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9407 – Friday

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Hell of a long day at work, but BHK and I started to make her Birthday weekend roll with dinner out at Saigon Palace for dinner. We’d never been there before, so it was a bit of an adventure… Our traveler’s luck served us well this time:

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The place was pretty empty for a Friday night… food was delicious and our servers very attentive and friendly. I’ll happily go back there again and again – lots of veggie goodies to try, and the Pho will be super come colder months ahead. (I got the bird’s nest, bhk got the lemon tofu. I think she won, but mine was mighty tasty, too!)

Hopefully this puts us on a solid roll toward Birthday goodness!


Ray Bradbury is 88! Happy birthday, one time great writer, now crotchety old guy! Dandelion Wine is still my one of my all-time faves. Thanks for that… I wouldn’t have a lime-vanilla ice, otherwise.


In an online survey, 42 percent of Internet users admitted to logging into other people’s email and social networking accounts without their knowledge. The poll doesn’t ask if passwords were found, granted, or stolen — which would make for further interesting results. The write-up summarizing the results defines the respondents as part of an “educated tech-readership” and questions the ethics of logging onto someone else’s account, and whether those differ depending on the person and relationship.”


1 year ago – local pictures of a local house coming down and Larry on his riding mower, stuffed peppers, Mrs. Pollifax – Spy, Quotes, Tired

2 years ago – tweaking web page, radioactive volcanoes?, wooley imbibe, venture bros, voice post burgers

3 years ago – forgotten nightmares, laughing puppets, sickies, gov rss feeds, paycheck to paycheck, audio hidden, i loves me some waffles, music, otr, 25 food hacks, smarts

4 years ago – no dwarf dice, swap shop instead, I live in a pulp universe, walkabout pictures, froggies, gorillas in comics, email post – image host

5 years ago – ACIM invites me back, new sound card, “don’t go there” is gone, DSA, keywords, gil gerard ages, commanding my minions, publix cancels home delivery

6 years ago – run tel dat, newt playing, gaming, cow teeth, trivia cookies!

7 years ago – ichnology, phantom blot, no-so-evil news

8 years ago – Newtcam, replicating interests Geotarget

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9375 – Monday

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This morning’s Harvest – BHK plucked this beastie before I headed to work.

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picture of giant tomato from the garden!

If you enlarge the photo, or look carefully, you’ll see Tsuro, Marriage material, Canasta Caliente, Rook, Kahuna, Balloon Cup, Catan Dice, umm.. Carcassone H&G, and nibs and nabs of other part of the game shelf. Some printer cartriges and screen wipes.

Looks like I’m going on a trip to Port of Baltimore either Thursday or Friday next week! I’ll be in the field that day from 9:30ish to 2:30ish, give or take.

That’s a good thing… my port knowledge could use a little visual update – my last trip through Port Everglades was years ago.

Polished off the Tim Powers fault lines stuff I’d been meaning to read again… I may have to get back to Fluke and polish it off this week!

Big salad and a side sammich for dinner tonight… those quick pickles are lasting a long time!


I missed a veggie hot dog eating contest?!?! I bet I’d have cleaned up. (via Mr T in DC )


Forgot to mention that we pre-ordered Monty Python Fluxx, Marian Fluxx, and Pink Treehouse at Aardvark‘s. Just doing our part to keep the Looneys in business!

Gentle night tonight – I got home, we unwound and hit the sack fairly early. Until Later, dear journal!


1 year ago – abandoned italian village, doodle of me with a pyramid nose by bhk, minisodes, coloring book, girls at tennis, quiz, kitty pic

2 years ago – 8484, monet, 12 monkeys, talking with danny, walkabout pictures, crypto trivia (useful for playing hangman!), netflix goodies, I get my yoga pack from BHK, hungarian wellness mud, bus stop, sunrise

3 years ago – shots, Danny and wee free men, glowing breast implants, saturn’s radio emissions, little 12-toes, cool flying star wars ships, Teele suicides

4 years ago -thoughts on journaling, $20 recovered, retro science book covers

5 years ago – bro, woolly panda, mood scents, anti-piracy vid, alphabet meme, bubba ho-tep, visible embryo, deaths, reunified my homepage

6 years ago -Peter Gabriel bald, change the flavor of your sexual secretions, abunch of broken picture links, worh1000 coolness – Persian elephant

7 years ago -chores, Tron 2.0, tick quote

8 years ago – got invited to an everway group, palindromes, food, translations Geotarget






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Writer’s Block: Awesome Openers

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This is Tokyo. Once a city of six million people. What has happened here was caused by a force which up until a few days ago was entirely beyond the scope of Man’s imagination. Tokyo, a smoldering memorial to the unknown, an unknown which at this very moment still prevails and could at any time lash out with its terrible destruction anywhere else in the world. There were once many people here who could’ve told of what they saw… now there are only a few. My name is Steve Martin. I am a foreign correspondent for United World News. I was headed for an assignment in Cairo, when I stopped off in Tokyo for a social; but it turned out to be a visit to the living HELL of another world.

Heck, Godzilla has a lot of great bits and pieces, but the opening to the original film is pretty straightforward about what’s going to happen. Post-war, those words couldn’t help but have meaning.

If only his name wasn’t Steve Martin – but how would they have known that there would be a popular comedian by that name? Godzilla was released in 1956 – When the comic was what… 10 years old or so?

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9293 – Sunday

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0525081242.jpgLarry and I picked up the bed this morning – BHK and I napped a bit today. Feels good so far, but it is surprisingly high – maybe 6 (likely more) inches taller than the old one.

Picture, left – Larry, scrunched down a bit to magnify the “princess and the pea effect”.

Post-nap, the gang did lots of yardwork – my blueberry plant is in the ground now, as are BHK’s roses… and Chris’s tomato plants.

Closed out the day grilling hot dogs for the family – in-laws brought beans, cole slaw and buns… nice Sunny day today. We passed on the bonfire and s’mores – we were too full of dinner to move.

Instead, we watched some recorded top gear and hung out for a bit… bedtime again soon.


Current read – Gateway by Fred Pohl. Not bad thus far – got it free from the library bookmobile about a year ago… grabbed at random from queue when I realized that I’v epolished off all the ebooks on my PDA – will reload soon, but holding an actual tree-made book is nice. Funny that the paperback is older than Adam – Heck, printed in 1980 – it’s 28 years old. 1980 doesn’t seem that long ago, but I was 11 at the time.


1 year ago – lime-vanilla candles, beehive / blueberry / raspberry thoughts, music to keep an eye on, earache, plato quote, zefrank interview

2 years ago – apollo’s b’day, ask a ninja, atom ant, orange monkey hanger, godzilla mp3, singing fountain

3 years ago – bro stuff, lazy vibe, xanga murder, 3-d x-rays, sex offenders sans Viagra, church basement

4 years ago – messing with hello for pictures, blogspot for galleries, walkabout pics, How I feel about LJ politics, talked to a shoe-shine hobo, the pit, evil spirits. Got my wish for Doom Patrol on Teen Titans!

5 years ago – newtcam, lunch w/danny Teacher of the year!), Thracian Temple found, search test

6 years ago – talking with my bro about doing work as extras, played ps2, saw a raccoon, lj poetry (I miss that link.) , Apollo’s Birthday (Speaking of scrying), laundry day

7 years ago – doppelganger, Civet in perfume, Happy-Lucky Chinese Restaurant Game, Sea Monkey Update, project Gutenberg (read Two years in the forbidden city), crap about font usage, pee-banners, caption?

8 years ago – Outings solution, Newt a little sickGeotargetVisitor Map

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9272 – Thursday-

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BHK made a fantastic and healthy supper of bean/spinach salad and spicy stir-fry tofu “beef” and broccoli. Delicious and nicely filling.

Chris and Larry are heading out of town this weekend… and they’re taking Tigger with ’em. No real Mother’s Day things happening this weekend after all – maybe a nice day of painting some pottery, instead?


The latest and greatest version of VZ Navigator (4.0), which tosses in traffic avoidance for 75 cities, along with 3D view plus some other nifty stuff is live right now. (Includes Baltimore and Washington dc!)

I’m looking forward to seeing how solid it is!


I’m still on the phrase “STEAMED CATFISH IN BANANA LEAVES!”

Sorry.

More info on ITALIAN SPIDER-MAN.

Not Sorry.


I’m alternately happy and sad that LJ has finally disabled this stalker feature – Users will only view the number of entries they are allowed to read in calendar views. (Source)


Volcanoes spewing lightning? Wizard war, more like.

Speaking of same… I forget if I’ve mentioned it or not, but save for a little too much fanboy junk, I pretty much dig the Dresden files books… but I can’t seem to get into Jim Butcher’s Codex Alera “Horse and Swords” fantasy stuff.


1 year ago – saltine bandit, rockin’ sleestaks

2 years ago – mongolia head, sleep, black hat, hurricane info, battle of the beasts

3 years ago – Mother’s Day, Bro, heath, hugs, a sticker, walkies pics – graffiti, mission field, vehicles, bernie dexter, hitler’s ghost

4 years ago – Laser belt, mental health supporter, quiz of Doooooom, busy bee, nice night out, Disney tour, naked mole rap, duality issues, Newt pic

5 years ago – PT gig jkg, mr rogers asteroid, x2 good reviews, mh about half what it is today (997 vs 2196)

6 years ago – Neuro appt, my magnetic head theory, original thoughts, MRI

7 years ago – weird news, slow wake, old paranoia, bad food from my childhood, ljer herd pollGeotarget

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9224 – Friday –

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Slept in a bit this morning… vacation day!!

family sleepin' in


Our neighbor’s wife passed away the first of December, last year… BHK just found out about it midweek. We’ve invited him over for dinner next week (we initially were going to do it Wednesday, but he begged off), and are bringing him some tidbits here and there. I can’t imagine losing someone that close and having to go it alone.

Last night after work, BHK and I went to Red Robin to eat while we decided on which movie to see… we were torn between two critically paned stinkers – 10,000 BC and Superhero Movie. We consumed tasty items, while watching a girl in a robin suit greet the kiddies… businss was booming for a thursday night… and continued to the Borders where we meandered andshopped a bit. Picked up a new Zagat’s guid to DC and Baltimore, and a collapsable tote for BHK… fit sin a teensy keychain pouch. I teased her a little unmercifully about it, but she took it in stride. Visted the Kayak / Outdoor store and came close to getting another pair of crocs or two… army green shoes with day-glo orange straps, but sadly, they didn’t have my mammoth foot size in stock. BHK passed on keanes, too.

Eventually, we settled on superhero movie… bought the tickets, and changed our minds. So, we saw 10,000 BC. It didn’t stink too badly, and was entertaining in its way.

Guest Doodles supplied by BHK: (when she sees me messing with the palmtop, she always wants a turn.) Seems she always accuses me of gassiness, but this time it was true.

bhk's view of last night…ate at red robin- via bhk


Nifty Links also from BHK – Cool Robots! (I’m partial to Kemore 3.)

and these two were right next to one another on her news page – Irony?

McCain Says Many Americans Are Too Cynical 3rd-Graders Plotted to Attack Teacher, Cops Say

Picture meme –

a. Go to www.photobucket.com (don’t sign in)

b. Type in your answer to the question in particular (see questions below) in the “search” box

c. Use only the first page

d. Copy the image code & paste for the answer

(I’ve added a width modifier of 320 pix, just for my own viewing ease.)

1. What’s your first name?
Scotto

greato scotto


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2. What is/was your school mascot? Hurricane, Owl and Eagle (University of Miami, FAU, Atlantic HS)


3. What is your relationship status? Happily Married



4. What is your favorite color? Orange



5. Who is your celebrity crush? Tricky, as I don’t really have one. I’ll fall back on ol’ Salma Hayek, and get Razzed by BHK.



6. Who is your favorite artist or band? Changes moment to moment. Right now it is Talking Heads.


7. What is your favorite movie & TV show? Again, too many to choose from, so I’m going with my first from skull school of picking. Blade Runner and Psych


8. Name your favorite drink? Diet Cream Soda


9. where is your dream vacation? Atlantis



10. What is your favorite animal? I like all of ’em, Aardvark to Zooplankton. I guess I’ll go with Gorilla for now, as first critter to skull… even though I’m, partial to Elephants, Giraffes, Tigers, Bears. Cats and Sea Cucumbers.


11. Your favorite past time? Going on Walkabout



12. Where were you born? 1969 Boston



13. One word to describe yourself? Bearded.



14. How are you feeling right now? Creaky





1 year ago – victim of the 80s / transformers, time flies, movies. (still haven’t seen blades of glory.), local blooms pic

2 years ago – wearing purple, dan break, bug inspectors, doc, firewall,

3 years ago – apology-but, making fiends in bulgarian, free photos, broken people, TSiC

4 years ago – 22 questions, DST, Ft. Laud Mellowed, 4-4-4

5 years ago – Met with Meter Made, don’t confuse courtesy with subservience, pics for the day, Speedy off CN, Sample McDougald house letter

6 years ago – walkies, dream, taking stuff poll, Moment of Waponi, Killian’s, bkveggie (the old one), long music ramble, production meeting at IMT

7 years ago – Slander-drama / resolution (Honestly, I think that part of the issue started from here.) I still wonder how that “FBI Investigation” turned outGeotarget

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9221 – Wednesday – 4/2

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Yummy Quiche & Salad for supper last night… more for lunch today! Took it Easy last night. some forgettable TV and read more of Mignola’s Baltimore, or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire. Slow at first but it’s rolling along reasonably well now.


Rhyss made a pretty nifty observation in his journal –

The New York Times did a story about relationships torpedoed by a incompatibility in taste in books.

“We’ve all been there. Or some of us have. Anyone who cares about books has at some point confronted the Pushkin problem: when a missed — or misguided — literary reference makes it chillingly clear that a romance is going nowhere fast.”

Which got me thinking – what books do I have that would be most likely to send a prospective date running for the door, never to be seen again?

Actually, most of my GFs have been of a similar mindset where reading is concerned… but I have always liked nerd / geek / Rockabetty types.

Here are 10 of my “scare off potential ‘normal girl’ dates” books currently on the shelf – I’ll leave it to BHK to do her own books, if she desires.

[edit -later] I tried, and failed. I have very little truly objectionable material – I couldn’t get to 10. Instead, here’s a grouping of what you might find weird or not on the shelves.

  1. Encyclopedia of Occultism – I’m sure someone will get the wrong message there! (I’m pretty much a non-believer in that sort of stuff, but I love folklore / mythology.. many tomes of that type of thing)
  2. Rats – a History (actually, BHK and I both had a copy on the shelf, until we gave one to David!) Lots of history.
  3. A bunch of gaming books. (Warhammer rules just recently picked up)
  4. A bunch of Science Fiction (Nerd!)
  5. Books about Primate Psychology – Monkey Politics
  6. A Bunch of 40s detective novels.
  7. Stacks of books that have yet been unread. BHK and I hit the book sales pretty hard, and our queue is long… and we lengthen it by using the libray, too!
  8. Books in varying states of repair, from ragged, well-loved ones, to previously mentioned unopened tomes.
  9. Books about weird people-places-things.
  10. blank page book for coloring, with pencils of many shades.



50 things you’ve done meme continues at 46 – I…

46.’have created a few communities on livejournal over the years.

  • menstrualhut – women’s health / right issues (still active, with 2460 members at this point)
  • coloringbook – for doing a little art inside or outside the lines (175 members – mostly idle)
  • haikuarena – for battling 5-7-5 at a time(105 members)
  • fishstories – a fiction-writing workshop for me, mol, and bruce that never really launched (3 members, natch) maybe I’ll open it up to the public.
  • live_journalia – for nationstates players, long dead, yet 10 members cling to it


I’m mostly proud of the hut, as it has provided a lot of good information for women’s health… it was the first of its kind on livejournal, thought there are many more good resources in place now. I’ve only had to deal with a few instances of spamming, trolling or the like on any of them.

Have you ever wondered how the Enterprise would fare against a Star Destroyer, or how a Halo sizes up to a the Moon? Have you ever tried to guess just how big a Dyson Sphere would have to be to encompass the Earth’s orbit around the sun? Jeff Russell has, and that’s why he built Starship Dimensions, a website devoted to cataloging and contrasting the minutiae of Science Fiction’s massives. In it you will find a library of vehicles spanning decades of Science Fiction movies and series, all meticulously drawn in proportion to each other. “Scale has always fascinated me,” says Russell. “It is an important, yet often misunderstood or neglected way in which everything in our universe relates. And of course I’ve always really wanted my own Death Star, so naturally I wanted to know how big it really was, or how many Star Destroyers I could fit in it.”

Similar, is the skyscraper page. (I’m glad that I could find Emerson tower info. The proper name for the Bromo-Seltzer Clock.)


1 year ago – Lovey note from BHK, work stuffs, Bohl family, Newt/Pye dynamic.

2 years ago – walkies with pix, lost an hour, quizzes, amazing circle, hot sauce and garden spray, its a shame

3 years ago – dan hates my bucket-hat, day in the life, 3 doors down, bro issues

4 years ago – CoH, squirrel, JG a blond/, man eating plants, thorax cake, free energy, reality settings

5 years ago – Iraq-o-meter, 100 greatest AFD hoaxes, train trip

6 years ago – office politics and people, modern major general, joe vs the volcano, boilerplate, bare necessities, text msg’ed, weather, reality gauge, newton the destroyer, black water mass

7 years ago – glowworms, school mascots, schwa, wedding / scotto job trivia, Murray Head, list trimsGeotarget

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9196 – sun

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Reading an autobiography about Gene Wilder (Kiss Me Like A Stranger) – bhk thinks it looks like he’s in bed with the kitties.

Went to Lowe’s with BHK, Larry and Chris to grab a bit o’ tile for our bathroom, and hit the store to grab Chris some tax software. Stopped at Cheeseburger in Paradise on the way home – had a late lunch at about 4:30. That’s about the size of things for our slow but comfy Sunday

50 things I’ve done meme continues with item 35. I…

35.’honeymooned and visited all of the Ripley’s / Oddity museums from Florida and Maryland. BHK and I both have a huge interest in oddities, weirdness and general WTF observation. I think the Ripley’s in St. Augustine is the vastly superior one, plus, St. Aug is a wonderful place to mill around. BHK and I drank from the fountain of youth while we visited the Ponce De Leon region… so I guess I’ll be doing the journal for quite a span.

Götz von Berlichingen had a problem. It was 1504 and, at the tender young age of 24, the plundering knight, mercenary and all around bastard had the upper part of his right arm torn off in a cannon blast. As someone who made his living off war and already had a sizable enemies’ list, Götz needed his killin’ hand.

So he got another one. Made of iron.

That’s one awesome prosthetic.

In addition to green, the new five dollar bill is purple and yellow. The colors of my old black-lite army, back in the day.

Tips for photographing the cherry blossoms.

Water: 3 Veg/Fruit: 7 Milk: 1
Points: 30.5 Adj: 0 Act: 0.0 Rem: 1.5-6.5
Bank: 15.0 Adj: 0
Bank Max: 15 Point: 15 Act: 4
Vitamins: Yes

Breakfast: 11.8 points
1.5: Cheese
1.1: Rice; white; glutinous; cooked; 1/3 cup
0.0: Veggies
2.0: Egg; whole
2.0: Egg; whole
2.0: Egg; whole
1.6: Bread; whole wheat
1.6: Bread; whole wheat

Lunch: 0.3 points
0.0: Garden Salad (w/o dressing)
0.0: Garden Salad (w/o dressing)
0.0: Fresca; Large
0.3: Sauce; teriyaki; ready-to-serve

Dinner: 16.6 points
3.1: Cheese; cheddar
1.9: Garden burger
1.3: Sauce; BULLS-EYE Original Barbecue Sauce
4.0: Shrimp; breaded & fried; fast food – 1/3 serving
3.0: Cake; other than all butter
3.3: Ice creams; chocolate

Snack: 1.8 points
1.8: fat free milk 1 cup

1 year ago – got the Calvert County gig, more shamrock shake, Louise & in-laws, monkey cap, Raines, The Riches, The Microscopic trout and the Machiavellian Fisherman

2 years ago – grampa poll results, RS taught to burn and forgets, folks go to brazil, ultrasound critters, Marvel Florida, gg winding up for an exit,

3 years ago – Freedom force, Thumbkin, Josie Conell, moot back (he’s been gone awhile again), regional wifi scan, netflix queue, account locations,making fiends, Lumbee updates, pinecone

4 years ago – Danny Solo, Devilfinder, Paper toys, elephants-Yeah!, pages back up, COH

5 years ago – lovey, storms

6 years ago – palm-doodle dreams, guest map, location poll, Bert’s Love Song, decent left, menstrual hut memo page

7 years ago – evil news, got a permanent accountGeotarget

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9191 – tuesday

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Watched the last two episodes of Alien in America while BHK snoozed on my arm last night – pretty good.

BHK got some nerds jelly beans (sold as “giant chewy nerds”) when we went to Aardvark last weekend.

The Orange were my Fave, Green were hers. (as is our usual) The crunch really added something – I liked them a lot more than standard jellybean fare, even though I like jelly belly soda-pop flavors quite a bit, too.

On the C7 bus this morning, we passed another bus (R3) with the front banner flashing “call 911 – emergency, call police” on the front. I alerted my driver, and she said that it’s a common accident – the other guy likely pressed the alarm button by accident and doesn’t know better. I suggested that she call the station just to be sure, and she stated that it wouldn’t be needed… someone else is bound to do it.

That puzzled me… what if the guy were in actual trouble? I got off the bus and contacted to police to let them know… they haven’t called me back. I wonder if they’re even following up on it?

I figure it’s better be safe than sorry… If I see a sign that says “HELP!!”, I’m going to act on it – especially if it’s as simple as dialing 3 numbers on my phone.

Fancast – free streaming TV, full episodes (or just a clip )

BHK came up to the office and joined me for a secret lunchtime nosh in the parking lot… nom nom nom. I love seeing her, and a visit in the middle of the day was wonderful.

Pesky that I’m a little behind on my “book bingo” – I keep reading authors whose name end in B, W, or S! Bradbury, Wilder and Stewart aren’t helping!

50 things I’ve done (or, the meme that would not die… ) meme continues with item 31. I…

31.’have been hit in the face with a pool cue… got me in the jaw. It was pretty unexpected – I wasn’t doing much of anything, except putting my face where a guy was swinging on someone else. This was when I was 24.

32.’shot 3 day old dunkin’ donut munchkins from a wrist rocket slingshot at people, and connected at 20 yards. It stings! That’s a powdered sugar version of paintball. Plus, if you’re hungry, you can eat your ammo. (Preferably soaked in milk first to soften them up.) This was when I was 15.

1 year ago – D&G off to NY, emergency prep meeting, potato candy, missed 300 with lj folks, birdwatching, everything test

2 years ago – quizzes, secret ritual skeletons, crapulous, neverwinter nights

3 years ago – Open house follow up, pacific northwest tree octopus, lj badge, credit card scam, lois lane’s mustache

4 years ago – walk piccies (sudsy fount), CS bombed as a tech, zombies, condos, legal poop, broken website

5 years ago – Newt in a tub, wandering walk photos

6 years ago – I’m Newt’s bfast table, at the doc, parrots & cuban food, Asimov died of AIDS, Dave’s birthday on the 14th, spiders, squids,Stichomancy, and a little zen, death to smoochy, gypsies

7 years ago – good day, accomplished much, new phone, akimbo, Super Newt, fun words, random plotsGeotarget

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9189 – sun

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Turned the clocks and we stayed in bed pretty late. We finally got up and at ’em at about noon.. er, 1pm.

I neglected to mention our trip to the B.I.G. book sale after shots yesterday… one giant blue ikea bag’s worth of books for $30. BHK got a ton of cookbooks, Edith Wharton, and some Ursula LeGuin – about 17 or so – I got a time-life book for Larry (with the “look and feel” of real hand-tooled leather!) on railroading, and picked myself up a few things, too (about 15 books) – Including Gene Wilder’s Autobiography, John Stewart’s Naked Pictures of Famous People (already read… it’s no Cruel Shoes. Additionally, I snagged a bunch of random stuff – Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett ,(fun to see the Baltimore side of classic pulp fiction) a ton of other pulps and misc sci fi/ fantasy. Biggest weakness of being such a book magpie is our lack of shelving (see left side of image in newtcam ). BHK will be grabbing some more shelves for us later this week, I think.

I think we made out AOK there! – Thanks to BHK for reminding me of probably the best part of yesterday!

Anyhow, as far as sunday goes – We rose late, grabbed a sammich or two for the road – BHK, the love cube and I all rolled comfortably to points south. First stop was Aarvarks.. sadly, my schedule was off, and none of my books had arrived yet. I hope my Jonah Hex Showcase is there next time! They still have a ton of treehouse and fluxx… and I realised we *still* are late about sending off eryx’s loot. at this rate, it’ll be easter before he gets a christmas treat!

Instead of normal fare, we got the new Tank Girl Compilation and Gloom Cookie – Tank girl is looking pretty good these days.. she’s weathered the movie well. I’ll probably pick one up to give to ol’ danny for next time.

Post Aardvark, we swung by McD’s for a shamrock shake. It’s a tradition! The taste was good, though the mint was subtle… the shake itself was a fine neon green.

From last year – still the same – I wonder if we’ll see my rainy-day chicken stalker this year? I sort of hope so.

Shamrock shake!

Nicely dosed on dairy, mint and dye – it was time to sally forth to the wal-mart. Obtained much-needed undershirts, and not so needed, but still cool dinosaur and robot easter eggs… pictures to follow. Surprisingly, BHK didn’t want the girly-girl eggs. Also snagged into the wild for larry.. the kids parents live nearby, interesting to see someone you know represented in movie form.

Closed the day with a trip to Mexico to visit with Tina M and Matt O… Tina was a little quiet, but we all chitty chatted about misc stuff – mostly food and travel.

1 year ago – David and Gill visit, movies and feed.

2 years ago – New brain arrives, peel, crack sellin’, swing on a star

3 years ago – banana man, dindin with mom, hollow men, voted, did a good deed, renewed domain until 3/11/2008

4 years ago – cool snail mail, Best commentary on “the Passion”, star trek on ice, Spalding Gray found, lj spam, SOP

5 years ago – Laundry w/bro, flaming justice, birds with arms, hulk dance

6 years ago – Who are you quiz, seven wonders, breakfast for dinner, Bfast poll

7 years ago – declaration of love, celeb pet names, payday, tmbg, yeti-scottoGeotarget

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9075 – Friday! Leap Day!

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Not much able to update – it’s cold here at the bus stop… frozen hands, or punching the phone with robot-gloved fingers? Neither work very well, but thank goodness for spell check!

Theme to Quincy in my head this evening. (mp3 )

DANG IS IT COLD!!

Random Scotto factoid – I remember my first rated R movie – Alien… but I’m not sure if I properly remember the first movie that I ever saw in the theater. Herbie Rides again (my first movie was a sequel?) Benji, Maybe? I’d have been 4 or 5.

[later edit – BHK got a cutie-pie bob! and asked me to marry her (though we already are) sadie hawkins style!]

Ten year old obit that never gets old –

With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment, it is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person, which almost went unnoticed last week.

Larry LaPrise, the man that wrote “The Hokey Pokey” died peacefully at the age of 83.

The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into the coffin.

They put his left leg in.

And then the trouble started.

Google docs changed the layout slightly – I like the new bar across the top.

Speaking of google docs – my ongoing author bingo card from the library… I’m off to a good start. When we hit 25

Not much in history, today, given the leap!

Leap Year, 2004 – art, buttons, beach erosion, dreams, and bro update

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9063 – Monday – President’s day

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HAPPY 8th, Li’L Bit! HOLY MOLEY! 8?!?!

As for president’s day, I certainly prefer the original “George W” to the one currently in office.

Ah, the blessing of a Monday off. Added bonus is a hopefully more gentle 4-day week ahead!

Got up, went to get shots… it was pretty crowded due to the holiday. BHK and I both got our appointments out of the way in a reasonable span of time. I’m about 75% through the third Harry Dresden book. It started out a bit weak, but has gained a nice momentum through the middle 50%. I especially like Mike & Charity Carpenter, even though Mike seemed pretty cornball in the first bit of the book.

After the doc, we went off to Annapolis to make use of the Joss gift certificate we got from Adam for Christmas… I was quite in the mood for a little sushi and tempura.

Alas, the curse of DC and its environs struck again. The weather was absolutely beautiful (mid 70s, sunny), and everyone in government (i.e., EVERYONE within a 250 mile radius, or more) had the day off.

No parking and Joss was full to the gills. That worked out to our advantage, as we toured a little bit until we stumbled into Lemongrass Too. The Fried Green Beans were excellent, and I really liked the Pa-Ram Jae (Deep-fried tofu sauteed with yellow curry with rice, veggies and broccoli, topped with peanut sauce) that BHK ordered… my veggie Pad Thai was good, as well. The crispy tofu appetiser was lacking, in comparison, but that might be just due to everything else being so good. We got enough for me to take for lunch tomorrow as leftovers…. double score. Not the sushi I was expecting, but a nice substitution. Really, only the second time I’ve had Thai since moving from Florida, and this time I was quite pleased.

We opted to walk a bit for a constitutional after our meal – there was a Best Buy next door. I picked up some wipes for my new (Xmas) monitor at home, seeing a sit has already acquired a few Newton / Pyewacket nose-prints. Additionally, we saw Lego Star Wars Trilogy being sold, and in a moment of game-lust, we picked it up. Both BHK and I dig the game, and it’s 2-player…. more bonding time for us! (Like we need it).

We headed home at about 3pm… the weather was still gorgeous, but getting a bit cooler. From what I understand, there’ll be snow by mid- to end-week… hardly seems possible, but I’ve seen stranger stuff.

Upon our arrival, it turned out that the in-laws had come over and were kind enough to take down our Christmas lights (they were too high for us to reach without a ladder.)

BHK was still feeling a little cottony, so we spent the rest of the day at home, resting and recovering energy.
I’m surprised… we really haven’t eaten much since midday, but it’s well after dark now, and neither of us are that hungry. We may have a little nibble in a while, but I suspect it’ll be a light dining night.

1 year ago – tracks in the snow pic, ghost rider, synchronicity with GP and Kat.

2 years ago – compusa saga continues, C&C generals, Li’l Bit 6!, song meme, newtcam up,

3 years ago – Lil Bit #5!, basketball w/danny, netflix du jour, loonatics 2.0

4 years ago – There 2.0, stress

5 years ago – expected last day at FMM, web-subscribers, barbie sex, Nordis hoses me.

6 years ago – Newt wakies, proxo, palm entry, haiku/ D&D class alignment

7 years ago – SOP, Territorial, haiku combatGeotarget

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9041 – sun – return of the nutshells

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Today was all about rest… rallied strength, watched feasting on asphalt (Alton Brown’s tattoo looks… rather unplanned, to put it as kindly as I might) and an episode or two of monk, had BHK’s  home made pizza bread and pseudo chicken strips atop a yummy, crunchy salad.

Finished off the first Harry Dresden book, and began the second.

talked to danny at 930 am about terry pratchett’s alzheimers. He’s pretty down about it.

slept a lot

tried hello kitty counterstrike. it’s cute. I love “rat levels”, where you’re the size of a classic gi-joe.

Illustrator Cedric Hohnstadt has a good suggestion for artists looking to simulate graphite pencil in Photoshop. Check out his article for a link to some great (free!) pencil brushes. Read the post here

1 year ago – new commode, marine museum on solomon’s pix, fresnel, tinkle pig in the love cube, danny gets a hula girl

2 years ago – Celebrated Vicki’s last day, spectral analysis, history lesson, book meme, on call

3 years ago – rte 55 pic, newt and scotto wake up, song title meme, post secret

4 years ago – baby dragon, cheesecake trip, QM2, fever doodles

5 years ago – bebop cola poll, boney church, sql slammer, evil ideas

6 years ago – week plans, bob ross posse, freaky gator-in-a-dress, mr mole, biography tax loophole?

7 years ago – journal look update, evil news, hotel california Geotarget

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9032 – sat

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More nutshelling.

Slept in a bit – 8:30ish

Had a blueberry bagel, chewed on left side.

Played a little rayman and more Mario Galaxy with Bugah

Went to get allergy shots – started reading Making Money

Bugah did his reading – Tales of a 4th grade nothing / superfudge.

Headed up to Annapolis with BHK and Bug for movies

Bought Bug’s present – Lego Star Wars Saga, vans from Larry & Chris

Picked up Marvel Ultimate Alliance for m’self  – $18 used!

Went to see National Treasure 2 again… bugah and bhk dug it, I thought it was ok, but not fantastic. I thought it was ok, but it really didn’t hold together very well… the end was loose and free to say the least. It was a fun ride, and I didn’t fall asleep like I dad last time.

Dinner at Cheeburger Cheeburger – Bug ate the 1/2 lb’r and is on the wall now.

Came home and played some family fluxx and then surprise hit polarity. (We may have to get it for him next present-time – we got him family fluxx as part of his stocking this year) Reminds me that I’m woefully behind on sending Eryx his goodies.

1 year ago – waiting on net, quiz-memes

2 years ago – cool icon, late work, palm doodle, mozilla, Lost, bite pic, lj-abuse

3 years ago – Lots of family drama, weather, link sponsor, classic C&H, 10 truths – 5 fibs poll, boxer vs rice, monkey king’s tomb

4 years ago – Happy b’day, FB!, MLK, Big Fish with Danny, hair in soy sauce, cotton candy autopsy

5 years ago – music and food for bro, silly sound bites

6 years ago – nice dreams, biochemical weapons and parking meters, I enjoyed Fellowship, poor choice in names

7 years ago – Massive layoffs, cartoon bird gender, misc writing, digging Jenny Lee’s singing Geotarget

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9092 – Tuesday

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Maybe it’s time to go back to early-morning posts. We’ll see how writing on the train works for longer pieces.

Met one of the bigwigs at the company today… he’s got a computer background, too. I’m hoping that will mean expressing system needs will be simpler. I think that’s likely to be the case.

I am admittedly curious about what BHK is getting me for Christmas. She’s dropped a few hints, all of them cryptic. Just the way I like it. It’ll be fun to puzzle things out for the next couple of weeks until I can discover what they are.

Clues are :

One comes with a chopstick
One was found in our yard.
One is being co-purchased with the the in-laws.

All are stumpers. I can venture a guess or two on item 3, but they’d be pure vapor.

In the mode of BHK, I am obligated to remind my dear journal that Masterpiece Theatre is going hog wild for Jane Austen next year. Another sign that my darling wife is a girly-girl.

When I got home tonight, BHK surprised me with veggie bratwurst with caramelized onions and potato pancakes. I am a lucky, spoiled man. We watched Fido while we ate… not a bad movie, not fantastic. Interesting in parts, and I’m more than a little amazed that it got made. Billy Connelly in a “Zombie as Lassie” film struck me as odd when I first saw the trailer… apparently Lionsgate is really running with the Zombie theme if the other trailers on the same DVD are any indication. Rave of the Living Dead ? Drugs that make ravers into zombies? The remake of night of the Living dead in 3d didn’t really grab me, either.

After Dinner was done, BHK gabbed with Misti for a bit on the phone… I took the opportunity to start stringing a few lights on the tree.. it’s coming together nicely.

Post Movie, we played Mario and Sonic at the Olympic games. I think I was too tired to play well… after doing a little gymnastics, javelin and hammer toss, it’s time for bed.

1 year ago – tree trimming pix, spam, note to write

2 years ago – val & rhonnie news, kreuger, bro issue, rs shopping, jellyfish

3 years ago – working with cubase / fruityloops, pork chop assault, manatee window kiss, mel 5

4 years ago – Ghost Bugs, Missing Chairs, News Stories about cats and physics.

5 years ago – holiday oranges, Joe Ostezewski, letter-words

6 years ago – vil news, bear suit update, walkies, visions

7 years ago – stinky week start, a pair of email fallacies, rhonnie has her incidentGeotarget Geotarget