DREAMS, CAREERS & REALITY

July 26, 2014 by Ace in Arts and Entertainment, Culture, Personal Development | Leave a comment

Besides being painfully depressing, this video is incredibly brilliant. Al does more research than your average whiney pop singer. It shows that he takes his craft quite seriously. Then again growing up in L.A. a lot of this stuff is crap I’m sure he probably heard from his acting friends. But I love the subtleties in the making of this video.

*Note In the beginning when the alarm clock rings, there are two books on the bed stand, one says Dickens and the other “Ibsen”. (The father of modern Theater). The line: “I read my Uta Hagan and studied “The Bard”. Uta Hagan was to acting as Tony Robbins is to motivational speakers. (Only worth the money)

The Bard was the last episode of the “Twilight Zone” it was an hour long episode where a screen play writer has to come up with a “knock em’ dead script by morning. He’s given the power to conjure up Shakespeare and such for ideas.

All of this is indicative of the serious actor, artist or musician who really wants to be successful. It reminds us that there are vocations that take knowledge, vocations that take dexterity/skill and unfortunately there are those vocations which most people are passionate about that require “Luck” as in opportunity.

Even worse, you may need brains to recognize opportunity when it comes knocking and Good LOOKS to be recognized. Life is not fair and it doesn’t give you too many 2nd chances.

Please enjoy “The SKIPPER DAN VIDEO”

GREG GUTFELD COMPARES SNOOP DOG TO FOSTER BROOKS

July 23, 2014 by Ace in Arts and Entertainment, Culture | Leave a comment

BLASPHEMY

Greg was commenting on the Snoop Dog interview where he commented on getting high in the White House bathroom. He compared Mr. Dog to Foster Brooks who was an incredible actor of the 70s. His reputation was for his ability to portray quite convincingly a stuttering drunk. The only problem with Greg’s analogy was Brooks was acting. It took talent to pull off a convincing drunk

Snoop on the other hand is a “Cult of Personality”. No that’s not just the name of a song from the 90s band Living Color. It means a creation that is molded to attract a following. Hitler was a great “Cult of Personality” as is “Obama”. They get by on their Charisma. In Snoop Dog’s case, he’s basically talentless but he enjoys getting high. A LOT! Snoop is not acting. He’s just the kid on the playground that had the first set of Nikes and that made him cool. Soon everybody wanted to hang out with the Nike kid. Then when everybody else got Nikes, Snoop probably had to have Jordan’s. So all of the kids that had Nikes were envious of the “cool kid” because he had Jordans.

Dr. Seuss wrote a book called Sneetches on Beaches. It was a book about Dr. Seuss creatures (The ones that look like the Grinch) only one set of Sneetches had a Star on their chest and they were the superior Sneetches. They were special. Soon a snake oil salesman comes into town and has a machine that will put stars on the other Sneetches’ chest for a dollar. Soon all of the Sneetches on the Beach had stars. So the original Starred Sneetches wanted to be different from the fake Sneetches so the Snake oil Salesman had a function on his machine that could remove the Star. (For a dollar) Soon nobody knew who was who.

Snoop was amongst the first rappers to openly use expletives in every other syllable and kids thought this was cool. Then other rappers came and tried to outdo Snoop. So just like the Sneetches, Snoop decided his new “Thang” would be his love for Pot. He’s no different from a wrestler looking for that new image, or Larry the Cable guy saying: “Getter done”. Or for that matter a Sneetch with a Star.

On the other hand, Foster Brooks was a great Actor and not an alcoholic.

AFTER THE DIVORCE

July 22, 2014 by Ace in Culture, Personal Development, Spiritual Relilgion | Leave a comment

I will be referring to the termination of long term relationships. (10 years or longer). Did you know that the average divorce that makes it past 2 years, dies about 15 years later? The normal long term divorce is almost predictable. Most long term marriages (Usually w/ kids) last 17 to 20 years. The time zone for this destruction is between the ages of 37 and 42. If you’re a post grad professional like a Doctor, Attorney or Anthropologist, Add another ten years to the time zone of destruction. But that time period is more of an “outlier”.

Mark Twain once wrote: “Youth is wasted on the young”. Oh how true, oh how true! If you want to have children and keep a steady income; the younger you marry and procreate, the more energy and tolerance you have for things like trips to the hospital for asthma attacks or unexplained fevers. It is an asset to have youth on your side as a new parent.

But unfortunately, getting married in your early 20s like many traditionalists has one huge fatal built in flaw. The insecurity/immature factor. Unless you’re born a Romney and have incredible guidance and counseling; like most young couples, you marry someone that you have a good time with, have good sex with and over looks your short comings.

THE ANATOMY OF THE LTR

Let’s look at the anatomy of a typical long term marriage that destructs in the 17^th to 20^th year of matrimony. A LOT of couples marry between the age of 20 and 25. So let’s pick the age of 23. You leave High School at 18, Get accepted to U.C. Santa Cruz, major in business and get your BA in Business at 22. Then you have a voice in the back of your head saying: “Take a year off”. So you take a year to sow your wild oats.

Since your parents probably divorced when you were 12 to 15, you don’t have anyone to turn to that wants to talk about how marriage works. I did take a class in College called “Inter-personal relationships”. I wonder why there were never any classes on Personal Development. You can take this statement to the bank: “The only person you can change is yourself”. After that, remember this: “You need to become the person you want to meet”. But if you’re divorced, we’re talking about water already under the bridge.

Why people throw long term relationships away after 17 years is easy to understand. It’s the number 40. (Forty). For the average proletariat, the age of 40 is a milestone. You start asking yourself questions such as: “Am I on the right course”? “Am I happy with my life”? “How much longer can I put up with this psychotic bitch”? “What would a divorce do to the kids”? (That’s only if you have a conscience and have feelings for others)

Here’s another unfortunate concern: “Men make easy targets for the wife’s unhappiness” especially because a woman’s beauty is her stock in trade if she doesn’t have a profession to dedicate her life to. As much as I respect women who have careers, and stay at home mothers, you will find that the stay at home mother will be more concerned about where she is in life sooner than the career woman. A career woman does not need a man’s support. A stay at home mother needs not only outside financial support, but if she wants to attract another mate, she needs to do so before gravity takes effect.

The age of forty is like a 15 mile per hour curve on a mountain road. Those who intend to age gracefully, know that if you hit the brakes before the curve then accelerate into the curve, you’ll come out of the curve safely and in good shape. Those who are holding on to memories of “the good old days”, roll up the windows, lock the doors, make sure the seat belt is on and floor the gas pedal and go screaming off the cliff in a “Thelma & Louise”, damn the torpedoes, fashion.

What sucks is it only takes one partner to throw 17 years of marriage away. The first question you ask yourself on that first night of sleeping alone is “How did I get here”? The answer is simple. You were clueless when you entered into this eternal bond. You saw what you believed to be attractive and even more enticing; they were attracted to you. You were having fun as a couple and you were having good sex. You were thinking like a young couple. Then before you knew it, your dreams seemed out of reach and your wife was no longer the cheerleader you were “In love with”.

THE FIX

Assuming you’ve tried everything to keep the boat afloat, and I’m mainly addressing those of you with children. And once you’ve come to the conclusion that your spouse wants out before the children have both finished High School, (Which I would consider to be a main objective once the “love” has left the relationship)

If you believe divorce is immanent, keep an eye on your finances. If you’ve trusted your spouse for 2 decades to pay the bills, you may face the unpleasant surprise that “sweetie pie” has been putting your SUV payment in a special secret checking account. I would keep an eye on every balance that is in your name.

Seek personal counseling. Couples counseling is preferred but if wifey tells you to shove counseling up your ass, go for your own personal mental health. You’ll need it now more than ever. Along with counseling, I would submerge myself in your church. There’s a line in the new-testament where Paul writes in the second book of Corinthians: “If the non-believer wants to leave, let them leave”.

If you are a Christian, you know what the church’s views on Divorce are. II Corinthians is the only living loophole. If by chance your spouse wants to proclaim their Christianity, they need to stick it out. If both are Christians, the only out is, (what’s that word)? Oh yeah, adultery. Divorce is a sin as well as adultery. But all sins except Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit and I think suicide are forgivable. Theoretically.

MOST IMPORTANTLY AND ABOVE ALL

The most important thing to do after you’re divorced is to spend time alone. Let the emotions come and go. If you did have invested emotions, you are going to hurt. Having an affair with a person half your age may bolster your ego, but it’s not going to do a thing for you long term.

HOW LONG?

This is a great question and there is no definitive answer. My suggestion is 2/10 or 1/5^th. This is a good (not perfect) equation for any relationship. If you dated someone for 5 months, take a month off. If you were married 10 years, take 2 years off. If you were married for 17 years take 3 years and 4 months off. I’m not saying don’t date for 3.4 years, but you need to be up front with the person you’re going to movies with. Tell them that you’ve just gone through a divorce and that you would not be in the right frame of mind for anyone. To be honest, I wouldn’t even start looking for 3 years. It would be like trying to rebuild a house in a hurricane. You have to let the winds die down before you can even think about the foundation. BTW, the same goes, once you start dating, the 20% or 1/5 rule applies to the person you’re dating. This can really suck because you might meet the perfect person. But what happens if 3 years down the road, you meet another “Perfect” person and you say to yourself, did I act out of desperation? The question will always be there.

REMEMBER: WAIT 2 FOR EVERY 10 YOU WERE IN A RELATIONSHIP

2 weeks for every 10 weeks. 2 months for every 10 months and 2 years for every 10 years.

FINALLY

One more fact/Principle you can take to the bank with you. 50% of all divorces happen from the time you say: “Hi, I’m Ace, what’s your name”? Not 2 years from the time you say: “I do”, but 2 years from the day your relationship begins. Naturally the longer you court each other during the first 2 years you know each other, the smaller the chances are of you falling into the 2 year 50% divorce rate. The meaning of this principle is, if you wait 2 years before you get married; you will have already beat the 2 year 50% divorce statistic. Why does this stat happen? Because most people can hide their dark side or a bad habit for up to 18 months. Ya know how on the first date you want to put your best foot forward? Well 18 months later, it’s much harder to keep up the façade. That gives you 4 months to say: “Cya”.

“Cya”

EBAY FOR DUMMIES

July 20, 2014 by Ace in Arts and Entertainment, Culture, Media, Personal Development | Leave a comment

Understand that EBAY can be an addiction is the same genre as gambling. The key to gambling is knowing how much you are absolutely willing to lose then walk away. (Take it from a person who lives in Nevada). The same strategy goes for EBAY. The only difference is that on EBAY, they have one of a kind items you can’t find down at the local Wal-Mart. Sometimes EBAY has that perfect Part for a 1968 Jaguar. Still, you need to know how much is too much.

THE .99 cent opening Bid

Let’s start with the .99 cent opening bid. This is one of the greatest auctions but you need to exercise patience. Fools will come in and bid 5.00 on an item that you feel is worth 45.00. Now if everybody plays the game right, nobody will bid until the last minute of the auction. This is when you need to know how much you’re willing to pay. If the someone else has bid and driven the price from .99 to 5.00, then you know he or she has bid 5.01 or more. So in the last minute (Or last 11 seconds) you bid 45.00 hoping the other bidders only bid 25.01 and you get it for 26.01. (By the way, never lose a bid over a penny. Always bid XX.01 or what ever your lucky number is. Many will bid 25.01 so bid XX.02 you get the Idea. Now if two bidders have bid the price up to around 40.00 at the close of the auction. You have to decide how much you really want this and are willing to pay for it.

*NOTE: It’s very easy to let your ego allow you to spend way too much for the 45.00 Jaguar floor mat. If one bidder has the attitude that nobody is going to out bid him and bids 100.00 for the 45.00 part, (Thinking that he doesn’t care if someone bids 50.00) and you bid 100.01 for the same 45.00 part. You just bought yourself a floor mat for 100.00. Congratulations.

On the other hand if this is the only one you’ve seen ever on EBAY, and all of the numbers check out, feel free to be a little more liberal with your bid at 11 seconds left.

How much am I willing to pay?

I advise people never to bid on something unless they have a track record of what they sell for. NOT WHAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING. You hear that all the time on Pawn Stars: “Well I’ve seen them on line for 250.00″. But did it sell for that price? Probably not. (You don’t know how many times I see people asking 279.00 for something I just paid 89.00 for. I laugh and say they’re F’n crazy)

I recently used my knowledge of what things sell for to wait out a seller. He had an Item that I knew was rare, but he was asking about 50.00 too much for it. (Or that I was willing to pay). I PM’d him and said, I’m willing to go 130.00 plus 10.00 shipping. He was asking 179.95 plus 20 shipping. I knew that if one of these came up for .99 cents, the bidding would get to about 100.00 and the real collectors that knew how rare it was, would put in there final bid at 130 – 140. I use to sell these items and I knew what they went for (not counting the stupid people) I told myself that as a rule they would go for 120.00 but being since it was rare, I would go as high as 140 out the door. So I waited as he kept relisting this Item. I felt that a serious collector might have bout this when he finally lowered the price to 130 plus 20 shipping. 150 was still 10 more than I wanted to pay. So after he relisted it the 6th or 7th time; I sent him another offer of 140 out the door. By now, he’s lost a considerable amount of money by relisting it. He was eager to relist it at 130 plus 10 shipping. He was happy, I was happy and hopefully it will arrive in one piece.

On Items that frequently are listed, you need to see what the final sell price is and never exceed it. I said to the seller of the Item above that if I paid him his price, someone wood list one for .99 cents and the bidders would take it up to what I wanted to pay. But do your home work and see what the item is selling for before you bid or BUY IT NOW.

KNOWING THE NUMBERS

The opening bid or buy it now price is the number most people look at. But there are other numbers that are even more important.

1. Shipping. Some scumbags will give you a low buy it now price and hope you don’t look at the insane shipping and handling price. If the shipping is way out of line, you don’t want to do business with that seller. Also, if you don’t look at the cost of shipping until check out, you may find that the 45.00 floor mats are going to cost you 90.00 when you throw in the 45.00 shipping. All of a sudden, Napa parts doesn’t look so bad.

2. Area Code. What I really mean is location. China has developed a bad reputations for sending you the wrong size, then putting the responsibility on you to send it back. The only problems I’ve had as a buyer on EBAY have been from mainland China. If the seller looks like they are from China but have an L.A. or Toronto address, it’s really important that you check the next number. (BTW, I’ve had good luck with western Europe. (Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France and the U.K.) But even when buying from overseas, I don’t buy expensive items.

3. Seller’s Feedback Score. This is a very important number. No matter how sweet the deal looks, if the seller has less than 98.5 positive feedback, READ HIS NEGATIVE FEEDBACK. I use to sell and got tagged with a negative from a scammer that EBAY sided with. Which is why I no longer sell on EBAY. So again, it depends on how bad you need the item. If the seller was left a negative feedback and the buyer said: “Seller is Jerk, avoid at all cost”, you can ignore those 90% of the time. Those are usually answered by the seller with something like : “Buyer can send the item back if not happy”. The more immature the buyer sounds, the more I will trust the seller. What I do look for are Immature comments from the seller. Things like: “Buyer is a jerk and I’ve blocked him”. Or: “Buyer is a loser that can’t read English”. When the seller is unprofessional in their comments and try to make you think the buyer is psychotic, it’s usually the seller you need to look out for. I’ve actually paid more for something because the seller’s comments were unprofessional and immature.

4. Doesn’t take Paypal. I don’t think Paypal is the greatest institution in the world, but if you’re going to play on EBAY, you’re playing Russian Roulette if you do a transaction without going through a 3rd party that will refund your money. That’s the only thing they’re really good for. Plus, it’s much harder to rip off your I.D. by going through Paypal. Sure they may get the Credit card or account number linked to Paypal, but if you’re smart, you won’t keep much money in that account.

EBAY IS AN ADDICTION

Check out this Weird Al Video called “EBAY:

You have no Idea how true this Weird Al video is.

One last bit of advice. Feel free to talk to the seller before you buy. Ask a lot of questions. AND if you how much an Item sells for, and they RARELY COME UP FOR AUCTION. If the opening bid is .99 cents and you know they sell for over $200.00, Tell the sell right away that you’ll give him or her $200.00 if they take it down and do a special private Buy it now Auction for you. It works almost every time. Sure one may come up down the road a few bucks cheaper, but if you know in your heart it’s worth $200.00, give it to them. I bought my favorite piece to my collection that way. I’ve seen them for 199.00 and I think an opening price of 149,00 but in the end, it could have been 300.00. I would also say that if you are a collector of anything, if you watch the sell prices, you’ll see that EBAY is just like the stock market or Real Estate. If you collect Franklin Mint plates, you’ll see how certain plates hold their value while others drop or climb.

Know what they sell for and Know what you’re willing to pay. That’s the Key.

(And avoid bad sellers at all costs)

Life is a collection of bad YouTube Videos

July 19, 2014 by Ace in Culture, Personal Development, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

I was going to make a YouTube video of a re-creation of my memories of my mom driving off with another man while leaving me on the side walk alone. It’s not one of my more proud moments, but nonetheless it’s there in the back (sometimes front) of my mind. And like YouTube, I can’t erase it.

In real life, there are certain triggers like this that set off an emotional chain reaction.

FATHER OF MINE

Ya I was that little kid watching his parent drive off. But in my case it was my mom leaving with another man. What seemed to be a large happy family (I thought) living in a huge country ranch house, became my father and I living in a two bedroom apartment. At least it had a swimming pool. But back in the 60s, men didn’t do all of the domestic things that needed to be done. I went a semester in 6^th grade without electricity in our apartment. Not because we were poor, but because my father had more important things to do. My brother and sister went on their own and it seemed like everyone left. I had to learn from my friends when school sign ups were and pick my classes. It sucks falling in between the cracks. Now they have social workers that would have wiped my ass and send me to counseling.

I know we all have our own mental YouTube videos that we can’t erase or keep from playing.

Why is it that the painful Videos seem to outweigh the happy videos? I have to really stop and purposefully think about the happy ones. But the painful ones seem to come out of nowhere, knocking on my conscious mind’s door. Before you know it, the 10 second commercial has passed and you’re reliving something really hurtful like something that was said in an ugly divorce. Maybe it’s rejection from someone you thought you loved. You walk away saying: “Well at least I know what it’s like to give love”. You also have a decade or two worth of mental YouTube videos in your mind just waiting for some trigger object to hit play. It could be something as simple as watching a mom buy school clothes for an ungrateful son.

I guess if our painful memories were really YouTube Videos that popped up and started playing, before long we would just hit the close button as if we were sending something to the Norton Spam folder, but we can’t.

But with anything in life, it all depends on your emotional bank account.

Listen to this, Sociologist claim that we want to watch the mental video because the pain that it invokes keeps the relationship alive. In a way, it keeps the abandoning parent alive. It keeps the rejecting mate “present”. In a self-destructive sort of way, we want to hold on to every last memory good or bad. In some cases, it’s so bad that when you lose something insignificant (like a cheap ink pen) you’ll keep looking for it until you find it. Psychiatrists say this is a common practice. Deep down in the seeds of your unhappiness is a mental “loss prevention program”. You’ve lost a parent or both and you can’t stand losing anything else, even if it’s a damn ninety nine cent Gel pen. Searching for it makes you feel like you can do something about the loss of a loved one. You also get a dopamine release when you find it.

But reality hits and you’re still an orphan. Oh well…..

It’s how Scientists say it works. Don’t ask me for answers. I spend nights going through my emotional play lists.

ACE’S CRUSHES THEN & NOW

July 16, 2014 by Ace in Arts and Entertainment, Culture, Hot Chicks | Leave a comment

It’s easy to use public figures as examples, (because most people can appreciate the change) however the same principles apply to you and I.

Back when Apollo astronaut Neil Armstrong was looking forward to being the first man on the moon, many young boys were watching Marta Kristin in her tight Lost in Spacesuit while finding a mysterious need to rub on the living room floor (The same way a dog drags its’ butt across the carpet. Somehow the reproductive mechanism in our brain and our reproductive organ were communicating with each other.

I wanted to examine the flaws of choosing a life partner based on physical attraction. When we’re growing up (And I’m speaking for myself) we don’t have a parent helping, nor would a rebellious teen want a parent picking your dates for you. Oh how I could have used a parent or two back in the 60s.

Rule No. 1 What you see is not what you get. Plus, if you get that über-attractive person, be prepared for the competition. As I learned after my first (and only) Divorce, the next bus is in ten minutes and people who broker in attractive people are always looking for the chance to upgrade. This is called looking for the bigger better deal or the “BBD”.

Rule No. 2 We don’t want what we don’t have. We want what we can’t have. The reason Cindy Crawford didn’t make my list, is because I always use her as an example when discussing man’s inherent need to hunt. I use to say: “If I had Cindy Crawford, I would want the next pretty face who came along, like Elle MacPherson”.

Rule No. 3 each day after birth is one day closer to death. The pedals of the beautiful rose will inevitably wilt and its’ beauty will in time, be gone. “Yet the memory of giving the Rose to that someone special makes the rose live forever”.

Finally; I can’t emphasize enough the importance of learning to live alone and to love yourself. Someone else’s love will not make you happy until you are able to love yourself. Most of us think of that principle backwards. They think running a marathon will get them in shape. The truth is the marathon will kill you if you haven’t trained. (Alone). The marathon may tear your hamstrings but it won’t take your house and half of your stuff.

So let’s see what would have happened had I married the TV/Movie/Models I had crushes on growing up. These beautiful people are in the order of how much of an effect their looks had on who I chose as a date/mate

* NOTE: I chose fair pics which I felt gave the star credit for how they would probably be seen in public. They’re not publicity photos of the stars in their 60’s, but I did choose pics with make-up and their hair done. I hate the tabloids that show “Now” pics of stars who just woke up with a hangover. (And NO Kirsty Ally did not make the list).

10. Goldie Hawn born in 1945

Yes, the girl from laugh in. She was on TV every week dancing in a cage with graffiti all over her body. I believe that her stable relationship with Kurt Russell helped her maintain her beauty. Ms. Hawn is 68 years old.

9. Cheryl Tiegs born in 1947

One of the first “Supermodels”. What was the difference between a model and a “Supermodel”? You knew the name of the model. The main issue with supermodels is that unless they can act, their stock only goes down with age. The smart ones use the modeling contract to go to Stanford or Harvard and invest in their future. The shallow ones speed up the aging process by going to Hollywood parties every night in search of a millionaire whom they can make ½ millionaires. This in the end is detrimental to their self-esteem because their only accomplishment was that they were beautiful at one time. Ms. Tiegs like many good natured models, has only gone through 4 spouses and keeps herself busy by promoting “Green” activities. I might add that collagen lip injections have not served her well. I also suspect by the indentations on the sides of her cheeks that a few years ago, she had a face lift. The giveaway indentation is a suture that tightens the muscle in the face. (I could be wrong)

8. Marta Kristen born in 1945

The sexy one from lost in space. Ms. Kristen born Birgit Annalisa Rusanen, despite the odds of being a WWII ophan, (Her mother was from Oslo Norway and her father was a soldier who died in the German Army in WWII. Sadly, Marta was born in February of 1945 and WWII would end in May the same year. Marta Kristen was married twice. The first lasting 11 years from 1963 to 1974 and her current husband whom she’s been married to since 1974. She looks great at 69.

7. Christie Brinkley born in 1954

Ms. Brinkley is one smart woman. Besides breaking 4 hearts (Not counting the 3 children she has) she was smart with her money. She’s worth about 80 million (mostly from real estate) and is known mostly for 3 accomplishments. She was on the cover of early sports Illustrated swim suit issues and was once Mrs. Billy Joel. (Having one child between them named Alexa). Her other notable moment was starring in National Lampoon’s “Vacation” with Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo. Chevy Chase is quoted as saying: “Christie is such a nice girl but a horrible actress”. When she was asked if Christie had any flaws as a bikini model, the director of the Sports Illustrated said quickly and quietly: “She has no butt”. Christie looks fabulous at 60.

6. Vanna White aka Vanna Marie Rosich. Born in 1957

God taketh away and god giveth. Vanna was the daughter of Puerto Rican, Miguel Angel Rosich, who bolted when Vanna was born. Vanna’s mother remarried a real estate agent named Herbert Stackley White. Vanna was adopted by her stepfather and took his last name. By the way, Mr. White’s sales territory is what is now known as “North Myrtle Beach”.

In 1982 Vanna was chosen by Merve Griffin to turn numbers on the famous TV Game show “The Wheel of Fortune”. “Wheel” was one of the only, if not THE only show where people tuned in just to see what the Beautiful Vanna was wearing. Vanna was married once.

I don’t say this with any hint of malice, but Vanna has not aged well. This strikes me as unusual as her childhood was not one of poverty. She was a star at 23 doing very little. She did suffer tragedy when she lost her fiancé in a plane crash in 1986. Typically, women with Latin ancestry age well. Perhaps Vanna being in the public’s eye since 1982 (32 years) has had an effect. Vanna is only 57 and looks older than Christie Brinkley at 60.

*NOTE Farrah Faucet would have been in this spot. But I will not speak of the dead as she was dealing with issues at the time of her death. I will say, that in the military, there wasn’t one barracks or locker that did not have the one piece bathing suit poster of Farrah.

5. Cheryl Ladd born in 1951

Speaking of angels and poster girls turned actress; the actress that replaced Farrah in Charlie’s Angel’s was Cheryl Ladd. Ms. Ladd moved to Hollywood and landed a part as a singing “voice over” for the animated movie “Josie and the Pussycats”. She’s been married twice and has one child. She is still married to her husband of 33 years. Kudos Ms. Ladd. Ms. Ladd is of German ancestry on both sides of her family. It’s my observations that German women are like meteors. They are so beautiful but find it so hard to maintain that look of youth. What I find most attractive about Ms. Ladd is her loyalty to her husband of 33 years. Congratulations poster girl.

4. Heather Locklear born in 1961

Born in Los Angeles and attended UCLA, Heather is everything I would warn my sons against. In her defense; she did “attend” UCLA. She grew up in Thousand Oaks in the northern San Fernando Valley. She’s an L.A. girl. She married two rock stars. It’s hard to live the Rock Star life and try and keep your health in line. (Keith Richards) She was incredibly Beautiful/Sexy by any standards. She is part English/Scottish and German. But the years of exposure to L.A. is apparent as she is only 52. Given the choice between this one time Hollywood goddess and Chery Ladd (10 years her senior) I would have to pick the elder.

3. Bess Armstrong aka Elizabeth Key Armstrong born in 1953

In 1983 Spielberg released the 3^rd Jaws movie in 3D. My heart was stolen by this beautiful nobody in a wet suit. Of course she co-starred in this awful movie with Dennis Quaid (who seems to be synonymous with women Ace has a crush on). Bess would go on to be the queen of many B movies in the 80s after landing the part of the young sexy object of a midlife crisis in the multi-award winning Alan Alda directed movie “The Four Seasons”. She was married for 1 year between 83 and 84. In 1985 she would marry John Fiedler, the man she is still married to. She rates so high on this list because for being almost 61, she looks almost as wonderful as she did 30 years ago.

2. Pam Dawber born in 1951

Most of you know Pam as “Mindy” from Robin William’s debut TV Show “Mork and Mindy”. Ms. Dawber is 62. I only have one comment.

“DAMN YOU MARK HARMON”.

1. Meg Ryan born in 1961

The only reason Meg makes the top of this incredible list is because in the 80s, she wasn’t sexy, but very, very attractive. She played roles of the woman that every guy wanted to meet. She would marry and have a child with Dennis Quaid between the years of 1991 and 2001. In the 90s I read articles about Ms. Ryan’s personal life and she is far from the sweet character, “Sally” (whom Harry met) or the lovable co-star in Tom Hanks’ hit movies “Sleepless in Seattle” and “You’ve got mail”.

Meg Ryan is one of more dangerous types of female personalities you want to meet. (The same principle goes for men) They are noticed for their “Girl next door” attraction. After a while, they want to be as sexy as Heather Locklear or Cheryl Ladd. So to feed this insecurity (Which is the underlying issue) a perfectly lovely woman turns to a plastic surgeon. Meg tried filling the emptiness in her heart with fake breasts, collagen lips, (which first coined the term “duck lips”) and alleged cheek implants.

One gossip writer wrote quite eloquently: She had the looks to age gracefully”.

Ms. Ryan who is half Irish and half Polish could have still been getting the roles she was casted for. I doubt she could get a contract for Geico commercials now. So sad.

FIGHTING THE INCORRIGIBLE

July 13, 2014 by Ace in Culture, Media, Politics | Leave a comment

In WWII, we saw Japan use the Kamikaze pilot who was ordered to give his life and use his plane as a weapon of destruction. September 11^th2001 comes to mind. Towards the end of WWII Hitler ordered the brilliant Aces of what remained of an over worked Lüftwaffe in April of 1945, to give their lives to take down B-17s and B-24s that were killing German civilians. Lüftwaffe heroes such as Heinrich Erhler gave their lives to take down one last B-17 in the attack on Berlin. In Germany, it had become an act of self-defense, in the Pacific it was an act of aggression. Japan was attacking the U.S. Navy in battles in the Philippines and other areas across the South Pacific theater of battle.

(These children should be playing with stuffed animals and Tonka Toys.)

In Iraq and Afghanistan, everyone is a potential suicidal IED. Only the term INCORRIGIBLE can describe this egregious lack of appreciation for human life. This Muslim culture’s lack of respect for humanity is only outdone by the hypocrisy of the Palestinians who use children as human shields, then have the fucking audacity to say that Israel or Americans are committing war crimes by bombing “innocent children”. The same innocent children these psychotic killers strap bombs to. We are dealing with a truly satanic regime in the Middle East. They multiply like fleas or termites and do far more damage per capita.

We seem to have a worldwide war of the “have-nots” attacking the “Haves”. Perhaps, invading the haves is a better word. Central America and Mexico are not capable of bringing their standard of living up to that of the U.S. so instead of developing a thriving economy, they create a pile of donkey feces and cry that they’re refugees from their own shit holes.

Is it in their DNA? In Albert Schweitzer’s book “African Notebook”, he spends two chapters discussing the differences between Blacks and Whites. I believe that what he is really talking about is cultural differences. For most Americans, even the most hardened criminals; I believe would find it hard to strap a bomb to a toddler and send it into a café to kill 30 of their enemy. It’s not in our American culture. Yet most communist or Muslim countries seem to find no issues with this and just call it jihad.

In the swamp; you cannot negotiate with Alligators. In the ocean, you cannot negotiate with Sharks. They will eat you. Albert Schweitzer wrote this in the 1^st edition of his book: “African Notebook”

“I have given my life to try to alleviate the sufferings of Africa. There is something that all white men who have lived here like I must learn and know: that these individuals are a sub-race. They have neither the intellectual, mental, or emotional abilities to equate or to share equally with white men in any function of our civilization. I have given my life to try to bring them the advantages which our civilization must offer, but I have become well aware that we must retain this status: the superior and they the inferior. For whenever a white man seeks to live among them as their equals they will either destroy him or devour him and they will destroy all of his work. Let white men from anywhere in the world, who would come to Africa remember that you must continually retain this status; you the master and they the inferior like children that you would help or teach. Never fraternize with them as equals. Never accept them as your social equals or they will devour you. They will destroy you.”

The Nobel prize winner (Schweitzer) was giving a stern warning to those who would follow him, using heavy admonishments. The point in referencing Schweitzer is that he was claiming that there are cultural differences that we need to be aware of. In America and parts of Europe, we want to proclaim all men equal. And all men are entitled to equal unalienable God given rights. But not all men are culturally equal. I believe this was Dr. Schweitzer’s point. We need to remember this when engaging illegal immigrants or fighting the Taliban, Al-Qaeda, Hamas or their affiliates. We are not fighting the English of the 18^th century. The enemy does not line up and shoot at you wearing the same colors. We need to understand the culture of the enemy and fight them on their battle field.

Only then will we see respect and a modicum of co-operation.

SAVING AMERICA

July 13, 2014 by Ace in Culture, Politics | Leave a comment

The Sins of the many far outweigh the good of the few. Perhaps this is why Jesus said The gate to righteousness is narrow and few shall enter. While American Leftist use the “green” Ideological movement to suck more tax out of Americans and chase more businesses to other countries; These other countries are the major cause of pollution and the destruction or decay of life on Earth as we once knew it.

Although this may look like a black and white image; It is in color.

That’s freshly made Chinese smog.

As China continues to pollute the planet, the U.S. is being strangled by leftist Ideologues who sing, “But we must do our part”. Therefor our economic growth has been frozen by Federal regulations. Have you ever heard the term “pissing into the wind”? China and Russia do not give a Rat’s ass about the ecological destruction they’re creating. And this paradigm is causing the decline of the United States as we once knew it when WE were polluting the planet.

Unfortunately, countries need economic growth as well as ecological sanity to maintain a healthy balance of the environment. Without economic growth, we cannot have procreation. Without procreation we cannot have a dominant military, or a sufficient amount of job providers and tax payers. One way to stimulate economic grow it to shrink government. If you stop giving away tax dollars, the incentive to migrate here illegally will be shifted to more socialistic countries.

JUST LOOK AT EUROPE.

I would not be surprised to see civil unrest in Europe lead to an “Ethnic Cleansing” of Muslims (Who procreate at a rate of 8 Muslims per female). As opposed to White non-Hispanic/Muslim females who now procreate at a rate of 1.3 children per female.

Women have children if they have a means of supporting them. Wealthier couples have more children than those living from paycheck to paycheck. So the key to national survival is to secure our borders and get our economy on track. NAFTA was a NWO Idea that is destroying America.

JUST LOOK AT DETROIT.

Obama’s administration knows this which is why we’re being distracted from the border and he is doing little to encourage economic growth. In 2016, America will need a President and Vice President that will seal the southern border, turn our economy around and of course make our military strong again. Basically we need another Ronald Reagan without Tip O’Neil. It’s going to take a Republican Super Majority to undo the damage of a 2 year Democrat Super Majority.

Like most crises it’s going to have to get ugly before it gets better.

A 1980s AFTER THOUGHT

July 9, 2014 by Ace in Arts and Entertainment, Culture, Personal Development, Technology | Leave a comment

The Baby boom was a post WWII rise in the population from 1946 to 1964. It may not be known as one of the best generations, but it will be remembered as the largest populated generation. It was easy to market to this generation as they all hit pivotal points around the same time. They needed reading glasses at the same time which created “Lens Crafters”. Viagra hit the scene when the earlier Boomers started hitting their 50s.

We saw movies in the 80s that were more Juvenile in nature because many of the Boomers started having children in the late 70s to late 80s. So movies like Ferris Beuller’s day off and Weird Science were successful hits at the box office.

Technology was also changing the face of entertainment in 1985 when the VCR became affordable to the common household. In the 70s we had the Atari 2600. Later we had the original Nintendo and one new household requirement; Cable TV. So movies became more Ubiquitous as Television became more desperate. The family shows of the 70s and early 80s like “Eight is enough” started to fade. Oprah and Phil Donahue gave way to a new generation of “Reality” TV in the 90s. We saw the Ricci Lakes, and eventually, Jerry Springer. This opened the door to a new form of television “fluff”. I think it might have gotten its’ official start with MTV’s “The real world”.

How we got to Swamp People and Duck Dynasty is something I can’t explain. It’s been a long hard road for Television. We’ve gone from Gun Smoke to Doomsday Preppers. The only non-reality TV series I get excited over is 24. America needs a Jack Bauer since we have no leader. From what I hear, the truly great Television entertainment is on “Net Flix”. This is a new pay per view TV Series format. And possibly the way of the future.

THE TOP TEN GREATEST TV SHOWS OF THE 60s

July 7, 2014 by Ace in Arts and Entertainment, Culture, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

1.Combat – ABC Tuesday 7:30 You would find this little guy on the living room floor almost every Tuesday night glued to the small screen watching the adventures of K company from the 563^rd division.

The show ran 5 season featuring Vic Morrow as Sgt. Saunders and Rick Jason as Lt. Hanley. The repeating weekly cast consisted of Jack Hogan, whom most of the cast agreed was the best actor in the series.

Hogan played the “Loose Cannon” Kirby as in “William J. Kirby” and the other fan favorite was “Caje” or PFC Paul Lemay, who was supposed to be a “Cajun”.

Pierre Jalbert who played Caje (and recently passed, R.I.P.) was a sound guy at the Warner Brothers studios. He was from Montreal and spoke fluent French however his English was spoken with a French Canadian accent. (Not Cajun).

The gentle Giant “Little John” was played by Dick Peabody and was there for all five seasons as were the previously mentioned. During the first two seasons Billy, who was the youngster of the squad was played by Tom Lowell. His character disappeared in the 3^rd season. In season five, Combat would add another regular named William Bryant to play the Bazooka man “McCall”. The Medic in season one was a pretty boy named Steven Rogers.

His acting just couldn’t cut it and he was replaced in season 2 by Conlan Carter who was nominated for an Emmy in his first season with the ensemble for best supporting actor. Finally we come to the Vegas comedian Shecky Greene. Shecky played the role of Braddock. His part worked well in the pilot of the series, but his prowess as a comedian didn’t fit into what became a serious WWII drama. Shecky Greene was also losing money by passing on opportunities to do what he loved which was stand-up comedy in Las Vegas. So Shecky departed towards the end of season one. Between the shift of filming in Black and White to Color, and the increasing salaries of the two stars, Selig Seligman, the executive producer felt unsure about the future of the show. America was watching real news clips coming from a war in Vietnam. Anti-war protesters like the SDS were making daily headlines. Seligman had another series to replace Combat that would have been cheaper called “Garrison’s Gorillas”. The show was a flop so Combat was no more. The good news is, Combat is available on DVD. The five discs sit on my desk every day. It’s funny because as a youngster, I would play hard and like most young kids, would fall asleep by 8:15. My father would come home and watch the end of Combat and pick me up and put me in my bed. Every time I hear the theme song during the closing credits, it reminds me of my father picking me up off of the floor and putting me to bed.

2. Hogan’s Heroes – Hogan’s Heroes was a comedy about a group of captured airmen and pilots that ran an escape business out of Stalag 13. The true comedians were the Germans which were all played by Jewish actors. Sadly the only surviving member of Hogan’s Heroes is Cpl. Lebeau who was played by the French actor Robert Clary. The plots were pretty much the same although they did use historical events as the premise for certain episodes. Hogan’s Heroes ran 6 seasons and never compromised its’ level of entertainment.

3. The Time Tunnel -Although it only ran one season; The Time tunnel was one of the more under-rated TV Shows in the history of programming. I guess the audience got tired of getting a history lesson every week. It’s ironic that one of the more successful channels today is “The History Channel” or “H2”. The show starred James Darren and Robert Colbert as the two Time Travelers.

4. It Takes a Thief – – Robert Wagner was wonderful in his role as a “reformed master thief” who steals for the government. Again, we see the counter culture turning bad guys into good guys. I believe the show was cancelled after 3 seasons after a political incorrect scene involving Marilyn McCoo of the soul group “The Fifth Dimension”. In a scene, Wagner who plays the role of a “Playboy Thief”, kisses McCoo on film. The last discussion I had about this TV show was with a black friend I was in summer camp with. When I said Robert Wagner, he responded: “Is he that white Mutha fucka that kissed the sister from the fifth dimension”?

5. Star Trek – Yes I expect to catch hell from my Trek friends for not putting this at the top of the list, but hey it’s my list and they can either live long and prosper or go fuck themselves. What can I say about Gene Roddenberry’s creation that the people haven’t already said? NBC blew it big time and the fans fought to get it back. Don’t you wish politicians could learn that lesson?

6. Lost in Space – Again, I think puberty had much to do with my love for this wonderful Sci-Fi series that had everything from hot babes to a talking Robot.

7. Batman – Yes it was campy, corny stupid, silly and used a lot of one syllable words. But it was all about the Batmobile my friends. The Batmobile was hot and is still my dream car. Hell I’d drive it on a rainy day. It was almost as hot as Julie Newmar “Meow”. What can I say, If you take a hot woman and put her in a tight black jumpsuit, it gets my attention.

8. Get Smart –Speaking of puberty and hot babes; how can any young testosterone filled young man not be glued to agent 99 in her leather jump suit? Oh my! Sure Maxwell Smart was funny as agent 86, but the show would never have lasted without the beautiful Barbara Feldon. I would try my hardest (if you’ll excuse the pun) to stay up (excuse again please) on Saturday nights to watch The Avengers which also had a beautiful agent in a black leather jump suit named Diana Rigg, only she was English.

9. Bewitched –This show was hilarious. The one question everybody has to ask when you bring up Bewitched is: “If Samantha was a witch; why didn’t she make Darren better looking”? The story of Dick York is/was a truly sad story. I can almost share his misery. If the show were being filmed today, they would have just divorced Darren and Samantha and nobody would have said a thing. But we had morals that were decaying back in the 60s. I’ve always felt that if they were going to do a movie based on the TV show, it should have starred Meg Ryan. She would have been a perfect Samantha.

10. THE GREEN HORNET –

Just one comment: “Bruce Lee”. Sure it was a cheap version of Batman, in fact they did cross overs with Batman, but the “Black Beauty” was no “Batmobile” The only reason America watched The Green Hornet was to watch Bruce Lee kick ass. PERIOD

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