My picture for today is of a couple of my mom's roses.

California? Check.

Palm tree? Check.

Warm weather? Check.

Sunny blue skies? Check.

Motel that will impress your out of town visitors? Gimmie a minute.

When the world comes to it's apocalyptic end, I'm going to

grab a raft, a lantern, an mp3 player loaded to the gills with Enya

and sail the waterways of America. This urban stream will take me

to the California Aqueduct which will float me straight on

through to Heaven.



This was a view from our breakfast table on a

visit to the Barona Casino in Lakeside, California.

Very nice, and not completely developed yet.

Hmmm. It seems many of my photos are at restaurants.

But I swear, I do more than eat...

...for the most part.

What kind of restaurant has a Star Wars poster

in the restroom? An awesome restaurant.

Killer Pizza From Mars.

If you ever want excellent take-out Mexican food, and

you end up at a restaurant that looks like this,

you've found the right place.

I don't understand this. I've seen these contraptions a

few times. These things would seem to hold your CDs or DVDs

in a position to bake in the sun. Melt City.

Maybe I just don't understand the technology.

It wouldn't be the first time.

My son and I bought this dish with little birds

perched on it's edge for my mom as a Christmas gift a

few years back. I've always thought it is really cute.

SQUEAK!

One of my buddies, in my room.

I don't like being around live mice, but plastic is swell.

Witness the dramatic reenactment demonstrating how

a fox in the wild scratches behind his ear.

Nature is just awe inspiring.

This is the driveway of The Ritz Carlton in

Laguna Niguel, California. I took this picture

when my cousin was staying there a few years ago.

Awwwwwww.

After two years of saving and procrastination, a few days
ago I finally bought an Apple 5th Generation iPod Touch and
have been spending stupid amounts of time loading it up with

everything from Merle Haggard to Pantera.

And I am still working on it.

I'm wonderin' if the owner of this gas station

invented the World Famous Pocket Fisherman...

This cave is near my home.

It's rumored that trolls live in it.

And not the good kind.

LOL... I'm just kidding.
They're the good kind.

Be still my heart. It's the Disneyland of liquor stores.

I could spend hours here smoking and

having a key or two made.

It's raining cats and dogs over here at the

Big Lots store today.

Here is the same parking lot on a sunnier day.

Big Lots used to be called Pic 'n Save. You can

get some good stuff for cheap prices, but for the

most part you get lousy stuff for cheap prices.

Here are a few odds and ends from my action figure

collection. Just a very small part of them. Not my

most valued, but there is a Hit Girl from the movie

Kick Ass and a Halloween Michael Myers re-release

figure that I'm quite fond of.

This fence on the patio at the Panda Express restaurant

looks deadly enough as it is, but I wonder what would happen

if the edges of all that iron foliage were to be sharpened.

Just a frivolous thought.

Here is my annual "Day After Halloween Fifty Percent Off Of

Everything" haul. That (wacky) pirate skull was the only one like him

in the store. He was there in late September when I was there and

I wanted him then, but I didn't want to spend what he cost.

But today, he was in the same spot, fifty percent off and now he calls

Casa Del Los Tex home sweet home.

This stuff doesn't look so great in the light of day, but when you
have them in low light and with spooky surroundings they are
pretty effective.

The hanging head and Jason's machete are from The Spirit Store

and the rest is from the Halloween Superstore.