Newt is *five* years old today! He’s still a little babyhead to me. Here’s to my favorite red-fuzzed libran quadruped.

Here are some baby pictures… it seems like it was only yesterday.

Newton pic! 2 3 4 5

See also, Newt lays the smack down on Tarpo

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American Date formatting is a pet peeve of mine… I think that “Month-Day-Year” makes the very least sense possible. I think that “Year-Month-Day” or “Day-Month-Year” is a bit more rational. Ah well… I like the metric system, too.

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The Zoomquilt – tend to like zooming out.

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Prowlies at the River

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Tiny Plaid ninjas

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I’ve found a nice condo in pompano for a decent price… I’m going to check it out later this afternoon. Wish us luck!

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The “Women in Technology meeting” was composed primarily of men. What’s up with that?

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3 things meme –

• THREE THINGS I AM WEARING RIGHT NOW – White socks, tan hair tie, my heart on my sleeve
• THREE THINGS ON MY DESK: – bottle of aleve, Newton, tiny plastic squid
• THREE THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE – be with the one I love, have long, comfortable retirement, master time and space.
• THREE GOOD WAYS TO DESCRIBE MY PERSONALITY – helpful, caring, knowledgeable
• THREE BAD THINGS ABOUT MY PERSONALITY – issues with deadlines, snap-judge too often, laziness
• THREE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MY BODY – my eyes, my height, my endorphin production.
• THREE THINGS I DON’T LIKE ABOUT MY BODY – my back’s weakness, my weight, over-honed fight or flight response.
• THREE THINGS MOST PEOPLE DON’T KNOW ABOUT ME –
• THREE THINGS I SAY THE MOST – “Urgf… good morning, Newt!”, “Be safe…. If you can’t be safe, be careful.”, “Later (word that rhymes with Later – Tater, tomater, gator, slater, etc)”
• THREE NAMES THAT I GO BY – Scotto, Oso, Big Guy
• THREE SCREEN NAMES I HAVE HAD – revscotto, biglug23, scooterpoot

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Man Mistakenly Cuts Off Penis, Dog Eats It

BUCHAREST (Reuters) – A elderly Romanian man mistook his penis for a chicken’s neck, cut it off and his dog rushed up and ate it, the state Rompres news agency said Monday.

It said 67 year-old Constantin Mocanu, from a village near the southeastern town of Galati, rushed out into his yard in his underwear to kill a noisy chicken keeping him awake at night.

“I confused it with the chicken’s neck,” Mocanu, who was admitted to the emergency hospital in Galati, was quoted as saying. “I cut it … and the dog rushed and ate it.”

Doctors said the man, who was brought in by an ambulance bleeding heavily, was now out of danger.