Undertaking The Bar

I’m on top of the world! I am it’s King!
Nothing can hold me back, can’t be reeled in
I’ve got everything yet I’ve got nothing
Regret and shame creep under my skin

Peace turns to conflict then conflict to war
Serenity turns to utter calamity
Fixing my eyes upon a single star
I slowly take the poison into me

The blackness, the darkness— I’ve no memory
of what sent me spiraling down the hole
Again the shame of my sin tortures me
I pour another drink into my soul

I try hard to keep ‘the real world’ at bay
Into black wings of sleep I long to lay

obitoftheday: Obit of the Day: “Paul Bearer” In February 1991, The Undertaker, a professional wrestler who was rumored to be one of the undead, got a new manager. “Paul Bearer” was a pale-faced, cackling, urn-holding sidekick in what was one of the creepiest acts in the WWE for over 20 years. Paul Bearer, who would also “manage” wrestlers Kane and Mankind, was one of the more popular characters in professional wrestling. He even had his own talk show, “The Funeral Parlor,” where he’d interview various WWE guests - sometimes locking them in a coffin.  In real life, Paul Bearer was William Moody, a U.S. Air Force veteran from Alabama. Earlier in his career  Mr. Moody portrayed a different manager, “Percival “Percy” Pringle III” a blond southern gentleman. When he joined the WWE (then known as WWF) he took on the zombie-like guise of Paul Bearer. Random awesome fact: Mr. Moody was actually a licensed funeral director and embalmer. William Mood, aka “Paul Bearer,” died on March 5, 2013 at the age of 58. He last WWE performance was in 2012. Sources: NPR (yes, NPR), The Detroit Free Press, and Wikipedia (Image of Paul Bearer and The Undertaker is courtesy of maniacjoe.com)

obitoftheday:

Obit of the Day: “Paul Bearer”

In February 1991, The Undertaker, a professional wrestler who was rumored to be one of the undead, got a new manager. “Paul Bearer” was a pale-faced, cackling, urn-holding sidekick in what was one of the creepiest acts in the WWE for over 20 years.

Paul Bearer, who would also “manage” wrestlers Kane and Mankind, was one of the more popular characters in professional wrestling. He even had his own talk show, “The Funeral Parlor,” where he’d interview various WWE guests - sometimes locking them in a coffin. 

In real life, Paul Bearer was William Moody, a U.S. Air Force veteran from Alabama. Earlier in his career  Mr. Moody portrayed a different manager, “Percival “Percy” Pringle III” a blond southern gentleman. When he joined the WWE (then known as WWF) he took on the zombie-like guise of Paul Bearer.

Random awesome fact: Mr. Moody was actually a licensed funeral director and embalmer.

William Mood, aka “Paul Bearer,” died on March 5, 2013 at the age of 58. He last WWE performance was in 2012.

Sources: NPR (yes, NPR), The Detroit Free Press, and Wikipedia

(Image of Paul Bearer and The Undertaker is courtesy of maniacjoe.com)

obitoftheday: Obit of the Day: Fallout Man In 1961 the threat of nuclear war was real. So real, in fact, that President John F. Kennedy made it an administration priority to build fallout shelters so that every U.S. citizen would have a place to survive the inevitable blast and the radioactive fallout that would result. He appointed Steuart Pittman, the assistant secretary of defense of civil defense, to implement the program. Mr. Pittman took to role with vigor. Unfortunately he did not meet with the same level of enthusiasm that he had.  It would cost $6 billion dollars to fully implement the fallout shelter program. Both Congress and local governments, who would share the costs, balked at the price tag. Even more disappointing to Mr. Pittman was the fact that most individuals were so depressed by the idea of living in a post-apocalyptic wasteland that they would rather die in the nuclear blast. Steuart Pittman would resign three years after he took the job. Following his resignation he decided to build a shelter of his own with his wife: “We started it, anyway. But after half a day’s digging we gave it up.”  Note: There are estimates that families built approximately 200,000 shelters by 1965. And thousands of schools, hospitals, and other large buildings were designated as shelters for public use.  He died on February 10, 2013 at the age of 93. Source: Full NY Times obituary (Image of a fallout shelter designed by Mr. Pittman’s Office of Civil Defense in 1961. For $280 you could built it yourself. From Popular Mechanics via Invisiblethemepark.com) Interesting how many previously designated shelters have their signs down and probably not equipped with proper air, food and water.

obitoftheday:

Obit of the Day: Fallout Man

In 1961 the threat of nuclear war was real. So real, in fact, that President John F. Kennedy made it an administration priority to build fallout shelters so that every U.S. citizen would have a place to survive the inevitable blast and the radioactive fallout that would result.

He appointed Steuart Pittman, the assistant secretary of defense of civil defense, to implement the program. Mr. Pittman took to role with vigor. Unfortunately he did not meet with the same level of enthusiasm that he had. 

It would cost $6 billion dollars to fully implement the fallout shelter program. Both Congress and local governments, who would share the costs, balked at the price tag. Even more disappointing to Mr. Pittman was the fact that most individuals were so depressed by the idea of living in a post-apocalyptic wasteland that they would rather die in the nuclear blast.

Steuart Pittman would resign three years after he took the job. Following his resignation he decided to build a shelter of his own with his wife: “We started it, anyway. But after half a day’s digging we gave it up.” 

Note: There are estimates that families built approximately 200,000 shelters by 1965. And thousands of schools, hospitals, and other large buildings were designated as shelters for public use. 

He died on February 10, 2013 at the age of 93.

Source: Full NY Times obituary

(Image of a fallout shelter designed by Mr. Pittman’s Office of Civil Defense in 1961. For $280 you could built it yourself. From Popular Mechanics via Invisiblethemepark.com)

Interesting how many previously designated shelters have their signs down and probably not equipped with proper air, food and water.

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COOL TAX BRO: This gif came with every American’s paycheck today.

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I’ve always heard this is what happens when you do the pot. Now we have gif confirmation. Spread this on Facebook.

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writingprompts: #676   If you’re going to make New Year’s resolutions (something I’m honestly not that into), you should probably do it like Ben Franklin did.

writingprompts:

#676  

If you’re going to make New Year’s resolutions (something I’m honestly not that into), you should probably do it like Ben Franklin did.