Here are some decorative rattlesnakes over at the

Indian Store. When was the last time you used the

words "decorative rattlesnakes" in a sentence?

Yeah, me too.

 My son got these two battle bot things (I don't know what

they are really called) for Christmas. They are remote controlled.

There is a little cardboard battlefield setup included. You are supposed

to move your battle bot around the thing in an effort to laser kill the

other guy. Just another day at work. We haven't tried out it yet.

I took this picture of Randy Travis in

concert with my old flip phone. Fail.

Yeah, a new hat.

 Nothing Runs Like a Deere.

 

The beautiful TV at Borden Cinema finally gave up. It is

resting peacefully now after working so hard for me for

so long. We spent many great hours together. The photo

above shows Fry's Electronics. This is where I went for

a new television. Bigger and better this time. One door

closes, another door opens. 1080p, here I come.

 

I received this collapsible back scratcher for Christmas

and the pleasure it has brought to me is indescribable.

 "One-Adam-12, no warrant. Lincoln, X-Ray, Ida 483.

One-Adam-12, a 415 fight group, with chains and knives."

"BOOK 'em, Danno!"

"This is the city: Los Angeles, California.

I work here. I'm a cop."

This is one of those cool electric cars for kids.

Walmart of course.

 

"Now you know why they call me Dirty Harry:

every dirty job that comes along."

This was in my son's January Loot Crate.

What IS it?

It's a Loot Crate Exclusive  A  L  I  E  N  Facehugger plush.

I'm not going to describe what these guys do to humans.

It would come off a little too gross. But it is entertaining.

Alien is a 10/10 rated movie to be certain.

When this guy came out of the box with that goofy look on

 his face I thought that the item was kind of weak, but it's

growing on me, in a good way.

It's been pretty chilly around here lately.

Just kidding.

 - Universal Studios Los Angeles, 1987 -

I'll try.

LeeLoo Dallas Multipass!

This is a Loot Crate Exclusive. It is LeeLoo's Multipass from the movie

"The Fifth Element".  My son gets the Loot Crates and he gave this to me

because I love the movie. When you see TFE you will know what a

Multipass is. See you on Fhloston Paradise!

Back again!

What to see... What to see... Hmmmmm....

Star Wars: The Force Awakens! Finally.

That was good. I loved it. This was 100% a worthy sequel

to the original trilogy. People are slamming it for one or two

good points. I can see that, but lighten up, folks. Lighten up.

Overall it is another "Star Wars" unlike Episodes 1 through 3.

I give this movie 10 out of 10 R2D2's.  Daisy Ridley is awesome

as Rey. She has the right combination of everything. Adam Driver's

(I had not seen him before this) Kylo Ren was full of bad assery. 

Han and Chewie together again = tears. Anyway, if the next two are

like this, count me in. Kuchana-kuchana!

One more thought... After seeing Star Wars back in 1977 I had

heard that they were making two sequels. I remember thinking that

they couldn't really do this. Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford would

surely become much too old. Well, here we are more years later than

I could have ever imagined and it freaks me out a little. *shakes it off*

Oh, and I like the little Regal logo on the 3D glasses.

Cool touch.

Happy National Popcorn Day 2016!

 Pretty sure that neither one of these guys

will be able to provide a valid driver's license.

Somebody in this photo took all of the crushed red

peppers for their pizza leaving zero for anybody else.

#sadface

Here is some crushed red pepper on a previous
trip to Little Caesar's Pizza. I use a lot.
#happyface

The old Bates place looks pretty lonely down there in 1987.

January 15th is National Hat Day.

Happy National Hat Day, 2016!

I bought "The Martian" because I had heard it was really good.

I heard right. I watched it tonight and it IS really good. Don't

want to give any spoilers. I am not a Matt Damon fan,

at all.... but he was good.

There is a gag reel on the Blu-ray. I am all OVER gag reels.

I love them. But I did not watch the one on "The Martian"

tonight because I want to be left with the feeling I have

from the movie itself. I am liking this feeling.

 I bought this Homer Simpson figure at Comics-N-Stuff. It was

made for or by Kelston International in 1993. It originally came

with little stickers that you could attach to that "bubble" over

Homie's head. I got him loose in a plastic bag for $3.

Homer loooooves donuts.

I had my own Homer Simpson moment...

I was hungry late last night/early this morning and decided

to make up a batch of pancakes. I attacked them with my

Becker BK24 knife. They were much better than they looked.

DOH!

I received another coupon from Sports Chalet. $10, free and

clear. No restrictions. I love those. I get them maybe two times

a year. I actually went there on the 5th of January and it was

raining raining and raining.

 

I had planned on getting a Snow Peak Titanium Spork, but the

store was cleaned out at Christmas and all they had left was this 

piece of..... My coupon was set to expire so I did buy this lousy

spoon. I bought a kind of decent small Silva compass too.

That was good.

Today I bought David Bowie's last album.

Back when it first came out, my son and I went to see

"Paranormal Activity" in the theater. Since then it has been

our tradition to see all the others in the theater as well. We

were REALLY looking forward to seeing this installment (#6)

in the theater but lo and behold it was given a limited release,

leaving us twisting in the wind.

This week it was finally released on Blu-ray! Huzzah! (I get much

too excited about these things.) People hate these movies and

while they are not the best pictures in the whole wide world,

we have a great time with them. Popcorn is at the ready.

I also got the "Robocop" remake because it came down in price.

It is almost sacreligous to remake this movie, but I am curious.

I have all the "Silent Night, Deadly Night" movies, but none on

Blu-ray. So when I discovered this 30th Anniversary Edition I

bought it. It is just a staple in my collection.

Give an amateur a camera, send them to the King Kong attraction

at Universal Studios in Los Angeles and this is what you will get back.

We lost David.

~ 1947 - 2016 ~

This is my very first David Bowie Album. "Pinups".

I bought it when I was 17 years old. I have loved David since

the first moment I heard him. I loved him even more after

the first time I saw him. This is a difficult morning.

I don't usually play the lottery, but holy cow...

I can't not play right about now.

For my recent birthday I took a trip over to the mall

that is some distance away from home. I stopped for

one of my favorites: a Surf City Banana/Banana Smoothie.

 

Oh look! They brought over a brand new

kiddie ride in honor of my special day!

And I kept seeing this guy out of the corner of my eye. It

caused me to do more than one double take as I was

sitting on the bench balancing my checkbook and enjoying

my smoothie. Slightly distracting. He looks angry.

This is good. It has been quite a long while since I have

seen .22 ammunition at Walmart, magnum or otherwise.

I bought this for myself for my recent birthday. It's for

my personal tool box. It is a ratcheting screwdriver

that can reach into tight spaces. If you do not have

your own toolbox, you are missing out.

I want this guy. But $49... Never gonna happen.

I even have a $50 gift card for Walmart and it

is STILL not going to happen. I guess I don't

want him all that bad.

I hope I don't change my mind.

 

It's a rainy El Nino day here at El Rancho De La Tex. I think we

should do that thing I've been wanting to do. Let's do it late tonight.

Yeah, let's go see Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight".

Last showing of the day, 9:50 PM. I like that.

Nobody is around. Perfect. Let's go in.

Closed the theater. 1 A.M. It's been a while since I have been able

to do that for a couple of reasons. I love closing the theater.

No free posters on the way out tonight though. Dang nabbit.

The Hateful Eight was good. I will start off by saying that for me

it is an 8 out of 10 on the first viewing. If you like QT and his talky

movies, you will probably like this, if not...

As westerns go, it was good. The music by Ennio Morricone is

superb. The hardware is interesting. I am not a big "westerns in the

snow" person, but for this movie it was fine. Lot's of fun little homages

to westerns of the past that ere fun to pick out, as are the QT "Easter

Eggs". One of my favorite homages is the stagecoach stop. It is glorious.

Kurt Russell? Always the best. Jennifer Jason Leigh

almost stole the show. Samuel Jackson is SJ. Great cast

all around. I will buy it and watch it again with delight.

It's been raining this week and I saw a rainbow as I was driving.

I stopped and took a few pictures of it. From one end...

...to the other.

I've been wanting "Gone Girl" for a while. It looks.... intriguing.

It's stars the handsome Ben Affleck who is hit and miss with me.

I love his brother Casey a lot, but Ben is, like I say, hit and miss.

 The DVD was under $7.

(Later that night......) I watched "Gone Girl". This movie is twisted.
It is totally worth a watch, totally, but it is twisted. Twisted with a capital
T - W - I - S - T - E - D.
8/10

"The Wild Bunch". The two-disk DVD set for under $4.00.

Classic Sam Peckinpah.

I got a new belt buckle for my recent birthday. Now I

have to get the belt. Life has been kind of fun lately.