The week continued to be very hot but did go to warm which is nice. Felt like as each day went, the temperature dropped about 5 degrees. What is funny is that if I drive from where my office is at (about 5 miles away) to home, I can feel it getting cooler by at least 5 degrees. Funny how a small distance can change in temps so easily. probably geography base but just funny. The dogs love car rides, they stick their noses out and it seems like all dogs do that. I wonder why, do they like the feel of the wind and are prone to car sickness? Why do they love going on car rides then if they know they will get sick? I guess it is just a way to get out of the house or home in general to go out exploring. Dogs are funny that way, their ears flapping behind them and eyes squinting in the sun/wind. I think being in the car distracts them because they don't seem to bark at things when in motion or even idle but if parked, ANYTHING that walks by the bark at. On the freeways I drive with the windows closed and they sort of hunker-down till we get off the freeway and I open the window so they can continue their observation. What is also interesting is they know when I am pulling off the freeway even if its a level off-ramp. Even when laying down in the car, they just know.
Weekly Update:
Took a visit THE park yesterday with some friends. I went on a semi-fast ride, the Cars ride that you are racing in Radiator Springs. It was kind of fun and the turns were not crazy sharp and actually smooth. I have to be leary of fast rides or risk permanent paralysis from my neck surgery but I think what made this different is you see the turns coming and again, not a sharp turn but a smooth one which helps. The ups and downs were a bit questionable because you don't see the down part but you see them all ahead of time before you reach them. That did help but I kind of wish the ride was more of the touring party through Radiator Springs because that was nice. It would have also been nice if there was a steering wheel handle to sort of hang out to instead of trying to find one. But other than that the day was pretty good and the company was great.
At the movies:
As predicted, the fishes still win the box office for the 2nd weekend in a row. Earning another 73.2 million, "Finding Dory" now close to 300 mil in only 10-days and should hit that by the end of this week easily. Still on track to potentially earn 500 mil domestic cume. New at #2 is Independence Day: Resurgence earning a respectable 41.6 mil and below expectations. Slight drop to #3 is "Central Intelligence" with another 18.4 mil and could hit 100 mil when it is said and done. New at #4 is The Shallows with 16.7 mil and right on expectations. Also new and rounding off the top 5 is The Free State of Jones with only 7.8 mil and also so close to predictions.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
Just one this weekend as The Neon Demon with almost 1,000 runs makes only 610,000 and well below expectations, not even a million.
Quote of the week:
"If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Facts & Tips:"Ray, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say "YES"!" - Ernie Hudson as Winston Zeddemore in "Ghostbusters."
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