Rain on ... rain off ... no sun ... so bright ...Lately I feel like I am in the tropics like Jamaica or something becasuse on Tuesday in the span of one hour in the afternoon it was overcast to raining to the sun being so bright and then a high wind to overcast again ... while the entire time it was completely humid. I like the rain and all but not the humidity which is not the typical fare here. Well, either way, at least I can stay in a nice A/C'd office.
Weekly Recap:
Drove out to Hemet on Saturday ... talk about boonie-ville and brush-fire country. It is quiet far and extremely HOT!! Why anyone would want to live out there ... I guess its like living in Texas or Arizona with the heat but more like AZ because of no humidity. Also Hemet is much like AZ in the fact that many seniors retire in these areas and or states (Florida and New Mexico are big retirement states as well). I have been in the area before when I did a work weekend for Camp Ronald McDonald last year. At least that was in the mountain area so it was cooler and more serene. This is just open, plain and hot! But for the rest of the weekend, just enjoying the time off for 4th of July, WOOHOO!!
At the movies:
Flying high so far this 4th of July weekend is WB's latest "return/begin" film from acclaimed (now) comic book director Bryan Singer, Superman Returns zooms into the #1 spot. Opening weekend number is about 52.1 million and the 5-day cume (including the Tuesday midnights) of about 84.2 mil. Have to imagine WB folks are happy with the number but I am sure they were hoping for a 100+ opening week, but the buzz on the film is very mixed. Taking the #2 spot is Fox's The Devil Wears Prada with a nice 27 mil for the three days. Sandler's "Click" holds in the top 5 with the #3 spot tuning in with another 19.4 million. Pixar's "Cars" still running on #4 with an additional 14 mil, now bringing in a total of 182 mil with more summer racing left to go. Rounding off the top 5, "Nacho Libre" winding down fast with 6.4 mil more.
Q & A:
None at this time.
Other News:
So they are discussing about doing away with the penny these days. The one side wants to eliminate it because the cost of producing per penny is more than its value. In fact the cost is one factor that makes the penny expensive to make, the value of the US dollar declines hence making the penny weaker (or in reverse, the cost that much more). Why not take a lesson from the cousins across the pond in merry ol England and round off? The other side wants to keep the penny and why? Nostolgic purposes? Ok, I can go with that but other than that, is there any real agruement here? If we can someone save money in the government (wow!) then why not start there. I do think pennies should still be printed but do they need to be done as often? Would doing a penny print run every other time instead help? I do remember when I worked at the movie theatre we went from $x.99 to the nearest dollar or quarter. I thought it was the best thing since I discovered the internet! When handling money, pennies on average (to me that is) are the most grimey and gross of the coins ... is it because of the zinc content? I don't know but a lot of times they were pretty nasty. So keep the penny or lose the penny? Doesn't matter to me either way, its just a penny and I will always have tons of them around regardless.
Facts & Tips:
Nearly 9,000 people injure themselves with a toothpick each year.
"Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis?"- Gary Coleman as Arnold Jackson from the TV show "Diffe'rent Strokes".
posted by McDuck @ 15:59
1 Comments:
It seems to me that if we got inflation under control, there would be no need to discard the penny. If we chuck the penny, the next thing to go will be the nickle, the dime and so on as each coin becomes too "expensive" to produce.
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