8062 – Fri-day-yay!

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I’ve said that more than a few times in my life.

I’ll refrain from pointing any fingers today, mostly because it seems like that no matter where I point, I’ll hit that situation regardless.


Computer’s video card is on backorder. What the heck. Expected a in a week or so. Cripes… at this rate, I’d just be happy to get my device back before my birthday at the top of February.


Took paperwork home with me last night, just so I could get it finished, because the office needs have been so hectic the past week or two that I can’t sit down for 90 minutes to crank out the proper thought required for the police interviews, data crunching, and etc without being bugged ever 15-20 minutes for something like “Scott, could you show me how to forward my email to someone again?” or “Burn me 20 CDs of that PowerPoint Presentation, would you?… oh, and could you customize ’em for the departments?”

Brainless, tedious stuff, but the vast majority of the folks there just don’t know how to do that sort of thing… and what’s more, they don’t want to learn how. So, I go from being an underpaid Net Admin / Webmaster / Police Liason / Child Advocate, and turn into a highly paid power user because every 4/5 people there is a technical uglato.


Listen to a brilliant version of Devo’s Mongoloid.
From WFMU’s On the Download.

My Wakeup music of the day – Hawaii Tattoo – The Waikikis (mp3) – thanks, Podsville!


Crunks ’05: The Year in Media Errors and Corrections – interesting. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad.


1 year ago – picture beliefs, cheese,

2 years ago – Dang Dick, Kindly Kahuna, and Scotto Stuff. Alliteration!

3 years ago – RFL pictures, PT Barnum, Malawi vampires, Morse code

4 years ago – Treebeard and Entwife, Met Denise & Sara @ Danny’s Party, Mai Kai, eclipse

5 years ago – Calcutta Chromosome, Got shoo as a pal, Amitav Ghosh, Saw D&D movie with Danny, and Andy running the yellow Pompano comic shack.

8061 – I’m a dramateuge. I teuge it up drama style.

GeotargetDr Who Christmas Special was pretty groovy, and I think that I like the new actor as the doc. (I was worried he’d be too much of a pretty boy. The preview for the next episode looks good, too.


Christmas at the ‘borgs in ’96. (Compare to the borgs in ’05) Cathi hasn’t aged save for longer hair, Elizabeth is a young lady rather than a tot. I’ve lost weight and some of my beard, Dave’s Gained a little weight, and Who knows where Eryn, Brian, Brian, and Bev are… Leisa’s a mommy, as is Cathi. I still have that shirt, last worn on walkabout 2 weeks ago. It’s still in great shape… amazingly comfy and durable. Only a wee bit faded.


Thursday already! Old man 2005 is going to make way for Baby 2006’s stinky diaper very soon!


I called CompUSA yesterday, and requested a progress report on my system, including an ETA on the Graphics card that was due nearly two weeks ago. After being on hold for about 15 minutes, they said that they’d call me back shortly with the answer. They never did.


ADP came by the office yesterday, all sweetness and light. She wants her job back, because she hates her new one. I really don’t see *that* happening. She and RS are semi-buds these days, now that ADP is no longer a part of the company.


The Zip+4 33441-5482 contains only 9 addresses, one of which is mine. via the awesome melissadata – found while looking for my city’s demographics. (and crime stats, weather


No 2-dimensional reality slices here… 3-dimensional truth nuggets! You’d better watch it, or I’ll be all over you like a nun sandwich.


Moment of Lyric MP3

Instrumental – It’s a great way to get up and move in the morning.


1 year ago – earache, Newtie-head, GF comparisons, Earthquake/Tsunami, Anne-whashername, another monkey with a gun, Fader eg må be om unskyldning, changing Thomas Jefferson’s rules, big show, spell check issues,

2 years ago – Barney Miller in my cereal, FFXI

3 years ago – Harpo Marx, Secert agent. Really. Hungry, Brent Memories, weird auctions, jive turkey

4 years agohow to diaper a monkey, newt meds, holiday prezzies, hoogerbrugge, midget village, shopping, eclipse.

5 years ago – noodles, sweetie showed me bejeweled, Dan stress, Jell-O flavors, snot production.

8060 – Wednesday.. back to work for 2.5 days.

GeotargetPicked up a gift for myself… rather grown-up.. two dress shirts (dark green plaid and gray plaid) , two pair of pants (sort of a blue-gray, and a charcoal gray), three pair of dress socks (black), and a new pair of shoes (Black dress sneaks). $240, and that’s on sale. It can be tough buying nice clothes for the jolly green giant. Nothing is ever truly inexpensive, though it might be made cheaply.I’d rather drop the extra $10 per item and get something that’ll survive twice as long and hang in a more flattering and comfortable way on the body.

It’s getting harder and harder to find clothes not made in China or Indonesia, and even stuff “made in the USA” is questionable, it seems.



Jim Dandy Boosh icon.

I’m the ape of the death and I don’t care
‘Cause I’m the monkey with the loverly hair
Its all fluffy and shiny too
‘Cause I got that miracle wax from Naboo

Don’t be cynical it’s a follicle miracle
I said don’t be cynical I get waxing lyrical


PantsPantsPants succeeded in re-shooting, scene for scene, and in excruciating detail, the entire opening sequences of season 1 and season 5 of the popular television show “Full House.”


1 year ago – Sammy CoH giftie, Mel Blowout, Jughead, 3s meme, pierced third nipple. on leg., Monkey with a ray gun, 7500 year old body, hours ruling re-reversed.

2 years ago – tobasco eye / Christmas party / sky view/ linkies / Syndication options

3 years ago – fakey-fake clones, detention, squatch-food, mechagodzilla

4 years ago – milk duds, Kiss me red, methadonies, bb king

5 years ago – family of man, thoughts, J-lo booty smuggler

8058 – Tuesday day off! Booyah again!

Geotargetre: the get together at mom’s place… bro was asked specifically to show up in a drug/alcohol-free state, so mom wouldn’t be embarrassed in front of Wilts’ folks. He arrived after having stopped off at the bar, looking grimy and disheveled. He mentioned that his pressure cleaning biz is taking off and showed me that he had some funds in the bank… good for him. Maybe he can pay back some of the dinero he owes the momster or me. I caught him in lies a few times during the day, including how he got there “a friend” “a bus” and if he’d been drinking.

I don’t think that I’ll be sharing me addy with him anytime soon, especially since he lied to me about being in Boynton. He declined a ride home, I suspect because he didn’t want to have to turn around and go back to Hollywood.

On the upside, Wilt, mom, Rosa, Yitzi and the rest of the guests were cool enough, and there was a ton of food. (I brought home a lot of broccoli casserole and a tin of cookies). There was an interesting blend of Portuguese, Hebrew and English conversations going on….I wish I understood more of the non-English stuff that was going on in my periphery.

I’d already received my big giftie, (the futon mattress and cover), but my sticking had some more goodies in it. A few Newt toys (I think he’s still partial to the toys he got from the Strawberry shortcake bag when Lisa/Lisa visited) and I got the usual stocking fare. Lip Balm, a new toothbrush, hand sanitizer, some chocolates, a notepad and sharpie pen.


Thanks to Sandy for the flickr pro account!


Internet Classic resurfaces for the purpose of torturing the graypumpkin. – David Hasselhoff singing Hooked on a Feeling (warning, some ads on the site not safe for work)


1 year ago – weird dream, more photo hosting quota up to 100 meg! (now 10 gig!), 1 Corinthians 13:13, windy, random lj wandering, ljviz, mexican indoor nudity ban, jack burton, psa, workday shift.

2 years ago – Surprise book giftie from Lisa, Talked to Katt very briefly on the phone, Gecko tape, how to cook a tarantula, wacky old comics

3 years ago – created a nation states community, rain, live_jounalia issues, v2 of cej-clix, quiet american

4 years ago – Newt vet, cultural comparisons, blogger hacked, guide to toddlers

5 years ago – Nukes (now at 7 minutes until midnight)

8056 – 12/26/05 bull iguana by the lake


12/26/05 bull iguana by the lake
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Green iguanas originate from the rain forests of northern Mexico to southeastern Brazil where the temperatures and humidity are high. Iguanas live in the trees and bask in the sun. They eat only vegetation: up to 50 different kinds of leaves, flowers, and fruits.

Green iguanas are egg layers. Like many turtles, the eggs are buried in the sand by the mother and once the eggs hatch, the hatchlings are on their own. They can grow up to 7 feet in length and weigh 25 pounds. With proper care, they may live 15 years or more.

8057 – 12/26/05 bull iguana by the lake


12/26/05 bull iguana by the lake
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Male iguanas develop an orange to orange-red coloring as breeding season approaches. In some iguanas, the orange color may be diffuse over the entire body. In others, the orange can be concentrated in several areas including the dewlap, spikes, body, and legs. Female iguanas can also develop this orange coloration, though it is usually less intense.

Dominant males and females often retain the orange color past the breeding season. The orange color will persist if there are other iguanas present, or even dogs, cats, and people, over whom the iguana feels dominant.

8051 – Monday day off! Booyah!

GeotargetGot some 2L wonderful holiday cheer from Herm via email… I’m really looking forward to hopping back in there. The motherboard and memoryt is back in place, just waiting on the graphics card now (which was supposed to have arrived a week or more ago)


Lo! in the middle of the wood,
The folded leaf is woo’d from out the bud
With winds upon the branch, and there
Grows green and broad, and takes no care,
Sun-steep’d at noon, and in the moon
Nightly dew-fed; and turning yellow
Falls, and floats adown the air.
Lo! sweeten’d with the summer light,
The full-juiced apple, waxing over-mellow,
Drops in a silent autumn night.
All its allotted length of days,
The flower ripens in its place,
Ripens and fades, and falls, and hath no toil,
Fast-rooted in the fruitful soil.

~ Tennyson

Newton had a great Christmas morning… I gave him a gift bag full of paper wads. He went for it pretty confidently, took a paw, turned it on its side and grabbed one, and smacked it around. I have little doubt that he’ll use the big bag as a hideout, too. I’ve got a spray bottle of “liquid catnip” but haven’t used it yet.. I was going to recharge some of his toys with it, but he’s still pretty fond of grabbing them, and raking with his rear claws, purring all the while without needing one. Newt gave me my favorite present, too, just some morning lovies.


Went to Christmas party at Cathi’s Folks… it was lovely, a beautiful study in organized chaos. I wasn’t Santa’s helper this year, Joe took the role, which was pretty awesomely done. He did a great job, and the gazillion kidlets ate it up.

Speaking of eating things up, Mama ‘borg sent me home with a pile of food. stuffed shells, Christmas cookies, cake, cauliflower salad, and muchy good cheer. Stephen and Elizabeth are so much older now, Allie and Nicole are both quite grown, too! A lot can happen to a kid in 4 years. Nicole looks like 16 or more at 14, and I can’t believe Steven’s old enough to drive now.

Mayah and her sis were running pretty wild on holiday sweets, santa excitement and general overstimulation. Dave had already gotten his fill of the insanity a bit before I arrived, but he’s very good about keeping his cool. Cathi thrives in whirlwind chaos, so it wasn’t a big thing for her.

I met Rosie at last, and she’s a sweetheart, and her son is Mayah’s “boyfriend” (they’re both 5).

I still possess the power of being a big teddy bear to the kidlets. Apparently, I’m a big, soft jungle gym for tykes to maul, which was fine by me. Allie was doting on me once I commented on how good the cookies she made were.( She was the star kid of the party, anyhow. Usually the youngest, she got a chance to shine by being the “big girl” with the littler kidlets by helping and leading without being bossy. )

Dick did a good job communicating without his robo-voice… his prosthetic allows him to cap off airflow and talk with a hoarse whisper now, rather than the cylon-voicebox he was using before. He’s had a lot carved out of him during his fight with the big C. Mouth, throat, lung, but now he’s healthy as a proverbial horse.


500+ colors (via world of stuff)


1 year ago – Mel gifts, chrismahanukwanzakah, speed up firefox, disasteroid

2 years ago – Newtie Headbutt, Work mission

3 years ago – Scottovia, bro confession to me, pepys, cat code

4 years ago – dream fragment, internal dialog comes out, satan in the olympics

5 years ago – Boxing day, word galaxy, Life/panagrams, Whitman

8049 – written on the bus

GeotargetDeerfield is a sort of buffer zone between Boca Raton (home of the golden girls and polo grounds) and Fort Lauderdale (Wealthy tourists slumming away from South Beach and 20-30something party central for those not up to the gyrations of Miami.)

Boca was my stomping grounds while at FAU and the library… my first solo apartment was a a dinky studio behind Mizner park. It was a pretty laid-back lifestyle, all told. Work at the BBCL, hang out / game with JTD (later, game with graypumpkin and the two squads; Wu’s on one day, Pam on the other.) Crushing/hanging out with Sheleah (Sheila) at Liberties, watching quantum leap at the house. Hermit crabs as pets. So broke that I couldn’t afford a telephone, let alone the internet. Gaming, school, and reading were my primary hobbies, but I dug playing a wide assortment of pirated Atari ST games when I could wrangle them from Brett. I learned Unix and a lot of CAD at that time, too. (free software and free time begot an education… who knew?)

I didn’t much mind being lower class in Boca. I knew a lot of nice people, was safe, and in relatively good health, save for when my back went out. GP & Katt helped me a great deal during that time, which is something that I really appreciate to this day. Also helpful were the Wu’s, during my homeless phase, not to mention Danny and his wife pulling my fat out of the fire, too… I get along poorly with friend’s wives, save for Katt, but she wasn’t a wife of a friend, she actually fell into he friend slot on her own… just happened to be married to another friend (I could hang out with either/or, or both at the same time, it was all good). I miss gabbing with her now and then. Though we cleared the air a few years back, conversation didn’t really resume like it did with her hubby.

A lot of things have happened in my life since then. Pompano was quite a paradigm shift. I was pretty depressed from about 6 months before GP & Katt moved west through about ’95-96. I met and hung out with the hippies, self-medicated with kind bud, drum circles and actually dancing a bit. They welcomed me and gave me a chance to reboot my brain with mushroom tea, lots of affection and camp outs. That gave me much opportunity to soften my armor and relax a bit.

The thing about Deerfield is that it’s to Boca as Pompano is to Fort Lauderdale. or, Delray’s equal to the South. I don’t know for sure yet, but I think that I might just prefer smaller towns, as long as the cool stuff is still reasonably nearby. Museums, theaters, books are all right around the bend, without as much hubbub.

When I ride the bus from Deerfield, through Pompano to Lauderdale, I feel emotional warm and cold spots. Specific regions make me happier or sadder… and one block sort of makes me feel very, very tired. I’m not sure what sets it off… time of day doesn’t seem to enter into the picture. Maybe some kind of subconscious reaction to a building or landscape? Who can say? Maybe certain feelings pool in different areas until other people pick them up or cancel them out? I’m prone to suspect that it’s more a weird Scotto thing than an “external emotion projector bombarding me” thing.

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