The Other Side of Midnight - Richard C. Hoagland - Live Chat Thread

[Alienigma]

He just namedropped Cronkite. Finally a semblance of normality.

[Sandra Kristen]

lol the guest seemed unimpressed with hoaxie's story

[zeebo]

I got wrapped up in Scientology for a little while.  An attractive woman came to my door and I didn't want to turn her down.  After a couple weeks they told me they wanted me to run a chapter in a nearby small city lol.  Anyway, thankfully I had to move so I got out of there after not too long.

Wow GFP, close call.  Glad you got out while the gettin was good.

[(Sandman) Logan-5]

He confused it with his BAC.

LOL  +2 

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

Wow GFP, close call.  Glad you got out while the gettin was good.

Yeah for sure.  I never ended up paying a cent because I let them know I was broke.  They got me to deliver pamphlets and stuff.

[Barfly]

Wow GFP, close call.  Glad you got out while the gettin was good.

Just answer the door naked, i did that with the Baptists

[Zzzzillion]

we got a Cronkite

DRINK!!


I really really hope the kids sleep in. Would it be wrong to drug them?

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

Just answer the door naked, i did that with the Baptists

We know

[(Sandman) Logan-5]

I have no idea how Hoagland is doing this interview. The guest is basically exposing what Hoagland did to create his career.

LOL - Right On !

[SciFiAuthor]

Good post SF.  I shall ruminate on this one as I drift off tonite.

A fine case study would be Whitley Strieber. He's never actually said that what he claims is real, he always caveats that it could all be in his own head if pushed. He does that for a reason, he was a novelist that started to fail and needed something else to stimulate sales so he came up with something crazy. He may actually believe it. It was one hell of a move from a financial standpoint though.

[xphile]

I can't afford to be a Scientologist even if I wanted to 
Do people really not see through the gimmick?

[Barfly]

I can't afford to be a Scientologist even if I wanted to 
Do people really not see through the gimmick?

Same reason people dont understand all religions are a gimmick

[Dr. MD MD]

A fine case study would be Whitley Strieber. He's never actually said that what he claims is real, he always caveats that it could all be in his own head if pushed. He does that for a reason, he was a novelist that started to fail and needed something else to stimulate sales so he came up with something crazy. He may actually believe it. It was one hell of a move from a financial standpoint though.

Yeah, but The Hunger is still one of the best vampire movies.

[(Sandman) Logan-5]

The Jedi keep getting defeated anyway. They just can't keep it together...and they don't have cool red lightsabres like you guys. I think I'm sold.

Oh Yah, One thing you should know though...

[SciFiAuthor]

Yeah, but The Hunger is still one of the best vampire movies.

No question that he's a good writer.

[zeebo]

Yeah for sure.  I never ended up paying a cent because I let them know I was broke.  They got me to deliver pamphlets and stuff.

I had some friend that got me to go to a few meetings of a sort of cult-lite org.  First couple times was no big deal, kind of interesting non-denominational spiritual self-help pscyho-social betterment .. stuff.  But like the third time, it's like the timer clicked, and all of a sudden all these glassy-eyed believers started strongly encouraging me to attend group volleyball games and vegetarian cooking get-togethers.  I split immediately, grabbing a six-pack and an In-n-Out burger, then drunk-dialing an old girlfriend.  Salvation accomplished.

[xphile]

"Homosexuals do not deserve to exist" ..unless they have millions of dollars to spend (John Travolta/Tom Cruise).

[Zzzzillion]

Oh Yah, One thing you should know though...

That's either insanely hilarious or I'm really drunk.

Or both.

Shit, woke up Mrs. Zillion.

[SciFiAuthor]

I'm a bit uncomfortable with bestiality being lumped in willy-nilly with homosexuality. I'm fine with gay people, but lumping bestiality in there? A bit too wide of a brush going on here.

[(Sandman) Logan-5]

Yep the Sith throw better parties, trust me.

+10
I can vouch for that ! 

[zeebo]

Same reason people dont understand all religions are a gimmick

Yep but the real trick is convincing folks every other religion's a gimmick.   

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

I had some friend that got me to go to a few meetings of a sort of cult-lite org.  First couple times was no big deal, kind of interesting non-denominational spiritual self-help pscyho-social betterment .. stuff.  But like the third time, it's like the timer clicked, and all of a sudden all these glassy-eyed believers started strongly encouraging me to attend group volleyball games and vegetarian cooking get-togethers.  I split immediately, grabbing a six-pack and an In-n-Out burger, then drunk-dialing an old girlfriend.  Salvation accomplished.

Haha, sounds like chose the right path, good squirrel.  It was sort of the same thing for me.  They did their complementary session and life review or whatever they called it which was all cool.  But before long they started applying all sort of pressure and I was thrown a little off balance.

I spent every morning there but honestly don't remember too much about it anymore.

[Dr. MD MD]

Oh Yah, One thing you should know though...

What? No cookies?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgZIYdFmZqc

[Dick Grinder]

Did Scientology do the Paris thing?

[(Sandman) Logan-5]

That's either insanely hilarious or I'm really drunk.

Or both.

Shit, woke up Mrs. Zillion.

[(Sandman) Logan-5]

What? No cookies?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgZIYdFmZqc

We Are Sith. 

[Zzzzillion]

We Are Sith. 

Siths wink? Seems like an un-Sithlike thing to do.

[Dr. MD MD]

We Are Sith. 

Aw! I should've known. I'm going to have to cross universes to get through this. Spock is my only solace now. He knows about the pain and emptiness I'm going through now.
!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6tJQ05YJ58

[Mind Flayer Monk]

Just tuning in. This guest sounds like a weird guy.

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

Just tuning in. This guest sounds like a weird guy.

He likes to say 'Bangkok' and talk about ladyboys.