Hoorah for the Third Week in the 2026 Month of Musicals!

First up this week was Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Starring Peter Frampton and The Bee Gees this one was a rock

and roller. So may musical stars in this movie from Billy Preston

to Alice Cooper. In truth, not a great movie, but fun to watch

at least once. I rated this movie 6.5 out of 10 Strawberry Fields.

Next up was Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and the always

great Alan Rickman. This movie is dark, REALLY dark. Pretty

darn bloody too. Not  one for the kiddies. Having said that,
wonderful music, wonderful movie and I love it. I rated
Sweeney 9 out of 10 Heads Going KA-BONK
on the Basement Floor.

And now, Bikini Beach. Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello.

1964 beach party fun. Sand, surf, drag strips, young people
and pure zaniness! Fun thing to watch out for: Eric Von Zipper
giving himself the finger... AGAIN. I rated this movie 6 out of 10
Potato Bugs, but I probably should have gone slightly higher.

Yeah, Beach Party Tonight!

And the last movie for Week Three was Disney's The Lion King.

Everybody knows this movie. What more can I say? I rate this

movie 10 out of 10 The Lion Sleeps Tonights.

A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh!

Week Four and the final week of
The Month of Musicals is underway!

I had my eyes on this little skeleton at Walmart for a

few weeks. He was in the fish tank department. I thought

he would look kind of cool in my cactus pot. I finally

broke down and bought him.

He seems to be angry, which is okay.

We all have our days.

I went to the dentist for another round of goodness.

I love their waiting room. The possibility for calm is there.


The Dentist Waiting Room.
(A short one.)

I know I've featured a lot of cactus lately, but man, the

wind around here has been brutal. It just blows this cactus

all to heck. It breaks up and rolls down the
rocks just to land in a big pile.



The wind pretty much snaps the big cactus in half.
I will salvage some of this and replant it either up
the hills or put some in pots or both. Even
though it is plentiful, to me it is just
too beautiful to go to waste.

Awwwwwwwww... A baby tumbleweed.

Week two of Borden Cinema's February Month of Musicals

wraps up after 4 more great shows! First up was Oliver!. I hadn't

seen this one before. I gave it 8 out of 10 Pocket Watches if not

just for the Consider Yourself sequence alone. Jack Wild, great.

Next up was Moulin Rouge. I had seen this movie once when

it first came out. It was the first movie I had ever seen on DVD.

I watched it at a friends house and she had a big screen (for the
time) and a stereo setup. For me it was like being at the theater.
I fell a bit in love with Ewan McGregor's character, Christian. The

action in this movie never stops and is quite insane. I rated it

8 out of 10 Glasses of Absinthe.

And now, The Phantom of the Opera (2004). I have never seen this movie

and have wanted to for years and years. I just never felt the time

was right, until The Month of Musicals. When this movie started

I could not believe my eyes. The Phantom was played by Gerard Butler!

Really?? I LOVE Gerard Butler. And he did not let me down. And also

a younger Patrick Wilson is in it. He is always good. The Music of
the Night. Yum. I rated Phantom 9 out of 10 Chandeliers.

And finally, as this week ended on a Friday the 13th, literally, we took a

break from musicals and as our tradition demands, watched a Friday the

13th movie. This time we watched Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes

Manhattan. Always a great time. I rate this movie 8 out of 10 Barrels of

Toxic Waste.

Well, The Month of Musicals is reminding me of one thing to be certain:

These movies are LONG. Two and a half to three hours long. That's a

LOT of musical!

Robert Duvall.

One of the best cowboys ever.

1931 - 2026

Rest In Peace.

Well, I did something that I don't do too often

these days (for more than one reason). I bought a

figure. I spotted Ghost Face at Walmart and thought

he was a pretty fun little item. It says on
the front of the package that he is from

FlyGuys (by CULTUREFLY).

SCREAM 7 (SEVEN! Holy cow!) comes out this month so
I reckon this is why they put him out there. Anyway, he’s
small, and at only nine dollars and change, I went for it.
There are several versions with the same figure, but
different backgrounds. I think this hallway one
is the least interesting,  but I’m happy
to have him.

Just in case you would like to see what the other

backgrounds look like. I am partial to the
movie theater background.

~ Happy Friday the 13th, February 2026 ~

And in honor of the 13th, we took a slight detour

from the February 2026 Month of Musicals at
Borden Cinema to carry on the tradition of viewing
a Friday the 13th film. Tonight was part VIII:
Jason Takes Manhattan. Above is Jason onscreen
taking the subway in an effort to catch up to the
young folks he is attempting to.... dispatch.

Did he do it? I aint'a talkin!
It was a great night at the cinema!

I am posting a picture of my Bianchi reversable gun belt here

because I really like it. I bought this gun belt during a big gun show

at the L.A. County Fairgrounds at least 35 years ago, maybe more.

This belt will hold your pants up, but it will also support any full

size holster and pistol that you put on it. This belt is so sturdy that

it will practically hold my pants up without me in them.
I like the decorative stitching. Simple
and traditional.

And reversible meaning one side is black, the other is tan. Tan

is for range day and black is for body art conventions.
Belt, thy middle name is Versatile.

This belt was VERY stiff and needed a LOT of breaking in when I first

bought it. I remember telling the vendor that putting on my pants was

about to become a major event.

I cannot even really tell what model this is anymore. But I am
pretty sure that Bianchi no longer produces it. Similar belts, yes.
This one? I don't think they do. Thirty-five or more years
later, this belt still rocks.

Some folks don't like Bianchi products.
I always did and I still do.