M-I-C-K-E-Y? Y not?

Picked up a watch the same as this in a second hand store yesterday.

Well, actually, my one's different in that it has an army camouflage strap. Don't know why. But it's kinda quirky.

A bonafide 60's-70's classic watch face, though.

Excited is me.

Pee

Burning rubber . . .

Was running around the streets this morning and felt as mighty as Forrest Gump.

Jackson Browne's 'Running On Empty' started playing in my head and I felt like a million bucks.

'Could've run clear across the city, Bubba'.

Pee

The house on the hill

Spent New Year's eve in a big old mansion in a tiny old town called Gladstone.

I was excited to find there was a 'haunted' house (pictured above) up the road.

Evidently a marital dispute left this house unoccupied for years and due to weather conditions and looters it's slowly decaying.

Makes for a very wicked snapshot.

The cover of Bruce Springsteen's next album perhaps?

Pee

'Twilight' shines bright in our house

My teenage daughter and her friends are completely mad for 'Twilight' right now.

It's the film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's 2005 best-selling vampire-romance novel.

The movie's one of the biggest around the world right now.

As is the merchandise. We've got the book, the bookmark, the posters and the CD (just for starters).

Man, if I hear how 'hot' lead actor Robert Pattinson is one more time I'll sink two sharp objects into my own neck.

Pee

Making make believe

Here's a location shot from Adam Sandler's new Disney family comedy, 'Bedtime Stories'.

A bug-eyed guinea pig, a farting horse, a booger monster and Rob Schneider as a native American Indian.

Pure cinematic gold (Jo and I went with the kids this afternoon).

Ever wondered where Courteney Cox and Keri Russell went? To the set of this film, clearly.

But why oh why oh why oh why oh why oh why did the mighty Guy Pearce sign on as a cheesy villain type? Surely he doesn't need cash this badly?

Oh yeah, and looks like Russell Brand is happy just to play himself in anything he can get his hands on.

Don't be surprised if this flick doesn't grab a statue come Oscars time.

Pee

Fascinated by Forties LA

Am reading an intriguing book called 'The Black Dahlia Files'.

It's about the gruesome murder of Elizabeth 'Black Dahlia' Short in Los Angeles in 1947 (you might remember James Ellroy's 'based on' book which was made into a big budget flick a few years back).

Taking in tales of a 'crooked' LAPD as well as notorious gang-banger types like Bugsy Siegel, Jack Dragna and Mickey Cohen it paints a fascinating picture of life in 'The City of the Angels' back in the day.

I've downloaded music tracks from 40's staples such as Jo Stafford, Vaughn Monroe, Ted Weems, Frankie Laine, Perry Como and Freddy Martin to enhance the reading experience.

Pee

[The picture above shows the spot from which a couple of hoodlums opened fire on Mickey Cohen and his friends as they left the infamous 'Sherry's' on Sunset Boulevard in 1949.]