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9425 – Sunday

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Better Walkies today – cooler weather – lady with cats in a screened in stroller (Abby and Gabby – her name was Merle), spent much of the day at home.

Adam paid a visit, brought Chinese food. Played some Wii / lego star wars, took it easy.

Additionally, we saw the polydactyl cats who were more than friendly and lovable – they flop over and show belly for petting as soon as we get within 10 feet of them. clicks embiggen as always. I think the white belly is pregnant. Are mitten-footed cats just more friendly? I seem to recall the ones in the Keys to be especially lovey, too.

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Chewing on a bagel yanked out my filling and root canal. I now have a pretty big hole in my jaw – not painful, but after calling Dr Wolf, I’m to keep food out as best I can, and call him on Monday for an appointment – this was the tooth that was going to ge tthe crown, so I guess I may have more than two appointments ahead of me now (1 for temp crown, one to install perm)

1 year ago – falafel, sick bhk, gardenburger, comics and games and stuff, change, very clever pipe game, cosmic coasters, eryx sends us ecofluxx, twin win, apes and cadbury, 3000 year old beehives, population doubling by 1 human and 1 cat, how scotto makes himself angry, Madeline L’engle RIP, stolen catalytic converter from the parking lot at work, palm doodles, top murderous cities

2 years ago – jojo again, Chase is a creep, acim scuttlebutt (RS came back and left since then)

3 years ago– First notice of SNAKES ON A PLANE, smokin’ with Newt and Firpo,morning pre-work report, interdictor shenanigans, ADP and RI duke it out, second life free

4 years ago – Broward PSA, hurricane doodles, freeware

5 years ago – Harvest moon, auto-cashiers, acim two-level split, lynching, cluster move, gender genie, newt-bounce

6 years ago – Sleestaks and Oatmeal, Sculpey and Fimo, Bewitched, cave photo, bad prefixes, dog snoods

7 years ago– lj drama regarding cheaters,lovely long chat where blackie burped, thescents of rose, lavender, gardenia, violette, and muguet (burts bees),Skeletor, Back in 1997, there was an exorcism performed on Mother Teresa, saints.

8 years ago – poopy day, Suzy, Walt Whitman, American Cannibals, Mush, interests, overheard, jail visits Geotarget

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9415 – Saturday

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Went to go get shots – no serum, still. Annoying, but I was guessing that might happen.

After the doc bottomed out, BHK and I  pretty much just relaxed for the day. TV, rest, etc. Hung out a smidgen with the in-laws.

Overdone political item of the moment – I really think that it’s already played out, but that the below was pretty comical. Click to enlarge if the text is tricky.



Hey – Red Dwarf is coming back for a one-hour special ? Really? I wonder how much older they’ll all look?


1 year ago – gorey’s trouble with tribbles , 2 years I liked, cannibal, survey from wendy, I have lived through 105 of 158 things

2 years ago – wedding ring metals, psp stuff, circle/6 hand foot dilemma, BCT out, power out, funnel cloud pics, MD dog clinics need blood, backyard pic pre-ernesto, flickr color select

3 years ago – Katrina updates, firesign theater, PHC movie, a-z meme, cartoon themes, deerfield condo (obviously it worked out), movie plans – cgi a cartoon?, pee-powered battery, pippin

4 years ago – JLU, comparison shopping, bro drama, earache, presidential candidates

5 years ago – art fair, skippy, Danny’s Sci-fi club, morning newt pics, snake oil watch, dali, reading hero 5, female gamers outnumber boys, N. Korea Nukes, kim possible

6 years ago – wonka, hypno powers, got my computer desk

7 years ago – stoic, codex seraphinianus, fruit poll

8 years ago – remembering a hard month, work, fl trim, no thai, scrabble Geotarget

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9414 – Friday –

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Solid end to the work week – I was fortunate enough to have Chris pick me up at the office door, and take me straight on home.

BHK was there and we had red lentil soup and stuffed eggplant – it was really good, but I was feeling so well… needed a good lie down tonight. The in-laws could tell I wasn’t up to snuff, so they called it a night early.


Dinosaurs I particularly like, but in no particular order – stegosaurus, triceratops, plesiosaur (maybe Chessie ? (and mosasuar ), apatosaurus(or brontosaurus, as I first learned it), ankylosaurus,and utahraptor. If I had a paradox-free time machine, I’d love to visit, or at least view the Late Cretaceous.

I never think about how frickin’ huge the utahraptor was, compared to a human… I always figure it to be one of the tiny dinos… and it is tiny, compared to my other interests.


Well, my thoughts on a woman able to make it to the white house by having to be Republican may be gelling.

I search for a quick look at Ms. Palin’s stances, as I really didn’t know much about her before today. Aside from having some abuse of power issues. It seems that she’s very strongly anti-choice, pro big oil and big mining, supports the aerial hunting of wolves and bears, anti-environment, NRA positive, gay marriage unfriendly, favors teaching creationism in schools. Guess which stance I’m in agreement with, dear journal? (Hint: it’s the above the dividing line, and talks about dinosaurs being gigantic. I don’t agree with any of those policies she happens to have. )

I’m not really all that worried about it hitting the election’s results by much one way or the other – I suspect this will help perhaps a little bit for the dems, save for a fringe group of people that absolutely, positively have to see someone in office because her genitals are different than any other veep in history. (that we know of…. I’m talking to you, Elbridge Gerry and John C. Calhoun… I’ve had my suspicions.)

She just asked "What exactly does a vice president do?", on CNBC. A fair enough question I guess… but…

Joe Biden: "Governor Palin, I served with Dan Quayle; Dan Quayle was a friend of mine. Governor, you’re no Dan Quayle."

Neither VP lights my candle. Palin (a self-admitted creationist) nor Biden (a proponent of stronger police powers)

Well, no matter what happens this election, *something* new and unusual is going to happen. However, despite my issues with Obama – he is still the one I’ll vote for, given the available candidates. If it were John McCain of the 2000 election, I’d be more shaky, but given McCain’s recent right-wing pandering actions… AW *hail* NO. Defective Yeti agrees with my feeling there.


1 year ago – Discovered DC game night (still haven’t attended), TCEP14, rennfest, created feeds for icehouse and lab rabbit wiki

2 years ago – Ernesto not too bad, yoga, newt pic, Jon Benet dna

3 years ago – On the Waterfront, The Specials, gaming, once upon a time in the west, lisas, 20 facts, katrina a mess, PSA new orleans, newt pics, 10 most popular pics

4 years ago – Laundry blech, great quote, gutter-sniping, olive sings, Portugal

5 years ago – zombies, Tony Randall – Serial Killer, palm update, Newtcam pic

6 years ago – wetness out, protest, scotophobia, programming, doodling, cyndi lauper

7 years ago – codeburn, personal beliefs, pirate name, poetry, lj-poll, oversleep

8 years ago – Sleep study, personal vibe, my name, TERN Geotarget

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9413 – Thurs

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Sick right after lunch today – stomach cramps, vomiting and a bit of shakes afterward. I wish the bathroom at work was less centrally located.. I felt like I was broadcasting my problems to the whole office. Ah well… no helping that.

Watched season opener for Eureka last night and the start of Death at a Funeral. (spoilers on page – don’t read, unless you care to know.) Both were pretty standard fare for the genre, but entertaining nonetheless. Product placement in Eureka – interesting… I was surprised that we watched it last night -was rather expecting it to be a "see the whole season prerecorded after it’s ended" sort of thing. As for the movie, it’s always nice to see Peter Dinklage.

BHK made salad and queso for me, and had some left over chik-fil-a strips in hers… it smelled wonderful, and mine was delicious.


The Book of Secrets, Back Home Again


I Used To Believe is a wonderful site where people share things they used to believe as a child. The vast menagerie of monsters that children create (most of which apparently live in the toilet) is simply amazing to me, and that section of the site is a favorite.

1 year ago – extra-random rough draft entry, health update, food, shirt, trip, unerasable robot pic, helicopters, hate / bait?,

2 years ago – pom, apples and limeade, GP ahooga, close to the edit, burrito/screech butt, god lj, more ernesto a-comin’!

3 years ago – katrina track, toyota safe vs falling knives, brothers grimm, eco footprint, The Outbursts of Everett True , caffeinated death quiz, cat toy, superheroes and goats, office has no juice

4 years ago – on call all weekend, cej packet returned, super hero movies, charities, spectral analysis

5 years ago – begging for freebies, cases, frankie, wifi, paper toys

6 years ago – comic book ads, genetic ID card, lifegems, happy tree friends, Bheesh got a vette, free fonts, and Pynchon paper dolls

7 years ago – sci-fi dorkness (pity enterprise is so bad), red headed wildcat, bacchanalia, ultima Thule, stinky cab driver, lj "post limit hububb"

8 years ago – zoo day, de-compartmentalized some pals, Brown, turtle Geotarget

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9389 – Thursday

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Went the dentist – got a temp filling and I need a crown. Later at dinner, the temp filling fell out, but it’s aok for now.

Went to the Walgreens and I got BHK a pedegg – foot callous remover and orange zester, apparently. I think it’s a pretty surreal device, and is more surreal to me en espanol.

Watched latest Psych and Dragon’s Den… that’s about it!


Hey, Thanks, Knife-wielding robot! You’re not as dangerous as you sound, I guess!

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crazy robot doodle by me, article via


I just realized something about German boardgames. Seldom do you see dice. Cards are drawn and are sometimes used as randomizers, but you can still play the odds a bit – it’s rare to roll the ol’ bones. I wonder why?


Bengie’s is showing Wall-E, Dark knight and step brothers… I don’t think that I care to see Dark knight again, so it looks like we’ll wait another week or so before our return trip to the drive-in.


Follow up on the mayor’s “drug raid / dog shooting” indecent. He’s completely innocent, it seems. Prince George’s County Police really fouled up, in my opinion. That and the armed car chase through my neighborhood (well outside PG county jurisdiction) only adds to my problem with that organization. Some sort of Internal Affairs review needs to be done… but it seems unlikely.

“The mayor’s counsel also disputes authorities claims that they killed the dogs, Chase and Payton, because one of the dogs was coming at officers. Maloney says one dog was running away and the other was shot some distance from the front door.

Still, county law enforcement officials say they do not owe the Calvo’s an apology. Chief High defended the officers actions, but expressed regret over the death of the dogs.”


As someone that’s been at swat team gunpoint more than once… (06/02/2001 when my landlord went loopy with his guns over his face cancer and 02/24/2004 once when my bro committed “grand theft boat”.) – I can honestly say that sometimes the police has good reason to hold someone under potential deadly force. I’m thankful that neither I nor Newton were shot


Well, bro is right on the border of the 44 violation points rule. (he has exactly 44 points)(pdf info ) If convicted of all of his charges, he could either do under a year in county jail, or over a year in state prison.

from here –

If total points are equal to or less than 44, the lowest permissible sentence is a non-state prison sanction (however state prison up to the statutory maximum can be imposed).

If total points exceed 44, the minimum sentence is established by taking the total point value subtracting 28 and decreasing the remaining value by 25%. This end result value is the lowest permissible prison sentence in months.

This means than only those offenders scoring 44 or less points may receive a non- state prison sanction under the code. All others must receive a state prison sanction, absent downward departure from this structure. The threshold under the guidelines for mandatory prison incarceration was 52 points.

and from here

The magic number is 44: Anyone scoring above 44 points “must” be sentenced to state prison under the Code. However, the plea bargaining process can a) reduce the number of counts charged, b) have an agreement not to score certain items, c) substitute charges, d) reduce the actual count charged, or e) several other creative techniques can be used to get someone sentenced to a non-incarcerative sentence. Note the departure grounds under Rule 3.992(b), but also note the actual language of the “Sentence Computation” because someone charged with a felony can be sentenced to state prison even if the score fewer than 44 points. For this reason, felony cases are always very serious legal matters.

For his Faces of Evil project, Hans Weishäupl made composite photographs of the world’s worst dictators by photographing hundreds of people in each dictator’s country and stitching them together. The results are a bit disturbing, particularly when viewing very large, clear, vibrant color photos of long-dead monsters like Stalin or Hitler. (via conscientious)

1 year ago – dc to nyc bus, pg county car chase update, chocolate gum, ex debt, louise fadeout, ljopoly, cruel 2 b kind assassination game

2 years ago – finished pride & pred / monkey politics, Newt pic, kid rolling ajoint on the bus, solar powered sun bricks, firkin, 8500, flying model plane in miami, flight plans to maryland

3 years ago – deepest sender, jumping pictures, walkabout autostitch, mangrove tunnels

4 years ago – tmbg thoughts, sugar water vid, space issues, Rick James dead, Burpin’ at Newt, Magical Trevor, cocktail demons, nifty charts, Newt Videos, CoH Pix

5 years ago – Zombies, Army Men, mean cannibal pudding, time travel spam, vampire game, celeb phone calls, cej chat, bro request

6 years ago – Earth and Beyond Playtest, Kev & Bailey, fat parrots, french fry girl palm doodle

7 years ago – harried, inculpate, plane lands just down the road on andrews as a makeshift runway and kits my regular bus, wondering about lj’s image server (still not ready!), happy thoughts, magic can of soda

8 years ago – grumping, Space cowboys shows old man butts Geotarget

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9388 – wednesday

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Newton sunning upstairs on Pyecam – he loves going up there from about the time I leave the house to midday, when the sun has passed, and the heat-beam has shifted.

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More images from this morning’s Newtcam – BHK moved it closer to the ledge. clicks embiggen.

pink toes. newtbootypyecam. Fw: Lulled to sleep. Fw: Lulled to sleep.
noot2pyecam. newtleeppyecam. newtleeppyecam2. newtonpyecam2.


Tooth is definitely damaged – filling and tooth itself have pulled apart, and the tooth portion is loose. we’ll see what happens tomorrow. Pain is ok – still only at medium headache level.


BHK and I have really gotten into following the blogs of a few WUSA9’s folks – Kim Martucci and Angie Goff, specifically. They’re trapped in a horrible blogging software called pluck, but once past that, it’s really fun to see folks that are brand new at the whole on-line journal thing… and puts a more interactive and social face on folks you normally only get to see in a one-way medium of TV. I’ve mentioned both Kim and Angie before once or twice, and they both seem to be swell people.

ok, last timeline for the upgrade until they get here, or unless they’re late.

1 item – delivery estimate: August 13, 2008 – August 19, 2008 – 2 gigs of RAM
1 item – delivery estimate: August 8, 2008 – NVIDEA 8000gt Video card.


Retronomatopeya … Flickr set of sound and movement effects from comics


1 year ago – Pickles get made!, Sunflower, Raquel Welch as space gal, light table for treehouse, zendo, hello kitty cops,

2 years ago – Monks in a circle, ken nordine, contact lens thought, 9-volt batteries, dragonball live action in spanish, shades vary electric bill,

3 years ago – Mona moves on from work, Lisa is a good name on lj, NASA pics, walkies phone post

4 years ago – Thinking Wolfsonian, CEJ, Skeletor, bro, bandwidth crooks, awesome search phrase, cat poop coffee, silly ad, Where do they make balloons… (hey, synchronicity)

5 years ago – miniature oranges, orisinal games, tv in my head, first/last meme, newt on a windowsill, daler mehndi

6 years ago – Newt Wakies, Croc bite brings beer, scotto-man, overtired, funions

7 years ago – vcr tape, gaming, militate, warren, scientific independence for researchers, Frontier Psychiatrist, evil SUV

8 years ago – many folks join my Friendy-list (probably due to addition of interests) , grover, graves museum Geotarget

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9379 – Wednesday

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scotto and chae, he-man styleOh My Goff! –Emmy award winner Angie Goff profiled me, the kitties and Alan & JC’s pup Chae on her blog entry today ! (Picture here from the entry… eek and awesome. BHK is going to tease me mercilessly – She’d better watch it, or she’ll get She-Ra’ed.) The WUSA9 team all have blogs it seems, and the bulk of them are very entertaining!


Called Dr. Wolfe – cracked my back tooth, the one with the composite filling. I’m taking antibiotics starting tonight, and I’ll be seeing him in a week for a fix-up. It only hurt a wee bit yesterday, but has progressed to headache level annoyance now. I wonder if the tooth will come out of my noggin before thursday… it feels a bit loose.


noot2pyecam. squinkypyecam. squikypyecam2. squinkynootpyecam.
recent Pyecam captures of Newton in the “treehouse” – as always, click to embiggen them!

We need to get pye in the light like that, so he doesn’t look like the phantom blot !


A very interesting graph of the estimated ideological positions of US voters, senators, and representatives shows that members of Congress are much more liberal and conservative than are US voters, who fall somewhere in the middle. (via 3qd)


Maryland Renaissance Fest is coming up. I figure we’ll go again, probably for one weekend, this time to just people watch, if nothing else. Scottish Weekend might be fun.


Got a postcard from the bro. He sounds better when he’s sobered up. I’ll be writing him sometime between tomorrow night and this weekend. It breaks my heart every time I think of him… I thought I was mostly over it, but I’m really still fairly tender about it at times. If luck enters the picture, maybe he’ll get some good, solid treatment, but I won’t get my hopes up.

His arraignment was supposed to have been on Monday – I wonder how long before public records will give me follow-up info? He’s got a calendar call on 9/2/08 – I guess I’ll know more then.


Al Gore Places Infant Son In Rocket To Escape Dying Planet

“I tried to warn them, but the Elders of this planet would not listen,” said Gore, who in 2000 was nearly banished to a featureless realm of nonexistence for promoting his unpopular message. “They called me foolish and laughed at my predictions. Yet even now, the Midwest is flooded, the ice caps are melting, and the cities are rocked with tremors, just as I foretold. Fools! Why didn’t they heed me before it was too late?”


1 year ago – payday, mas90, chalupacabra, Ultimate Blade Runner set, Amy on her way home, All Star Superman, Harry Potter, Metatron

2 years ago – first pente loss to bhk, newt and squirrel pic, dice wars, proximity, nobility, vista speech off, clip art movie, hotspot hacks, gamelan,

3 years ago – entry loss, sky high good, Danny wins prizes, calls while not on-call, 10k superballs, Newtcam Law and Order, meme stuff, pics of lisas, and autostitch garage

4 years ago – museum pics, slippery, Loveless

5 years ago – tv shows, comic fonts, paper money, sound resource, gay high, starmark, CA2, tunnel walkies pix, Dan visit, toys

6 years ago – random voog glimpse, infrasound, dinner timeline, GRASP, hate group mapping, Jen plans on being wed, FMM steals paid time from me, mach 8 jets

7 years ago – animal traits poll, Museum of Black Superheroes, remonstrate, Pompano info, evil news, mental health day, rainbow newt poll, icq/lj tech trouble

8 years ago – April stress, New everway group review, Babel fish translations, green lantern, Jerry’s Birthday bash, Discover marquee, Bev Preggers, Bro working at Amici’s, We Like Pie, 29th Scroll, 6th Verse Geotarget

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9377 – Tuesday-

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The backyard cornucopia strikes again!

veggie mania

More from the garden. Pumpkin, squash, a ton of white eggplant, some skinny purple and green eggplant, tomato and cucumber. Nice mix of colors in the back yard!

BHK made pseudo-chicken in cream sauce with peas over a bed of egg noodles… side of green beans in sesame oil. yummmy goodness.

Middleman – titanic tuba episode is maintaining quality nicely.


http://rolcogames.com/ -cool site for pawns, little meeples, whatnot. The Game inventor kit is brilliant.


Matt Thompson has some advice for you: stop buying cheap-ish pseudo-generic drugs from Walgreens, Rite-Aid, and Duane Reade and start buying really cheap true generics.

As you might know, Benadryl (available at Walgreens.com for $5.29 for a box of 24 capsules) and Wal-dryl ($3.99 / 24 capsules) are otherwise known as “25 mg. of diphenhydramine HCI.” Compare [with the true generic available at Amazon]. Yes, that is 400 tablets containing 25 mg. of diphenhydramine HCI, for about $10 when you factor in shipping.

Heed his words. Here’s 300 tablets of generic Claritin for $11.00, 100 tablets of generic Zyrtec for $6.99, 240 tablets of generic Zantac, 1000 capsules of generic Benadryl for $20.34, 1000 tablets of generic Advil for $11.70, and 1000 caplets of generic Tylenol for $13.91.



Seek the Six – New Prisoner “puzzle” promo. Fairly slow loading a the start, but nifty. (I am number 952805… apparently it’s not news to most!)

1 year ago – Blueberry pancakes, naptime, gaming with BHK and Amy

2 years ago – starting yoga, newtcam pics, visiting pals, comics, wrestler name, Jonathan Coulton – Bigfoot & Leonard Nimoy, cool cartoon, spoof caller id service

3 years ago – met the Lisas, strawberry shortcake, Kamandi, cat cartoons, I remind JL of Rob from High Fidelity, meme-y thing, out with Dan

4 years ago – turtlenecks, skinbags, touchscreen, firestarter, recent tunes, oomiaq, walkies, manatees

5 years ago – tour guides, politics, bollywood, starmark, windows psa

6 years ago – swastika, dreams, newt, birds of prey, lizard droppings, zebrelle

7 years ago -WoG III, Chai, bro, coloring book, lj down

8 years ago -no-thang Geotarget

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9334 – Wednesday

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Telecommuted in today -some slight bumps when Comcast passed out on us, but it was restored quickly enough, and I had the fallback of the cellular modem if I needed it.

Epidural went ok, painful, but hopefully productive. I got a bit panicked when I read the release forms this time (My heart rate went from 134/68 to 164/99 and back down to 139/95, once I focused. My average heart rate is still 119/79. – I certainly didn’t want to die as the result of a pain block, and once gave myself a little self-awareness, everything worked out for the best. I spoke with the doc about my rattling lungs, and he gave me a cursory look – it seems like they’re doing ok now, and the cough should be history soon.

Went to Mexico for a very late lunch (maybe 4?) and I chowed down, as I had to fast for the procedure. BHK didn’t eat very much, but she had a little nibble in the morning.

Swung by verison for a replacement holster, but they said it’d take at least a half hour to review records and check on the receipt.. we didn’t want to lurk that long, as my anesthetic was beginning to wear off and it was time to head home.

Saw the finale of Farmer wants a wife, and he took the better of the remaining options open to him, I think. i’ll be interested if he comes back next year for “farmer wants a divorce” and / or “farmer wants a baby.” Hell’s Kitchen wasn’t bad, down to two people I find interesting and both seem talented.


Origami minis for D&D. Cheaper than metals! To scale, too.


Note to self – Games that Are Worth Purchasing Solely for Playing Two-Player, but Are Capable of Supporting More Players

So many games that interest me seem to be 3+ player only (Catan, Stonehenge, etc) , it’s good to locate that sort of list.


1 year ago – pirates, shaolin soccer, travels with Danny and BHK, twerp-wad, falcons attacking our squirrels, danny with the simpsons,

2 years ago – walkabout pictures (broward stencil graffiti and items near the bookstore), Tijuana Taxi, popcorn mp3, tossing items west

3 years ago – weary, Alex Toth’s last birthday, journal entry length, stumbleupon, silver bullets, bso pics, data munging, dork, smashing pumpkins, dalek mood theme, call forwarding, testing flickr’s autopost, newtcam pic!

4 years ago – Ubermensch Baby, walk the drunk, hulk returns to blogville, talked with sedef, tiki beach doodle

5 years ago – sernya, Zod is Jor-El, plushie supers

6 years ago – random adds, new place, sleeping late with cat, riaa shaman defeats bad magic box, Francesco skips out, no cable.

7 years ago – oblation, wonderful world, chopping block

8 years ago – threadsGeotarget

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9333 – Tuesday

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Tomorrow I go to the doctor for a review and another epidural. Hopefully I’ll get a lead on something for my nagging cough.

Went to go see the Hulk movie (I’m sleeping in until 7:30 tomorrow, so I can pull it off) – It was a whole lot better than what I was expecting. BHK liked the movie more than Iron Man, and I am certainly more sympathetic to Banner – I feel that Iron Man was better acted and had better effects, but Hulk was more enjoyable overall – I didn’t mind the CGI Hulk and Abomination at all.

Watched the 2nd episode of Middleman, and it was a lot smoother than the pilot. I’m enjoying it so far.

Nasty thought, resulting from last weekend’s dining out – “Crab dip stuffed crust pizza”. I bet it would make a mint along the Chesapeake… sprinkle a little old bay seasoning on the pie, and I suspect that you’ve got Maryland gold…. and I’ve got a tummy ache just thinking about it.

Joke of the day –

Q.What’s Brown and rhymes with Snoop?

A: Dr. Dre.


Well, BHK thought it was funny, dear journal.

Forget about the joke and just gaze into the eyes of telekinetic monkey. Ooeeeooooeeeoo! I hope he uses his powers for good!



Got this in the mail at work – That’s pretty cool of the building to do for the critters. 

The saying is something like: "Don't ever come between a Mother and her babies"
 
Well, here in Calverton, it's proving to be true.  There is a Mother 
Eastern Kingbird nesting in one of the trees in the back parking lot (*)
that has felt a little threatened by some of our staff members. She's
even attacked a few staff members. (thankfully, they are OK)
 
(*)She's in one of the trees at the right of the rear entrance in the
first island that is parallel with the building. Currently, 8:45 a.m,
there is a black truck parked near "her" tree.
 
PLEASE DO YOUR BEST TO STAY AWAY FROM THAT TREE AREA AND LET HER HATCH
HER BABIES.  WE DON'T WANT ANYONE HURT BY HER PROTECTIVE INSTINCT AND WE
DEFINITELY DON'T WANT HER TO ABANDON HER NEST.
 
Kate Flint did some research and found out some facts about Eastern
Kingbirds:
 
*   The Eastern Kingbird is highly aggressive toward nest predators
and larger birds. Hawks and crows are attacked regularly. A
kingbird was observed to knock a Blue Jay out of a tree and cause it to
hide under bush to escape the attack. 
 
*   During the summer the Eastern Kingbird eats mostly flying
insects and maintains a breeding territory that it defends vigorously
against all other kingbirds. In the winter along the Amazon, however, it
has a completely different lifestyle: it travels in flocks and eats
fruit. 
 
*   Parent Eastern Kingbirds feed their young for about seven weeks.
Because of this relatively long period of dependence, a pair generally
raises only one brood of young per nesting season.
 
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Eastern_Kingbird.html



1 year ago – voice post, pictures of Danny, BHK and me, sea shells and fountains and a truck

2 years ago – bus stop view in broward, peter gabriel, danny brief

3 years ago – sleep, mai-kai, danny, cleo2525, RJD2 – 1976, whale burgers, liverank, orange newt pic, entp

4 years ago – gmail bids low, my nightmare ’08 prez ticket, aventura mall w/danny (& pics)

5 years ago – graypumpkin / danny / rik update, blogpulse, vampire rank, gali, booth mgt sys, gaming memories

6 years ago – Scotto is…..(google), Francesco issues, Bed Sizes, Rate my kitten

7 years ago – evil news, game poll, fight poll… (One of my fave theoreticals), weather, crayon poll, a little mush, What’s in the kitchen?, shaving poll. (I must’ve just discovered the poll feature)

8 years ago – no-thangGeotarget

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9318 – Sunday – Father’s day!

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Happy Father’s Day! Beware the Ides of June!

Had a lovely breakfast at the in-laws. Got Larry a pair of nice cards, and a Micheal Buble’ album. He seemed to dig ’em!

Lar made pancakes on the grill’s skillet – they were fantastic… and the weather in the morning wasn’t super hot… quite nice, actually. We sat on the deck and watched the birds of prey go fishing in the bay – one took off with a giant meal afte ronly a quick glance and dive. Post breakfast, we went into the house and listened to his new CD – it was OK – but I had been feeling rather ragged and zonked out on the recliner until BHK noted we had to go and grab groceries for the cookout later on.

I slept in the car as BHK shopped – we had to turn around at one point, as we’d thought that Adam and Joey weren’t coming – we had to grab more dogs, buns, chips and soda-pop to keep the teens fed and happy.

I napped more at home, while BHK made Larry a blueberry/blackberry pie (and one for us at the house, too!)

Everyone showed up at about 7, I grilled meat for the team, Chris brought baked beans and slaw, BHK set everything up, and we ate like we’d just gotten the first meal in days. The folding chairs are going to get a lot of use this summer, I think.

It went well, and as the sun went down, the gang headed out and the sights and sounds of the evening began to rise up… frogs ribbiting, mosquitoes buzzing and nibbling, and fireflies lighting up the garden like dozens of will-o-wisps. we went inside, as the frogs were too busy singing to eat up all of the mosquitoes – the biters didn’t stop other folks outside from lighting off roman candles and other fireworks. Maybe the smoke acts as a repellent?

Things seen yesterday and today –

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we went to the bitter end – What’s the asterisk mean?

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saw some graffiti – cycloptic dinosaur and a bleeding heart inscribed with “never”.

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geese in bikinis

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Tonight, someone was shooting off fireworks, and some got caught on newtcam. In North Beach, any holiday is a good excuse for pyrotechnics.

Arbor day? Sure! National Pen-pal day? Heck, Why not?

I am feeling better a bit now that the day is about done – I think the nap may’ve stiffened my back more than help. Next time, perhaps just a sitting rather than a flat-out snooze will be best. I didn’t dwell much on my own father today…just as well, really.


1 year ago – last day of county gig, hot brain, DC living costs, hero machine sponsored, neil and bugah coming for sleepover, danny visit upcoming, iana gig on monday

2 years ago – payday, mango fest, Phoenix uncomfy, Nonja the rude ape, elvis costello green shirt, chess piece poll,

3 years ago – David Sutherland RIP, trunk turtles, Easter walkies, chimp pics, paper toys, gCensus, Mothra Song, superhero TV themes, vet mixup, menstrual superstitions, 250 questions

4 years ago – Queequeg, Lizard (a knight anole) pictures, fixed calamity’s icon,Mycoprotein, Sammy doodle, sites for positive change, yahoo goes fromsix meg to 100meg (now at 1 gig vs gmail’s 2+gig)

5 years ago – Father’s Day, vampire game, wondering about a world free of psychoactive drugs

6 years ago – lovely long talk, South Park Scotto, Tea room, Replacement parts, star trek breast insignia

7 years ago – Predators of man, Apt seeking, Nothing sacred, sql/ado. pet quiz, pizza parlor, writing urge, Big Guy and rusty.

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9315 – Thursday

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Was a bit sicker in the am, but was feeling better by midday. It seems that mornings are the most difficult now, post sleep and shower. One day until Friday!

BHK and I went out to Thursday’s for supper with Chris and Larry – took a walk on the boardwalk afterward. Nice night, only a couple of mosquitoes.

Today is Buddy’s Wake – Adam’s grandfather didn’t make it, sadly.


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More fruit from the blueberry plant! Had a little nibble on them with lunch today, in yogurt.

We also have eggplant blossoms, two peppers coming in nicely and tons of squash, bean and potato blossoms!


scribbls – a fun little doodle/game thing. (most faved is worth a peek) – I suspect that Kat will dig it, with that tablet!


Robert Downey Jr. says he gave up drugs after Burger King served him “a cheeseburger so disgusting that it forced him to reassess his entire life.” The burger was so nasty that he suddenly felt like something terrible was going to happen to him, so he threw all his drugs into the ocean and has been clean ever since.


1 year ago – carcassonne, blink, masonic temple pic, moonbase blackhellkat (in comments)

2 years ago – bangs!, 70s nostalgia, net neutrality, heifer.org, zombie powered car, blondie, smothers brothers, hurricane, tv openings, far out space nuts, 3’s company, tomi’s vette, electrawoman and dynagirl

3 years ago – Going postal, free pie, Global Frequency, Who, Kim Possible, writing, JC & fish sammiches, mouse update, UN food force, Hav, Work Sanity, fridge cleanup, Chloe-pup, sweet farm girl mp3, Hunter-Newt face pics (vs. a paper strip)

4 years ago – Astronauts, Hound Dogs, doodles, $0.21, CoH rough, Camels vs Tigers, Hustler Store on its way

5 years ago – there-music, vampires, Bollywood posters, billy the kid

6 years ago – wondering about hover cars and jetpacks, mad shark, bad tattoos,rainbow in every teardrop, kid at work day, wondering about my own,Freedom force supers, misc bro & Danny get togethers

7 years ago – irenic & potatory, recovering from yuck, idea12, waving, coffee flavored cereals, evil news, html brad hoax, plucking out a worm, l-struck

8 years ago – fooling myself, Superman is JC, site poetry via cmdrtacoGeotargetVisitor Map

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9312 – Monday

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Called in sick to work – in a cough-funk, but still available on cell phone to meeting – I barely moved from bed… haven’t had anything solid since Sunday midday.

a/c still broken – repair crew coming on Wednesday – apparently the tornado has affected a lot of folks.

not much to say, and I need some sleep – have some garden pics, dear journal – I’ll see you tomorrow!

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A little flooded out, but it’s still coming along.


quote of the day: (via shoebox)

“If I had to lose one of my senses, I’d want it to be my sense of impending doom.”
-Russ


1 year ago – full Saturday of book / yard sales – fab brew not so fab, dc divas, random survey

2 years ago – cut my foot, Danny wants to go to Vegas, re: tv hospitals and my dad, rubber soul mp3, dr smith, quizzles

3 years ago – bro bailout, monkeys and popsicles, demolition, Shatner Se7en, zombies from chaplain, lj friends quiz, hubbub

4 years ago – Rydia.net, bills, walk piccies, park urge, chimps, #478

5 years ago – D and depression, Dale moves, addictive cheese, kraft pack, Newt on a ledge

6 years ago – picked up freedom force, shopped for my current bike

7 years ago – sunset quiz, Seuss on the brain, the never fulfilled Stacy cpu, wild child.

8 years ago – Found Heather’s other journal, Touch, contemplating the transient nature of computer palsGeotarget

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9311 – Sunday the 8th (counting up to Friday the 13th)

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Today, I got sicker, bleah. Pains and stresses at an all time yuck factor.

Watched Old San Fransisco , assorted tv, and slept most of the day. BHK and I took a walk in the sun to try and loosen stuff up for about 45 minutes (or about a mile and a half) and while I think fresh air helps… I was more than ready to go rest afterward. For some reason, our water bottles tasted like onion.

A/C broken – house bounces between 80 and 95 degrees inside, depending on time of day. Fortunately, we have lots of ceiling fans, and the loft has a window-shaker unit, so the kitties, BHK and I won’t bake too badly as long as we stay upstairs.

thinking about my sweetheart, BHK – some savage garden –

Maybe it’s intuition
but some things you just don’t question
Like in your eyes, I see my future in an instant
And there it goes,
I think I found my best friend
I know that it might sound
more than a little crazy
but I believe…

I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life

There’s just no rhyme or reason
Only the sense of completion
And in your eyes, I see
the missing pieces I’m searching for
I think I’ve found my way home
I know that it might sound
more than a little crazy
but I believe…

I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life

1 year ago – grown up survey, aardvark trip for games

2 years ago – lj people vs people in real life, Maya / Ole’ Ole’ weak food-wise but nice conversation-wise, the fixx mp3, voice post, very silly comments

3 years ago – 100 icons (now 143), mp call, scotto-pic, the bear, erasure, swf nav-bar, now and last quiz

4 years ago – Mxyzptlk, Hosting, Newt Pics, why a bear, Ebola playset

5 years ago – Newtcam, Monster name, D, Lj top 40, @home, vampire game

6 years ago – no more flash embedded in journals, cleaning house post fumes, June bugs coming, supa-leap Newt, global warming rant

7 years ago – Argus, moon cathedrals, monkey fishing (later shown false), smart tags (where’d those go?), reading comics, dj account

8  years ago -ADD, Webcam obtained, meme, mind tricks, kite flying with April and DannyGeotarget

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9310 – Saturday

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Bugah’s baseball game is today – didn’t drive out to VA to see him – both BHK and I love that kid to death, but we’re both too sick to go up there and spread our germs to the little ones – that said, we did go to the doc for a shot.

Got shots, we played Yahtzee on the pda three times while I waited for clearance to leave, bhk does better than me in general, but I got her 2/3 games this time.

Hit the yard sale in front of the firehouse on the way home – BHK got a pair of books, something by Moning [edit – it was Darkfever ] (Highlander something) and The 13th Tale.

After a bit of rest, we decided to head to Aardvark, and picked up Arkham Horror, Grave Robbers From Outer Space and Marriage Material (as well as vol 2 of Irredeemable Ant-man, and Vol 2 of New Frontier.)

I started feeling much more poorly Saturday night – BHK is sick, and I have a severe cough, a fluid-filled chest, muscle aches, and back pain.

We started to do a puzzle, but I couldn’t even stay seated at the table…. so I flopped in front fo the TV and half-watched until we tucked in, at about 9 pm.

On a lighter note – we got our first nibs and nabs from the garden!

Blueberry … first eats produced this season by our plants… picture taken with cell phone.

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Who was part of breakfast that day… but his brothers and sisters later became part of this –

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Blueberry Pie! BHK’s first, and it was delicious!


1 year ago – garden pepper pic

2 years ago – LOTR online beta, valleyschwag, Newt defends me during a pirate game, yawny-poll, mermaids- traditional and feegee, monkey chow diaries, abc mp3, stealth-wing parachute, router hack, bro case update, of mice & men, freaturing superman and bizarro

3 years ago – teensy work text, human hamster balls, google-found webcams, old gi joe comics, jogging for jesus, Florida judges are tossing out DUI cases when defendants ask to see the source code for the breathalysers that busted them, Ex-deputy gets life for molesting boys, bro picked up for trespassing

4 years ago – zombie quiz, metamorpho with GP, Square-boy, Walken sings, Chainsaw owies, ST emulator, Bulldozer rampage, I go to a new host.

5 years ago – bro, pub-crawling with Danny, flowerpop clones my interests and flies off.

6 years ago – hero costume poll, sogyo poetry, fumigation finished, scopes sea monkey trial

7 years ago – baby helmet, deep sleep, grogginess, wag, folks sick all over LJ, shoe size poll, adaptation of science, spark words.

8 years ago – My life unapproved by the Comic’s Code Authority
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