If only…

Life would be so much easier for all of us.

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Okay, fine, Club 33 is just a fancy restaurant that is hidden inside Disneyland in the rooms above the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, but it is something that not everyone knows about, and is rather exclusive… so I have been milking these posts for quite awhile…

Ring that bell… hidden in a recessed doorway near the pirate quarter.

You will see some stunning chandeliers.

That table was in the family home in the original Mary Poppins movie.

I mean, it was a pretty awesome place.

They have custom-made fine china to commemorate special milestones.

But my favorite part by far was standing on those balconies above the thousands of visitors, most of whom had no clue what we were doing up there, if they even noticed us at all.

Rock on, Club 33, so Hollywood bigshots have a place to eat over-priced meals to impress absolutely no one.

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There is no cure to the damage being done right now to our Democracy…

When you give away rights and rules and laws, you do not ever get them back again.

But, since you didn’t ever learn history, I guess the rest of us are doomed to repeat it.

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I hate to admit it, but tRump is doing a better job than I thought he would do…

He has already figured out that it is “hard to make eggs cheaper.”

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The magic place within the magic place… part 1…

I have hinted about this magic adventure for long enough! It is time to tell you about it. To tell you why I was standing in a secret courtyard inside the middle of Disneyland that is not open to the general public.

A courtyard complete with creepy decorations and even a miniature Haunted Mansion. Yeah, you heard me.

This magic place, very near the Pirates ride, is unknown to most people. But movie stars know about it, as do major players in the entertainment fields. They might even be able to get in.

My daughter Mollie, the emergency room nurse, and her boyfriend, Ben, looking excited.

This weird little courtyard is not always dressed for Halloween. It celebrates different Disney successes at different times of year, and they decorate it accordingly. You are almost guaranteed to see props from actual Disney movies we all know and love.

Okay. Enough. Let’s climb that mysterious, curving staircase.

Wait. Let’s pause to glance out a window and see Disneyland from an angle most people will never see it from.

Now, we turn to our right on the landing, and prepare to pass on into… the exclusive, the elusive, Club 33.

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More finished art…

Two watercolors.

And, uh, this giraffe with a tree growing out of it???

And a lizard on a… ummmm… hot potato???

The one watercolor of flowers I put in a frame.

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Dear tRump supporters, maybe you can explain how any of this is good for any of us… part 5…

How is it good for us to have a leader whose ego far outstrips his abilities. It is bad enough that he already believes that he is a god, but why are you encouraging this? You know how to tell the difference between a leader and a cult leader? A leader is someone whom you put in charge and then you support him, even while seeing that he sometimes says or does things that aren’t exactly true or right, and then you call them on their bullshit and keep living.

A cult leader is a person you put in charge, and you never once think he ever said anything or did anything was wasn’t perfect. This is in your mind. This is something you built and are holding on to. You decided tRump was perfect, never lies, never puts a foot wrong. NOBODY is perfect. The fact that you think they are doesn’t make it so. It just makes you a sheep of a follower.

Also, tRump is the least god-like person who ever lived…

Now that is the tRump we all know, and either despise or else raise up to the heavens on wings of fear, stoked by the man himself.

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This is the buildup to something wonderful… part 3… The magic door…

So, have you ever wondered why the building surrounding the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland are two stories tall? I always assumed it was just facades, to add grandeur, or maybe secret offices or storage.

Well, it turns out that it is more interesting than that.

There is a magical place up there, behind those windows and balconies. And I mean magical even by Disney standards.

Because, down a narrow alley, past the entrance to the Pirate ride, there is a door, which you probably never so much as glanced at… unless you know the secret of that door.

More to follow…

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This is the buildup to something wonderful… part 2…

A buzzard on a fancy clock.

Haunting artwork.

Oooooh… fancy chandeliers.

Another curious painting… of a mysterious woman… that I recognize from somewhere else.

Where are we going with all this?

Where indeed.

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This is the buildup to something wonderful… part 1…

Well, a couple of those guys seem familiar, but they seem a little out of place… and time…

Okay, what is gong on here?

Why aren’t you over at the Haunted Mansion doing your job?

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

And why are you made of wood, and not being a stretchy painting? We need to get to the bottom of this.

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