Spookzilla is an all out adult Halloween party for those who still like to have a little spooky fun. This is a MIX 93.1 event and will be happening on October 29th at 7:00 p.m. at the Tony Cruz XTC Fitness & Sports location.
This Halloween if your an adult don’t go trick or treating, your an adult, that time has past. Instead do something a little more age appropriate with absolutely no annoyance factor to your neighbors. Mix 93.1 will be hosting this top of the line Halloween party at one of the nicest fitness facilities in town. Below are some of the things that will be happening there on Oct 29th at 7 p.m.
So just last month the Power Balance bracelet company was sued in one of those class action lawsuits in CA courts.
Don’t you think it is only a matter of time before Irenew bracelet, wristband, necklace, hologram, and dog pendant company is also sued?
I was dumb enough to buy not only the bracelet but all that other stuff and the dog pendant.
So these things are marketed as if they can balance your body and other stuff. IRenew seems to like to use the word “promotes” the balance of your body.
Is “promote” another word for placebo effect?
Irenew has covered themselves well even further by saying, “it may promote” the balance of your body.
By saying “it may” do something gives them a whole lot of legal wiggle room.
If you havn’t seen the myth buster type videos on Youtube that explain how these wristband demonstrations really work then you ought to.
The balance demonstrations are stupid carnival tricks and have nothing to do with powers coming from the IRenew bracelet other than imaginery powers.
Can a Rubber Band Do the same as a Balance Bracelet?
A buddy of mine was telling me about this thing called Cie Aura that has some type of radio frequency hologram device that is supposed to balance the body. It turns out there are a lot of these retarded snake oil healing bracelets out there.
If you are a believer I am sorry I called you retarded but don’t let a blog offend, that’s super sensitive! Geez!
I had heard of the IRenew Bracelet, the Power Balance Bracelet, and the Pure Energy Band but this was now a new one I hadn’t yet heard of before. I chalked them all up to being the same scam.
I looked on the internet and found several more of these bracelets going by different names.
What immediately struck me was how many sports stars and NFL athletes were endorsing these things.
Supposed really influential people and sports role models are convinced and sold on these things and it simply shocks the heck out of me.
The balance bracelets are supposed to emit a frequency that is attuned to the body. If you go to a state fair they will perform carnival style tricks to convince you the technology in the bracelet really does balance the body.
As has been repeated before there is nothing new under the sun. Yes new inventions are made but general philosophies and ways of convincing people about false things still happens as it has for thousands of years.
If you do your research and look for things on the internet about “Applied Kinesiology” you will see that many scientists have debunked this long ago.
The idea that the body responds to worn items, things ingested, or holding things has been around for ever. People pay mega bucks to believe these things because it appeals to a strong desire in human nature.
In regards to balance bracelets the feeling it evokes in people is health and the fountain of youth.
No matter how old you get a desire to remain in peak physical condition will always be something everyone wishes for and most want a push button effort to get there.
Can a Livestrong Bracelet do the same thing an IRenew Bracelet can?
The power balance bracelet idea meets the push button need for instant balance which for many equals instant physical stability, agility, and performance. The added promise of less headaches and arthritis some who sell this claim offers even more push button health benefits.
Many of these people would laugh and joke about a TV evangelist or tent revivalist who prophesied over someone that they had diabetes and would now be healed simply by him laying hands on them.
As an added note these TV evangelist get their information from cards filled out by the elderly prior to a crusade who quickly forget they just handed over the same information he prophesied over them about.
In an MLM many of the people selling the products are believers in the product. The sales people go to enough meetings and learn the parlor tricks to convince others without ever seeing that it is a scam.
The same people at state fairs doing the tricks and gimmicks to convince others believe in the product themselves. They don’t even see that were themselves taught a trick to than trick others.
This pawn effect brings in many new converts to the power balance bracelet craze and there is simply no end in site for this thing.
A company by the name of Lifewave was exposed on WorldWideScam for selling hologram stickers and claims were not just made that it offered health benefits to your body but could improve a cars gas mileage.
I have seen news people on TV wearing these superstitious bracelets which leads me to believe that my theory is correct that many of these news people are guided more by their feelings than by the facts.
While I was at the fair in east Texas this guy put one of these bracelets in my hand. The one he used was called the Pure Energy Band. The claim was made that it had more frequencies in the bracelet than many of the other bracelets.
He asked me to hold my hands out on each side and stretch my body as far as I could to one side.
He then marked how far I had stretched to one side. After this stretch he put the bracelet on me. I did the stretch again and was able to stretch quite a bit further.
The problem here is that without the bracelet I tested this later at home. When you do this stretch you are always to go much further on the second attempt.
This is simply the power of stretching ones body and then doing it again a second time.
In reality the body continually learns and adjusts on each attempt at doing the same thing over again. Try this out you will see that those parlor tricks work even without having a balance bracelet in your hand.
This same test was done without the bracelet with some of my friends and they were able to go further the 2nd time without owning one of these bracelets.
There is another test the guy at the fair did and it involved me standing on one of my feet as he pushed down on an arm.
I lost my balance the first time around. He had me hold the bracelet and he did the same test again. This time I maintained my balance. The problem with this is when I got home and tested this theory out with my wife I didn’t have the bracelet. On the second attempt having my wife perform the test I experienced the same good balance as I did with the bracelet.
The body simply learns and balances better each consecutive time you do it. There is no special trick or science behind wearing a bracelet with frequencies.
When I pointed out to my friend who has a brother who works for one of these scam bracelet companies that it was fraud and showed her all the evidence she still wouldn’t admit to it being a scam.
All that is going on here is a placebo effect. Someone could be wearing a Livestrong bracelet, a rubber band, or broken condom on their wrist and get the same results. These people will not admit to being scammed because they would look like stupid retards.
My family visited the Four Winds Renaissance Festival yesterday and had a pretty good time. We went on Saturday as they are only open Saturday’s and Sundays. They stay open until 7 pm for a few months out of the year. When we drove in we were immediately impressed with how many cars were there. This place was packed and this was our first time at a Reni Fair so we really had no idea what to expect.
Once in the park a lady directed us to go up the hill where some medieval games were about to begin. We went up the hill and they were playing this Scottish log tossing game. You basically hold this 12 foot log post and run with it. As it begins to fall you fling it up and try to get it to hit the ground on the post end and flip over. I got to give it a try and mine hit the post end and then fell off to the side. Whaah!
After that we went all the way up the hill to this weird contraption called the Crow’s Nest. This thing is a long telephone pole anchored in the ground with a Mary go round looking thing at the bottom of it. There are at least 4 cables tied at the top of the post and threaded into 4 sides of the marry go round. A guy manually grabs the marry go round and cranks it around the pole several times.
I forgot to mention me and a 3 year old nephew got in it and were a little uncertain as it didn’t look like it would hold up and made a lot of creaking noises. The rickety nature of this ancient carnival ride really added to the experience and we came away dizzy but excited. The guy who encouraged us on and spinner us around offered us a free ride but we went ahead and gave him some money for his trouble.
From here we went further up the hill and found some very pretty horses in stables. We had the kids pet the horses and watched them for a little while. From the top of the hill we could see the entire park and decided where we would go from here.
We started back down the hill but took an alternate route. We bought some handmade jewelry and went in to an area where a fire spitter and eater was performing. After that show we watched some sword fighters go at it using real time period swords that had been blunted. Some of these people were part of the same family. I had a good time watching these guys sword fight and you could tell they really practice this art.
Afterwards the sword fighting leader had a history session around a medieval looking table where he discussed ancient medieval culture and history with a twist. He told some PG 13 rated stuff about medicinal type of things they used and some of this stuff was mixtures of things that many time had pot as an ingredient. The kids started getting bored of the lesson and so we left.
We left after this and unfortunately missed the jousting event. We recommend the Four Winds Renaissance Festival to those looking for something different to do in East Texas. There are things to do in Tyler and East TX after all kids!
On your way to the festival you will want to stop at Ribmasters for East Texas best ribs. I think you will find that i am not fibbing. Ribmasters is next to Brookshires grocery store off of 110 in Whitehouse. Bruce Brookshire died on Friday and our prayers go out to him and his family. The Brookshires family has a business with a solid christian family culture. There aren’t as many businesses like this anymore and we just want to say how we appreciate their family and what they are about.
11518 Interstate 20 W
Tyler, TX 75706-4842
(903) 882-1518
Last year we went to Santa Land and I was not expecting much having never been to one of these outdoor Christmas Light trails. What I discovered is that this particular place went through a lot of trouble to put together a pretty spectacular lights show. There are some 2D moving aspects of the light show where a motorcycle jumps over a creek and other interesting things. The kids in the car really had a great time and for the most part everyone came away with a good experience. The Santa Land light show doesn’t end there as they also have a really big gift shop called Santa’s Wish Shop
You can buy handmade Christmas ornaments, jewelry, jams, candles, paintings, and other Christmas gifts. They open on November 1st and Santa will be there starting on Thanksgiving day up until Christmas but the light show goes all the way until January 4th.
Santa Land boasts over 2 million Christmas lights to drive through. The cost is $25 per car or $35 per 15 passenger van and you can have a trailer ride for $7 – $10 per person. The Santa Land location is opened from now until Christmas. .
Spookzilla is an all out adult Halloween party for those who still like to have a little spooky fun. This is a MIX 93.1 event and will be happening on October 29th at 7:00 p.m. at the Tony Cruz XTC Fitness & Sports location.
