Monday, January 25, 2021

United States: A New Hope

This past Wednesday, the United States started anew with hope again and civility.  President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were both sworn in.  It was nice to listen to someone who can speak in whole sentences and words of wisdom.  We just had this centuries version of "The Dark Ages" and now it's time for the Enlightenment Era once again.  It was truly a moment of leading by example instead of just do what I say, not what I do.  It was also a very different inauguration but still felt very full and full of hope!  Now do not get me wrong, this isn't the fix and there is so much to do.  But the hemorrhage has finally stopped and the damage is done.  Will we get it fixed soon, of course not.  Will we get it fixed within the next year or 3?  Probably not.  The damage was so severe these past 4-years, it will take us at least 8 to 10 years to recover from, if we can recover at all.  But at least we are putting a stop to the continuing damage and slowly will heal.

Weekly Update:
RAIN!  It came back and what is even cooler (pun intended) is snow has landed in the mountains again!!  Why is that so nice and important?  Because come Spring and Summer time, that is one of the sources of water we rely on as it melts away and flows down the mountain to the the rest of us!  Now I heard we only got about an inch at the nearby mountain ranges such as Big Bear and Lake Arrowhead but I do see more rain coming this week so hopefully that means more snow.  And as long as it stays nice and cold, that snow will last longer till it starts to melt.  This whole Winter has been extremely dry (even had some fires) except for maybe 1 or 2-days in December.  So all of this is so needed right now!!

At the movies:
A new #1 takes the crown this week, The Marksman earns a weekend total of 2 million but does have an overall cume of 6 mil as it opened last week.  Likely a smaller run and expanded this past weekend.  Holding at #2 is "The Croods: A New Age" with 1.8 mil and now past 40 mil cume!  Drop down to #3 is "Wonder Woman 1984" with 1.6 mil as it closes in on the 40 mil mark and should get that in a week or two (tops).  Holding at #4 is "Monster Hunter" with 820k and just now hitting 10 mil total.  Rounding off the top 5 (and dropping down) is "News of the World" with 810k and so close to 10 mil cume, should get there with no problems though.

Quote of the week:
"A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them." - Carl Jung

Facts & Tips:
In Webster's Dictionary, the longest words without repeating letters are "uncopyrightable" and "dermatoglyphics."

"A box fell on my head at UPS six years ago. Now I just collect disability and ride trains." - Eric Peterson as Eric on the TV series "The Big Bang Theory."

posted by McDuck @ 02:53

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