off about an hour before I have to get up just so I can go back to bed for another hour. But that extra hour of sleep is restless because I know…I know it’s about to shriek it’s unholy cries again. And here’s another quirk about my alarm clock. If I’m lucky enough to wake up a minute or two before the alarm clock goes off and I manage to switch it off…IT STILL GOES OFF!!  And the only way to stop it is to actually hit it. I have to punch my alarm clock quiet almost every morning.

I suppose my mornings wouldn’t be too bad if it wasn’t for the fact that I’m an insomniac. Always have been, and always will be. Combine insomnia with having to get up and be at work for 5am and it’s a recipe for delirious fun. Half the time I’m lucky if I can even dress myself properly. There are many theories on why people have insomnia. I’m still not exactly sure why I have it.

 

That's certainly a possibility.

 

Scientists recently discovered that insomnia might be a genetic mutation. They claim that some people only need about four to six hours of sleep a night. Do you know what that makes me? The LAMEST X-man of all!

 

"Bwhahaha! You can't stop me, X-man! What are you going to do?!", "I'm gonna go take a four hour nap and hope this whole thing just blows over."

 

I guess when it comes down to it I still don’t understand why I have to be at work at 5am. I understand that I’m working with fruits and vegetables, but I’m not an actual fucking farmer. Let them get up early since they love it so much!

 

4. Please Understand that Certain Items are Only Available by Season

 

The following is an actual conversation I had with a random douchebag.

Random Douchebag: “Excuse me, but where are you cortland apples?”

Johnny Red: “I’m sorry sir but they are not in season yet.”

Random Douchebag: “No! They are in season! I know this for a fact!”

Johnny Red: “Well sir according to our supplier they are not.”

Random Douchebag: “I want cortalnd apples!”

Johnny Red: “Ooooooh! Well let me just go out back and harvest some from our God Damn apple orchard! Hey everyone! Have you seen my bushel basket?! Where’s my fucking bushel basket?!”

 

Ok the conversation didn’t go exactly like that, but you catch my drift.

 

 

Apple orchard, NOT the back of our grocery store.

 

 

Granted cortland apples may have just come into season, it doesn’t mean that they have been harvested, packaged, sent to our warehouse downstate, and then shipped to our store. We don’t have a teleporter device, let alone time manipulation technology at your family friendly grocery store.

 

Cortland apples you say? I'll just fire up the old produce portal.

 

Here are a few items that my produce department carries only briefly once a year. Cranberries in the fall, cherries in mid-summer, chef potatoes in the fall, fiddleheads in the spring, and my patience for a short time during the holidays.

 This entry also reminded me of how an elderly lady recently managed to hit both ends of the ignorant spectrum. She demanded that we get both cherries AND cranberries for her. It was fucking August! Cherries are early to mid summer, and cranberries are only available in the fall.

 

I said cherries AND cranberries!

 

 

3. I Didn’t Go to Produce College

 

 When you go to the hospital you understand that the doctor treating you has spent many years being educated in their field. When you hire a lawyer you know that they too have spent many years researching and studying their profession. When you go into a grocery store and stroll through the produce department DO NOT expect me to have a understanding on everything that grows on a fucking tree, or in the ground. The difference between myself and the doctor and lawyer I mentioned is that I didn’t have to take an exam to get hired.

Here’s an example. Star fruit. I don’t know how many times I’ve been asked how to cut, prepare and eat a star fruit.

 

"So exactly how are you supposed to eat this?", "I don't know, with your fucking mouth?"

 

When I look at a star fruit all I want to tell the customer is that from my vast knowledge of Super Mario Bros. games, I know that if you eat one you will become temporarily invincible. Now eat one and run into oncoming traffic.

You see every now and again people will get a wild hair up their ass and want to do or try something new. But rather than go skydiving, take up painting, or spin around a brass pole a few times, they wander into my produce department and decide eating exotic fruit is their answer.  Of course they come into the produce department with absolutely no knowledge of what to do with the items they are buying. Instead they expect me to have all the answers.

 

"Actually, I know exactly what you can do with this."

 

So time and time again I’m put in a position where I have to cater to the customer’s demands. I end up ordering all kinds of exotic fruits and vegetables to satisfy the wanton lusts of white middle-class curiosity. We order kumquats, rambutans, dragon fruits, and mangosteens. I supply passion fruit, jack fruit, ugli fruit, and lychee. Pomegranates, pomelos, cactus pears, and acai.

And that folks is an excerpt from my upcoming Dr. Suess book.

 

For children and adults of all ages.

 

BUT, every now and again I have to deal with a customer that is on the complete opposite side of this scenario. They can’t seem to grasp the concept of basic fruits or vegetables. Once a lady came into the store asking for frozen diced carrots because she wanted to make a chicken pot pie. Simple right? Wrong! We didn’t carry frozen diced carrots. But I’ll tell you what we did carry. EVERY OTHER TYPE OF CARROT KNOWN TO MAN! I showed her our frozen chopped carrots and baby carrots. Nope didn’t want them. I showed her our fresh carrots. Whole carrots, shredded carrots, diced carrots, baby carrots etc. Do you know what this women told me?

“Well I guess I can’t make my chicken pot pie.”

Do you know what’s great about a carrot? You can do whatever the fuck you want with it. You can actually DICE them too!

 

WARNING: When I said you can do whatever you want with a carrot, I was referring to food. Please do not play hide the carrot. It may result in harm to your physical health and your reputation.

 

2. I Don’t Want to be Associated With the Soy and Tofu Section

 

I just want to go on record as saying that although the soy, tofu, and veggie meat(?) section is in my produce department, I don’t want anything to do with it. I wash my hands of that abomination of a department. I don’t understand hippy, earthy people food. Frankly, it scares the living shit out of me. For example.

 

 

I don’t know what tofu is. All I know is that it’s a grey block of pliable material…and people eat it. It’s colorless, flavorless, and souless. The same goes for all those soy products. I know soy comes from soy nuts right? Then how the fuck do you make soy milk, let alone soy bathroom cleaner? It’s against God and Science.

Here’s another product we carry in our abomination section. It’s called Polenta. It comes vaccum sealed in a tube of terror.

 

I'm not lying. The label actually says you can serve it baked, fried, or as mush. Mush???

 

One last thing on this entry, as I want to move on as quickly as possible, but what gives the soy and tofu industry the right to copy our meat products? Hey hippies, you don’t want to eat meat that’s fine, but stop trying to make your piles of mush look and taste like meat. You made a choice in your lives and you should stick with it. Why would you want your food to emulate the very thing you are so against? I think Denis Leary said it best when he said, “Meat tastes like murder, and murder tastes pretty fucking good!” Is that what you really want trust fund hippies?

Oh and let’s not forget the most horrifying creation they have come up with yet. The Tofurky!!!

 

Go ahead and serve that plate to your World War II vet Grandfather during Thanksgiving. I laugh as he kicks your ass on your front lawn in front of your neighbors.

 

 

1. I Shouldn’t Have to Risk My Well Being and Life Itself Everyday

 

Didn’t expect this to top my top 5 did you? I mean how much danger could I possibly be in while managing and working in the produce department of a grocery store? Well I’ll start off small and then work my way up.

Do you know what an artichoke is?

 

Why would you put this in your mouth?

 

Artichoke leaves are sharp as fuck. Have you ever stuck your hand into a box of fresh artichokes? I bet you haven’t. Well I have and have the pin point scars to prove it. At least once a week I find myself swearing at a box of artichokes as each one I pull out of that box tears a bit more of my hand flesh away.

Handling artichokes is the equivalent of giving a cactus a hand job.

 

Touch it. You know you want to.

 

 

 Alright a few small jabs at my hands aren’t too bad. Well how about almost cutting my fingers off? Several times. When you walk by those nicely wrapped and packaged cut and sliced fruit in our produce section do you ever wonder who cuts that fruit up?  I do. Well most of the cut fruit. We do recieve some pre-cut fresh fruit, but the watermelons, honeydew, and cantaloupes are all cut fresh in our department. Do you have any idea how slick the skin of a honeydew is? Well just ask the fingers on my left hand.

 

Nerve impulses you fail me!

 

Still no sympathy huh? Well I’ll turn it up a notch.

Everyone loves bananas right? They have to be the most popular fruit on the planet. Do you know where all our bananas come from? If you said South America then give yourself a pat on the back, or a shot of hard alcohol, I don’t know what you do at home alone. 

 

Bananas. Yum a dum dum.

 

Hey do you know what else comes from South America? Giant God Damn tarantulas!

 

I don't think they have as much potassium as bananas.

 

That’s right folks! Every now and again a tarantula decides that a box of bananas is a great place to live. Although it is rare sometimes these furry devil creatures will hop a ride all the way to America stored away in our produce freight. Personally I haven’t seen one yet, but a co-worker of mine did find one in a box of bananas a few years back. Luckily for her the tarantula was dead. Or maybe it was lucky for the tarantula because she can be crabby in the morning.

I did find a small spider in the bananas once. I captured it in a plastic container. It then proceeded to spit a clear liquid, which I’m assuming was a venom, onto the inside of that plastic container. I threw it in the dumpster and went home to quietly cry myself to sleep.

WARNING: If you continue to read this blog entry you may never choose to step foot in the produce department again. This is a warning and I am not to be held responsible for what you are about to see and read. 

  

Mmmmm grapes!

 

Grapes are probably one of my favorite fruits. They are a good snack, good for you, and come in many tasty varieties. And they are also used to make wine for when you want to get shitfaced.

In fact grapes are probably the complete opposite of one of the things I don’t like so much. And that is to die a horrible painful death. Oh! Did you think the gut wrenching horror stopped with tarantulas?

 

Black Widow Spider: The Lizzie Borden of the spider community

 

At least twice a year we get a e-mail or fax from corporate warning that black widow spiders were found in the grape shipments. Really? Am I paid enough to risk my life for this job? I guess in this economy I am.

Here are some interesting tid bits from the corporate e-mail. They say that if we do see a black widow spider to immediately try and kill it. They don’t say to throw the bag of grapes to the ground and run away screaming like a school girl, which is what I would most likely do. No, they say to douse it with vinegar to kill it. What?? Apparently black widow spiders can only be killed this way. If you try to simply step on them their spider strength will throw you off balance and then they will feast on your life energies.

 

 

"I have you now puny human!"

 

  

Probably my favorite part of the black widow warning is that we are told to make sure we inspect every bag of grapes we put out. Yeah, I have to actually look for those horrible little fuckers. Also we are told if we are bit that another co-worker should try to search for said black widow spider because the medical professionals trying to keep your ass from an early grave could use it. 

I know the people I work with. And I think I know the result if I ever get bit by a black widow spider while at work.

 

 

 

Bonus Content

There’s a lot of down time in my job.

 

Hey hippies!! Look what I made out of MY food!

 

John Michael Gagnon…aka…Johnny Red

Top 5 Advantages/Disadvantages of Living in Northern Maine

Oh, to live in Maine. The crown jewel of the United States. I know, I know, Alaska is actually higher geopraphically speaking. But Alaska is sort of higher and to the back, sort of like a hump on someone’s back that has grown uncontrollably. Yeah, that’s what I’m saying.  Alaska is the hump of the United States.

Anyway, I was saying. Maine is known as Vacationland. Stephen King is from Maine and has done us the service of unleashing many tales of horrifying shit to associate with the State of Maine.

 

Yeah, take a good look at that the rest of the United States. We grew up with that shit.

 

Maine is also known for it’s lobstering industry.  This has provided countless hours of entertainment for bored Mainers. How, you ask?

 

Maine: The Home of Lobster Knife Fights

 

But there is more to Maine than Killer Clowns living in the sewers, and lobsters with knives. You see Maine is most well known from central Maine to southern Maine. With this blog entry I’m hoping to illuminate the rest of the country to the joys and sorrows of living in, what most Maine southerners call, “The Other Maine.” So, today I present to you:

 

 

 

5. Unique Food/Drink

 

Advantage: In Northern Maine, we know how to eat

 

The people in Northern Maine are known as hard working, which means we work up an appetite. After a long day of work most of us like to enjoy a hearty meal that we in Northern Maine can appreciate. Granted some, if not all, of these items originated in Canada, but we’ve adopted them as our own here in Northern Maine.

First we have the Poutine, also known as the french fry mix. Hmm? How to describe it. Well you see we take french fries, drown them in gravy, and then swing for the fences by topping it off with cheese.

 

I still believe the poutine was accidentally created in a kitchen where some hapless chef suffered a looney tune style accident. Poutines where the result.

 

Still hungry? Well next up with have Ployes. A ploye is like a pancake except they are made with buckwheat flour and are only cooked on one side.

 

Hmm? Ployes seem healthy and harmless enough. There has to be a catch?

 

Yes, there is a catch. Much like the traditional pancake the ploye must be drenched in any number of toppings and syrups in order to NOT feel like you are eating a plate of foam insulation. Maple syrup is a popular choice for parents who enjoy their children tap dancing on their roofs all hours of the day and night. Strawberries and whipped cream is ok too. But if you really want to challenge the Almighty Creator to send you into cardiac arrest, then you put a thick spreading of the following item across that ploye.

 

Let me introduce you to Cretons. That's a dish of spreadable pork. That's right, spreadable pork.

 

Only in Northern Maine would butter or syrup not be good enough. Cretons are very popular in Northern Maine. The sole existance of Cretons is to let the rest of the country know we don’t fuck around. Again, it’s spreadable pork!!

And after, or maybe during,  your meal you want to make sure you wash down that travesty on your plate with a good  drink. Coffee might be your choice. But then again perhaps a refreshing glass of milk. Not strong enough? Well a good Brandy is hard to beat. What’s that? Why not all three?

 

Allen's Coffee Brandy. Mainers consume more Allen's Coffee Brandy than any other state including Massachusetts, where it freaking made!

 

Drinking Allen’s Coffee Brandy straight isn’t bad enough. Here in Northern Maine we’ve decided the best way to polish off a half gallon of this Brandy is to add a gallon of milk. This drink combo has taken a life of it’s own as it has become known as, “The Liquid Leg Spreader”, “Liquid Panty Remover”, and my personal favorite:

 

Fat Ass in a Glass

 

 

Disadvantage: Our hearts may be ticking time bombs

 

In Northern Maine our arteries must be as clogged as the streets in Fort Kent during the annual Ploye Festival. Wait a minute? Those arteries look like red hot dogs. I forgot to mention red hot dogs on this list!

 

4. The Wild Life

 

Advantage: Beautiful Majestic Creatures

 

Oh yes, Northern Maine is host to many animals that we get to see on nearly a daily basis. Whether your taking an early morning walk and get to see a deer striding through an empty field, or perhaps your are fishing on a warm summer evening and are witness to a moose cooling itself off in a lake, the animal life is abundant here in Northern Maine.

Here are some examples.

 

The Bald Eagle can be seen in Northern Maine. Oh, and place your bets.

 

The Maine Black Bear. Don't high five him.

 

Deer are easy to spot in Northern Maine. Well for some of us anyway.

 

Coyotes are often seen. I see this very thing about three times a week in Northern Maine.

 

 

And probably most popular of all, the moose.

 

Did I mention that moose have a reputation for being, well, dumb.

 

Disadvantage: Beautiful Majestic Creatures…In the Road

 

Nothing extinguishes the serenity of driving through the beautiful scenery of Northern Maine quicker than the screeching of brakes as you try to avoid whichever mammal has decided it has the right of way on our Maine roads.  Moose collisions account for over 2,000 accidents in Maine. Deer are responsible for over 10,000 accidents.

 

Scatter!! It looks incredibly determined!

 

In fact the only time in my life that I’ve seen a Maine black bear was in the following situation.

 

Coming through! Nothing to see here folks!

 

3. Fishing

 

Advantage: There’s Nothing Quite as Relaxing as Fishing in Northern Maine

 

Everbody needs some sort of therapy in their lives.  And I don’t believe in actually visiting a therapist. Why? Because in all honesty I wouldn’t be able to take them seriously. I also don’t trust myself enough to not mess with their heads and reduce them to tears.

So my therapy for when I need to unwind, relax, or just get away from life’s problems is to go fishing.  Northern Maine is the perfect setting for whatever type of fishing you enjoy.

 

Fly Fishing: My favorite!

 

 

Regular bait or lure casting

 

 

Ice Fishing...which I don't do. The #2 entry on this top 5 will explain why.

 

And last but certainly not least:

 

Muskie Fishing. That's my friend since the 5th grade, Paul. When we caught our first Muskie, we had to go to shore and beat it to death with a stick.

 

And here's Paul from last Halloween. Sorry Paul, I couldn't resist.

 

Disadvantage: There’s Nothing Quite as Frustrating as Fishing in Northern Maine

 

Whether it’s the weather that turns shitty at the drop of a hat, you get your vehicle stuck in a mud hole, or perhaps those uppity fish just don’t want to bite, there are plenty of ways fishing in Northern Maine can be frustrating. Damn uppity Little Black Lake fish! Grrrr!

 

This is very common in fly fishing.

 

 

We call this a "birdsnest". Harry "fucking" Houdini couldn't figure this out.

 

 

Not the truck pictured, but a friend of mine's truck ended up this way while ice fishing.

 

 

Fish Rape: It can happen

 

#2 Winter in Northern Maine

 

NO, NO, NO! There is no advantage to winter in Northern Maine! In fact I added this entry just to have an outlet for my deep and utter hatred of winter.

 

 

If humans were meant to enjoy winter, our bodies wouldn’t have evolved nearly hairless. What is it about winter that people like? Is it the limited daylight? Perhaps the groin shriveling temperature? Maybe you enjoy spending your free time shoveling heaps of snow into your neighbors driveway?

 

Next time I'm asked to go outside and make a snowman, this is what I'm gonna do.

 

And don’t even get me started on the horrible road conditions winter brings. Living in Northern Maine means you have to own a four wheel drive vehicle merely to survive. Now couple the road conditions with  the Northern Maine wildlife frolicking in the roads as well, and we add even more collisions to our tragic tally.

In fact the only accident I’ve ever been in happened during winter.

 

That's right! I was hit head on by a fucking snow plow!

 

 

So really all I can say is, SCREW WINTER!  And for those of you enjoy winter, let the following picture haunt your dreams for all time.

 

Now jerk off to that, you lucky so and so's!

 

#1 Camping

Advantage: You’re Camping

 

Camping, like fishing, can be a relaxing escape from your world of stress, deadlines, bills, court dates, and perhaps work release programs.

Personally I enjoy camping simply for the fact that you get to turn off the cell phone, the television, the computer, and all other forms of technology we seem to depend on everyday. There’s just something about setting up a tent, making a campfire, and enjoying the outdoors with friends.

 

Oh! Bootlegging moonshine too. I forgot bootlegging.

 

So really there is nothing else to explain. A couple relaxing days of fishing, cooking food on a grill, telling stories around a campfire with friends is simple and fun. What could possibly go wrong?

 

Disadvantage: You’re Camping

 

If a camping trip goes as planned, you couldn’t ask for a more relaxing time. If a camping trip goes bad then you are in for an experience you may not soon forget, or physically heal from.

One factor is the unpredictable weather of Northern Maine. Believing a weekend forcast for Northern Maine is like believing a travelling gypsy psychic.

 

"I see a sunny weekend for your camping trip.", "You hear that kids?! Start loading up the SUV!"

 

4 hours later:

 

AwwwCrap! This is the fifth time I've been misled by a travelling gypsy psychic!

 

It’s also important to only plan your Northern Maine camping trips in the middle of the summer. Don’t try to outsmart the weather and plan an early summer or early fall camping trip in Northern Maine.

 

Damn you Winter! We meet again!

 

It’s also of vital importance that you are familiar with the area you are going to be camping. Never trust a friend, who knows a friend, who knows a friend, who knows the perfect spot to go camping. Because if you don’t find yourself getting lost in the back woods roads of Northern Maine, you may actually find the the unfortunate camping site.

 

See honey, it wasn't that hard to find. Let's set the food over--OH...MY...GOD!

 

Choosing the right people to go camping with can also be a chore. Going camping with a group of people who want nothing more to do than party all weekend can turn ugly fast. If your group of campers has decided to bring nothing but booze and fireworks, then prepare to ration out whatever food or water you have brought for yourself. These types always say they will just hunt or fish for their food. I think we have all been on the tragic/hungry end of this situation.

 

"No, no...six more hours of sleep...then I'll catch some...fishes."

 

You know what doesn’t go well together? A campfire and a bunch of intoxicated daredevils. I don’t think I’ve been to one bonfire, campfire, BBQ or anywhere an open flame is present where a drunk person doesn’t eventually burn themselves. It’s like moths to a flame.

 

"What?! Of course I can jump over that!"

 

So once again you have to witness the exploits of the guy who has been drinking nothing but “fat ass in a glass” for the majority of the day decide he’s Evel Knievel. This scenario  always ends with the jackass taking a digger forearm first into the campfire.

And for three summers in a row the camping trip ends with someone being airlifted to safety.

 

"This was *burp* fun guys. How about *barf* again next summer?"

 

Well that’s enough excitement for one day. I think I’ll just crawl into my comfy tent and try to forget all the horrible things that have happened on my camping trip. I don’t see how things could get any worse?

 

HOLY FUCK! I'M SO HIS DINNER!!

 

 

Bonus Content

 

Hey, remember that story about those guys who were camping out on the Allagash Waterway and claim they were abducted by aliens? I suppose that would be another disadvantage of camping.

Yeah…it sure would be.

 

You have got to be fucking shitting me!

 

Next Time on Monster Rebellion! Johnny Red and His Team of Scientists VS The Alien Invasion!!

 

John Michael Gagnon…aka…Johnny Red

 

Top 5 Ways The Future Will Be Amazing…Maybe

“Where’s my flying car? Where is my freaking flying car?!” Isn’t that the age old question? Well, maybe not the age old question, but definitely since the last half of the last century. You see when Science Fiction became so popular around the world, people started asking this question. Another question was, “Where’s my Jetpack?” In fact a book was even written about it, and other technological marvels that we haven’t yet acquired.

 

Perhaps I should have read it before I began writing this blog. Oh well.

 

Other promises made were teleportation, living on the moon or other planets, robotic servants…wait a minute. Promises? I don’t think we were really ever promised anything were we? I think we as a species love to fantasize or speculate on how our world would be better if these technologies were available. But if you think of it more deeply it seems last century’s generation really just wanted to be a bunch of lazy fucks. Jetpacks so you don’t have to walk anywhere. Teleportation devices so you REALLY don’t have to walk anywhere. Robotic servants to do your cleaning and work.

 

Why didn't the older generations get any of the cool shit? Because they were too lazy to create them.

 

But we’re not talking about your grandparent’s past and their future disappointments! We’re talking about our present generation and our future possibilities. Granted we still haven’t succeeded in the past’s future technologies. This list isn’t about the past hopes, but our present achievments that can make our future. And I think I may have just created a time/space paradox within this paragraph.

Today I bring to you the top 5 ways the future will be amazing…maybe.

 

5.  Free Energy

Now when I’m talking about free energy, I’m not speaking of solar or wind power. We already have those up and running at fairly good success. I’m talking about energy that comes from virtually nowhere. The best example is the idea of a perpetual motion machine that can create more energy than is consumed to run the machine.  I know what you’re saying. Perpetual motion machines violate the laws of conservation of energy, and also the second law of thermodynamics. That is what you were saying, right? But imagine if it was possible! Well Irish IT company Steorn has claimed  just that.

 

Sean McCarthy, CEO of Steorn with what he claims to be a perpetual motion machine.

 

Steorn claims that the machine uses magnets to harness the natural energy of the earth to create an energy output greater than the energy used. That sounds about right. Oh, but  there is a problem. Under independent tests the machine just flat out doesn’t work. Steorn claim the machine can work, but have yet to patent the device. Sounds fishy to me. BUT I am not against the theory of magnets being used to harness the planets natural electromagnetic field to help with work output. In fact:

There is No Such Thing as Fiction: The Mystery of Coral Castle

What confuses me is that Steorn, an Irish company, doesn’t realize that the Irish themselves are perpetual motion machines!

 

Being Irish myself, I can attest to the fact that the amount of work output by any one of us shouldn't be possible.

 

So maybe we are too far away from actually creating free energy. Perhaps it’s not even possible.  Although I’m sure there was once a time when somebody said, “One day we will fly through the sky in a giant metal bird, that will carry hundreds of us across the sea!”, before they were promptly labotomized and left to rot in a cell.

 

4. Bionic Upgrades

Now we’re getting into the good stuff! Have you ever thought how cool it would be to take pictures with your own eyes? Not only pictures but perhaps be able to record your entire life as you see it and later download it onto your computer? You haven’t? Well I have! That sounds like some crazy science fiction shit, but you know what? IT’S ALREADY HERE! Well it is for this guy.

 

Rob Spence with led eye, NOT the Terminator.

 

Maybe I’m getting a little ahead of myself here. What Spence and his team have done was manage to fit an electronic device, complete with power source, into his eye socket as a replacement to the prosthetic eye he has used since childhood. Their next step is to create a prosthetic eye complete with a wireless video camera to document his life from his point of view. This next step seems almost certain.

But why stop there? What about people who are blind? Could bionic eye technology help them regain their sight? It already has.

A man who has been blind for 30 years has taken part in an experimental procedure at a London hospital to artificially restore his vision–with a bionic eye. Ron, who has not revealed his surname, says he is now able to see the difference between white, grey and black socks, and follow white road markings.

 

Ok, now follow me on this. If a bionic eye can replace your original eyes by feeding a signal directly to your brain, then where would it end? Imagine if you could zoom in your own vision, or display data from your point of view, maybe even use infared or a night vision lens? You would literally be a cyborg!

 

Hahaha! There's no hiding from me now!

 

I salut those daring enough to take the next step in either sight restoration, or having vision, no pun intended, enough to make due with their unfortunate situation. It’s inspiring enough to make me want to grab a fork out of the utensils drawer and go to town. But unfortunately my broke ass can’t afford health insurance, or a prosthetic eye, let alone a bionic one. I’d end up like this guy.

 

Yarrrrrrrrn!!!

 

3. At Home Bio-Hacking

 

Yes, that literally is what it sounds like. Amature scientists have been popping up all over the country and have begun performing their own bio experiments, without the restraint of government, without regard to the so-called ethical code, and mostly without a degree in education. I’m all for it.

Another name for biohacking is DIYBio, which means do it yourself bio engineering, duh. The amature bio-engineers claim to be doing this as a way to discover cures for diseases, like cancer, that they feel the government is purposely preventing from surfacing. Of course I tend to believe this as well since there is immense profit for pharmaceutical companies, as well as health insurance companies, as well as doctors, as well as scientists, as well as pretty much anyone making money off our illnesses.

 

See, they don't even try to hide it anymore.

 

Now we’re not talking about those cheesy at home chemistry sets we had as a kid. We’re talking full blown biological experimentation, or genetic manipulation done from your own basement or garage. Here’s a description:

This open, free synthetic biology kit contains all sorts of information from across the web on how to do it: how to extract and amplify DNA, cloning techniques, making DNA by what’s known as oligonucleotides, and all sorts of other tutorials and documents on techniques in genetic engineering, tissue engineering, synbio (synthetic biology), stem cell research, SCNT, evolutionary engineering, bioinformatics, etc.

 

Soooo, we may have in our possesion the possibility, I’ve researched it, the ability to reboot our own skin cells to become stem cells and literally grow new organs to replace ones we currently have. They would also be completely compatible. We can, with enough dedication and patience, grow replacement organs at home, throw them in a cooler with ice, bring them to the hospital and have them replaced. Sort of like going to a mechanic. I wonder who would be against this?

Oh yeah, Fox News jumped all over this.

 

 

Well Fox News, I’ve already downloaded my own DIYBio kit. If you want to label me a bioterrorist, then trust me in that I will bring it to your doorstep.

 

Ah ha! Never underestimate my loyal army of giant Lions!

 

 

2. Finally Unlocking the Secrets of Space

 

Yeah, that’s a lot to cover in one entry of a Top 5 blog post. Luckily I have my friend here to help me. Let me introduce you to The Large Hadron Collider.

 

It's like a giant metal spider of potential cataclysm

 

You may of heard of the Large Hadron Collider in the news the last year or so. The reason? Well the purpose of this machine, 17 miles in diameter to be specific, is to attempt to recreate the Big Bang. Not just once mind you, but several thousand times, AT ONCE! What the scientists and engineers who built this machine want to do is try to discover the hypothesized Higgs Boson which is the last unobserved particle predicted by the Standard Model. So to do that they will try to recreate another hypothesized event in the the Big Bang.

 

The Big Bang Theory: In the beginning there was nothing...and then it exploded.

 

Everyone who reads my blog understands that I love scientific discovery. I believe that truth is most definitely stranger than fiction, but what we have here is tad disturbing. Well I shouldn’t worry because these people obviously know what they are doing right?

“We don’t know what’s going to happen.”

Actual quote from Abraham Seiden, Professor of Physics, and potential doom bringer working on the Large Hadron Collider. Now don’t write me off as some paranoid nutcase, after all I’m not the one with literally the entire world, and possibly the Universe in my hands. Because the truth is they don’t know. I like the potential data that can be attained if there is ever a succesful run. But you see it seems the Large Hadron Collider always breaks down. It’s currently being worked on and should be up and functioning for another test run this September.

 

How many times can you attempt to divide by zero, before you actually do it?

 

 

1. A Complete and Utter Dystopia

 

Surprised? Well you shouldn’t be. It’s getting late and Johnny Red is beginning to stir. Behold the future I hope comes about!

 

Ooooh! Think of the fun we could have!!

 

Really, seriously think about it, why would anyone want to live in a Utopia? A perfect world, a sterile, clean, life of mediocrity? Screw that noise! I want excitement and danger at my every turn. I want to KNOW that I could die in any number of ways at any given second!

I want Gas Masks to be all the rage!

 

I want that! I want to have to wear that!

 

I want robot uprisings!

 

 

And I'm just on my way to work!!

 

I want to fight off radioactive mutant sewer dwellers!

 

This C.H.U.D.'s for you!!

 

I want to race through the post-apocalyptic wastelands in the Last of the V8 Interceptors as I battle for a tank of juice!

 

Oh no! That latently homo-erotic biker is on my ass!

 

I want to fight for survival in the Zombie Apocalypse! This time for real!

 

Hopefully that's not me in that outfit. But you can't ever know in a Dystopian Future.

 

That’s right. I want all of that!  And with all the possible Dystopian futures I’ve seen in the movies, read in books, and played in video games, I’m guessing one of them is bound to happen!

 

Bonus Content:

One result Scientists are hoping to discover with the Large Hadron Collider, is if parallel universes actually exist, and if String Theory is real. Soooo, they may actually open up gateways to other dimensions, huh? Then anything could come through!

 

Cthulhu! We meet again! You...son...of...a...bitch!

 

 

John Michael Gagnon…Johnny Red!!!