Tucked away in the hills of Hemet, California in the area of Diamond Lake, is a collection of what appears to be almost a nondescript office complex from the street, but what signs along the roads herald as the Western Science Center (WSC), which is tucked between a nearby waterworks facility (offering its own tours)…
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“It’s baaaaack…”: CreepIECon 2025 continues to chill the Inland Empire…
“They’re baaaaaaack…” From its debut in February of 2022 , the bi-annual fright-fest known as “CreepIECon” (the IE capitalized for the Inland Empire region of SoCal), returns every February and September (as “CreepIECon Aftermath”) for SoCal residents (and a few out-of-staters) to partake in their shared love of horror and the supernatural. It’s Halloween in February, or…
“Welcome (back) to Jurassic Park!” Seeing a modern classic through fresh eyes…
******BRACHIOSAUR-SIZED SPOILERS!****** My wife and I recently invited our longtime friend Kathy over for another of our ‘garage theater’ movie nights with her 12-year old son, Joshua, who is like a nephew to us (he cosplayed as “Luke” to our “Uncle Owen” and “Aunt Beru” for 2022’s Star Wars Celebration). Joshua was born well into…
Retro-Musings: “One Million Years B.C.” (1966) 55 years later…
***** ONE MILLION YEAR OLD SPOILERS!! ***** A Dabba Doo Time. When I was a little kid, I was a card-carrying dinosaur nut. As early as I can remember, the names of the dinosaurs would rattle off my tongue; diplodocus, brontosaurus, triceratops, brachiosaurus, tyrannosaurus rex, allosaurus, etc. I had many dinosaur books and toys as…