I am both amused and a little dismayed that our town uses a very similar font as The Prisoner for all of their emailed town announcements. Mostly Amused.
Firsts Meme (snagged from Kat)
Happy Birthday to Kat (and 3 years of journaling!)
Today, I got my shots, and BHK visited the doc for chest pains- turned out to be muscle-related… knot in her back radiated out to the rib area. Knot is fading considerably now, thankfully.
This afternoon, BHK and I finished Happiness of the Khatkuris, and The Dunwich horror – both were much better than I’d hoped, for totally different but similar reasons. "Bad" horror flicks, that were fun to watch, mostly because BHK was in the room with me while we lounged on the couch and ate chocolate cookies.
After the movie-fest, it was off to Selby with the in-laws – Not bad, but not the best – lots of new folks there – owners out, so the quality was a bit under par, but still good.
BHK got her big warm coat for our trip to Punxy – she’ll be toasty warm while we’re there now, I’ll wager.
1 year ago – plumber, kat bday, nutshell day
2 years ago – KC’s bday, moved a bit, dead and breakfast, hero quiz
3 years ago – illegal to annoy, esp poll 2, superkitty icon, yahoo-webjay, meme, sliders farewell, Japanese spidey full 1st episode, more silly quizzes, dinosaur/archosaur, family watchdog for sex preds, eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
4 years ago – Mel’s not fond of my music & helpful to caterpillar, OTR, evilcorp, FBI most wanted, long list meme, word use, that silly video, no conspiracy folks?
5 years ago – Blimp, bail, accents and the start of getting a mortgage, fog of war, newt pic
6 years ago – silly entendres, pygmy cannibals, pyramid mausoleum
7 years ago – gollum toys, prayer wheels, SOP, What’s he gots in his pocketses?, gollum poll
8 years ago – supes, lyrics, ghosting 
Only 360ish days until 2010. I wonder what people will do for crazy new years glasses for 2011? no more double zero years for eye holes until 2020!
Danny’s Birthday Today… and one month until I turn 40. Kat’s Birthday is speeding up in about a week or so, too, and Duncan-Dad Shaun’s B’day is the end of this month.
Lets see – today – Early Morning – Amy heads home – the dog bite on her arm is too infected, and she’s worried about properly treating it. I think it’ll be ok, but I can understand having concerns.
I get an emergency visit to the dentist – turns out my earache was the result of my crown – too high, and my jaw was adjusting to make it fit properly while I slept. TMJ turned into an ear infection. warm compresses and antibiotics should fix it soon. (I hope!)
After the dentist, I hit the doc’s – got some ear drops to relieve the head pain, and looked into some treatment for some of the other issues I’ve been having. Got some new meds for that, and a consult to see some specialists in the area. We’ll see how it goes, I’m hopeful. I should’ve just done my allergy shots today… but I guess that doesn’t matter, since I’m to every other week now.
Jaw is painful, but not terrible. I guess that’s one way to prevent overindulgence during the holidays!
Unique hits to my journal, by country – 30,998 total in the last 6 months – slightly down.
Running total of visits to scottobear.livejournal.com since 12 Jun 2006: 460,758
Current Country Totals
From 15 Jun 2008 to 1 Jan 2009
| US | – | United States | 21,313 |
| CA | – | Canada | 1,731 |
| GB | – | United Kingdom | 1,499 |
| DE | – | Germany | 502 |
| AU | – | Australia | 460 |
| MX | – | Mexico | 299 |
| FR | – | France | 263 |
| IN | – | India | 251 |
| SE | – | Sweden | 198 |
| NL | – | Netherlands | 190 |
| ES | – | Spain | 175 |
| SA | – | Saudi Arabia | 167 |
| BR | – | Brazil | 155 |
| IT | – | Italy | 153 |
| IE | – | Ireland | 135 |
| PH | – | Philippines | 134 |
| RU | – | Russian Federation | 117 |
| SG | – | Singapore | 115 |
| PL | – | Poland | 97 |
| BE | – | Belgium | 90 |
| ID | – | Indonesia | 89 |
| TR | – | Turkey | 87 |
| JP | – | Japan | 85 |
| NO | – | Norway | 80 |
| TH | – | Thailand | 78 |
| MY | – | Malaysia | 78 |
| FI | – | Finland | 77 |
| NZ | – | New Zealand | 75 |
| AR | – | Argentina | 72 |
| GR | – | Greece | 68 |
| PT | – | Portugal | 68 |
| ZA | – | South Africa | 67 |
| HU | – | Hungary | 66 |
| IL | – | Israel | 66 |
| RO | – | Romania | 66 |
| DK | – | Denmark | 62 |
| CH | – | Switzerland | 58 |
| KR | – | Korea, Republic of | 58 |
| CL | – | Chile | 54 |
| PE | – | Peru | 48 |
| AT | – | Austria | 47 |
| CZ | – | Czech Republic | 45 |
| HK | – | Hong Kong | 42 |
| AE | – | United Arab Emirates | 39 |
| EG | – | Egypt | 38 |
| UA | – | Ukraine | 37 |
| PK | – | Pakistan | 35 |
| RS | – | Serbia | 34 |
| PR | – | Puerto Rico | 33 |
| CO | – | Colombia | 33 |
| HR | – | Croatia | 28 |
| VN | – | Vietnam | 26 |
| TW | – | Taiwan | 25 |
| BG | – | Bulgaria | 22 |
| CN | – | China | 21 |
| LT | – | Lithuania | 21 |
| LV | – | Latvia | 21 |
| VE | – | Venezuela | 20 |
| IR | – | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 18 |
| EE | – | Estonia | 16 |
| SK | – | Slovakia | 16 |
| KW | – | Kuwait | 15 |
| JM | – | Jamaica | 15 |
| SI | – | Slovenia | 14 |
| QA | – | Qatar | 13 |
| DO | – | Dominican Republic | 12 |
| EC | – | Ecuador | 11 |
| IS | – | Iceland | 11 |
| MT | – | Malta | 10 |
| EU | – | Europe | 10 |
| JO | – | Jordan | 10 |
| CY | – | Cyprus | 8 |
| TT | – | Trinidad and Tobago | 7 |
| DZ | – | Algeria | 7 |
| SV | – | El Salvador | 7 |
| CR | – | Costa Rica | 7 |
| LK | – | Sri Lanka | 6 |
| PS | – | Palestinian Territory | 6 |
| PA | – | Panama | 6 |
| HN | – | Honduras | 6 |
| BD | – | Bangladesh | 5 |
| MK | – | Macedonia | 5 |
| SD | – | Sudan | 5 |
| BA | – | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 |
| GE | – | Georgia | 4 |
| AL | – | Albania | 4 |
| LB | – | Lebanon | 4 |
| AP | – | Asia/Pacific Region | 4 |
| OM | – | Oman | 4 |
| GU | – | Guam | 4 |
| KE | – | Kenya | 4 |
| BH | – | Bahrain | 4 |
| AN | – | Netherlands Antilles | 4 |
| MA | – | Morocco | 4 |
| CI | – | Cote D’Ivoire | 3 |
| SY | – | Syrian Arab Republic | 3 |
| GH | – | Ghana | 3 |
| MV | – | Maldives | 3 |
| PY | – | Paraguay | 3 |
| MU | – | Mauritius | 3 |
| BY | – | Belarus | 3 |
| GT | – | Guatemala | 3 |
| NG | – | Nigeria | 3 |
| BS | – | Bahamas | 3 |
| LU | – | Luxembourg | 2 |
| MN | – | Mongolia | 2 |
| TC | – | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2 |
| BO | – | Bolivia | 2 |
| UY | – | Uruguay | 2 |
| AW | – | Aruba | 2 |
| KY | – | Cayman Islands | 2 |
| ME | – | Montenegro | 2 |
| MM | – | Myanmar | 2 |
| YE | – | Yemen | 2 |
| ZM | – | Zambia | 1 |
| CU | – | Cuba | 1 |
| CD | – | Congo, The Democratic Republic of the | 1 |
| LY | – | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 1 |
| PF | – | French Polynesia | 1 |
| TN | – | Tunisia | 1 |
| NA | – | Namibia | 1 |
| DM | – | Dominica | 1 |
| FJ | – | Fiji | 1 |
| GQ | – | Equatorial Guinea | 1 |
| AZ | – | Azerbaijan | 1 |
| MD | – | Moldova, Republic of | 1 |
| NP | – | Nepal | 1 |
| NI | – | Nicaragua | 1 |
| VG | – | Virgin Islands, British | 1 |
| TG | – | Togo | 1 |
| SR | – | Suriname | 1 |
| SN | – | Senegal | 1 |
| BN | – | Brunei Darussalam | 1 |
| KN | – | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 |
| BZ | – | Belize | 1 |
| BB | – | Barbados | 1 |
1 year ago – Danny bday, Kat, Pam, age thoughts about myself, growing more beard for winter, beast sock monkey, webcomics, meme, polar bear swim
2 years ago – polar bear swim review, polar bears in general
3 years ago – prisoner commentary on my lack of things to say, linkies to cams, mugshots, thumbs up, tiny & affordable computers, ultimate showdown
, windows security hole psa
4 years ago – Mel’s Gram moves in, Dan doesn’t meet her, on call, A&E, smallware, a resolution I fairly succeeded at, curry on the brain
5 years ago – dropload, shoot around corners, I first hear about how capital punishment is a far more expensive system than one whose maximum penalty is life in prison, Urban Exploration Florida
6 years ago – bro/taxi trouble, conquer the world, smoking gun mug shots
7 years ago – Random Name Generator, gunplay dream, family channel, Scotto’s head,2001 review, Japanese space shuttle, Afghan sports, pee color
8 years ago – words within words, I disagree with Georgia O’Keeffe, LJ bumpy
After work yesterday, we intended to visit to Larry’s School and watch The Scarlet Pimpernel. No such luck- timing was against us, so we just grabbed some Mama Lucia’s pasta, and went home.
I’ve had very restless sleep lately, maybe getting only 2 or 3 good hours in a night. I’m hoping to play a little catch-up this weekend, and get my body back into a reasonable schedule.
Hard to say for sure, because it is dang nice outside lately.
Midweek already! How’d that happen? No complaints, mind you, dear journal.
At just about noontime yesterday I used Shazam! as an expletive of surprise. Without irony, or mocking Cap’n Marvel / Gomer Pyle.
What’s happening to my brain?
I don’t know.
So I wrote a Haiku.
Now, I want an animal cracker. Or better, a box of animal crackers. Higher on the food chain, the better. Except for gorillas. I’d like some gorillas.
BHK made a really yummy giant salad for supper – Chris and Larry came over, but they stuck to cheesy-toast and hot dogs. More salad for me! 😀
Once the lover of Polish intelligence agent Major Jerzy Sosnowski, Benita put some distance between them by marrying the Baron von Berg. However she and her husband remained on friendly terms with Sosnowski and mingled within the same social circles. Rumors of Sosnowski’s activity in espionage began to surface, although charges were unable to be proven.
In February 1935, the Nazis raided a party at which the Baroness, her husband, and Sosnowski were in attendance. Over fifty people were rushed off to jail and several were released after being cleared of charges of espionage and other crimes. Though secrecy shrouded the Nazi proceedings, it eventually became known that the Baroness von Berg, along with Sosnowski’s mistress Renate von Natzmer, were sentenced to death. On February 18, 1935 both women were taken to the block at Plotzensee Prison in Berlin and decapitated by the axe.
(The ‘heading axe’ , as it was called, was little more than a blunt, primitive chopper which crushed its way through the flesh and vertebrae of the victim as he or she, knelt over the block on which their head lay. The executioners axe did not always cut through on the first strike nor did it often hit its target accurately.)
In 1938, Adolph Hitler decreed that all future executions be done by hanging or guillotine.
Time Magazine Article (for future ref):
Time Magazine – Monday, Feb 25, 1935 –
There was scarcely a word in the papers. No one would mention it by telephone or letter, yet everywhere that Germans met last week, behind locked doors where no servants could hear, they talked of nothing else. What had happened to the beautiful Baroness von Berg? Would she be beheaded? Had she already been executed? Was Baron Sosnowski in jail? Had he been sent back to Poland?
For a year details of the story have been leaking out (TIME, Nov. 19). Baron George (“Yurek”) Sosnowski is an extremely handsome young Pole who served gallantly in the Austrian Army, loves women, excitement. Deeply infatuated with him was the beautiful Baroness Benita von Berg, a blonde whose first husband was Richard von Falkenhayn, son of the late great General von Falkenhayn. Berlin society knew that it was to escape the influence of Polish Baron Sosnowski that beauteous, divorced Benita married stolid Baron von Berg. Curiously, all four remained friendly, all went to the same parties. Sosnowski’s parties were enough to set Berlin gossips hissing like snakes. People not invited insisted that there were buckets of champagne, sexual orgies.
About a year ago the mother of a Frau von Natzmer, well-born German girl serving as a secretary in the Ministry of Defense, went to the Ministry to complain that her daughter was being made to work too late at night. The official whose secretary she was knew that she had done very little overtime work. He reported the matter to Nazidom’s secret police.
Last February Baron Sosnowski gave another party, officially for his latest protegee, a dancer. Berlin’s half-world knew what to expect. With glittering eyes they hurried to his apartment. This time a whole cordon of secret police were waiting at the door. Many times had the Baron Sosnowski been suspected of espionage. No charge ever stuck. He blamed his luck on a curious signet ring that he always wore. Several weeks before this last party he lost his ring pulling the Baroness von Berg’s puppy from a canal.
All the guests, over 50, were rushed to jail, many of them kept there for days without a chance to change the evening clothes that they had come in. Then the weeding out started. One of the first to be released was Baroness von Berg’s first husband, von Falkenhayn. He turned out to be a member of the secret police himself.
As iron Nazi secrecy clamped down, the Sosnowski case became a lurid legend, strictly censored in the German Press, totally baffling to correspondents until they were able to tell the U. S. Embassy that languishing in jail and possibly about to be beheaded for “treason” was an inoffensive young U. S. music student, Miss Isobel Lillian Steele. Diplomatic pressure forced Germany to disgorge Miss Steele (TIME, Jan. 7), even the secret police finally admitting that she was guilty of nothing. But the music student had been innocently acquainted with Baroness von Berg, proceeded to spill all sorts of Sosnowski facts, and is now hard at work in a Manhattan hotel dashing off Sosnowskiana for tabloids and writing a book.
In Berlin last week the Sosnowski case finally reached its grim denouement before the People’s Court. This is packed exclusively with Hitler appointees, five of them aviators. Only the Realmleader can alter its judgments, which take precedence over the German Supreme Court, kicked by Nazi New Justice into discard. Normally the People’s Court lets its sentences of death be known only after the guilty heads have been chopped. Last week by a great exception underground Berlin grapevines got out word that the Court had sentenced Baroness von Berg and Frau von Natzmer to death, had let off with life imprisonment Baron Sosnowski and two unnamed female employees of the Defense Ministry. Only one question remained, would the two doomed German women die by the Nazi ax, or by the method to which spies are traditionally privileged, a firing squad?
To find out anything whatever at Plotzensee Prison, even when correspondents arrived armed with official passes, proved almost impossible. Not until the enormous prison hearse drew up and two bodies were slid in, would anyone reconstruct what had been done in the cold, misty dawn.
“They were shot,” said officials at first, then “They were beheaded.” Accustomed to such bare-faced lies, the newshawks patiently pecked for details, finally satisfied themselves that an axing had occurred. With the backs of their heads shaved bald, the Baroness von Berg and Frau von Natzmer were led in coarse, nondescript prison garb to the blood-caked block from which so many heads now roll in the sawdust. The headsman, incongruous in his yellowish celluloid shirtfront, his old silk hat and his red-spotted tailcoat, raised the gleaming ax. Twice it swished down to sever a lovely neck and send the blood of a German woman spouting high. According to Nazis, the Baroness von Berg was the first female aristocrat to lose her head to their New Justice.
Workity work lived up to its name – there was a lot of hustle today, still catching my breath at the bus stop.
36.’was a pretty avid gamer, back in the day. At my peak, I was playing in 4 different groups a week. (Granted, some of the groups had crossover – GP and Kat were in two of ’em) I tended to compartmentalize my buddies back then – for whatever reason, I liked to keep the potatoes separate from the corn and the meat on the plate. Some friends-groups were linked, like GP & Kat, while others rarely even knew I was “gaming around”.
Best gaming group ever was probably with just GP and Kat… “Brave and The Bold” stories. Two heroes, each of us got as much airtime or limelight as we wanted, and precious little lag from pokey party-members. The 4-6 player groups were good too, but when you don’t have to wait so long for a turn in combat or a say in dialogue… it’s the best. My biggest issue with extended groups is dealing with loners (sure, works in comics, but everyone else has to go into standby while they’re off doing their own thing and hogging everyone else’s play time. Best solution for that is probably keeping a character journal, and giving the GM a *brief* list of character developments between sessions. It’s just not polite to go toddling off. I don’t mind it as much when it goes sort of hill street blues style, where groups split off together into 2 teams, dividing and conquering… but that can make things slow,too. 2 to 3 players is about perfect. (4 with a gm).. wait a minute, I think I’ve covered this a bit before.
It’s funny, but I have a mental block about most of PM’s characters I recall Black Lotus (because I ran solos for her), but I don’t remember anything more about harlequin, aside from the name. She had a swordy person, a ninja-y person, a horse-trainer, a shadow controller, some sort of fairy-friend in the Ars Magica game… but most of the names and personality slip my mind.. I think mostly because she kept her characters quite secret, though pretty heavily detailed if you did get a chance to read backstory or . I can remember Doug’s Kit, KW’s Chrysanthemum, and of course Danny’s White Bow and Man of Iron quite clearly, for good or for ill. Tony’s Silver Hammer and Russian Ben Grimm knockoff. All told, everyone had a good time.
Oh- Minglegrin… that was the name I was looking for. I can’t make fun of the name much… character names like miniMAX, Zero, Parabola, Trism, Luhki Hornblower, Doc Firestone, Chuck Hurler – not to mention character names I can’t think of off the top of my head… the albino ape from the earth’s core and the grumpy cop from the paladins game that was paired with Danny’s loony officer.
2 years ago – bethany, st patty plans sacked,
3 years ago – much work, webjay, Danny invite, George, potential condo piccies (many mock the pre-move decor)
4 years ago – Astronaut Jones, Square Bear, speak and spell, Frank R paul, I create an fdle syndicated lj
5 years ago – iwo jima in the rock garden, I start using jarhead, wish for peace
6 years ago – facemaker, cab stacking, poem tag
, timeline, roles I’ve filled, cool bunker
7 years ago – cartoon logic that works, alice, I want tasty snack food, lone gunmen, workplace desires
Dreamt of the boardwalk coming to life like a Japanese Umbrella Monster. Why? Now I wonder how many 100-year old things are in the house. I’m guessing not much, save for a few books and coins.
BHK made a tasty pseudo-chicken / broccoli / alfredo noodle dish… I scarfed down two full bowls of the stuff… and they were not little bowls. The in-laws invited us to chinese food, but I think that I came out way ahead with what I got.
1. What bill do you hate paying the most?
Condo side-stuff
2. Where was the last place you had a romantic dinner?
With BHK, every dinner is pretty dang romantic! Out, I’d say the greek restaurant before golden compass.
3. Do you regret losing your virginity to who you lost it to?
No.
4. If you could go back and change one thing what would it be?
I don’t know… maybe get better results on my back operations.
5. Name of your first grade teacher?
Mr Adams
6. What do you really want to be doing right now?
Chilling with the Mrs.
7. What did you want to be when you were growing up?
Super hero, Cowboy, pirate, army man… the usual. First career choice was tech-guy.
8. How many colleges did you attend?
PBCC, FAU, and Miami – three!
9. Why did you choose the shirt that you have on right now?
BHK handed it to me as I got out of the shower!
10. What are your thoughts on gas prices?
It seems people will pay anything rather than investigate alternate modes of energy and transport.
11. If you could move anywhere and take someone with you where would it be?
BHK and I to a comfy cottage in vermont, maybe? Or even someplace closer to work, but further from fallout.
12. First thought when the alarm went off this morning?
Where’s the snooze button?
13. Last thought before going to sleep last night?
Where’s Pye?
14. Do you miss being a child?
Some parts yes, but mostly no.
and where is 15?
16. What errand/chore do you despise?
Well, not despise, but anything that involves me on my hands and knees, or bending too much… scrubbing floors or ironing is yucky.
17. If you didn’t have to work, would you volunteer?
I would volunteer at a charity (or charities) of my choice, sure!
18. Get up early or sleep in?
Sleep in, usually!
19. What is your favorite cartoon character?
Hm. I dig classic cartoons, like Daffy Duck a lot.
20. Favorite thing to do at night with a girl?
Depends on my mood and the girl!
21. Have you found real love yet?
Absolutely.
22. When did you start feeling old?
I’ve gotten creaky in the back since my teens… but I don’t feel really old.
no 23?
24. Your favorite lunch meat?
Cheeeeeese! Cheddar is always nice.
25. What do you get every time you go into Wal-Mart?
I don’t think that there’s a regular thing… chips and soda, maybe?
26. Beach or lake?
I like lakes a trifle more than the sea… but both are nice. The bay is a happy medium.
27. Do you think marriage is an outdated ritual?
Depends on how you define it. I’m certainly in favor of my marriage!
28. Do you own property?
Me and the bank.
29. Favorite guilty pleasure?
Guilty, not so much, but I do like lounging indoors and having a personal day here and again.
30. Favorite movie you wouldn’t want anyone to find out about?
I’m not easily embarrassed.. I do like Adventures in Babysitting, and that could be classified as sort of feeble.
31. What’s your drink?
Diet Cream Soda is tasty! I’ll go for diet cherry pepsi, diet mountian dew or diet grape giant, too.
32. Cowboys or Indians?
In general, Cowboys.
33. Cops or Robbers?
In general, Cops.
34. Who from high school would you like to run in to?
Steve Jacoby, Cameron Scott, Larry Barnes, Mr. Cornell, Driana Maher
35. What radio station is your car radio tuned to right now?
Hard to say, but I’d guess XM radio U-pop, 1940’s or Motown.
36. Norm or Cliff?
Cliff is pretty hard to beat, but I think I’d prefer Norm.
37. Grey’s or ‘The Office?
The Office… never seen Grey’s
38. Worst relationship mistake that you wish you could take back?
Poor behavior around friends in general back in the 90s.
39. Do you like the person that sits directly across from you at work?
Nobody really sits across from me… I guess if I drew an imaginary line from my facing through the office, I’d hit Donna.. she’s cool, I like her.
40. What famous person would you like to have dinner with?
Hmm… Tony Shaloub? Who’s buying?
41. Indoors or Outdoors?
Both, please!
42. Have you ever crashed your vehicle?
i’ve been in a few crashes, and yes, I’ve bumped into another car way back when.
43. Have you ever had to use a fire extinguisher for its intended purpose?
Yup! outdoor fire out of control.
44. Last book you read?
If Chins could kill. Currently reading Soon I Will Be Invincible and Storm Front depending on if I’m carrying the hardcover or just my palmtop.
45. Do you have a teddy bear?
There’s one in a little bomber jacket and goggles around here somewhere!
46. Strangest place you have ever brushed your teeth?
Camping along the peace river… not that strange!
47. Somewhere in California you’ve never been and would like to go?
The Tar Pits
48. Do you go to church?
Not religiously, no.
49. At this point in your life would you rather start a new career or a new relationship?
Well, I’m happily married, so the career gets the reboot!
50. How old are you?
38
1 year ago – voice post – pretzels and candy corn
2 years ago – mr t happy dance, stayed in watched kong, hobbit house, MLK day, falling sand toy, palm doodle, deadly sins meme
3 years ago – Rainy lazy mel-day, bonnet house, literati with resilience, fictional substances, fooling around with image searches
4 years ago – Cycloptic Goat, Fontifier, Aesop, etc
5 years ago – Newt Pic, Manatees, Harry potter, palm wait at doc, sanctity of life
6 years ago – cool invention poll, thoughts about human rights progressing, magic spell over Taiwan, books read, How to take a punch, and my first notification that I was being published in UA2.
7 years ago – Custard the Dragon, Beautiful and Not-so-beautiful Words, Botticelli reminding me of mah sweetie, Michelanglo on Censorship, and a few dead links.
8 years ago – Newt was Neutered!
Happy Birthday, Kat78731 (and 2 years of journaling)!
If I could, I’d get you these Victorian “Gaslight Justice League” action figures – I think that Hawkgirl and The Flash are pretty dang keen, though my fave is the simplicity of the Martian Manhunter.
Worked
Narrowly escaped a last minute trip to bowie.
Ordered Pizza online, ate that and the last bit of dream chocolate cake.
played 1.5 seconds of portal.
Watched the first Half of Spidey 3
Wrote this
Realised it was late at heck
Tucked in for snuggles with the wiferly
ZzzZzz
2 years ago – illegal to annoy, esp poll 2, superkitty icon, yahoo-webjay, meme, sliders farewell, Japanese spidey full 1st episode, more silly quizzes, dinosaur/archosaur, family watchdog for sex preds, eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
3 years ago – Mel’s not fond of my music & helpful to caterpillar, OTR, evilcorp, FBI most wanted, long list meme, word use, that silly video, no conspiracy folks?
4 years ago – Blimp, bail, accents and the start of getting a mortgage, fog of war, newt pic
5 years ago – silly entendres, pygmy cannibals, pyramid mausoleum
6 years ago – gollum toys, prayer wheels, SOP, What’s he gots in his pocketses?, gollum poll
7 years ago – supes, lyrics, ghosting
It’s Danny’s B-day! My internal schedule set in the 90s tells me that Kat and Pam’s aren’t too far off. I still picture all of them about a decade ago in my mind, even though I’ve only seen Danny with any frequency. (Kat once in person and in rare photos, Pam – not at all.)
Only a month until my own Birthday. I’m not feeling too bummed about it being the last year I start with a 3. (at least until I turn 300, I guess!) 39 seems a lot older to me than it feels. Maybe it’s due to me being creaky and having back problems going back decades… but I’m not really feeling my age. I see lines around my eyes here and there… I look in the mirror when I brush my teeth and shave, but I don’t see an old guy looking back at me. However… I don’t see a kid, either. I certainly look a lot older now than when I started this journal in 2000. (and certainly more than in 1996, about 11 years ago here and my face squished against a scanner in ’96, too, for that matter. ) Heck, if I have to rewind much more, I may as well link to a non-bearded pic of me from circa 1994, for that matter. Added bonus, Doug Wu and a clean-shaven Danny. Speaking of which – I’ve started growing a full beard out again, and it stuns me how much salt and pepper is in what was once a brownish-red jaw. I kind of dig it, not from a vanity perspective, but it feels right at this time of year to be a bit more furry.
When is a mid-life crisis supposed to hit? Ah, got it. 46, or thereabouts. Things are really quite good for me these days… Hopefully I won’t suffer the same sort of psychological shakeup that some folks have at that time. On the agenda for this year is a more serious focus on health.
Of course, Newton has aged the most since I’ve started my LJ – First day I had him, back in the day… October of ’99 , and About the same time in 07. He’s still terribly dapper, and can put on a kitten-face easily when he wants.
BHK and Pye both are babyfaces across the board. I think BHK will be carded for booze when she turns 73.
I’m wondering when that cottage industry will have a culling period? I suspect never, and that’s pretty great. Something for everyone, even if it’s just the creator. Something that many critics forget is that they can choose not to read something that they find to be distasteful – or worse, boring. Same goes for podcasts, videos and journals, for that matter.
The list is based on an exercise developed by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University. The exercise developers ask that if you participate in this blog game, you acknowledge their copyright.
According to the creators, this is an activity “designed to help the participants gain awareness of the vast range of social class that exists within themselves and others”. It was originally done with college students but I think it makes for a very interesting tool that helps me put my own experiences into perspective.
If you post this in your journal, please leave a comment on this post. To participate in this blog game, copy and paste the above list into your blog, and bold the items that are true for you. If you don’t have a blog, feel free to post your responses in the comments.
When you were in college:
If your father went to college, take a step forward.
If your father finished college
If your mother went to college
If your mother finished college
If you have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor.
If you were the same or higher class than your high school teachers
If you had a computer at home
If you had your own computer at home
If you had more than 50 books at home
If you had more than 500 books at home
If were read children’s books by a parent
If you ever had lessons of any kind
If you had more than two kinds of lessons
If the people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively
If you had a credit card with your name on it
If you have less than $5000 in student loans
If you have no student loans
If you went to a private high school
If you went to summer camp
If you had a private tutor
If you have been to Europe
If your family vacations involved staying at hotels
If all of your clothing has been new and bought at the mall
If your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them
If there was original art in your house
If you had a phone in your room
If you lived in a single family house
If your parent own their own house or apartment
If you had your own room
If you participated in an SAT/ACT prep course
If you had your own cell phone in High School
If you had your own TV in your room in High School
If you opened a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College
If you have ever flown anywhere on a commercial airline
If you ever went on a cruise with your family
If your parents took you to museums and art galleries
If you were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family.
Here is what folks did in a live version, stepping forward for each bolded item :
Now everyone recognize that you are at the same place academically.
Everyone turn around.
Everyone has permission to talk.
No one has permission to accuse any one or any group of anything.
Everyone must use “I” statements.
Note that the people on one end of the room had to work harder to be here today than the people at the other end of the room. Some of you had lives of more privilege than others. There is no one to blame, it is just the way it is. Some have privilege and some don’t.
(this can be said now or later, I don’t know where it will be appropriate)
Discussion:
What were the feelings that you had during this experience? Who was angry?
(Anger will be a primary emotion at this point.)
What, specifically, makes you angry?
Who are you angry at?
Who was happy?
Summary Statement
This experience was about creating awareness of privilege. What it is, what it does, and what it means. Having privilege does not mean that you worked less hard. All it means is that you had a head start, so maybe it does mean you didn’t have to work as hard . . . .
Homework
During the next week notice how your high school years helped or didn’t help your experience in school/at work . . . .
Explanations and Notes:
All of the step taking was about things not requiring effort on the students’ part, that were things done by others.
2 years ago – prisoner commentary on my lack of things to say, linkies to cams, mugshots, thumbs up, tiny & affordable computers, ultimate showdown, windows security hole psa
3 years ago – Mel’s Gram moves in, Dan doesn’t meet her, on call, A&E, smallware, a resolution I fairly succeeded at, curry on the brain
4 years ago – dropload, shoot around corners, I first hear about how capital punishment is a far more expensive system than one whose maximum penalty is life in prison, Urban Exploration Florida
5 years ago – bro/taxi trouble, conquer the world, smoking gun mug shots
6 years ago – Random Name Generator, gunplay dream, family channel, Scotto’s head,2001 review, Japanese space shuttle, Afghan sports, pee color
7 years ago – words within words, I disagree with Georgia O’Keeffe, LJ bumpy
I like this web page. Fun little toys scattered throughout.
1. Where were you 1 hour ago?
sixty minutes in the past! Getting ready for work. (filling this out on the train for later posting)
2. Who will be your next kiss?
BHK, I expect, unless someone rushes me with a pair of lips before I see her next!
3. Do you kiss a lot of people?
nope!
4. Are you wearing socks right now?
Yup! Blue Dress socks.
5. When was the last time you went out of state?
Heck, all the time. I cross Maryland into DC every work day. I guess last time was about 6:15pm yesterday.
6. Have you been to the movies in the last 5 days?
Nope…. we’re overdue for a date night.
7. What was the last thing you had to drink?
a bit of Blueberry-pomegranite syrup mixed with soda water. yum!
8. What are you wearing right now?
Bottom to top – Black dress shoes, blue dress socks, blue slacks with a black belt/silver buckle, black boxers, white t-shirt, green long-sleeved polo shirt, blue and white windbreaker, psp headphones. in pockets: PDA, Wallet, Metro Card, keys, inhaler, security badge
9. What was your last purchase?
Added $75 to my metro transit card.
10. Last food you ate?
home made chex mix
11. Who was the last person you talked to on the phone?
Larry – dialed him for Chris on our carpool last night.
12. Have you bought any clothing items in the last week?
Nope!
13. Do you have a pet?
Newton and Pyewacket: kitties.
14. What did you do last night?
Snuggled with BHK, ate tacos, ice cream / shaved ice, watched TV, read in bed, snuggled some more
15. Are you a vampire?
I am, but just in a game (I haven’t played actively in a while) –
I have drunk 90231 pints of blood.
Powers: Second-sight Suction Celerity(1) Thievery(3)
Money: 78 coins
Possessions:
Location: Torment and 4th
I am sire to 361 other vampires
16. If you could be anywhere right now, where would you be?
comfortably relaxing with loved ones.
17. What is the last thing you purchased online?
Renewal of scottobear.com
18. One thing you hate about yourself?
The physical hindrances of my person.
(No teleportation, I grow old, etc – I don’t really hate that… but I am mildly annoyed by it at times.)
19. What’s your favorite soup?
Tough call. Spicy Lentil is pretty dang good… as is Broccoli and Cheese.
20. Do you miss anyone?
My Dad, at times – My Brother sometimes, too. Sad thing is I miss who my brother was… not sure if he can be recovered. Dad’s dead, so he remains as… remains, I guess. I miss who he was, and sometimes, who he wasn’t.
22. What are your plans for the day?
go to work, get picked up by BHK, pick up Chris, go to La Tolteca for din-din, return home and maybe watch pathfinder, play a little wii.
23. Did you have fun today?
so far, so good!
24. Who is your last text message from?
BHK – re: Diet Grape Soda.
25. Were you an honor roll student in school?
Ramma-frazzin High School Spanish, wrecking my average! I was on the Honor roll in college, though!
26. What do you know about the future?
it lies ahead.
27. Who rode in a car with you last?
Chris, on our way to the train.
28. What is your all time favorite band?
all-time? are you on crack? My favorite band at the moment is The Zombies.
29. Do you have a car?
The Love Cube is a Blue and Silver Honda Element
30. How old do you want to be when you have kids?
Not really looking to have kids. That’s like asking “Have you stopped beating your wife?” When you never had.
31. Did you meet anyone new today?
Not in the conversational sense, but a JW tried to hand me a bit of literature.
32. Do you have any tattoos or piercings?
I’ve been pierced by sharp objects, but no jewelry. Stepped on nails, stung by bees, flesh split by a surgical blade and glass shards.
33. How do you like your soda?
Thrown into the eyes of those who would offend me… ok.. I’ve never thrown my drink in someone’s face… it looks like fun in the movies though.
Actually… in a glass, with ice and a straw, is just fine.
34. Do you like hot sauce?
Aye, Aye, Cap’n!
35. What are you doing tomorrow?
Planned is housework, unpacking some long overdue boxes, straightening the office, and then maybe movie night with BHK.
36. What day is tomorrow?.
Saturday, the 16th.
37. What is your current mood?
Pretty good! A little sleepy, but I’ll catch up later.
38. Are you someone’s best friend?
Yes.
39. What did you get for Christmas day?
That was a while back – Last Christmas I got a nice red flannel shirt, a cell phone, and lots of other goodies.
40. Someone who last bought you something?
The in-laws bought us din-din at East Cafe a few nights back. Yum.
Reply to this entry and I will…
1. Tell you why I friended you.(If I can remember)
2. Associate you with something – fandom, a song, a color, a photo, etc.
3. Tell you something I like about you.
4. Tell you a memory I have of you.
5. Ask something I’ve always wanted to know about you.
6. Tell you my favorite user pic of yours.
7. In return, please post this in your journal.
2 years ago – frito bandito, monkey pic, dang hialeah, bk’s bday, RI out of office, MM quits, shot patience, newt thought bubbles, doodle selfport
3 years ago – rain on glass, Afrocaribbean religions, postcard, heroclix, fosters home, edbook, wal-mart, ray romano, crackheads and thugs
4 years ago – Frankie the mooch timeline [MUCHO DRAMA FURIOSO!], 3-minute 4am phone post, Justice league, Spectre
5 years ago – Chevy Tahoe Commercial poem, Green Banana Moon, cool words, twilight
6 years ago – caption picture poll, turtle-butt breathing, big brain’s 2nd incarnation
7 years ago – memories feature added, strip mall of sin, mall of the dead, hunter thompson returns to reporting
Amongst the top keywords locating my website this week-
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We’ve been driving around
From one end of this town to the other and back
But no one’s ever seen us (No one’s ever seen us)
Driving our Econoline van (And no one’s ever heard of our band)
And no one’s ever heard of our band
We’re the Mesopotamians
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
Then they wouldn’t understand a word we say
So we’ll scratch it all down into the clay
Half believing there will sometime come a day
Someone gives a damn
Maybe when the concrete has crumbled to sand
We’re the Mesopotamians
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
The Mesopotamish sun is beating down
And making cracks in the ground
But there’s nowhere else to stand
In Mesopotamia (No one’s ever seen us)
The kingdom where we secretly reign (And no one’s ever heard of our band)
The land where we invisibly rule
As the Mesopotamians
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
This is my last stick of gum
I’m going to cut it up so everybody else gets some
Except for Ashurbanipal, who says my haircut makes me look like a Mohenjo-Daren
Hey, Ashurbanipal
I’m a Mesopotamian
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
We’re the Mesopotamians
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
“Hey, man, I thought that you were dead
I thought you crashed your car”
“No, man, I’ve been right here this whole time playing bass guitar
For the Mesopotamians”
We’re the Mesopotamians
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
We’re the Mesopotamians
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
I will sing the umlaut song for you.
umlaut-umlaut-umlaut-umlaut-umlaut
That is what I play all day long
umlaut-umlaut-umlaut-umlaut-umlaut
Night and day I play this song
umlaut-umlaut-umlaut-umlaut-umlaut
2 years ago – Lex 5, condo, bro leaves sh, mugshots odf stuffed animals, flavor quiz, Lost figs, hurricane wilma boomerangs around on us, briny breezes bro, cat-o-lantern, cthulhu lp
3 years ago – Lex is 4, Superman: Secret ID, Detlev, Ultimate Windows Boot CD,Walkabout pics, Jon Stewart on Crossfire, Conspiracy Cartoon,Abba/Cthulhu, flaming text msgs, Jeb sucks
4 years ago – lovechat, transubstantiation, D, Lost in translation, Green Bean drink, Japanese Ice Cream, Lemon diet coke=yuk
5 years ago – tombstone icon, lazer tag, taco viva (it’s gone?!), Wachovia, spam headers
6 years ago – Horror, Noir, bad resumes, Sappho and her partner split, first viewing of Enterprise, Reading Dhalgren
7 years ago – Alexis Rose is Born!, Floyd, people come, people go
Discussions last night include a few oddball words and definitions.
Macerated (person meant lacerated, I think)
bob’s your uncle (Person used “your aunt’s your uncle”)
how’s your father (Person outright disbelieved the slang usage, and I was surprised to find out it was more than just a “rub”)
BHK likes Siouxie and the Banshees, and mocks Devo. I like ’em both, but I reverse the charges just to be contrary.
We opted out of Yo-yo girl cop… didn’t hold us for 30 min, not worth continuing. Instead, we went with Ramsey’s Kitchen nightmares.
Maggie Moo’s Caramel ice cream mixes well with the chocolate fudge.
I eat chips and salsa poorly with a numbed upper lip.
Like I was telling Kat – I smell a rat… and I suspect a pod-person duplicate!
He doesn’t have the teeth the old one had, nor the bondo-like skin.
on-demand, social manufacturing; design, share, and buy laser-cut products from a variety of materials
Lots of gameboard ideas going on, especially volcano. I’m thinking about variants of color, size and shape could be a lot of fun. A custom volcano board with a green top and frosted clear bottom would be great fun for under-lighting, and perfect for me.. especially if I can build the whole thing to spec.
Also thinking about custom etching designs on the surface… there’s a lot of potential here.
Vector drawing is key – I should ask Sammy how he’s progressing in that arena. Heck, I should just say hi to him, anyhow! Maybe Cyn would have an interest in this, too. She’s got some keen illustration skills. (Though my crude palm doodles might look sort of nifty etched on stuff, too.)
Speaking of laser cut stuff, I love this guy’s custom skateboards.
1 year ago – seminole casino, georgia aquarium, whale shark, ludwig ii, simple spectrometer
2 years ago – calvin-faced kid, GROW, hung out w/ Dan, icons, net vibes, power dresser, newt pics, he-man’s cover of what’s up
3 years ago – 50 first dates, Ghost in the shell 2, King Kong, ape man
4 years ago – on call wakeup, misc work, talk like a pirate day coming up, MOND – (Modified Newtonian Dynamics)
5 years ago – Isidore, nearby hobby store, swapped a bunch of old MtG for MK, speed of light broken, Carpe Vultus, freeflow work and slack, palm doodles, riaa/piracy hits work
6 years ago – carby dindin, veggie shepherds pie recipe in comments, boonga boonga, p-funk lj, NIMDA PSA, who would buy that?, FART KNOCKER, mush
7 years ago – fool on the hill, meemee makes a googly eyed icon for me, Monday slowpoke, stun-yell, I opt out of papahood, movies with hippies
So, it’s August… only a couple of weeks until BHK’s birthday, Father in-laws birthday, and we’re looking to have Emily over in a weekend – and then the all of the Newsoms over perhaps two weeks after that. Emily is about 5 years old now, and she reminds me of little bit of Wendy, way back when 9even though Wendy was maybe twice that age. I still remember acting like a monkey with
for her, over a decade ago. Ook ook, extend the upper lip, scratch the noggin and the armpits, do a bowlegged walk… still brings a giggle to the young ladies. I doubt the Wendy would as be amused these days… she’s got to be 21 by now? maybe 22? She’s probably into more “grown-up” pursuits. I wonder how she and Marty are doing?
Thoughts for Emily’s visit.. Baltimore Aquarium, Blink (maybe try Uno?), Walking on the Boardwalk / Beach, Playstation, Fireworks, and the Candy Store. None of those are set in stone and there are other possibilities, too.
Hey, it’s August first! Happy Lughnasadh, the holy day of Lludd!
(If you celebrate it… I don’t generally do so myself, but do like to say the word Lughnasadh. )
To celebrate, here’s an agricultural pic from our garden, taken just this week.
Pepper pic from the garden – looks better large-wallpaper size.
No relation to the holiday, but also recently seen –
Also seen – Dump trucks while I was riding the subway at about 60mph
Been busy, have some game and book links, dear journal!
New joystiq review of Icehouse (also Enemy Chocolatier ), and as a result, found a place to play games online in real time.
You’ve got to download a small Java app (gamut ) (though they are working on an HTML implementation), but it’s clean, quick and fun if you can find folks to play with.
Back to reading on my ride in the subway…until I find some tv show that BHK doesn’t want to watch to put on the PSP. just finished Red Nails – getting my pulp fix on. Plenty free and legal to read here. Just scroll down to Howard,( Robert E. )
via uncert
- “Turning Heat Into Electricity Through Sound”: pretty much what it sounds like. A group in Utah has made a gadget where thermal gradients drive air currents that produce sound waves, which are turned into electrical signals by piezoelectric transducers.
- “All-Optical Magnetic Recording: a Dutch group has written information onto a magnetic material using polarized light rather than the usual magnetic heads (like in a hard disk). This could potentially allow faster disk writing on smaller scales than can be done with magnets. Just think how small your next iPod could be…
1 year ago – sharks don’t have knees, boiled eggs, yoga, map issues, Dave nose-operation, 4-sec frenzy, Theoi project, FOLEDs, grammar rock, man tosses a car, hungry ghost month, TS Chris
2 years ago – peaceful Sunday, Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla, PB-J time, Grizzly Golf Attack is true, “Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave.”
3 years ago – Rob Shea Quote, appropriate for E-journals everywhere, I played with mercury, JL meme, music, Dave, Rain, Social entity, first hints at Mike-drama, search shortcuts, albinos of the 19th century, echolocation alarms
4 years ago – crazy dreams, Kate Bush, starmark poops but new gig, writing systems, non-castaways on gilligan’s isle
5 years ago – istockphoto, dead links, Shitou Xiqian, smiled at, fortune cookie, walkerbot, Liver Eatin’ Johnson
6 years ago – hungrybaby, New Apes movie lame, wiseacre, Champions stats for the Shadow, Dwayne Dibley?, Poul Anderson passes away, LJ moves in space
7 years ago – Everway character- wanders the storm path
Neighborhood shakeup tonight at about 7pm – A minivan chasing another – apparently the second vehicle had 2-4 people inside with the side doors open and guns showing. The vehicle being chased was honking and swerving all over the place to avoid being shot.
BHK called 911, and the response time was *terrible*, and she was never questioned by the police for a report on the matter. I’ll be investigating that situation more tomorrow after work.
I’m just glad that she’s ok.
Random factoids and semi-specific things about people I know (or knew):
My brother is *really good* at shucking oysters. At least 4-5 times faster than me, or 2-ish times faster than anyone else I’ve ever met in the service industry.
My wife is a superb analyst, and can get to the core of a matter quite swiftly. She’s going to be an awesome lawyer. (and dangerous gamer)
Steve Jacoby has some beautiful children, and has the makings for a pretty cool dad.
Tina keeps a lovely home… everything is crisp and neat, even with a pair of kitties, a bunch of birds, and living the software company lifestyle.
Bruce can make me misty with just a bowl of cheerios .
Ray has a very real skill at blending words and experience into story.
Kathleen has a great memory, to the point of us calling her queen index when we were gaming. If she doesn’t have knowledge, she can find it fast.
Cyn has a fantastic skill at illustration, both on paper and skin.
Doug Wu has a near encyclopedic knowledge of comics from the silver age. Knows more than anyone else I’ve ever met.
Danny is a mill that grinds slowly, but exceedingly fine. He’s a living example of “the devil is in the details.”
Father-in-law is loved by everyone he meets. *Nobody*, and I mean *nobody* has anything sideways to say about him. That’s amazing.. and due to him.
Mother-in-law is a superb cook. Some wicked good queso, for example.
Mother is a master multitasker. I’ve never seen her with too much on her plate.
Wilton is an excellent carpenter – can put all manner of stuff together with quality and speed.
Got a calendar? Circle this date: Sunday, August 12th. Next to the circle write “all night” and “Meteors!” Attach the above to your refrigerator in plain view so you won’t miss the 2007 Perseid meteor shower.
LONDON (Reuters) – Lawyers and judges are to break with centuries-old tradition and cease wearing horse-hair wigs of white fake curls in non-criminal cases, the head of the country’s judiciary announced on Thursday.
Wing collars and bands can also be dispensed with in such cases according to the reforms, while judges will need just one gown in future instead of a variety of colourful outfits currently required.
The wigs will still be worn in criminal courts.
“At present High Court judges have no less than five different sets of working dress, depending on the jurisdiction in which they are sitting and the season of the year,” Phillips said in a statement.
“After widespread consultation it has been decided to simplify this.”
A review carried out in 2003 found that more than two thirds of respondents wanted to eliminate the wigs in civil cases, although most said criminal court judges should still wear them.
Opponents of wigs thought they were anachronistic, as well as uncomfortable and expensive.
A shoulder-length ceremonial wig costs more than 1,500 pounds while the shorter ones worn by lawyers cost about 400 pounds each.
However, the idea of abolishing them has been met with disapproval from some lawyers who feel the wigs give them an air of authority as well as anonymity.
“While there will never be unanimity of view about court dress, the desirability of these changes has a broad measure of agreement,” Phillips said.
1 year ago – venture bros good, lj ugly nav bar, bye bye black rhino, angel / shovel / burrito, simulated lost case-630am, Arvis book in comments!
2 years ago – Last Day w/Magda, invisi-bro, chrono-lifting, breakfast foods, zombies invade sca event, crab, autostitch bus, minor drama, commendation
3 years ago – KoL, Bollywood, Patriot Act, Felix the Cat
4 years ago – sleep troubles, Andromeda Strain, 4-legged man , system crash – modem drivers (Service pack 4 for win2k caused Norton trouble) , Stalin vs Hitler comic, newtcam pic, discovered title-tags, strickland a/c die-lemma
5 years ago – more swell chatties, Roanoke (including odd reply from Boughman), Dreams of Lake Conoy with zombie mist, sweet possum sugar, mother goose
6 years ago – Evil news, riposte, dream of the jungle, If I were… meme, time, sleepy, Dumbass Tenochtitlan Saucermen,chat, aura colors, personality disorder test, Louvre
7 years ago – Bad things with April, super power question
Google may digitize Michigan State University’s Comics and Pulp Library. (via beaucoup kevin )
With more than 150,000 items, the Russel B. Nye Popular Culture Collection is a major scholarly resource for the study of popular culture from the 19th century to the present. The initial emphasis was on American popular culture, but materials from other countries are now collected as well. While not the largest of its kind in the nation, MSU’s popular culture collection is one of the most usable because of its early adoption of coherent planning that focuses efforts on a limited number of areas. Prominent in those plans are comic art; popular fiction including dime novels, story magazines, pulps, juvenile series books, detective fiction, mystery fiction, science fiction, western fiction and women’s/romance fiction; popular information materials including almanacs and etiquette manuals; and print materials relating to the popular performing arts. Collection parameters evolve to follow trends in popular fiction, recently expanding to include gay and lesbian pulp fiction. Noteworthy elements of the collection include a nearly complete set of Deadwood Dick dime novels and substantial numbers of Tom Swift and Horatio Alger books. In addition, the Comic Art Collection is a research collection of more than 200,000 pieces serving national and international scholars. The strengths of the comic art collection are U.S. comic books, European comic books, U.S. newspaper strips and works on the history and criticism of comics. Less extensive collections are maintained for African, Asian and Latin American comics; fotonovelas; animation; cartooning; Big Little Books; and comics tie-ins. Materials held include the Yellow Kid beginning in 1895 and the Famous Funnies No. l comic book from 1934. The emphasis is on graphic storytelling in the newspaper comics or newsstand comic book tradition to present a complete picture of what American comics’ readership has seen, especially since the middle of the 20th century.
Why don’t poor people save more money? Because they’re better off not to! At least according to a new study from the National Center for Policy Analysis. The LA Times reports :
Low-income households face “astronomical” penalties for saving, according to the report by the National Center for Policy Analysis. For example, each $1 saved by a single mother earning $15,000 a year could cost her $2.60 in higher taxes and lost government benefits.
I killed Ambassador Jennylee, Ldy the Dalek, Christin the space pirate, Applelard the awful green thing, Uberbastard the medibot, Inkygypsy the tribble, Suigeneris 56 the awful green thing, Za Pick the psychic agent, Za Distro the tribble, Za Links the cargobot, Hulk Smashy the cargobot and Ambassador Kevin Church.
I salvaged an Evandorkinian artefact, an Acoolsecretaryian artefact, the Log of the USS Creepcake, an FUZZYBUMBLEBEE-160 phaser, an ILLUMINATION-30 plasma rifle, a HERBS-8800 supercomputer, Myid8myego’s commbadge, an MNEWSOM-70 phaser, an FALLENTOAD-60 phaser, an Edbookian deathblade, a Chandraian raygun, a Sedefendendo screwdriver, an Intrepidite screwdriver, a PARKS-9200 supercomputer, Kat78731’s commbadge, the Log of the USS Za Moon, the Log of the USS Fivefootmayhem, a fantasygoatlithium crystal, the Log of the USS Sebab and 331 galacticredits.
Score: 1071
Explore Starbase Scottobear and try to beat this score,
or enter your username to generate and explore your own space adventure…
I’m kind of digging this interactive paper concept.
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