New Year EditionWelcome to 2011 ... does it feel any different than 2010? So far, not really but that seems to be the case every year. Of course when you look back over the past 5 years you notice lots of changes but that is life, its gradual. So aside from that, what's in store for 2011? No clue but probably a lot of the same stuff that came with 2010. Another year, start of a new decade and still crazy wet and freakishly colder than usual. Yeah!
Weekly Update:
Wet and cold ... that was the week in a nutshell for me. Was up in San Francisco for almost all of it and it rained a few days but when it did, it was heavy! But overall had a good holiday and fun New Year's ... played some games, help make some ravioli and enjoyed some good company. Also watched our dogs react to cats the first time which was typical and interesting at the same time. Sunday I got to meet Kathy Kinney who is best known as "Mimi" from "The Drew Carey Show" and she is such an amazing person! Very down to Earth and talk about weight loss too, she looked great.
At the movies:Kind of a weak showing at the box office this weekend but that is to be expected this time of year as nothing new opened. Coming in at #1 is "Little Fockers" with an additional 26.3 million and almost to the 100 mil cume mark. Slight drop at #2 is "True Grit" with another 24.5 mil and on its way to 100 mil cume. At #3 is "Tron Legacy" with 18.3 mil more. Hanging in at #4 is "Yogi Bear" with 13 mil. Rounding off the top 5 is "The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader" with 10.5 mil as its voyage comes to a close soon.
Quote of the week:
"Remembrance, like a candle, burns brightest at Christmas time." - Charles Dickens
Other News:
It's interesting to look back at the last decade (2000 to 2010) and sort of reflect on what has transpired. What we thought, what we encountered and what we experienced in just the span of ten short years. In no particular order ... I remember just before the decade started and how everyone was paranoid about Y2K and how banks would fail. Another big thing was 9/11/01 and how that changed the lives of just about every single American. Was it avoidable? Most certainly it was. The election of the first African-American President and even the controversy that came with it such as the citizenship issue ... people will grab at just about anything these days. Housing burst and how we went into a spiral of housing costs plummeting and sales dropping but that is all in relation to the economy as a whole. The economy and how far in-debt we went as we started going into the decade with a surplus. Hurricane Katrina and the aftermath debacle that was created with FEMA. Rise of white-collar crimes with companies such as Enron, Halliburton and Aldephia scandals. On the tech side we saw the iPhone, iPad, launch of things like Facebook and Youtube. We ended the decade with one of the biggest natural disasters by human hands, BP oil spill. What a crazy decade to say the least and these were just a few things!
Facts & Tips:There are 18 different animal shapes in the animal cracker zoo.
"Oh, uh, no, sir. I don't vote Republican or Democrat. Choosing is a sin, so I always just write in the Lord's name!" - Jack McBrayer as Kenneth Parcell in the TV series "30 Rock."
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