November 4, 2014 Nicholas Nickleby Synopsis of Part 1.

So far, I like this book. The characters are fascinating. I think Charles Dickens was true to his time period. There were nasty and pathetic people. Like Nicholas's mother. She was pathetic and helpless. Nicholas is a nice character. He helps Smike and overall is a good person. 

Most important characters:

Nicholas Nickleby: Honest, young, loyal and often hotheaded.

Kate Nickleby: Nicholas's sister, similar qualities to Nicholas, but more demure. She is very pretty.

Catherine Nickleby: Their Mother, a widow. Often serves as a comic relief. She was flippy. Nicholas and Kate had to take care of her.

Ralph Nickleby: Their uncle. He is a villain - a bad guy - crook. And a cheapskate.

The Squeers: They run Dotheboys Hall - a "school" for boys. They beat the boys and basically steal all their money. And they have a "learning system" is actually just a way to make the boys do all the work. They really don't run a school, it's more like a work house.

Smike: Secretly, Nicholas's cousin, Ralph's son. He works at Dotheboy's and get beaten more than the other kids.

Part 1

This book (movie) is a dark story written by Charles Dickens. Some of it is kind of funny, but it's starts with a sad beginning as Nicholas' Dad dies.

Nicholas must make some money in order to pay the bills. His father left them no money. The family goes to London and seek out their uncle. His uncle gets him a job working for Dotheboys Hall. Apparently, the headmaster and his family are mean. Nicholas does not agree with the way the boys are treated, or the way they treat Smike. Nicholas beats up Mr. Squeers before Mr. Squeers can beat up Smike. Both boys run away. But, Squeers daughter accuses Nicholas of stealing a ring (Her love for him was unrequited.)

The boys ran away to London. They get work at a theater run by the Crummies. The Crummies are okay to Nicholas and Smike. They let them work in the theater and got to act in Romeo and Juliet. Nicholas was Romeo.

Kate got fired from her job at the hat factory because the lady she worked for didn't like her. The lady was jealous of Kate because Kate was prettier. After that, her uncle wanted her to house-keep for him during a party. (Be a hostess) When she got there she realized it was an all male party. She felt tricked and uncomfortable.

October 31, 2014 STORY SPECIAL

Lilly of Bossy Pants

Queen Lilly of Bossy Pants

By William Carl Benz

In a town called Bossy Pants, the Queen Lilly was a little too bossy over all the guards. And today she was particularly she was more bossy than usual.

Apparently, she was having a baby. It was to be a boy. She wanted a girl. This made her feel angry – really angry. She was angry because the doctor made a mistake. He couldn't tell it was a girl or a boy in the x-ray. So he lied and told her it was a girl. And when the baby was born she was incensed to see that it was a boy! She didn't like boys because she liked to be powerful and she was afraid a boy child would take over.

The boy's name was William, the 1^st. As the boy grew up, he was very kind. He was nice to the guards, and reassured them that the Queen won't hurt them. She was a bit out of control. And he gave them actual insurance to take care of their families.

She was being mean by firing them, making them cry, and chasing them around. She was mean to everyone in Bossy Pants. Nobody liked her. She also did one more thing that was bad; she would lure unsuspecting tourists into the ice cold water – off of a cliff!!!! Now, isn't that being dangerous and mean?!? Who wants to take a bath in ice cold water! Not me!!

She wasn't really mean to William 1^st, she just ignored him.

So one day, when William was an adult. He challenged his mother to a dual. Now, William had a couple tricks of his sleeve. He had made a secret organization to take down his Mom.

The dual began. William was winning in the beginning. His mother began to gain on him. And when it seemed that he would lose, he pushed a secret button on his watch. It made the whole castle go on lockdown. A whole lot of machine guns were pointing at the Queen. She surrendered.

And thus, the prince gave his mother a taste of her own medicine. He pushed her off the cliff into the icy waters. It made her into an ice cube! The queen was defeated. And now her icy statue stands in the middle of the lake inside an iced container of the secret organization.

By the way, the secret organization was called A.R.R.O.W. It doesn't really stand for anything, it just wanted to get rid of the queen.

Mission Accomplished!!!

The End (until she defrosts – dun, dun, dun………….)

October 31, 2014 HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! Or why do we celebrate this silly holiday! In a nutshell...

I did this all by myself!

Happy Halloween, Everybody!!!

bWAHAHAHAHA......

Well...I hope you all had a nice Halloween morning! So, did you ever wonder where Halloween came from?

Halloween originated probably in Ireland. It was called Samhain. People believed that the day before Samhain, the dead would return as ghosts. And people would put wine and food on their porches to keep the roaming spirits at bay. They would wear masks to be mistaken as fellow ghosts. 

We found a video that explains the rest...http://www.history.com/topics/halloween/history-of-halloween/videos/bet-you-didnt-know-halloween

I think Halloween is a nice holiday to either get a trick or a treat. Halloween is the beginning of the holiday season, so it's one of my favorite holidays. I think we shouldn't have to go to school today! 

I'm going to be The Rocketeer for Halloween.  I was the Rocketeer before, so I'm making a comeback!!! Meggie is taking me tricks or treating. We are going to see THE TARDIS!! first. I'm excited about that!!! 

Last night, I went to a Sabres game with Meggie! Drew got a point on his birthday yesterday. Meggie got a Subway card. We lost...:(
But, at least I had fun!

That's all for now! P.s. Exclusive up next!!!!! 2 in 1 story!!!

October 29, 2014 Short Debate against Nuclear Power

Nuclear Power - Against

Here are reasons why nuclear power should not be used.

•  Chernobyl became a waste land because of nuclear power. There was a plant meltdown and the number 4 generator went KABOOM. This happened in 1986 and the land today still can't be used. It is radioactive. I suggest you don't go there.

 

• There was a Japanese nuclear plant accident in 2011. It was in Fukushima. The environment became radioactive. The fish in the water died from the nuclear waste. The persons that would eat the radioactive fish would die too.

• My number 1 reason why nuclear power should not be used it that we don't have it under control yet. And when you don't have it under control, you are going to have problems. 

 

October 9, 2014 The Political Ramblings of a 9 year old.....

First, Happy Birthday Aunt Karen!!!

My thoughts on politics by William Carl Benz

Why in the world has the President let people with Ebola into the states?? I have no idea why the President isn't stopping the people with Ebola from coming to the U.S. Try closing the borders! That will help. But, it wouldn't be forever, we would just be until it is under control. Either he let them in, or he didn't know they came in. Now he says there is only a small chance of an Ebola outbreak. Really, Obama? I think there is more than a small chance because they really don't know how it spreads. And I'm getting a little concerned about this because if this goes on for a little longer, there won't be another person to be President.

I think the government is deliberately trying to destroy America with this. If America survives through this, the American should elect a whole new government. I think this government is going down the charts. And soon, there will be no more free country in the world. If Obama and Congress don't see this, then I think they should be kicked out of Capital Hill.

If I were involved and I had a lawyer, and Obama was out of office, I would go to his house and tell him what was wrong and maybe sue him. Because, then I would be standing up for my favorite country in the world. Maybe then, he would see what he did wrong. Congress? You, too.

The government is also doing one more little thing that makes me want to blow my top off! The government is letting the people that came here illegally have stuff we have to pay for. Now, that's just stupid wrong! They are here illegally. Try getting them tickets back to where they came from. Then we wouldn't have any illegal people here. They should come in the country the right way and become official citizens of the U.S.A.

This is the end of a very brief blog. I wrote this blog because I felt that people are doing things wrong!

Penguin Man book coming out tomorrow.

William Benz signing off for now.

TO BE CONTINUED...

October 6, 2014 Discord in Alaska

Book IV – Part 2 Discord in Alaska

Dr. Walrus was excited this time of year because all his brother walruses were piling up on the beach and he paid them a visit every once in a while. There were about 30,000 walruses on the coast. They were all there for Christmas.

The good guys were trapped in the Dr. Walrus's Alaskan base. The bad guys were getting ready to start phase 2 of The Fox's plan to take over the Alaskan Pipeline. The bad guys had just left when Penguin Man noticed that Walrus left his disintegrating gun behind. He picked it up and disintegrated the cage floor. As soon as all the good guys were out of the cage (and boy were they glad to get out – it was getting cramped in there!) they ran toward the door and made their vehicles come. And then they drove off to save the day.

When they got to the pipeline, they noticed that they were there before the bad guys. So they took a little tour of the factory where all the gas and oil are made.

When the bad guys got there, they snuck by the good guys and went into the bosses office. The good guys heard the bosses girly scream – IIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !!!!!!!!!  The bad guys had shot the boss with a fainting dart. They looked all over the place and found a secret button under his desk. The secret button opened a trap door that led down to another door. They had to pull Dr. Walrus through the door because he was so fat! And just in time, too!!!

When the good guys got to the bosses office, they saw that the boss fainted. And then they heard something quickly shut close. Before looking for what closed, they woke the boss up. Penguin asked the boss his name. He said his name was Brad. Brad told Penguin that there was a trap door that led to the control room of the Alaskan Pipeline!!!

Top left is the good guys coming into the office, the middle picture is the bosses desk with the button to open the secret door and the picture next to it is the boss (Brad) who fainted and the last picture is Dr. Walrus saying, "Get me out!" and The Fox scratching his head and Mr. Koala and Cyber Husky 

When they got down there, they saw the bad guys fidgeting with the controls. And The Fox used his voice disguiser to speak in the microphone to tell all the employees that they had the day off for Christmas. As soon as all the confused employees were gone, the bad guys started their maniacal plan.

Just then, the good guys burst into the room.  When the fight started, the good guys had an ace up their sleeve. Literally, they had something up their sleeve – Penguin's sleeve, in fact. You see, Penguin Man took Quantum Mechanics. He made himself a weapon beyond imagining. Do you want to know what it is??? It was a giant quantum cannon that also held a quantum field so it could fit up Penguin's sleeve.

He got out his quantum cannon and started shooting rays at the bad guys. The rays turned the bad guys into little cubes. This will make it easier to transport them back to Buffalo Prison.  (Don't worry, pour a little water on them and they'll be back to normal).

Penguin man said, "Hmm….like little blocks of ice, but not very good at cooling water!"

As soon as the bad guys were on their way back to Buffalo, Kiwi, Joe, Cleaver and Voltaire finished up their vacation. They went back to the airport, said good-bye to Voltaire and all went back to their homes in Australia, Russia and Buffalo. 

Meanwhile, at Buffalo Prison, Mayor Megan helped the prison guards rebuild the walls and get the other prisoners back into their cells. Mayor Megan also closed up the Walrus's lair, which again was underneath city hall.

The bad guys were placed back in their cells, and water was sprinkled on them, Dr. Walrus yelled, "Aw, com'on already!"

Once again, the day is saved by Penguin Man and Friends!!! (queue in music)

Book 5 – Mamba in Mexico 

October 1, 2014 Part 1 of 2 - Something's afoot.....

The Adventures of Penguin Man – Book IV, Part 1

Something's afoot in Alaska

Kiwi, Joe, and Cleaver had just arrived in Alaska to see the Northern Lights. Their friend Voltaire invited them for a ski trip. He has a cabin on top of the snowy mountains.

When they got out of the airport, they hailed a taxi. As soon as they got to the monorail, they gave the guard their tickets for the monorail and went up to Voltaire's home.  His cabin isn't much. He has a couple bedrooms, a couple bathrooms, a kitchen, a huge living room and a dining room. Everything is on a mountain except the living room. The living room so big it went all the way to Mount McKinley! So he always has a good view of the northern lights, especially because he has retractable roof. And the skiing? The mountain was tall enough that they could have lots of fun skiing! He built ramps and obstacles around his backyard pond. One of the ramps was made so you could jump right over the pond! If you didn't make the jump, you would take a little swim.

After they had some fun, Voltaire ordered some pizza and they all enjoyed a nice movie. They had some hot cocoa and they were all in bed by 9:00 pm. They had a day full of fun!

Meanwhile, back in Buffalo – home of Penguin Man; Dr. Walrus, Mr. Koala and Cyber Husky were hatching a plan to escape. They waited until midnight to make their move. All the guards went home. The prison was left locked down.

When the bad guys saw that the last guard left, Dr. Walrus got out his disintegrating ray and disintegrated the wall between the court yard and their cell. Then, he disintegrated the court yard wall. Then they were free!! Uh-oh!!

They went to Dr. Walrus's lair and got their disguises and weapons. Believe it or not, his lair was under city hall!

They all got on Dr. Walrus's private helicopter and flew to Alaska. As soon as they got to Dr. Walrus's Alaskan base, they went and searched for The Fox – a wanted criminal in Alaska and Canada. The Fox was known for his evil plans to steal all the gas and oil from the Trans-Alaskan pipeline. That would make him stinking rich!!!

When the found him, The Fox told them his plan. And they all agreed to help him.

The next morning – Christmas day – the good guys all woke up to see a lot of reporters outside. It would take a dragon to get the reporters out of their way and off the mountain. They were invading Voltaire's private property because they were there every morning trying to get Voltaire on the news. But he always refuses. He's kind of shy.

The good guys got rid of the reporters by scaring them away with Voltaire's holographic dragon. It's his pet!

After the reporters were finally gone, the good guys made themselves some Christmas breakfast pizza. And also made some coffee. They flipped on the news. They were very surprised to see the bad guys on the T.V. news! The bad guys were on the news to send out a challenge to the good guys. (Little did they know they were being led into a trap!) They finished their coffee and pizza. All the good guys suited up as Penguin Man, Kangaroo Man, Beaver Man and Grizzly Man – Voltaire is Grizzly Man in case you didn't know.

They all arrived at the scene of the trap. It was in front of the library. They didn't notice the big sheet of metal hanging above them and below them. Who doesn't notice a big crane holding a sheet of metal above and below them?!? The good guys! They were looking at the new books in the library window! It was then they saw the bad guys. Dr. Walrus hit a button and lazars surrounded the good guys. They were trapped!!! How would they get out of this one?? Would the good guys succeed in stopping the bad guys or would the bad guys succeed in taking over the pipeline??

Find out in the part 2 – Discord in Alaska

TO BE CONTINUED…