by me, Kerry Burgess, 10/17/2025 7:28 PM
I intend to watch those final two episodes of season 3, just not until I find another reason to pay their subscription fee
Looking around this evening, so much stuff out there I don't care for
Finally, accepted the impulse in my conscious-mind for a selection to view, despite how much I loathe "The Matrix"
Selected that first sequel from 2003 "The Matrix Reloaded"
Wondered if there is anything interesting about it and this day today, 10/17/2025, specifically interesting because I chose today to view it
Not sure when I last saw it. Cannot even really recall anything specific about it. Is this the one where those drones are trying to overrun their underground base? There is something too about that weirdo guy that is the main antagonist guy, that agent
Don't really recall anything else that might be part of this installment
Not sure if I will view it in entirety, really don't want to work on it this beyond this point.
by me, Kerry Burgess, 10/17/2025 7:40 PM
Brief fragments in the first few minutes confirm my theory I have viewed before that ridiculous production
They are so incredibly lameoid
by me, Kerry Burgess, 10/17/2025 7:46 PM
I paused the video at 0:06:55 and made this observation:
From 5/7/2003 ( premiere USA film "The Matrix Reloaded" ) To 10/17/2025 ( ) is 8199 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 4/14/1988 ( ) is 8199 days
Los Angeles Times
Frigate Apparently Strikes Gulf Mine; 10 Sailors Hurt
April 15, 1988 JOHN M. BRODER Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON — A U.S. warship apparently hit a mine Thursday, injuring 10 American sailors, after it had escorted a U.S.-registered Kuwaiti tanker through the Persian Gulf, Defense Department officials said.
One Pentagon source told the Associated Press that sailors aboard the Roberts had seen "mine-like" objects in the water shortly before the explosion.
U.S. officials in the past have accused the Iranians of sowing mines in the gulf to intimidate shipping headed for Iraq, with whom Iran has been at war for eight years. Last fall, U.S. warships and helicopters seized an Iranian ship in the act of planting mines.
White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said the National Security Council had "routinely informed" President Reagan of Thursday's explosion, adding that the incident "emphasizes once again our concern for stopping the Iran-Iraq War."
However, U.S. officials refused to discuss possible retaliation. "It's not a declaration of war," said one Administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity. "Besides, who are you going to retaliate against?"
The explosion took place as the frigate was sailing south on a routine patrol Thursday morning after completing a convoy that included the Kuwaiti tanker Gas King the night before, Howard said.
The frigate was heading toward Bahrain under auxiliary power Thursday night, escorted by the cruiser Wainwright
From 5/23/1943 ( the US Navy battleship USS New Jersey commissioned into fleet service ) To 5/7/2003 ( premiere USA film "The Matrix Reloaded" ) is 21899 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 10/17/2025 ( ) is 21899 days
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_New_Jersey_(BB-62)
Red Storm Rising (1986) - Tom Clancy
(from internet transcript)
excerpt, Chapter 27
"Captain speaking."
"She'll float, sir," the damage-control officer said at once. "We're patching the bulkhead now. It won't be tight, but the pumps can handle the leakage. Unless something else goes bad on us, we'll get her home. They sending the tug out to us?"
"Yes."
"If we get a tow, sir, it better be sternfirst. I don't want to think about trying to run this one into a seaway."
"Right." Morris looked at Clarke. "Get a gang of men aft. We'll be taking the tow at the stem, rig it up. Have them launch the whaleboat to look for survivors. I saw at least one man in the water. And get a sling on that arm."
"You got it, Cap'n." Clarke moved aft.
Morris went to CIC and found a working radio.
"X-Ray Alfa, this is Pharris," Morris called to the screen commander.
"State your condition."
"We took one hit forward, the bow is gone all the way to the ASROC launcher. We cannot maneuver. I can keep her afloat unless we hit some bad weather. Both boilers currently down, but we should have power back in less than ten minutes. We have casualties, but I don't know how many or how bad yet.
"Commodore, we got hit by a nuke boat, probably a Victor. Unless I miss my guess, he's headed your way."
"We lost him, but he was heading out," the Commodore said.
"Start looking inside, sir," Morris urged. "This fellow got to knifefighting range and pulled a beautiful number on us. This one isn't going to run away for long, he's too damned good for that."
The Commodore thought that one over briefly. "Okay, I'll keep that in mind. Gallery's en route to you. What other assistance do you need?"
"You need Gallery more than we do. Just send us the tug," Morris answered. He knew that the submarine wouldn't be coming back to finish the kill. He'd accomplished that part of his mission. Next, he'd try to kill some merchants.
"Roger that. Let me know if you need anything else. Good luck, Ed."
"Thank you, sir. Out."
Morris ordered his helo to drop a double ring of sonobuoys around his ship just in case. Then the Sea Sprite found three men in the water, one of them dead. The whaleboat recovered them, allowing the helo to rejoin the convoy. It was assigned to Gallery, which took Pharris's station as the convoy angled south.
Below, welders worked their gear in waist-deep saltwater as they struggled to seal off the breaks in the frigate's watertight bulkheads. The task lasted nine hours, then the pumps drained the water from the flooded compartments.
Before they had finished, the fleet tug Papago pulled alongside the frigate's square stem. Chief Clarke supervised as a stout towing wire was passed across and secured. An hour later, the tug was pulling the frigate on an easterly course at four knots, backwards to protect the damaged bow. Morris ordered his towed-array sonar to be strung over the bow, trailing it out behind to give them some small defense capability. Several extra lookouts were posted to watch for periscopes. It would be a slow, dangerous trip back home.
https://papersofprinceton.princeton.edu/princetonperiodicals/?a=d&d=Princetonian19980313-01.1.4&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------
From 6/8/1993 ( commencement, Princeton University Class of 1993 ) To 10/17/2025 ( ) is 11819 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 3/13/1998 ( ) is 11819 days
From 6/21/2006 ( premiere USA film "Superman Returns" ) To 10/17/2025 ( ) is 7058 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 2/28/1985 ( from The Daily Princetonian publication, Princeton University: Drinking age hurts local business ; Bars concentrate on older clientele ) is 7058 days
IMDb
Superman Returns (2006)
IMDb
Bo the Bartender: Must be tough coming back.
Clark Kent: Coming back?
Bo the Bartender: To work.
IMDb
Superman III (1983)
Quotes
Evil Superman: [Blurts out, to the disgusted crowd after exiting the bar] What're ya looking at? Huh?
by me, Kerry Burgess, 10/17/2025 8:42 PM
I remember too the party scene in the cave at 0:26:45 because I remember thinking how it is so stupid and lameoid.
Might have seen this in the theatre when it premiered back in year 2003. I was living in downtown Redmond at that time. There was a theatre I went to nearby in Bellevue. Don't recall if I saw it there, probably did
So far, the point of this note is still about me viewing it today
Might examine the premiere date, for this note, which I may or may not post today
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivet
by me, Kerry Burgess, 10/17/2025 8:53 PM
Back in year 2003, sitting at my desk as a full-time employee of Microsoft Corporation in Seattle, I was often listening on my headphones to music like that from that point in "The Matrix Reloaded". If I recall correctly, the source was an over-the-air FM radio station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGdGFtwCNBE
The Killers - Mr. Brightside (Official Music Video)
TheKillersMusic
excerpts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zion_(The_Matrix)
Zion (The Matrix)
From Wikipedia
Zion is a fictional city in The Matrix films. It is the last human city on the planet Earth after a cataclysmic war between mankind and sentient machines, which resulted in artificial lifeforms dominating the world. It is actually a massive series of caverns deep under the ruined planet's surface, close to the planet's core, for warmth, power, and protection.
In The Matrix Reloaded, Neo learns from the Architect that the machines allowed Zion to be created as a method of coping with the problem of human choice, reducing but not eliminating the instability caused by those who rejected the Matrix. In order to prevent the entire system from crashing, the machines must periodically destroy Zion and "The One" must reboot the Matrix and choose a group of people to rebuild the city. Neo discovers that this cycle has occurred five times in the past and is about to complete its sixth repetition.
From 3/8/1988 ( as me, Kerry Burgess, while enlisted paygrade E-5, designated Fire Controlman Petty Officer Second Class (FC2), my official enlisted US Navy documents includes: Terrier MK 152 guided-missiles Fire Control Computers Complex Operator (UNIVAC digital-computers Mk152 Terrier System for, primarily, SM2-ER {Extended Range} Standard Missiles ordnance) - CF-division, Missile Plot, USS Wainwright CG-28, US Navy, following my graduation Naval Missiles School, Dam Neck, Virginia ) To 10/17/2025 ( ) is 13737 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 6/13/2003 ( ) is 13737 days
The Library of Congress Thomas
108th Congress (2003 - 2004)
S.1260
Latest Title: Commercial Space Transportation Act of 2003
(introduced 6/13/2003)
Fallen (Stargate SG-1)
From Wikipedia
"Fallen" is the 1st episode of the seventh season of science fiction television series Stargate SG-1. The episode was first broadcast on June 13, 2003
Plot
On a planet of ancient ruins, four nomads walking in the forest come across the body of a naked man lying among the dirt and leaves: It is Dr. Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks). Back at Stargate Command, Jonas Quinn (Corin Nemec), who has been studying an ancient tablet discovers that the "lost city" that they have been searching for is a mistranslation; it is actually the "city of the lost". Furthermore, he believes that it would be the last on the list of Stargate addresses that Jack entered in the database when he had the repository of Ancient downloaded into his brain. SG-1 go to planet, referred to as Vis Uban, in hopes of finding the elusive city. SG-1 locates the ancient ruins and makes contact with the nomad tribe who inhabit it. Much to everyone's surprise, Daniel Jackson has been living amongst them. Known to the nomads as "Arrom", Jackson has no memory of his life before arriving on the planet, but in time Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) and Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) convince him to return with them to Earth. Back on Earth, Daniel slowly begins to remember fragments of who he was and soon makes the assessment that Jonas' translation of the tablet is incorrect and that the Ancients deliberately hid their city, erasing it from historical documents
From 6/17/1946 ( from Wikipedia on the global-internetwork: Mobile Telephone Service, the first "car phone" service in the United States, was introduced by AT&T ) To 6/1/2006 ( ) is 21899 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 10/17/2025 ( ) is 21899 days
by me, Kerry Burgess, 10/17/2025 10:00 PM
So much low-level conflict in my mind
I am drowsy, want to sleep
Going to sleep, post on my blog this blog-post now without watching more of the video
Continue the video
Going to sleep
Continue the video
by me, Kerry Burgess, 10/17/2025 10:10 PM
Yes! I have seen it! Just the other night. I can use my previous blog-post to pinpoint precisely when I did see it.
Certainly did not anticipate this showing up tonight
Next question: how do I find it?
- by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 10:25 PM Pacific-timezone USA Friday 10/17/2025
