Monday, June 24, 2024

HOT HOT HOT

Our weather took a turn for the worse this past weekend!  We were enjoying a lot of overcast and cool temps but man, Friday came to start the weekend and said SUMMER IS HERE!  Although the first day of the Summer Solstice was on June 20th so it matches.  But yeah, it reached top tier 90 degrees but at least at night it dropped back down to the 60's.  But is this how it will be till Fall now??  Gah I hope not and we go back to some nice cool temps! Whoever this guy is in this picture, I feel yeah... I just wanted to stay indoors in the dark and not move to stay cool.  But I did have to do errands so car AC is not as expensive than house AC plus all the stores I went to had their AC's cranking.  Not using AC was really nice while it lasted, it uses up a lot of electricity.

Weekly Update:
There has been thing going around comparing prices from 2019 to today and how much things have gone up and blaming the current President of the US.  First off, these things are MOSTLY false and people simply need to learn where and how to shop!  The two things that stand out the most on these lists are eggs and bananas.  They compare 1 dozen eggs at like 1.99 to 2.99 but... I get 2 dozen eggs (at Costco) for 2.99, sometimes less!  So it's essentially cheaper than 2019 prices and that is given if that 2.99 is accurate at all.  The next comparison is bananas saying they were 1.99 for 3lbs to 2.99, again where are they getting these?  Amazon Fresh and Costco have 3lbs for 1.49 and sometimes cheaper as it feels like these 2 locations are completing with each other, it's kind of funny.  But there so many more on these lists like potatoes being like 2.99 per pound but I just bought 5 lbs (at Amazon Fresh) for 2.49 so these numbers are so exaggerated to only blame the current President when in fact he has nothing to do with these prices but fighting a way to reduce them.  Do some research people or just learn how to shop.

At the movies:
Holding on to #1 is Inside Out 2 with another 100 mill and now just over 350 mil cume.  Definitely will hit 400 by next weekend and the drop from last week was well below par which is great.  This film should get to at least 500 but how much further past that is a big question.  Also holding on to #2 is Bad Boys: Ride or Die with 18.8 mil as it inches it's way to 200 mil but unlikely to get there when the Summer has barely just begun.  New at #3 is The Bikeriders with 10 mil to open and a decent number for this indie film.  May not go to much more but not a terrible number for this film. either  Still in the top 5 after 7 weeks is Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes with 3.6 mil and still trying to reach 200 mil, still unlikely to get there but will be close.  Rounding off the top 5 is The Garfield Movie with 3.6 mil and still will fall short of 100 mil when said and done.

New movies that did not make the top 5:
We have 2 this week, in at #7 is The Exorcism with 2.4 mil and this was a very wide release pattern that didn't pay off.  Will be gone in no time unfortunately.  Right behind it at #8 is Thelma with only 2.2 mil but less than 1500 screens so not as bad but still not great by a long shot.

Quote of the week:
"There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it." - Edith Wharton

Facts & Tips:
Squids can have eyes the size of a vollyeball.

"Blowfish this up." - Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman in the TV series Breaking Bad.

posted by McDuck @ 00:00

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