Weekly Update:
Not too bad of a week, got wet and that was about it. Went to a few dinners, a couple of luncheons and called it that. I don't know what that means but I hope the rest of the year will be like this for the most part but who knows. But, the week overall was kind of fun at the same time. Went to Nickelodeon on Friday and that is always a good time. I love that place, always cereal available and a soda machine, how can you not want to be there all the time! And they provide the milk! My previous full time job had a soda machine too but cans (which is even better in my opinion) but then with cans over fountain, you feel a little guilty wasting cans if they don't have a recycling program in place. Plus the yield is not as good than fountain in terms that in the long run, a fountain machine is cheaper.
Bond, James Bond ... in its 5th week, "Skyfall" reclaims the #1 spot probably for the last time this past weekend with 11 million and now a domestic cume of 262 mil. Slight drop to #2 is "Rise of the Guardians" with 10.5 mil more. Continue to drop to #3 is "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2" with 9.2 mil but has passed 269 mil cume. Slight bump at #4 is "Lincoln" with another 9.1 mil as it comes very close to 100 mil cume. Rounding off the top 5 this week is "Life of Pi" with 8.3 mil.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
Just one this week as Playing for Keeps gets the #6 spot with only 6 million to open. This one will be a quick burn.
Quote of the week:
"To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost." - Gustave Flaubert
From Business Insider, 17 facts about McDonald's that will blow your mind (or not): #17) Americans alone consume one billion pounds of beef at McDonald's in a year - five and a half million head of cattle. #16) The only place in the lower 48 that is more than 100 miles from a McDonald's is a barren plain in South Dakota. #15) McDonald's delivers in 18 countries. #14) From 2011 to 2013, McDonald's plans to open one restaurant every day in China. #13) The Egg McMuffin was modeled on eggs Benedict (Herb Peterson invented the Egg McMuffin as a way to introduce breakfast to McDonald's restaurants). #12) The Queen of England owns a retail park in Slough, which has a drive-thru McDonald's. #11) McDonald's iconic golden arches are recognized by more people than the cross (a survey found that 88% could identify the arches and only 54% could name the Christian cross). #10) Back in 1968, McDonald airlifted hamburgers to homesick U.S. Olympic Athletes in France. #9) McDonald's is the world's largest distributor of toys, with one included in 20% of all sales. #8) Sharon Stone worked at McDonald's before she was famous. So did Shania Twain, Jay Leno, Rachel McAdams and Pink. #7) According to company estimates, one in every eight American workers has been employed by McDonald's. #6) McDonald's has 761,000 employees worldwide, that's more than the population of Luxembourg. #5) McDonald's hires around 1 million workers in the US every year (has 150% turnover rate). #4) The $8.7 billion in revenue from franchise stores alone, makes McDonald's richer than Mongolia. #3) McDonald's $27 billion in revenue makes it the 90th-largest economy in the world. #2) McDonald's feeds 68 million people per day, that is about 1% of the world's population. #1) McDonald's sells more than 75 hamburgers every second.
Facts & Tips:A cubic mile of fog is made up of less than a gallon of water.
"The Germans' nickname for me is "the Little Man"?" - B.J. Novak as PFC. Smithson Utivich in "Inglourious Basterds."
posted by McDuck @ 01:11
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