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9582 – Thursday

Back to work today – Still plenty sick, but I need to get things taken care of, and I’m not dying or anything.

Snow falling as I hopped aboard the train – and it stuck to the ground, crunching underfoot as I walked the last bit from the bus to the office door. It stuck until about midday. It’s about 14 degrees tonight, got up to 32 with the sun out.

Confirmation on Feb 2 off – looks like I’m going to see Punxy Phil after all! Also got the 19th off, so nice long weekend – 20th is off for all in dc – inauguration traffic nightmare averted!

Christmas Tree is outside, drying by the fire pit. I suspect we’ll use it to heat the ring, or cover it in suet and feed the little birdies. We still have fairy lights on the gutter of the house, but they are unlit – probably will come down this weekend.

BHK and I have been listening to old Time radio on XM – She seemed to really enjoy Lucy Ball in "my favorite Husband" on the ride home.

Picked up $4 worth of scratch offs of our weekly gambling habit – won $6! a $2 profit quickly absorbed by her craving for slim jims.

1 year ago – ides of January, snow, sublimation, veggie meatloaf yum!, 1970’s tv detectives, chimp declared a person, psych

2 years ago – moved into the brown house

3 years ago – nudge (I like it now), my latest superpower, electrocution dream, soloing, caribs, pandas make more sense, stardust probe returns,

4 years ago – Jambi back after the great LJ crash of ’05, William Schmidt’s art, film feminism, chemical weapons, mag knight w/Danny, DVDA

5 years ago – DVD cereal, Mars, cluck cluck cluck

6 years ago – smokies, palm sync, empenadas, Malawi Vampires

7 years ago – nice walk, moody, gave sappho a lj code, midnight pooper, newt patrols

8 years ago – pictures of me with tarpo at No-nose maldanado’s, company on the rocks, ramble on humanity, temptation island, super-soldiers, link to 100 Scotto-things Geotarget

9573 – Wednesday 1/7/9

Regular day in ol’ Scottoville, dear journal.

Icy, cold rain all day – bhk and I came home, and she had some tasty quiche for us to munch for dinner.

We both chatted a bit with Angie Goff last night via mogulus – I’m not sure if it’s what I want ot use to strema newtcam, but it is a good little website, once you work out the kinks. Also so Kim Martucci on video as well – it was fun chatting with both of ’em!

It occurs to me that I haven’t yet mentioned my Christmas loot. here is a brief list, likely in need of more detail later.

Here are some of the goodies I got this year, in no particular order, just off the top of my head:

  • Some wonderful coupons – BHK’s undying love, homemade fudge and dinner of my choice!
  • Battery charger – runs on usb or wall plug
  • book on playing the bass guitar
  • bananagrams game – I love the bag and the pieces – can’t wait to play
  • scrabble poker game
  • a bubble-balance (on a keyring)
  • a snakehead fish plushie (in orange and green)
  • Several books – Some Steven Fry, The Twelve, a book of goofy letters sent to companies, National Musueum, assorted super-hero, and other keen tomes
  • a shoeshine sponge
  • Wings of War – Balloon-Busting Biplane combat game from Danny
  • $200 coupon good for cash transfer into the bank
  • A boatload of candy, cookies and such! Including homemade haystacks from BHK – crunchies, butterscotch and peanut held together with chocolate. yum!
  • Baked goods of many varieties
  • a tea towel
  • Oranges & assorted citrus (also a chocolate orange)
  • A lovely blue striped sweater, that actually fits
  • 2 new train cars for my engine – a flat freight and a yellow grain container
  • A miniature Stonehenge kit (will look good by the train)
  • a laser-pointer/flashlight gizmo
  • best of the Thunderbirds on dvd (the puppet tv show, not the rock band)
  • a tissue box cover made of scrapbook paisley and clip art frogs
  • a martha stewart pie cutter/server

Did I forget anything? Sure I did… but I’ll mention them as they pop up either in use or conversation.

1 year ago – cracked tooth, sick to work, atw man, quepapa (tater-tot) clog at pizza-hut, bhk finger-pinch, hl2 and psych

2 years ago – laundry with newt pics, bros grimm, dream away, major spam hits in anony comments due to the word "panty"

3 years ago – RS suspicious, fdle meeting, sleepy, cheap electric, laser pointer in fog, fabiform, windows update, yahoo ads

4 years ago – pics of Danny and I playing pirates at twistyland, sickly mel, hippo and tortoise are pals, how infectious are dead bodies

5 years ago – Goodies, bad phone, long meeting

6 years ago – waiting for doc, HMOs suck, Autopsy, memories

7 years ago – freesco, horked my arm, make smudges, culture bound syndromes, stinky, live in the present, salt sticks

8 years ago – vagg, movies, napster Geotarget
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9572 – Tuesday

Still pretty darned psyched about going to see Punxatawney Phil on my B’day. I am concerned a bit about the weather, though. Last year, it was 27 degrees, not horrid, but pretty dang cold.

It’s been snowing there all this week, and it’s only going to get chillier!

We should stock up the love cube with some hot cocoa, cider, and plenty of blankets, too. Oh, and plenty of Polka Music for the 5 hour drive. 🙂

Using one word for each letter of the alphabet, make a list of the words you most associate with yourself or that you feel best describe you.

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Best? I’ll just go with first that comes to mind. Maybe I’ll come back and fill in more detail – maybe not.

Allison – my love.
Barefoot
Creaky – Back, hip, jaw… a little work around the joints would be nice.
Determined – not much of a quitter here.
Eyesight – one of my better physical traits, at least as far as viewing the surface of things. No x-ray vision, sadly.
Food – When food is prepared to my liking, I get a sense of comfort. BHK is an amazing cook. MD has far better food than FL, too.
Goofy
Helpful
Intelligent
Journal-y
Kind
Large. (I’m fairly close to Bluto‘s not as mean Twin – tall and overweight both)
Monkeys!
Newton
Orcs
Pyewacket
Queries (both SQL, and everyday life)
Reading
Sleepy 
Telephone-hater
Ubuntu
Vegetarian – (Not too severe – I’ll do eggs/diary, and the occasional sea creature with more than 4 legs)
Wombat
Xorn. Why? Because I have a soft spot in my heart for tripod creatures… the mouth-on-top eating precious metals and gems is a bonus. What was I going to say? X-ray? Xylophone? I nearly went with XXXL, but I figure it’s covered at L.
Yeti
Zombies (though they are getting a trifle passe’)

1 year ago – discombobulated, capsule tv reviews, tigger love

2 years ago – newt and pye pix, saw night at the museum

3 years ago – 2 week delay on big brain, skipper chuck, cool for Florida, movie meme

4 years ago – Bonded bro, lj 6a, comment spam from south of the border

5 years ago – enjoying 2-monitors, PT working

6 years ago – bad day, the ice cube defense, SOP, sexual predator data

7 years ago – Telefutura, game show network, newt shenanigans, my first recorded post on the Usenet, meemee deleted, wonka

8 years ago – Pix quit, Victorian love, spongebob, angry beavers, sweetalyssm’s art, Chinese zodiac, Cold Mountain (Everyone I’ve talked to about it has loved the book, but hated the ending.), peanut butter and nanner sammiches, mother gooseGeotarget

9571 – Monday

Back to Work! Didn’t kill the beard for now, but it’s still pretty close to the face. Not quite the "wild man from borneo"

I think I bit my lip while sleeping the other night – probably the ear thing again. Pain is mostly gone now, just a little irritant here and again.

Looks like snow outside – very gray day.

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My jaw still looks a little out of whack and swollen… but it’s a lot better than before.

After work, BHK and I had Chinese food with In-laws, and discussed birthday plans for me – BHK has an idea for us to go to Puxatawney, PA for Groundhog’s day –

a few links for me to peruse before the trip – http://www.punxsutawney.com/calendar/ and http://www.groundhog.org

It’ll be the 123rd anniversary of the event – and my first time there, though I’ve wanted to go for some time.

Item of note – Phil’s Birthday Celebration, Punxsutawney Community Center, Peterson Room, Come and celebrate your February 2nd birthday Phil’s way. Cake and punch served. Free gift with proof of birth date.

Zonking out early .. poor BHK has had too much holiday excitement, I tihnk!

G’nite, dear journal.

1 year ago – political views quiz, armored polar bears and zeppelins disappoint, babysitting tigger

2 years ago – visiting the "News" in VA, BCK on ape equality

3 years ago – National Bird Day, Religio-founder quiz, Mr. Potato Head, open camera streams, I helped to recover Tabitha lively, newt picture with my feet,

4 years ago – 12th night, Mel stuff, job hunting helps, 6 apart/lj rumor, lj optout, geek meme, Eisner dies, latest memo, tried tracking LSW.

5 years ago – 4 gamers best, gaming memories Mars Exploration, I’m an Earth Monkey

6 years ago – Internet born, origami cameras, ouch!

7 years ago – SOP, insomniac theme, My Lady by J. G. Whittier, tech trouble, newt in nightshirt, stupidfly abuse, dead image and flash links, deleted journals actually get deleted

8 years ago – vagg (dead link), internal server error (not much)Geotarget

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9557 – Monday

9557 – Monday

North Beach’s High and Low today – 26° F | 14° F

Nearby Easton is 9°F, with a windchill of -7° F.. the Snakehead fish there are going to be under a layer of ice, I think.

That’s about as chilly as it has gotten this season… well, that’s not saying much – winter started.. what, Yesterday?
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40% chance of precipitation… maybe even a white Christmas! I’ll take those odds.

BHK and I have been amused by a recent episode of Mr. Meaty – it’s on the Tivo until it gets lame. Jesse Lumberpond! Sissy Death!… and See also

Making fiends is cute, and I hope Amy Winfrey is swimmingly successful with it. I really liked the web cartoons – I wonder how many changes she had to accept to get it on nickelodeon?

Additionally – A PURPLE SQUIRREL ! – via BHK


Starting today, you can purchase a commemorative Barack Obama inauguration SmarTrip card. The special cards, which cost $10 and come with no value preloaded onto them (or pay $20 upfront and get $10 in value on the card) can be purchased online or at Metro sales offices. The commemorative cards featuring Obama’s face are not to be confused with the special $10 one-day Inauguration paper farecards, which also feature Obama’s face. Those paper cards offer unlimited rides on Metro all day on Jan. 20, and are also available online or at Metro sales offices. The commemorative SmarTrip cards work just like regular SmarTrips, and do not offer any special fare discount or unlimited rides. (via DCist)


PSA- Dealnews has a list of 90 stores that you can still order from and have it arrive it time to make it under the tree before the 25th.


Current Music:

1 year ago – brief entry – mom and wilton arrive, tacarro, mama lucia’s

2 years ago – eryx card!

3 years ago – newton is stealth-master, kev visit planned, mighty boosh, tundra, AHOl finds sticker, astrology misc, fork evolution

1 year ago – Mel’s prezzies, Jill good / ADP sucks (both are long gone), tell me meme, No Godzilla, Bush / Scalia / Thomas

2 years ago – RotK w/Dan, 51 successes, gabbed with sedef, Atom feeds

3 years ago – cravings, adoration, sinanju

4 years ago – stray fugitive lotr thoughts, my fondness for orange/yellow foods, rejection letter, where there’s a whip, there’s a way

5 years ago – cards, filters added

9550 – Monday – The IDES OF DECEMBER!

BHK spent the day polishing off our shopping, I think we’re about done!

We hit Thursday’s after work – food was a bit on the weak side – probably will take some time before going back.

Came home and mostly caught up with chores – I played a smidgen of fallout 3, folded the whites, while BHK got the xmas stragglers online.

Updside of cool weather, the kitties extra snugglesome.

We still haven’t finished putting up the tree – lights are on, but ornaments and garland are still in boxes. Likely to happen next weekend, or during the week if there is a slow patch. I need to put together the orange juice car, too – and move pyecam downstairs for kitty/christmas pov video.

1 year ago – engagement ring, shots, consumption of another’s gift, Aardvark – gift pickup, mostly finished shopping

2 years ago – huge number of Christmas lights pictures from Solomon’s Island and more. Snow!

3 years ago – monkey day, kong, slow lj, dsl issues, santa question

4 years ago – Mel & Scotto facts, Gorilla Girl, Monkey Day, Massive Frog eats 3-legged dog, Beatles Christmas Records, 7070, Santa hates damn contemporary, bullshit architecture!, I break Christmas bonuses to ADP

5 years ago – spelling poll, pandas, turtles, and a bed of fresh noodles

6 years ago – keywords, Newt likes Broccoli!, Lauderdale cams, bah on bush, gore and grover Cleveland, mh trim, J-lo nose picker, shoe-doodle

7 years ago – holiday shopping, good advice, winter depression folk

8 years ago – moment of RAW, Santa Claus – geek, holidays, donations Geotarget

9546 – Thursday

Throwback from our shopping for a new holiday ornament or two.

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We didn’t get HO, but it got an honorable mention. No HOs for us!!

Got pretty darn chilly after work today, waiting for the bus – bad day for it to be late. Discovered that my rain jacket is water "resistant" not water "repellant!" When the bus finally came, my skin was bright red as I defrosted… cold enough that it hurt a bit. 

We drove through about 2 feet of water on the way home… but that was worth it, because Cathy & Dave sent us  homemade cookies for Xmas! (and something wrapped in gold paper for under the tree)

Nom nom nom.

1 year ago– present clues, Austen-fest, kraut, dogs and potato pancakes, Fido, lit the tree

2 years ago – tree trimming pix, spam, note to write

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

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

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

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

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

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

9526 – Monday

Feeling better today. Physical Therapy seems to be working out some of the back issues, thankfully. Mentally and physically in a more positive place – also, sundown was at 4:45 today. I certainly suspect that I don’t have Seasonal Affective Disorder. I think that the dark and cold weather mostly suits me, even if I try to be a warm and cheery sort of person.

After PT we went to Mexico for supper. I was perversely hungry for Mexican food after seeing a filthy Mexican resaurtant on Kitchen Nightmares yesterday. The food was superb – BHK and I both sussed out that it was the cook that sometimes works in Lusby on the kitchen tonight.

My mom met Shannon and her possible granddaughter – (well, by proxy – Shannon is still pregnant, due in a month or so.) I’m still not sure how that’s going to pan out.

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Newt is really enjoying the ledge in the loft these days… one of the warmest spots in the house! I hope he shares with Pye, at least a bit. Hm.. somehow I doubt it. Interesting that his winter coat is a bit more visible than usual – likely that he and Pye were running around pretty heavily before naptime.

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Physical Therapy today. Leg lifts, stretches, bicycle, and then the stim/heat combo that works so well for me. I needed it – I was really stiff yesterday.

Forgot to mention yesterday that Chris and Larry brought over a couple of preacher cookies for us… much better than the last batch a year ago – see archive below.

While I was fixing BHK’s machine, I was multitasking a bit – catching up with scripting, listening to old episodes of Dragnet in the background – The radio show is really superior to the TV series. Additionally – I listened a bit to some of my old time radio broadcasts. OTRcat sent me a nice collection of Richard Diamond not too long ago in exchange for a link on my website – the clarity on them was excellent, especially given that the condition of the original recordings must’ve been a real problem to fix. I’ll be looking to go back to him for more OTR goodies as time goes by. Dick Powell is no slouch as a voice actor, and I’m really pretty glad to have my collection filled out. (5 CDs worth of stuff, I’ve only begun to begin to listen. (I’m thinking about getting the Edgar Allan Poe Collection next – maybe for road trips through Baltimore)

1 year ago – black friday not the busiest shopping day, nutshell day – greek fest, new christmas ornaments, preacher cookies, will appears, cyn fall pic

2 years ago – coughing, sickies one day to one month

3 years ago – William Burroughs Thanksgiving, Adam Sandler Counterpoint, I left home at Thanksgiving (1987), collection of questions, Bwain, quiz results, Herm gets snow!, thank you songs, grover smash puny human

4 years ago – toasted orange marmalade sammiches, weather, getting porn spam, Italian vampires must have it rough, comic books, non-net folks, Frost, I want to…, GREG photoplay made by me from secret squirrel episode way back when!, I like bananas

5 years ago – Dr. Who, Mail, Ellies, Pods, mininukes

6 years ago – chores, 7 seas, supah-tofutti, Proverbs 15:1

7 years ago – met with tarpo and isis, tarot, fair-palm synch, LJ-ish quotes

8 years agoKids in the Hall bits, things I’m thankful for, what’s love?, dream Geotarget

9522 – Thursday, continued.

A quick lunchtime fill-in.

More Flurries this morning – I’ve been having a rough time lately with my back and the cold, but it’s getting a bit better as I go.

Moodwise,  I’ve been feeling pretty down here and there for the last month or so – Stress, back issues, and some poor gut-level stuff. I’m working on feeling better about things – I just have to remind myself that there is a positive destination in sight. I’m glad that BHK and the kitties are on my team, and that my teeth are all fixed.

Some good things ahead – 4-day weekend for Thanksgiving, Christmas is coming, Computer seems to be working well.

BHK and I have made some headway with new friends – The Manspergers and Shaun W. It’s always nice to meet nice people and goof with them. Alice came out of the woodwork, and we spent the day with her at the museum after a spot of lunch at papermoon.

One or two of our other friends have dwindled into the mists recently – Who knows if we’ll get a chance to hang out for the holiday(s) in the next month or so? I haven’t really seen hide nor hair of Tina or Cyn – maybe BHK and I can lure some folks (new or old) up to Gina’s Cantina for some snackies sometime soon.

Speaking of snackies – BHK made some pea soup, with a side of boca burger sammich (replay of yesterday’s foodies)…. good stuff, just right for the weather today. I’d best get on that.

In other news –
I still have no beard.


1 year ago – atw man, icehouse game design, BHK ‘s tasty orange cake, Newt and Pye getting along better, Kindle, food links for needy folks

2 year ago – more sanibel pictures and talking a bit about the trip

3 years ago – arsenic & old lace, book fair, gamma passes, newt pics, missed uber, NYPL Digital Gallery, broward #1 for AIDS Pictures – junk shop pictures – lots of crazy statuary / monkey / eagle / chandeliers
4 years ago – torrenting, Brisco’s Pete, theme music, dictionareoke, flash games, cosplayers, mel

5 years ago – bro responsored by viper, GP stuff, palm art

6 years ago – accexpo, gossamer and gollum (later Jinx and Felix), Christmas specials

7 years ago – Cranberry Sauce, walkies, haiku, wacky news

8 years ago – Bob Marley, Roy likes to destroy, [info]danigolden asks if she can add me to her friends list. (I say sure!)Geotarget Geotarget

9520 – cold plus sprinklers – 1119081541a.jpg


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looks like Bobby drake got put in charge of the gardening this morning!

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and

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Pictures taken by BHK at the car place for tune-up!

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Went to homestead gardens for the fall festival – My Mother and Witon came up for a quickie visit on the weekend. My back wasn’t up to doing the corn maze, but BHK and Wilton had fun running around in there!

After some autumnal shenanigans, we headed to Jasper’s for dinner. a yelp review is sure to follow, but for now, let’s just say that the family time was good, the food was meh.

9465 – thursday

Starting to feel a bit like October!

Going to a birthday party this weekend – Our neighbors Jay & Sean are celebrating 1 year of Duncan being out in the world with them! BHK is making a cake, and got a cute outfit… pictures may follow later, if they’re taken, and permitted. (Folks can be worrisome about kid pics on the net.)

Watched SNL with in-laws – mostly silly political stuff about the debate, which was cute.

BHK made shepherds pie and baked zucchini for dinner tonight – the pie was a smidgen different with the inclusion of eggplant. It made for a sweeter flavor, and better texture. I’m not sure which I prefer more.

1 year ago – Comfy weather, dentist, destroy all humans / bhk yum-food, beltway sniper 5 years ago

2 years ago – 16 days to go, nostalgia for 7-11, x04, preggos on my list, identity, monsters in my pocket, girls back from QC

3 years ago – autostitch picture, with us / against us, hukilau, hp returns

4 years ago – Doom3 + Newt = Scotto Heart Attack, Bro drama, walkies pictures (graffiti/latin broward/newt), odd todd tv show sacked

5 years ago – programming, October questions, 3-fingered roy, rays, ricks, alexes, and gaming, bro gets a warrant, candy corn poll

6 years ago – dsl flicker, Lauper Photo, Kelly and Lexie meow and poop, Lincoln poll, House blessing

7 years ago – owies pass, odd news, took newt to work, werewolf (mafia) game, GPS factoid

8 years ago – Salty dog, slushies for lunch, CTD song, boycotts Geotarget

9429 – Thursday – 9/11

BHK made some yummy stroganoff noodles with pseudo-meat patties… really tasty and delicious, though I’m still totally gaga about the shepherd’s pie.

Took it easy tonight – I found out that Amy won’t be here until Monday or so, due to her mom having some health issues – nothing new, and I think her mom will be OK. I hope Amy’s feeling all right when she gets here, too.

Not much mention of today’s historical significance at the office, and in town short of seeing more American flags here and there. Radio and TV however had it going constantly. Folks seem to forget the pentagon side of things, with the towers filling up the majority of memory.


Don Gorske of has eaten 23,000 Big Macs over the past 36 years. Wow! That’s got to be at least a two or three pounds of meat, total.


Meme of the moment:

::three joys::

  • when work is productive
  • down time
  • waking up next to bhk with newton and pye in the bed

::three fears::

 

  • accidentally hurting others
  • failing myself and others
  • dangerously predatory animals, including people

::three current obsessions::

  • Immediate Family
  • Games (both Electronic and tabletop)
  • Middleman TV show

::three surprising facts::

  • I am in the habit of anthropomorphising just about everything I see (at least in my head)
  • I am not as nice as I seem, but I think I’m still a nicer guy than most
  • Gorillas use tools! (It was a surprise to me!)


Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 76. East wind around 10 mph.



Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. South wind between 7 and 13 mph.



1 year ago
– BHK and I eat and run at the in-laws, memory issues, newt stretch pic, weirdo show

2 years ago– rapture index, nice day, rotating apartments, screamin’ jay hawkins, app-stick, old family pix, audience participation, eating clown face

3 years ago – imageshack woes, lj-poll, walkabout pix, smiles, music meme fruitful, super mario world, burning life with hp pics, power spotty

4 years ago – Ivan entry attracts travel tips, El Niño is back, beauty of a hurricane, Big Kahuna Generous, rough case, nice chats,
monkey-chants,silly sliders graphic

5 years ago – written missives with bro, newbie likes the doobie, digital clouds,Hurricane Fabian, Stratego, Yoni Yantri, BK snoops, gave frankie the mooch some pasta and a pan.

6 years ago – Great dreams, care-were-bears, Big Bird (IMT) is a thief, Private moon landing. (never took place, sadly.), newtie play

7 years ago – wtc-pentagon 9/11

8 years ago – Tattoo trend, questions memes.. hmm, #4 came true!, Possibility of a Seed donation Geotarget