Monday, May 23, 2016

The weather continues to be  ... nice!  It remained nice a cool again, in the 60's so it wasn't freezing and it wasn't hot.  I really really hope this maintains itself for the rest of the season if not the year ... but that is definitely wishful thinking.  I wish we could have some more rain, any rain actually.  But it is a big tease and the clouds just make it look like it will rain.  It sort of smells like rainy weather too but nothing.  I noticed the reservoir had some water in it, just enough to cover the bottom or the surface of the concrete.  Before it was completely dried up and you could see all kinds of trash sitting around including a shopping cart.  So, now I wonder ... where did all that trash go now?  Where did that shopping cart go?  Did it all go out to sea or did someone clean it up.  I am thinking it went out to sea or at least most of it then.  I am sure some things will get stuck.

 Weekly Update:
Very sad news this week ... on Friday one of my all time favorite actors (mainly for his voice acting), Alan Young passed away.  Many know him as Wilbur from the "Mister Ed" TV show but to me, he is and always will be Scrooge McDuck.  From Mickey's A Christmas Carol to DuckTales, the mean miser but with a heart of gold under that tough exterior.  His voice was the perfect Scotsman and several years ago I did have the honor of meeting him.  At that time I did realize he was already in his late 80's because he surely did not look it.  He had other great voice credits from "Battle of the Planets," a TV series I used to watch when they re-ran them.  But, will ALWAYS be Uncle Scrooge to me.  He was 96.

 At the movies:
No surprises on the #1 this week as The Angry Bird Movie flies up to the top for its debut.  However what is surprising is the gross coming in with only 39 million.  Almost half of what was projected and another video game to movie failure as the cost on this was sure to be pretty high.  Holding on to #2 is "Captain America: Civil War" with another 33 mil in its 3rd week and just shy of 350 mil.  It should surpass that sometime tomorrow though and continues to be strong.  It has now surpassed Batman/Superman which capped out at 329 mil.  New at #2 is Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising with only 21.8 mil, and well below expectations also.  Expanding and moving up to #4 is "The Nice Guys" with 11.3 mil and also below general expectation but not by much.  Rounding off the top 5 is "The Jungle Book" with another 11 mil and looks like this film will ALSO beat out Batman/Superman.

 Quote of the week:
"If you don't act on life, life will act on you." - Robin Sharma

 Facts & Tips:
The word "facetious" features all the vowels in alphabetical order.

"Everything is backwards now, like out there is the true world, and in here is the dream." - Sam Worthington as Jack Sully in "Avatar."

posted by McDuck @ 05:05

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