now this is funny. sign of the times?

i recall a couple of years ago when various non-profits were displaying their wares and services during a kind of open house. the red cross was present, and that booth was operated by a kindly older woman who was giving me some pamphlets on how to cope and survive all manners of disasters, such as flooding and so on. i asked, half tongue-in-cheek, if the red cross had any contingency plans for nuclear war. she said, no, but there was one once years ago, and maybe she could find that pamphlet if i wanted to follow-up.

she did tell me, i think, that the red cross had scenarios for coping with terrorist acts, such as bombs, chemical and biological attacks.

i then asked the lady if the red cross had a contingency plan for the dead rising from their graves and attacking and eating the living. she gave me this look that told me i should now piss off.

well? the boy scouts motto is be prepared. one must think of all and any scenarios.

furthermore, we are less than a month away from the mark of the beast, you recall, 666. as in june 6, 2006. the end of the world? it is if you go on that day, which is the opening of the omen, a remake of the 1976 flick starring gregory peck about a little boy who is the incarnation of ol' scratch himself. demonic possession, to this catholic boy, scared, and still scares, the shit out of me. i remember watching the exorcist as a lad, and shitting my pants in sheer terror. but the peck vehicle had only mild chills, and was mostly boring. make it creepy, and they will come. remake a boring horror movie, and then try to tie it in with the oddness of the date 6/6/06, well, that, i'll tell you might be the end of our days. better yet, perhaps i can talk my good friend b. into watching it at the drive-ins. that way we can party like it's 1999, drink many few beers and shoot the shit while the child damian onscreen curses us all.