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9283 – Sun

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cranky – I’m a sensitive / moody boy today –

slept a lot

watched finale of the office – nice closer.

played with newton and pye – frog on a string, mostly

I was more cranky – discovered that it’s primarily due to fears about health – back issues and surgery, especially. BHK helps me figure out why.

showered

went to mexico for dinner

wal-mart for after – got a happy, friendly galactus & human torch,(on discount, no less) bhk got a bubble baton

also – green and yellow t-shirts, socks, animal crackers, kitty litter.

came home

relaxed and watched our last psych – first season long missing tim curry / american idol episode

watched the soup

watched fruit carving

went to bedski, not cranky now.


1 year ago – follow-up interview at IANA, fixing linkedin to meet then-current info

2 years ago – walnut gold-trading babies, house guest plans, bro to court, get crank radio-light, scooby guests,

3 years ago – wep key cracking, chico crime, martial arts and felt, sentences, RR fixit, Sweet Strawberry Jam!, stopped someone from doing something stupid and permanent.

4 years ago – Bro crap (status remains the same), vaseline, singing science, speak & spell, moved to madcow

5 years ago – Skull dream, Scooby-doo fun & book henge in There, Ghetto Fries?

6 years ago – Pam got bell’s Palsy that lasted for a bit. Ann and Bob have adisagreement. Beans. Gummi Bears vs. Fingerprint Sensors, Charlie’s LJ mentioned

7 years ago – connubial, cadaverine, flamingos pink because they eat shrimp, tension thinking

8 years ago – Journal will be born in 1 dayGeotarget

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9276 – bloody, floody monday.

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Power went out last night at about midnight or thereabouts… my CPAP shut down, so I had a lovely night of snoring over poor BHK’s shoulder.

Showered and shaved in the rainy dawn-dark this morning – fortunately, I had a company polo shirt to wear, since the iron doesn’t work sans juice, either.

I wonder how the Old Order Amish feel when they hear that the “English” (non-Amish) are fretting about not having any electricity?

Worse than the lack of power was the severe flooding and high winds.

Statement as of 6:39 AM EDT on May 12, 2008


… Flood Watch remains in effect until 2 PM EDT this afternoon…

* expect moderate to heavy rain to continue through the early
morning hours. Rain will taper off from the southwest to
northeast in the afternoon. An additional one to two inches of
rain is possible.

* The heavy rain will cause streams and creeks to overflow their
banks. Also… urban areas prone to poor drainage will be
susceptible to flooding. As the water works its way into the
rivers… river flooding will be possible in the upper Potomac
and Shenandoah basins.



Now – power is back on at the house, and no more flood warning for Calvert County.

After work, went to the back doctor – much more fruitful response this time. getting my epidural, physical therapy and etc… hopefully a bit more productive than “no hope blah blah” from last one. I get my epi in about a week, a flexion exercise program, ultrasound, electrical stim, and massage.

Saw Aardvark’s Tara in her other work duds at Panera… she cleans up well! BHK and she gabbed a bit – the 2nd store is now closed primarily due to crooked employees making off with merch. Upside, that’s more time for them to be social.. maybe we’ll hang with them sometime soon! The Lusby store rocks the party that much more, too.


Ah, Virginia. You never let me down with the custom plates.


No relation to the flooding post, prior.

Two books for me to investigate library-wise. We saw ’em at the bookstore last week, and I think they’ll be better as temporary reads rather than permanent additions to our collection. I may change my mind after reading ’em.
books to investigate at the library

books to investigate at the library

Don’t Throw It Out, and Monster 1959.


1 year ago – clematis and tigger pics, chris hijacks bhk, saturday car pics

2 years ago – poofy newt pic, plans for sept, new monkey species, score as beast

3 years ago – Bro drama, Kidz Bop doing “Since U Been Gone”, Regressive Imagery Analysis, movie meme, chimp paintings on auction, Oscar Wilde on Journals, RID analysis

4 years ago – got a new pda, payphones vanishing, invisible landlord, bro house arrest

5 years ago – PT, PI snooping about tom, cream soda, bro caught with mike & other craziness

6 years ago – Mom’s day Breakfast, dsl breaks, quality time with SA, poem

7 years ago – New Star trek series, freedom fighting fiction, DNA passes, hot shower and walkies. (glowfilter)Geotarget



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9269 – Monday

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Happy Cinco de Mayo! see last year’s entry for more info on the holiday. I hope we have Mexican food for supper!  [edit – BHK made Fajitas!! delicious, but my gut wasn’t happy after a suspect lunch.]

Unrelated to my feelings on Mexican food – After Saturday’s little tummy trouble, BHK and I are considering a “best public potties in SOMD” site, unless something like that is already available. For the record – The Giant supermarket in Lusby has potties that are *very* clean and easy to access.

Hm, a quick google search brought up this. (with this being the Maryland section – no Lusby… I tried to add it and the page hung. I’ll try again from a non-phone browser when I get home from my commute.)

Picture from said commute – It looks more monday-ish than it feels.

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I prefer the doodle further below.


I can’t believe I’ve been playing FPS games for over 20 years. My first multi-player LAN party experience was MIDI Maze at Sun Atari ’87, where I gunned Tom Hudson down repeatedly as an orange smiley face. (remembrance due to Wolfenstein 3D being released 16 years ago today.)

First solo FPS on the PC for me was Rise of The Triad – given to me by Kevin, Christmas of ’95, after playing the freeware beforehand, and we played Unreal Tournament in ’99 as the first regularly played FPS LAN game for about a decade after MIDI Maze.

I still have trouble with the translocator, 9 years later.

Never say “hopeless”. My prior back doctor could use a copy of this article. Thankfully, he will be retiring in the next year.


Well, officially back to the goatee – It does feel a lot less warm than the full beard. Last doodle made was on Saturday – I won’t have to draw the jawline for a bit, I guess! playing with the idea of colors mixing through transparencies. I forgot to make the white background transparent for the doodle, though.

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1 year ago – Cinco de mayo – extended description

2 years ago – fleet week, cinco de mayo, network neutrality, kitten & rooster, mega m&ms, options, friday 5, dr who, prisoner, lj drama

3 years ago – 555, fishbone & dose pics, reference librarian scotto, oops-i did it again (30’s style), questions asked

4 years ago – not loving the phone, porno bob cut ? (it took until last month), amy’s diary, iconners, cookies, Florida state rock

5 years ago – ortho, There-folks giving me cool virtual clothes, WMD, star wars kid

6 years ago – I’m a sexy cusser, pop vs soda, digger mole, puppyfrog, maps, bad show, verisign, a date with destiny that was doomedCinco de Mayo, panda killer, Man Imprisoned 30 Years for Crime FBI knew he Didn’t Commit, other evil news, what’s your sign poll (Gemini won again!), C&I nightmare, smart sweater

7 years ago – Cinco de Mayo, panda killer, Man Imprisoned 30 Years for Crime FBI knew he Didn’t Commit, other evil news, what’s your sign poll (Gemini won again!), C&I nightmare, smart sweaterGeotarget

 

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9258 – Tuesday

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Back is feeling much better today. Not great, but only a low-level ache and tightness at the moment. The pills best used before bed as they make me sleepy and thus not suitable for work or any sharp thought-based activity during the day.

Still haven’t heard from brother since he was released from jail. I imagine that no news is good news…. I think I’ll call him tonight, though.

Yesterday afternoon while I was taking care of some issues, BHK ran to the nursery and picked up some veggies for us – Flowers : Ranunculus (look mostly like the Heart of Gold ), Some Red Cat Tails, a dozen ears of corn, and a big bag of zucchini. Local food for supper the next few days!

Also after work, BHK and I went to see The Forbidden Kingdom. I’d say that we both liked it – the settings and fight choreography were lovely, but I would really have loved to see what they’d have done in the 80’s, when they were both at physical prime. It was also a bit too… American, I guess. The bookends of “bullies chase kid with no ‘fu”, to “kid, now trained, defeats bullies” weakened the picture a bit. Overall, I was more than pleased, but it wasn’t as fantastic as I’d have hoped. Not in the same league as othe rcurrent wire fu flicks, but seeing Li and Chan together was pretty nifty… Plus, The Monkey King!

After the movie’s popcorn, we were ready for some serious supper time, and headed to Red Robin… we were seated between an old man who had a fragrance of tomato soup in a baby diaper and an adorable down’s syndrome baby.

That was ok, save for the distracting scent… but after waiting for about 10 minutes without seeing a server, I took it as a sign of possible things to come, and we left.

We made a beeline for Cheeburger2 and were seated immediately… placed our order, and chitty-chatted. The Trivial Pursuit cards at the table were ones we’d already done before, but that’s the risk we take by going there so often. Our server was seemingly inexperienced at her job… a little while after we placed our order, she came back to tell us that they were all out of veggie burgers. Apparently, neither BHK or I were slotted for the meal we were looking for tonight. We got ready to go, and the girl pleaded with us to stay – free milkshakes were offered. (Reasonable, since they were already made, waiting for our non-present main course to come to us.) We said that it was ok, but she begged us to stick around while she got her boss to make things right. Bogdan was there, acting as manager… we really can’t say no to him. He’s been our burger buddy since I first moved here, and BHK has known him longer than that. He gave us some other options, which worked out fine. I got a grilled portobello sammich and BHK did a cow-burger, both had the same toppings and treatment we wanted on the veggie-burgers.

The shakes were tasty, though not as thick, since they had time to melt while we waited… I got a chocolate mint (not as good as chocolate cherry), and BHK had a standard ol’ fashioned chocolate malt.

We made it home at about 9ish, BHK checked her email while I played a little TF2 (polishing my Heavy and Demoman skills) and Counterstrike.

Naughty Newt wouldn’t let BHK’s water alone… first he stuck his face close to it, and sneezed into the surface…. insuring that BHK wouldn’t be drinking any. With that, he lapped the contents until he wasn’t comfortable sticking his face inside the cup… so he put a paw in and pulled it over to drink from the puddle. BHK didn’t know that he’s fond of that little procedure. I guess she knows now. We went to bed shortly thereafter… reading turned swiftly to sleep.

Explicit name, originally uploaded by louistib.


Best thing about Gordon Ramsay is his insult factor. calling someone a doughnut, a pelican and a donkey.

I’m surely going to call someone a “silly pelican” sometime soon.


This morning, I remember a dream of disease outbreak – lots of panic – BHK and I were separated, don’t know where the cats went.

I was put on a bus to Schenectady (why Schenectady?), with one small carry-on bag. I was forbidden to bring any money, books, cell phone / electronics or shoes, with the understanding that I’d be subject to robbery and worse if I did so. I don’t remember what I did pack.. clothes and toiletries of some sort. I specifically recall bringing a roll of toilet paper and some pens and pencils. There was considerable fear and panic on the bus, but it wasn’t overcrowded. I had my own seat, and behind me was the skinny guy from The Big Bang Theory.

The skinny guy and I talked for a bit… more like he spoke and I tossed in a comment here and there in support of what he was saying. I don’t recall the exact nature of the conversation but there were certainly aspects of survival involved – something about safe water and how to make a solar oven was part of it. I was thirsty, and did not pack any water – there was a screeching or whooshing of air in my ears as we drove to our destination. Actor guy moved from the chair behind to sit next to me as there were two other fellows on his bench, pushing and shoving each other aggressively.

After our talk, skinny guy showed me that he was wearing an earring shaped like two horseshoes that were open, but closed enough that the second didn’t fall from the first. the beads were black. He took it out and stuck it in my ear, piercing it when he did… and put in another one back in his own ear… the only difference was that his now had gray beads instead. He said that it was protection for the area ahead, and also gave me a compass and a powerful magnet (that didn’t affect the compass, somehow) as a way to thank me because I wasn’t annoying. The men behind us had been listening wanted thier own, but he refused. “Sorry – you were annoying me. Anyway, I don’t have any more.” and then was killed – I couldn’t help him because I was back on the bus again, and he was in the parking lot, left far behind, shrieking as the two men tore him to pieces. I guess one of the men got the earring he had.

We stopped in Montana (must’ve been the long way, since we were going to NY from MD), where men in gas masks and carrying clipboards came on and took us outside one by one. We were lined up, and then everyone n the bus was killed except for me – deemed contagious, I suppose.

I was given food and water, and then told to walk from there. A broad expanse of grassy hills and green trees were ahead of me, with no path to be seen… but I walked, a deep sense of sadness hitting me with every step. I noted that the land was stunning, but empty without BHK and the boys with me… I began to wonder if I’d ever see them again- if somehow I’d been tricked and that this was a way of putting me in isolation.

I pulled a walking stick from a nearby branch and hit each tree, hoping to knock unseen fruit and to let nearby wildlife know I was coming… for whatever reason, I thought there were mountain lions in the woods.

Then I woke up to the alarm clock playing BHK’s IPOD, and I was snuggled in with her, the boys on the bed as well. So that’s a happy ending, anyhow.


1 year ago – garden work / computer work, one word meme, shorpy

2 year ago – rough day, socialist apes

3 years ago – droopy dan, mlm scam, petroglyphs, wifi via airship, science fiction, local graffiti pics, newt on kittenbreak and kittenwar

4 years ago – Team Laser Explosion Secret Fan club, Eels, ADP sassmouth, php nuke is el-sucko

5 years ago – Travel plans, work, finn’s karma, Saw Murray

6 years ago – May Day Coming, Snuggles Newt, Super power, Chupa Blabs

7 years ago– web poll, dj poll, bit o’ fiction, My pet Skeleton, naughty news – lots of breasts, a bunghole, creed and a mime, mum.org letter for menstrualhutGeotarget

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9256 – sunday

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In considerable pain today, the ol’ back is acting up, and meds are making me sleepy, but not soothing much… possible making me more irritable, as well. I’m glad tomorrow at work will have the bulk of senior staff off site, depending on my mood. I suspect some of the fresh pain might be due to the changing weather… lots of rain tonight and last.

BHK took great care of me today – we watched Sweeney Todd over leftover cabbage soup and toasted cheese bagels (bhk opted for leftover Mexican food), prior to that, we did a little pre-planting of our garden – seeds of broccoli, bell pepper, zucchini and pumpkin are in small covered racks under our bench in the living room… hopefully away from prying kitty paws.

Last night’s episode of SNL noted some pretty glaring aspects of Greased Lightning (click link at own risk) – look up the lyrics to it, if you’re wondering why so few schools perform it.

BHK is making some surprise supper… smells good, but I have no idea what it is yet. [Update – it was veggie brats, kraut and green peppers! victory is mine!]

Closed the night watching a special on Pixar – how they got started, Disney issues, etc… pretty good! I knew the bulk of the tale, but it was interesting to see clips of the animations and add faces to the names I knew. BHK pointed out that Brad Bird does look a lot like the bad guy in the Incredibles – I doubt that was a coincidence.

We missed Maryland day on Saturday… so much for one of 50,000 cupcakes ! I bet Adam had a grand time, though.

Random silver spring pictures from the pda – I should’ve used this on the get-together!

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1 year ago – silver surfer pics, hot fuzz good, cheeseburger cheeseburger, wtf psp, highland festival, fabfeaux,

2 years ago – mother’s day turtles, 2nd life, weeki watchee, newtcam advert, fox on a trampoline, 4 things, poem for me, (8324)

3 years ago – time machine desires, sun and moon, shatner video, famous last words,cute icon, Rosie O’Donnell & Andie MacDowell together in a TV show(urk), I talk to Kenny Rogers, palm doodle, tattered flag, dreadlocktopknot, bus pics, brain meme, Lake City was the Promised Land, (7334)

4 years ago – vanity, knotts kids, memory meme (6625)

5 years ago – free ice cream, X-men promotion, new nickel, Tron 2.0, corpse teeth in new dentures, juliabee research tree

6 years ago – cracking corn, cannibal science, subliminal ads don’t work, Russians doing laundry, seafood fest, mall of the dead origin photo, be a superhero, bottomless pit, learning through disagreement, Grand Funk Railroad

7 years ago – big bug, Freedom city story chunks, acknowledgment of an R-rating, net issues, car memeGeotargetVisitor Map


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9253 -Thurs

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Lovely day today.

Lots of gypsy moth and / or tent caterpillar nests in the crooks of trees around here. Seeing birds and moths in flight through the early morning fog is something magical, if you’ll excuse the lack of a less cliched expression, dear journal. I really dislike defoliation, but watching moths and butterflies flit around makes me happy. The first date I had with BHK, we saw a luna moth in the parking lot of Mama Lucias, and we were both captivated by it. Now of course, it’s doing advertising for a sleep aid.

Believe it or not, I’m a very quiet cricket, too.

Tomorrow will be my 18 month (I just spelled it moth… on the brain) wedding anniversary. Good stuff! only 33 more of those until our 50 year mark!

Goal at the doc today was muscle relaxers or a cortisone shot, maybe an appointment with a physical therapist? I don’t want to take narcotics for this, or only in an emergency.

Results were pretty positive – found a potentially good resource for physical therapy, and a few non-dopey pain fixers. I’m going to do more research on the different drugs before taking them this weekend.

After the doc, we went to Ledo’s – BHK got a cookin’ break. Yummy, but not as good as her stuff.


Memetime –

haiku2 products –

my doom patrol and
gp’s more oddball games were as
serious as war

on my lack of knee
room in some teriyaki sauce
bleeder likes my eyes

school loan interest
i guess i shouldn’t feel too
bad for a monday

that i’d made a cheese
ball and chef boyardee pizza that
was not his to make

old fiddle player
and old fiddle player and
old fiddle player


A month after the beta dropped, Linux distro Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron is officially out. Besides running GNOME 2.22 and Firefox 3 Beta 5, a big new feature is Wubi support, which’ll let Ubuntu live on the same partition as Windows and makes it easy to uninstall if you want to retreat back into Microsoft’s bosom. If you’re Li-curious, now’s a good time to try. The site’s getting hammered so torrent might be your best bet.


Is it vain wonder if people I haven’t seen in years ever think of me? Not even friends or people I knew really well… but random classmates, ex-coworkers, etc. I sometimes contemplate my effects on people long after I’ve gone. There are any number of folks who don’t know me from Adam that have caused changes in the way I think or react to things.


More random spam journals adding me – I wonder what is causing it? Is it the time of year? Same thing happened a year ago. ban_set is still my best friend when it comes to dealing with them – far more expedient than dealing with lj-abuse team. I suspect it’s a side-effect of the number of google hits the journal gets… ad folks trying to get some free hits.


Assorted doodles done recently on the palm, usually on the bus, or at the stop in the morning.

From the night we missed the scarlet pimpernel. I still think of the Daffy duck version whenever I hear the title.
I had a lot on my mind that day… supposed to represent swirling colors that remain discrete, but it looks pretty static.
A scribble made while waiting for the bus. Not jacket weather anymore, but not sweating in shirtsleeves yet, either.
From yesterday. The color doesn’t do justice to her hair’s brighness, nor does the balloon properly exhibit her boomingly loud voice.


Ah, Almost Friday.


1 year ago – Family Icon introduced, palm doodle of a crab and pollen, maryland links, concert people observed, odd spam, new AV guy, deerfield lien, awesome difference between calvert and broward counties.

2 years ago – dr who, alabam, perm press, botswana rain, open dir, dionysus, ain’t misbehavin’, letter meme

3 years ago – anarchy online, internal monologue quiet, h-words, walkabout piccies, step into history, exploding toads, brain games

4 years ago – phone off the hook, hell froze over, pina colada almond joy, saw the hippies at a Wiggles-mania, walkabout pics

5 years ago – chupacabra, dreams, geoblog

6 years ago – bro, robomop, smurf-coloring,victim’s rights amendment

7 years ago – good css, zuba pants, reds are cool, mushyGeotarget

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9193 – Thursday.

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50 things I’ve done meme continues with item 33. I…

33. I did not punch a doctor in the face yesterday, despite his smarmy, holier than thou attitude, poor consult practice, shit-eating grin and “you could beat me up just by sitting on me” comment. If I were a less in control sort of guy, I’d have ripped his spine out via his neck, reversed it, and shoved it back into him rectally.

Adrenaline-removed details below.

Dr. D really took quite a lot of wind from my sails yesterday regarding my back. I’m more than a little disappointed and dismayed, but I am happy that a fix is available, contrary to my prior concerns that I have no options.

The short form – I have gained back much of my former lost weight – I’m at 364 lbs. Pulse 82, BP 148 / 88 (far higher than my usual 120/80)

BMI is 42, according to my height vs weight, which is in the very [edit: morbidly] obese category – I obviously need to get back on the stick, health-wise. (some shortcomings of this reference)

His bedside manner was lacking in the extreme – said that I was in a lot of trouble, that my spine has some severe damage that needs to be repaired and the rub is I have too much mass to properly operate on me… he can’t get down past all of the tissue, (both fat and muscle) to take care of it.

I won’t go into his overly condescending talk about weight loss, but the bottom line is that he feels that he can’t work on me now… but he’d prefer that I come back to him in a year after I’ve lost about 100 lbs – then he thinks that he can repair the damage to my spine and fix the nerve short-circuit in my leg. Meanwhile, I’m going to have to suck it up, and just deal with the pain and numbness issues a bit longer… I don’t mind getting on a healthy diet and workout regimen.. it’s just a shame that his idea of finding a good one is “pick up a magazine” – rather than guiding me to a trainer and / or dietitian as I’d asked.

So, part of my journal is going to be recording and tracking my weight / workouts again – I’m going to resume my points-based WW program on the palmtop, and we’ll see if I can get myself into fighting trim at a reasonable and healthy rate.

I will continue to see that doctor until I find a better one – but meanwhile I’m just happy that there is a chance for repair in the future. I’m disappointed that I still haven’t gotten a cortisone shot, but there is a chance of one next visit to my general prac.

After much stress at the Doc’s, we swung by the local Games Workshop store (right across the street). It was odd to see a store devoted to just mini wargaming, specifically warhammer fantasy, warhamer 40k and lord of the rings miniatures. Apparently the Glen Burnie site is the USA headquarters for the Games Workshop with dozens tables of goodies set up for play. I was surprised to see the one in Annapolis hopping with people – mid-afternoon on a Wednesday… I’d figure everyone that would want to get in on it would be at work or school. I was impressed by the quality of the paint jobs on the armies… a lot of labor of love going on there. BHK and I both really dug the red and yellow lizard men.

We picked up a very late lunch at Lemongrass Too – it was excellent as usual. More tofu with peanut/curry vibe and spicy-sweet green beans.

We were going to check out Be Kind, Rewind – but it was too late. The only showings at the Bowtie were at 3:30 (missed it) and 9:30 (not on a school night!) – So, while we were in the plaza, BHK shoe shopped – she really liked the keen ones… Timberline, venturea, and malibu styles. note to self for future presents!

On our way out of Annapolis we did discovered the ATW man got gussied up for St. Patty’s Day (pictures to follow)… and he also has a myspace page ! Lots of pictures that I didn’t have of his past exploits – we went inside ATW and got a floor mat… the reciept mentions where to locate him on the web. I’ve added him as a friend, but he hasn’t reciprocated yet.

Dinner was boiled eggs, salad, and leftover veggie taco “meat”. good stuff, solid for the end of the day.

As for today – went to work, worked, got on the bus, headed home, wrote a long entry on the ol’ PDA.

BHK made some amazingly tasty split pea soup, with chick peas, carrots and cabbage. Lovely for St. Patty’s.

Point budget is 35, using the weight watchers points system. I still can’t abide weigh-ins and meetings, but the plan has worked for me in the past. Monitoring using the wwcalc program on the palm.

I’ll export the results here in the future.

I can bank a few points for the weekend, where I’m pretty sure I’ll go over when we dine out.

Misc health info –

10 minute brisk walk to the bus, light level. not worth any points, really.
10 cups water – just healthy.

Researched utility of using company gym during lunch – distinct possibility. 3 bikes, a treadmill and some free weights that might do the trick.
Bring gym clothes, allot 20 min for lunch, 20 for workout, 20 for changing/shower.

1 year ago – wrongly accused have to pay back rent for jail time

2 years ago – sunday walkies, path and pics

3 years ago – calle ocho, aroo, writing, chronic, tulips, mummified head of Mata Hari,Idahos mugshots, Girl Scout cookies remind me of Katt and Wendy, Monkeyhot or not, fonts, cool tools, Yu-Gi-Oh! suicide

4 years ago – CoH, Batroc, Bro, uncles, crazy yarn, comic styles, DP reboot (dang Byrne), dance cyclopedia, people as mexican food (metaphor)

5 years ago – Nordis = el sucko, LAN setup, Bellsouth, Lovely gifits from Dani, palm update

6 years ago – Applelard’s BDAY!, the moon, cadbury craving, dead website linkies,bilhicks, hairball poll, skijump, silly supers, network names

7 years ago – sweet dreams, evil news, why blowing up buddha isn’t so badGeotarget

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9192 – Wednesday

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Back doctor time, this morning. I’m concerned about surgery – hope that I get a cortisone shot to help me out. I confess that I am rather fearful – More to follow after I return.

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Nighttime photos at Jackson’s Neverland Ranch. cool and creepy. best seen large.

7 dirtiest jobs in IT. – I don’t know anyone in the industry that hasn’t to touch on at least elements of all of these.

1 year ago – wachovia, chipotle, pictures out birding, BHK’s potato soup

2 years ago – justice and friendship, walkabout, thai, @ sushi, dabble db, open office, human ton & handy, 5 love languages, newt installs counterstrike

3 years ago – net down, simile, super-poots, a little about myself, dmw

4 years ago – newt pic, alton brown ok, cliches, The author of California’s anti-gay marriage law? His son just got married. To a guy.

5 years ago – spam, barbed wire, slow walk, stinky bus, spring break starting

6 years ago – news articles from 1902, poem tag linked to me, Scott name confusion, cool databases

7 years ago – Big Bird Song, cell phone jamming / scanning modes, a good day, “feet and blisters, web”Geotarget

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#6237 palm cartoon, haiku

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From the palm, I chase after Sauron on my walker. (drawn in the waiting room at the doctor’s this morning)

Scotto walker.Eye of Sauron

Haiku to celebrate –

Movin’ Right along
Sauron’s Eye of Evil Laughs
He owes me five bucks.

During my nap earlier, I dreamt my sweetie was wearing an eye-patch and kissing me like crazy. Works for me! I didn’t find the eye-patch unusual at the time… I feel it was just costuming.

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#6231 Hospital costs, brother resolution, lj scam.

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Bro’s was fined $50 after pleading no contest… woke me up from my lovely nap, too. Still raining something fierce. I woke up with the phrase “bulletproof martyr” in my mind…not sure where I know the phrase. (or if it’s some last minute mental swirl). Danny’s got a really bad sinus infection… he’s on antibiotics, and suffering from a lot of yuck.

Got my bill back from the hospital. Itemized list

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#6226 staple pic, cheshire cat

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Talked to the brother, and it looks like he likes his new job well enough to stay with it, until he finds one he’s more interested in.

Back is mending reasonably well. (cut to spare those who don’t like staples or cuts or ick.) Portions have filled all the way to the top already. I figure the staples are totally ready to be removed. I’m a pretty fast healer.

Looks a bit like a zipper.

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They brought a 3-step commode over today.. um.. I’m using the regular john, just fine, and you’re only a week late, guys. I accepted it, but am not sure about where I’ll put the thing.

Hair-nurse still hasn’t arrived, was supposed to come by this morning.

I swear, this insurance company will deliver a coffin a month after a scheduled burial… It’s all been too little, too late. Liberty Mutual, I weep for your clients. I cannot advise strongly enough about leaving that group, if they’re your provider.

I’ve been getting calls today from a “Sapphire Group” in Tampa that found my resume (from February-ish) and is wanting to interview me. Very interesting. I’ll talk with them on the phone more later, out of courtesy, but I suspect odds to be slim on my wanting to head up there right now. It’d take a really powerful offer to lure me from ACIM and Ft Laud… plus, I’m still in mending mode.

Blotter Acid Art

Two Zombies Later – Strange and Unusual Music form the Exotica Mailing list Very cool stuff. I’m going to grab it all. Bongo Avenger is pretty darn groovy. (CD 1, Track 2)

Eye placement in 500 years of portraits.

Time Tales –is a collection of found photographs. found at flea-markets, thrift-shops, some are scooped up from streets and alleyways, fallen from an overstuffed bag or torn pocket. others turn up in a cabinet’s hidden compartment, found while wandering the rooms of an abandoned house. now the photos exist by themselves, lost in time. time tales does not want to reveal their mysteries. time tales asks to be the new home for lost photos, a resting place, for the nameless and the lost.

Lombergar – Some very good, bizarre digital art.

Ambient Orb slowly transitions between thousands of colors to show changes in the weather, the health of your stock portfolio, or if your boss or kid is on instant messenger FAQ

Bitrex! The Bitterest substance known. “The first use of Bitrex simply as a taste aversive was in a cream to prevent tail-biting in pigs.”

Nicole Tran Ba Vang – pseudo-skin art, nsfw, but very interesting. nomi‘s icon is this one. (check out her latest travelogue!)

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#6219 borg parts, cat wrasslin', Dan sick, still need a hair wash

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Running my hand lightly over my bandage…I count the bumpy ridges of the staples there. Nine, equally spaced, they remind me of rings used to hold a shower curtain in place. I wonder what the clinking of them being removed would sound like in a glass ashtray…I envision the sound being similar to bullet being removed and placed in a metal tray like some sort of slow scene in the middle of an action hero’s film, being repaired in a grimy doctor’s office after crawling away from a gunfight… left for dead.

Maybe it’s more like a row of scuta… (singular scute)

The ozone in the air is making Newt bouncy and full of the wrestling-urge…his rear claws rake at my wrist while I rub his tummy. I go to take my hand away, and he grabs on with his front swabs and chomps down on my thumb using just enough pressure to keep it in place. I’m tempted to brush his teeth after wearing him out, but I think he’ll get the week off, until I can handle him more surely.

Dan has a bad case of the flu today. I hope he mends soon, and also hope that he didn’t leave flu-germs here. I really don’t want that on top of everything else.

Hair-wash nurse will return tomorrow morning.. she was ill-equipped to deal with me. If I could get in the shower, I wouldn’t need anyone to to help… the idea is that I can’t get the wound wet. She’s coming back with a basin, as I can’t bend under the sink.

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#6219 borg parts, cat wrasslin’, Dan sick, still need a hair wash

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Running my hand lightly over my bandage…I count the bumpy ridges of the staples there. Nine, equally spaced, they remind me of rings used to hold a shower curtain in place. I wonder what the clinking of them being removed would sound like in a glass ashtray…I envision the sound being similar to bullet being removed and placed in a metal tray like some sort of slow scene in the middle of an action hero’s film, being repaired in a grimy doctor’s office after crawling away from a gunfight… left for dead.

Maybe it’s more like a row of scuta… (singular scute)

The ozone in the air is making Newt bouncy and full of the wrestling-urge…his rear claws rake at my wrist while I rub his tummy. I go to take my hand away, and he grabs on with his front swabs and chomps down on my thumb using just enough pressure to keep it in place. I’m tempted to brush his teeth after wearing him out, but I think he’ll get the week off, until I can handle him more surely.

Dan has a bad case of the flu today. I hope he mends soon, and also hope that he didn’t leave flu-germs here. I really don’t want that on top of everything else.

Hair-wash nurse will return tomorrow morning.. she was ill-equipped to deal with me. If I could get in the shower, I wouldn’t need anyone to to help… the idea is that I can’t get the wound wet. She’s coming back with a basin, as I can’t bend under the sink.