Monday, December 01, 2025

Brrrr

It finally got cold again but no rain which is a bummer.  The nights reached in the 40's and some days it stayed in the 60's!  This is the Winter I know even though its technically still Fall season but, I need the cold!  However, I have been trying to not use the heater too much and actually using layers of blankets for the bed!  I know, what is going on with me?  Funny when I broke out the first blanket, it smelled really bad and I had it dry cleaned a long time ago (used to be the main blanket for the dogs).  I guess they didn't clean it very well at all so I ended up re-washing it (since I have a new washer since then) and used pretty hot water.  Came out great, the stink is gone and now I am cozy up in it.  The problem though with it being so cold in the room and you are nice and toasty in the blanket or under the covers... eventually you have to get out and when you do, it's freezing!  Even if you just pull an arm out to reach for your phone or something, it gets hit with the blast of cold!

Weekly Update:
During the week I finally got to try the "dim sum" chain Din Tai Fung.  I put dim sum in quotes because it is definitely not your traditional dim sum style place.  To me, classic or traditional dim sum is the carts being pushed around that are steaming and you have the classics like har gow (shrimp) and shumai (pork) dumplings.  Din didn't have any of those but more westernized types of stuff that was good but, just not dim sum.  Also, soup dumplings which aren't really a thing with dim sum, at least the places I go to, it's not a big thing. Despite all of that though, the food was really good and their spicy noodles were definitely one of my favorites.  I also liked their version of sticky rice because it was just the rice and big chunk of pork inside.  No mushrooms and I didn't have to burn my fingers getting it out of the banana leaves and string.  Price wise it is WAY expensive and really an experience but not something you would do every Sunday for brunch.

At the movies:
As we head into both the holiday and award season, we will be seeing some box office shifts going on.  However, historically the next two weeks may be an lull till we get closer to Christmas.  With that said, new at #1 is Zootopia 2 with a weekend box office of 96.8 million and a 5-day total of 156 mil.  Slightly below expectations but still a solid numbers across the board.  Drop down to #2 is Wicked: For Good with 62.8 mil extra and a bit high of a drop going from week 1 non-holiday to week 2 holiday.  Right now on track to hit 300 mil in about a week.  Following suit to #3 is Now You See Me: Now You Don't with 7 mil and quickly fading out, won't reach the 100 mil mark what so ever.  Holding on to #4 is Predator: Badlands with 4.8 mil and still appears it will be short the 100 mil mark but good effort.  Rounding off the top 5 is The Running Man with 3.7 mil and likely the last we see this one on the charts.

New movies that did not make the top 5:
A couple this week, in at #6 is Eternity with 3.2 mil on just over 1300 runs so it's a fair number but not great.  In at #8 is Hamnet with 880K but this film was only on just over 100 screens.  The per screen average is still very low though.

Quote of the week:
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." - Theodore Roosevelt

Facts & Tips:
A male kangaroo is called a Boomer.

"C'mon man, I'm the best with the pranks, man! They call me Prank Sinatra!" - Lamorne Morris as Winston Bishop in the TV series New Girl.

posted by McDuck @ 00:00

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