Spaghetti Westerns!

I am in another Eurowestern phase. During this phase I watched...

Resquiescant (with Mark Damon) ***½
Dead Men Don't Count (w/ M. Damon and A. Steffen) ****
Wanted (With Giuliano Gemma) ***½
El Rojo (with Richard Harrison) ***
Payment In Blood (With Edd Byrnes) ***
Johnny Yuma (With Mark Damon) ****
Waterhole #3 (w/ J. Coburn and Carol O'Conner) **
Kill or Be Killed (With Rodd Dana a.k.a. Robert Mark) ***
Kill The Wicked (Also with Rodd Dana) ***
Garringo (With A. Steffen and Peter Lee Lawrence) ****
Day Of Anger (Gemma and Van Cleef) *****
Chuck Moll (The Unholy Four) - (Leonard Mann) ***
Machine Gun Killers (w/ R. Woods and J. Ireland) ***
A Bullet For The General (Valonte) *****
Yankee (w/ P. Leroy and A. Celi as Grande Concho) ***
Black Jack (w/ R. Woods) ***
Price of Death (w/ Garko) (watched on 10/12-13/2012) ****
God Forgives I Don't (w/ Hill and Spencer) (watched on 10/18/12) *****
Hate For Hate (w/ Antonio Sabato and John Ireland) ***½
John The Bastard (Watched on 11/22/12) ***
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly -hacked version (Watched on 12/26/12) *****
Requiem For A Gringo (Watched on 12/26/12) ***

All of the above were decent but certainly not even close to the level of "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly". I liked "Dead Men Don't Count", "Garringo", and "Johnny Yuma" best so far of this recent batch. "Price of Death" was also very good. Of course "Bullet For The General" is an awesome SW. One of the best ever!

I ordered a bunch more DVD's so my collection now includes well over 200 titles.

Randy’s near death experience

Today is Randy Walk's birthday. He is my brother. On September 4th (2 weeks ago) we almost lost him. He had a major heart attack. Apparently there was 100% blockage in the main artery that runs to his heart. The doctors said it is a condition known as the Widowmaker as most people don't know its there until it is too late. Usually, he said, by the time there is any pain, there is a fatal heart attack and you go bye bye.

Fortunately he was spared this particular end.

He turns 54 today. Still young by anyone's standards. I hope and pray he will make the neccessary changes to his lifestyle and live to a ripe old age.

He had two stents put in.

May God bless Randall Rae Walk!!!

Halloween memory #245: Grim Reaper in Church

It was last year (2011) so we aint talking about an old memory. I was dressed as the grim reaper, and having a blast handing out candy and basically having loads of fun in general. At one point me and Laci, my neice, went walking around the corner because we could hear loud music playing. We went in the direction of the music and saw someone flashing a light our way and calling to us from across the street. This is an old church where this guy was. Used to be Wayside Baptist Church. Now it was some local community church. Well we decided to go see what was up. Laci wasn't dressed up, but remember I was. I was decked out in full grim reaper regalia, complete with scythe.

It was some very enthusiastic people who said "Come on in, the show is about to start!" And so we went back behind the church to a door. I figured it would be some haunted house kind of thing. Then we went thru the door and were ushered into a small area with a stage set up. We were in a small chapel. I went on in and sat down. So it turns out it was a horror show, but a reality horror show. It was a dramatic portrayal (by amateur actors taking themselves very seriously) of an abortion situation. Then following that rather lurid display of abortion, regret, depression, suicide, etc. came a rather strident young man who preached hell-fire and brimstone to us!! Keep in mind I was dressed like the grim reaper the whole time!!!I kept my mask on the whole time. Through the sermon, the prayers, and the brief meet and greet that followed.

As we left we were hailed by happy folks that were so glad we could make it. Shaking hands and saying thanks, and nice to meet you all the way back out to the parking lot. Though I got some strange looks, no one really mentioned or made a big deal of the fact that I was disguised as the grim reaper. By the time we left, my head was still reeling about going to a "church service" in such a way. It was amazing!!!

Here is the outfit I was wearing:

Been a while!

Well it has been since May that I wrote on my blog. Reason? My son Blaine being born has been a real life changing situation (for the better). He is now 4 months old and growing stronger every day.