EASTER EDITIONYesterday was Easter Sunday which also means the start and end for spring breaks across America for schools. Funny how my association with the sacred holiday is based on spring breaks. I guess it is one of those periods of time where you associate certain memories of trips or some crazy fun you had during a special spring break (like summer) ... although I don't remember any, I just liked having the week off from school. And what is with the colored eggs?!
Weekly Update:
Went to Blizzard Entertainment again for lunch on Monday, that is always fun because it is both a quiet and cool place. It is nice when you see employees gathering for lunch to walk their dogs and let them play together on the grassy areas. They are also pretty funny with their online April Fool jokes. Last year or a few years ago they made up a fake dating website for World of Warcraft people to sort of e-harmony themselves but in gaming aspects. This last one, they took some classic computer games (talking 1980's here) and made them ... Blizzard-ized! It was pretty funny but I think you need to be a geek to fully enjoy it. Then for Easter, I drove out to Murietta to hang out with some close friends. I thought it was going to be way hot out there since it was about 80 where I live but luckily it wasn't, only hit 84 and it was breezy so that was good.
At the movies:
The games continue to dominate the box office. For the third week in a row, "The Hunger Games" holds on to the #1 spot with another 33.5 million to now push it over the 300 mil cume mark for its first 17 days! New at #2 is the 4th installment of the "American Pie" franchise with American Reunion as it earns a nice 21.5 mil. Re-releasing at #3 is "Titanic" but now in 3D (why?!) with 17.4 mil being added it on to its previous billion worldwide. Drop down to #4 is "Wrath of the Titans" with 15 mil more. Rounding off the top 5 is "Mirror Mirror" with 11 mil extra as it struggles to reach 50 mil cume.
Quote of the week:
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." - George Bernard Shaw
Other News:Very sad news, acclaimed painter Thomas Kinkade died on Friday at his residence in Los Gatos, a small community just outside of San Francisco. Kinkade is world known for his painting styles, especially the use of lights in his works that seem to be actually coming off the canvas. He more signature works are cottages, churches, places around San Francisco from the mid 1900's and a few quick painted baseball field images during a game. A native of California, he became known as the "Painter of Light"because "With whatever talent and resources I have, I'm trying to bring light to penetrate the darkness many people feel." quoted from a Mercury News interview. Often associated with Christian beliefs and the use of light was thought to be his vision of God bringing light into those who would see his works. I like his style of brush strokes and primarily using oils, his works from city to Disney never failed to impress. He was 54.
Also in the news, legendary CBS News broadcaster and interviewer, Mike Wallace, passed away on Saturday. He was one of the first correspondents on the weekly show "60 Minutes" when it first aired back in 1968 and had retired in 2006. For nearly half a century he brought on the pop culture for that time, interviewed the icons in both entertainment and politics and brought news journalism to the small screen. In his latter years he started to lose his memory, not remember what "60 Minutes" is and only spoke of his family. It is said his probing and brazing style of interviewing became synonymous with his name and he practically invented it for TV. His commitment and contribution to the world is priceless and immeasurable, not only has the journalistic community lost one of his own, so did the entire world. He was 93.
Facts & Tips:
In some cultures' telling of Snow White, the dwarves are thieves.
"Uhhh... yeah, Preppie, you out to be ashamed of yourself. I'm disgusted." - Mario Lopez as Albert Clifford 'A.C.' Slater in the TV series "Saved by the Bell."
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