From Elyria (OH) Reporter 6-1-1899

Sleep, comrades! Sleep and rest.
On this field of grounded arms,
Where foes no more molest,
Nor sentry's shot alarms.

Ye have slept on the ground before,
And started to your feet,
At the cannon's sudden roar,
Or the drum's redoubling beat.

All is repose and peace;
Untrampled lies the sod;
The shouts of battle cease -
It is the truce of God.

Your silent tents, tents of green,
We deck with flowers, with fragrant flowers;
Yours has the suffering been,
The memory shall be ours.

Memorial Day

Happy Memorial Day. Enjoy the day with family and friends. Picnic, cook out, party on. But take a moment to reflect on what this day means to you. Swing by a cemetery and pay respects to those loved ones who have gone before. In the Gettysburg Address it was said by President Lincoln that "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate... we can not consecrate... we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government : of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth".

Buy some small Flags and go decorate an unattended grave of a veteran. General Logan in his original Memorial Day order said " Let no wanton foot tread rudely on such hallowed grounds. Let pleasant paths invite the coming and going of reverent visitors and found mourners. Let no vandalism of avarice of neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten, as a people, the cost of free and undivided republic." and "Let us, then, at the time appointed, gather around their sacred remains and garland the passionless mounds above them with choicest flowers of springtime; let us raise above them the dear old flag they saved from dishonor"

Shall we gather under the JonCon Banner?

Look for our new banner on our table, in our corner this year. See you at the Con!! What Say You Men?

Civil Rights Game

Last Saturday I had the opportunity to attend the annual MLB Civil Rights Game in Cincinnati. As baseball honored those who have worked for equality across this country for all. Four of the best players of the 50's and 60's were there. A veritable Mt. Rushmore of baseball studs were on the field as Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks and Frank Robinson were there. Here are some of the pictures. Oh yeah the Reds won 4-3 on a walk-off defensive play at the plate.

...until Lambs become Lions

I went and saw the latest telling of Robin Hood starring Russell Crowe. I do have to say I liked it. Now I love Robin Hood and movies set in that time period so I thought combining the two would be awesome. I was wrong. It was good but far from awesome. Crowe did a pretty good job but he never had that aha moment as Robin of the Hood. If you renamed all the characters it would be a good movie, maybe even a little better. The best thing they did was set it up for a sequel which I will go see. After all it is Robin Hood, sort of.

3 Floyds and a bit

Weekend Plan Ramblings

Tonight the plan is to have a nice cookout, clean up the patio area and enjoy the great outdoors. A little fire pit action and listen to the Reds.

















Tomorrow morning make a dump run and then going to see the New Robin Hood movie. It looks pretty good and the reviews have been decent so far.

























After that we head to Cincinnati for the Cardinals & Reds. It is the annual Civil Rights Game and will have some fun festivities going on. The Reds will be honoring their first African-American player, Chuck Harmon.


Both teams will be wearing throw back uniforms that reflect 1947 when the color line was broken in baseball. I'm looking forward to checking out their new Hall of Fame exibits.







Have Great Week End

Because I am Kick-ass! I'm also not gay

Well I went and saw the movie Kick Ass today. I went in with no knowledge about the plot other than some kid who was trying to become a super hero. I thought it was a spoof on this. I was wrong.

You have to go see it to believe it. It starts really slow and you think it is just another Seth Rogan type stupid sophomoric comedy. Nope wrong again. This is probably one of the most violent movies I have seen. Think Boondock Saints violent. And then the disturbing ,albeit only slightly, parts begin. In a lot of ways it out Super Heroes a lot of Super Hero movies. I'd recommend it. 3 Floyds and a bit

Ironman 2

Ironman 2. The one that Marvel let get away. It could have been great. It could have followed up Ironman and set the tone for comic book movies for a few years to come but it didn't. The effects were pretty cool. The bad guy was ok. Mickey Rourke, as Whiplash, could have been right up there with Heath Ledger as one of the great villians of all time but it just never jelled. His Russian character could have been great but he was hard to understand at times and you just never feel like you got to "know" him.

Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow was hot. She definitely needs more screen time.

Overall, I felt a little disapointed. Marvel looked like Shane Mosely trying to counter punch DC's The Dark Knight's Floyd Mayweather in this one.

I give it 3 Floyds only because it was one of my favorite Comics ever.

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P.S. Stay through the credits and watch for some subtle references throughout the show.

JonCon Events

How about spending a few hours playing Descent? Maybe Nautallica would run some more of the adventure he started a little while back? That would give me a chance to use my new Descent Dice I just got. What say you men?