New Jersey Republic - California Style

 THE NEW JERSILONIA FLAG

A flag for Californians from New Jersey

A flag for California residents from New Jersey.  Many a persons from New Jersey have gone west to pursue their dreams, well here is flag that digs into their New Jersey essence combined to style of California.

The animal of choice is the wily and clever skunk, who was given a natural power of defense that is annoying yet not so deadly.

Pennsylvania Republic Flag - California Style

THE PENSYLFORNIA FLAG

A flag for Californians from Pennsylvania 

Why a ground hog for Pennsylvania?  Well it's the state animal after all, and home to one of America's most mundane yet silly and fun holiday's for all - Gound Hog Day.

Dragon Flag from Excalibur 1981

In 1981 the ancient Legend of Excalibur enchanted the modern world and a Hollywood movie was made about this fantastic tale of semi-historical origins.  The long flag of the king features a red banner with golden dragon.

Delaware Republic Flag - California Style

THE D'CALIWARE FLAG

A flag for Californians from Delaware

A flag for California residents from Delaware.  California is like the great attractor of American Dreams.  Its also a state with one of the highest immigration rates from other states.  So in honor of those Delawarians who headed west here is the "D'caliware Flag." 


Instead of a red stripe and red star we have a purple stripe and purple star.  Also the horseshoe crab is at the center instead of a California Grizzly.

The Never Ending Story Meets the Gadsden Flag

Some what of an appropriate reboot of the Gadsden Flag fun in the context of the Never Ending Story 1984. 

Never give up on learning to love to Read

The armed US State flags that feature guns

Guns in America?  Guns are as American as apple pie, baseball and the US flag.  And did you know that several state flags feature guns.  Amazingly the first state in the Union is armed with a long gun. Here are several state flags that 'invoke' the second amendment as a right to bear arms. 


 It all begins with the first state Delaware.  The county gentleman on the right wearing a green suit holds a long gun in his left hand.

 West Virginia also has guns on its flags.  It has the most with two guns crossed in the foreground with a smurf hat in the center.

Michigan follows in the tradition of Delaware via long gun.  We can see a frontiersman holding a gun in his left hand and waving to us with his right.  Although he as a gun, he certainly seems like a friendly fella.'















The state flag also depicts a gun.  However it is behind the farmer resting on a tree stump. The Native American does not hold a gun but rather a spear.




Finally Wyoming is the last state to have a gun, and it's a hand gun at that.  It's really hard to see.  The man on the left has the traditional cowboy holster, thus you can't see the barrel.  Also take notice sometimes that this gun sometimes does not appear on some versions of the seal, depending on who made it.

Flags from Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles 1994

In 1994 the trite and quite dull tale of the blood thirsty undead was revived with a fresh infusion of insightful creativity and sparkling splendor.  The Interview with the Vampire: the Vampire Chronicles arose from the dusty crypt of Vampire Lore and was made a new, thanks the cinematic talents of Neil Jordan under the writing wit of Anne Rice.  

One flag makes a noticeable appearance during the film - the flag of France.  It appears during a play.  This is where the film shines like the moon of a moon.  More than once the director effectively weaves the cinematic device of a story within a story in the revelation of the story plot-theme.

The challenge of the story within a story device speaks both to the audience of the primary story and to the audience watching the movie.  The amazing fact is that this alignment of character to the third inner story perfectly echoes on the theme without being abrupt to the story - it is a seamless tri-fractured point of view presented in one dimension.

Ironically the play has a Vampire pretending to be a human pretending to be a Vampire, as so eloquently noticed by the young Claudia - as cue for the less aware viewers of the film. The Vampires watching the play are privy to a secret while the audience in the film can only see the play from one perspective. The play with perspective hints at 'what it is like' to be a Vampire.

During this story within a story plot device the flag of France appears as a poetic insight on death is revealed to all audiences.  Upon the stage an artful presentation of the Napoleon on horseback who is accompanied by a colour guard and drummer.