{"id":2158,"date":"2010-11-27T12:17:52","date_gmt":"2010-11-27T17:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/?p=2158"},"modified":"2011-02-02T01:11:38","modified_gmt":"2011-02-02T06:11:38","slug":"sheer-utter-madness-or-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/sheer-utter-madness-or-something\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheer, utter madness or something&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px 4px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B000I8OOI8\/rpglibrary\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51C65BF1NTL.jpg\" alt=\"Frankenhooker\" title=\"Frankenhooker\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>I am taking a break from my effort to watch every DVD we own in more or less alphabetical order (currently on &#8220;C&#8221;), and viewing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B000I8OOI8\/rpglibrary\/\">Frankenhooker<\/a>. This is a funny horror movie from the golden age of VHS, released on DVD in widescreen. What I love about this movie is the mumbling, New Jersey-accented Jeffrey Franken, electrician and part-time mad scientist, whose bizarre activities are mostly ignored by his friends and family.<\/p>\n<p><em>Mother: <\/em>Oh, Jeffrey. I&#8217;m worried about you.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jeffrey: <\/em>Yeah, well, so am I, ma. Something happening to me that I just don&#8217;t understand. I can&#8217;t think straight anymore. Like my reasoning is all uh, twisted and distorted, you know? I seem to be disassociating myself from reality, more and more, each day. I&#8217;m antisocial&#8230; and becoming dangerously amoral. I-I&#8217;ve lost the ability to distinguish between right from wrong&#8230; good from bad. I&#8217;m scared, ma. 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