HOT! I guess I spoke to soon about enjoying the summer as the weather heated up really fast this past week. The temps managed to say below 100 but some days it got pretty dang close. The nights got as high in the 80's and had to have the AC on quite a few times. Not sure where it came from, just make it go away. I guess we couldn't have that perfect summer but I can't really complain since places on the East coast and South were getting hit with massive heat all summer long and HIGH humidity numbers. Did we just stumbled into a late summer or is it just a passing phase? I have no idea but if you think about, our calendar is probably off by 2 or 3 months along with how the Earth orbits the sun and all that anyway.
Weekly Update:
The start of the week started pretty busy, I was so tired and sleepy! But as the week went along, it got easier but still never caught up on my sleep. I did see a pretty good movie on Thursday called "Safe" which opens in October. Very solid action film with a good storyline. While there I met with:
*Catherine Chan - Plays the main focal point in the movie, a tiny little girl with a computer in her head that she remembers everything and did an amazing job in the film and very sweet.
And the rest of the week was calm ... but how did I manage to not get much sleep then?! Bummer.
At the movies:
Major surprise at the box office this weekend as "The Help" holds on to to the #1 spot for the 2nd week in a row with 14.3 million. This film is in its 3rd week of release and now has a cume just shy of 100 mil! New at #2 is the suspense-action film Colombiana with 10.3 mil for its debut. Also new at #3 is Don't Be Afraid of the Dark with 8.7 mil. Slight drop to #4 is "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" with another 8.7 mil as it closes in a 150 mil cume. Rounding off the top 5 is Our Idiot Brother with 6.6 mil. With these overall numbers it is clear that the summer is over for the box office.
Quote of the week:
"Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful." - Warren Buffett
Other News:
Here is one interesting list which may surprise people ... 10 Things the Nazis Got Right! Probably a sensitive or controversy topic or list but let's face, they did some things right while most things wrong ... #10: Banning of Vivisection - basically the cruelty of animals and how they are killed for food and the like. In 1933 they enacted a total ban to end animal cruelty. #9: Animal Conservation - In 1934 they passed a national hunting law to regulate how many animals could be killed per year ... the first of this kind and hence also started "hunting seasons." #8: Anti-Tobacco Movement - It is rumored that Hitler could not stand someone smoking around him so prior to 1940 they banned smoking in restaurants and public transportation areas. #7: Welfare Programs - Nazi Germany had one of the largest public welfare programs in history with the philosophy that all Germans should share a standard of living. One of the most famous of these programs is the Winter Relief program where both high ranking Nazis and common citizens both took to the streets to collect charity for the unfortunate. #6: The Volkswagen- literally means the "People's Car" and considered one of the most highly reliable and affordable cars then and today. #5: Autobahn - Not originally their idea but they did have the first freeway network system across Germany. #4: Father of Modern Rocketry - Wernher Von Braun was a member of the Nazi party and aided both Germany and later the US in use of rockets during W.W. II. #3: Film Innovations - Had many use of film for their propaganda machine, they developed the equipment and techniques and first to use magnetic tape recordings. #2: Fashion - Of course this can be said from any military but they contributed thick-soled leather boots, cowhide coats and various hats to the fashion community. #1: Medical Advances - Though true they developed many life-saving medical techniques but it can be very questionable how they came to these methods.
Facts & Tips:
Hawaii is the only U.S. state never to report a temperature of zero degrees F or below.
"We fled China all we wanted was to be free." - Russell Wong as Jian-Wa in the TV series "Vanishing Son."
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