Today is 04/13/2026

by me, Kerry Burgess, 04/13/2026 07:08 AM local-time to me

9 minutes.

That is the single reason for the content of this note by me.

BECAUSE my completely random choice CAUSED me to observe other's activity precisely - time-stamped - 9 minutes after the fact

You won't understand the significance of that detail. It's buried deep in the content of my blog.

You also will not read here the observation that caused me to make this note.

Readers of my recent posts might recognize a key detail in this note today



The improbable.

The predictable.

I probably would have made this discovery but it is that detail about '9 minutes' that makes this so cute









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 4/13/2026 ( Today , Monday ) is 12528 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 2/20/2000 ( ) is 12528 days









https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0701177/

IMDb

The Simpsons

S11.E15

Missionary: Impossible

Episode aired Feb 20, 2000

When Homer is wanted dead for reneging on a 10,000 dollar pledge to PBS, Reverend Lovejoy sets him up for missionary work in the South Pacific until the heat dies down.









IMDb

The Simpsons

Missionary: Impossible

Quotes

Betty White: If you like great PBS programs like "Do Shut Up" and "Shut Your Gob," you'll want to support our pledge drive.

Bart: Pledge drive? Ugh!

PBS Host: That's right, Betty White.

Betty White: Absolutely. If you watch even one second of PBS and don't contribute, you're a thief. A common thief.

PBS Host: Okay, take it easy, Betty.

Betty White: Sorry, but these thieves make me so damn mad. You know who you are. Thieves!









Stargate SG-1 - "Children of the Gods" - tv series premiere Season 1 Episode 1 - 07/27/1997

(from internet transcript)

DAVIS: Chevron 6, encoded!









Stargate SG-1 - "Children of the Gods" - tv series premiere Season 1 Episode 1 - 07/27/1997

(from internet transcript)

DAVIS: Chevron 7, locked!









IMDb

The Simpsons

Missionary: Impossible

Quotes

PBS Host: And the next 20 callers will get this album of museum noises. Now your music room can sound just like the Metropolitan Museum in New York.

[sound of footsteps and a security guard clearing his throat]

PBS Host: Outstanding.

Homer: Why are you torturing me? I'm just a man!

Betty White: You know, I've worked with so many legendary actors over the years who could be counted on to "phone it in." Well, now it's your turn to phone it in; your pledge, that is. Please. Please! We're only $10,000 away from returning to our show.

Homer: Well, why didn't you say so?









Idiocracy (2006)

Narrator: Desperate and scared... Joe used his superior intelligence... to come up with the best escape plan he could think of.

Joe Bauers: Hi. Excuse me. I'm actually supposed to be getting out of prison today, sir. Yeah.



Prison Guard: (slaps Joe in the back of the head) ] You're in the wrong line, dumb ass. Over there.

Joe Bauers: I'm sorry. I am being a big dumb ass. Sorry.

Prison Guard: Hey, uh, let this dumb ass through.



- by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 07:42 AM Pacific-timezone USA Monday 04/13/2026