The year 2016 ends with rain beautiful rain here in

Southern California. I took this picture at about 9 PM

on my way home from work tonight. Bring on the rain.

I bought this Western move "In a Valley of Violence" starring

Ethan "Magnificent 7" Hawke and John "Bud Davis" Travolta.

I saw the previews for it on another DVD that I have and it looks

interesting and maybe promising. This is John's first Western.

I pretty much cannot wait to see it.

~ Merry Christmas, 2016 ~

And thank you for the candy treats

from my friend at work!

I finally found a plucky little droid in a size that is bigger

than teeny. Hasbro's R2D2 figure from "The Force Awakens".

This figure fits right in with 12 inch figures. I found him

at Big Lots for ten dollars. Go figure.

Maybe one day I will stumble upon C3PO as well.

The issue with most 3POs is that they are not a

shiny reflective gold, but a dull gold.

Not good. Not good at all.

One of the galleries in the Gene Autry Museum in Griffith

Park, CA. These are all authentic artifacts. From my 2014 visit.

I went over to Big Lots and found a couple of movies

to buy. Moneyball on DVD, and Terminator 3 on Blu-ray

and DVD for only $2.88, a Black Friday leftover.

Earlier I had pizza and you know I have to put a picture of

it here because I love to look at pizza, almost as much as

I love to eat it. But I'm thinkin you know that.

I have not been to an El Pollo Loco restaurant in years. Fifteen years

maybe? And I have only been there twice counting today. It was

a nice change of pace. It is quite festive in there.

I had a 2 piece meal: breast and wing (pretty darn good), two flour tortillas

(pretty good), rice (good), corn (REALLY good) and their hot sauce

which is hot and great and you can have as much as you wish. Overall

I would rate my meal today about 6.5 out of 10 Crazy Chickens.

I will go there again someday.

~ Happy Thanksgiving, 2016 ~

A present my mom bought for one of those

"Toys For Tots" type programs. I would WANT this.

~ Jaws - Universal Studios, Los Angeles - 1987 ~

Go away, fish! Scat!

SHAAAAARRK!!

 

Wait, what is that? What IS that??

Hey! Mr. Fisherman! You could be in...

Although, everything LOOKS peaceful enough...

Well, THIS doesn't look good.

It is expensive, but I finally broke down and bought "Alison

Krauss & Union Station Live". This is a two disc set and it is

pretty fantastic. It has to be for me to buy a "live" album. I don't

like live CDs. A real highlight of this CD set is "Baby, Now That I've

Found You". I am sure that this song is a favorite of many folks.

This CD was recorded over two nights and I sure would have

liked to have been at those performances.

Sometimes clouds are just so cool.

Just like trees.

San Diego, California.

There was another brush fire around here. I had to zoom

in with my camera so the photo is not so great.

Firefighting helicopters flying by us...

...to get over there. They had so many planes and helicopters

on this fire it was amazing. Thank you SO much to our firefighters

for being on top of all these fires and saving us and our homes.

You cannot even imagine what these folks do. They are fantastic.

 

I bought this pin from Virginia's Gift Shop at Knott's

Berry Farm in Buena Park, California. Must of been

about 25 years ago. The gift shop was named after

Virginia Knott, the eldest of the four daughters of

Walter and Cordelia Knott, the founders of  Knott's

Berry Farm. Virginia was also the proprietor

of the gift shop from 1939 until 1997. Holy cow.

Virginia passed away in June of 2003 at 90 years old.

~ Veterans Day, 2016 ~

Just a random picture today.

Myself, I could not make one of these.

 

Broham, yer pokin' my eye out.

~ I Voted - November 8th, 2016 ~

And to celebrate Election Day and all that that entails,

I bought a new Buck knife. This is the Buck Trio 373.

I love Buck knives. The only thing that bothers me about

this particular knife is: Made in China. Every time I see

"China" on the blade I cringe a bit. But this is a great sharp-

out-of-the-box knife and I like it. Three blades: clip, spey

and sheepsfoot. Centered nicely and no play. With tax and

a (reusable) bag I had to buy over at Walmart now, this knife

ran me $16.01. Nothing much else to say.

Redundant, but I LIKE seeing this on my knife. I have a

few Buck knives that I have had for some thirty-five

years and they are soon to be heirlooms.

I will just present the picture and remain silent.

Sometime back I had posted a photo of this machete type deal that

I have. I needed to safely store it but I never had a sheath for it. I have

a friend, Duane, who has a YouTube channel. In one of his videos he

displayed a sheath that he had made out of cardboard and duct tape

for one of his knives. I decided to try it.

Ta-daaaaaa!

Now I can store this thing without fear of cutting myself

when retrieving it. I am posting this photo of the sheath

to show to Duane. Duane has all KINDS of great ideas.

He is The Master.

Thanks Duane!

Click here to visit
Duane on YouTube

An Agave Americana on our property is starting to bloom.

Outside.

Inside.

Food.

(Beijing Beef and Black Pepper Chicken at Panda Express.)

Walking through the entrance and into the courtyard.

The Gene Autry Museum in Griffith Park, California.

~ Circa 2010 ~

I bought "Star Trek Beyond". I have the first two movies

and they are a lot of fun. I watched this one and it too is

a lot of fun. I think the first movie is first best, the second

movies is second best, and this one is third best. Totally

worth a watch. I like the humor in these movies a lot.

And on Blu-ray they look great.

Here is another picture of the Universal Studios Los Angeles

stunt show, 1987. The comedy relief is in the pit. I always love

the cowboy stunt shows. I like them more when the comedy is

downplayed, but I suppose the comedy is for the kids and

folks who are not into Westerns for Westerns sake.

 ~ Happy Halloween 2016 from Lizzy Tex Borden ~

Just a foot and a skull for today.

"Hey lady... Psssst... Yeah you... Wanna take my picture?"

And now you know the rest of the story.

I bought Green Day's new CD called Revolution Radio.

This CD is kick butt. If you like Green Day, pretty sure

you will like this. Seems like traditional almost old school

Green Day to me. Good driving music.

Just thought I would mention this.

I don't know who or what these guys are, but

I am pretty sure it would blow to be one of them.
The guy on the right in the middle looks
especially tormented.

Here is a ram skull at Halloween City. It did not have a price

on it which is a good thing. I was really wanting it and not

knowing a price and not wanting to ask was a great deterrent.

Halloween City loses a sale and I gain space at El Rancho

De La Tex that I do not have for a ram skull.

'Tis the season!

Fa la la la laaaa... la laaaa laaaaa AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!

Jason is on duty? Well Hell, I'm in!