International Detective Dragons From Outer Space

PART - 2 Round about the turn of the Last century George Bernard Shaw wrote a play called "Man and Superman" which he called a comedy and a philosophy. The premise of the play was that a wealthy, social revolutionary and confirmed bachelor named Tanner was attempting to run away from a woman he was destined to marry, and was captured by thieves in the desert. In the desert night, he has a dream which is the third act of the play. In the dream, the characters from Mozart's opera ' Don Giavonni ', come to life or rather come to death - and are placed in Hell. These two episodes ( 10 and 11 ) consist of my attempt to re-create a plausible reading from the 1952 Columbia Masterworks album of that Third act dream, popularly titled "Don Juan In Hell". While I may not agree with all the points made in the piece, the dialog - the concepts and the philosophies packed into this work are nothing short of brilliant. As far as the "mission statement" of Internationl Detective Dragons from Outer Space goes, - addressing

Good and Evil. That's this week's universal speculation topic. No WONDER it's over an hour! - Obvious evil - grey area bad - indifferent good. - Even when the good guys and the bad guys stand out in clear focus, the right decisions can still be hard to make. - anim5 discovers Good and Evil in a mini-multiplayer-online RPG, but evil had a name change. - Natural forces that get good or bad labels, not because they ARE, but because of how humans feel about them. - Particles and opposites - Can any reality "exist" without conflict? - Far too broad a topic for a single question of the week.

This installment is for FUN. We depart from heavy speculation and delve into the trivial question posed at the end of the notes from episode # 2. " Who would you send the Fiction Assassins after?" I enlisted the aid of many co-workers to dredge up their long hated fictional personalities and skewer them in the light of present day good taste and sensibilities. ( or at the very least, tar and feather them without any deep analysis.)

In this episode, we go back to podcast one and grab onto the subject of the afterlife - Musings on the perfect "Heaven" - A T-Shirt Contest! - Infinite possibilities and the Chimps who live them - The Mind as a passenger in a body with "high turnover" - Isaac Asimov and the Encyclopedia.

Which moment has more reality? Pouring a cup of coffee when you get home from work, or Hamlet sneaking up on Claudius in the chapel with 1,500 people watching? Are RPG's for role playing? Or do they afford a welcome opportunity to STOP the role playing we do constantly already? Explore the facets of reality and imagination as it relates to Role Playing Games, Theater, Religious Ritual and Literature. If every point of view is a unique reality, what happens when all of those realities merge into an audience, a LARP group, a congregation or even the collective consumption of television?

Words - or . . . "Why to Read" Part 1 of 2 - This special edition two-parter of IDDFOS is directed toward young people who may be wondering just what they're doing in school. It's key message is not "how" to read, but why it's vital that they DO. If you want them to know the secret that allows some folks in life to have more choices . . . ask them to listen. And you might find it more than a bit interesting too.

Words - or . . . "Why to Read" Part 2 of 2 - This special edition two-parter of IDDFOS is directed toward young people who may be wondering just what they're doing in school. It's key message is not "how" to read, but why it's vital that they DO. If you want them to know the secret that allows some folks in life to have more choices . . . ask them to listen. And you might find it more than a bit interesting too.

This episode is NOTHING like the others. It's got some tedious ranting in it, so you might want to just Skip forward to the Shoutouts and fun stuff. Sorry. I must have been in one hell of a mood. Apologies for the end of episode two. - Attack of the train whistle - Dark musings and anger about Oil - Energy staring us in the face. - Democracy, a fiction? - The Perfect Entertainment cassette - A shout out to my favorite podcasts along with some promos - Wrap up.

Play the "Make up a Miracle" game. - Digital proof of everything. - A fable of Heaven and Hell. - And Doctor Smith gets slammed but good!

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