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    At Home With Monsters

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    At Home With Monsters

    Guillermo Del Toro makes movies that make money, and so, Guillermo Del Toro makes money, and when you make money, you can start collecting things, and so, Guillermo Del Toro did that. He collected the hell out of things from Sci-Fi, Horror, Fantasy, and action films, along with a trove of related art and literary works, and he then proceeded to create a retreat for himself in California called Bleak House in Southern California which he filled with the stuff.

    Then, I speculate, one of four possible things happened
      

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    Thing Thoughts: Taylor Stitch has Gone Global

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    Thing Thoughts: Taylor Stitch has Gone Global Taylor Stitch Jack Shirt Made in California

    There’s nothing I love more than small local homegrown businesses that put out exceptional quality stuff via local manufacturing. One of the businesses I love that does that is Taylor Stitch, although they aren’t so much anymore and that makes me sad.
      

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    Photo Mission Accomplished:
    My Los Angeles Theater Panorama

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    Photo Mission Accomplished:
    My Los Angeles Theater Panorama

    Who Framed Roger Rabbit is one of the seminal movies of my life and holds up better than nuclear fuel rods, so when I heard that it was going to be screened at the iconic Los Angeles Theatre in Downtown LA, I knew I had to go see it and also capture a panorama of the interior. We all know the Los Angeles Theatre well from a variety of movies, TV shows, and excellent commercials.
      

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    Past Thoughts: The MovieLand Wax Museum in Buena Park, California

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    Past Thoughts: The MovieLand Wax Museum in Buena Park, California

    In celebration of Flashback Monday (which isn’t a thing) I wanted to look back on the final days of the Movieland Wax Museum in Buena Park, California.
      

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    Local Thoughts: Heritage Square Needs Work

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    Local Thoughts: Heritage Square Needs Work

    I should have titled my trip to Heritage Square as another live stream fail (similarly to Hearst Castle), but there was something about Heritage Square that offset my live stream errors and evened everything out: It wasn’t a very good museum.
      

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