Myersvision: Audre’s Exorcism

18 October 202312 October 2023 The Portly Politico7 Comments

Last Thursday Audre Myers e-mailed me a comment for my post “TBT^4: Things That Go Bump in the Night” (she’s having some issues logging into WordPress to comment—d’oh!). I asked if I could post it on the blog as its own post, and she agreed.

The title I’ve given her comment-post is a bit of artistic license; I’m sure Audre would not call it an “exorcism,” but she definitely cast something out in the Name of Jesus Christ.

It’s become a trope in horror films, especially of the demonic possession variety, that messing around with fortune telling, Ouija boards, etc., opens one up to demonic influence. I suspect that our habitual sins open us up far more frequently, but I also strongly believe we shouldn’t mess around with the occult, even in a supposedly playful manner. I know Ouija boards are mass-produced by Milton Bradley, which somehow takes away some of the demonic mysticism of them; still, I imagine Satan loves the Industrial Revolution and mass production.

We have victory in Jesus. Praise the Lord!

With there, here is Audre’s fascinating tale of victory in Christ:

Myersvision: The Great British Baking Show

4 October 202328 September 2023 The Portly Politico2 Comments

We all have our comfort foods. Mine are probably mashed potatoes and my Mom’s meatloaf, or perhaps her barbecue chicken. She also makes an incredible chicken casserole. Pretty much anything she cooks or bakes is comfort food, I suppose.

But what happens when comfort foods collide with comfort television? That’s the case with Audre Myers‘s review of a beloved Netflix series.

I won’t spoil the scones any further. Here’s Audre on The Great British Baking Show:

Lazy Sunday CXXII: Myersvision, Part IX

1 October 202317 September 2023 The Portly PoliticoLeave a comment

I’m hosting a FREE listening party for my latest release, Spooky Season, tonight, Sunday, 1 October 2023, at 7 PM. RSVP here. —TPP

It’s another Sunday of posts from TPP’s favorite (and only) senior correspondent, Audre Myers!

“Myersvision: ‘Ode to the PB&J’” – Audre’s poetic apologia for America’s favorite sandwich.
“Myersvision: Alexander Scourby” – A honey-throated English actor reads the Bible.
“Myersvision: Why?” – I made two mistakes with this post. First, I posted it on a Thursday on accident, instead of a Wednesday, which meant two consecutive Myersvision posts. Second, I put a “-” instead of a “:” in the title. What a fool! But the post is good—it’s why people dedicate their lives to trying to find Bigfoot.

Happy Sunday!

—TPP

Other Lazy Sunday Installments:

Lazy Sunday CXXI: Myersvision, Part VIII

24 September 202317 September 2023 The Portly PoliticoLeave a comment

Our senior correspondent Audre Myers has been a source of encouragement for yours portly lately, so it seemed appropriate to return to retrospectives of her contributions to this site. She’s been delivering the goods lately:

“Myersvision: Hoarders” – Audre’s review of the A&E series Hoarders.
“Myersvision: Goblins and Faeries” – Audre shares video of a Gandalfian woodsman who makes videos of sassy, CGI pixies.
“Myersvision: Puzzling” – Audre solves puzzles on her computer.

Happy Sunday!

—TPP

Other Lazy Sunday Installments:

Myersvision: How Big is Big?

20 September 202320 September 2023 The Portly PoliticoLeave a comment

Earlier this week our senior cryptid correspondent Audre Myers sent me an intriguing video that seems to depict a Bigfoot sauntering along the side of a Canadian lake near Toronto. If anyone’s going to be hanging out in Canada, it’s Bigfoot!

Audre makes an interesting point: could every sighting of the hairy lug really be a guy in a gorilla costume? That does stretch credulity—except that it’s entirely possible, albeit a tad implausible, that everyone filming is in cahoots with a fellow hoaxer. The Spiritualist Movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries produced more charlatans than ghosts.

Regardless, we simply can’t know. As with everything with Bigfoot, we’re always talking in possibilities, probabilities, likelihoods, etc. This footage is intriguing, but it’s so easy to doctor video footage, how can we be sure? Until we have a Bigfoot in captivity or dead on a lab table, we really can’t.

With that, here is Audre with a little note on perspective:

Myersvision – Why?

14 September 202321 August 2023 The Portly Politico1 Comment

One might wonder at times why the Bigfoot people are so gung-ho about what they do. Some of them, I am certain, are charlatans and hucksters, and are putting on a show for clicks and remunerative possibilities.

But there are others who sincerely believe, and respect this legendary creature. Our senior Bigfoot correspondent Audre Myers is one such soul.

In this short-but-impactful post, Audre details why it is that some folks dedicate their lives, their talents, and their energies to Bigfoot, a creature that is not us, but that seems so similar to us in so many ways:

Myersvision: Alexander Scourby

13 September 202314 August 2023 The Portly Politico3 Comments

Growing up, I remember pastors championing the King James Version of the Bible as the only reliable translation. It is, indeed, exceptional—and, even for a hyperintelligent Übermensch like yours portly, exceptionally difficult to read. I now primarily use the New King James Version, which retains the KJV’s accuracy, while updating the syntax and language for modern readers.

That said, the NKJV still loses some of the poetry of the KJV. Christianity is a reading religion, but it’s also a spoken one, and like all poetry, the Bible is meant to be read aloud. Not many of us do it well. When it’s done right, however, it pierces our souls.

Audre Myers graciously wrote this beautiful piece about the recorded King James Version, available on YouTube. Actor Alexander Scourby reads the entire Bible, and from the videos I’ve listened to so far, it’s gorgeous.

Myersvision: “Ode to the PB&J”

6 September 20239 August 2023 The Portly Politico16 Comments

On my post about my new song “1001 Arabian Nights,” regular reader, contributor, commenter, and controversialist 39 Pontiac Dream/Always a Kid for Today—or “Ponty” around here—commented that he could not understand the appeal of the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. He even expressed disgust that such a sandwich exists.

It seems that the British Empire really has collapsed. But what can you expect from the English, the people whose greatest culinary triumph is boiled beef? No wonder they conquered the world—they needed to find better cuisine! Chewing on boiled shoe leather would motivate anyone to go out and subjugate a foreign land.

Having thrown the gauntlet, I threw my own, and challenged Audre Myers to write a pro-PB&J piece, and for Ponty to write one against. Ponty demurred—how very French of you, m’boy!—stating that he’d never eaten one, so he couldn’t comment. Sounds like a cowardly excuse to me!

All joking aside, Audre rose to the occasion, but instead of submitting a wild-eyed, pro-PB&J polemic, she wrote a stirring, poetic ode to America’s Lunch.

With that, here is Audre Myers’s “Ode to the PB&J”:

Myervision: Puzzling

23 August 202328 July 2023 The Portly Politico2 Comments

About a month ago, Audre Myers left a wonderful comment on my post “TBT^2: Modern Art and Influence.” She made some incredibly insightful points about modern art through the lens of puzzles, specifically a solid white puzzle that is, apparently, a major challenge because there’s no reference to follow.

I asked her to expand that comment into a post, thinking she might dive into modern art versus real art in a bit more detail.

Instead, she sent me this post about puzzles—and I couldn’t be more delighted.

I trust you will be as well. Who cares about the nature of art when we can do fun puzzles?

With that, here is Audre on puzzles:

Myersvision: Goblins and Faeries

28 June 202328 June 2023 The Portly Politico11 Comments

No, dear reader, this post isn’t another screed against ghoulish sexual perverts, despite what the title might suggest. It’s a fun installment of Myersvision, the intermittent series of whimsical posts from our senior correspondent, Audre Myers.

I reached out to some of my regular contributors to see if anyone had anything for me, and Audre whipped up this short, charming piece about alleged goblins and faeries—well, pixies—roaming the English countryside. She notes that one YouTuber has around 400,000 subscribers, and asks, “So who’s crazy?”

Well, my money is still on the people that think CGI pixies are real, and the only Goblin I believe in is the Italian synth rock band.

At least, for now. I’ll never forget learning about the Scottish researcher in the nineteenth century who went looking for faeries, because if he could prove faeries and other supernatural or folkloric creatures were real, he could prove God’s Existence. After all, if God Exists, there is surely a rich world of supernatural entities—angels and demons (of which I am thoroughly convinced are real), but also all manner of other creatures. The Bible speaks of giants and Behemoth. Who’s to say dragons (clearly dinosaurs) weren’t swooping around causing trouble? The Bible speaks of dragons, too.

All things to consider for another day. For now, here’s Audre, taking us on a tour of the mystical English countryside:

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