by me, Kerry Burgess, posted by me: 16 November 2014
http://besser.tsoa.nyu.edu/impact/f01/Papers/Zeidman/Visual_literacy_and_maps.htm
War is how Americans learn geography
From 3/21/1905 ( ) To 12/24/2025 ( ) is 44108 days
44108 = 22054 + 22054
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 3/21/2026 ( Today , Saturday ) is 22054 days
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_1905
March 1905
From Wikipedia
March 21, 1905
"The Treaty of Peace and Friendship" (El tratado de Paz y Amistad) between Chile and Bolivia, signed on October 20, 1904, went into effect, settling the question of the border between the two South American nations. Bolivia ceded the territory of Antofagasta to Chile in return for Chile extending a railroad from the Pacific port of Arica to the Bolivian capital at La Paz.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Chica_o_El_Mundo
La Chica o El Mundo
From Wikipedia
"La Chica o El Mundo" is the ninth episode and first season finale of the American post-apocalyptic science fiction television series Pluribus. The episode was written by executive producers Alison Tatlock and Gordon Smith, and directed by Smith. It was released on Apple TV on December 24, 2025.
The series is set in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and follows author Carol Sturka, who is one of only thirteen people in the world immune to the effects of "the Joining", resulting from an extraterrestrial virus that had transformed the world's human population into a peaceful and content hive mind (the "Others"). In the episode, Manousos finally reaches Albuquerque, leaving Carol to debate whether to help him in making a plan to destroy the Others.
The episode received critical acclaim, with critics praising the scenes between Carol and Manousos, the performances and the cliffhanger.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gap_(Pluribus)
The Gap (Pluribus)
From Wikipedia
"The Gap" is the seventh episode of the American post-apocalyptic science fiction television series Pluribus. The episode was written by co-executive producer Jenn Carroll, and directed by Adam Bernstein. It was released on Apple TV on December 12, 2025.
The series is set in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and follows author Carol Sturka, who is one of only thirteen people in the world immune to the effects of "the Joining", resulting from an extraterrestrial virus that had transformed the world's human population into a peaceful and content hive mind (the "Others"). In the episode, Carol allows herself to indulge in her isolation, while Manousos drives through South America in an attempt to reach her.
In South America, Manousos attempts to drive across the continent to reach Carol in Albuquerque. He uses cassette tapes to learn English and refuses to let the Others help him with anything. He leaves cash behind whenever he picks up leftover supplies or siphons gas. Approaching the Darién Gap on the Colombia–Panama border, the road north ends, and Manousos gets ready to hike. A group of Others emerge and warn him not to continue, as the weather is severe, the terrain dangerous and he lacks resources. They suggest transporting him and his car directly to New Mexico instead. Manousos responds by setting his car on fire and continuing on foot alone - to him, anything the Others could offer him has been stolen. During his trek through the jungle, Manousos trips and is impaled on a chunga palm tree. Despite attempts to cauterize his wounds, he collapses and is rescued by the Others who reach him via helicopter.
Heaven's Gate (religious group)
From Wikipedia
Often described as a cult
When Bonnie Lou Nettles (Ti) died of cancer in 1985, the group's doctrine was confounded because Nettles was "chosen" by the Next Level to be a messenger on Earth, yet her body had died instead of leaving physically to outer space. Their belief system was then revised
https://hvom.blogspot.com/2026/03/today-is-03202026.html
by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 08:30 AM
Number 878: The Farthest Man From Home
I am Kerry Burgess. This is what I think.
If this is the first blog-post by me you're reading then you are galactically uninformed.
Friday, March 20, 2026
Today is 03/20/2026
by me, Kerry Burgess: March 26, 2019
Americans, in their pathetic lives, are incapable of seeing through the messenger to the message.
Star Trek - "Metamorphosis" - tv-series Season 2 Episode 9, 11/10/1967
Episode Summary
When their shuttle is diverted to a planetoid, Kirk, Spock, and McCoy encounter Earth's Warp Drive pioneer, Zefram Cochrane, who appears to have survived there alone for 150 years.
(from internet transcript)
Zefram COCHRANE: I told you, I don't know what it is. It exists, it lives, and I can communicate with it.
MCCOY: That's a pretty far out story.
KIRK: Mister Cochrane, do you have a first name?
COCHRANE: Zefram.
KIRK: Zefram Cochrane of Alpha Centuri, the discoverer of the space warp?
COCHRANE: That's right, Captain.
MCCOY: But that's impossible. Zefram Cochrane died a hundred and fifty years ago.
SPOCK: The name of Zefram Cochrane is revered throughout the known galaxy.
Stargate SG-1
10.08 "Memento Mori" 09/08/2006
(from internet transcript)
MITCHELL
Okay, I think I've figured out what happened to you, why you don't remember anything.
VALA
(sarcastically)
Oh, good. Does it involve an alien abduction?
[She sets the bag on the desk where it promptly tips over, spilling junk food in individual wrappers onto the desk. Vala plops down on the chair.]
MITCHELL
Well, in as much as that you're an alien who was abducted, yes.
[Vala props her feet up on the desk and grabs something that looks like a waffle drizzled with chocolate. She opens the wrapper and starts eating.]
MITCHELL
You were undergoing a procedure which was designed to dig up some of your suppressed memories. The scientist that we captured told us that, during the procedure, the device was destroyed, which allowed you the opportunity to escape.
VALA
(dubious)
From the aliens?
MITCHELL
No, they weren't aliens. Though they're working for an alien, but that's not really important.
VALA
(pausing from eating)
Vala isn't a particularly alien name.
MITCHELL
(pressing on)
So I'm thinking that this device was in the middle of digging up these suppressed memories when — bam — it overloads and fries your brain. So instead of helping you remember, it actually made you forget. Everything.
[Vala ignores him in favor of reading the ingredients on her snack's label.]
VALA
Disodium guanylate. That would make a great alien name, don't you think?
MITCHELL
(sighs)
I can understand why you might be having difficulty believing what I'm telling you. But there is one thing you cannot deny. There are some very, very bad people after you.
[Vala gets up and crosses to the bed, still eating her waffle thing and bearing a package of Twinkies.]
VALA
Mm. And how do I know you're not one of them?
MITCHELL
Because I saved you from them!
VALA
What if they were trying to save me from you? How am I supposed to know?
MITCHELL
Let me take you back to Stargate Command. We have a device that can help you remember.
VALA
I thought you said the device was destroyed.
MITCHELL
It's a different device. It's one I brought back from another planet last year.
VALA
Oh, good. Were they having a sale?
[Vala pulls a Twinkie out of the package and shoves it in his mouth.]
- by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 3:13 PM Pacific-timezone USA Saturday 03/21/2026
