Monthly Archives: August 2004

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6809 – Shiggity shiggity shway.

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Hm… malam seems to have given away his lj account. I imagine someone approached him for the username, since he hasn’t updated well before he left sportsline and moved to Seattle. His old domain is empty, too.

If there’s a bustle in your hedge row… don’t be alarmed now. It’s just a spring clean for the May Queen. Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run; there’s still time to change the road you’re on.

Wes Clark’s Avocado Memories – Growing up in Burbank, California in the Sixties and Seventies.

I wish I had a record of my life growing up like this. I’m a sucker for nostalgia, especially of about the same time frame.

Back to the Future DeLoreans, with Kubrick Doc Brown & Marty

Related – Fuel Cell that Converts carbs to Electricity (Mr Fusion?) – viaSite Meter

Work has been so hectic lately… so many things to do, so few hours in the day. I’m doing my best not to work overtime, but I had a creative dream this morning broken by the thought that I have to do monthly statistics, now that it’s August…. That put me in a grump. I don’t need work stepping on creativity during non-work hours.

All I remember from the dream was that I was at the doctor, and was having some sort of procedure done to my sinuses. Some sort of underwater pressure on my head, drowning me “for my own good, to clear things out.” I guess I was too far gone for a neti pot and some antibiotics.

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6807 – riding the bus, and etc.

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Well, I changed the past again, but I had the paradox inhibitor on, so I have no idea what from, and really, what to.

Ah well.

Palm update from yesterday – 8/3/04 – bus ride to work

7:20 am – The route 1 bus’s scrolly-sign time settings are off, making it seem 2 hours later than it actually is.

Particularly bumpy ride… time to repave SE 3rd ave. It’s cool outside – the rains have suppressed the heat nicely.

12:24 pm – Morning meeting went well, met the new fund raiser… she seems nice enough, sort of reminds me of Betsy Sylvester, the girl up the street from my Boynton days.

Denny’s for lunch… veggie burger is rather expensive. i should keep some provisions in the freezer for the future.

Bro goes to court on Thursday? I wonder how he’ll do? I imagine he’ll be released, but you never know.

4:35 pm – There are a lot of well-dressed, damaged people on the bus, though not so many vagrant-types. Both mentally and / or physically broken folk. It reminds me of rt60, that goes to the methadone clinic… the price of riding the bus serving the hospital, jail, and courthouse. Not nearly so tricky a crowd on the 3:30 run.

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More shots of the “mystery creature” spotted around Maryland and North Carolina. It seems to be able to project the “blur-field” that Bigfoot-type beasties use to hide with.

The old opening to the I Dream of Jeannie TV show with the brushes on the drums and trumpets is really spiffy, though the more familiar theme is simpler to stick in my skull.

I first heard the euphemism “honking out a dirt snake” yesterday. Noted, but it’s unlikely that I’ll ever use it outside of writing dialog for a character here or there.

The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection has over 10,000 maps online. The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America maps and other cartographic materials.

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6805 – pieholes and crutches

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Well, I broke a c-note on my adsense account… we’ll see how quickly google decides to send me my check. (they have until the end of September to do it, because I rolled right on the first of august… they get 30 days from the end of any month ending with >$100.

A German company offered me another $20 to put a “sponsoren” link on my main page, too It’s small and unobtrusive… and links to text, no graphics, no pop ups and no porn. So far, my ad-links are paying about $90-100 a month on average, all told. I’m amazed… this is almost as good as what designers in there were making about six months ago. I don’t know how long it’ll last, but I’ll happily take the money until they decide to stop paying me.

I notice that all of my adsense links are for public service items today… a result of the hundred dollar hump?

With comics like these, I can’t help but vote redemopublicratican. Godzilla has my vote all over Morgan Freeman. warning, some potty-mouthage.

Elitist Meme

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6804 – Break out the Ark, it’s a cloudburst!

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Ah, now I’m happy.

I take great pleasure from tropical rainstorms… even if I get soaked to the bone waiting for a bus, the massive crashes of thunder and the perfect sedative nature of being at home with all this noise outside is perfectly restive.

I’m here, comfortably curled up with a blanket and Newt… the only thing that’d make it better would be having my sweetheart under the covers with me. (and the additional fur-kids, too.)

Counting Newts is even better than counting sheep to fall asleep.

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6804 – Break out the Ark, it's a cloudburst!

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Ah, now I’m happy.

I take great pleasure from tropical rainstorms… even if I get soaked to the bone waiting for a bus, the massive crashes of thunder and the perfect sedative nature of being at home with all this noise outside is perfectly restive.

I’m here, comfortably curled up with a blanket and Newt… the only thing that’d make it better would be having my sweetheart under the covers with me. (and the additional fur-kids, too.)

Counting Newts is even better than counting sheep to fall asleep.

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6803 – My land is a multi-colored land

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August 2, 2004

via the FDLE –

http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/press_releases/20040802_Threat_Level.html

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Tom Ridge announced today that the threat level is being raised from Elevated-“Yellow” to High-“Orange” for the financial districts of New York City and Washington D.C. There is no specific threat to Florida and the state remains at a “Yellow” or elevated level along with the rest of the country.

“Florida remains at Yellow. The public can be confident in the fact Florida has a sound domestic security strategy and protocol in place,” said Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Guy Tunnell. “However, it is important for Florida’s citizens and visitors to be vigilant while continuing with their daily activities.”

Precautions the public can take are very similar to steps residents would take for a hurricane. They include:

  • Continue with normal activities while being aware of your surroundings. Exercise caution while traveling.
  • Be alert to suspicious activity and report it to your local law enforcement agency.
  • Develop an emergency communications and disaster plan and exercise that plan.
  • Prepare a disaster supplies kit to sustain your family for three to seven days. It should include a supply of water, food, flashlight, a battery-powered radio, and a first-aid kit.

For additional information on preparing for terrorism, visit www.fdle.state.fl.us, www.ready.org, and www.FloridaDisaster.org.

For more information, contact:

Mike Stone, PIO
Division of Emergency Management
413-9883

Jill Bratina
Governor’s Press Office
488-5394

Tom Berlinger or Kristen Perezluha
FDLE Public Information Office
(850) 410-7001

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6802 – August? Where did last month run off to?

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I’ve got to remember to drop my monthly monies in the mail to the landlord. Bro’s court date is either tomorrow, or Wednesday, I forget which. I’m sure I’ll be reminded by end of day.

I can’t believe that I’ve been at my current gig for almost a year now. Serious time compression / dilation on that side of things.

Cripes… speaking of which, I have my Monday meeting today.. there goes another few hours into the john, unless I can give my update, and bug out.

I’m rather groggy… yesterday’s rainstorm put me in some sort of precipitation and cat-snuggle coma for a longer span of time that I needed to sleep. I fell into a deep slumber surrounded by the sounds of water hitting windows and roof, much rolling thunder, and Newt-purrs.

I’m really glad that the pro-wrestling trend has again retreated back into the seedy, tacky corner it came from. Now, I can cope with the wacky stuff like Luchadores and Midget Wresting (or best of all, a joining of the two), but the mainstream WWF/WWE/WWwhatever was just boring and invasive. I haven’t felt this good about something not bombarding my media since Clive Barker faded from view.

Ok, this is probably a rental, but I’d love to see a movie with thunderbirds-type puppets doing satire on the big screen, too. Team America – World Police

Fun Facts about the 5 senses

Spiffy Scarecrow game… Makes me long for Halloween.

Can’t play a particular DiVX movie? This codec pack might help (Klite is just codecs, mega is codecs plus a quicktime alternative and a realplayer alternative) it’s kept fairly up to date, so it’s worth checking back the next time a DiVX doesn’t work in the future, too.Site Meter

Current KoL stats

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6801 – Rock over New York, rock on Chicago.

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Interesting quote that applies to many blogs out here…

“You will just have to accept being addressed by a disembodied voice just as I accept the compulsion to speak out even though I am painfully aware that I am talking to an invisible, perhaps nonexistent audience.”
–Robert Shea, The Eye in the Pyramid

I wonder how much my intelligence and personality has been altered as a result of playing with mercury when I was in high school?Site Meter

How many IQ points were lost? Any added paranoia? Dementia? What aspects were opened and closed?

I won’t even venture into other chemical changes.

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