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  Possibly one of the most underrated scenes in movie history is the courtroom diatribe by Judge Leonard White (played by Morgan Freeman) at the end of the 1990 film Bonfire of the Vanities (which is also underrated). The speech that the judge rails into after he has just ruled in a court case based on case where the film's hero Sherman McCoy (played by Tom Hanks) has just been exonerated after being falsely accused of running over a young black drug dealer, It was actually his hussy girlfriend who ran him over. Despite all the evidence clearing McCoy, Judge White is called a racist by the angry mob in his courtroom. In anger he goes on a tirade that contains a whole lot of wisdom and truth that today's world should take to heart: In case that didn't sink in, here is the text: Racist? You dare call me racist? Well I say unto you, what does it matter the color of a man's skin if witnesses perjure themselves. If a prosecutor enlists the perjurers. When a district atto...

I was originally going to post this later this week but there has been such a overwhelmingly positive response to my article about  Crowell & Spencer Lumber Company Steam Locomotive #400 that I decided just to move on to another old locomotive on the Southern Forest Heritage Museum, in this case Meridian Lumber Company 2-6-0 Locomotive #202. Like #400, #202 was abandoned by it's original owner after it's last job in 1954. Unlike the #400 however #202 has been moved around a bit. In 1954 the Crowell Long Leaf Lumber Company opted to store the locomotive near the crossing of the old Meridian main line and Highway 497. In 1980 the locomotive was moved to a location adjacent to where #400 sits today. Over the next fifteen years the locomotive became so overrun with native foliage that it was all but invisible to anyone walking by. When #202 was rediscovered in 1993 the brush was cleared off of it and then it was relocated into the nearby former Red River & Gulf ...

 I just wanted to quickly share this very powerful and inspiring message I watched yesterday by Pastor Leanne Matthesius of Awaken Church in San Diego. She was actually preaching this message as guest speaker at Legacy Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I feel that that her core message on how the church and Christians in general should be emboldened in this time of crisis in our nation. Check this out: 1 Samual 11 Saul Rescues the City of Jabesh 11 Nahash[ a ] the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh Gilead. And all the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will be subject to you.” 2 But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you only on the condition that I gouge out the right eye of every one of you and so bring disgrace on all Israel.” 3 The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Give us seven days so we can send messengers throughout Israel; if no one comes to rescue us, we will surrender to you.” 4 When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul...

The X-Files Comics Digest #1 December 1995 Topps Comics Grade NM $4.99 - Shop Now Photo variant cover. Story by Stefan Petrucha. Art by Charles Adlard. "Big Foot, Warm Heart": You would think that the search for Bigfoot would be right up Mulders alley. However there has never been a case to warrant making it an X-File. Until now. An FBI agent has gone missing and evidence seems to point to his being abducted by Bigfoot. Scully and Mulders investigation may be seriously hampered by millionaire Ben McCaslin, a rich man who fancies himself a big game hunter. With his resources, it just may be possible for him to capture a sasquatch. And an FBI agent? "The Visitor." 11 pages. Reprinted from Ray Bradbury Comics Special Edition (1993). From a story by Ray Bradbury. Adaptation and breakdowns by P. Craig Russell. Art by Michael Lark. A lonely settler on Mars receives a visitor. A woman who can make dreams appear real. But when other settlers find out about her, human natu...

Written By: Ken Hulsey Source: Wishes To Remain Anonymous Back in 2010 I posted a couple of articles about the infamous "Speedway Monster" that at one time used to prowl around the rural communities at the base of the San Bernardino Mountains just a mere 30-minute drive from downtown Los Angeles. The creature in question got it's signature name from a plethora of sightings that occurred between the 1950s and early 1970s at the Mickey Thompson's Fontana International Dragway where literally hundreds of race fans witnessed it roaming nearby fields and rummaging through trash cans. After the raceway closed in 1972 sightings of the "Speedway Monster" continued through the early 1990s when the suburban areas of Fontana and Rialto grew by leaps and bounds into the sprawling residential and shopping mecca it is today. As most cryptid hunters know, Bigfoot doesn't like malls so for good reasons the monster has moved on. Or so it seemed.... An anonymous eyewitnes...

Last week I talking in length about how the construction of Interstate Highway 49 through Central Louisiana made virtual ghost towns out of several once prosperous communities. My feature on the Oasis 24 Hour Truck Stop highlighted just how businesses along US 71 became abandoned after travelers and truckers alike moved on to the highway to the west. If you continue on US 71 south from The Oasis you will soon arrive in the farming town of Lecompte. There, hidden in the overgrowth on the east side of the road just before the end of town, is what remains of a family owned gas station. The pumps are gone, the back of the structure has rotted completely away and the property is so overgrown with native vegetation you could pass by it and not notice it a all. Locals tell me that the couple that owned it had to give it up due to their declining health and lack of business. Reportedly they were very loving and trusting people who would let locals pay for fuel with an IOU. That's a part o...

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