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Elvis is Back in the Blog

Well, had a bad round with MS over the winter break .. but feeling better .. so look for more post on the great EiMB network soon .. like tomorrow .. really.

Halloween Costume

I am designing my Halloween costume. Can anyone guess who I am going as?

The King

Elvis Presley

January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977

Las Vegas was never the same after you left the house.

Sunflower

A sunflower appeared in my backyard. It has some nerve squatting here without my permission, but I have agreed to let it stay.

Copyright 2011 Cram / Kmuzu. All rights reserved.

Boing Boing - Reports Elvis Robs

Fair Use

The fantastic website Boing Boing is reporting that Elvis was spotted in England robbing stores with a fake handgun. I can assure you that Elvis would never us a fake handgun. Elvis carried two very real gold and nickel plated Smith & Wesson 357 magnum revolvers.

Also, Elvis is very safe and satisfied living in my basement. I have changed his diet to mango salsa chicken fingers, which he's very pleased with.

So don't worry.

Read More at BBC - Elvis Suspect

ViewBug Headline

My Elvis Frog picture just made it as a headline picture for ViewBug.

You can see the picture here ViewBug and if you are kind enough - purchase a cool photo. Send it to me and I will even sign it .. who knows in 100 or more years it could be worth almost what you paid for it.

To purchase Elvis Frog go here ---> Elvis Frog

Wrestling Kirks

Two Kirks in an epic arms battle

This picture makes me happy. It's the sort of happiness that happens when something occurs that's really awesome in a nerdy sort of way and has none of the marketing trappings.

Apparently, the two Kirks saw each other at some outdoor mall. Eyeing each other, they slowly sat down on a bench and without a word began to arm wrestle. Probably none of this is true .. but I want to believe it and so for today. This is how it happened.


Something completely different. All my pictures of Utah are on my little netbook and I can't find my USB drive. I will transfer the pictures over (one way or another) and start posting them today. That is if I can get over this incredible headache.

 Another meeting of kings with capes, I hope is not Photoshopped. 

Elvis and Vader - who is the greater?

Take care good citizens of EiMB.

New Elvis

Just got this from Kory Bing. Elvis playing Guitar Hero.

Copyright Kory Bing

You can see more of Kory's work at Skin DEEP comics. The graphic is awesome.

Waiting for the Rap .. Rap .. Rapture.

Screen shot of Family Radio (2:40 PM PST)

***UPDATE***  - it is now 6:00 PM central time and well, there's nothing happening here yet in Las Vegas .. not earthquakes or solar blasts or tornadoes - it's not even that hot or windy .. think I will go out to the garden and see if that damn bird is hanging around.

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About 2:40 PM here in Las Vegas, Nevada and not even a little shaking or quaking. Now you would think that Vegas would be the first on the "hit" list with the Almighty, but the casinos are still up an running. Slot players are still frivolously pushing dem buttons and the buffets are still crowed.

I was at least hoping that an undead, floating Elvis would appear and do one last song. "Love me Tender" or "A Little Less Conversation." So, far even the Elvis impersonators are still in bed.



There was a volcano in Iceland. But there always is a volcano in Iceland .. Iceland is a volcano. Some young Spaniards are angry at something, but then again young Spaniards are always angry at something or another. Actually, its been a relatively quiet day on Planet Earth - knock on wood.

What does this mean for those who have given all their money to this church in anticipation of the Rapture? Well, I think you fell victim for the oldest trick in the book. To any problem always find where the money is.

As for me, I'm going to take a nap with a helmet on. You can never be too safe from a potential undead sinner scrambling up from the grave looking for brains. And then maybe a trip to Trader Joe's.

Huffington Post's ----> Live Rapture Watch
Family Radio - step back ----> We Make Money for Nothing - site might be down as owners pack up for small Caribbean island without extradition.

Batman, the Rapture and Vegas

I'm thinking of having a -

"You Go on Ahead - I'll Wait for Batman"

BBQ

With all this talk of naked people floating up into the sky on May 21st, I think I'll pass and just wait for Batman to make the scene. Or maybe perhaps a resurrected Elvis.

In any case, I took some pictures of Vegas after the rain. I'm pretty sure if there is a End of Times / Judgement Day - Las Vegas will be the first to go. So enjoy the pictures while Vegas is still here.

Copyright 2011 Cram Kmuzu - All rights reserved

My List of Great Nonrequired Movies

I have quite a few friends that are in their twenties and thirties - It's just how I roll - I refuse to grow old. Anyway, there are a lot movies that never made the top ten or top hundred list that are really great and it's shame that these darn kids don't know about them .. so here's my list of Nonrequired Movies.

Also - if you Stumble Upon,  please if you like what you're reading give me a thumbs-up. It helps.

Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious (1946)

I think this one of Hitchcock's best films. It stars Cary Grant, Claude Rains and a mysterious Ingrid Bergman. It's a spy thriller, where a Bergman has to double-cross her father's Nazi buddies who are operating out of Rio after the war. Ingrid Bergman play a great - naughty girl.

Kelly's Hereos (1970)

This is one of my favorite WW II movies. It's a comedy about a group of U.S. soldiers sneaks across enemy lines to get their hands on a secret stash of Nazi gold. There is an amazing list of stars in this movie from the protagonist - Clint Eastwood to Donald Sutherland, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, and Carroll O'Connor.

Imagine the movie MASH set in World War II.

The Flamingo Kid (1984)

This was an 80's film that took place in the 60's. Matt Dillon plays a kid who just finished high school and doesn't know what to do with his future. He comes from a working class family and for the summer he gets a taste of the good life by working at a swank beach club - "El Flamingo". Like any good 80's film there is a perfect character arc where Dillon's character has to choose if wishes to throw away his long-term future for a short-term gain. It's funny and poignant and has great characters.

Network (1976)

This movie made some thirty years ago, perfectly predicted the rise of  the FOX News Network. It's uncanny how accurate this film is. The deranged ex-TV anchor Howard Beale - played by Peter Finch is a creepy version of the future Glenn Beck.



This film was directed by famed Sidney Lumet who also directed  Dog Day Afternoon and  Murder on the Orient Express. Lumet died on April 9th of this year.
  

The Killing Fields (1984)

Year Zero in the aftermath of the bombing of Cambodia. Follows the path of a Dith Pran (as Dr. Haing S Ngor). Should be a reminder of what happens when you drop bombs on a civilization.

See the movie and then find out the tragic outcome of Dr. Ngor's life in the USA.

American Graffiti (1973)

In my opinion, this is George Lucas' best movie. It's the last summer night in 1962. The last drive down the boulevard in Modesto, California. Lucas captures the time and tone of that summer night perfectly. It also stars a very young Harrison Ford and Richard Dreyfuss.

The Wages of Fear (1953)

Okay here is the premise: Load a truck full of explosive nitroglycerin and get safely to it's destination as quickly as possible - without any safety equipment .. at night. Need I say more?

Seven Samurai (1954)

The best of famed Akira Kurosawa films. The premise may be simple: seven samurai help a poor village plagued by bandits, but it's the incredible characters that keep you watching. Each Samurai is a Jungian archetype, but forget all that .. there is lots of really good sword fighting.

Norma Rae (1979)

With all the problems with union busting these days, I can't think of a better film to watch that puts it all into perspective. Sally Field is at her best in this movie. She plays a young, single mother fighting da Man to get a  union in a cotton mill after her father dies of a neglected heart attack.

Lost in America (1985)

I love Albert Brooks who's real name is Albert Einstein and who's brother is Bob Einstein and Bob plays a very funny character named Super Dave Osborne. Got all that? - good. Anyway Albert Brooks is one of my favorite comedians. He introspective yet self-absorbed. He's the perfect straight man.

I like this movie mostly because of what happens in Vegas when Brooks' character finds out his wife, played by Julie Hagerty is a compulsive gambler and lost their "nest egg".

Patton (1970)

Patton is not my favorite WW II movie; don't get me wrong it is very fine film and George C. Scott does a spot on General George S. Patton. I put Patton on this list because it was Elvis' favorite movie. He knew every line of dialogue in the almost three hour film.



There it is, my list of great nonrequired movies. I kind of enjoyed writing this list. Maybe I will do it again. If you have any suggestions please leave a comment.

Baby named Elvis - UPDATE

As you may know, the EIMB empire has sponsored the naming of Brenda's unborn baby. If it's a boy the name shall be Elvis and if it's a girl we have allowed the name Lisa Marie, after the King's granddaughter.

Recently spied of the EIMB have discovered there's an interloper to this most holy of competitions. Some dude named, Paul has purchased the right to name the baby Stephan. Stephan!!!

My loyal subjects, if you can find five dollars in your wallet, please use Fiverr to purchase another ticket for the name Elvis or Lisa Marie. We must triumph over the evil Paul and remove any statistical chance the baby be named - it's even hard for me to write - Stephan.

Please go and do the King's bidding .. go .. go forth .. go now.

Brenda's Fiverr site ---> Name the Baby Elvis
Social Baby site

Close to 10k

I've had the goal of reaching 10k visitors and soon that goal will be accomplished. I've been thinking about expanding this blog by encapsulating it into WordPress. This would give me the opportunity to create individual pages and themes; as well as offer other types of gadgets and features.

I've used WordPress before and I'm familiar with CSS and HTML; so I don't think it's beyond my abilities. However, the site right now is manageable and easy to update every day. My MS has gotten worse and so I'm not able to do as much.

All of this means, I think I'll keep the original format for a while and set a new goal of 50k. Maybe then I'll change up the formatting.

Thank you - all of my loyal subjects.

Ps. I've added Google AdSense and Amazon advertising. I have no hopes of making any money from this (although I appreciate any clicks I can get). This was done more for additional tracking stats than anything else. This site is still and probably always will be self-funded.

A Palindrome for my Birthday

Today is my birthday and in honor of this day I thought I would give myself some happy birthday palindromes. The reason for the plethora of palindromes is my name is a one - Marc Cram.

Here are some of my favorites:

As I pee, sir, I see Pisa!
May a moody baby doom a yam.
Eva, can I stab bats in a cave?
Yo, banana boy!
T. Eliot, top bard, notes putrid tang emanating, is sad. I'd assign it a name: gnat dirt upset on drab pot-toilet.
Go hang a salami; I'm a lasagna hog.
Drat Saddam, a mad dastard!

There's a "Yreka Bakery" in Yreka California. This is somewhere I definitely have to go.

The most famous palindrome (other than me) is "Madam, I'm Adam."

Surprisingly there are other Marc Cram - there are even two of us that live here in Las Vegas. I've been in contact with a few of them from time to time.

The most famous of us is a guy who runs an investment group called Cram Investment Group.
A musician - Marc Cram 
An Actor - Marc Cram

My theory is that we're all evil clones of a Elvis.

To end this rambling tribute to myself I present the longest palindrome by Dan Hoey

A man, a plan, a caret, a ban, a myriad, a sum, a lac, a liar, a hoop, a pint, a catalpa, a gas, an oil, a bird, a yell, a vat, a caw, a pax, a wag, a tax, a nay, a ram, a cap, a yam, a gay, a tsar, a wall, a car, a luger, a ward, a bin, a woman, a vassal, a wolf, a tuna, a nit, a pall, a fret, a watt, a bay, a daub, a tan, a cab, a datum, a gall, a hat, a fag, a zap, a say, a jaw, a lay, a wet, a gallop, a tug, a trot, a trap, a tram, a torr, a caper, a top, a tonk, a toll, a ball, a fair, a sax, a minim, a tenor, a bass, a passer, a capital, a rut, an amen, a ted, a cabal, a tang, a sun, an ass, a maw, a sag, a jam, a dam, a sub, a salt, an axon, a sail, an ad, a wadi, a radian, a room, a rood, a rip, a tad, a pariah, a revel, a reel, a reed, a pool, a plug, a pin, a peek, a parabola, a dog, a pat, a cud, a nu, a fan, a pal, a rum, a nod, an eta, a lag, an eel, a batik, a mug, a mot, a nap, a maxim, a mood, a leek, a grub, a gob, a gel, a drab, a citadel, a total, a cedar, a tap, a gag, a rat, a manor, a bar, a gal, a cola, a pap, a yaw, a tab, a raj, a gab, a nag, a pagan, a bag, a jar, a bat, a way, a papa, a local, a gar, a baron, a mat, a rag, a gap, a tar, a decal, a tot, a led, a tic, a bard, a leg, a bog, a burg, a keel, a doom, a mix, a map, an atom, a gum, a kit, a baleen, a gala, a ten, a don, a mural, a pan, a faun, a ducat, a pagoda, a lob, a rap, a keep, a nip, a gulp, a loop, a deer, a leer, a lever, a hair, a pad, a tapir, a door, a moor, an aid, a raid, a wad, an alias, an ox, an atlas, a bus, a madam, a jag, a saw, a mass, an anus, a gnat, a lab, a cadet, an em, a natural, a tip, a caress, a pass, a baronet, a minimax, a sari, a fall, a ballot, a knot, a pot, a rep, a carrot, a mart, a part, a tort, a gut, a poll, a gateway, a law, a jay, a sap, a zag, a fat, a hall, a gamut, a dab, a can, a tabu, a day, a batt, a waterfall, a patina, a nut, a flow, a lass, a van, a mow, a nib, a draw, a regular, a call, a war, a stay, a gam, a yap, a cam, a ray, an ax, a tag, a wax, a paw, a cat, a valley, a drib, a lion, a saga, a plat, a catnip, a pooh, a rail, a calamus, a dairyman, a bater, a canal--Panama.

The E in me

I don't know why I'm attracted to Elvis. I only like a few of his songs and couple of his movies. He was very Republican, which is really not my cup-of-tea. I think I'm attracted to the persona of Elvis. I mean forget Uncle Sam, Elvis is truly the personification of America. There ain't nothing on this earth that ever was or ever will be like Elvis and same can be said for America. We are the eternal optimist. We believe in the goodness of people. We grab life with both hands - double-fisted. Knock us down and we get right back up. We stand out and apologize for nothing.

Okay - so we're also obese and shiv oil up our veins worse than a Tallahassee whore hooked on Mexican Mud. And we are too conservative and paranoid for our own good and Americans have a uneasy, weird attraction to guns. So be it .. we need to improve and maybe get some counseling. I will grant you that.

I see all this hand-wringing about China taking over the world. And I give credit where credit is due. China has been around for more than five thousand years. They were sailing mighty ships across the ocean, while Europe was just trying to get one ragged cloth to catch the wind. Okay - fair enough ..but still ain't got nothing on Elvis baby.

What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens in America storms across the world.

This is my favorite Elvis song - A Little Less Conversation. Maybe that's what America needs right now.

Elvis and the Earthquake

To all my loyal readers, the Mighty Kmuzu of the Elvis Order was feeling dizzy and nauseous all night long. And I went to bed early. About one in morning PST, my eyes popped opened - wide awake and I had to go downstairs and turn on the television. I just felt like something had happened.

MSNBC had this "Breaking News" - Tsunami hits Japan after massive quake. And the strange thing is my dizziness and nausea were gone.

I'm not saying that my mild stomach discomfort is anything compared to devastation and tragedy Japan, Russia and (soon) Hawaii are be going through - my hopes and prayers are with them.

It's just weird that I wake up just after the quake is over and had this urge to go downstairs and turn on the television. I knew something happened.

New Elvis Picture

I commissioned another Elvis illustration and I have to say this one rocks as much as the last one. Very happy with it indeed. I found the artist, Jake on Fiverr, a website that contracts all kinds of creative work for only five dollars.

If you want to get in contact with Jake you can find him here ------> Jakecamaction

My First Videocast

Well here it is about thirty seconds of pure video cast .. it is an introduction of sorts - but really just me fooling around with the webcam.

More EiMB fans

Aislin was so incredibly awesome to send a EiMB fan picture (actually paid her five dollars) from Brazil. As President George W. Bush said, "Wow! Brazil is big." - this was very big to me Aislin; you're that cat's pajamas.

Enjoy the picture .. it will appear on the left column in the next couple of days.