Monday, April 10, 2023

Warming up, FAST!

And the heat is on...  It appears the Winter season is over.  It really heated up this week but not super hot, just warm but felt hot.  Probably mainly because the last month or so we had temps in the 50 to 70 degree range at the highest and now, 80.  The other day it was 71 and I felt so warm to borderline hot that I wanted to turn on the AC but didn't because I knew it wasn't hot.  I guess your body does adjust to different temps and then when things change, its kind of a shock to the system.  Also, isn't there a thing called April Showers?  Where?  Since April started the rain has stopped, in fact the 1st is when it started to warm up... coincidence?!  I hope we get more rain, lots and lots more rain!! My grass is so green and I feel like I saved a lot on water this past month.

Weekly Update:
Was at Amazon Fresh again on Saturday (as I am every Saturday, sometimes Friday, sometimes Sunday) to get my bananas for Orion and I realized something... they do not have self check-out stations.  So in general not a fan of self check-outs but I do use them.  But for a place that is supposed to be known for technology and low over-head, you would think they would have self check-outs.  NOW, they do have their carts that  you can use to self check-out BUT you need an Amazon account of some kind (not sure if just the basic one will work or not) to log in and do your shopping that way.  As far as I can tell at least you need an account and they advertise it as easy shopping and self-checkout with your Amazon account.  So, if you don't have an account or don't want to use one, have to go to the register and they RARELY have more than one open yet they are equipped with about 12 to 14 of them I believe, if not more.  And I see lines all the time, generally not too bad but sometimes they start to go into an aisle.

At the movies:
BIG opening for The Super Mario Bros. Movie this weekend earning a hefty 204.6 million for it's debut!  This is a 5-day total and word-of-mouth is good on this film so it should reach 300 in no time.  Holding ground at #2 is John Wick: Chapter 4 with 14.6 mil as this franchise continues to do well overall.  Bit of a drop down to #3 is Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves with 14.5 mil as it looks like it will be a struggle to hit the 100 mil domestic mark but could still potentially get there.  New at #4 is Air with 14.5 mil and not a great number but good.  This could be our first entry into this year's award season though.  And dropping down to #5 is Scream VI with 3.3 mil more and now past the 100 mil mark.  That will likely be it for this film but for a horror film, it did good.

New movies that did not make the top 5:
Just one as a semi-limited run (less than 1000) is Paint coming in at #9.  This Bob Ross-like character brought in 750k which is a very poor per screen average of only $916 and thus won't go much wider or further.

Quote of the week:
"One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure." - William Feather

Facts & Tips:
Powerful earthquakes can make the Earth spin faster.

"You stay classy, San Diego. I'm Ron Burgundy?" - Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

posted by McDuck @ 01:00

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