{"id":2081,"date":"2015-03-23T07:39:44","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T14:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/?p=2081"},"modified":"2019-04-29T14:54:31","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T14:54:31","slug":"2081","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/2081\/","title":{"rendered":"March 23 &#8211; March 29 (2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 1250px + 0px );margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h3>RANDOM PIC OF THE WEEK<\/h3>\n<p>Artist Selena Flores sent me this cartoon of how she pictures the voice cast of &#8220;Invader Zim.&#8221; I liked it so much I asked her permission to post it here. Fun stuff!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_00.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_00.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"118\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/humming\/humming.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"54\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">After playing &#8220;The Buddy Holly Story&#8221; at my movie night last Saturday night, I couldn&#8217;t get Buddy&#8217;s immortal songs out of my head. One particular one that I enjoyed was <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;Well&#8230;Alright.&#8221;<\/span> Amazing to think of what would have become of Buddy Holly had he lived. The world, sadly, will never know.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"buddy holly - well...all right\" width=\"1250\" height=\"938\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P5AnUctpQXI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Monday the 23rd \u2013 WINDY MONDAY! \u2013<\/span> When I got up at 1, I rushed Roxy over to Rusty\u2019s Pets for a grooming before our trip to Palm Springs on Tuesday night.&nbsp; She really needed it!&nbsp; I came home to do bank work, reconcile checks in my bank account and just do random bookkeeping work before I left town.&nbsp; When I walked back to get Roxy the mascot of Rusty\u2019s Pets, Rusty the Collie, was once again trying to \u201cget with\u201d Roxy.&nbsp; He\u2019s a young male and apparently he likes the \u201colder chicks.\u201d&nbsp; When he acts like that I quipped to the staff that I was going to call him \u201cLusty\u201d instead of Rusty.&nbsp; They thought it was hysterically funny, and it\u2019s a name that just might stick.&nbsp; While I was there I saw my old pal Lindsey McKeon from \u201cSaved By the Bell: The New Class.\u201d&nbsp; She also was my neighbor for many years until she got married and moved away.&nbsp; It was good to see her again and it was fun catching up.&nbsp; I walked back home with Roxy and finished up my banking stuff, wrote Wally\u2019s Week, and then headed for dinner with Sara. Boy was it windy!&nbsp; My allergies always hate days like this.&nbsp; I came back home and started the arduous task of packing for Palm Springs.&nbsp; I love going there, but the packing is a bummer.&nbsp; I take everything with me including the kitchen sink.&nbsp; I like the comforts of home while I\u2019m in PS.&nbsp; I also had auditions to do. It was a full night!&nbsp; I started \u201cMagnum, p.i.\u201d Season 7 and unfortunately the season started with a horrible 2 hour movie.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Tuesday the 24th \u2013 HEY! WHO MOVED THE MOON?! \u2013<\/span> I had fully intended to bike to my Marvel session at Studiopolis in Burbank but I had WAY too much to do!&nbsp; I hopped in the Gran Torino and met my friend Brittney at a gas station to get her vehicle gassed up for the trip to Palm Springs.&nbsp; She would be driving over on Thursday to meet up with me for the Palm Springs street fair.&nbsp; I swung by my mail box to pick up a movie poster I bought on eBay.&nbsp; Though I already have a \u201cLive and Let Die\u201d movie poster signed by 3 of the castmembers (Yaphet Kotto, David Hedison &amp; Gloria Hendry) I bought another one.&nbsp; Roger Moore is doing another private autograph signing, but sending my \u201cLive and Let Die\u201d poster to Switzerland where he\u2019s doing the signing is impossible.&nbsp; It\u2019s already been mounted on foam core and cannot be rolled or folded.&nbsp; So I bought another one that folds so I can easily send it to the signing.&nbsp; This weekend Yaphet Kotto will be appearing at Monsterpalooza and I\u2019m going to have him sign the new poster.&nbsp; Then my pal David Elkouby, the producer of the Hollywood Collector Shows, says he can get it to David and Gloria and have them sign it.&nbsp; It would be great to have Jane Seymour sign it too, but she\u2019s hard to get.&nbsp; \u201cLive and Let Die\u201d was the first James Bond movie I saw on the big screen and I was hooked.&nbsp; So it\u2019s a very special movie to me.&nbsp; Having it signed by James Bond, a Bond girl and the Bond villain will be a major jewel in my collection!&nbsp; After the Marvel session I drove to McDonald\u2019s to get some lunch.&nbsp; When I got home I switched back to my Mustang and parked that in the garage.&nbsp; I walked to Enterprise to pick up the SUV I was renting for the trip.&nbsp; With all the stuff I haul, plus with Roxy and all of her stuff, I need an SUV. It definitely won\u2019t all fit in the Mustang!&nbsp; I had my choice of vehicles, but I chose the Dodge Journey, for obvious reasons.&nbsp; I got back home and did a TON of auditions, which took me a few hours (I\u2019m glad I packed the night before!), finished up some packing, and got set to head down the road.&nbsp; As I loaded up the Dodge and gassed her up, I noticed the beautiful half moon hanging in the western sky.&nbsp; I noted to myself that I would be seeing that set behind the mountain outside my hotel room in a few hours.&nbsp; I hit the freeway and it was all going well, so I decided to pass some time by rehearsing my speech for the upcoming \u201cSouth Dakota Rock and Roll Hall of Fame\u201d festivities in a few weeks.&nbsp; I was surprised how much I had remembered. (I\u2019m going to try and do the entire speech with no notes!) The speech ended and I was very pleased with myself.&nbsp; But I looked at the road ahead of me and noticed that the moon was straight ahead of me.&nbsp; Who moved the moon?&nbsp; After all, I was driving east, and I had just seen the moon in the western sky an hour earlier.&nbsp; WHAT?!&nbsp; Then I noticed a sign that said \u201cLOS ANGELES 68 MILES.\u201d OH NO!&nbsp; I had gotten on the 10 freeway heading in the wrong direction!&nbsp; I took the wrong junction off the 210 freeway because I was so engrossed in my speech!&nbsp; I got off at an off-ramp and turned around to head east again.&nbsp; I took note on my odometer of the mileage so I could see how many miles it was back to the 210 freeway junction. I just wanted to see how far I went out of my way unnecessarily.&nbsp; It ended up being 15 miles.&nbsp; That meant I went 30 miles out of my way total.&nbsp; It cost me about a half hour of travel time. Rats!&nbsp; One thing I noticed during this trip to Palm Springs were all the ch-ch-ch-changes.&nbsp; Firstly, the salad I always order at Denny\u2019s on my way into Palm Springs, is no longer on the menu.&nbsp; They make a Cobb salad now, but it\u2019s not the same.&nbsp; When I got there I noticed it wasn\u2019t my usual salad, but they were happy to make the old style of salad for me.&nbsp; I got my food and Roxy and I headed to the hotel.&nbsp; Another change\u2026the hotel sequesters all guests with dogs to the second floor only.&nbsp; It\u2019s an allergy issue I guess for guests who take rooms after a dog owner has been there.&nbsp; But my usual room is on the 6th floor. It\u2019s a better view of the starry sky, plus I don\u2019t like people walking over the top of my head.&nbsp; Thankfully, since they didn\u2019t tell me this when I made the reservation, they waived the $100 fee for the deep cleaning which will need to occur in my room after we leave.&nbsp; In the future, I\u2019m just going to ask if I can pay the $100 to clean the room after I leave.&nbsp; I want to keep bringing Roxy, but I also want to keep staying in my favorite room on the sixth floor.&nbsp; I would hate to have to change hotels since I love the Hyatt so much.&nbsp; It was a cloudy night so I wasn\u2019t able to do much stargazing.&nbsp; Around 5am I walked Roxy and we hit the hay.&nbsp; I\u2019m looking forward to 3 more nights in Palm Springs.&nbsp; The weather is PERFECT!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Wednesday the 25th \u2013 PM? AM? WHAT\u2019S THE DIFFERENCE? \u2013<\/span> Roxy had to go out around 11am, so I got up and took her outside.&nbsp; When I got back to my room it was about 11:15.&nbsp; I saw the little menu\/door hanger thingie on the door knob, so I figured I\u2019d order breakfast.&nbsp; The door hanger said \u201cBREAKFAST SERVED 7:00am to 11:00pm.\u201d&nbsp; GREAT!&nbsp; They serve breakfast all day!&nbsp; I called Room Service and ordered.&nbsp; But the girl on the other end said that they stopped serving at 11am.&nbsp; I told her their menu clearly said 11pm.&nbsp; She was surprised and agreed to make the breakfast anyway.&nbsp; Nice!&nbsp; All this time their menu was printed erroneously and nobody noticed but me???!!&nbsp; The lovely Tamara brought the breakfast to me and I thanked her profusely.&nbsp; I also gave her the door hanger thingie and she agreed to take it to her manager to show them the mistake.&nbsp; I went back to bed and slept until about 3:30.&nbsp; Then I lounged around for a bit and waited for it to cool off.&nbsp; Right around the time the sun set behind Mount Abe (the mountain that looks like the profile of Abraham Lincoln that\u2019s right outside my hotel room) Roxy and I went to the Palm Springs dog park.&nbsp; What fun!&nbsp; Roxy ran herself ragged!&nbsp; We got back to the room and then walked to Ruby\u2019s to have dinner on the patio.&nbsp; It was an absolutely perfect, clear night!&nbsp; I picked up a cigar at Fame, bought some candy and soda at Rocket Fizz and headed to Lappert\u2019s Ice Cream to get my traditional Dole Whip.&nbsp; But when I got there at 9:32 they had already closed!&nbsp; WHAT?&nbsp; I thought they were open until 10?&nbsp; Who closes at 9:30?&nbsp; I can see 9, or even 10, but 9:30?!&nbsp; Ch-ch-ch-changes!&nbsp; Oh the cruelty!&nbsp; No Dole Whip for me!&nbsp; Roxy and I got back to the room and we both crashed for a few hours.&nbsp; Figuring I had until 1:30am to get a pizza at NYPD Pizza across the street I sauntered over around 1am.&nbsp; But they had stopped making pizzas and were only offering slices!&nbsp; OH NO!&nbsp; Missed it again!&nbsp; Ch-ch-ch-changes!&nbsp; So I headed back to the hotel lobby to weigh my options.&nbsp; It was then a guest came in and complained of chest pains and a tingling left arm.&nbsp; Esther behind the desk called 911 and got paramedics over immediately.&nbsp; He was a young guy too, but said he was sleeping and woke up with the common symptoms of a heart attack!&nbsp; A guy named Will and his girlfriend came into check into the hotel and he and I started chatting.&nbsp; He was a former Marine and he and his girlfriend were in town for some fashion show.&nbsp; What a great guy!&nbsp; He enjoyed petting Roxy for a long time.&nbsp;&nbsp; At that point I had no other option than to go upstairs and reheat my buffalo chicken strips in my microwave oven and get ready to stargaze.&nbsp; It was a clear night so the stars were bright and present.&nbsp; I even got to watch Jupiter set behind Mount Abe.&nbsp; Around dawn I went to bed.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Thursday the 26th \u2013 MORE CH-CH-CH-CHANGES! \u2013<\/span> Late in the afternoon Roxy and I drove to Burger King to get lunch.&nbsp; It was then I found out that my friend Darlene, who performs as Priscilla Presley at the Elvis Honeymoon Hideaway, is no longer working at the house. Ch-ch-ch-changes!&nbsp; If more changes happen in Palm Springs it won\u2019t be fun going there any longer!&nbsp; We came back to the hotel and I put Roxy in the room because it was still a bit too hot outside.&nbsp; I walked down to Lappert\u2019s and got a Dole Whip.&nbsp; The street outside the hotel was shutting down for the night so vendors could set up for the Thursday night street fair, one of my favorite things.&nbsp; Thank GOD they still have that!&nbsp; I went to the Pillow Lady to place an order for 5 pillows.&nbsp; She\u2019s a very nice lady who makes pillows out of various fabrics she finds at the store, and then writes your name on a panel she sews into the pillow\u2019s face.&nbsp; Great idea!&nbsp; All of the pillows I\u2019ve purchased for friends have been very big hits!&nbsp; Since two of the pillows I needed were \u201cFrozen\u201d themed I wanted to get there early before she sold out.&nbsp; Good thing too!&nbsp; I got her working on my order and then came back to the hotel to find Brittney standing in the lobby. Perfect timing!&nbsp; We went outside and had BBQ beef tri tip sandwiches for dinner, and then started in on the street fair.&nbsp; A Native American musician was playing live music with a Native American flute.&nbsp; The music was haunting, spiritual, meditative and beautiful.&nbsp; I immediately bought 6 of his CDs.&nbsp; We found my favorite soap guys and I got another dozen bars of their amazing hand-made soaps.&nbsp; I picked up a t-shirt for Brittney, some beef jerkey for my assistant Sara, a belt for me, and after much searching we finally found my favorite lemonade guy.&nbsp; For a while there, I thought he might have been a victim of the many ch-ch-ch-changes going on in Palm Springs.&nbsp; But I got my giant lemonade just before he closed up for the night. Whew!&nbsp; I grabbed my finished pillows from the pillow lady and we headed to NYPD to place our pizza order.&nbsp; We took it upstairs and dined on delicious pizza while we watched the gorgeous half moon set behind Mount Abe.&nbsp; I also saw Jupiter move across the sky and set behind the mountain as well.&nbsp; I had seen it earlier when it was higher in the sky through a giant telescope that some amateur astronomers had at the street fair.&nbsp; We could see it so well, that we could even detect the shadow one of Jupiter\u2019s moons was casting on the planet. FASCINATING!&nbsp; I\u2019ve just GOT to get me one of those scopes!&nbsp; I spent the rest of the night gazing at stars on the balcony with Roxy by my side.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Friday the 27th \u2013 MAJOR BRAIN FART! \u2013<\/span> The room wasn\u2019t as cool as I would have liked, so around 11am I woke up to contact the hotel\u2019s engineering.&nbsp; He came up to the room and switched something over in the AC system and it started cooling off a little more.&nbsp; While I was up I figured I\u2019d order breakfast again, and then head back to bed.&nbsp; I tried taking Roxy back to the dog park later in the afternoon, but it was still too hot.&nbsp; When we got to the dog park the first thing I noticed was the absence of the usual locals.&nbsp; If the LOCALS know it\u2019s still too hot for doggy fun, then I\u2019m going to take their cue and go back to the hotel.&nbsp; I stashed Roxy in the ever-cooling room and Brittney and I walked to Ruby\u2019s to enjoy some salads.&nbsp; Around 6pm I hopped in the SUV to drive to Indio, about 25 miles from Palm Springs.&nbsp; I would be meeting with my pal Marcus who owns a beautiful 1976 \u201cStarsky-ized\u201d Gran Torino.&nbsp; Brittney wanted to stay back at the hotel with Roxy so I went by myself.&nbsp; It was a very enjoyable ride down the 111 highway.&nbsp; The 111 takes you through all the desert cities; Cathedral City, Palm Desert, Indian Wells, Rancho Mirage, LaQuinta and then Indio.&nbsp; I had the sunset at my back, and I was listening to one of the Native American flute CDs I purchased at the street fair. I was amazed at the quality of the recording. It was quite lush and full!&nbsp; Perfect music for cruising through the desert cities on a gorgeous spring evening!&nbsp; Marcus, his family and I enjoyed dinner at Jackalope&nbsp; Ranch, and then I got to drive his Torino.&nbsp; It was a beautiful piece of machinery, and he had done a lot of great work on it.&nbsp; He\u2019s a perfectionist like me.&nbsp; What a thrill!&nbsp; I said my goodbyes, got in my Dodge Journey, rolled down all the windows, and headed back to the hotel.&nbsp; A stunning night with a warm desert breeze blowing through my car made me a bit high.&nbsp; But sadly it was short-lived.&nbsp; I pulled into the hotel\u2019s valet and I realized with horror that I had forgotten my sack (the black leather satchel I take everywhere with me) in the backseat of Marcus\u2019 Torino\u202630 miles back!!&nbsp; I tried to call him and didn\u2019t get an answer. I tried texting him and didn\u2019t get an answer. I was panicking because my entire life was in there!&nbsp; Credit cards, ID, everything!&nbsp; I tried calling him again and thankfully he answered.&nbsp; Doubly thankfully he agreed to meet me halfway in Palm Desert to return my sack.&nbsp; That way I wouldn\u2019t have to drive all the way back to Indio.&nbsp; What an idiot I am!&nbsp; I was so elated to drive the Torino I totally lost my head!&nbsp; Figuring it was a nice night, I packed Roxy in the back, rolled down all the windows so she could enjoy the cool, evening breeze, and headed to meet him.&nbsp; When I got back to the hotel I was stressed a bit. When I do stupid stuff like that it really irks me, and sometimes I\u2019m much too hard on myself.&nbsp; But I went to the upper pool deck, kicked back with my cigar and just watched the sky for a while.&nbsp; That really helped me to come down from my self-loathing funk.&nbsp; Brittney and I went to get another NYPD pizza and we watched the stars on the balcony again while we dined.&nbsp; I did some packing in preparation for my Saturday exit, and&nbsp; spent a few hours on the balcony with Roxy watching stars for one final night.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Saturday the 28th \u2013 AWWW; NO A&amp;W! \u2013<\/span> At high noon I packed everything up and got set to head back home.&nbsp; By the time I finished it was around 2.&nbsp; I usually stop at A&amp;W for a burger and a root beer on my way home, but when I took the usual exit to get there I noticed the signage was gone.&nbsp; Ch-ch-ch-changes!&nbsp; It was now a Taco Bell. I like Taco Bell fine, but there are a lot of them around.&nbsp; This was one of the few A&amp;W restaurants I had seen and now it was gone.&nbsp; Sad.&nbsp; I\u2019m about ch-ch-ch-changed out!&nbsp; Making sure not to miss my proper freeway junction again, I paid special attention to the road.&nbsp; Traffic was good until about 40 miles outside of L.A.&nbsp; It started to bottleneck and it was gridlock all the rest of the way home.&nbsp; I got home, put stuff away, went through my mail, and went out to get some groceries for movie night.&nbsp; We watched \u201cThe Buddy Holly Story\u201d on Blu Ray.&nbsp; It amazes me how great Gary Busey was in that role, considering he\u2019s so completely different today.&nbsp; I was pretty beat though and decided to hit the hay after it was over.&nbsp; Plus I needed to be up early on Sunday to pick up Sara for Monsterpalooza in Burbank.&nbsp; I certainly did sleep well in my own bed!&nbsp; It was good to be home!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sunday the 29th \u2013 PALM (SPRINGS) SUNDAY! \u2013<\/span> The alarm went off at 10am and I got cleaned up and headed to Burbank for Monsterpalooza.&nbsp; The website said my old pal Lance Henricksen was going to be there.&nbsp; He and I worked on \u201cAvengers; Earth\u2019s Mightiest Heroes\u201d a few years back. He\u2019s a great guy.&nbsp; Back in 1986 when the movie \u201cAliens\u201d came out, the radio station I was working at in Sioux Falls, SD hosted a premiere.&nbsp; They gave out movie posters to all of the audience.&nbsp; When the event was over they still had tons of movie posters left.&nbsp; They just carelessly threw them in the dumpster.&nbsp; Hundreds of them!&nbsp; Being a movie poster fan, I grabbed about 25 of them and kept them.&nbsp; I just couldn\u2019t justify keeping any more than that.&nbsp; After all, what the heck was I going to do with 25, let alone a hundred?&nbsp; I\u2019ve had them all these years in my collection; rolled up and stashed in a cardboard tube.&nbsp;&nbsp; Well, I thought they would be a great gift for Lance.&nbsp; He could sell them at his appearances, and sign them for people.&nbsp; But the Monstepalooza website had lied.&nbsp; Lance was only there on Saturday. Nothing was mentioned on the website about him not coming on Sunday.&nbsp; So I hauled the cardboard tube with all those posters in it all the way to the show for no reason.&nbsp; D\u2019OH!&nbsp; I did find my pal Larry Strothe and gave him the pillows I had made up for him and his daughter Kathy by the Pillow Lady in Palm Springs.&nbsp; They come to movie night from time to time and it was about time they had their own, personalized pillows like everyone else.&nbsp; I had a great time chatting with Stephen Lack from \u201cScanners,\u201d and come to find out he\u2019s a very talented painter who specializes in painting portraits of automobiles.&nbsp; He gave me a book of his work and asked that I send it over to Jay Leno.&nbsp; Yaphet Kotto signed my \u201cLive and Let Die\u201d poster, but with horror I realized that I hadn\u2019t had him sign my James Bond Blu Ray boxed set yet\u2026and I didn\u2019t bring it!&nbsp; I made a note to catch him at another show to have him sign it.&nbsp; It\u2019s already got 30 signatures in it including Bond villains, Bond girls, and two James Bonds; Roger Moore and George Lazenby!&nbsp; Sara and I got to visit with Ron Chaney and the Chaney family for a while, and my old pal Rupert Macnee was there as well.&nbsp; Rupert\u2019s dad is the famous Patrick Macnee from the old \u201cAvengers\u201d TV series.&nbsp; I had met his dad several years ago and asked Rupert to pass along my good wishes to him.&nbsp; Rupert said they live in the desert cities, so the next time I was visiting Palm Springs to come by and say hi.&nbsp; I definitely WILL!&nbsp; And I\u2019ll take my \u201cAvengers\u201d DVDs with me to have signed!&nbsp; I also saw my old pal Dan Roebuck, and it\u2019s always good to see him.&nbsp; We finished our business at the show and Sara and I took off to Wendy\u2019s to get some lunch.&nbsp; I needed to go by the gun range and blow off some .357 rounds, some .38 special rounds, and some 9mm rounds.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; Because I needed to keep the spent casings for a belt buckle I\u2019m having made by one of the artists I met in Palm Springs at the street fair.&nbsp; I bought the belt from her, and she\u2019s going to encase some spent shell casings in a custom buckle for me.&nbsp; Neat!&nbsp; In order to get the buckle finished by the time I leave for South Dakota in April I had to get the casings Fed Ex\u2019d to her by Tuesday.&nbsp; It was a warm, windy day out. Very pleasant really!&nbsp; I got home and separated the casings into bags based on their caliber, and got them ready for shipping.&nbsp; Roxy and I walked over to church to enjoy Palm Sunday services, but I was getting worn out!&nbsp; A busy week and a busy weekend had started to take its toll on me.&nbsp; I came home and crashed on the couch for several hours.&nbsp; I got up to do auditions, and finish up some work that had become present while I was away on vacation.<\/p>\n<p>And how was YOUR week??!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PIX FROM THE WEEK<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KUMQUAT on the mend! Last week I detailed the rescue efforts of our little squirrel friend Kumquat. I&#8217;m happy to report that she&#8217;s doing VERY well and is skittering around the Squirrel Rescue facility who is caring for her! I want to get up there and see her sometime!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"284\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">At the Palm Springs dog park there are lots of great new faces to photograph!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_03.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"433\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_04.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"496\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_05.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"328\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_06.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_07.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"500\"><\/a><br \/>\nDuring the street fair, Roxy and I met two gorgeous Shelties&#8230;a puppy and a 6 year old!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_08.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"221\"><\/a><br \/>\nMy buddy Marcus&#8217; 1976 Gran Torino. Beautiful!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_09.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"305\"><\/a><br \/>\nRoxy and I get set for another night on the balcony watching stars in Palm Springs!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_10.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"457\"><\/a><br \/>\nCompletely exhausted after a night at the street fair, Roxy plops down in the middle of the Hyatt lobby for a quick snooze on the cool tile.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MONSTERPALOOZA 2015!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"406\" height=\"500\"><\/a><br \/>\nAn amazing bust of Bryan Cranston in &#8220;Breaking Bad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_12.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"378\" height=\"500\"><\/a><br \/>\nMy favorite display of the day! A Yul Brynner &#8220;Westworld&#8221; Gunslinger that was animated. He would start to smoke, and his face would detach from his head to reveal the inner workings of the robot. Amazing!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_13.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"308\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_14.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"378\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_15.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"308\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_16.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"378\" height=\"500\"><\/a><br \/>\nSplinter from the Ninja Turtles<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_17.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"342\" height=\"500\"><\/a><br \/>\nA totally lifelike and scary Christopher Lee Dracula figure!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_18.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek_images\/2015\/20150323\/ww_032315_18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"500\"><\/a><br \/>\nMy sister Bonnie LOVES this guy and will meet him in late April at an appearance in Las Vegas. 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