Tickets, please

Today's ticket comes from a Boz Scaggs concert I saw in September, 1994.

If I hadn't checked the date, I would have easily confused this concert with either a concert or a movie I saw in June that year, which the following story comes from.

(Both happened on a Friday, and I went with the same person to both events, hence my confusion.)

Anyway, I went home early-ish from both events, because I got up early on Saturday to go set up at the flea market, i.e. Golden Nugget Flea Market

I was a fixture there for several years.  I remember one guy saying, "You can tell Spring has arrived, because the Full-Service Bohemian is back.'  The Full-Service Bohemian didn't/don't do outdoor flea markets in the winter.

So, the story: 

Friday night, after either a concert or a movie, I had gone to bed.  

I was awoken by a phone call from the friend I'd gone to that concert/movie with. The message he left on my answering machine was "Get out of bed NOW.  Then turn on the TV.  You GOTTA see this."

That 'this' was the cops chasing the white Bronco that was being driven my A. J. Cowlings, with O. J. Simpson riding gunshot.  Six days earlier, O.J. had murdered his wife, and her friend. 

I guess we all remember that. 

The Star Made Me Buy It

 Today's star is Adolphe Menjou for Blackstone cigars

Try as I might, I couldn't get the image larger than what you see.

Here's the ad copy: 

 I remember seeing Mr. Menjou in three movies:

The Sheik (1921) This was Rudolph Valentino's movie, but Menjou had a supporting role as 'Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert.'  He looked pretty hot in his jodhpurs. 

Father Takes a Wife (1941) A very silly movie about a middle-age widower romancing an early middle-age actress (Gloria Swanson).

Paths of Glory (1957)  I'm not the girl for war movies, but this one is an exception. It's just plain brilliant. Menjou plays the bad guy in this movie.  BTW, Paths of Glory would make a great double feature with Breaker Morant. 

Mug of the Month

 ...in handsome horse form:

 Get it here: https://www.zazzle.com/friendly_horse_coffee_mug-168456483423609492

Lucky Dip

Pretty soon peeps gonna go back to school.

Which requires notebooks.

And even if you're out of school, and chained to a desk in a cube farm, that probably requires a notebook or ten as well.

Thus and therefore today's Lucky Dip has NOTEBOOKS !!!

(which Zazzle has on sale today, buy the way.)

So, notebooks:

Pig-tastic !!

Get it here: https://www.zazzle.com/19th_century_pig_print_berkshire_sow_no_1_notebook-256026858365851315

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Welcome to 1930 !!

Get it here: https://www.zazzle.com/1930_woman_car_and_airplane_print_notebook-256665331701008140

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Here there be dragons..

Get it here:  https://www.zazzle.com/scary_dragon_notebook-130540347245193048

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black cat, green eyes, bell collar = adorable.

Get it here:  https://www.zazzle.com/victorian_black_cat_with_bell_collar_notebook-256019014343445727

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pretty birds!

Get it here:  https://www.zazzle.com/beautiful_birds_print_notebook-256539737258573166

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Take a spin in a 1950s green Chevy !!

Get it here: https://www.zazzle.com/1950s_green_chevy_notebook-256798211656115242

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Stoned!

Get it here: https://www.zazzle.com/stone_man_notebook-256530731977053572

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White horse !!

Get it here:  https://www.zazzle.com/beautiful_white_horse_notebook-256249003467204832

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You can see tons more of my notebooks here: https://www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?dp=252323455782771574

Even more fun stuff

The movie The Intouchables popped up on my tv thingie.  You can look up what it's all about and that.

I'm treating you to the best scene...

Fun Stuff - Hollywood Edition

 I've seen this photo zillions of times:

Clark Gable (notice the very large paw.  The guy had BIG hands), Van Heflin, Gary Cooper, James Stewart.

                                                         Recently saw this for the first time:

John Wayne (who looks really young here, no?), Gary Cooper, Cary Grant, James Stewart

Where Have I Been?

And what have I been doing?

Well, April and May I was dealing with the three times I was hacked.

First hack: There was a debit from my checking account for $147 for 'Klarna/StubHub.'

We no use Klara.  We no buy from Stub Hub.

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Second hack: This one really puzzles me, but somehow somebody found the file in my Documents file that held all my important user names and passwords.  Like for my car insurance, and the other insurance, and cable and the newspapers I subscribe to and that and that.  And alllll that information was gone from my computer. 

Just like ...

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The third hack, was EPIC.

Because every dime in my checking account - which at the time had multi thousand dollars - was cleaned out COMPLETELY.  

Long story, but the denouement is that money ain't coming back.  

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Word to the wise: If you get an email or text with just the word 'Hello,' hit delete.

If you get an email or text from someone you do not know, hit delete.

And if you get a text re: Apple Security Alert, HIT DELETE !!!

Don't let what happened to me happen to you.