Halt and Catch Fire

JOURNAL ARCHIVE: Posted by H.V.O.M at 11:45 PM Sunday, June 19, 2011


I stand there waiting for the multiple impacts and I laugh over my radio circuit about how similar that is to the year 2005 when I am sitting in Gas Works Park.


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Halt and Catch Fire (New)

697 AMCPHD: Tuesday, September 27 11:05 PM [ 11:05 PM Tuesday 27 September 2016 Pacific Time USA ]

Drama

The Threshold

Joe and Ryan face the consequences of Joe's decision; Gordon experiences a crisis of conscience; Donna and Cameron fight about the future.

Cast: Lee Pace, Scoot McNairy, Mackenzie Davis, Kerry Bishý, Toby Huss, Annabeth Gish, Manish Dayal Director(s): Karyn Kusama Executive Producer(s): Jonathan Lisco, Mark Johnson, Melissa Bernstein

Original Air Date: Sep 27, 2016










JOURNAL ARCHIVE: posted by H.V.O.M at 9:36 PM Sunday, September 11, 2005


Yesterday, I started thinking that maybe no one is going to just give me the explanation I have been waiting on. Instead, what I think is going to happen is someone is going to hand me a set of keys and say "Here you go. One shiny, pre-owned Microsoft. Have fun." I just wonder if Bill Gates is a smoker and if so, whether I will be able to get that smoky smell out of it before I take it for a drive.


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Springfield! Springfield!


Falling Skies

s01e01


My husband has a piece hanging there.
- Painting? - A landscape.
One of my patients rich tech guy lived there.
To seal the sale, my husband and I had dinner with them.
I remember going out that evening, and my son was crying.
He was 3.
You know where we are? This is Bartlett Hill.
About 400 years ago, this was all Pennacook settlement.
Smallpox wiped them out.
Ever the history Professor.
Fat lot of good tenure got me.
I wonder what will be here in another 400 years.










From 6/19/2011 To 3/16/2013 ( --- ) is 636 days

636 = 318 + 318

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 9/16/1966 ( Lawrence Bader dead ) is 318 days



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Falling Skies Season 1 Episode 1

Live and Learn

Aired Sunday 10:00 PM Jun 19, 2011 on TNT

AIRED: 6/19/11










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They blew up army bases, ships, the Navy, submarines, and all the soldiers are gone.
Now moms and dads have to fight.
After that, they blew up all the capitals.
- New York, - Washington, D.C.
To all the major cities.
Then they came.
- There were millions of them.
- Trillions.
Everywhere.
We call them Skitters and Mechs.
They killed grown-ups, and they catch kids.
They put on harness things.
They put it on kids and control them.
They say it hurts a lot.
My parents went out to get some help one day.
And I know they're gone.
They're dead.
Listen, it's okay to cry.
Drawing and talking about it can make you feel better.
Matt, what have you drawn here? My mom.
She was going to get food once and never came back.
And then we found her.
She was dead.
And then dad said we had to leave our house.
And Ben was over at Nick's house, and we think they might have got him.
But we're not for sure.
And this drawing? That's with me and dad and Hal.
It's all right.
You and your dad and Hal are okay.
Well, they were okay this morning.










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What took you so long? - How much did you get? - A truckload, enough for a few days.
Hal, why don't you stay? You guys wait outside.
My son Ben is alive.
- What? - Hal saw him.
Did he? We're not going back.
Our next objective is the Acton Armory.
I know.
And after we take the Acton Armory, I'm gonna be weaponing up and going back to get him.
So am I.
Are you? Well, I'm your Commanding Officer.
And we're not going back.
You're not going back.
What would you do if you had the chance to get your kids back? He's my son.
You'll never kill enough of them to get him back.
They die, just like us.
You just have to get close.
So, you got to make a wish and blow it out quick, 'cause it burns out fast.
You know what the wish is.
You sure that's okay? Happy Birthday.
It's all yours.
Matt, I'm sorry.
I don't have anything.
Dad, what's the matter with you? What? You forgot the thing.
The thing we got for him.
You're going senile.
It's from dad.
I know what this is.
A ripstik.
Ride, fool.
We only got 10 minutes.










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You, on the other hand, Professor Mason, have read a lot of books.
- I'm not asking.
- Now, I grant you that a great deal of those books were military history, but I had to go with Weaver.
Understood.
There's a reason why you are his second-in-command.
You do whatever you've got to do to defend those civilians.
I understand.
Good.
And good luck.
It's not over, Tom.










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So, what were you You know Before? I taught history.
- BU.
- History? What kind of Kind of history? The Sumerians on up, what? - American.
- American? So, how's the resistance going? Just getting started.
You honestly believe that? I do.
History buff such as yourself ought to know better.
I taught the American Revolution.
You know how that turned out.
But is that the right What do you call it, analogy? Instead of us being the Colonials and the aliens being the Redcoats, isn't it more like we're the Indians and they're the never-ending tide of humanity coming in from Europe? How'd that work out for the Indians? If you don't see any hope Why don't I just eat a gun? I'll tell you, Professor, and this may come off as a little insensitive, considering the 90% of mankind that's already gone to the grave, but the arrival of these evil creatures is the best damn thing that's ever happened to me.










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Lawrence Joseph Bader

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lawrence Joseph Bader, (December 2, 1926 – September 16, 1966) was a cookware salesman from Akron, Ohio, who disappeared on a fishing trip on Lake Erie on March 15, 1957. Declared dead in 1960, Bader was found alive five years later, as John "Fritz" Johnson, a local TV personality living in Omaha, Nebraska. The incident is described by author Jay Robert Nash as "...one of the most baffling amnesia disappearances on record, a weird story forever unanswered."

Disappearance

On March 15, 1957, Larry Bader, a cookware salesman for the Reynolds Metals Corporation from Akron, Ohio, rented a 14 feet (4.3 m) boat, kissed his wife Mary Lou goodbye, and went to Lake Erie to go fishing. His boat was found the next day, after a storm. The boat had minor damage and a missing oar. Bader, who was $20,000 in debt and in trouble with the IRS, was never found. The couple had three children, with another on the way.

"Fritz" Johnson

Four days later, John "Fritz" Johnson made his first known appearance at Roundtable Bar in Omaha, Nebraska. Johnson immediately attracted attention by sitting on a flagpole for 30 days to raise money for polio. His popularity led to his becoming a bartender, radio announcer, and TV sports director at KETV-7. With his flamboyant personality, he became one of Omaha's most popular personalities.

Johnson lived an equally colorful bachelor lifestyle, driving a hearse equipped with pillows, a bar, and an incense burner, aptly naming it his "hunting vehicle". In 1961 Johnson married Nancy Zimmer, a 20-year-old divorcee, and adopted her daughter. Later they had a son together.

In 1964, it was discovered that Johnson had a cancerous tumor behind his left eye. He lost the eye and wore an eye patch, adding to his flamboyance.

Reappearance

On February 2, 1965, Johnson, who like Bader was an archery enthusiast, attended a tournament in Chicago. An acquaintance from Akron saw him and, despite the eye patch and mustache, recognized Bader. He then brought Bader's 21-year-old niece, Suzanne Peika, to have a look. Convinced, she asked him, "Pardon me, but aren't you my Uncle Larry Bader, who disappeared seven years ago?"

Johnson laughed it off, but Mrs. Pieka called in his two brothers from Akron, who had his fingerprints compared with Bader's military records. They matched. Johnson was now faced with the fact that all his memories were false and that he had two wives.

“ It was like a physical shock. Up until that moment, I had no doubt that I was not Larry Bader. But when I heard that, it was like a door had been slammed and somebody had hit me right in the face.”

— "Fritz" Johnson

Man with two wives

Bader's reappearance caused many problems for Mary Lou, his first wife. She had been receiving $254 monthly from Social Security. She also received $39,500 from Bader's life insurance that would have to be paid back.










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Local history: TV personality a dead ringer for missing Akron man

By Mark J. Price

Beacon Journal staff writer

Published: May 14, 2012 - 12:20 AM Updated: May 14, 2012 - 12:36 PM

The U.S. Coast Guard found an empty boat washed up onshore in the morning mist at Perkins Beach in Lakewood.

Waves battered the 14-foot vessel, which was out of gas after drifting overnight in a Lake Erie storm. The outboard motor’s propeller was bent and the hull was scraped as if the boat had hit a submerged rock.

Two life jackets and fishing tackle were scattered on the wet floor. One oar was locked in place. The other was gone.

There was no sign of the Akron fisherman who had rented the boat a day earlier in Rocky River. Rescuers scoured the lake, but hope quickly faded. No one could survive 24 hours in the rough water without a life jacket, experts said.

Cookware salesman Lawrence J. Bader, 30, had told his pregnant wife he was going fishing on May 15, 1957, and wouldn’t be home until late. Despite storm warnings and choppy waves, Bader loaded his gear into a livery boat about 4:30 p.m. and puttered upriver into the unknown.

The Coast Guard did not find a body, although that wasn’t uncommon. Drowning victims could disappear without a trace in the big lake.

Bader’s tragic loss devastated his family and sent shock waves through Akron.

Married since 1952, he and his wife, Mary Lou, were the parents of three children — ages 2, 3 and 4 — and lived in a nice home on Goodhue Drive. They were expecting their fourth child in September.

Born in 1926 to Dr. Stephen and Charlotte Bader, Larry Bader attended St. Sebastian School and St. Vincent High School, entered the U.S. Navy in 1944 during World War II and graduated from Buchtel High School in 1946 after returning from the service.

Investigators found no evidence of foul play in Bader’s disappearance. However, financial reports did raise some concerns. Bader earned about $10,000 a year as a salesman but hadn’t filed any tax returns since 1951. He had taken out about $40,000 in life insurance policies and had a $17,000 mortgage on his home.

Summit County Probate Court declared Bader legally dead in 1960, and that would have been the end of the story if it hadn’t been for a chance encounter five years later.

In February 1965, a Bader family friend saw a ghost.

The anonymous buddy was at a sports show in Chicago when he halted at an archery booth. He saw a bowman who bore an uncanny resemblance to the late Bader, except that this man had a black patch over one eye and wore a mustache.

When asked about his identity, the booth exhibitor denied being Bader. He said he was television personality John “Fritz” Johnson of Omaha, Neb.

The friend called Richard and John Bader in Akron and explained that their dead brother had a look-alike in Chicago. He persuaded Johnson to speak on the phone, and the Bader brothers listened intently as the gentleman on the other end of the line denied knowing anyone from Akron.

The brothers booked a flight to Chicago. It wasn’t just the voice that intrigued them. Larry Bader was an avid archer.

When Johnson met the Bader brothers, he showed no hint of recognition. He was polite, answered all their questions and even volunteered to take a fingerprint test to prove his identity. There was no doubt in their minds, however, that he was their lost sibling.

“It’s the most remarkable thing I’ve ever seen in my life,” Richard Bader said afterward. “I don’t know what to say.”

“We feel the poor man has a real case of illness or some kind of mental block,” John Bader said.

Fritz Johnson told a different tale of his upbringing. He said he was one of 22 babies left on doorsteps in Boston in 1930 and raised at an orphanage in Brookline, Mass. He said he joined the Navy in 1943 and was discharged from the service in February 1957.

Johnson arrived in Omaha only five days after Bader disappeared. He worked two years as a bartender before landing a job in 1959 as an announcer at KBON radio. As a publicity stunt, he sat on a flagpole for a month to raise money for polio.

In 1962, he married his wife, Nancy, a divorcee, and adopted her daughter. The couple soon welcomed a son.

Affable and charming, Johnson became a celebrity in Omaha, joining KETV in 1963 as an announcer for news, sports, weather and commercials. He announced pro wrestling matches and was promoted to sports director at the TV station. As an expert archer, he won 13 titles in Nebraska.

In March 1964, he lost his right eye to cancer and began to wear a black patch.

Johnson seemed baffled in 1965 when the FBI confirmed that his fingerprints were “definitely identical” to Bader’s. “I was sure the fingerprint check would clear me,” Johnson told a reporter. “Wouldn’t I be out of my mind to agree to the check if I knew I was Bader?”

The strange case made national news. Doctors debated whether he truly suffered from amnesia or “a deep-seated psychiatric problem,” or if the tumor that robbed him of his eye could have stolen his memory.

Mary Lou Bader was shocked to learn that she no longer was a widow.

“It was something very unreal,” she said. “It was sort of like a numbness. It wasn’t an emptiness like I felt when I thought he was drowned.”

Meanwhile, Nancy Johnson didn’t care to comment about her husband’s case. “I just don’t know what to think,” she said.

Johnson’s life quickly unraveled. The TV station fired him. His wife annulled their marriage. He moved into a room at the Omaha YMCA and got his old job back as a bartender.

Johnson earned $100 a week, and paid $50 weekly to support his Akron children and $20 weekly for his Omaha children.

In August 1965, Mary Lou Bader drove her four kids to Chicago. They picked up a total stranger — Fritz Johnson — at Union Station and had a two-day family reunion.

“He looked the same to me as when he disappeared except for his mustache and eye patch,” she said.

She said Johnson was “just wonderful with all of us.” He treated the children like he had known them all their lives.

“I am hopeful he will eventually remember,” she said. “He’s convinced himself that he doesn’t recognize anybody.”

The next month, Beacon Journal reporter John de Groot interviewed Johnson in Omaha.

“My God, don’t you understand?” Johnson said. “All of a sudden, I find out that 30 years of my life never happened. You see, I really do have 30 years of memory as Fritz Johnson. What am I supposed to do with those 30 years? Throw them out the door?”

Referring to Bader as “that other fellow,” Johnson said he thought about visiting Akron, but didn’t want to live in Ohio.

“I think people would keep testing me,” he said. “They’d always be asking me questions to see what I might remember. And then — I don’t know — I’m afraid I’d be some kind of freak back there.”

He said he hoped that God might solve the problem, but “I don’t see how this mess can have a happy ending.”

When Johnson fell ill with stomach pains in May 1966, doctors diagnosed liver cancer. His health rapidly deteriorated and he had to be hospitalized.

Lawrence J. Bader and John “Fritz” Johnson, both 39, died Sept. 16, 1966.

A memorial service for Johnson was held in Omaha. The body was returned to Akron for burial in a Bader family plot at Holy Cross Cemetery.

“It’s all over now,” the Beacon Journal reported. “There is no tomorrow for the man who claimed to recall no past. All that remains is the mystery.”



- posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 01:50 AM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Wednesday 28 September 2016