[VIDEO] I didn't get to finish this video from Doug DeMuro but want to share with you his review of the GMC Hummer EV. I always thought Hummers were oversized and I'm sure there are people who believe these are literal gas guzzlers. Well Hummers got a reboot with this electrical vehicle treatment, so for those who care about how much gas such vehicles burn they took that aspect away.
Meanwhile I wait for this idea of an electrical Volkswagen Beetle to hit the market. Though I've heard nothing so far so probably be waiting a while. 🤷
[VIDEO] The card for last nite's WWE PPV wasn't entirely stacked. I would dare say it resembled a card for an NXT TakeOver. Regardless the main event for the WWE title between champ Drew McIntyre vs. Randy Orton continuing their feud it produced a surprising result, Orton taking McIntyre's championship.
I was scare of a Mick Foley spot that is one of these performer falling through the hell in a cell structure. It was close when McIntyre fell off the side of the structure onto the announcer's table.
However, YouTube channel Wrestlelamia takes a look at the WWE Championship match at Hell in a Cell. Why did Orton finally win the WWE championship?
[VIDEO] Bought one of these from an art store the other day. Seems like a cool creative project on a day off and put it on display somewhere at home. Just to show one aspect of the escapes from the real world I have.
I don't really eat movie popcorn as much as I had years ago. I don't really drink slushies and unfortunately for movie candy I'm not into licorice. But then I do usually get concession foods when going to the movies.
I just have to add this dire news of the film exhibition industry. AMC Theaters may have depleted cash reserves if there are no movies to attract a larger audience. Most theaters since perhaps August have reopened and then Regal announced they've closed again because there are no movies coming out that would draw an audience.
At least since theaters have reopened he had Tenet which I was lucky enough to see last month. It has made according to Internet Movie Database $48.3 Million in the US and $323.5 million worldwide. It's making money, however, I consider that perhaps it would've made more if not for this pandemic issue we're experiencing.
This image was something I shared on fb at one time, I didn't know at the time this image were on t-shirts. This is an indication of my Star Trek fandom as this represents two characters from Star Trek: The Next Generation. We have Data a good android on the left and then we have his evil "twin brother" Lore on the right. We had so few episodes of this series with both of them, and unfortunately Lore was deactivated and disassembled in the last season of The Next Generation.
I could let you know of Data's fate, but you'll have to watch Star Trek Picard on CBS All-Access.
Also Trust data, not lore should be a slogan for everyday life in anything that you do or consume in your life. Yes I mean the information you take in!
[VIDEO] Well let me not waste your time if you're not watching this video in full. The expectation for a while has been that Triple H & his wife Stephanie McMahon would one take over where Vincent K. McMahon left off. Though I expect it will be a long time off before that happens since WWE is Vince's baby and the only way he goes away is when he's not able to run it any longer.
Of course as I see in many videos about this particular subject, there is some palace intrigue noted here. Earlier this year Triple H had been demoted reportedly from whatever role he already has. Triple H's main focus has been on NXT for the most part. It was even said in this vid that the relationship between H and Vince is often complicated.
Another wrinkle to this is Shane McMahon. McMahon took a break from WWE after 2010 to take advantage of other opportunities returned to the company in 2015. He was the storyline commissioner for SmackDown was removed from TV when SmackDown moved to FOX. He recently returned for Raw Underground although those segments haven't been seen on Monday Nite Raw for two weeks straight now.
Either way it has been mentioned that there were some expectations for Shane-O-Mac to take over creative for Raw to ease the workload of one Bruce Prichard whos overseeing the creative for both Raw and SmackDown. So who knows if Shane McMahon is successful in improving Raw's ratings he might have a case for being part of the future of WWE.
However, we can only speculate at this point what happens when Vince leaves the scene since I do believe that is a long time off.
[VIDEO] If you haven't checked out the webcam from Ft. Madison just across the state line from Illinois via Virtual Railfan you should check them out.
I've only passed through this town a handful of times going to Los Angeles via Amtrak which passes through daily with service on the Southwest Chief. You will see this train regularly as it heads towards it's Amtrak depot past what looks like an old Army fort, a decommissioned Santa Fe steam locomotive, and an old railroad depot trains would pass by.
Also you can't beat the scene of the Mississippi River streaming by. You might occasionally see the bridge part to accommodate river traffic from time to time.
BTW, I do have to note that due to this coronavirus pandemic the schedule for the Southwest Chief will change from daily to three days weekly. It's expected to happen on October 12, 2020 and some trains are already affected starting this month. As far as the Chief train #3 will depart from Chicago Monday, Thursday, and Saturday & train #4 will depart from Los Angeles Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
I typically watch the railcams for Amtrak trains especially cams where you will see the Southwest Chief. I've commemorated my two trips on that train via my Railcam page on my main blog. However, you can continue to watch any rail traffic through Ft. Madison, IA as I shared this stream on this blog over the summer when it was first available on YouTube
[VIDEO] The star of the latest NXT TakeOver was the Capitol Wrestling Center which is located at WWE's Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. I did some cursory research on this as I watched last nite's event on the WWE Network.
Before the broadcast commenced there was some archived footage of 1950s wrestling especially what was produced by the preceding companies of WWE. Capitol Wrestling Center is in fact named for the predecessor company of WWE the Capitol Wrestling Corporation utilizing the graphics that was that company's logo.
We see references to Vince K. McMahon's father Vince J. McMahon. A letter written on Capitol Wrestling Corporation letterhead. We see a reference to *gasp* professional wrestling - and allow me to state NXT is really the property of Triple H who is the husband to Vince McMahon's daughter Stephanie however WWE is Vince's company and he wants his product to be not pro-wrestling but sports entertainment.
Either way, I'm sort of glad of the set up they created at the Performance Center. Once the pandemic was in full force WWE was forced to take it's programming out of the arenas onto a WWE owned property. WWE isn't generally known for that, but as we know this is new territory.
At first there were no spectators. As you recall there was no audience for WrestleMania this year. Eventually as an audience you would have trainees at the Performance Center - well the PC is actually a wrestling school after all - sometimes fans however coronavirus reared it's ugly face there. From the PC the WWE moved to the Amway Center in Orland where LCD screens represents fans showing their faces and sometimes weird pictures occasionally of other wrestlers to enhance the arena look which was missing for the last few months.
And now we have NXT's answer, the Capitol Wrestling Center. As I understand it Full Sail University where NXT normally broadcasts their weekly programs were skiddish about allowing fans on their campus. WWE moved TakeOver to the PC and it appears the CWC will be the home for NXT from this point forward.
As per usual, here's hoping the world begins to return to normal and fans can attend wrestling shows in the near future. I still can't wait to go to my first WrestleMania...
Oh, I almost forgot! Perhaps in anticipation of this move WWE began renovations of the Performance Center to created the Capitol Wrestling venue for NXT. I do wonder if this is the same closed set that WWE Raw & SmackDown and PPV were filmed at least before those renovations. I look forward to see more of this venue in the future on NXT.
