Hmm.. must remember to renew domain, mine is up in a week! I’m glad Dave reminded me. I’ve owned scottobear.com since ’97, and had a cheeseball freebie geocities page long before that.

I was going to catch a Movie with Dave last night, but there was literally nothing either of us wanted to see. Ah well. Maybe we’ll play some mage knight, or just hang some other time.

This morning, I’m getting together with Danny, heading to Deerfield for a bit, so he can put in an appearance, greet the SF club, and either poke a nose into the Ren-fest or bounce off for a day of just goofin’.

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Moment of Music….

Mashup of : The Beatles – Yellow Submarine / Genesis – That’s All

From here (also here)

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This guy has a *lot* of free, handmade fonts to look through.

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Severe system crash last night…. sorry about bailing mid chat, bhk… it was fun while it lasted! Power blinkies and chkdisk made it slow to recover.

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Mr. Sun Citizen Journalist Starter Pack

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Montage-a-google. Create a quilt of thumbnails based on a search term or phrase. my first try was newtcam.

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GrayPumpkin put me on to the Spider-man Bible site… our conversation eventually devolved into Christo-MODOK (MESSIAH ORGANISM DEIFIED ONLY for KINDNESS) Put a goatee, plasmatic Kirby-dots surrounding his be-haloed crown of thorns around this guy, and you’ve got a Big Jesus head firing of bolts of goodwill. *KWIZAM!* PEACE BE WITH YOU! *BRITZO!*

Oh, that’s probably going to end up offending someone. Only if they don’t know me. I love MODOK. He’s my Favorite Giant head-in-a-body after Arnim Zola. (And blatant ripoff-homage the Hypernaut.) JC is pretty dang cool, too.

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What? What?

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HG2TG Trailer. Hm. Interesting Zaphod Redesign, and Ivan does a good Marvin voice.

Note, My PDA is more entertaining than a Guide, but less so than a Mother Box from New Genesis.

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Chimps critically injure sanctuary visitor

BAKERSFIELD, California (AP) — A couple’s plans for a birthday party for their former pet chimpanzee turned tragic when two other chimps at an animal sanctuary escaped from their cage and attacked. The man was critically injured with massive wounds to his face, body and limbs, and the attacking animals were shot dead.

St. James and LaDonna Davis were at the Animal Haven Ranch in Caliente to celebrate the birthday of Moe, a 39-year-old chimpanzee who was taken from their suburban Los Angeles home in 1999 after biting off part of a woman’s finger.

Moe was not involved in Thursday’s attack, said Steve Martarano, a spokesman for the California Department of Fish and Game.

The couple had brought Moe a cake and were standing outside his cage when Buddy and Ollie, two of four chimpanzees in the adjoining cage, attacked St. James Davis, Martarano said. Officials have not determined how the chimps got out of their enclosure, he said.

LaDonna Davis, 64, suffered a bite wound to the hand while trying to help her 62-year-old husband, Martarano said.

The son-in-law of the sanctuary’s owner killed the attacking animals, Martarano said.

“He saw what was happening and had one kind of weapon with him and then got another he felt would be more substantial and shot them,” Martarano said. “He pretty much saved a life.”

St. James Davis had severe facial injuries and would require extensive surgery in an attempt to reattach his nose, Dr. Maureen Martin of Kern Medical Center told KGET-TV of Bakersfield. His testicles and a foot also were severed, Kern County Sheriff’s Cmdr. Hal Chealander told The Bakersfield Californian.

Davis was transported to Loma Linda University Medical Center, where he was undergoing surgery late Thursday, Martarano said.

Buddy, a 16-year-old male chimp, initiated the attack and after he was shot, Ollie, a 13-year-old male, grabbed the gravely injured man and dragged him down the road, authorities said.

“Everybody was trying to get the chimp off,” Chealander said.

Two other chimps, females named Susie and Bones, also escaped from the cage they shared with Ollie and Buddy, prompting sheriff’s deputies, animal control workers, and Fish and Game officials to launch a search.

The wayward pair were recovered by Animal Haven owner Virginia Brauer after five hours. Martarano said one chimp was two miles from the sanctuary, located 25 miles southeast of Bakersfield.

The Davises had waged an unsuccessful legal fight to bring Moe back to their West Covina home and visited him regularly at the sanctuary where he had been living since October. They brought the chimp from Africa decades ago after a poacher killed his mother.

Animal Haven Ranch has held state permits to shelter animals since 1985 and serves as a sanctuary for animals that have been confiscated or discovered lost, Martarano said.

It is allowed to house up to nine primates at one time and is home to one spider monkey and six chimpanzees, he said. The permits are held by Virginia and Ralph Brauer, whom neighbors described as responsible animal lovers.

“She’s devoted her whole life to taking care of these chimpanzees,” said Jeanne Miller, a family friend.

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Giant Steps a pretty amazing flash movie, especially for having been made about 4 years ago via waxy_org

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1 year ago – blogspam treatment, work, serial adder, 7-eared kitty, clown sweater, Ephemera, visited bro

2 years ago – book meme, palm doodles, picture issues

3 years ago – mopey, bro helping out, Dick Hymen – Master of Jazz Piano, super tugboat, Newton’s name, pet name poll, magic ingredients

4 years ago – Perseus tools, loved ones sick, flying monkeys, The 30 Least-Quoted Lines from Shakespeare, nosepilot, 5k comp