I went to the movies again. I got to go later at night. That is my

favorite time. You know I love to close the theater. And with the

points I earned with my Regal Crown card this movie was FREE!

This time I saw "The Shallows". It is a killer shark movie. It was

okay. The popcorn was better. I give the movie about 5.5 out

of 10 barnacles. Blake Lively did a good job. The shark looked

real. ...I don't know. I am just difficult to please lately.

I am looking forward the the "Magnificent Seven" remake. I know,

it is a remake, but it is a WESTERN. And even though Denzel

Washington is not one of my favorite actors, he never fails to

deliver for me. Never. He SHOULD be one of my favorite actors,

but he just is not. It does not make sense. Anyway, "The Shallows"

is worth a rent when it is released on DVD. I won't be buying it.

My son was driving (passenger) by the

Capitol Records building in Los Angeles

and sent me this picture he took.

I did put those little dice beads I bought at the

Indian Store on the lanyard of my Becker BK7.

But to be honest, my heart was not into this project.

I just felt I needed to get it done. Bad mix.

I have been kind of tired lately and it was difficult for

me to gather the interest to do a good job on this. The

lanyard is all but useless. The knots are terrible and

the dice are nowhere near where I wanted them to be.

The whole thing has a kind of whimsical look to it

but whimsical is not what I was shooting for.

I will redo it sometime in the future. This knife

deserves a MUCH better less laughable job.

Somebody put the bird feed a little too close

to the ground today. I cannot safely shoot these

little varmints in this area. Backstops not secure.

As cute and fun as these guys are to watch, it
does not outweigh how destructive they are,
especially in large numbers.

It wasn't easy to get this picture either. Two things

they are, are aware and FAST.

I went to update my eyeglass prescription.

I figured ten years was a long enough stretch.

It looks like the Duke boys were over

to The Home Depot again today.

We are big on knowing the temperature here at

El Rancho De La Tex. These are the "outdoor"

devices for the "Indoor/Outdoor" contraptions.

These things are great. When you reach a certain

age it is nice to know if the heat you are feeling is

real heat or your imagination or a blasted ailment.

It is all very exciting.

I got one more from the Indian store. While there

I found these awesome little dice with pretty large

holes in them.

I think they are going to find a way onto my knife

lanyard much the way the skull from the Indian Store

ended up on my smaller knife. And I do not think that

I will need to enlarge the holes in the dice as I did with the

skull (a difficult proposition, at least for me) to make them

fit. I will do this soon. I am still not sure what configuration

to use for the lanyard.

 One of the reasons I had gone to the Indian Store

was to find a cover for my Bic lighter. If you are

going to carry a Bic, you might as well make it yours

is what I say.

 

 I found this beautiful cover there. It is

made by a gent name of James Martin. He is

of the Navajo Tribe. The stones are turquoise and 

coral. The case is sterling silver.

 

The back is adorned as well. Mr. Martin makes many

beautiful pieces and he is worth checking out. I feel

like I am carrying artwork in my purse.

"You see, I understand you men were just playin' around,
but the mule, he just doesn't get it. Course, if you were to
all apologize..."

A "Clint Eastwood poncho" at the Indian Store that my
son and I really enjoy visiting from time to time. I think
we all pretty much know that this poncho is not anything
like the one that Clint wears in his westerns,
but it's cool anyway.

 

The ancient carving that I stumbled upon while

out hiking around March of last year is still

in my possession. This primitive artwork is proof

positive that bow ties go back eons. A real find.

LOL... Yeah, I know, this is kind of stupid. But I
KNOW there is somebody who is going to want
to know that bow ties have been around for so long.

Done and done.

I like Motel 6. I've stayed at Motel 6. But I feel I should

be a bit more educated regarding their WI-FI before I go

about tossing all of my personals through their airspace.

As Peter Marlowe said in 1965's "King Rat", "Bit dicey."

Tooth pulled. Aftercare supplies. I am still out of it.

Nothing to eat for 3 days. Not much sleep. That starts

changing today. I called in sick to work for the first time

in over a year. And I still felt guilty about doing it.

Well, I have another toothache. This thing is killing me.

I went to the dentist today who in turn referred me to

a specialist and all together we came to the conclusion

that mostly for financial reasons, we are just going to pull it.

Tomorrow.

Until then I have some lightweight painkillers that are just about

useless against this thing, but I am thankful for anything that is more

than over the counter. So until tomorrow there will be no eating, very

little sleeping (if any) and no making of merriment.

Hot dogs slathered in BBQ sauce gettin' ready
for beans... under sunny blue skies.

Even though everybody said "Annabelle" is terrible, I bought

it for three reasons: 1) It is an offshoot of "The Conjuring"

and I like that movie. 2) I am curious. 3) It was really cheap.

So there you have it.

Late night hot dogs. Just the way I like them.

My son received his June Loot Crate and this

month it came with this awesome Terminator 2

tin wall plaque. My eyes grew wide when I saw

it and he gave it to me. Hip hip! Hoo-ray!

This will look great on my DVD/Blu-ray shelf.

Show your spirit.

I voted. June 7th, 2016.

The Funhouse Massacre looks like a LOT of fun.

I've heard some folks say that it is good. One of

the guys in it is Clint Howard. He is always good

for a weird time.

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...later that night.
I watched TFM. I am going to give it a 5/10. It was kind
of done like Killer Klowns From Outer Space, but not
near as good. I would see it if it can be had for $4.00
or less... or free. It's an okay Halloween movie.

Stupid me. I said I would not do it anymore. Blind

buy. But he has a nice hat on and he is cute. I think

I have seen him singing on the Internet and I liked

it. We will see.

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...even later that night.
Hey, I like this guy. He's good. When I buy a CD I usually
load onto my iPod only songs I really, really like. It is
a "saving space" thing. I loaded about 7 of his 11 songs.

She's alllllllmost there.

Between the birds and the lizards and the (destructive)

squirrels that hang out with us around here, sometimes

it feels as though the only thing missing is Bambi.

By not grabbing these signs out of the garbage to

try and do something with them, I'm pretty sure I

dodged the beginning stages of hoarding.

Snowball, babe.... Yer freaking me out a bit.

Let's 86 the eyebrows and tone down the

"I want to kill you" look.

Look at Snowball the rabbit and try to convince

yourself that that is a carrot and not a shiv.

Just an interesting placement of trees.