MooPig Prophecy Department :: "Dr Who Predicts another Development"

Cruising Hotels, Bedrooms in the Sky
Mixed martial articles by Pat Darnell  |  June 6, 2014  |  Bryan TX

[Picture LINK] "...This time around the mammoth cruise ship struck fire and not ice and the passengers are a sordid bunch including robotic golden angels armed with killer boomerang-like-halos, and a dwarf named Bannakaffalatta – a cyborg Zocci who strangely resembles Darth Maul (December 21, 2011. By Ricky da Conceição) ..."


Amazing Helicopter Hotel Open Up in UAE...! | Just Another Blog:

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Another Doctor Who image of the future has come to be in the United Arab Emirates. This day three years ago, First Helicopter Hotel in the world, [was] inaugurated in UAE. First trip was take off Dubai Airport on June 6, 2011. ( June 11, 2011. LINK)

[Picture LINK] Hotelicopter


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http://watsyourblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/amazing-helicopter-hotel-open-up-in-uae.html
http://www.soundonsight.org/25-days-of-christmas-doctor-who-voyage-of-the-damned/

MooPig's "I Feel a Limerick Coming on" Department :: "Rugby, Warwickshire, England"

It Takes Leather Balls, and a Little Bit of Dementia, to Play Rugby
Retrieved by Pat Darnell  |  Mar 30, 2014  |  Bryan TX

[Picture Credit] St Andrew's Church, in the town center, is Rugby's original parish church. A church has stood on the site since the 13th century.

Rugby, Warwickshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Rugby is most famous for the invention of rugby football, which is played throughout the world. The invention of the game is credited to William Webb Ellis whilst breaking the existing rules of a football match played in 1823 at Rugby School, which is near the center of Rugby."

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It's a shame that I cannot justify paying cable TV so I can watch Rugby. There is one sport channel for Rugby, but I would have to subscribe. Watching online is expensive too. It takes a bunch of Gigabytes to stream anything these days. I only have 5 Gb's a month on my computer here at work for $59.99, that is about one Gb per week.

Young athletes see themselves as invincible and indestructible. The pursuit of short-term athletic glory overshadows the specter of long-term disability, especially when the symptoms of C.T.E. may be delayed by decades. No one knows certain how much head trauma is needed for Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, C.T.E., to develop. But for some of us who are candidates for C.T.E., it would explain some of those rugby songs we used to sing:

Rang a Dang Doo

[Starts with The Chorus:]

A Rang A Dang Doo
Pray, what is that?
Its got fur all around
Like a pussy cat
Its oval shaped
And its split in two
And that’s what we call
A rang a dang doo


I knew a girl,
Whose name was Jeane
She was the sweetest girl
I’d ever seen
She loved a boy
Who was straight and true
He longed to play
On her Rang a Dang Doo

[Chorus]

She took him to
Her father’s house
They crept upstairs
Quiet as a mouse
They locked the doors
And the window too
They played all night
On her rang a dang doo

The very next day
Her father said
You've gone and lost,
Your maiden head
So pack your bags
And your suitcase too
And bugger off, with your rang a dang doo

So she went off to be a whore,
And hung this sign above her door:
"One dollar each and three for two
To take a crack at her rang a dang doo."

[Chorus]

They came by twos, they came by fours,
Until at last they came in scores,
But she was glad when they were through
For she still had her rang a dang doo.

Then Mary’s came
And Mary’s went,
Her price dropped down
To 50 cents
She got the crabs
And the herpes too
That was the end of her rang a dang doo

And now she lies beneath the sod;
Her soul, they say, is gone to God,
But down in Hell, when Satan's blue,
He takes a whirl at her rang a dang doo.

As you can see I am partial to anthologies. My last comfort and longest friend in travel companionship is my battered and well fingered "why was He Born so Beautiful, and other Rugby Songs," Prefaced by Michael Green. My weathered 1972 copy has been with me, just like my F2 Nikkormat, all over the world.

"Editorial Note: For more specialized insights into the social psychology of these songs, and to the fans who evidently take pleasure from singing them, a recent article by the eminent psychiatrist Dr. Stafford Clark is recommended."

CONCLUSION
I played football through high school. I went to a small private university, that had a football team, but I wanted to try something new. In college I took up Rugby.

I soon learned how to fake an injury for the team. Yes, sometimes the team is gasping for air, and barely able to scrum up, so the captain quietly whispers "Two Minutes Darnell" ... and I would feign an injury so the team could get a two minute blow. Sometimes, I didn't need to fake an injury, as some long legged Fly Half would run right over me, or a rabid Hooker who had it in for me.

You see, Rugby goes forward as the clock runs, there is no break between plays, and if you stop with the ball or fall down with it, you are the epicenter of a loose ruck. Plenty of opportunity to fake your own injury.

That's MooPig's Report from the Middle, where the men are meritorious, women are strong, and the children are above average. Thank you, Garrison Keillor.

Having taken part in two of the sports on the list, American Football and Rugby, I remember having my bell rung many times in practice and in games. It got to be a game in itself to see how fast I could recover in order to get back in the game. I played lineman, Guard, in the pit where head and shoulder strikes are the name of the game.

I plan to donate my brain to the institution that could slice it up and study it after I am gone. I think it will help many in their struggles with mid-life dementia.


__________________Reference
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby,_Warwickshire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy
http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2014/02/moopig-brain-industries-stroke-and.html
http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2014/01/moopig-calendar-department-womens-rugby.html
http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2008/11/books-special-friends-by-pat-darnell.html
http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2013/12/moopig-wisdom-2013.html
http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2013/03/moopig-brain-industry-cognitive.html
http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2013/01/moopig-report-from-middle-fake-your-own.html
http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2011/09/all-blacks-rugby-moopig-is-fan-rugby.html
http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2011/09/maori-warriors-perform-traditional-haka.html
http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2011/07/all-blacks-rugby-moopig-is-fan.html
http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2010/09/heres-how-we-spin-delhi-commonwealth.html
http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2010/07/all-blacks-rugby-moopig-is-fan.html
http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2009/12/burqa-paradice-reprint-from-moopig.html
http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2009/11/looking-back-is-cricket-peter-may-1955.html
http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2008/04/recall-this.html
http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2008/04/badasstronomy-lovebird-galaxies-do-not.html
http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2008/07/moopigs-sure-fire-solution-for-writers.html
http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2008/08/olympic-gold-melee-prime-basketball.html
http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2008/10/loose-ruck-on-asphalt-looks-like-fun-as.html
http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2009/05/found-wmds.html

MooPig 'Stuff No One Wants to Hear About' Department :: "Tell us the Truth, MothaFukkers"

Old-Age Stuff, OAS, #100
Mashed Articles by Pat Darnell  |  Feb 1, 2014  |  Bryan TX

[Picture LINK]

"Don't eat anything your grandmother wouldn't recognize as food, eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, and lean protein, he [Dr. Dwight Lundell] recommends. (DAILY MAIL REPORTER. 29 January 2014. LINK)"

Many comebacks have roots in rags to riches, fat to thin, thin to fat, broken to healed ... MooPig editors know that you, dear reader, don't want to hear all that much about Old-Age Stuff. Because we all know there is no rebound from old-age to youthfulness as yet.

Our handy Pocket Reference on Old-Age tells us that older humans are "mostly harmless." Attrition has made its claim and that is the Crux of that Bizkit.

Possibly the most difficult thing to confess is that each of us find later in life that most, if not all of our lives' have been a fraud. Unless one makes things with his own hands, and makes a living doing those things, then most of his life is otherwise moot.

That brings us to Doctors. Apparently no one is looking out for the general good health of humans. Sure, there must be some altruistic good Samaritans in the world who are also in a position of authority, but modern Internet transparency shows that most authorities are just swank morons, holding onto their power with everything that is foul and immoral. We just really need some mothafukkers to step aside and quit gumming up our bidness.

At the referenced article:

• Dr. Dwight Lundell has dished the dirt on 'what really causes heart disease' - processed foods
• He admits prescribing cholesterol-lowering medications, and a low-fat, high-simple carbohydrate diet for two-and-a-half decades was misguided
• 'These recommendations are no longer scientifically or morally defensible,' he writes in an essay that has ignited the Internet
• He claims these foods actively destroy the walls of our blood vessels by causing chronic inflammation, which in turn causes heart disease
• The cardiac surgeon recommends only eating foods your grandmother, or great-grandmother, would recognize (DAILY MAIL REPORTER. 29 January 2014. LINK)

Heart surgeon confesses that processed food is slowly killing everyone and natural food is the answer | Mail Online: "Dr. Dwight Lundell has dished the dirt on 'what really causes heart disease' and he admits prescribing cholesterol-lowering medications, and a low-fat, high-simple carbohydrate diet for two-and-a-half decades was misguided. 'These recommendations are no longer scientifically or morally defensible,' he writes in an essay, that has been posted on some 250,000 Facebook pages since it appeared on a website called Tuned Body in December."

"The discovery a few years ago that inflammation in the artery wall is the real cause of heart disease is slowly leading to a paradigm shift in how heart disease and other chronic ailments will be treated. (Dr. Dwight Lundell. Dec 8, 2013. LINK)

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CONCLUSION
It is difficult to write a short-short essay on most topics concerning health and old-age. Each life is a mosaic of patterns and works that cannot be compartmentalized in a "blog post." But we try, and it usually comes with a cost: "Too Much Information," TMI.

We enjoy this article by Dr. Dwight Lundell, because of his clever way of describing the work of our human circulatory systems. In the comments of his article many dissenters harp on about how this article is not foot-noted, and it is missing publication evidence for his claims.

We don't let stuff like that stop us from being curious. We find Dr. Dwight Lundell to be humble and ahead of the curve of authoritarians of the day. So there. His health warnings might after all send us MooPigsters on a very different path, and our notice of a diet paradigm shift will improve our lives, and our quality of old-age-life will improve.

In all honesty, this is the best we at MooPig Wisdom can do concerning health and living, because to delve further would require finding primary research resources that are hidden behind pay-walls. Then we would have to solicit someone with advanced degrees to decipher those documents. Our operation is low budget, really no budget. We hope you dear reader have some input for us.

Dr. Dwight Lundell, it seems to me, has a valid point of view in that he has been cutting into human bodies and finding corroded arteries for 25 years [two and half decades]. That tells me more than a indecipherable medical paper that is hidden behind paywalls, and would take advanced degrees to read. Hands on, up in your face, advice is important.

Yes, there are skinny fat people and fat skinny people but there are few old fat people. I think I will take his "colloquial" advice to heart.


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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2548066/Heart-surgeon-confesses-processed-food-slowly-killing-natural-food-answer.html
http://www.tunedbody.com/heart-surgeon-declares-really-causes-heart-illness/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2547944/Are-YOU-hooked-caffeine-Experts-warn-against-growing-dependence-tea-coffee-Coke.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2547543/Multiple-sclerosis-triggered-FOOD.html

MooPig Cage Match :: Matt Smith vs Pauley Perrette

WHO meets NCIS
Retrieved by Pat Darnell   |  Dec 30, 2012  |  Bryan TX

Matt Smith

-- vs-

Pauley Perrette

Pauley Perrette | Risenmagazine.com: "  Despite her Goth-babe character on the mega-hit NCIS, Pauley is not attracted to a place like this because of morbid Hollywood lore. No, she digs it because the bungalows are dog-friendly—complete with little doggie snack bags for the canine visitors.     She’s red-hot passionate about animal rescue.

Several years ago, she read a story about a puppy-breeding ranch that was abusing dogs. When the authorities moved in, it was suggested that the dogs be euthanize  Animal rescuers tried to find good homes for the abused pups. Pauley got on the organization’s website and read about their efforts, and ended up having a dream about a white-faced dog named Joker. That next weekend, she was volunteering for the cause."

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Matt Smith on Graham Norton
There are some big names appearing on the Christmas episode of The Graham Norton Show. Hollywood legend Dustin Hoffman will be joined by the comedian's comedian Billy Connolly and fellow comic Jennifer Saunders. But for Doctor Who fans, Matt Smith will be the one to watch (and listen carefully to). Smith will take to the sofa on Friday 21 December to discuss Doctor Who Christmas Special The Snowmen, which airs four days later on BBC1. Will he reveal any new details about the episode? Quite possibly not. Will he help ramp up the excitement? Definitely.

Matt Smith heads to Hollywood
HE’S best known for travelling through time as Doctor Who, but actor Matt Smith is planning a new journey – to Hollywood.

Matt, the current eleventh incarnation of the Time Lord who is adored by the sci-fi show’s millions of fans, has revealed he is hoping to make his mark in the movies.

“I’m going over to Los Angeles this week to dip my head in the pond,” Matt reveals. “I am going to be having loads of meetings with film people and that sort of stuff.

“I have a lot of ambitions. I would like one day to direct and I just want to keep doing quality work. LA is kinda groovy – I really like it out there.”

Matt, 28, will discuss potential scripts and audition for roles which could make him a global star.

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http://test.risenmagazine.com/category/film/pauley-perrette
http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/doctor-who-goes-to-hollywood---132605
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-11-26/matt-smith-to-discuss-doctor-who-christmas-special-on-the-graham-norton-show
http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/ncis/images/30868886/title/pauley-perrette-2012-cbs-upfront-new-york-05-16-12-photo
http://www.mrpaparazzi.com/post.aspx?postID=17112
http://www.aceshowbiz.com/events/Matt%20Smith/matt-smith-2012-arqiva-british-academy-television-awards-winners-board-03.html

MooPig TV Series Reviews, Intergalactic TV Watch Department: "Dr Who News"

Go Ahead, Ask the Question: Doctor Who?
Retrieved by Pat Darnell | Dec 7, 2012  |  Bryan TX

Dr Who Enemies: "Who done it?"

"Of course they didn't do that in my days, and I don't want to be a reactionary old fart about that but in my days, it never occurred to me to try and kiss a girl," he said. (the telegraph, dec 7, 2012. LINK)

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There have been rumours that show bosses are planning a special edition reuniting all the surviving actors who have played the Time Lord, but the 75-year-old said he had not yet been approached about the idea.

Baker, who appeared in nearly 200 episodes of the cult show in the 1970s and 80s, said he was "amazed" at all the kissing done by the last Doctor, David Tennant, and thought the show's special effects were losing some of their impact, he added.

"I think it is quite difficult now to surprise an audience with special effects," he said, "you may please an audience, but visually you can't actually amaze an audience can you?

"In a sense you just watch them trying, but if people can appear and disappear and walk through walls and disappear and then carry on fencing or kissing girls, that amazes me."

Baker said his approach to the Doctor was to treat him as an alien, and this did not fit with Tennant's flirty approach.

"Of course they didn't do that in my days, and I don't want to be a reactionary old fart about that but in my days, it never occurred to me to try and kiss a girl," he said.

"I didn't even know how to shake hands with them."

Baker starred in a two-part Doctor Who special for Children In Need in 1993 with fellow Time Lord actors Peter Davison, Sylvester McCoy, Colin Baker and Jon Pertwee, but said he would consider doing something similar this year.

"They should actually try and do something like that and they should get a nice jolly script with them," he said.

"I don't know what it will be like and they haven't approached me yet and I'd want to have some say about the script.

"I'm not asking for Tom Stoppard to write the script but for it to be as I remember it and as the others remember their time."

A new series of five Doctor Who adventures on audio book, with Baker playing the Time Lord, will be released in September.

______________________Reference
http://scifiscience.co.uk/doctorwho/enemies.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/doctor-who/5942592/Tom-Baker-interested-in-Doctor-Who-reunion.html

A Space Idiocy

2001  -- 2011
by Pat Darnell

" ... 2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, and co-written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke. The film deals with thematic elements of human evolution, technology, artificial intelligence, and extraterrestrial life. It is notable for its scientific realism, pioneering special effects, ambiguous imagery that is open-ended to a point approaching surrealism, sound in place of traditional narrative techniques, and minimal use of dialogue. [Y Ikki Peed Ya] ... "

But, what happened to that kind of science fiction. 2001: A Space Odyssey was the "only" Sci Fi Flick that I know of, that tried to show "weightlessness." How about it. There followed epic series of science fiction sagas like -- Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Farscape, LEX, Doctor WHO, and StarGate stuff, and not one deals with humans' floating in micro gravities of space... not one.

It bothers me so much I always look at the floors of the stage set in the episodes... kind of a throwback to the Yellow Brick Road from OZ. Here is 'me' watching Sci Fi: 'Is that really brick; or just tile?'

Weightlessness is too complicated for filming the mundane soap-operatic doings of these "driven" explorers of "out there?" We did get a glimplse of the "raison d' arte" of the Monoliths that  were introduced in 2001: ASO as shown in 2010: " ... 2010 (also known as 2010: The Year We Make Contact) is a 1984 American science fiction film written and directed by Peter Hyams. It is a sequel to the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, and is based on Arthur C. Clarke's novel 2010: Odyssey Two, a literary sequel to the film. ... "

And look at this about the Jupiter Mission Movie, 2001: ASO -- " ... It was nominated for four Academy Awards, and received one for visual effects. In 1991, it was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. (YIPY, ibid) ... "

Those Monoliths are probably in a storage facility, or in someone's back yard serving their years as planters. That's my guess.