Crimes of Passion, Stephen King Style

She was beautiful in her faded blue jeans and bare feet, I wanted to lift her up and carry her away into an untroubled future, but that's not the world we live in, it's a badly broken universe, full of wars, cruelty and senseless tragedy. (Stephen King)

Sometimes life isn't always a butchers game, sometimes the prizes are real, sometimes there precise. (Stephen King)

Stephen King has way of seizing the readers attention and keeping it till the last word of all his books. The 2013 release of "Joyland" is no exception. King's best novels are behind him, but his character development and story lines always keep you guessing.

"Joyland" is about a fictional soul named Devin Jones whose in his early 60s and is reminiscing about his first and second loves from the early 1970s. In 1973, after Jone's girlfriend broke his heart and left town to attend college, Jones stayed in town and began working at an amusement park in North Carolina, Joyland. Jones was proud to put on his job resume that he sold fun for three months at Heavens Beach, Joyland amusement park.

Years before Jones started working at Joyland, a young woman named Linda Gray was murdered in the horror fun house ride at Joyland. Gray's ghost comes back to haunt and kill, or does it?
By the time I read 20 or so pages, I was thinking, OK, Jones whose developing a crush on Erin, a cute red head garbed in her short green skirt and takes pictures for Joyland customers is going to be murdered by Jones.

Gray, the murdered girl at the park years earlier was killed by her jealous boyfriend because he knew she was going to leave him for another man. While Jones learns this information, he reflects on his own heartache while a Beatles song with the following lyrics rings in his ears;

'I'd rather see you dead little girl, then to be with another man.'

In case you didn't know, King specializes in the horror genre. As I stating earlier, while in the early stages of reading "Joyland," I was thinking that Devin Jones was going to snap and become a serial killer / maybe rapist.

This book was anything but predictable, Devin doesn't get romantically involved with Erin, but the blue jean beauty, Annie Ross seizes his heart, and she loves him back, and the two lovers become one and live a life of eternal youth in the world of Zion which is tens of thousands of light years away from Earth. OK, this paragraph is a lie, except for the  part about developing a mental and physical relationship with Ross.

There is murder in "Joyland," but are the murders from a ghost, or Charles Manson minded psychotic evil fools? A mere 283 pages, an afternoon read to find out, three stars for "Joyland."

A Chaotic Symphony Of the Taste Buds, A Dangerous Heath Hazard?

Fifty percent of American food products are manipulated with synthetic taste enhancers states  an article in "Ideas & Discoveries" magazine; "The Deceived Sense of Taste."

Neurogastronomy is a fairly new research on artificial flavoring in the many eatables consumed across the globe. American flavor industries generate nearly $1.5 billion a year tweaking the tastes of many foods. Artificial flavors are much cheaper then using natural flavors that come from various plants and animals. Chocolate alone has 500 different flavors claims the German Research Center for Chemistry.

Food, whether it's all natural or enhanced has five basic traits. All five things affect our taste buds as well as the brain. Food may be salty, full of protein (umami), sugary, acidic (sour) or potentially poisonous. (bitter)

Food manipulation confuses the brain, and if abused may cause serious heath problems such as Alzheimer's Disease, Osteoporosis, (weakening of bones) and even cancer, neuroscientist Achim Peters said.

If you notice yourself getting sick a lot, I'd advise analyzing the products in the foods you eat most often. If those foods contain things such as Glutamate, Aspartame (artificial sweetener), Fructose, Citric acid or Phosphoric acid, healthier foods just my be your ticket to feeling better.

If your serious about getting into shape and losing weight, or keeping your present weight, it's a great idea to eliminate artificial sweeteners. Artificial sweeteners are perhaps the brains most menacing nemesis in synthetic food products. Fake sweeteners such as Fructose are contributing factors to obesity. Fructose satisfies the sweet sensations of the tongue and even our bellies, but the brain thinks it needs more, which it doesn't, hence a reason Fructose can lead to over eating. Fructose may also cause high blood pressure, diabetes, stroke and heart attacks.

Citric acid, commonly found in ketchup, sodas, ice tea, sour candies, jam and pasta is a likely contributor to Parkinson's and Alzheimer's Disease along with Multiple Sclerosis. Citric acid may also exacerbate existing health conditions.

I'm not writing this blog to arouse fear of foods, just learning about this stuff myself. While at the Oakland Airport in October awaiting my departure to tangible paradise, Hawaii, I purchased "ID" magazine, it's a magazine subscription Santa Claus got for me for Christmas!

Conspiracy theory number 'two', the savage huge money makers in the food industry are in cahoots with the medical industry to cause diabetes and other diseases, so more medicine can be manufactured and sold.

Mind Adventure

My transparent floating form gazed down upon my sleeping body on the couch. Seconds later, I was looking down upon the Earth from the moon, then cannon balled into the ocean. While under the sea, I walked the ocean floor. Through the clear sea water I looked up to observed the radiant sky while sun rays bounced off various billowy clouds which seemed to be in the form of Usas, a Hindu Goddess.

Usas, the goddess of dawn, She who sets all life in motion, the Maker of time who is a reminder of our limited time on Earth.

As I sat in the saturated sand under the beautiful blue sea admiring the countless tropical fish swimming amidst the colorful coral reefs, I noticed Usas smiling down upon me. Suddenly I started gasping for air, hence, I'm not a fish.

What was actually seconds seemed like an eternity to catch my breath from an awaking nap on the couch.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                   Izzy Schurr

Unbalanced Mind

More pointless pictures or bombastic blogs? Where does it end? The many novels and intriguing gods collapse into the clear night skies while the early mornings swims dissipate into the sunrise. In the end, it's just a whirlwind of nothingness eager to embrace the shadows of Mother Night. Maybe the cold currents of the northern pacific or the warm waves of the far southern sea will carry my soul in the depths of a world where I belong, a world where I'm understood.  

Too Much Fear These Days

 The book "Scapegoat" released May 17 mentions how powerful people like Donald Trump fuel the flames of modern day fascism.  

Trump is a huge contributor to a dark ignorance that misleads people to commit  heinous crimes toward others simple based on their race, religion, gender or anything that differs from simple minded fascists and racist who care only about money, power and their race and gender. 

Trump is far from alone in promoting fear and hate to the American masses, and the book on Islamophobia, "Scapegoat" by Arsalan Iftikhar more then points this out. 

"Scapegoat" is a solid short afternoon read that has some really interesting facts, but what I liked most about the book was that the author, Iftikhar promotes the reader(s) to think for themselves, something few religions promote, including the Muslim and Christian faiths.

"Scapegoat" is about how too many people fear Muslim Americans and how U.S. citizens have way too much fear over terrorism. Yes, some hard core Muslims have committed extremely horrible mass murders in the name of their God which Iftikhar mentions. The San Bernardino mass murdering of 14 people in December 2015 and the Paris killings also in December that same year which yielded a 130 deaths by a Muslim extremist. 

I still have no fear toward a Muslim, because as horrifying and tragic as the above mentioned incidents were, I know I still have much more of a chance of killing myself then being killed by a terrorist. The simple facts remain; since 9/11  till February of 2012, 11 Muslims have committed terrorist acts on American soil, during that same span of time, more than 300,000 people willing took their own lives. http://blogs.cfr.org/zenko/2012/02/24/america-is-a-safe-place/

People are always going to feed into the lies and fears the government feeds us. In the 1600s, killing non-Christians, burning them alive was a loving and Godly thing to do for too many Americans. If you go back thousands of years ago, it's in the Bible, killing a person in cold blood for simple working on their own land on a Sunday, God's day of rest was a Christian thing to do. 

Muslim extremist, as well as Christian ones are not alone in their scary and dangerous actions. The carnivals of death from the past have come alive in our times via the mass shootings and bombings of innocent people. The sick souls, the extremist of any belief will always continue to justify mass murder, it's a sad permanent series of novels in human history.    

'In God We Trust.' These words are on every American coin and paper bill. Americans, white peoples God from the Bible condone the senseless and cold blooded killing of non Christians;

"I came not to send peace, but a sword," Jesus said. Matthew 10;34. 

"I am come to send fire on on the Earth and what will I, if it be already kindled? Jesus said, Luke 12;49. 

Christianity is self centered and condones killing others who simple feel and think different from you, non of this stuff in Hinduism, the Hindu's preach peace and love, Hinduism by far for me if I had to chose a religion at gun point.

"Scapegoat" really ignites the mind and eliminates stupid fears for the real thinkers of the world. One thing the author completely left out of the book, was the mass shooting at the night club in Orlando Florida in June by Muslim extremist Omar Mateen. Mateen's mass murderous act left 49 people dead at the gay night club, which to date is the largest single mass shooting in U.S. history. The Bible condemns gay people too, it's OK to rape women, as long as their virgins, but peaceful souls in the minority with their sexual preference are evil in the hearts and minds of dark ignorant souls. 

...the LORD commanded Moses, and they slew all the males...(Numbers 31;7)

"Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him, But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves", Moses said. Numbers 31; 17, 18. Red Letter King James Holy Bible. 

"Scapegoat" only mentioned the Luke and Matthew quotes. Three and a half stars for this book, it's enlightening.  

Donald Trump, A Harsh Reality...

In less then two weeks, America's leader (president) may indeed be a rapist and a pedophile; the political pool of peril has just begun.

The facts for sure, Trump has been friends with convicted sex offender and pedophile billionaire Jeffery Epstein for more than a decade, whether or not there friends now doesn't matter.

In 2008 Epstein was sentence to a whooping 18 months in a rich man's prison, able to leave six days a week for 16 hours a day for the entire sentence. Epstein plead guilty in a court of law to having sex with a 14-year-old girl when he was 55-years old.  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/business/01epstein.html

Rich man poor man beggar man thief, all are equal in the eyes of the law are great words, but a complete lie. Do the research, Epstein is guilty of a lot more then the official documents of the law, but his money states other wise. It's a fact Epstein has employed many underage girls to message him and other older men at his Palm Springs home, aka 'Orgy Island,' which has had its vast share of well known visitors, including Donald Trump. The 14-year-old Epstein sex slave, who was raped by Epstein and many other men said the room where the messages and X-rated acts took place had a massage table, an armoire topped with sex toys and a photo of a little girl pulling her underwear off.

“I’ve known Jeff for 15 years, terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it, Jeffrey enjoys his social life,” Trump said in 2002. http://nypost.com/2016/10/09/the-sex-slave-scandal-that-exposed-pedophile-billionaire-jeffrey-epstein/

When put under oath, Epstein admitted that he had socialized with Trump. But Epstein chose to exercise his Fifth Amendment rights when asked: “Have you ever socialized with Donald Trump in the presence of females under the age of 18?” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-rape-case_us_581a31a5e4b0c43e6c1d9834 

“I’m not a sexual predator, I’m an offender,” Epstein told The Post in 2011. http://nypost.com/2016/10/09/the-sex-slave-scandal-that-exposed-pedophile-billionaire-jeffrey-epstein/

Another one of Epstein's sex slaves, also under the age of 18-years-old claims she was forced to have sex with numerous prominent American politicians, powerful business executives, a well-known prime minister, and other world leaders. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-bloom/why-the-new-child-rape-ca_b_10619944.html

Writing and researching this blog makes me want the read the 2011 book again, "Deadly Indifference: The Perfect (Political) Storm: Hurricane Katrina, The Bush White House, and Beyond", which illustrates just how big money and politics is sheer evil. Do the research folks, a lot of our hard earned tax money is going toward prostitutes and cocaine for high end political leaders.

Young, very young girls, beautiful ones are exploited for the almighty dollar and the law turns a blind eye toward the evil by adding more and more to its thick wallets. Trump who will very soon be our next president is a grim reality of how nefarious the political arena really is.

In 1989 Trumps first wife, Ivana Trump said in court, that Trump ripped some of her hair out with his bare hands, then brutally raped her, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-bloom/why-the-new-child-rape-ca_b_10619944.html and he's gonna make America great again!!?

Trump and other sadistic insanely rich rapist get away with these horrific acts with money, threatening their female victims, many of them still girls that they will have their families killed if the speak out.

Since October, 14 women have filed sexual assault cases against president elect Trump and the media buries all this under the rug. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chrissy-teigen-annihilates-the-twisted-logic-of-comparing-trump-and-clinton-scandals_us_5819eb9fe4b0f96eba970916

Smiles From Outer Space

Under the clear night sky standing under the countless crevasses of infinite space, I learn to appreciate all the positive aspects of life ignited by laughter and the accepting hearts and hugs from children. In this world ruled by greed and stupid judgement, I can always look up and imagine a world where I'm understood and belong, as the moon smiles down upon us. 

Mark Izzy Schurr