At the end of the trailer there's a flicker of film leader that someone took still images of to get the words "SCARIEST THING I EVER SAW." From there they decided to visit the website "scariestthingieversaw.com." On that website was a simulator for a PDP-11, an old mainframe computer like the ones I used to get in trouble on in the 80s. It displayed a timer, and once the timer counted down certain features were enabled. One of those was to print these two images:
When you print them out, they appear to be newspaper pages from the 1940s that have some hidden features. One of the not-so-hidden features is an ad for Rocket Poppeteers, a popsicle-like treat. JJ Abrams is known to put fictitious foods in his movies and mention them by name, but this one's getting some prominent treatment. (Yes, there's a rocketpoppeteers.com website, but it doesn't do anything...yet.) The ad contains a form to mail in to "Become a Rocket Poppeteer and Join the Race to Outer Space!" Where do you send it? Minot, North Dakota.
Naturally, being the curious sort, I filled out one of these forms to see what might happen. So far, nothing has been mailed back to me. No MIBs have showed up at my house, even ones posing as census workers. If that changes, I'll let you know.
Why does Minot tie into this? Well, the teaser trailer seems to center around Area 51 and UFOs & aliens. UFO believers have reports of UFO activity around United States nuclear weapons facilities going back for decades, so it makes sense that the movie would include a reference to North Dakota...a somewhat remote, maybe even mysterious to some, place with lots of nukes. The X-Files featured an episode where a UFO was hidden in a hollowed-out nuclear missile silo in North Dakota, so why not take the idea to feature film?
Being familiar with central North Dakota, the presence of Air Force bases and nuclear weapons in our great state, and the whole UFO conspiracy theory subculture to a degree, I got a kick out of this viral campaign. While I'm not one of the UFO conspiracy theorists, I find them entertaining to watch. It'll be interesting to see where and how far this movie takes this campaign and how heavily it features our great state.
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( 3 / 82 )"No one more sincerely wishes the spread of information among mankind than I do, and none has greater confidence in its effect towards supporting free and good government." --Thomas Jefferson
"...information becomes a distraction, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment, rather than a means of emancipation. So all of this is not only putting pressure on you; it’s putting new pressure on our country and our democracy." --Barack Hussein Obama
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( 3.1 / 94 )DON'T MISS THIS WEEKEND - MotoFest! Come see the flying motorcycles, support Central Dakota Humane Society
The official press release says it as well as I can:
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Appearing at KTM Cycle Hutt on the Strip in Mandan on May 22, 2010 will be Speed TV’s Jason Britton and Motorcycle Stunt Team No Limit. Also appearing will be the Christian Freestyle Motocross riders of Team Faith starring Cowboy Kenny Bartram from the X Games.
Speed TV’s Jason Britton and his motorcycle stunters, Team No Limit will be back at KTM Cycle Hutt on the Strip to wow the crowds with jaw dropping motorcycle street bike stunts. Jason appeared at KTM Cycle Hutt July 4th 2008 and mystified the audiences with his motorcycle headstands and wheelies. Also appearing on May 22nd will be the Freestyle Motocross riders of Team Faith staring Cowboy Kenny Bartram from the X Games. Kenny Bartram is a 10 time X Games medalist. Other Team Faith riders include Terry Russell, Tim Wilson and Kevin Johnson. Team Faith will be performing stunts such as the “Variable Back Flips,” “Superman Seat Grabs,” “Nac Nacs” and more.
All this will take place on Saturday, May 22 at KTM Cycle Hutt’s parking lot located at 3700 Memorial Highway in Mandan on the Strip. Shows start at 11 am, 1 pm, 2 pm and 3 pm. There will be live music from the local bands Devious You and Dakota Drive throughout the day. KTM Cycle Hutt employees will be collecting donations for the Central Dakota Humane Society in between the shows, bring some extra change. Cost is $5 per person, free for children under 6 with a paying adult. Open seating, come early. Food and drink will be available for purchase.
On Sunday, May 23rd from 9 am to 2 pm the MotoFest Swap Meet will be held at the KTM Cycle Hutt parking lot to benefit the Central Dakota Humane Society, all proceeds from vendor booth registration fees will go to the Central Dakota Humane Society. This swap meet will be for anything with an engine (Motorcycles, Snowmobiles, Cars, Lawn mowers etc.) $10 gets you a booth so clean out the garage and come on over!
For more information visit www.ndracing.com or call KTM Cycle Hutt 701-223-4888.
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If you're unfamiliar with this sort of thing, here are some of the things I've written and photographed with Jason and the streetbike stunt team. This is the first time Freestyle Motocross is coming to Cycle Hutt, so I don't have any photos of that...yet.
Jason Britton joins Cycle Hutt for July 4th
Photo galleries from the Cycle Hutt July 4th events
SPEED Channel program "Super Bikes" features Cycle Hutt July 4th celebration
Links open in a new window. Check it out, attend this weekend's festivities and support a good cause, and invite your friends!
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( 3.2 / 78 )Union operative's letter to GF Herald gets treated like an average reader's...but who does he represent in ND? NOBODY
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My buddy Rob over at the Say Anything Blog pointed out that, while every letter he writes to the Grand Forks Herald comes with a disclaimer that he runs a conservative website and talk show, union shill Ryan Nagle gets special treatment. Here's a link to the letter, and the image above is a screen capture in case the Herald site gets scrubbed. There's no disclaimer indicating that he's an operative for the SEIU labor union, which is likely bankrolling a good chunk of Earl Pomeroy's doomed reelection campaign (and other Democrats too, I'm sure).
Certainly this comes as no surprise, since ND newspapers like the Herald are nothing more than house organs for the Democrat Party. Rob did a good job of highlighting the double standard, and I had another interesting thought about this: who does this Nagle fella represent? I decided to check the SEIU website to find out:
Apparently the answer is: NOBODY. Here's a link to their site, with a screen capture shown above. There are no SEIU locals listed for North Dakota. Perhaps they think all that money given to North Dakota Democrats will change that. Maybe they just like having our Congressmen-for-Hire voting for their interests in the national legislative body. In any case, they talk about what's right for North Dakota and accuse any Republican or conservative opposition of being "out of state interests", when in reality they don't speak for ANYBODY here in the great state of North Dakota.
I started this website as a photo blog, and because I love Bismarck-Mandan (and North Dakota in general). However, when wicked thugs like the labor union types and their Thug-in-Chief in the White House make it their mission to threaten my way of life, I'm going to speak out from time to time. I have more fun photos of the nice weather in the Bismarck-Mandan area ready to post as well, but for now I thought I'd take a little time to give you some information that the Grand Forks Herald, the labor union thugs, and the Democrat Party don't want you to know.
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It's hard to scroll through pages and pages and pages of posts, and I think that many of my early photos are as good as or better than some of my recent ones...so by grouping them into categories I have made browsing a little bit easier. The links to them are in the panel to the right, and so far the list includes:
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Of course, if you're reading this on one of the sites that syndicates my blog, you're missing out. You have to visit bismarck-mandan.com in order to see them. Enjoy, and if you have any suggestions for other categories let me know.
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