A B C, It's easy as, 1 2 3.
As simple as, do re mi, A B C, 1 2 3,
Baby, you and me girl...

 

 I recently went to the San Diego Airport to pick somebody

up and before I arrived at the field I had to park a few minutes

in an effort to get my bearings. The freeways around there are

sometimes (for me) not easy to navigate. So I pulled into a lot,

got out of the car and put a few coins in the meter. All of a sudden

I looked up and realized that I was at the Maritime Museum of San

Diego and I was surrounded by ships and submarines.

I took a few pictures and the tall ship you see here is the HMS Surprise.

The Surprise is a replica ship built in Canada in 1970. In 2001 the

Surprise was sold to 20th Century Fox to be used as the Royal Navy

frigate Surprise in the movie "Master and Commander: The Far Side

of the World". In 2007 she was sold to the Maritime Museum and

restored and sails several times a year. She is beautiful.

And she was also used in "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger

Tides" as the HMS Providence. That was in 2010. Savvy?

No problemo.

I took this picture with my phone so I can

remember this floss when I go shopping.

This floss sucks. It breaks.

All the time.

No good.

Go back in time with me if you will, back to a happier time.

Today!

I saw "Suicide Squad" today. I had heard bad things, but I

thought it was good. I thought Jared Leto's Joker was good.

He sure is purdy. Anyway, Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn

was good. Will Smith's Deadshot was good. I had fun with it

and I will buy it when it comes out on Blu-ray. That is more than

I can say about a few of the movies I have seen lately.

I rate "Suicide Squad" 7.5 out of 10 "Good Night" baseball bats.

I have been waiting to see "The Purge: Anarchy" for a loooooooong

time. I never wanted to pay 15 or 24 bucks for it. I waited it out. Today

I found the one and only copy (at least for now) at the bottom of the

$7.88 bin at Walmart. Good deal. It might be good. Now I am holding

out for a deal on the third one.

 

From my 2012 visit to the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum

in Griffith Park, Ca... This is John Wayne's iconic eyepatch and

bandana from his movie "True Grit" (1969). Of course we know there

were more than one of each, but perhaps these were screen used.

You never know. Note that you can see through the patch. That

must have come in handy.

Pretty sure this phone is used for only one thing,

and that would be calling Dr. Feelgood.

These two must have had an interesting exchange.

Big Lots has Halloween stuff! Yeah, I know it is a little early.

But for those of us who enjoy Halloween items year round,

no complaints.

It will not be long now before we go on our Annual Halloween

Crawl for 2016! There are many bones in our future.

I had never seen an "oven squirrel" until I saw my mom's.

Maybe I am sheltered. These guys are great. If you have

never seen one, you use them to slide hot oven racks in and

out as needed and generally just moving hot stuff about.

I looked them up online and there are lots of different looking

squirrels. My mom's here looks to be pretty generic. I will

never not have an oven squirrel now that I know about them.

This poor guy's tail is slightly scorched but he never falters

in his duties.

Barnes & Noble. It always seems so "snooty" in there. Hoity-

toity... And they are expensive for a lot of things. But I can

find some things in there that I cannot find anywhere else

except maybe for Amazon.com.

This time it is Alabama's album, Greatest Hits Vol. III. There is a

song that I have been really wanting to get: "I'm in a Hurry". And

there are other good songs on this CD as well. "Tennessee River"

being one.

This is also a test. But for this test I am posting a

picture of some popcorn I bought at Walmart for

one dollar. Popz popcorn. Just for a change while

I watched "Ender's Game" on Blu-ray, which was

pretty good.

This is just a test. Google/Picasa are having their

way with us again and it requires some relearning.

One of the things that I love about cactus is

even when Mother Nature kicks it over...

...it still survives and shows how beautiful it is.

C'mon now.... Who would not want one of these?

I took this picture at the Conan the Barbarian

show at Universal Studios Hollywood some

years ago. While looking at the pictures I spotted

a "Hidden Mickey".

I have always wanted to eat at Hometown Buffet, but

I did not because a mile down the road was...

 

 ...PIZZA!

 

Hometown Buffet: 0

Pizza: 10,346

I bought "I Saw The Light: The Story of Hank Williams" on DVD.

I really wanted to see this one. Tom Hiddleston did a good job but

overall the movie was a little long and a little TVish. Elizabeth "Scarlett

Witch" Olsen played his wife Audrey and she sang a bit. In the movie her

singing was supposed to be terrible, but I liked it. Anyway, it seemed to be a

showcase for TH and he is pretty good. I love him as "Loki" in"The

Avenger" movies. 5.5 out of 10 Cheatin' Hearts.

And yeah, it is brush fire season again. Always some added summer stress.

Being evacuated is difficult enough, losing your home? I pray that we never

find out how that feels.

P.S. I entered a contest with Stetson to win a reproduction of the hat

that Tom wore as Hank Williams in the movie. Winning that would

be fantastic and near impossible.

 

 Happy National Day Of The Cowboy 2016!

July 23th is National Day Of The Cowboy. NDOTC is

dedicated to (from the website) "preservation of America's Cowboy

heritage so that the history and culture which the United States

Congress's National Day of the Cowboy resolution honors,

can be shared and perpetuated for the public good, through education,

the arts, celebrations, gatherings, rodeos, and community activities."

~ National Day of the Cowboy Website ~

Happy Birthday America 2016!