Duckburg Gazette

This past week actually got cold!! It rained pretty hard Friday night/Saturday morning which was both cool to see and hear. What was really nice was the crisp clean air right after the rain on Saturday afternoon and it had a very "Fall" season feel to it. The wind blowing into the room from the open windows felt and smelled ... fresh. No smog, no smoke filled air, no bad odors ... just fresh.

Weekly Update:
I pretty much spent the entire week at home, in fact I did spend the entire week not only at home but only in the upstairs part of the house only going downstairs once for no real reason other than to just go. I will probably be upstairs for another week till I have surgery on 10/2 for my neck. I feel like a hermit and all I am missing are a stack of rocks to throw at passing cars ... WHERE ARE MY ROCKS?!?!

At the movies:
Zombies take over the weekend as Resident Evil: Extinction takes the box office weekend with 24 million and word is this is the final one on this trilogy based off a popular video game. In at #2 is the romantic comedy Good Luck Chuck with 14 mil with the very unfunny Dane Cook. Holding at #3 is "The Brave One" with 7.4 mil and should be done overall. Also holding on at #4 is the western "3:10 to Yuma" with another 6.4 mil. Rounding off the top is the drama Eastern Promises with 5.7 mil at the box office.

New movies that did not make the top 5: Just one this week, the youthful comedy Sydney White with only 5.3 mil to its name. This modern day teenage version of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" but this time its seven geeks. This film also continues to support my theory that when they use myspace as their official website, don't look for a hit.

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Other News:
Legendary performer Marcel Marceau passed away Sunday morning, he was 84. For those who may not know the name, you may know the face. He was the iconic white faced, frowned French mime in his classic black and white striped outfit. Definitely a talent of very few words, if any at all, he brought his art form to world acclaim. His silence spoke volumes and now we all join in quiet to remember him, he will be missed.

Facts & Tips:
Dragonflies have six legs but cannot walk.

"Yatta!"- Masi Oka as Hiro Nakamura in the TV series "Heroes."

posted by McDuck @ 00:08