COLD!! The temps sure dropped on us and fast! We have been having steady night weather of about 50 degrees and the days were low 70's, that is winter for these parts! No rain yet though but we are due for some. So is this the start of a SoCali Winter? I am not sure because it could get hot again but if it doesn't and stays cold longer this year ... nice! Makes up for last year and the year before! But we shall see what happens. On Friday we did get this pretty awesome fog too!Weekly Update:
It was a busy week for me, at least the first part of it. I had a few functions to attend and it just made for a tiring week. It wasn't anything that fun either from meetings to charity functions to more meetings. The real problem was that most of these events were within 2 days, probably wouldn't be that big of a deal if they were more spread out and then I wouldn't necessarily have noticed it. But what can you do if you don't schedule them but have to attend them. One fun thing was the studio lot had their annual tree lighting ceremony on Tuesday which was kind of fun. Fake snowed ended the ritual and then it was time to leave right after. I thought the event could have been a bigger splash but it was still fun regardless.
At the movies:
Some surprises at the box office this week as "The Blind Side" climbs to #1 in its 3rd week in release earning an additional 20.4 million. This brings the phenom sleeper hit to a cume of over 128 mil and along with some Oscar buzz ... could be the surprise hit of the year. Falling to #2 is "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" with another strong 15.7 mil and now over the 255 mil cume mark! New at #3 is Brothers with 9.7 mil to open. Hanging onto #4 is "Disney's A Christmas Carol" with 7.5 more as this film quickly loses more steam. Rounding off the top 5 is "Old Dogs" with another 6.9 mil as this will more than likely be off the list next week.
New movies that did not make the top 5: A couple this week as the action film Armored gets the #6 spot with only 6.6 mil to open. At #10 is the comedy-drama of Everybody's Fine with only 4 mil for it's debut. One other film that came onto the radar with just over 1,000 screens called Transylmania earns the #21 spot and only earned 275k. The additional sad part of this film other than the overall low gross is that it comes out to only 274 dollars per screen average ... I haven't seen numbers that low for a release of that size in a LONG time ... if ever.
Comment Response:
Yeah let me know next time you are in town! Also, I don't think I need to see the Twilight series to get perspective in my field ... yeah, I'll pass on that one.
Quote of the week:
"Conservative, n. A statesman who is enamoured of existing evils, as distinguished from a liberal, who wishes to replace them with others." - Ambrose Bierce
Other News:America's Best Bang-For-The-Buck Cities ... do you live in one? A combination of solid housing market, relatively stable employment, enviable cost of living and quick commutes makes up this list ... Lets take a look at just the top 5 as this list is pretty extensive. In at #5) August- Richmond County, GA - Though unemployment is high, it makes up for affordability and low estate tax rates. #4) Des Moines, IA - very low unemployment however the estate tax rate is pretty high. #3) Jackson, MS - numbers across the board are good with its strength being in low estate tax rate. #2) Little Rock, AR - nice numbers overall again with a high affordability rate. And the best place to live based on your dollar is ... Omaha, NE - despite a high estate tax rate their unemployment is almost zero.
Facts & Tips:
The "ZIP" in the ZIP code stands for Zone Improvement Plan.
"Nineteen thousand dollars a year for my services? What do you think I am, some kind of a Bionic cocktail waitress?"- Lindsay Wagner as Jaime Sommers in the TV series "The Bionic Woman."
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