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Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Chinatown Flags from Gremlins - 1984

Gremlins 1984 starts out in a fictional Chinatown.  This movie is something of an enigma to classify.  It is horror?  A Christmas Classic?  A fable?  A comedy? Science fiction?  Or a coming of age movie?  No matter, it is an original script that is timeless and enchanting that holds up against the fancies of time, and recommended mandatory viewing for middle school students.  It qualifies as in league with the Wizard of Oz and Star Wars or a Christmas Story.
After the adventure, it leaves a well warm heart coco x-mas charm.  It gracefully and almost by accident hints how the enchanting Spirit of Christmas can be corrupted if handled with little care, greed, or irresponsibility.

The director Joe Dante showing us the vast set that was only used for a small fraction of the temporary Burbank Chinatown of 1983.  Several flags are blowing in the background. Luckily with Spielberg as the producer this film was allowed to get a class act detailed expression.


Tuesday, December 24, 2013

The North Pole

The North Pole is one of the most important vexilloids known to the world.  Additionally it is the pole and its finial that are the most important, rather than the flag.  The finial is the tippy top end of a flag pole.  The most popular finials for flag poles are the spear point and golden ball.  The finial of the North Pole is a crystal ball full of 'magical' golden and silver sparkles.

The North Pole is the rarest of vexilloids since it exists outside of normal space time.  Like love and wonder, to see the North Pole it requires the right frame of mind.  Uniquely it gives off a ginger-cinnamon scented fragrance, that also warms the nose upon inhalation. In some people it causes their nose to just slightly glow red. Amazingly the North Pole has a flavorful touch - that of a sweet marshmallow peppermint.  Also note, when you let go of the pole with your bear hand, there is no sticky residue. 

Depending of ones level of joy the size of the pole can vary with the observer in a Hardy-Weinberg fashion.  Essentially the more joy one has the larger it becomes.  One happy Canadian Cross Country Skier who just got news that he was brand new father reported that the North Pole that was 500 feet high, while a reporter from Alaska trying to score a big news story briefly saw two inch pole under her boot, oddly her camera battery died when it appeared.

The pole of the North Pole usually has red and white candy cane swirl, but note this aspect is variable.  Every once and a while it will have green or golden stripes.

Merry Christmas and a Ho Ho Ho!


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Polar Bear Photo Credit - http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/news-room/news/danish-study-finds-environmental-toxins-polar-bears

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Happy Winter Solstice - as light overcomes darkness

Another whirl around the sun?  Happy New Solar Cycle.  For some strange reason the West calibrates the new year a few days after the Winter Solstice, while in the East they play it even more conservative and wait for the last year's moon to abate and then one lunar cycle afterwards.  But if you wanna get on the early bird special, you can celebrate the New Year on the solstice. Basically the Year of the Snake has already started to pass and will finally end on the second New/Empty Moon of 2014.

The New Year may end on December 31 but in the cosmic gravitational dance between the Sun and Earth, the cycle has passed that highlight or rather 'lowlight' level.  And light has over come darkness, at least in the Northern Hemisphere.

What better way to celebrate another twirl around a star than with perhaps the best American Baby Film  Look Who's Talking Look Who's Talking 1989 stars loopy  stars who rise, fall, and rise.  John Travolta and Christie Alley have an almost human like star power trajectory whose careers bounce up and down, like the rest of us.  From Cheers, to Star Trek, Saturday Night Fever, Pulp Fiction, and Dancing with Stars - Travolta and Alley illustrate the power of not giving up, and riding out the ups and downs of life.  


Since much of the film takes place in NYC, in taxi cab, we get to see a lot of random flags, and of course the US flag.

Amazing thing is that a baby born right now at this moment and at least for the next twenty years is synchronized to the initial opening of the movie back in 1989.   The babies must be born from mothers who are 24 years old.  Thus any woman born in 1989 is also carrying eggs that formed when Look Who's Talking was initially released.  Humans as eggs might seem weird, but in this film it was a funny and essential component.  Likewise an awesome song followed this movie.   Enjoy, and Happy New Solar Cycle!

 What a great song to start the New Year!! 








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The First Providence Partner Holiday Card from 2007 - Pennsylvania & Michigan

Six years ago in 2007 the first Providence Partner Card was fabricated.  About 50 were made and sent to various people - friends, politicians, and media outlets.  Of course my home state of Pennsylvania was chosen first, whose Providence Partner is Michigan.  A holiday frame was put around the flag.  On Michigan's flag some snow flakes were added and red nose was added upon the deer, while on the elk a green nose was added.  In the inside the card is a Christmas Tree with a 12 Days of Christmas Theme. 

If you have one of these rare original firsts holiday cards - hold on to it! It will certainly be worth something in the near future.  
 
































The Delaware and Kentucky State Flag get Northpolarized!


This year the flag twins of Delaware and Kentucky were decked out with a Christmas Spirit.

Delaware was 'Northpolarized' with a Nutcracker Theme, while the two men embracing on Kentucky play the part of Father Time and Ebenezer Scrooge.  Scrooge is wearing pajamas and throwing money with an enthusiastic Christmas Cheer, while Father Time is watching the last of 2013 dwindle in his hour glass down for the next coming year.  Instead of the grim and dreadful scythe, a wand with an hour glass is used to denote the passing of time.  On its tippy top is crescent moon which is a natural timepiece in the heavens. 


Other changes include a lighted shiny red nose on the cow of Delaware who is also wearing fake antlers.  The heraldic wreath-head band is now green and red.  The ship of commerce is replaced with Santa's Sleigh.  The gun of the country rifleman is now a long sword and the hoe of the farmer transmuted into an axe.  The motto of 'Liberty and Independence' is replaced with 'Joy to the World.'  Also note the feather of the country gentleman in green is preserved on his nutcracker helmet.  Finally in Kentucky some red berries were added to the goldenrod cross wreath to give it some holiday charm.


So a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!   And an especially joyful holiday greeting to yous living in Delaware and Kentucky!  Ho Ho Ho!

 



Friday, December 20, 2013

The Delmarva Flag - for the peninsula of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia

A flag for the small peninsula where Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia are one.  In the canton is a modified Maryland-Delaware fusion flag.  The field based upon the flag of Virginia. Finally the colours of Delaware are preserved with blue hen stripe and buff circle.

The seal on buff in 'Universal Substitutitve.'  Which means you can put anything in it, like the state seal, county seal, corporate seal, school mascot, whatever!  The kids can have a field day with this flag.





Photo Credit: http://delmarvadiva.com/about

Thursday, December 19, 2013

The Four Provices/Territories Flag of Canada


Just like the United States, since 1999 Canada has joined the club of nations with a four corners area.  In this case it unites two provinces and two territories.  The four provinces/territory section of Canada includes: Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nunavut, and the North West Territories. The latitude is at 60 degrees north.




































Photo Credit:http://www.bjbsoftware.com/corners/photos/MBNTNUSKMonument.jpg