Van's Inner Universe

Living For The Future

December 2021

  • 2021 will go down for me as a mixed year. While the pandemic from last year continued and spun off a couple of variants, there were few changes and tragedies. I started the year with my first shareholders meeting since I owned stocks in certain companies and has since owned shares for another. I also… Read more

  • Legendary actress Betty White passed away at the age of 99, just a few weeks short of what would’ve been her 100th birthday. Her career spanned decades since 1939. She actually started in radio at the age of 8 and worked her way up through television since the 1950’s. White is best known for starring… Read more

  • Today is the birthday of original KISS drummer, co-founder, and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Peter Criss, who turns 76 as he’s the oldest KISS member. Though retired from touring, we hope to get new music from Peter. Read more

  • We arrive at the conclusion of the Flash’s 5-episode crossover Armageddon where Barry is glad to have things back to normal with his stepdad Joe West alive. Well, almost really. Because Damien Dahrk somehow appears in the present when he’s supposed to be dead. However he’s not the only one as we have Green Arrow… Read more

  • Happy Birthday, Hide!

    Today is the birthday of X-Japan guitarist, vocalist, and visual kei pioneer Hide Matsumoto, who would’ve turned 57. His music and legend live on to this day. May his legacy live on for more years to come. Read more

  • Monkees guitarist and member Michael Nesmith has passed away at the age of 78 due to heart failure. He and Micky Dolenz recently embarked and completed the Monkees Farewell Tour.  Born in Texas, he was he son of Liquid Paper inventor Betty Nesmith-Graham. Mike developed an interest in music that led to a career and… Read more

  • WWE Hall of Famer and legend Blackjack Lanza passed away at the age of 86 as he was in poor health. Billed from New Mexico and Texas, he was originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He started his career in the 1960’s in solo before tagging with Blackjack Mulligan as The Blackjacks. It was through the Blackjacks… Read more

  • I can’t wait for this crossover to be over because it’s really underwhelming so far. I’m glad Superman & Lois are not part of this because they wouldn’t do him right after Crisis On Infinite Earths. Here we have a future that’s dubbed Reverse Flashpoint that started with the revealed abduction of Joe West that… Read more

  • Part two ended with the appearance of Black Lightning and they picked up from there that Barry needs his help in using his lightning to level up and find out what really happened in the future. Unfortunately, the bulk of the episode is really about Iris and Cecilia as there are conflicts between them over… Read more