Working a bit on my current story exercise, and I’m sort of stuck. my usual method is to find a scene and spin a circle outwards from there. I keep changing the guts of the seed, though, and that is causing me to restart the process. More than a few times. I need to find a good core and stick with it, and just save the “nifty, but doesn’t fit” ideas for later stuff.

I could really go for some crinkle cut fries and a chocolate milkshake. I woke up looking for that. Odd urge for 6am. I wonder if I’m pregnant. Doubt it. I’m just a glutton, and dig the conflicting sensations of salt and sweet, hot and cold. Plus, it’s bad for me, so it’s automatically more appealing, since I’m a human.

I’m also a little congested this morning… I hope that I’m not catching my annual cold.

Just say no to a National ID card. – Fax your senators here.

Read here for more info. A national ID is a lousy security trade-off, and everyone needs to understand why.

Local ickies – livejournal leads to local unlawful sexual activity. Continue reading 7355 – Tuesday →

Random Scotto Factoid: I walked to school by myself when I was in the first and second grade.

Monday Morning meeting today… what a way to start the week. I’ve got a lot of paperwork to catch up on. The downside of working with the gov’t. I suspect that it’ll have to wait until next week, unless big boss is out of town.

Hermoso means beautiful in Spanish. Oso means bear in Spanish. Coincidence? yup.

Went to brunch with the Momster and Wilt. Not too shabby, the multi grain bread was the best part of the meal. My first time at the Bimini Boatyard, as I’d heard very mixed reviews on pricing and quality. I’d certainly go back again.

Afterward, I was drained… I slept for about 5 hours. That thumped last nights sleep slightly, but I still snoozed much of the evening away. So much for working on Story Project #1. Another use of being on call.

Aqui, tenga un poco de agua deliciosa del perro caliente!

I wonder how much a canteen full of hot dog water would sell for on eBay? If profitable, maybe even do a vegetarian version, with those morningstar doggies.

I missed Free Comic Book Day again. D’oh. I just wasn’t anywhere near a comic shop.

Cool Furniture – Animi Causa – a chair-bed-thingum made out of 120 spheres covered with elastic fabric.

Movie / TV news:

Looks like Carnivale has been canceled. I guess I can start watching it now on DVD.

I’m still not sold on Charlie & The Chocolate Factory or the Narnia movies yet.

Haven’t watched Who #7 yet, but since I’m on call tonight, I’ve got something to do while under lock and key. I still have to ship off the other eps to graypumpkin… I can slap #7 o the cd, too.

Moment of Lyric (inside my head) mp3

I heard there was a secret chord
That David played and it pleased the Lord
But you don’t really care for music, do you?
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth, the minor fall, the major lift, the baffled king composing Hallelujah

Continue reading 7353 – Monday rears up again. →

Did a criminal search for bro.. he’s not listed as absconded or locked up, so he must’ve made out ok.

The following are a series of Stongman stunts:
How to Tear a Telephone Book in Halves
How to Tear a Deck of Cards in Halves
How to Drive a Spike Through a Board or Sheet of Metal
How to Bend a Heavy Steel Spike with the Hands
How to Lift a Man Overhead with One Hand

Doing Blood today, because I missed Wednesday. It happens right in the middle of my day, so I’m going to miss Kev now. Feh.

Beast’s real mark devalued to ‘616’ – Revelation fragment Continue reading 7350 – →

NO Bro this morning or last night? I wonder where he ended up? I showered last night so that when he was going to come a-knockin’ at my door, I wouldn’ tbe mid-soap. I got worked up into a stressful ball for no good reason. Man, that kid ticks me off.

Local LJer (Joseph Pagano) got arrested on 33 counts of “unlawful sexual acts with certain minors / battery” I guess I’ll be doing a sexual predator alert on him when he gets out… if he gets out.

Good to see phillykat back in action, now she needs to enable comments!

live broadcasts of both the Coral Springs Police and Fire Department and the Broward County Police and Fire Rescue. via Coral Springs

list of 10-codes / signals if you need help following what’s going on.

Purging deleted usernames (via )

Warning: If you have a deleted LiveJournal account that’s for years been saying, “This will be deleted in 30 days” and you’ve gotten so used to it never deleting that you assumed we never will ….. we will.

Tomorrow we’ll start actually deleting deleted accounts. Warn any friends of yours that have deleted accounts that you think they might still want. (some people delete to hide their journals I hear…..)

Didn’t do anything for Cinco de Mayo – it was very stormy and wet, plus I had to stay late to get something to the DoJJ. Exporting powerpoints into word is pesky, but doable with a little fiddling.

I’m getting the urge to put a beaded braid in a lock of my hair again. Maybe one of the club girls will help me out with that, since I never seem to see the hippies anymore.

The furry turtle’s birthday party on the lily pad.

Woman Gets 20 Years for Staging Fake Death Continue reading 7349 – Potter! You’re nothing but a scurvy little spider! →

Lots of birds this morning. Mourning dove, green amazon parrots, and a woodpecker somewhere. When I leave the house, that’ll soon turn to more city sounds. Tires on pavement, wind over SUVs whooshing, and other assorted traffic sounds.

Moment of Lyric:

I don’t know how to hide,
Keep my shadow alive,
It’s easy to defend,
The logic of a friend
And I don’t know how to tell, if it’s heaven or hell
That I’ll be going to
Just as long as I’m there with you.

Fishbone pics from my crappy palm-cam. also, another dose

Added the Enzyte theme song to my webjay playlist.

The one day I don’t come into the club, Fishbone shows up! I was going to give a big Bah, humbug, but mzk hooked me up with a VIP pass to go see ’em last night for free-like at the Culture Room! I had a mighty fine time. Pics to follow later, when I have time to slip them in. The other Band, Slightly Stoopid wasn’t bad, but Fishbone was truly excellent. I’ve loved ’em since Tapeheads.

Moment of Lyric

Conflicted mindset right now, but not so much that it’s hurtful or anything. I’m sort of torn on a few things, but logically, I know the path to take. It’s just a pain in the keister that what I’d enjoy most isn’t a realistic goal right now. The monkey has to listen to the robot right now.

My hotmail was down all last night – Account Temporarily Unavailable
We apologize, but your account is temporarily unavailable. This delay does not affect the entire site or result from any problem specific with your account however the server that holds your account information is temporarily unavailable. We do not expect this delay to last much longer, so please continue to check our site for your account status.

We will do our best to make your account available as quickly as possible. We appreciate your support, and sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.

I’m glad that I stick with yahoo, and gmail!

Hunt for the MONGOLIAN DEATHWORM!

It can grow up to 1.5m (5ft), spits corrosive yellow saliva and can generate electrical blasts powerful enough to kill a camel. A team of British scientists has set out to capture the elusive monster – and they plan to wrestle it to the ground with their bare hands.

(see also – http://www.deathworm.co.uk )

Mzk suggested that I move in with Maressa. (She’s looking for a short term place.) Nopey-nope. That’s too much for me right this moment. If she had real hardship, I’d share, but I prefer to keep solo otherwise. I also brought her an awesome ebay rockabetty tiki-girl outfit. She will rock in that outfit, with a blue flower in her hair.

Music quiz results

Someone asks you 5 questions, you answer them in your journal, and then offer to interview other people… so if you want me to interview you, comment 🙂

questions from

1. How did you and Newt find each other?

A friend’s wife worked at the hospital, and someone brought in a box of very newborn kittens (3 weeks old, if that) They called me up and asked if I wanted one, and initailly, I said no thanks because I’m allergic. They couldn’t find a home for him by the end of the day, so I said that I’d foster-parent him until a more suitable one came along. After a week of feeding him every four hours with a dropper and keeping him close to me for warmth, I called back and told them to call off the parent-seach, because I’m the mamma now. I’m glad of that, because he’s the best possible buddy I’ve had over the last five-ish years. He sleeps in my bed, and hangs out wherever I go. I’m really glad that he weaned off of baby formula though, as it made his poo stink terribly.

2. Do you think altruism exists?

Absolutely. I don’t buy into that “Altruism is an illusion, people do it for themselves” crap. It isn’t all about a person’s short term or long term interests.. sometimes it’s just about helping people. It’s actually quite easy to put the needs of another person before yourself. A person is willing to run into a burning building to save an infertile person in a coma. Or give the shirt off of his back so a stranger can be warm.

I don’t much care for the argument. Probably because I view people as individuals, not as matter that wants to breed and pass itself on.

3. Why is your favorite book your favorite?

I have a lot of great books on my list. Dandilion Wine (by Ray Bradbury) is really high up there, becuse I think it’s a grewat distillation (pardon the pun) of excellent characters, nostalgia, fantasy fiction and flow. It’s viewed from a child’s eyes, and told by an adult. Probably one of the best-told tales written in the 20th century, in my opinion.

4. Do you wish life came with do-overs?

I could see them coming in handy in case of emergencies, but for the most part, no. It’d just make us lazy, and it’s just simpler to live with things as they come, and move on.

5. If you had a son, what is the one thing you would be sure to teach him?

Play straight with people. Lies and cheats may work in the short term, but in the end, you get found out, and people are slow to forgive. EVERYTHING has repercussions. Besides, it’s a lot simpler to keep your story straight if it’s the truth.

some more from eryx_uk and mootpoint Continue reading 7343 – interview meme →

Random Scotto Factoid: I’m the first son of a second son of a first son of a second son.

I don’t know for sure beyond my Great Grandfather.

I’m the first “Firstborn son” not to serve in the military in some capacity.

Something happened to my scottobear.com mail forwarding. I have a request in, but meantime, who knows where those mails echoed over Friday and Saturday. (That includes LJ-comments.) I’ve now forwarded them to my yahoo account now, so all should be good. [update- fixed! no mail lost]

Happily Avoided the Air & Sea Show by going to the club today. I found out that both Suzy and Maressa are from Columbia. I got to chitty-chat with Mzk and the gang there… stayed until shift change and went with Maressa to scope out other venues. That was a pleasant surprise, even if no venues were worth the effort. Notable, we saw a German girl in braids, hot pants and mid-shin high Doc Marten’s dance on the bar.

Costco Expands Funeral Line With Cremation Urns Continue reading 7341 – Mayday! Mayday! →