Duckburg Gazette

WIND ... wow was it crazy this past week with the weather. Had some rain, very cold nights and a lot of wind!!! One thing I hate about California high rises ... they are designed to give and sway in the event of an earthquake so they do not collapse are are safe. But when you are high up and its windy, you can hear the building creek like crazy AND feel it swaying a bit!! Its kind of unsettling at times. Then the wind was so crazy, I was walking from the building to the parking garage and at one point I couldn't move forward as I was leaning slightly forward. The wind was so strong, it stopped me! Well, this upcoming week is suppose to be warm and calm so ... let's see if it stays that way.

Weekly Update:
Not too much happened this past week ... besides the weather and just trying to keep busy at my consulting job, it was fairly quiet. This coming week looks more of the same except a meeting here and there. I was debating about going to Vegas but I think I will pass on it. It would be fun with the events planned but just don't feel like driving out there for more of a "just because" right now. I did leave the Vegas trip on my schedule in case I did decide to go last minute but ... I don't really see it happening. Never close out the option though ... never know!

At the movies:
No surprise at the box office this weekend as horror takes center stage as A Nightmare on Elm Street reboot movie earns a nice 32.2 million. Slight drop to #2 is "How to Train Your Dragon" with another 10.8 mil as it creeps up to the 200 mil cume mark. Another slight drop to #3 is "Date Night" with another 7.6 mil. Hanging on to #4 is "The Back-Up Plan" with another 7.2 mil as the film continues to fizzle with no plan C. Rounding off the top 5 is the new family comedy Furry Vengeance with a disappointing 6.5 mil and on its way out just as fast as it began.

Quote of the week:
"It is the unlikely things that have power, that are transformative." - Peter Sellar

Other News:
and would have been enough to cause severe harm to the surrounding area to pedestrians but nothing structurally. The grade of fertilizer used was not high enough to explode by any means but other items such as gasoline and propane tanks were also found. A suspect was seen and caught on cameras from the area leaving the A little scare in NYC on Saturday night as a make-shift car bomb was found in Times Square. The bomb itself was very crude according to authoritiesvehicle and removing his shirt with another one underneath as he slipped into an nearby alley way. So far no leads as to who the man is nor any ties to known terrorist groups. The bomb would have sprayed metal shrapnel if it did in fact go out with the cheap timing devices, enough to kill people within a certain radius and cause a fireball of the vehicle itself. The area is considered one of the flashiest places on Earth with the high volume of people going out on Saturday night to enjoy dinner, movies and shows. NY is just too crowded, anything of that nature is going to do too much damage no matter what.

Facts & Tips:
The speed limit in NYC was eight mph in 1895.

"We're Americans, we don't plan, we do!" - Bill Hader as General George Armstrong Custer in "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian."

posted by McDuck @ 00:30