Just a bit of fire ...
So if the pandemic and the heat wasn't enough for us ... fires. I guess for California it is fire season but for the entire West Coast? One of the main fires that started in Southern California was due to a baby reveal party which lead to an all-out major fire. But even though that was one of the bigger ones earlier in the week, now the entire West Coast of the US is on fire. All the way up through Washington state to close down near San Diego ... almost border-to-border actually. I'm not sure the cause of 99.9% of these fires but the entire West Coast has been under a huge cloud of smoke, raining ash and very yellow and orange light constantly for days. I think it was about Saturday we stopped seeing orange and just a thick grey. I am not sure if that is better, it may mean the fires (or some of them) are out now but the air quality is so bad.
This past Friday, Orange County (OC) was allowed to re-open indoor dining at restaurants. The OC had been taken off the Covid watch list about 2 to 3 weeks ago as we had no new reported cases. What does that mean? MASKS WORK!! Staying home works! Social distancing works! But because of this, I went to Korean BBQ on Saturday night, it was delicious!! I know a lot of places were setting up outdoor areas to stay in business but it has been so hot, I would not want to sit at a table with a very hot cooking area in front of me producing more heat towards me! And even when it was getting darker, many nights recently it was stayed 90 degrees! Now fortunately this past week the night temps dropped into the 70's and 80's BUT smoke. With all the fires up and down the whole West Coast, the air quality is so bad and we had ash rain a couple of days. Yet another reason to wear a mask.
At the movies:
Holding ground at #1 is "Tenet" with another 6.7 million and now almost 30 mil cume. Not sure what this would equate to with a normal box office run but very good numbers with all things considering. Holding on to #2 is "The New Mutants" with 2 mil more and up to 15 mil now. Holding at #3 is "Unhinged" with another 1.5 mil and doing well for this indie studio. Coming in at #4 is "The Broken Hearts Gallery" with 1.1 mil for it's limited debut. Probably not a lot on this film but with the way releases are now, could do fairly well. Rounding off the top 5 is "Bill & Ted Face the Music" with 260K but this is is after their VOD release several weeks ago.
Quote of the week:
"If you can't convince them, confuse them." - Harry S. Truman
Facts & Tips:No piece of paper can be folded more than seven times.
"I don't want no more fathers. Will you be my friend?" - Catherine Chan as Mei in "Safe."
HOT! HOT! HOT! with a side of frozen.
Labor Day Edition
HEAT RECORDS!!! Wow, this past weekend saw record breaking heat for SoCali! On Saturday we hit around 114 degrees and then on Sunday, about 112! Both were dryer heat than the humidity we have encountered lately which doesn't bode too well because that kind of prompts fire starters. What really sucks is the night ... on Saturday night it stayed low 90's till about midnight, it never dropped below 82 degrees till Sunday morning. Then by Sunday 9AM, it got to 80 again in not time. That is the really crappy part is when it gets dark, you hope it will cool down quickly but not these past two days ... insanity. I hope this weather goes away soon!
Weekly Update:So I learned something recently and I can't remember if I shared this already or not ... so if I did, oops. If I didn't, here ya go! I learned that frozen fruits (not sure about vegetables) are better than buying fresh. The reason is when a fruit is picked, say a strawberry or blueberry, it goes through the same sorting and cleaning process but as soon as it is done, the frozen one gets frozen right away ensuring it captures the freshness right after. If one is being shipped off to be "fresh" at the market, it then gets packaged and goes through that process. Then it has to be stored before it gets shipped but that storing isn't freezing but just refrigeration. Then it gets shipped (again in just refrigerated trucks), delivered and eventually put on the shelves for you to buy. Now it is still safe and all but the quality of freshness may not be exactly what you would think after you let a frozen one thaw or even eat it frozen!
At the movies:Numbers continue to grow which is great! New at #1 is "Tenet" with an amazing 20.2 million to open. Word-of-mouth is strong on this film but with today's trends unsure how films will continue right now. Drop down to #2 is "The New Mutants" with 3.5 mil more. Holding at #3 is "Unhinged" with 2 mil more. In at #4 is "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run" with 475k. Rounding off the top 5 is "The Personal History of David Copperfield" with 470k more.
Quote of the week:
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." - Thomas A. Edison
Facts & Tips:
There is a town called "Big Ugly" in West Virgina.
"Oh, right. The poison. The poison for Kuzco, the poison chosen especially to kill Kuzco, Kuzco's poison. That poison?" - Patrick Warburton as Kronk in "The Emperor's New Grove."
