Hmm.. Since I won’t make it to ultra, maybe today I’ll snoop around for colored eggs. When I was little, my parents would help the Easter Bunny out by hiding little foil-wrapped chocolate eggs all over the house… we’d have a hunt all over the indoors, and put ’em in our baskets. Dad would pretend that he could smell ’em, and later, when I was old enough , I took the role of sniffer to assist my bro in the hunt. The baskets already had a couple of jellybeans and a yummy, (but hollow) chocolate bunny, too. I was shocked the first time a friend showed me that they had a Bunny made of *SOLID* chocolate. We dyed 3 eggs each, to make an even dozen… mine would always have at least one purple one with an orange Charlie Brown zig-zag, with dots in the valleys and the inverted Vs. Another would have some sort of face, usually sort of angry. The third… wildcard. Stripes usually were part of it.

Easter is where I learned to like hard-boiled eggs with lunch… and about the only time they were anywhere near the house, because I liked scrambled eggs even more.

Flashback to here.

Biggest Easter Egg in the world

Getting into Deadbolt lately. I dig the “goth learns to play surf-rock” vibe.

Hung out with Danny yesterday… we went to a Venezuelan bakery, had a little breakfast of juice with bread stuffs, and walked the plaza a little bit afterward. We burned off the meal, and headed over to our favorite watering hole…. sat at a table and just hung out for about four hours, chitty-chatting and relaxing.

It was also nice to talk to K the other night. Just gabbing can be a good break.

Random shadows from a bike rack.. looks like a prison.

Women getting on the bus, Burnoose! / Tinkle Pig with Cell-phone Jet ( always along when I Dan-trip)

Jack Sprat and his wife waiting for the next ride in?

Bonus, Newt Action shots, leaping up and paw-stepping.

Stability results were moderately high which suggests you are relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic.

Orderliness results were moderately low which suggests you are, at times, overly flexible, improvised, and fun seeking at the expense of reliability, work ethic, and long term accomplishment.

Extraversion results were medium which suggests you are moderately talkative, outgoing, sociable and interacting.

trait snapshot:
rarely irritated, positive, tough, non phobic, fearless, likes the unknown, self reliant, high self control, confident, trusting, strong instincts, prudent, optimistic, willful, likes parties, prefers a specialized career, takes charge, altruistic, strong, high self concept, adventurous, practical, thoughtful

Heard from the GM of my old Everway group, too… (Game started on 7/30/2000 / ended on 9/24/2000 – Character Played ) He offered to do a get-together and say howdy. I’m all for it.. surprising who finds you out of the blue.

Man, times have changed since then. Back then I was renting no-nose’s studio, working and was with April.

Winners – 7 Seconds of Love (Newest Joel Veitch animation) More High-speed kitties. I like it better than “First Drink of the Day”

Octopuses Seen Walking From Predators

WASHINGTON – Octopuses, known for using camouflage to avoid predators, have been observed apparently trying to sneak away by walking on two arms while pretending to be a bunch of algae. Two kinds of octopus were seen to use different ways of walking along the sea floor, researchers were reporting in Friday’s issue of the journal Science.

The movements were discovered by Christine L. Huffard of the University of California, Berkeley, who was studying underwater video camera tapes of the animals.

Berkeley professor Robert J. Full said Huffard was studying octopus movement as part of a robotics project. He said the researchers use examples from nature in designing robots; one project is to build a soft robot.

Octopuses trying to avoid being eaten usually hold still to camouflage themselves. But by walking on two arms, these two types were able to move quickly while using their other arms to disguise themselves.

Two individuals of O. marginatus from Indonesia wrapped six arms around themselves, looking like a coconut on the sea floor. They then used the two rear arms to move backward.

In Australia, O. aculeatus was seen raising two arms above its head before lifting four more and moving backward on the two remaining arms. The researchers described it as looking like “a clump of algae tiptoeing away.”

The researchers believe the octopuses were trying to flee from predators, though they cannot be sure until they have seen more examples of the behavior.

The research was funded by the American Malacological Society and the National Science Foundation

thanks Sammy!

1 year ago – Procrastination, Henchman, search warrants/LA, booger eaters, vacuum cleaners, Brian Blessed, heroclix, zombie pinups

2 years ago – jkg, TAG, souls, Bahá’í, soul & body, leaving FMM

3 years ago – dream, dented the door with my mitt, sleepy and grumpy, how I sleep w/newt, small hands=rude, army men, Dan Bfast, lab grown meat, dali museum, secret fun spot, 2 dead celebs

4 years ago – lj bump, baby newt pic, one ring, mush, thebot, palm art, John Denver