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6800 – I’ll be left there on the wall at the store.

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Didn’t do much with Danny last night… went to the Ole’ Ole’, got a plate of loaded nachos and a couple of margaritas, and meandered a little while talking about nothing in particular. The evening was interrupted briefly by the big kahuna calling in on my cell phone, and my giving her a quick tutorial on how to use outlook express to send attachments.

We walked over to the Museum of Discovery and Science, where I picked up a couple of trinkets of happiness for assorted folks. A little treatie-wheatie for my sweetie, in particular… Also, I need to get a few other addresses to send stuff.

Random pictures, taken in a circle at riverwalk at about 4:30pm

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6800 – I'll be left there on the wall at the store.

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Didn’t do much with Danny last night… went to the Ole’ Ole’, got a plate of loaded nachos and a couple of margaritas, and meandered a little while talking about nothing in particular. The evening was interrupted briefly by the big kahuna calling in on my cell phone, and my giving her a quick tutorial on how to use outlook express to send attachments.

We walked over to the Museum of Discovery and Science, where I picked up a couple of trinkets of happiness for assorted folks. A little treatie-wheatie for my sweetie, in particular… Also, I need to get a few other addresses to send stuff.

Random pictures, taken in a circle at riverwalk at about 4:30pm

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6797 Peaches in the Summer, Apples in the Fall

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Little kids in turtlenecks can be sort of creepy. Especially in the summertime.

Whirlwind days lately.. lots of work to do, pressure high. I’m dealing with it pretty well, but LH nearly quit I think.

Skinbags – gear made out of synthetic human skin. (in all sorts of shades.. black, asian, pink white, mixed, and Tattoo personalization : name, sentence, logo)

Oh, I really rather think the aprons are something. Yeek!

Gene Simmons sings Firestarter.

Also Yeek. I wonder if he’s a real doofus, of if his public life is another Andrew Dice Clay act?

This whole touch screen thing makes Florida look like it *wants* to be guilty of more voter drama.

My sensitivities to my environment are out of whack a little bit, today. I feel numb to some things, and overly aware of others. Every hair on my right arm seems to be a high-powered sensor.

Recently played music –

  • A Perfect Circle – The Package
  • Electric Six – Danger! High Voltage
  • The B-52s – 52 Girls
  • Dave Matthews Band – I’ll Back You Up
  • Vanessa Carlton – A Thousand Miles
  • Yellowcard – Only One (Album Version)
  • A.F.I. – Charles Atlas
  • Simple Minds – Don’t You (Forget About Me)
  • The Vines – Ride
  • New Found Glory – That Thing You Do (From “That Thing You Do”)
  • Stone Temple Pilots – Plush (Acoustic Version)
  • They Might Be Giants – Whistling In The Dark
  • Frank Sinatra – The Lady Is A Tramp
  • Soul Coughing – Screenwriter’s Blues
  • Led Zeppelin – The Ocean (Live At The LA Forum)
  • Tom Waits – New Coat Of Paint
  • The Pixies – I Bleed
  • Shady Grove – Jerry Garcia
  • Natacha Atlas – Aqib
  • 13th Floor Elevators – Splash 1
  • Jimi Hendrix – Voodoo Child
  • Talking Heads – Mommy Daddy You And I
  • Alanis Morissette – All I Really Want

Want to listen to my station?

I’ve been using launch radio, calendar, weather, news and games a lot lately on my Y!M. Tasty little app.

oOmiaq wrote me recently, and thanked me for listening to his music. My pleasure, oOm.

Dan bailed for tonight, but we’ll probably get together tomorrow. I don’t mind, save for the short notice. I don’t really want to go to the Seminole casino on a flippin’ Friday, so that’s going to have to wait. I’m not sure what I want to do for my solo Saturday walkabout, yet. That Moonlight movie is that night… that could be a fun time. Maybe I’ll hit Port Everglades during the day, and see if I can spot some free-swimming manatees or turtles. I found out after my recent trip to Miami that there’s a natural calving / nursery area there.

Maybe tonight I’ll hit the Museum ‘f Art. It’s free until the end of August, just up the street, open until 9pm on Thursdays, and air-conditioned.

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6796 – Thoughts on this journal, etc

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I’ve been at it for more than a few years now….posting at least once a day. Sometimes a good deal more, but generally first thing in the morning.

I think that keeping a daily log of stuff is a low-grade compulsion… what would it be in champions? Common, Moderate? 10 points? Maybe I’ve bought it down closer to a 1-point GURPS quirk in recent years. Still devoted enough to do daily entries, but the 8x a day is probably gone until I’m bedridden or something.

I’ve been working on my writing again, and am going to try to submit a few oldies to a few new places.

Major Reworking of the company website ahead. I look forward to it having some freshness, but I fear for a lack of marketing skill and “too many cooks” syndrome before everything settles back down.

I got my $20 back! The ATM guy went to look at the machine, saw the bill wedged in the device inside the hopper, and called my voice mail about 10am. I called him back at about 4pm, and he rant the bill right to my door. you can’t ask for better service than that!

It’s occurred to me that if anyone else did to my brother what he did to himself, I’d probably have killed the bastard.

Gallery of retro science book covers – I had access to a *lot* of these as a kid. I know for certain that I had Dinosaurs, Rocks & Minerals, Rockets & Missiles, The Human Body, and Oceanography.

My neighbor Jason had copies of Horses and Primitive Man, too. I wonder how much the impacted our growth as kids? Not a great deal, I suspect.. don’t most kids go through a dinosaur / science phase? (Some never escape it.)

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6793 I don’t know why he’s complaining… he can stay home.

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I’m not really fond of Monday’s week-start review meetings. it takes hours, and isn’t as productive as I’d like. At least I usually get to give my presentation first, and then bail. I have a lot of stuff to get out of the way this morning, to boot.

Strong sweet tooth lately… not sure why I’m craving it so much. It’s not like my body is in need of raspberry sugar for proper functioning.

I have a case of wanderlust, and as soon as I get the new tech fully worked out, I’m certainly going to take a trip. I just have to decide the duration and destinations.

Recently received this as ebay feedback: – I would, without hesitation, endorse this man for president. Well thanks, Kevin! Site Meter

APOD: A Solar Filament Lifts Off – Amazing.

World’s Finest – Batman/Superman Fan film, from the makers of Batman – Dead End. (via)

I didn’t know until yesterday that Ray Bradbury has been wheelchair-bound since his stroke in ’99. Or if I did, I forgot that I did.

His short story, A Sound of Thunder has been made into a movie… (previews)

It seems the movie takes the introduction and runs with it, probably not in the direction that I want to see, let alone the message.

Speaking of Movies, I really don’t see how the studios could improve on The Manchurian Candidate. Someone tell me what the new Gulf War version has to do with Manchuria ? (The Original was based on the Korean war… thus the title.)

Mathematical Atlas: A gateway to Mathematics

“It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.” ~Ansel Adams

Hmm… that image up top might make a good icon. Let’s see… Maybe.

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I don’t know which Private Eye is the most definitive to me… Lew Archer, Richard Diamond, Sam Spade, or Philip Marlowe. Digging Archer right now, because I just finished The Drowning Pool. (the first time I’ve read it since my days at the BBCL) I’ve never seen the movie, but wouldn’t mind checking it out, now that the tale is fresh in my mind.

Archives –

1 year ago – Bambi hunt a hoax, online games, lj diversity, comic book/cartoon thoughts, including the doom song.

2 years ago – some missing pictures, wondering about my eyes, watching TV, evil news, some palm pics, Newt pics

3 years ago – senescence, thegosis, arrival as a pod, loving thoughts

4 years ago – Buds for lunch (I’ll miss that rare treat), dealing ok with winding down.

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6793 I don't know why he's complaining… he can stay home.

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I’m not really fond of Monday’s week-start review meetings. it takes hours, and isn’t as productive as I’d like. At least I usually get to give my presentation first, and then bail. I have a lot of stuff to get out of the way this morning, to boot.

Strong sweet tooth lately… not sure why I’m craving it so much. It’s not like my body is in need of raspberry sugar for proper functioning.

I have a case of wanderlust, and as soon as I get the new tech fully worked out, I’m certainly going to take a trip. I just have to decide the duration and destinations.

Recently received this as ebay feedback: – I would, without hesitation, endorse this man for president. Well thanks, Kevin! Site Meter

APOD: A Solar Filament Lifts Off – Amazing.

World’s Finest – Batman/Superman Fan film, from the makers of Batman – Dead End. (via)

I didn’t know until yesterday that Ray Bradbury has been wheelchair-bound since his stroke in ’99. Or if I did, I forgot that I did.

His short story, A Sound of Thunder has been made into a movie… (previews)

It seems the movie takes the introduction and runs with it, probably not in the direction that I want to see, let alone the message.

Speaking of Movies, I really don’t see how the studios could improve on The Manchurian Candidate. Someone tell me what the new Gulf War version has to do with Manchuria ? (The Original was based on the Korean war… thus the title.)

Mathematical Atlas: A gateway to Mathematics

“It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.” ~Ansel Adams

Hmm… that image up top might make a good icon. Let’s see… Maybe.

https://pics.livejournal.com/scottobear/pic/0000cf1t

I don’t know which Private Eye is the most definitive to me… Lew Archer, Richard Diamond, Sam Spade, or Philip Marlowe. Digging Archer right now, because I just finished The Drowning Pool. (the first time I’ve read it since my days at the BBCL) I’ve never seen the movie, but wouldn’t mind checking it out, now that the tale is fresh in my mind.

Archives –

1 year ago – Bambi hunt a hoax, online games, lj diversity, comic book/cartoon thoughts, including the doom song.

2 years ago – some missing pictures, wondering about my eyes, watching TV, evil news, some palm pics, Newt pics

3 years ago – senescence, thegosis, arrival as a pod, loving thoughts

4 years ago – Buds for lunch (I’ll miss that rare treat), dealing ok with winding down.

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6792 – Offer not good after curfew in sectors R or Q.

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Snickers with almonds is very tasty when frozen, but I preferred the chilled tangerine I also had for breakfast. Tasty morsels. I don’t use the word morsel often enough. Or Scrumdiddlyumptious. Ok, ok…I lied, dear journal…. I say scrumdiddlyumptious at least once or twice a month. Though, to make up for the “morsel” imbalance, I also hardly ever say “Oh, snap”.

The soft, spicy odor of incense, wafting in from the corridor between my bedroom and bath brings me calm on hectic days. It’s getting easier for me to realize when I’m tense lately, and once I know that I’m stressed, I can channel that attitude out to make way for more productive behavior.

When I decide to veg out…I usually sit Indian-style or other comfortable position, usually with Newt nearby. I let all the random jetsam spinning around in my mind slowly settle onto the floor of my mind for proper storage or disposal. Sometimes whole books hit the ground when the mental wind slows down, but usually it’s closer to fortune-cookie slips of paper and multi-colored index cards with quickly scrawled information on it, including “continued on card number XXX” written on the bottom. Sometimes the connected card is nearby or someplace that I can retrieve it quickly, other times, it’s probably in one of the piles off in one of the corners.

I picture my mental room as octagonal-shaped, having hardwood floors and highlights, a network of bookshelf-columns radiating out from the center, and glass walls leading up to a covered dome with a skylight on top. Secret Memories of an ancestor that was into trepanation? I don’t see any self-surgery in my future. The amount of light inside reflects my mindset, with thick drapes that could blot out an atomic blast when darkness is absolutely needed.

There are monkeys, too. Or Ghosts. Maybe Monkey Ghosts. That’s it. Probably genetically enhanced… or with some sort of mystic talisman thingie.

Storywise, sometimes I don’t see myself as a main character. It’s easy to fall in the role of support, or walk-on… no limelight, but more like Wilson on Home Improvement, though, if I was to stretch the example, I suppose that I could grab the Al role here and there. I try to be helpful and am mostly soft spoken, a little too off the beaten path to be a primary focus. I suspect that’d change if I was under the same roof with my sweetheart, rather than having us end up being the wacky neighbors.

Then again, there was the Grizzly Adams TV show. Random trivia… Ben the bear was named for Ben Franklin.

Whims got me itchin’ for doughnuts…she makes hers with prepackaged dough… I didn’t have any, but I found this little recipe.. and the bread maker!

Bread Machine Doughnuts

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6789 Pictures and stuff

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I, Robot was a fun, predictable, dopey action movie with robots and Will Smith. Exactly what I expected, and it was fine by me (save for the awkward product placement). Afterward, we swung by The Floridian, and gabbed over supper… Danny seemed a little distracted, but that’s understandable.

Well, of course I signed up for the photojournal service. See here for more details. First Gallery

Let’s see if it works – pictures are clickable

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6787 Mango / Spyware / Pi Approximation / Look out.

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Dang. It’s obviously mango season again. They’re hanging fat on any tree that hasn’t been harvested yet. I imagine every office in the city has someone bringing in grocery bags full of ’em, pulled of before they can be allowed to rot on the ground…They have been known to make the local birds and other small animals drunk when the fruit is consumed after fermenting in the sun for a few days.

That puts me in the mood for a tropical fruit salad… maybe some mango/banana/lime/coconut.

I won’t go into what a raging mango is. Them that know, know.

New Tech seems ok, so far. Intelligent, but I worry that along with that comes a fundamental laziness. He reminds me a bit of my old buddy ramscan, in that he’s quiet and laid back, but once you open him up, he seems nice, and likely lot deeper than you might see on the surface.

My good deed of the day – (figured I’d share, after helping 3 people pull if off systems yesterday.)

Instructions on how to remove Mysearch, aka Mywebsearch, My Search Bar, My Way Speedbar:
To uninstall Mysearch first close all open browser windows. Then click ‘Start’ menu, then select ‘Control Panel’ and open the ‘Add/Remove Programs’ option. Find “My Search Bar” in the list of programs, and click ‘Change/Remove’ and follow the prompts to remove them. Other components to look for and remove are:

My Way Speedbar (Smiley Central or other FWP as applicable)
My Way Speedbar (AOL and Yahoo Messengers) (beta users only)
My Way Speedbar (Outlook, Outlook Express, and IncrediMail)
Search Assistant – My Way
My Web Search (Smiley Central or FWP product as applicable)

This procedure should completely remove Mysearch. If you have any problems or to be certain all its components have been removed, scan your system with an adware removal utility.

Sure, March 14th is Pi day… but today is Pi approximation day, (22/7 if you record it euro-style.)

1 year ago – Ghosts, Pirates of the Caribbean, Church Factoid, Idi Amin

2 years ago – dreams, sounds, guns, action comics #1, hello kitty stress test, bike named, infinity

3 years ago – Cohort, fwap, morning speech quiz, coloring game, kitty cookies, sunflower bread, web indexes, English language, Olestra conspiracy

4 years ago – X-men with Dan, Robb’s Radio, went to Hops, April reading my LJ

current mood: I want to get out of work, and just relax at the movies, already.

current music: Common People – William Shatner with Joe Jackson (Pulp Cover) (via)

common people lyrics