hey I'm watching Chariots of the Gods

[Heddi]

what a load of malarkey

it's free on Netflix. I just finished another fine programme on Satanism. What a steaming pantload *that* was...

[Curmudgeoness]

1. I read that book back when it came out

about 50 years ago! It is a fascinating take on how to explain some of the strange things on the planet. A load of malarkey, indeed, but I think it made me think. Then again, it is a better explanation as to how we got here than that god created the earth, and Adam and Eve.

[onager]

2. And today I keep getting attacked by...

...commercials for "My Ghost Story" on the Bio Channel. (I was watching "Inside Story - National Lampoon's Vacation," about the making of the 1982 movie.)

The "My Ghost Story" commercial - they saw green "orbs" in a dark room, which looked like a reflection, maybe from their Highly Technical Sooper-Scientific Ghost-Hunting Equipment. They felt funny. Then there was a loud noise and they all hollered.

Zzzzz...

Sorry, I dozed off. Anyway, overall the show looked about as scary as a 5-yr-old in a Halloween costume.

As for Erich von Dumbass - when I lived in Egypt, I got an earful about him from a lot of actual Egyptians. They really get tired of tourists (mostly Americans) lecturing them on the REAL history of their pyramids. Which often involves either aliens or Charlton Heston.

[Heddi]

3. Ah!

but what about Aliens *AND* Charlton Heston.

Was Charlton Heston an alien?

read the book!
(remember that commercial? Back in the 80's for a time life Secrets of The Unknown Book Of the Every OTher MOnth series...)

[progressoid]

7. I remember that crap.

God, memories of watching a crappy tv from Goodwill.

$16.99 plus S&H!

[onager]

8. Ha! Yes, I remember those commercials.

They always reminded me of the $cientology TV spots.

And just below, Progressoid mentions seeing those book commercials on a "crappy Goodwill TV."

That's fitting, since Goodwill and other thrift/junk stores seemed to be the natural destination of those books.

(Quickly scans bookshelves to see if I ever bit on that offer...)

Hmmm. No, but I did go for the "Library of Curious & Unusual Facts." I found a complete set of those at a yard sale for $10, IIRC. But they did some debunking/scientific explanation along with the "unusual." They're fun to read.

Somewhere, I also picked up the Time-Life True Crime Library. I need to move that into the living room, in case any Jehovah's Witnesses or timeshare sellers make it thru the security gates.

That's 8 matching books bound in black, with titles like Mass Murders, Serial Killers, Compulsion To Kill, etc.

[awoke_in_2003]

9. Ah hell, I forgot about that crap. nt

[cynatnite]

10. I learned all about the pyramids from watching Stargate. n/t

[dimbear]

4. You have to admire Erich's brass. He wrote and sold that stuff after doing

a stretch for .......you guessed it....... fraud.

[Warpy]

5. Velikovsky and von Daniken were both great fun

when I was a geeky kid devouring all the sci fi I could get my hands on. Woo Hoo! Aliens here!

They were a lot less fun when I got to high school and had been asking them uncomfortable questions for a long time.

That's my problem with these wonderful fantasies from alien buffs, religionists and conspiracy nuts, I tend to pick at them until they fall apart completely.

Good thing I'm a hermit.

[dimbear]

6. Hermits are some of the most likely to get visits from aliens.

Don't lose hope.