Wednesday, December 23, 2015

I Believe in Santa Claus: Do You?



Do you believe in Santa Claus?

I do. But continue to read to the end before you decide.

To answer this question, there are some key points in history we must examine, and determine, who or perhaps what Santa might be, especially today.

Saint Nicholas of Myra was a 4th-century Greek Christian bishop of Myra in Lycia, a province of the Byzantine Empire, now in Turkey. Nicholas was famous for his generous gifts to the poor, in particular presenting the three impoverished daughters of a pious Christian with dowries so that they would not have to become prostitutes. He was very religious from an early age and devoted his life entirely to Christianity. In continental Europe, he is usually portrayed as a bearded bishop in canonical robes.

Father Christmas dates back as far as 16th century in England during the reign of Henry VIII, when he was pictured as a large man in green or scarlet robes lined with fur. He typified the spirit of good cheer at Christmas, bringing peace, joy, good food and wine and revelry. As England no longer kept the feast day of Saint Nicholas on 6 December, the Father Christmas celebration was moved to 25 December to coincide with Christmas Day.

Pre-modern representations of the gift-giver from Church history and folklore, notably St Nicholas (known in Dutch as Sinterklaas), merged with the English character Father Christmas to create the character known to Americans and the rest of the English-speaking world as "Santa Claus.”

In the English and later British colonies of North America, and later in the United States, British and Dutch versions of the gift-giver merged further.


L. Frank Baum's The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, a 1902 children's book, further popularized Santa Claus. Much of Santa Claus's mythos was not set in stone at the time, leaving Baum to give his "Neclaus" a wide variety of immortal support, a home in the Laughing Valley of Hohaho, and ten reindeer—who could not fly, but leapt in enormous, flight-like bounds.

Images of Santa Claus were further popularized through Haddon Sundblom's depiction of him for The Coca-Cola Company's Christmas advertising in the 1930s. The popularity of the image spawned urban legends that Santa Claus was invented by The Coca-Cola Company or that Santa wears red and white because they are the colors used to promote the Coca-Cola brand. This is an over simplification, as much of the correlation was already inherent in the character.

Now that we’ve examined the history of the jolly gift giving apparition of Christmas past, it might be easy to relegate the character to a quaint history of the holiday season. But there is more to consider.

Christmas itself has come in many incarnations. Beginning with the Roman Festival of Saturnalia.

One theory to explain the choice of December 25 for the celebration of the birth of Jesus is that the purpose was to Christianize the pagan festival in Rome of the Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, meaning "the birthday of the Unconquered Sun", a festival inaugurated by the Roman emperor Aurelian, to celebrate the sun god and celebrated at the winter solstice, December 25. According to this theory, during the reign of the emperor Constantine, Christian writers assimilated this feast as the birthday of Jesus, associating him with the "sun of righteousness"

Prior to Christianization, the Germanic peoples (including the English) celebrated a midwinter event called Yule. With the Christianization of Germanic Europe, numerous traditions were absorbed from Yuletide celebrations into modern Christmas. During this period, supernatural and ghostly occurrences were said to increase in frequency, such as the Wild Hunt, a ghostly procession through the sky. The leader of the wild hunt is frequently attested as the god Odin and he bears the Old Norse names Jólnir, meaning "yule figure" and the name Langbarðr, meaning "long-beard," another incarnation of Santa Claus, perhaps.

With the advent of Christianity dominance of European life, the festivals were assimilated into the celebration the birth of Jesus Christ.

But of all the miracles that Jesus is said to have performed, the greatest of which may be his resurrection from the grave, why is his mere birth celebrated as one of the most significant holidays on the modern calendar? And, what does that have to do with Santa Claus?

The answer to the first question is found perhaps most innocently in the famed Christmas song/carol, “Mary Did You Know?”

The song poses the question to a young virgin bride, as to how much she knew about the import of her new born son, and reminds us all of the unknown potential of a new born child. In fact, in apocalyptic end of times stories, often the last sign of the end of times is the birth of a soulless child, more specifically a generation of still born children, denoting the end of human potential.

So, if Christmas speaks to western culture by celebrating the unknown hope of a new generation by celebrating the birth of the messianic Jesus Christ, and hope is best represented in the face of the innocent children, it is perhaps fitting the beneficiaries of our best wishes and of our famed Santa Claus’s generosity is the children.

In fact, that brings us to the crux of this matter. Over centuries, the character of Santa Claus has become synonymous with generosity. He has brought the the spirit of the holiday and delivered a multitude of gifts for those he visits. These gifts of course must, today at least, come from somewhere. Where?

Whether from a parent or charitable organization, or from a relative or friend, the spirit of giving and the truest generosity demand no exchange for them.

Typically, almost all acts of giving yield a kind of psychological exchange. One gives a gift or makes a donation, and one is given an outward symbol of gratitude. Recipients recite a familiar, “Thank You.” This makes the initial act of giving an exchange, and not the truest act of generosity.

Enter Santa Claus. Santa Claus is credited with the anonymous giving of thousands of gifts to hundreds of thousands of children around the world. He is the absent patron of giving, and allows us to give freely without the expectation of outward gratitude or any exchange real or inferred, beside that feeling one gets when seeing another happy.

When a gift brings joy to a child or loved one, and it is truly given in the anonymous name of Santa Claus, it reminds us of the hope for a happy and prosperous future for humanity and is a true celebration of all that is good in the coming generation, and is a fitting part of any Christmas celebration.

So, YES! I do believe in Santa Claus!

Do you believe that the joy of seeing someone special revel in receiving that perfect gift is more important than the praise you might receive for having selected it? Do you find in the selection of such a gift a rewarding feeling that washes over you filling you with joy, not at your selection, but rather at the knowledge that you have paid attention and truly know those with whom you spend your time? Do you feel the overwhelming satisfaction of watching a child or loved one fill up with wonder and the whole light of happiness in accepting all the love that accompanies such a gift. Is, in fact, your joy found in the giving of such love?

Do you believe in the anonymity that allows these tokens to be truly reveled in, without the expectation that conditioned responses of gratitude must accompany every gesture of good will? Can you find the truest gratitude in the flickers of happiness behind a loved one's smile?

If you were to close your eyes and conjure an image to personify these beliefs, what might you see?

After a day toiling to reap the harvest, can you step aside and give unto the rain and the sky and God's good earth the credit for the bounty?

Yes! I believe in Santa Claus!

If you answered yes to these questions, at any age, from any station, then you too believe in Santa Claus! So when you are asked, answer proudly:

I believe!



Saturday, December 19, 2015

Star Wars: The Force Awakens 5-Star Review (SPOILERS)

Where to begin?

Star Wars: The Force Awakens does NOT disappoint!!! 

It starts as we have all come to expect a Star Wars movie, with the now familiar slow story crawl that gives every movie goer a chance to catch up with the 30+ years that has passed since the events of the now legendary Battle of Endor in Return of the Jedi. Of course, there are a few things the slow roll forgets to mention. But, we’ll get to these a little later.

The movies beginning starts off, as one might expect a J.J. Abrams film, with a lot of action and its fair share of fireworks.
At this point, it is fair to say, that one of my very few quibbles with the film can be found. The intro of main characters, Finn played by John Boyega, a reluctant storm trooper, and Poe Dameron played by Oscar Isaac, the “best” pilot in the resistance, feels a bit rushed, but the instant chemistry of the actors and fast paced action mask the lack of early character development well. This and the fast “buddy” dynamic of the pair, as well as the fact that the story does help fill in much of Finn’s development in a very timely manner, if not entirely complete, manner, makes the pace a minor and very forgivable cinematic sin.

The character of Poe is one that is not entirely explored in this latest blockbuster in the franchise, which is all right with me, given both the limits of the slightly more than 2-hour cut and the fact that this story is part of a multi-episode arch.

SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!

That brings us to the very well developed introduction of Rey played by the incomparable Daisy Ridley—incomparable because she introduces a female lead in a Star Wars movie in a commanding way that even her predecessor Carrie Fisher, arguably the originator of Sci-Fi’s tough heroine didn’t. Ridley’s well played Rey was one of this films most complex good guys and coupling her dynamic portrayal, great chemistry with Boyega and a kick-ass light saber battle that seemed to come from pure instinct, is sure to make her an instant star and a nerd heroine for the ages.

Ridley’s mastery of her emotional range brought all of the depth needed to a character that is poised to inherit the full Force of the Star Wars universe.

While the character of Luke Skywalker has no on-screen presence in the first … well, hours of the film, from the introductory text roll to the emotional reveal of actor Mark Hamill’s now aged and bearded face, the character inhabits every moment of this film. The emergence of fan favorites Han Solo and Chewbacca stepping onto the iconic Millennium Falcon for the first time in 30 years, is sure to set any theater ablaze with cheers and shouts. This only gets better as the elder statesman of the franchise, Harrison Ford, slips neatly back into his wise cracking, if only slightly wiser character. Rounding out the original series’ holy trinity is Carrie Fisher who manages to capture the audience with as much ease now as she did at 19-years-old, when she first donned her famous or rather, infamous, hair style. She gives the now General Organa even more poise and grace than in the originals and hasn’t lost a step when it comes to commanding both her troops or the audience.

This film does a terrific job at bridging the new generation with the world that fans have loved for 3 generations.

Introducing an all-new progeny of evil is the intense and amazing Kylo Ren played by Adam Driver. This blustery black-clad baddy is brought out in minutes, harkening back to the immense jackboots his character must fill if he is going to replace the galaxy’s most infamous dark lord, Darth Vader. Driver, from the outset, brings a new level of complication and nuance to his portrayal of the Solo son turned fanatic dark-side acolyte and impassioned grandson of the long dead Anakin Darth Vader, for whom the character seems to have an almost creepy reverence—but then, who doesn’t love “The master of evil, Darth”?

While this film does gloss over some key plot points to jump into the real meat of the story, it also does a fair job of making quick attempts to fill these holes with references, such as that to the infamous “clone army” that fist gave us storm troopers to juxtapose them with those of the First Order in this latest film, who are, as evidenced by Finn, not clones, but rather taken and raised, conditioned as the film states, to be the army of the First Order.

Books / EU / Tie-Ins (SPOILERS Maybe?)

While fans went into the theater, having been told not to expect much from the once cannon, now discarded Extended Universe, many were likely pleasantly surprised and now frantically curious, about how much of the basic plots, if only veiled and abridged, of at the least some of the many works of authors like Timothy Zahn with his The Last Command and the likes of Wordfire Press's Aaron Allston creator of the Legacy of the Force series (Book 1, at least), and its predecessor, the popular Kevin J. Anderson, Jedi Academy and Young Jedi Knights series, some of which has been boiled down and ground into spice for the stew that is SWTFA.

While the structure and framing have changed enough to be considered all new, the presence of Kylo Ren (Ben Solo, an amalgamated Jacen with a touch of Ben Skywalker perhaps), a Solo son once trained by Uncle Luke turned dark, a mysterious force sensitive Rey, whose parentage fans will doubtless debate until it’s revealed, the presence of the Star Killer, planet-sized super “Death Star-esque,” Base as well as the not so subtle rhyming of storylines from original trilogy and yes, even the largely panned prequels, pays at the very least, a high degree of homage to Zahn, Anderson, Allston as well as many other’s material, all grist for a new mill.

Star Wars fans can’t help but love this poignant return to a galaxy far, far away, as they sit on the edge of their seats through the almost perfect combination of action, comedy, drama, an entourage of classic characters and an assemblage new characters in a fresh new story that pays at least homage to a much loved EU and still finds a voice of its own.

Filled with all of the “dead-on-point” messaging touting friendship, family and hope, as well as it’s fair share of emotional strife, that climaxes when fans cry out in unison with Chewbacca watching beloved rogue Han Solo skewered at his own son’s hand, and falling to a heroic if unexceptional death (Shades of Return of the Jedi, anyone?), this film is sure to provoke audiences.


Rey’s parentage is perhaps the films most significant cliffhanger.  Many have already begun to speculate as to whether she is an estranged and hidden away daughter of Luke Skywalker, (conjuring a gender swapped Ben Skywalker or perhaps the 'lost' mystery progeny of the EU) or is she the second child of Han and Leia (once famed in the EU, Jayna and Jacen the "Jedi Twins," and poor lil’ Anakin, whose name may have fallen victim to the curse of the prequels), anyone?    DISCUSS!!! GO!   

This new franchise generation is sure to delight audiences as much as it did its veteran cast members, new comers, and … well, studio execs at Disney/Lucas Films as it has already broken box office records clearing a $100 million opening day and is set to climb higher than $250 million by the close of its opening weekend.

If you simply need all of the exposition that a 2-hour film can’t give you, you might want to check out the Star Wars: The Force Awakens novelization by famed author Alan Dean Foster who penned the first Star Wars novelization with George Lucas in 1977.
AND... Check out Alan's interview with fellow author and longtime Star Wars FANATIC:  ME!

https://youtu.be/EGwmcp4qvQ4



Saturday, November 21, 2015

"Hangin With" web series and the Florida Book News: Meet the Authors Book Fair sponsored by Authors fo...

Hangin With host G.W. Pomichter and his team were honored to spend the weekend with a great collection of writers, authors, artists and creators at the 8th annual Eau Gallie Arts Festival and Meet the Authors event at the Eau Gallie Civic Center in Melbourne, Florida.

We interviewed more than 30 authors, artists and creators, and had the privilege of making many new friend including our newest bloggers and web partners, Florida Book News.

As always our interviews will be web-cast from our YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/user/GarrettPomichter and as an iOS Podcast, but look for many of them with our great new friends below!

So log on and tune in to Hangin With..., and in the mean time head on over to Florida Book News and see what they're cooking up next!

Florida Book News: Meet the Authors Book Fair sponsored by Authors fo...:   We had a great day at t he Meet the Authors Book Fair.  If you didn't make it down on Saturday, be sure t o stop by Sunday, 11/ 21.......

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Hollywood Heavy Hitters Join Indie Film


From MoviePilot Article (http://moviepilot.com/posts/3626471)

Arcane Pacific Entertainment is a small independent film company based in the world’s movie making capital, Los Angeles, California. But this company is growing fast as it takes on one of Hollywood’s most enduring legends.

On a fateful night in 1932, the famed Hollywood sign overlooking Las Angeles became a place where the lofty dreams of a rising starlet were dashed upon the mountain side. After achieving success on Broadway, actress Peg Entwistle came to L.A. — to Hollywood to be a star, but before her ascension began, she climbed the fabled sign and leapt to her death.

The subject of many discussions, articles and campfire stories through the years since, the story of Entwistle’s life and death has yet to be captured on film. James Pomichter, a film maker at Arcane Pacific Entertainment is set to change that in his upcoming short titled “Hollywood Girl.”


MORE: http://moviepilot.com/posts/3626471

Domestic Terrorists Declare Victory over Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Rebel Fandom

It isn’t hard to see that with a 24 hour news cycle and a nearly global awareness of almost every horrific act committed safety and security have become a preoccupying factor in the lives of people everywhere.  But in the growing quest for peace of mind, have we fallen victim to very fear and anxiety that the western world has long stood defiantly against, and how far into our daily lives has this intruded.

After 9/11/2001, many Americans graciously accepted the added inconveniences they faced at Airports and other travel terminals as necessary evils to combat the threats of international terrorism.  Most even found some small solace in the added security.  But global religious and geopolitical terrorism isn’t the only threat that citizens face.  Increasingly we are barraged with images of random acts of violence perpetrated by seemingly average people.  While some may hesitate, these are in effect nothing less than domestic acts of terrorism yielding the same results — a fearful reactionary society unable to enjoy the simplest individual liberties trapped by timidity into accepting almost any action aimed at providing a sense of safety.

How pervasive is this phenomenon?   One needs look no further than the highly anticipated and almost exalted launch of the latest cinematic installment of one of the western world’s most beloved pop culture film franchises — Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

With just a little more than a month until this instant blockbuster is set to hit theaters, various theater chains including AMC theaters, which is closely linked to Lucas Films new parent company, The Walt Disney Company, have already announced plans to restrict audiences famed for Cos-Play to costumes that won’t hide their faces and do not include items that could be mistaken for or hide the presence of weapons.  This is bad news for both movie goers who enjoy dressing as their favorite Star Wars villains such as Darth Vader, Darth Maul, storm troopers or any number of supporting aliens as well as many who enjoy the visual spectacle that Star Wars has become in its 3 generations.

Many find the new rules little more than an inconvenience that helps provide a safe movie going experience, especially in the wake of public shootings at theaters, schools and even public recreational events like the recent Orlando Florida Zombie Walk.  But they also represent a significant intrusion into the fundamental liberties of individuals to express themselves creatively.

It is perhaps true that no one wants to be injured or assaulted while simply enjoying a recreational expression of pop-culture fandom, but at issue isn’t only the visual spectacle created by fun-seekers, but the increasingly limited opportunities for people to escape the ever growing toil and stress of professional, political and an increasingly socio activist world to express their humanity and their communal joy.

Is that an extreme interpretation of a benign pragmatic approach to public safety?  Perhaps. 

But, consider this:

If the rational purpose of terrorism is to promote terror (fear) to attain power, and it can be agreed upon that power can be defined as the ability of a person or group to effectively alter or facilitate the behavior of another person or group of people; then the objective assessment of the success of a terrorist — domestic, religious or geopolitical, can be made by the resulting effects of an act or acts to facilitate a specific behavior as a direct or indirect result the fear (Terror) caused by the terrorist’s actions.

Thus:  terrorists destroy, kill and injure to promote terror and alter societies behaviors through fear and intimidation.  A society alters it’s most basic behaviors to accommodate the presence of a terrorist or the threat of terrorism.  Said acts of terrorism can be objectively judged as successful.

Since it is most notably the goal of western society to render terrorism innate and inevitably extinct, and success encourages future similar behavior, the above assessment poses a specific and undesirable question.  What does a society do to promote safety and security, while denying individuals and groups using terrorist tactics success, and balancing the rights and privileges of lawful citizens?

It appears to be a catch 22.  One that individual revelers are facing every day in America and through out the western world. 

This most recent quandary created by the additional rules imposed by theaters upon paying consumers to a highly anticipated social and cultural event may help to illuminate the fundamental problem inherent in the situation.

In the original Star Wars trilogy a group of renegade rebels fought and eventually defeated an oppressive galactic empire.  In 1977, just one year after the 1976 bicentennial of the United States, there was perhaps no more American interpretation of the classic heroes journey.  In 1999 Lucas Films returned the pop culture phenomenon to tell the story of the geo political forces that led to the emergence of the evil and oppressive empire and it’s most infamous villain, and movie goers young and old, despite a sometimes distinctive distain for many of the prequel trilogy’s elements saw the democratic galactic senate under siege by an elaborately choreographed set of terrorist forces independently maneuvered to force senators and citizens to vote their own security and safety above the individual liberties prized by the old republic.  By 2002, the second installment of the prequels hit theaters, carefully sidestepping any direct allusion to the horrific events of 2001 by focusing more heavily on the much-needed spectacle of a good space yarn.

“So that is how democracy dies, to thunderous applause,” lamented the young heroin of the trilogy, Padme Amadala, the mother of the original trilogy’s most beloved brother and sister rebels. 
Now, as this epic celebration of fierce rebelliousness and individualism and the growing sense of freedom for all humanity is set to launch a new generation into the annuls of galactic universal rebellion and the ongoing struggle for freedom from oppressive forces, it is perhaps most ironic that the business interests and geopolitical strife of reality should force the hands of societies most individualistic and pervasive counter culturists, who celebrate  their passions with creative and elaborate costumes to be tied and their creativity to be limited by said same fear that befell the very heroes and scoundrels that they revere.

Young Anakin Skywalker, determined to govern away freedoms inherent strife, the elder Darth Vader bent on service to an ordered empire, the emerging Kylo Ren, determined to maintain the order of tyranny opposed upon his foes, all surely would revel in the surrender of their rebellious fans to the fear and trepidation that forced the sublimation of their expressions.

But, if we are those rebels, celebrated on celluloid for three generations, what are we to do to ensure the safety of our children and grandchildren as they become the newest generation of fans to this awesome cinematic spectacle?  How can we keep them safe without teaching them fear?

I accept that few will read this and fewer in positions to take these questions and consider seriously more defiant but equally safe balances.  For that to happen, the force must be strong with theater owners and patrons alike.  The collective energy fans create to surround us, penetrate us and binds us together in fandom would need to also awaken us to the watch out for each other.

I will end this diatribe with an observation.  The most effective governance in a free society is invisible.  It secures us without intruding on our lives.  It accepts that free people bear inherent risks and sets consequences for those who take advantage of freedom to commit evil.  The most effective governance of a free people does not punish the masses for fear of the actions of those evil forces, it must wait its turn to punish evil accepting that it may always exist within the body free.  That is the challenge that will always face free people — to risk in order to be truly free.


Isn’t that what Han, Leia and Luke taught us all? 

Monday, October 19, 2015

Web Show Aims to Use the Internet to Share Indie Artists


MELBOURNE, FL—In August 2015 indie author and journalist G.W. Pomichter of Melbourne launched a new web based interview show aimed at sharing up-and-coming independent artists with the public.

The YouTube based show, titled "Hangin With" is formatted as an informal talk show features Pomichter interviewing a variety of authors, artists and filmmakers in a wide range of settings from his living room studio to conventions and conference centers throughout the state.

“For me this was an opportunity to use my experience to help other independent artists to get the word our about the projects they’ve worked so hard to
produce,” Pomichter said. “It started as a way to stand out, and became a real affirmation that the best way a person can help themselves is to help others.”

Pomichter said he started the show when he attended the Independent BookFest in Orlando in August as a way to distinguish himself in a large group of other authors.

“Like everyone, I had a desire to stand out in my market,” he said. “But, after talking with a few authors about their work and the shared difficulties each had getting their message to consumers, I knew we had something more.”

After interviewing authors that weekend, Pomichter said he spoke with his family about ways to create a regular program to help his peers.

Since then, Pomichter has interviewed more than 40 artists including fellow authors and filmmakers as well as costume creators and even a chocolatier, at venues such as the Speculative Fiction South East Conference in Orlando and Necronomicon in Tampa, and he has set his sights on many more.

“The past decade, weather as a product of the economy or technology or any number of factors has really been a new renaissance of creativity and entrepreneurship,” Pomichter said. “But, there is a need to give these creators a voice in a global emerging market. I want to be a part of that. I want to use the skills I’ve been blessed to learn through experience to help create a new age of imagination and innovation.”

Hangin With ™ is regularly produced and episodes can be found at YouTube.com/user/GarrettPomichter and are available in the iTunes store as podcasts.

Inquiries can be sent to gwpomichter@gmail.com

Authors and Artists Featured on the Show Include:
Hangin With Author DL McCleary
9:52
IBF 2015 Hang W JD Hart and Sharon Hamilton Pt 3
6:58
IBF 2015 Hang W JD Hall and Sharon Hamilton Pt 2
8:20
IBF 2015 Hang W JD Hart and Sharon Hamilton Pt 1
3:51
IBF 2015 Hang W Blogger Vincent FA Golphin
8:36
IBF 2015 Hang W Author Naomi Bellina
7:50
IBF 2015 Hang W Author Kelly Abell
7:35
IBF 2015 Hang W Author Al M Scott
8:42
IBF 2015 Hang W Author MCV Egan
8:40
IBF 2015 Hang W Author Rene Folsom
8:20
IBF2015 Hang W Author Juli Valenti
7:43
IBF 2015 Hang W Authors: Carrie Wells
8:23
IBF 2015 Hang W AJ Spencer and GW Pomichter
4:49
Hangin With Authors Promo (Coming LIVE Aug. 22, 4:00p.m.) Every Saturday 4 p.m.
4:02
Hangin With Author Toi Thomas
18:13
Hangin With Author Carol Ann Didier
32:07
Hangin With Authors Tom Lucas and Melissa Gibbo
16:18
Hangin With ... (Indie Film Makers) of Flashback Movie
9:31
Hangin With Authors Chance Glenn Jr. and Elizabeth Schechter
17:26
Hangin With Authors Elizabeth Raven and Dr. Tof Eklund
17:16
Hangin With Authors E.J. Stevens and Kristen Durfee
14:25
Hangin With writers KL Nappier and Elle E. Ire
19:12
Hangin With ... Rubey Shea and Han Solo
16:59
Hangin With Authors Gwen Mayo and T. Allen Diaz
22:11
Hangin With writer Jose Iriarte and chocolatier Kathryn Neel
24:22
Hangin With authors Nathan VanCoops and E Rose Sabin
29:05
Hangin With author Lucienne Diver and Film maker Tony Finkelstein
27:15
Hangin With Authors Glenda Finkelstein and William Hatfield
28:09
Hangin With Author Robbie Cox

Find out more about show host and creator G.W. Pomichter at: gwpomichter.wix.com/gw-pomichter