Monday, December 17, 2012

People can't even walk in Los Angeles!!  So this is what happens, I was at a red light waiting and across the street to where I was going, I watch this lady get out of her car and instead of walking across the street or head down the sidewalk, she proceeds to walk down the street (in the same direction I plan to go) DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET!!!  Come on now!!  So my light turns green, I cross the street and slowly creep up behind her because, why? She is walking down the middle of the street!!!  She then turns and is shocked I am there and then finishes her way to the other side of the street.  Come on people, the street is for cars and don't be shocked when you turn around and there is one there.  I should have honked but I hate when people use that pointlessly and all the time.  I feel it should be used for in the event if someone is about to hit you and you are able to warn them so they will stop or see what they are doing.  But wow, apparently I was driving on her street.

 Weekly Update:
Not a bad week, got a brand new Inspirion computer for work and it is quite a neat machine.  At first I thought it was the counter part to the mac version of having no housing case and everything was self contained in the screen.  Well, it is like that but a lot more (in my opinion), it is 100% touch screen. Aside from typing, I can do everything just by touching the screen and its pretty cool and fun at the same time.  Of course I am noticing the screen is starting to get a little dirty but that is OK.  I must say that Dell has stepped it up with this one and now the real test is how long will it last than the standard 2 year period!  I know this is the current future (if it can be said that way) but we aren't seeing this type of technology except on our mobile devices.  It should be almost every where now these days!
At the movies:
No big surprises at the box office as The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey takes the crown with an debut of 84.8 million.  A tad lower than I expected with the amount of screens it has but no doubt will hold over well.  A far cry away in the #2 spot is "Rise of the Guardians" with another 7.4 mil.  Holding in at #3 is "Lincoln" with an extra 7.2 mil as it passes the 100 mil cume mark.  Slight drop to #4 is "Skyfall" with 7 mil more and it steadily gets closer to 300 mil cume but may fall short of it in the end.  Rounding off the top 5 is "Life of Pi" earning another 5.4 mil as it struggles to reach 100 mil but will definitely fall short.

 Quote of the week:
"If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have know will go to heaven, and very, very few persons." - James Thurber

 Other News:
Such a tragic week in news and so close to the holiday.  The start of this past weekend was wrecked with a elementary school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.  The victims is the most appalling and shocking part ... mostly kids from the ages of 6 and 7 years of age in the first grade.  The exact number is 20 children and 6 adults, most were shot multiple times and with a high-powered rifle.  Of those victims, 12 were girls, 8 boys and all adults were females.  The list of the victims and their ages:
Charlotte Bacon, 6
Daniel Barden, 7
Rachel Davino, 29
Olivia Engel, 6
Josephine Gay, 7
Ana Marquez-Greene, 6
Dylan Hockley, 6
Dawn Hochsprung, 47
Madeleine Hsu, 6
Catherine Hubbard, 6
Chase Kowalski, 7
Jesse Lewis, 6
James Mattioli, 6
Grace McDonnell, 7
Anne Marie Murphy, 52
Emilie Parker, 6
Jack Pinto, 6
Noah Pozner, 6
Caroline Previdi, 6
Jessica Rekos, 6
Avielle Richman, 6
Lauren Rousseau, 30
Mary Sherlach, 56
Victoria Soto,27
Benjamin Wheeler, 6
Allison Wyatt, 6

An extremely tragic event with no rhyme or reason as to why ... the question that is on the minds of the world, why.

Facts & Tips:
Wild camels once roamed Arizona's deserts.

 "There is no worse death than the end of hope." - Clive Owen as Arthur in "King Arthur."

posted by McDuck @ 01:25

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