by me, Kerry Burgess, 05/28/2026 6:09 PM
Baffling why they are broadcasting over public airwaves this stuff they know I will find
Whoever is doing knows how I think. They know what I look for.
Those people at the tv-studio do not seem intelligent enough to cause and to create this stuff I find
You won't know what that is by reading this note. A segment they broadcast over tv-antenna this later afternoon and into evening today, 05/27/2026
What possible merit as volunteer work could this have?
by me, Kerry Burgess, posted online here, September 02, 2005
The Running Man
I have always read a lot, since I was a kid. When I was in the Navy I read a lot of books when we were out to sea and one of my favorites authors during that time was Stephen King, not to mention Tom Clancy and Louis L'Amour.
One of King's book that has been on my mind a lot over these past few years is The Running Man. You may have seen the movie, but the book is a lot different and I think a much better work. Anyway, there have also been a lot of similarities between my experience over the past few years and that of the protagonist character in the book.
One notable event happened a few years ago when I was still working with Microsoft, although was soon to quit, and I was living in an apartment in Redmond. Noises bother me a lot and the people in the apartment above me were causing quit a commotion. It sounded like they had a lot of people in there and they were all stomping around. I went up there and knocked on the door. Before they opened it, I heard someone on the other side say, "Shh, it's the running man."
That stuck in my head for a long time. Ordinarily I probably wouldn't have given it a second thought for several reasons. One is that I was literally running a lot because I was training for my Ironman triathlon. But how would they know that? From their apartment, they couldn't see me leaving mine to go out running on the Samm. Trail. Plus that, they were new to the building.
And then I remembered The Running Man by King and that really worried me.
IMDb
Quigley Down Under (1990)
Quotes
Elliott Marston: Matthew Quigley.
[holds out his hand]
Elliott Marston: Elliot Marston. Welcome to Australia.
Matthew Quigley: Well, sir, your men already welcomed me.
Elliott Marston: Coogan! Mr. Quigley's luggage. Take it to the lodge.
Matthew Quigley: Mr. Marston, you said you'd pay me 50 dollars in gold coin just for showing up.
Elliott Marston: Don't waste much time?
Matthew Quigley: I spent three months on a boat, just getting here.
Elliott Marston: [Hands Quigley the money] You intruiged me, Mr. Quigley. Twenty-one men answered my advertisment, from all over the world. Canada, India, England. They just wrote letters. But you... had a way with words.
[shows a newpaper clipping with six bullet holes through, and the words M. Quigley, 900 yards]
Elliott Marston: My advertisment simply stated I wanted to hire the greatest long distance marksman in the world. Have I?
Elliott Marston: My parents were slaughtered by Aborigines, Mr. Quigley. They attacked so fast, my mother was found dead still holding her sewing. Nowadays, they butcher our sheep and cattle. Her Majesty's government allows settlers to deal with the matter in their own way. This official policy is called 'Pacification by Force'. But the real issue is that, primitive as they are, the Aborigines have learned to keep out of rifle range. Which brings us to you, Mr. Quigley.
Matthew Quigley: Tell me about the dingoes. Ten pounds a month for shooting wild dogs seems like a whole lot for not much. 'Sides, you got enough men and guns outside to kill every dingo within ten miles of here. Unless you're talking about deserters?
Elliott Marston: Did you know that your American Indian is a race that has no word for 'wheel'? No concept of farming, No understanding of land ownership.
Matthew Quigley: Is that a fact?
Elliott Marston: But from what I hear, you found a solution to that problem in your country.
Matthew Quigley: I guess that depends on whether you're an indian or not.
Battlestar Galactica - tv miniseries - 12/08/2003, 12/09/2003
(from internet transcript)
Roslin: (They walk over to a little girl who's playing with a doll.) Hi. What's your name?
Girl: Cammy.
Roslin: Hi, Cammy. I'm Laura. Are you alone? (Cammy nods.)
Cruiser pilot: She was travelling with her grandparents, but her grandmother's having some health problems since the announcement. Not to worry, though, we are taking care of it.
Cammy: My parents are going to meet me at the space port in Caprica City.
Roslin: Space port. I see.
Cammy: We're going out for dinner, and I'm having chicken pie, and then we're going home, and then Daddy's gonna read to me, and then I'm going to bed.
Roslin: Is there something you wanted to say to me?
Billy: Well, I just thought you should know. That little girl you met earlier, Cammy - her ship can't make the jump.
Roslin: (looks at him for a moment) Thank you.
Pilot: Passengers, please take your seats and stand by to jump. Thank you. (He looks at the co-pilot and shakes his head.) Set ESB trajectory.
Man on radio: Colonial One, for god's sake, you can't just leave us here.
Apollo: Set.
(We see President Roslin sitting by herself, then Cammy playing with her doll.)
Voice on radio: Colonial One, this is Picon 36. I can't believe you want us to leave these people behind.
Apollo: Cycle.
Voice on radio: At least tell us where you're going. We'll follow at sublight.
Apollo: No. If they're captured, then the Cylons know too.
Voice on radio: Please!
Voice on radio: I've got fifty people on board. Colonial One, do you copy this?
Pilot: Spinning up FTL drive now.
Voice on radio: Don't leave us here. (Something) humanity, we don't have any weapons.
Apollo: All ships, prepare to jump on our mark. Five...
Voice on radio: Colonial One, please respond.
Apollo: Four...
Voice on radio: May the Lords of Kobol protect those souls we leave behind.
Apollo: Three...
(Cylon ships appear.)
Voice on radio: I've got DRADIS contact. Inbound targets, heading this way.
Apollo: Two...
Voice on radio: I see them too. Are they Colonials?
Apollo: One.
Voice on radio: Oh my god, they're Cylons.
Apollo: Mark.
Voice on radio: I hope you people rot in hell for this.
(Most of the Colonial ships jump. The Cylons fire. Cammy is still playing with her doll. The screen fades to white.)
From 12/8/2003 ( premiere USA TV miniseries "Battlestar Galactica" ) To 5/27/2026 ( ) is 8206 days
8206 = 4103 + 4103
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 1/26/1977 ( from Wikipedia: The Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1976 (officially "An Act providing for the granting of Traditional Aboriginal Land in the Northern Territory for the benefit of Aboriginals, and for other purposes" went into effect in Australia's Northern Territory as the first Australia's first federal law to recognize the Aboriginal Australian system of land ownership by occupying of the land. The Act also made official the concept of inalienable freehold title based on inheritance of occupied territory. ) is 4103 days
From 12/8/2003 ( premiere USA TV miniseries "Battlestar Galactica" ) To 5/27/2026 ( ) is 8206 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 4/21/1988 ( as me, Kerry Burgess, my official enlisted US Navy documents includes: Qualified M-14 Rifle, USS Wainwright CG-28, US Navy ) is 8206 days
From 6/24/1976 ( premiere USA film "Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson" ) To 5/27/2026 ( ) is 18234 days
18234 = 9117 + 9117
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 10/19/1990 ( ) is 9117 days
From 6/5/1987 ( as me, Kerry Burgess, my official enlisted US Navy documents includes: Earned NEC 1189 - Based on graduation from the Terrier Mk 152 Guided-missiles Fire Control Computers Complex course - Naval Guided Missiles School, Dam Neck, Virginia Beach, Virginia, US Navy - leading to permanent assignment until 1990 to CF-division, Missile Plot - guided-missiles Fire Control Computers Complex (operator and advanced technician, UNIVAC digital-computers Mk152 Terrier System for, primarily, SM2-ER {Extended Range} Standard Missiles ordnance), USS Wainwright CG-28, US Navy, while enlisted paygrade E-5, designated Fire Controlman Petty Officer Second Class (FC2) ) To 5/27/2026 ( ) is 14236 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 10/24/2004 ( ) is 14236 days
Dead Like Me
"Always"
Season 2 Episode 14
Aired October 24, 2004
George finds out that her mother was in Happy Time looking for her file. Rube goes to see his daughter after receiving upsetting news from Penny. Ray continues to cause problems even after his death and Mason runs into a bit of trouble with Kiffany.
AIRED: 10/24/04
Dead Like Me
"Always"
s02e14
Georgia Lass.
All right, I got it.
I hired her last year, and let me tell you something. This Georgia Lass
Was the most fascinating woman you'd ever met?
She disturbed me, and I can't quite shake her. This is for the personnel files. I want you to bring me her file, and Millie
What?
The personnel files are for executives only. Remember, Georgia--
Jesus, I heard you the first three times.
Battlestar Galactica - tv miniseries - 12/08/2003, 12/09/2003
(We see the surface of the planet - there are lots and lots of explosions.)
(Galactica - Adama is in his quarters reading. The intercom buzzes.)
Gaeta: CIC to commanding officer.
Adama: (picking up the phone) Go ahead.
Gaeta: I'm sorry to disturb you, sir, but we have a Priority 1 alert message from Fleet Headquarters. It was transmitted in the clear.
Adama: In the clear? What does it say?
Gaeta: "Attention all Colonial units. Cylon attack underway. This is no drill."
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102744/releaseinfo/
IMDb
Quigley Down Under
Release info
United States October 19, 1990
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099348/releaseinfo/
IMDb
Dances with Wolves
Release info
United States October 19, 1990 (Washington, D.C., premiere)
- by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 01:22 AM Pacific-timezone USA Thursday 05/28/2026
