The holiday is upon us, it really is. Christmas lights are up everyone now but I like them. I am not a big fan of lawn decorations in excess though. Nativity scene's and the big puffy lawn stuff is just too much. I also think the icicle light are very cool but I have also seen those done badly were the strands are all tied together ... what is the point then? Maybe they just don't understand the concept of lighted icicles I guess.Weekly Update:
In keeping with the lights, I put up the outside house lights for the holidays. Took about an hour which is a pretty good time. A few years ago I put hooks and just left them up, painted the visible hooks white to match the house color ... worked out pretty well. The hardest part is trying to find the right combination of light string lengths so I can best make it all fit and get to the plug central without it all having it too bunched up. Other than putting up lights, this past week was pretty slow for the most part.
At the movies:The dancing continues for the 3rd week in a row that "Happy Feet" takes the box office crown at #1 again with 17 more million and a cume of over 121. At #2 still remains the famed British agent 007 with "Casino Royale" with an additional 15.1 mil and now a cume over 115 mil! Holding at #3 is "Deja Vu" with 11 mil extra. New at #4 is another version of the baby Jesus in The Nativity Story with a weak 8 mil opening. Rounding off the top 5 is "Deck the Halls" with an additional 6.7 mil more.
New movies that did not make the top 5 this week include the first Fox Atomic movie Turistas which only had a grand opening of 3.5 mil, not a good number for a new division from Fox taking the #8 spot this weekend. At #10 is the sequel to a so-so comedy Van Wilder Deux: The Rise of Taj with a VERY low 2.3 mil, barely making the top 10 at all. The new MGM continues to wow the box office with its under performing movies ... way to go!
Comment Response:
You know I did not research the letter thing ... I normally don't just to keep the facts simple but if one comes back completely erroneous then I will go seek the truth!! Its out there!
Other News:The holidays are fast approaching and this is where we see a lot of neat, new and hi-tech gadgets. I have to think most of these are for "him" but I am sure there are some cool things the ladies would like. So of the favorites I have seen: Wooden War Engines for the office. Seriously, wage war with your co-workers ... victory is
definite if you are the only one with the weapons too! Or how about modern warfare with USB Missile Launcher, then they really wont' know what hit them! Here is a cool space saver with the Bluetooth Virtual Virtual Keyboard, I wonder how well this item works though. There are many more cool do-hickeys (yes, that is an actual word ... I just wrote down) out there, you can check them out at Think Geek for more fun!!Facts & Tips:
The average speed of a house fly is 4.5 miles an hour.
"Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar."- Drew Carey as Drew Carey from the TV Show "The Drew Carey Show"
posted by McDuck @ 12:23
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Drew Carey--everybody's best friend!
What is the life span of that fly?
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