Another picture from my trip to the Autry Museum of Western Heritage

at Griffith Park, California. The above awesome hat was worn by Yakima

Canutt (11/29/1895 - 5/23/1986). Mr. Canutt was the first person to actually

choreograph stunts so that they were safe for stunt folks to perform. He is a
legendary stuntman and there is so much more to this person than I could
ever write here. I unfortunately do not know the hat's
maker or anything else about it.

This is an entrance to some place on the other side of the hills from

us. Kinda weird if'n ya ask me. I mean, normally I would like stuff like

this, but this area doesn't really lend itself to a Castle Frankenstein motif.

At least it's cool looking I guess.

While out and about running errands today, I decided to stop in at

Toys "R" Us to see if there was anything left on the shelves after the

Christmas season. I had a five dollar rewards coupon to use before it

expired. I found this cool Gremlins Limited Edition Santa Gizmo

figure made by NECA. I had wanted a Gizmo figure, I just didn't
know which one. I'm thinkin that this is the one.

About a week ago we bought one of these Nostalgia Popcorn

Poppers. I've been wanting this style popper for a while. The

reviews on this are not very good though. Some say it is more like a toy

than a popcorn popper. But give it a try says I.

 

Just to make sure we get maximum "Nostalgia" pleasure the way

"Nostalgia" intended our popcorn pleasure to be, I bought one of their

popcorn packs made specifically for their popper. We will see. If it makes

good popcorn at all I can tweak my recipes to the way I like it. This pack

comes with popping corn, butter flavored oil, white cheddar seasoning (ick),

ranch seasoning (ick), and nacho cheddar seasoning (ICK). I won't use those.

 

Unfortunately my work schedule will not allow me time to open this stuff

for a few weeks. So, sometime in the future popping excitement awaits.

~ Merry Christmas 2012 ~

The weather around 11:30 AM this Christmas Eve started out pretty darn dreary.

 

But it won't bring Santa's reindeer down!

Just a picture I took with my little camera of the moon. I like
how this picture (at least to me) makes it look like a big thing
really hanging up there in space. Too often I look up and see the
moon as just a one dimensional circle shape glued to the sky.

 

Another perspective.

OH NO!

2012 END OF THE WORLD is HAPPENING!

Just kidding. That was always there.

 

It is not the nicest day out that there ever was, but it is another

day out to be certain. We dodged another bullet.

Actually, if there is even a small earthquake today,

I will probably have a heart attack.

I started my 12/21/12 end of the world process by watching the

movie "2012" starring John Cusack. The movie came out in 2009.

When the DVD was released the copy I bought came with a

book titled "The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook". It's chock-full of

survival info. But let me tell ya, if what happens in the movie happens

today? This book is not going to help at all. And unless you have a billion

euro, you are goin down. WAY down. I also have my 2012 buttons to wear

today. It lets everybody know that I am hip to it all. ALL of it, baby.

 

See you on the other side....... maybe.

I went to Best Buy today, to look around.

 

Yep, I paid too much for this. But I've been wanting the Let It Be CD for a

long time. I saw Let It Be in 1970 at the Fox Venice Theater on Lincoln Blvd

in Venice, California. It was within walking distance of home. I saw this movie

double billed with Sergio Leone's Once Upon A Time In The West. How these

two movies ended up on the same bill is a mystery to me, but they are both classics.

 

The Let It Be CD is... totally gear.

Before The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror officially opened it's

doors on May 5th, 2004 at Disney's California Adventure in

(where else) California, they sent out in the mail these door hangers

as a promo. At least, I think I received it in the mail. Maybe it was in the

Sunday newspaper or something, but I think it was the in the mail.

My mom came across some little kids selling these "rock animals"

that they had made. She bought a couple and here they are.

I think they're awesome.

Christmas in the restroom at my dentist's office.

I love my dentist.

I filled up our truck late tonight and the station I go to has

gas pumps with video monitors in them. They're kind of

cool. The take your mind off the way you are being ripped off

as the gas flows. What they show is kind of funky though. It is

either football highlights (which I am not totally into), credit

card commercials (worthless), or the weather (I am standing in

the weather, no need).

 

The only kind of cool thing I saw tonight was the

Mountain Dew/HALO commercial (pictured). I can't tell

you what was about though.

It's Jason Voorhees (from Freddy vs Jason) in my freakin bathroom.

Good party.

12-14-12

Just some holsters hanging up where I used to live. Please forgive

the dust... it's awful. The holster on the left is a George Lawrence

Leather rig from out of Oregon. I've had that one for close to thirty

years now. The black hat there is one I've had since I was seventeen

years old. That hat has been all over the western states (and at the bottom

of a river when I was thrown in). It's really kind of a "faux" cowboy hat

as it is made of heavy leather and not practical at all, but I love it

just the same.

This is the entrance to the Starlight Bowl in Balboa Park, San Diego. I

had no idea how big this place was until I did a satellite map search

on it. I had never seen what was behind this little entrance.

 

There is an amphitheater that seats 4,300 people. Built in 1935

it was home to the San Diego Civic Light Opera until the opera

filed bankruptcy in 2011. The image above is a screen grab

from the satellite search. I put a red box in the spot where I was

standing when I took the photograph.

Meanwhile, back at another fast food place. This is a relatively new

Taco Bell restaurant. I've never eaten here, but while driving by

today I noticed the light fixtures on the side of the building. I think

they're pretty nice for a jernt like this.

 

This is a Jack in the Box restaurant parking lot this morning at

about 12:30 AM. Not an ideal place to find yourself.

 

I took the pictures with my not so great cell phone camera.

A beautiful cloudy Southern California sky not too long ago.

This turtle sits out on our deck. He is made of rocks and cement

or some such thing and he weighs about nine-hundred pounds.

He's not going anywhere anytime soon.

It's fun to recycle!

No, I'm kidding. The place is noisy and smells like sour milk.

Simba!

...from The Lion King. I think this guy was in

a McDonald's Happy Meal or something from a long time ago.

The Dark Knight Rises was released on Blu-ray today. I

broke down and bought the Steelbook version because it has an

extra documentary on it that the regular Blu-ray does not include.

Yes, I've been manipulated. But it feels so. darn. good.

 

The price today was $24.99. I know that someday, maybe a year from

now it will be $9.99, but what are you gonna do I guess.

I like this little kitty sticker I spotted on the rear side

window of an SUV. He's all cool.

"That's right, I'm walkin here."

Wow. McDonald's at the corner of Ventura Blvd at Wilbur

Ave in Encino, California.

 

 

And now the view from the McDonald's parking lot looking

at Wilbur Ave where it crosses Ventura Blvd in Encino, California.

 

I usually stop here for a Diet Coke while waiting for my doctor

appointment time to roll around.