Weekly Update:
Over the weekend I visited the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda to see the special model train exhibit. I like trains and especially the miniature set ups they do of towns and landscape. I have to say, this one was very unimpressive to me. The trains themselves were all very cool and the various collections were great. The displays they had them on running in loops just seemed plain and slapped together. Some parts had great details like the bridges. I have seen better display set-ups at Department 56 stores.
At the movies:Spend another "Night At The Museum" as it takes the weekend crown for the THIRD week in a row with an additional 24 million and a cume of 164.1 mil! This holiday laugher keeps going and going plus its just a fun movie altogether! In at #2 for the weekend is "Pursuit of Happyness" with an extra 13 mil and now puts it at 124.2 mil total. Holding in at #3 is "Children of Men" with an additional 10.3 mil as it expands over 1000% (yes, 3 zero's) and a cume of 11.9 mil. New at #4 is Freedom Writers starring Hillary Swank with a soft opening of 9.7 mil. A decent showing for this time of year as new movies are more or less throw-aways. Rounding off the top 5 is "Dreamgirls" with an extra 8.8 mil and with the Golden Globe buzz, it might make some money.
Other new movies that did not make the top 5: Lionsgate started off their New Year at #6 with Happily N'Ever After with 6.8 mil. This "Shrek"-like animated comedy looks cute but I guess the timing may not have been ideal with such a low opening. In at #11 is New Line's comedy Code Name: The Cleaner with only 4.6 mil for its debut ... sad that they ended 2006 with such a terrible record (maybe the worst for all the studios) and now '07 starts off like this. New at #21 this weekend is the Fox Faith film Thr3e with only 740k ... wow, that sucks and this sub-division of movies they are trying to put out is and has been an utter joke.
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Other News:
There is a new plan on the table for an additional 10,000 troops to be sent to Iraq and leaves it open for another 10,000 to be added by spring ... what??! All I can see from a plan like this is stopping the civil war and then having a nation and insurgents against the US. Instead this would create even more of a war against the US since the opportunity to kill US Soldiers is greatly increased. The plan also calls for at least another year and a half time line from the start of it ... another year and a half?? Well, I guess we need something to remember Bush for/from since he hasn't left anything else of note-worthy-ness ... thanks!
Facts & Tips:
Playing in a marching band is considered moderate exercise.
"An Englishman. Well, its almost like a woman."- Ian Gomez as Larry Almada in the TV series "The Drew Carey Show"
posted by McDuck @ 10:31
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I read somewhere that Bush has given more money to fight Aids in Africa than any other US president and heard that's why Bono won't say anything disparaging about him.
Oh and Happy New Year ! :)
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