Sun O' Lantern

There's a lot of sunshine in the California sky today, and the Sun has its Halloween face on!  Have a great Tuesday, everybody! :-)

Halloween Danger

If you live in an area with moose, your pumpkins and/or jack-o-lanterns may not have the best Halloween. :-) Have a great day, everybody! :-)

Gas Prices

I love Sunday Gas Sales...discovered these a couple months ago.  Although gas is still more expensive here than most places, I paid $3.29 today and I'm thankful it's $0.90 cheaper than it was 5 months ago when I moved to California.  That being said, some gas stations are still living in the past.  This Chevron station was $4.49 when I arrived, now it's "only" $4.29...exactly a dollar more than I paid a couple miles away.  The real winner for stubbornness is this Mobil Station.  It was $4.79 when I moved here, and it's STILL $4.79!  People were getting gas there today, too...paying $1.50 more than they have to...yikes!

Santa Barbara, 1975

Watching a vintage travel video for Santa Barbara from 1975 right now... kinda cool!  :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jozqg88ZgHM

Predicting For A Living

Always happy when my alma mater (Utah) wins, but even happier when I correctly predict the final score! That's why I predict things for a living! :-)

California Drought

We have beautiful weather *here right now, but it's SO dry! We haven't had real rain since spring: 0.01" since late April in Santa Maria, 0.02" in Paso Robles & 0.03" in Santa Barbara.  Just going to make the best of it and await the pattern change!  *Not pictured:  California.  ;-)

Unhealthy Soda

I haven't had any soda (pop) in almost five years, and more research keeps making me more glad I stopped:  http://time.com/3513875/soda-may-age-you-as-much-as-smoking/?xid=newsletter-brief

Throwback Thursday

I don't think I've ever done a "Throwback Thursday", but it was time to break out some old tapes for a new promo and I thought I'd share screenshots from the late 1990s & early 2000s. The hair... the clothes... yikes! The image quality isn't great since they went from old tapes to new tapes then to a computer and I took photos of the screen. Have a great day! :-)

Panorama Failure Win

When a panorama photo failure becomes an unbelievable win... :-)

Boxer's Life

Will you tell me what it's like to be a boxer?

I won't lie to you, kid...it's pretty ruff...

Have a great Friday and weekend, everybody!

Inconvenient Fog

I probably should have asked Mother Nature to keep the low clouds and fog away for lunar eclipse viewing purposes. I regret that oversight now... :-)

Optimism

Yep...the drought in California is really bad. We just need to stay positive and hopeful for the upcoming "rainy season". Have a great Monday, everybody! :-)

Elephant Help

The speed at which these adult elephants come to help the baby get back on his feet is amazing...have a great Friday everyone!  http://www.tastefullyoffensive.com/2014/10/adult-elephants-immediately-run-to-help.html

Water Mystery

Bottled Water...And...And....what?  Come on...TELL ME!  I can't wait to find out...I love a good mystery!  Stay hydrated and cool in the heat, everybody!

Halloween Month

October is here and it is the month for Halloween and hauntings!  I don't, however, recommend this PARTICULAR dialogue...it sure is funny, though! :-)