Leftover photos: weird, unusual, sometimes amusing!

This morning I’m going through unused photographs that I’ve stored on my computer. Some of the images are years old, others are more recent.

I thought you might enjoy seeing these. They’re from all around San Diego.

The photos I’ve selected are unusual or eye-catching for a variety of reasons. A few are rather amusing!

Can you identify where some of these photographs were taken?

Here they are…

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Spaceballs combs San Diego Comic-Con for fans!

Spaceballs troops have arrived in San Diego, combing the Gaslamp Quarter during Comic-Con 2026, searching for… fans.

What was the proposed title of Spaceballs 2? The Search for More Money? I see they’re trying hard.

The Schwartz must be with Mel Brooks, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, and Daphne Zuniga, who will return in the Spaceballs sequel next year.

Yes, Dark Helmet will return! Will he arrive with a bigger, more menacing vacuum cleaner?

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Sharks invade a San Diego city park!

Beware! If you plan to walk through Children’s Park in downtown San Diego during Comic-Con 2026, look out for hungry sharks!

Several sharks have invaded the pool near the fountain, and are threatening people walking through the park!

Seriously?

No. It’s just a fun activation outside the convention center that promotes Shark Week on the Discovery Channel!

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Family Guy and American Dad on Comic-Con trolley!

More San Diego trolley wraps keep showing up for Comic-Con 2026! I spotted one today that promotes Family Guy and American Dad on Disney/Hulu!

I’m not sure whether other shows are featured on the wrap’s opposite side. If I spot anything, I’ll post an update!

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Football player scores at City Heights bus stop!

Score!

A football player has run through the shelter at a City Heights bus stop for a touchdown! Now he simply must leap over a trashcan!

This unexpected sculpture stands at the eastbound bus stop on University Avenue near 45th Street.

I asked someone who works on the same block about the strange sight. He indicated the football player statue was placed here by the nearby taco stand. A few weeks ago there was a moose on the sidewalk!

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AI creates bizarre San Diego weirdly!

Just a fun post.

I thought I’d activate Galaxy AI Drawing Assist on my Samsung smartphone and have it create crazy images of San Diego!

Using the text “bizarre San Diego weirdly” and the pop art setting generated some wild results!

Lots of big surfboards, waves, tacos, hot air balloons, lighthouses, and strange structures, some of which kind of look like San Diego buildings!

Fun pics in Balboa Park on Halloween!

Any day in Balboa Park is a great day.

Halloween in Balboa Park makes for a really great day!

Look at all the fun pics I captured while randomly wandering around!

Buzz Lightyear emerged on Halloween from the Balboa Park Administration Building. To infinity and beyond!
There’s a gremlin inside the Museum of Us! And I thought their Egyptian mummies were disturbing!
Looks like the Balboa Park Carousel has been bewitched again.
A spooky photo op backdrop in Spanish Village Art Center.
Lots of Halloween stuff inside the Senior Lounge.
Eek! Who’s this strange character haunting the Senior Lounge?
The San Diego Automotive Museum is home to a friendly ghost.
A fun Halloween costume exhibit inside the Comic-Con Museum.
A spooky jack-o’-scarecrow grins at me in the Comic-Con Museum. I hope a superhero is nearby.
Yes, one can find Cheetos inside the Balboa Park Visitors Center.

Not to be overlooked, I also found some fun Día de los Muertos stuff…

Getting ready for a Día de los Muertos event this weekend at the Old Globe.
A balloon sugar skull outside the Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater!

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Savannah Bananas arrive in San Diego!

The Savannah Bananas have arrived in San Diego. They will be playing their wacky Banana Ball today and tomorrow at Petco Park. I’m told the wildly popular event is sold out!

A crew was setting up a row of canopies north of Petco Park’s Gallagher Square, where there will be fun activities for fans. I see there will be loads of yellow Savannah Banana merchandise for sale.

I happened to walk this morning down J Street. I took these photos. Lots of smiles!

So, what, you wonder is Banana Ball and how is it different than baseball? Check out the website here.

Among a bunch of strange rules are: batters can steal first base, batters are out if a fan catches a foul ball in the stands, no walks are allowed, no bunts are allowed, there’s a two hour time limit . . . and other peculiar, exciting stuff.

I hear players at Savannah Banana games do choreographed dances and engage in trick plays.

The Savannah Bananas are sort of like the Harlem Globetrotters–but baseball.

Get ready to Go Bananas!

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A funny Air Mail mailbox in Pacific Beach!

An unusual mailbox is located high above the sidewalk in Pacific Beach. You might see it while cruising down Ingraham Street.

What’s that? I wondered during my walk today. Is that actually a mailbox? Only a mail delivery giant could possibly reach it!

Then I zoomed my camera in for a closer photograph…

Oh, I see! The funny mailbox is for Air Mail! Makes perfect sense!

Hopefully the mail delivery aircraft doesn’t stall!

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Doctor Who TARDIS arrives in pieces!

Oh, dear! It seems Doctor Who’s famous TARDIS isn’t functioning properly. It arrived in San Diego for Comic-Con 2025 not by traveling through the Time Vortex, but in a big old truck! And in pieces!

Hopefully the reassembled TARDIS can be reactivated in time for San Diego Comic-Con. The Doctor Who UNIT’s Black Archive activation is set to open to the public at 10 am this coming Thursday. You’ll find the offsite activation along Martin Luther King Jr. Promenade.

Yes, I saw numerous crates marked BBC Studios unloading from the truck.

And I noticed with a bit of despair that there are only two TARDIS pieces in only one crate!

I hope this complex, living organism capable of traveling through time and space (stuck in the shape of a British police box) can be pieced together as easily as a book shelf from IKEA.

Visitors to the offsite would love to travel through space and time, I’m sure. But then, downtown San Diego every year during Comic-Con becomes its own peculiar world.

Is the Time Lord wandering about the city late this afternoon? One can already stumble upon a few unusual creatures…

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