Notes - hopefully cleansed

       Mid-afternoon. Partly cloudy, sometimes rainy day but the temperature is comfortable for sitting in the car at Pine Hill Lakes. Carol is on page 79 of The Patriot Threat. You had a late lunch at McDonalds – breakfast, an egg McMuffin and cola each; you sat chatting and watching cars traveling north and south on Mason-Montgomery Road and major construction across the street at Proctor and Gamble, the major developer of old Mason back in the late eighties and nineties. With the completed new construction P&G will have 3650 employees, with Luxottica Retail having 1800 and Cintas Corporation having 1200. – Amorella

       Who would have thought little Mason would grow so since having Kings Island nearby in the early seventies just before we moved here. (1541) It still amazes us. We are planning on staying for a while. We give Kim, Paul and the boys some space this way – it is good for independent and natural family development. In the 1960’s there was too much family living in the Westerville, north Columbus area. Mom was pleased that Kim married Paul – her ‘general’ words, “too much ‘close’ blood around here – time the genes are refreshed.”

       Your mother said similar words on more than one occasion before and after they were married on May 11, 2007. – Amorella

       1551 hours. I’m not sure that’s the right date, Amorella, but it is somewhere around there.

       Ask Carol. – Amorella

       Carol responds, “I think it was the eleventh.”

       Later, dude. – Amorella

       1554 hours. Just as well, I don’t have anything else to say other than – “retirement is good.”

       You want to add, “We did contribute to society. We paid our dues,” out of guilt of doing nothing much constructive for society in general. – Amorella

       1557 hours. Those are my thoughts though I don’t know why they are at all important.

       They are not, however your honesty is, i.e. that is, for your self-being. The same yesterday afternoon when you commented that those articles were really a bit beyond you. You have a lot of doors and windows, so to speak, open in your head, actually in your total personhood. Information (data) is picked up and tossed around; generally it is not cleaned as with clothes in a washer. The data is tossed out from unconsciousness and consciousness and scattered about wherever it lands to dry on its own. A lifetime of piles scattered about in memory conscious and not. The Merlyn books, even the newer reflections, show this within the chapter and segment constructions. Thought-piles, refined and not basically tossed around since 1988. – Amorella

       1608 hours. As you were ‘talking’ (paragraph above)I was thinking about the great contrast between the Merlyn books and “X-Files” – all those years of mostly consistent character, settings and plotlines. Amazon gives the series four and a half out of five stars though this is not consistent with opening Wikipedia article.

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The X-Files is an American science fiction horror drama television series created by Chris Carter. The program originally aired from September 10, 1993, to May 19, 2002, on Fox, spanning nine seasons with 202 episodes and a feature film of the same name, before returning with a second film in 2008 and a six-episode tenth season in 2016. The series revolves around FBI special agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a medical doctor and a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries to debunk his work and thus return him to mainstream cases. Early in the series, both agents become pawns in a larger conflict and come to trust only each other and a very few select people. They develop a close relationship which begins as a Platonic friendship, but becomes a romance by the end of the series. In addition to the series-spanning story arc, “Monster-or-the-week” episodes form roughly two-thirds of all episodes.

The X-Files was inspired by series which featured elements of suspense and speculative fiction, including Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, Tales from the Darkside, and especially Kolchak: The Night Stalker When creating the main characters, Carter sought to reverse gender stereotypes by making Mulder a believer and Scully a skeptic. The first seven seasons featured Duchovny and Anderson equally. In the last two seasons, Anderson took precedence while Duchovny appeared intermittently. New main characters were introduced: FBI agents John Doggett (Robert Patrick) and Monica Reyes (Annabeth Gish). Mulder and Scully's boss, Assistant Director Walter Skinner (Mitch Pileggi), also became a main character. The first five seasons of The X-Files were filmed and produced in Vancouver, British Columbia, before eventually moving to Los Angeles to accommodate Duchovny. The series later returned to Vancouver to film The X-Files: I Want to Believe as well as the tenth season of the series.

The X-Files was a hit for the Fox network and received largely positive reviews, although its long-term story arc was criticized near the conclusion. Initially considered a cult series, it turned into a pop culture touchstone that tapped into public mistrust of governments and large institutions and embraced conspiracy theories and spirituality. Both the series itself and lead actors Duchovny and Anderson received multiple awards and nominations, and by the end it was the longest-running science fiction series in U.S. television history. The series also spawned a franchise, which includes The Lone Gunmen spin-off, two theatrical films and accompanying merchandise. After the final theatrical film in 2008, fans continued to push for a third movie to conclude the series' plot lines, and in March 2015, Fox eventually announced that the series would return, with Chris Carter as executive producer and writer, and Duchovny, Anderson, Pileggi, Davis, and Gish all reprising their roles. The revival premiered on January 24, 2016.

Selected and edited from Wikipedia

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       1716 hours. I don’t know if I’ll watch beyond the seventh season where it was originally suppose to conclude. I’m in the fifth season and still find it wonderfully delivered. I am enjoying them as much as I did the originals. Carol and I also watched the two films. I liked this year’s revival but Carol has only seen one; I don’t think she’s as interested.

       Post. – Amorella

       1729 hours. I don’t see how any of this X-Files business relates too much of anything. Chris Carter had/has focus in the series. I do not have such focus in these private, noncommercial Merlyn enterprises. First, these books and blog are essentially from a mix of private, personal and fictional information. I feel better publishing in that I feel freer to move my ‘heartansoulanmind’ in my own particular ‘moral direction’ because I wish my thinking to be in track with my ‘greater’ self, that is the self-that-may-survive-after-physical-death. The words I write are deeply and authentically from my inner self. Actually, the Merlyn books as well as this blog are a representation of who I am – privately. There is an odd juxtaposition between the private and quietly public me, but I cannot remain private without knowing what and who my private self is. I feel better ‘known’ than ‘unknown’. We come into the world naked and I want to leave naked – with at least a representation of a human-oriented life once lived. Why? Because I will leave free and hopefully cleansed by this world in my conclusion. (1745)

       The honesty is here. Post with the title "hopefully cleansed". - Amorella