Watch your fingers around Annie.

!!! TUESDAY 2FER BONUS PHOTO !!!

Bubba likes to show his face and Bubba WILL

 make you jump. Bubba is major grouchy.

Nine more nights until Halloween.

 

The "Menacing Creep" is back this year.

You hang this guy outside your window

with a suction cup, facing in of course.

I think that this would be a good way

to give somebody a heart attack.

In other words, leave this guy at the store.

Too much rum.

This is Laughing Jack and holy cow, there is a

story behind THIS guy too. It is pretty disgusting.

Worse than yesterday's J. The Killer if'n ya ask me.

I guess this is why there are so many clowns at the Spirit

Halloween store this year. The circus is coming to town!

J. The Killer.

There is a story behind this mask.

Search it out... if you dare.

This skull looks like it was taken from Frankenstein's

monster, but the Spirit store calls it "Lab Monster Skull".

Probably a copyright thing.

In my mind I kind of remembered that it might also be

Bart Simpson's skull, but looking at it again, I expect not.

Rob Zombie's "Halloween" display made

it back to Spirit this year, much to the dismay

of some folks I imagine. Me? I'm good with it.

 

First their was "House of a 1000 Corpses".

Then came "The Devil's Rejects".

And now.... "3 From Hell".

No spoilers.

This is the Walmart edition that comes with a

T-shirt. "Disco Sucks" is printed on the front of it.

I have no interest in the shirt at all but I will keep it

with the Blu-ray/DVD because that's how I roll.

It was a beautiful day.

* chainsaw sounds *

She is back again this year.

- hashtag awkward -

Free Hugz at the Spirit Store!

"I'll get ya next time!"

(Spirit Store)

Party City knows just what we want.

This skull over at the Spirit Store has real personality.

Those teeth are a-w-e-s-o-m-e. I have not seen this guy

before. If I had the extra money and the room and not

20,000 skulls already, he would have been coming

home with me.

In the twelve or so years that I have been visiting

Halloween stores annually, this is the best Jason

Voorhees hockey mask that they have ever had. That

is actually not saying much, but this one isn't bad

as fake Friday the 13th masks go.

 

I bought this flimsy foamy thing at Spirit in 2007.

It was all they had. Like I wrote before, Spirit

stepped up their game a little bit this year when

it comes to F13, Elm Street and Halloween.

 It seems a long time ago now. August 24th was National

Knife Day. I didn't know that then and I wanted to make up for it

here. Today I was finally able to dig out a knife to commemorate

the day. The above knife is a Cold Steel Recon Tanto. Many years

ago the Great Western Gun Show that took place at the L.A. County

Fairgrounds would usually have a table that featured Cold Steel

"seconds", or knives that were imperfect in sometimes just the

slightest way.

I would pick up some of these knives for practicality pennies on the

dollar (I exaggerate... a little). I cannot remember how much I paid

for this but it was next to nothing. I don't believe the sheath is the

correct one. I think they just threw this one in. But the knife fits

well and is held in securely.

This knife is SHARP. It has never touched a stone. I have

never used it. It's just a fun knife to have.

If I remember right, the imperfection on this knife was the logo. It was

not stamped correctly. It bothered Cold Steel but it doesn't bother me.

Blade length - 7"
Overall length - 11 3/4"

Happy belated National Knife Day!

 

This clown opened the door for us today.

What a nice jester.

Okay, so there are no original clown jokes.

This guy at Spirit is creepy.

 

I almost died when I saw this Camp Crystal Lake sign

at the Spirit Halloween store. Normally they have this

not so great plastic thing... THIS sign is on press-board.

I think that is what it is called. It is a far cry from the

plastic thing (that we were still grateful to have offered).

I wanted it bad. But I had to be a grown up for once. This sign

was $30.00. I COULD have afforded it, but it was slightly

too much for me. I also would have had a little problem

finding space for it. I COULD have found space, but not easily.

After much hemming and hawing, I passed.

But I DID find THIS sign which is ALSO very awesome. It was

$9.99 and I have just the spot for it. I will post a picture after

I hang it. I do love the colors and I made the right choice.

I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart.

- Patsy Montana -

* CHOMP CHOMP *

OWIE! Why man?! WHY??

 

 Tom's burgers is totally down with Halloween, which is cool.

Here are some police costumes at the Spirit store,

or as my son says, the stripper supply section.

Oh man... That is awful. What a bummer.
Don't let him in!
 (Spirit Store)

During our Annual Halloween Crawl we had lunch at

Tom's Burgers. Our table number was 13. Perfect!

This clown was at the Spirit Halloween

store. He is about 8 feet tall!

I left this picture pretty darn big.

I would not want to wake up to THIS guy

looking down at me.

!!! Bonus Picture !!!

I went to see "Rambo: Last Blood". No spoilers. I didn't love it.
I liked it. It is worth seeing in the theater. Short movie though.

When it comes out on Blu-ray I will buy it. Most likely when
the price drops, but I have said that before.

I rate "Rambo: Last Blood" 7 out of 7 "Guys Whose

Asses You Want To See Kicked Big Time".

It was good to see John Rambo after 11 years.

Fun thing to watch out for: His knife from the last movie.

It's the Halloween Season!

My son and I were able to go on our Annual Halloween Crawl

and we had a blast. We went to several Spirit Halloween stores

and one or two other stores as well. Spirit Halloween stepped it

up this year and "Friday the 13th", "Halloween" and "Nightmare

on Elm Street" products were abundant.

This guy is a little less excited to be at Spirit than we are

I am sure. All month I will be posting more of the pictures

I took on our crawl. Halloween! Huzzah!

I've kind of posted a photo of this before. I haven't really

featured it though. This is a gunbelt and holster made

by Ted Blocker. The model is called "The Duke". Anybody

who is a fan of John Wayne's Western movies will recognize

this as a reproduction of his rig, for the most part.

It is rough out, but it is not a money belt.

It was made for a 6.5" BBL, single action (of course).

I am not a big fan of how the holster is held onto the belt.

A little too modern for me. The screws help the holster

stay into the position of your choosing. I'd prefer no

screws on my leather of this type, but I bought it

YEARS ago before I really knew what I liked so

that is that. Overall all it is an awesome rig.

I don't think they make this model anymore.

I'm sure somebody else does.

 

My son took his grandma and I to the Zoppé Italian

Family Circus. The Zoppé Italian Family Circus started

some 160 years ago in Venice, Italy. This photo shows

the tightrope artist Molly Plunk. She is great and a lot
of fun to watch as she dances an Irish jig across the wire.

I will probably show more photos of the circus

in the future, but unfortunately I am not too good

with my phone's camera, so half-way decent

photos from the circus are kind of rare.

They said we are free to share photos and probably

videos if we would just get the word out that we

enjoyed their show. We totally did. They also said

that if we did NOT enjoy the show, to please not

say anything to anybody. Circus humor.

That was good too.

Oh yeah, the guy on the right is Nino the Clown.

This guy seems to be a circus jack of all trades. He

keeps the entire show going and he works HARD

(as they all do). He had me rolling more than once.

After the show all of the performers lined the exit to

say "Good-bye" and "Thank you for coming" to all of

us as we filed out of the tent. Nino was in there and

I went over just to say thanks and he gave me big

ol' hug. What a great way to say

good-night to the circus.

Mmmmmmmmmm. Caramel.

 I bought this in, I'm going to say.... 1983.

I have the paperwork for it someplace in my file

cabinet, but I am going to guess about 1983.

This is an "Original 'Dirty Harry' Shoulder Holster".

I had it made for a Smith & Wesson revolver that

I had at the time.

The back of the holster. The only thing in this photo

that I never saw Harry Callahan use was the pouch at

the end of the harness. It is for a speedloader.

 I don't know who made the original holster for

Mr. Callahan (a few companies seem to claim that title)
but "Cattle Baron Leather Company" made this one.
I never used it, I just wanted to have one.

At Borden Cinema "Good Guys Wear Black" and

sometimes brown. Chuck Norris in 1978 stars in

another drive-in blockbuster.

In Vietnam all the other Black Tigers are carrying Colt

1911s and such. Not Chuck Norris. He is carrying a Smith

& Wesson Model 29 .44 Magnum (not shown above).

My kind of guy.

Fun to watch: The very handsome Lloyd Haynes aka Pete

Dixon of  "Room 222" fame. I rate this movie 8 out of 10

"Thurston Howell III"s.

I got bit!

Bit by the Zippo Bug again.

This time just a plain ol' brushed chrome version.

The marking on the bottom indicates that it was

made in 2013. I paid a dollar or two too much for it

as I bought it at the smoke shop when I went in to

restock on Zippo light fluid. Smoke shops are never less

expensive than saaaay... Walmart for example. Right?

Anyway, I can't say much more about it other than it

works good because.... it's a ZIPPO.

Helicopter fly by.

Sunset at El Rancho De La Tex. Or actually, cactus and a weed

at blurry sunset at El Rancho De La Tex. My mom took this picture.

~ A decal I bought in Yosemite - circa 1966 ~

I know.... I am too easily amused
by the way incense burns.

Happy

~ Friday the 13th ~

of September, 2019!