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8544 – I’m not one of the Illuminati, nor am I a perfectionist.

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Venture brothers “fallen arches” was back on track. Nice to see Orph with his own team. Nice use of Ouroboros and the All-Seeing Eye as a logo, too.

Ah, explanation why that notification thing only worked for some people before.

James Good (the same guy that made this video) has more aerial photos taken with his RC airplane over Miami..shots from about 800 feet up, and stunning.

Voted Yesterday – these guys were who I was rooting for. Let’s hope most follow through, and only a bare minimum kick me in the pelotas. My emphasis was on pro-education, environment, minimal pork, and other typical Scotto-type stuff. The line was incredibly short at 6pm. I wonder about the turnout.

[edit- look here for results]

Note – Registered Voters as of 09/06/2006
Republican: 261,004
Democratic: 503,416
Other: 234,758
Total: 999,178

Ballots Cast: 113,205
Registered Voters: 997,174 (missing ~2000 voters?)

Governor
Rod Smith [lost]

US House of Representatives
Congressional District 17 – Kendrick Meek [??]

State Senate
District 30 – Ted Deutsch [??]
District 32 – Ben Graber [??]

County Court Judge – Brenda Lynn Di Loia
County Court Judge – Nicholas Lopane
County Court Judge – Arlene Simon Campione
County Court Judge – Robin Sobo Moselle
Circuit Court Judge – Kenneth D. Padowitz
Circuit Court Judge – John C. Ryson
Circuit Court Judge – Marina Garcia Wood

State House of Representatives
House District 93 – Alian Jean
House District 94 – Matt Meadows
House District 95 – Jim Waldman
House District 97 – Susan Goldstein
House District 99 – Elaine Schwartz
House District 105 – Henry Rose

School Board
District 1 – Carole Andrews
District 4 – Stephanie Kraft
District 6 – Marty Rubinstein
At-Large/District 8 – Jen Gottlieb

County Commission
District 2 – Kristin Jacobs
District 3 – Stacy Ritter
District 4 – Jim Scott
District 8 – Diana Wasserman-Rubin

Dear Lazyweb – Getting close to donation-time again, and I’m considering heifer.org againGeotarget

To Whom it may concern:

If you had $200 to donate to a charitable organization, who would you give it to, and why?

I’m always on the lookout for good, solid charities… ones that do good works with a minimum of skimming by executives off of the top. Any suggestions?

Found this on Forbes – America’s Most (And Least) Efficient Charities

Got to show the system to Aphrodite Jones today. A pleasant lady, seems very intelligent and together. Hopefully she’ll get an opportunity to push info along to powers that be for more facetime in the media.

I really dig her name.

1 year ago – stream of thought, arcade games, newt, tolerance, comics, Danny elfman, tv, newtcam pic, rome, gaming, sheep don’t you know the road, fema issues, bob denver RIP

2 years ago – hurricane home movie, happy to be home, pentagon crash snopes

3 years ago – annoying LL, death, IRC pix, gender genie, toys, sunset, rainy day

4 years ago – Crash Bonsai, sticky song poll

5 years ago – Hammer-Wheel, Beijing, Stephen Foster, Mystery men Hiring, soap hair

6 years ago – Suzy goes to the ClinkGeotarget

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8505 – Now I have to obsessivly check out every single place I go to.

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Search for Inspections

The DBPR Online Services website provides information about applicants and licensed individuals for those professions and businesses that are regulated by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

Nice way to see how neat and clean your local establishments are – I just did a quick check of the burger king across the street.

(Seach by name, then ft lauderdale fl)

results –

11 violations, 5 critical

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8465 – this week is moving fast, despite my best efforts.

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Meeting with Mom after work to do will-stuff. She seems particularly enthusiastic to make sure the condo will go to the family rather than the state…. So, If I snuff it under suspicious circumstances, you know who to chase down for questioning, dear journal.

Pretty Keen Stop Motion video of a guy coasting through his day. I wish Youtube would support higher quality movies.

Minimum Wage (in Florida) is Currently $6.40. When I took my first Job at Taco Bell, it paid $3.35 and hour – That was back in 1985. (Starting wages at the library were a whopping $4.42, plus super insurance/etc bennies.) I wonder how well each state compares to cost of living expenses?

For “tipped employees” meeting eligibility requirements for the tip credit under the FLSA, employers may count tips actually received as wages under the FLSA, but the employer must pay “tipped employees” a direct wage in an amount equal to the minimum wage of $6.40 minus $3.02 (which, as required by Florida’s Constitution, is the 2003 tip credit existing under the FLSA), or a direct hourly wage of $3.38 on January 1, 2006.

San Fran, California is $8.50… Kansas is $2.65. Six States have no minimum wage laws.

Like the Federal wage and hour law, State law often exempts particular occupations or industries from the minimum labor standard generally applied to covered employment. This information often may be found at the websites maintained by State labor departments. Links to these websites are available at www.dol.gov/esa/contacts/state_of.htm.

Just a reminder from this entry in 2001 –

This from Webster’s: (see dictionary.com if there’s any doubt)

Main Entry: pum ·per ·nick ·el
Pronunciation: ‘p&m-p&r-“ni-k&l
Function: noun
Etymology: German, from pumpern to break wind + Nickel goblin; from its reputed indigestibility
Date: 1756
: a dark coarse sourdough bread made of unbolted rye flour

Answer each with 2 words – from sister Kellie –

yourself:   big lug

your car:   city bus

your hair:   going gray

your mother:   still alive

your father:  airborne ash

your favorite item:   cosmic cube

your dream last night:   toothy cars

your favorite drink:   rum punch

your dream home:   securely comfy

the room you’re in:   cleanly cluttered

your pet:  orange monkey

your fear:   hurting others

what you want to be in ten years:  even better

who you hung out with last night:   the Newt!

what you’re not:   eating sharks

your best friends:   are nice

one of your wish list items:   comic book

your gender:   a feller

the last thing you did:  checked lj

what are you wearing:   my clothes

your favorite weather:   cool sleeping

your favorite book:   dandilion wine

the last thing you ate:   chewy cookie

your life:   will improve

your mood:   getting there

A-Z meme

accent:  Fairly generic, but I pronounce some words oddly – “Noice” for nice, for example.

booze: I don’t really drink, but rum punch is good

chore I hate: cleaning the bathroom

dogs/cats: Newton! The coolest cat within the state of florida, I’d wager.

essential electronics: pda and digicam. the phone can go leap.

favorite perfume/cologne: I don’t currently wear one, and woman’s fragrances depend on the woman.

gold/silver: silver, generally.

hometown: Brockton, MA, USA, but I’ve been in SoFla for ages.

insomnia: infrequent, but I do have some restless nights.

job title:  MIS Director / Child Advocate.

kids: See Newt!

living arrangements: Newt and I live in a 1-bedroom condo. Finally have some space to maneuver!

most admired trait: (in others.. and in myself) basic internal goodness

number of significant relationships: I’m not trying to be a wiseguy when I say that all relationships are significant.

overnight hospital stays: Back surgeries

phobia: nothing that’s at “irrational fear” level.

quotes: “It’s all just a ride” – Bill Hicks

religion:  Agnostic with Athiest leanings.

siblings: one younger bro (I’m 3.5 years older.)

time I usually wake up: workdays – 5:30am, weekends, about 7:30

unusual talent: I can make baby-cry noises that are pretty realistic.

vegetables I refuse to eat: raw tomatoes (I won’t totally refuse, but I’ll resist, a lot!)

worst habit: procrastination

x-rays: when i broke my collarbone

yummy foods I make: all sorts.. veggie stir-fry is a pretty simple but tasty one.

zodiac sign: Aquarius / Earth Monkey

DVD43 is a free DVD decrypter.

WHAT DOES IT DO?: DVD43 decrypts DVD movies. COMPATIBLE SOFTWARE: Nero Recode, Intervideo DVD Copy, 1Click DVD Copy, Pinnacle DVD Copy, I Copy DVDs, Roxio DVD Copy and many more.

About time.. now I can recover my old, battle-damaged Godzilla DVDs.

Moment of Lyric (audio at my vox, via blackhellkatbhk! Thanks!)

We’re setting sail to a place on the map
From which no-one has ever returned
Drawn by the promise of the joker and the fool
By the light of the crosses that burned
Drawn by the promise of the women and lace
And the gold and the cotton and pearls
It’s the place where they keep all the darkness you need
You sail away from the light of the world on this trip, baby

You will pay tomorrow
You’re gonna pay tomorrow
You will pay tomorrow

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8429 – Thursday again, yes it is.

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Got some writing accomplished last night. Basic outline, some bits of dialogue. It’s not coming together in “freeflow” style I usually go for, but building on a planned skeleton seems to be working for me so far. 6 characters is a bit stereotypical so far… protagonist, romantic interest, street contact, police interface, villain and victim. I’ve got the method, but some aspects of the implementation aren’t quite on the beam. It wa skind of hard ot get rolling, but about 15 minutes in, the flow improved.

(Writing to Linda Ronstadt’s unreleased Keeping Out Of Mischief album certainly promotes noir. Got to love a good torch song from a voice like hers. Thank you, internet for obscure, but easy to download, lost vinyl!)

I would really like some of these USB Powered Air conditioned clothes in a Hawaiian print.

Bing, Bang Boing – The bounce-a-dilly whatchamagame with the bingaroony sound. (and the rnifty 70’s commercials) My neighbor Jason has the smash-up derby ssp racers, and they were a hoot. (via my my littler big sis, ldy)

Moment of music – mp3

Rotating head, keeps on the right side
Coiled up and tense remains on the lookout
Expects to be shot or get given the bullet.
Rotating head tries to look on the bright side of things.

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8418 – Just Thursday? Not Friday?

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Cinnamon Life cereal mixed into blueberry yogurt isn’t as good as I thought it might be… but I was out of rice milk. note to self – get more rice milk.

Nice to hear from Mandy last night – it was good to get few things ironed out, or at least brought into clearer focus.

Dan and I may hang out today… if we’re both not totally tuckered out like Monday. I don’t think I’m going to be in the mood to hear Al Gore grouse about the weather.

Tina and I are shooting for a thrifting trip on Saturday… maybe find a good table or such for the apartment.

No Word from Bro lately. I’m assuming no news is good news.

Moment of Lyric – mp3

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8413 – Happy B-day juliabee and spacshangalangshang!

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I thought I’d be missing my dad more than I did yesterday… but I did fine. Thought about him quite a bit, but didn’t get overly misty. I trundled to the beach, and then the Mango Festival for a bit of lunch – it was a pretty soggy Sunday, so I bailed early on the Mango Festival, but I benefited from some lovely chit-chat with BHK instead.

Dan and I will likely hit the movies after work today, barring anything unforseen. I wonder if I’ll be able to keep awake throughout? Monday is usually fairly taxing due to morning meetnigs and midday catch-up.

Rest in Peace, Weaver the Weatherman. I always thought that Bob Weaver was a really great name. A weatherman for over 50 years, he was a very real institution in Florida TV.

graypumpkin mentioned something about chocolate dice sold at his local game store, so I sniffed ’em out. Both in high quality 6d6 (probably best suited for GURPS, and skill test rolling) and the more multicolored 75d6 foil-wrapped dice (More for Champions team of energy-blasts, I’d expect. Every time you roll low, eat it.) see also – 24 red d6 of hazelnut fudge

Like gamers need another way to put on weight!

Moment of Lyric – mp3

Close your eyes and look at me
I’ll be standing by your side
In between the deep blue sea
And the sheltering sky
If we find no words to say
To the rhythm of the waves
Then we’ll both surrender there
Walking on air

And the worries of the day lie down
Under cover of the fading clouds
The secrets of the night
Come alive in your eyes
You don’t have to hurry
You don’t have to try
Cause you don’t have a care
You’re walking on air

1 year ago – pictures(motorcycle and newt), tut, lj interests, jbee b-day, gp dream, severe thunder, ft laud evacuation info for hurricanes, UFO tv losses

2 years ago – palm vnc, Newt Chroma key, paypal spoof warning

3 years ago – doctor’s appointment, time-traveler micronaut, lizard!, clear sky clock, baby dolphin beached

4 years ago – packing, location thoughts, bicycle, brushing newt-teeth

5 years ago – evil news, Jb’s bday, gadabout, lj-topology, time for timer, crown of crap, sambo’s

6 years ago – roadworkGeotarget

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8412 – Sundee-fundee

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Newt wasn’t the most friendly host yesterday… I suspect it was a combo of smoke and/or illness stress that he was picking up from Tina. We had a nice time watching Monsters, Inc and a couple of Eddie Izzard concerts. Much (perhaps too much) Italian food was consumed, and I think a good time was had by all. The eggplant and garlic pizza is even better as a breakfast food this morning.

Some thoughts came up for a decor style for the apartment… maybe a tiki bachelor pad? If it’s possible to get that look with sturdy, comfy furniture, I’m all for it! The tiki-retro look is a pretty keen one.

The Mango Festival’s music was widely varied… from the amazing to Muzak-level artists played too loudly. I’m going to swing back by later today… many people are there having a grand time, so why not Scotto?

I’ve just switched the phones over to EN from ECN… so I think that maybe after a little morning nap, I’ll take a trek outside, if the skies stay clear.

through 9 am…isolated showers and a few thunderstorms will continue to affect the waters off the broward and Miami-Dade coast. only a few light showers will move onshore to affect the fort Lauderdale and Miami metro areas…though most areas will remain dry. the showers will move west northwest at 10 mph.

Danny contacted me earlier – wants to get together once or twice in the week ahead. (Last week was quite busy for him, and he was unable to comfortably do anything.) Maybe we can catch An Inconvenient Truth{website has some sound}. I’m interested in seeing how well it makes a case.

Side note, websites with flash opening pages / purely flash navbars are a bad idea… especially with sound. At best, it limits the size of your audience (if there are no alternate accessibility options added) and at the worst, it’s an annoying bombardment on the eyes and ears that also damages system security.

KIGALI (Reuters) – Twelve baby gorillas were given names by Western officials on Saturday in a ceremony aimed at attracting more foreign tourists to the tiny central African nation.

Dubbed “the land of a thousand hills”, Rwanda is home to nearly 400 mountain gorillas, one of the world’s most endangered species, which attracted over half of the country’s 22,000 tourists in 2005.

Tourism officials face an uphill battle to lure visitors to Rwanda, where around 800,000 people were massacred in the 1994 civil war.

Representatives from the United States, Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands — where most of Rwanda’s tourists come from — participated in the baby gorillas naming ceremony, normally reserved for newborn children.

The UK ambassador to Rwanda Jeremy Macadie called one of the gorillas “Big Ben” after London’s famous landmark.

“Like the way ‘Big Ben’ is a major tourist spot in London, this young baby gorilla will be a center attraction for tourist to this beautiful nation,” Macadie said.

Rwanda earned over $25 million (14 million pounds) from the tourism sector in 2005 but hopes to make close to $100 million by 2010.

The first public naming ceremony was held last year when 30 baby gorillas were given local names.

Conservationists and researchers have traditionally named the gorillas they track using the patterns formed by wrinkles on the primate’s faces as identifiers.

A 1988 film, “Gorillas in the Mist”, based on the work of primate researcher Dian Fossey, who studied the animals in the 1960s, has put the tiny nation on the world map.

1 year ago – hobo sign icons, Goodyear blimp crash, pictures, Guide to Hobo / ’30s slang

2 years ago – slow email, drunken sailor song, testing remote palm broadcast, running away, nice letter of thanks

3 years ago – creaky knee, infrared zoo (Graypumpkin’s first visit?), remote cpu destruction of file-sharers, tiny robots, ghetto fries

4 years ago – tiling my old place, chocolate doughnuts, happy pill, instinct of awareness, how to make a smoke bomb

5 years ago – Evil News, blimpies heroin story, poop-poll

6 years ago – nuffinGeotarget

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8408 – Thoisday

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Payday, and almost the weekend. I’m looking forward to a day where I can sleep in, and just unwind a bit.

WHAT: 21st annual Mango Festival
WHEN: Friday 6/16 – Sunday 6/18
WHERE: Deerfield Beach [Broward]
WALLET: see Web site for ticket prices
WEB:
– {City of Deerfield Beach – Mango Festival page}
– {TheMangoFestival.com}

“South Florida’s largest multicultural festival, Mango Festival is a celebration of Black Music Month and mangos! Join us for a weekend fullof exciting entertainment, over 100 vendors of unique arts & crafts and wonderful international foods…. Two stages will feature continuous live entertainment.”
–City of Deerfield Beach

Phoenix on Wednesday was named the sweatiest city in the United States, but Miami topped the list as the most uncomfortable American city due to its mix of humidity and heat. Continue reading 8408 – Thoisday →

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8405 – Happy B’day, Littler Big Sis! *huggos* to LDY

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Monday’s morning meeting DRAGGED. A lot was said, but I fear that little was communicated.

mass transit trip planner for south florida. handy as all get out.

After a nice gab about “something to do with your hands, rather than smoking” resulted in finding these toys.

Stretchy Ape, filled with rubber beads! Water Snake! Ye Olde Popping Martian!

Moment of Lyric –

Waiting at the station,
waiting for the right moves,
waiting in the basement,
waiting for the right cues,
waiting in a daydream,
waiting in the slipstream

waiting…
waiting in the right bars,
waiting in the right shoes,
waiting in a fast car,
waiting in the airports,

waiting for my airmiles,
waiting in slow motion,
coming through the turnstiles.

And if you ever change your mind,
you know I’m hard to find,
and if you ever need someone…

I’ll still be waiting…
Waiting with the orphans, waiting for the bee stings, they tell me that success brings,
waiting in the half light, waiting for your whole life,
waiting for an ideal…a low deal…a no deal, to play your stereotype.
And if you ever find the time,
you know I’m not far behind,
And if you ever need someone…

I’ll still be waiting…
just waiting for a friend.
I say it’s all right,
It’s all right my friend…just waiting.

*Legal* BitTorrent Download for Microsoft Windows Vista Beta 2

This is not a crack, this is not a hack, this is not software piracy -it’s unofficial mirroring with official validation. You can get a Windows Vista Beta 2 product key for free through Microsoft, as the OS won’t install without one.

See also, Windows Vista Beta: How to dual-boot Windows XP and Windows Vista

My Scotto-thermostat is broken… the house temperature reads the same, but my body seems to heat up about 10-11pm, right before bedtime, like the more tired I am, the warmer I get… especially noticeable as core temperature of my torso and the soles of my feet.

Free Comic book of 60’s TV heroes! Herculoids! Mighty Mightor! David & Goliath!, Birdman!, er… Moby Dick, too.

Sorry about the lack of content this morning, dear journal… have a man and possum.

possumman

1 year ago – Lovies for ldy and sedef, tunnel vision, hukilau, danny, bro, speed racer for geico, cvs ood by the lb, dr who, impact font, pink floyd reuniting

2 years ago – Newt Treats, police, sleepies, DIY-WiFi, Horrid teacher name, loud car alarm, RI, Harry Lime

3 years ago – Cartoon Pope blesses ldy, white/brown eggs, fibber island lyrics

4 years ago – Intruders, Out for Thai & sushi, Rent-bump.

5 years ago – perorate, Poi Dog Pondering, Thinking of using share point for journaling, smart tags, considering a piercing / blood donation,Wolbachia / Kamikaze Sperm, evil news

6 years ago – April refusing to go to the doc, bronchitis, half-light, new pals Geotarget

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8356 – and now, Weaver with the weather –

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Wow.. just got hailed on, big time. I’d say it was dime-sized here, but it was loud and highly entertaining.

at what point do they stop referring to size based on currency, and move on to sports equipment and fruit? Anything bigger than a quarter? Is a 50-cent piece bigger in diameter than a golf ball?

Here’s the report –

via – http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mfl/

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 247 PM EDT MON MAY 15 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA. NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 245 PM EDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MIAMI LAKES TO NORTH MIAMI…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MIRAMAR TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MIAMI BEACH…AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER THE FORT LAUDERDALE AREA WAS BEGINNING TO MOVE OFFSHORE. THIS CLUSTER IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DIME TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL ACROSS THE HIALEAH AREA. THIS ACTIVITY IS BEGINNING TO SPREAD NORTH ALONG THE PATH OF THE STORMS. POWER OUTAGES HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED WITH THE NORTHERN CLUSTER ACROSS BROWARD COUNTY NEAR PEMBROKE ROAD AND INTERSTATE 95.

* THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT… NORTH MIAMI CAROL CITY MIRAMAR AVENTURA SOUTHWEST RANCHES HOLLYWOOD FORT LAUDERDALE

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM IN THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOUSE OR BUSINESS IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

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8349 –

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What my neighborhood will look like if the water level rises 8m. Strangely, the lake won’t be submerged. I’m pretty safe 7m and lower, storm surge-wise. Note, 8 meter is about 26 feet, or about two stories. I’m on the third floor. (Approximately 30 feet up.)

12 hours at the air and sea show – time lapse

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an assortment of newt.

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sunset, many brush fires to the west making the haze pleasantly brownish orange rust.

So, dolphins refer to each other by individual names and thus have the concept of identity, eh?

Dolphins, like humans, recognize names