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Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Today is 01/20/2026





WarGames (1983)

(from internet transcripts)

Get me the senior controllers. I wanna talk to 'em myself.

All stations, this is Crystal Palace. Stand by for a message from Brass Hat. Acknowledge.

Elmendorf Air Force Base Operations.

Lieutenant Colonel Bowers. 319th Bomb Wing Operations.

Colonel Chase.

Colonel, this is Loring Air Force Base.

The senior controller isn't here right now.

That's all right. Who are you?

Sir, this is Airman Dougherty, sir.

This is General Beringer at NORAD.









From 3/3/1959 ( the birthdate in Hawaii of my biological brother Thomas Reagan ) to 12/7/1998 ( as Kerry Burgess my first day as full-time employee of Microsoft Corporation in Seattle until 02/06/2004, employed as technical accounts manager in Microsoft Premier Support for Enterprise and then Microsoft Premier Support for Developers ) is 14524 days

14524 = 7262 + 7262

From 7/16/1963 ( Phoebe Cates ) to 6/3/1983 ( premiere USA film "WarGames" ) is 7262 days









Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

Linda Barrett: He's no high school boy.










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album: "This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About" (1996)

MODEST MOUSE

"Space Travel Is Boring"

She's the only rocketeer in the whole damn place
They gave her a mirror so she could talk to a face
She still got plenty lonely but that's just the case









From 6/3/1983 ( premiere USA film "WarGames" ) To 6/16/2005 ( ) is 8049 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 11/16/1987 ( ) is 8049 days









From 7/30/1983 ( Ronald Reagan, 40th President of USA federal government 1981-1989: Radio Address to the Nation on Organ Donorship and on Reform 88 ) To 6/16/2005 ( ) is 7992 days

7992 = 3996 + 3996

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 10/11/1976 ( United States of America Public Law 94-479 General of the Armies of the United States approved by 38th United States President Gerald Ford AND applies personally and professionally to my biological brother United States Navy Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan ) is 3996 days



From 4/8/1977 ( from The Daily Princetonian publication, Princeton University: Students gaze through telescopes at planets, stars, galaxies, infinity ) To 6/16/2005 ( as Kerry Burgess my official records United States of America Veterans Affairs hospital includes: Date of Admission, psychiatric unit ) is 10296 days

10296 = 5148 + 5148

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 12/7/1979 ( premiere USA film "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" ) is 5148 days



From 3/13/1914 ( from The Daily Princetonian publication, Princeton University: MENTAL PROCESSES ARE RESULT OF MECHANISMS Says Dr. Stewart Paton In His Fourth Lecture On Study Of Human Activities ) To 6/8/1993 ( commencement, Princeton University Class of 1993 ) is 28942 days

28942 = 14471 + 14471

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 6/16/2005 ( ) is 14471 days



From 4/20/1776 ( from founders.archives.gov: From George Washington to the New York Committee of Safety ) To 7/18/1855 ( from This Week in Princeton History: Princeton has banned secret societies and students will be required to sign a pledge not to join one. Any student found to be in a secret society will be promptly dismissed. ) is 28942 days

28942 = 14471 + 14471

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 6/16/2005 ( ) is 14471 days



From 1/16/1955 ( premiere USA TV series episode "You Are There"::"The First Flight of the Wright Brothers (December 17, 1903)" ) To 6/16/2005 ( ) is 18414 days

18414 = 9207 + 9207

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 1/17/1991 ( the date of record of my United States Navy Medal of Honor as Kerry Wayne Burgess chief warrant officer United States Marine Corps circa 1991 officially the United States Apache attack helicopter pilot ) is 9207 days



From 12/25/1991 ( an aviator in non-aviator related duties boots on the ground as United States Marine Corps chief warrant officer Kerry Wayne Burgess I was prisoner of war in Croatia ) To 6/16/2005 ( ) is 4922 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 4/25/1979 ( premiere USA TV "You Can't Go Home Again" ) is 4922 days



From 9/23/1952 ( the Checkers televised speech by Richard Nixon ) To 5/7/1992 ( first launch of the United States space shuttle Endeavour orbiter vehicle mission STS-49 includes me Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps commissioned-officer and United States STS-49 pilot astronaut and my 1st official United States of America National Aeronautics and Space Administration orbital flight of 4 overall ) is 14471 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 6/16/2005 ( ) is 14471 days



From 5/16/1992 ( landing of the first flight of the United States space shuttle Endeavour orbiter vehicle mission STS-49 includes me Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps commissioned-officer and United States STS-49 pilot astronaut and my 1st official United States of America National Aeronautics and Space Administration orbital flight of 4 overall ) To 6/16/2005 ( ) is 4779 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 12/3/1978 ( premiere USA TV series episode "Battlestar Galactica"::"The Living Legend - Part 2" ) is 4779 days



From 7/26/1947 ( the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States of America established ) To 3/9/1987 ( "The Joshua Tree" by U2 ) is 14471 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 6/16/2005 ( ) is 14471 days



From 4/15/1959 ( from Wikipedia on the global-internetwork: Hundreds turned out in Oklahoma City to see whether Otis T. Carr would launch a flying saucer ) To 11/27/1998 ( premiere USA TV series episode "The Outer Limits"::"The Origin of Species" ) is 14471 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 6/16/2005 ( ) is 14471 days



From 11/21/1964 ( premiere USA TV series episode "The Outer Limits"::"The Inheritors - Part 1" ) To 7/5/2004 ( premiere USA TV series "UFO Files" ) is 14471 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 6/16/2005 ( ) is 14471 days









IMDb

WarGames (1983)

Quotes

Colonel Joe Conley: This is Crystal Palace. Are you still on?

[no response]

Colonel Joe Conley: This is Crystal Palace. Are you still on? Is anyone there?

Colonel Chase: That's affirmative, sir.

Airman Dougherty: Yeah, we're here! Jesus H. Christ! We're still here!



- by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 10:01 AM Pacific-timezone USA Tuesday 01/20/2026