Seems like our weather so far for August has stabilized to be warm but not hot ... cool breezes and nights. So overall pretty nice. You always wish weather can be like this year round but just doesn't happen ... we did have some days of humidity which is still very uncommon for here but at least it isn't every other day of that because that would just be so miserable then. Aside from that, pretty nice this week and hope we get more of it! Now we just need is some ocean (which really isn't that far) with no one on it (that is the problem), a couple of palm trees near the sand and a hammock to swing back and forth on ... yeah, that would really be nice!! How about some drinks and food! Ok, now I am just daydreaming here but being in Hawaii on vacation or a cruise really spoils you.Weekly Update:
Had a pretty eventful week for the most part. All throughout I was helping here and there with a local comic book store move and preparing for a re-grand opening at a brand new place. The new place is probably three times bigger than the existing so tons of room yet with all the stock, it looks pretty dang filled. But also during the week I was asked to help an actress (not a big name one) with her social media:
*Lili Bordan - From various sci-fi shows like "Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome" and INCREDIBLY awesome person!
Then later that same day I met up with the actress, I went to a police event in Hollywood and it turned out another actress was there, not sure why but who cares! So managed to grab a quick pic with her:
*Pauley Perrette - best known from "NCIS" and very cool.
At the movies:Not a big surprise at the box office as we come to the end of summer ... sci-fi continues to dominate but not by much anymore as Elysium earns to the #1 spot having a weekend total of 30.5 million. A nice presence at #2 with an R-Rated comedy is We're the Millers earning a decent 26.6 mil for the weekend (5-day total of 38 mil with a Wednesday opening). This should have decent legs till Labor Day. Probably the last animated film to do anything for the summer is Planes with only 22.5 mil while Pixar/Disney tries to capitalize on the "Cars" craze with airplanes ... but just didn't work. Also new this weekend at #4 is the franchise of Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters earning only 14.6 mil for the weekend (5-day total of 23.5 mil) and my guess is this franchise is done in the theatres. Rounding off the top 5 is "2 Guns" in its 2nd week earning an extra 11.1 mil as like all the summer films winding down.
Quote of the week:
"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." - Carl Sagan
Other News:
How about this one ... 10 weird facts about cereal! #10) Pink Poop - back in 1971 General Mills introduced Franken Berry with a die that did not absorb into the human body and came out the same color it went in. #9) Extinct Cereals - Several brands of cereals that are themed to TV or celebrities disappear but then end up on eBay for hundreds of dollars. #8) Cap'n Crunch - Full name is Horatio Magellan Crunch and born on Crunch Island in the Sea of Milk ... and he isn't a Captain because he is missing one rung on his on his sleeve which is one below a naval captain. #7) Vegans - cereal (aside from the milk) isn't for vegans. Most cereals use an animal-based ingredient from the lanolin of sheep. #6) John Harvey Kellogg - This was an odd man who ran an odd company back in the day. From enemas to a pint of yogurt after you received it ... but you eat half the pint while the other was shot up into you. #5) Mascots (pictured) - If there isn't an celebrity or athlete endorsements then there was the mascot. #4) Yukon Territory - This is more of an advertising technique of linking a TV show with a product, in this case the "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon" sponsored by Quaker Oats. #3) Atomic Bomb Ring - This probably started the prize in the box craze. #2) Crunch Berry Lawsuit - In 2009, a California woman filed a class-action lawsuit against PepsiCo, the parent company of Quaker, sued against Cap'n Crunch's Crunch Berries claiming they weren't real fruit ... really. The suit was dismissed. #1) Phreaking - In 1964, the son of an Air Force engineer enlisted in the USAF and promptly put his technical skills to use by hacking into a telephone switchboard and had friends making free phone calls ... he was nicknamed "Cap'n Crunch" ... yeah, that is the tie-in here folks, pretty lame.
Facts & Tips:To temporarily revive your ballpoint pen, dip the tip into hot water for a few seconds.
"Blunt force trauma to the back of the skull ..." - Robert David Hall as Dr. Al Robbins in the TV series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."
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