Rainy Sunday Afternoon
Hi all,
It's a pleasant old picture isn't it? There's a crow and a squirrel out there. (You may have to squint to see them, but they are there.)
All told, there ain't a lot of hot birding action right now though - raining out. (Superb quahogging weather!) But not to worry, there's always something to write about.
Let's see... There's the economy... Uhhh... Nope. (If you want to get severely depressed, check out a piece I wrote here. Be sure to take a gander at the embedded link for the Beck/Walker interview only after you take your Prozac...)
Onward.
Aside from clamming, there's nothing that lends depth and meaning to a wet weekend wrap-up quite like Chinese food leftovers and a good cheesy sci-fi movie. Yeah, now we're talking! So nuke the lo mien and lobster sauce, and break out the high blood pressure medicine 'cause there's campy celluloid afoot.
By definition, the show for the day has nothing to do with quality science fiction like 1954's "Them!" or "Creature From the Black Lagoon", or even Howard Hawks' 1951 masterpiece, "The Thing". Naw, we want silly, illogical, goofy stuff fit for a six-year old. Enter "Reptilicus" from 1962. I won't give away the storyline because only a schizophrenic could follow the storyline, but suffice it to say that this abomination has plenty of roaring, horrible models, and used the entire population of Copenhagen as extras. (Oh I can't resist... here are some highlights...)
My guess is that there's an art form to making a "good" bad movie, and we've lost that art. In its place has come the rough and dark handiwork of computers and all-too-real gore.
Deep sigh...
See you by the feeders,
CapeCodAlan
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Comments
Hello, we just bought a 1957 ski champ. When I typed it in your blog came up. Do you have any pictures of yours. Ours is in bad shape and needs repairs. We need a photo to see the original colors. Thanks for your help. the Shultz'
{CCA replies: Hi Tammy,
Congrats on your new boat. We love ours. (It turns out that we got a 1957 Starcraft Speed Queen, but it's almost identical to the Ski Champ.) You can see a number of photos here (http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/stoutcat/Starcraft/). We removed the seats and restored the boat back to its original bench seat configuration.
You can also check out the links on "fiberglassics.com" and in particular "theclassicboathouse.com"
Enjoy!
Alan}
Posted by: Tammy Shultz | February 24, 2009 5:50 PM