Monthly Archives: June 2006
8396 – Wehd-nehz-day.
I stayed home from work yesterday… but Dan came by to visit after 5pm – we checked out Lord of the Rings Online.. signed up for the Beta. Helped Danny figure out what sort of machine he’d need to play it, graphics-wise and such. No movie or Japanese foodies.
After sniffing out gaming tech online, we played pirates (see icon) – each of us won a game, and both were very close. I had superior firepower, he had speed on his side. Ramming and boarding were actually to my benefit for the first time ever playing the game.
I gave him a Rubyred Labs T-shirt as a victory gift from my valleyschwag pack. (I kept the stickers and perplexCity cards) Newt got along with Danny quite well, save for when Dan drew first blood in the pirates game… he exclaimed “BLAM!” quite loudly, and Newt leapt up on the table and yelled at him, and took a swabby-paw swat at his face. I swear, Newt’s more of a watchdog than a scaredy-cat.
After playing, we decided to stretch our legs, and yawns came in a rapid collection of waves… hard to guess what caused it. I think I yawned about 25 times in rapid succession… to the point where I got a little light-headed. Danny followed suit shortly afterward, though he only yawned about four or five times.
We went upstairs to the snack bar, but Target had no coffee, so we hit *$ on the way back. He bought me a pirate booster, so now I have a corsair and an American Ship… plus a Corsair guy that can create temporary fog banks with smoke bombs– not a bad addition to my current fleet of British, Spanish and pirate folks.
Dan’s shirt had a mermaid on it, but is no relation to the Feegee Mermaid. Yucka! – His shirt was more of one of these.(far more cute than feegee)
Going to grab a bite and visit with Tina today after work… should be a jim-dandy time. Perhaps we’ll swing by Dicey Rileys, too. I suspect Eddie Izzard is out, but I’m sure we can keep a steady stream of enjoyable banter going. I’m not used to having things happening outside of the HQ on “school nights”. It’s a refreshing change of venue.
Moment of Lyric – mp3
When your world is full of strange arrangements
And gravity won’t pull you through
You know you’re missing out on something
Well that something depends on you
All I’m saying, it takes a lot to love you
All I’m doing, you know its true
All I mean now, theres one thing
Yes one thing that turns this gray sky to blue
Thats the look, thats the look
The look of love
When your girl has left you out on the pavement (goodbye)
Then your dreams fall apart at the seams
Your reason for livings your reason for leaving
Don’t ask me what it means
Who’s got the look? I don’t know the answer to that question
Where’s the look? if I knew I would tell you
What’s the look? look for your information
Yes there’s one thing, the one thing that still holds true
(whats that? )
Thats the look, thats the look
The look of love
If you judge a book by the cover,
Then you’d judge the look by the lover
I hope you’ll soon recover,
Me I go from one extreme to another
And though my friends just might ask me
They say Martin maybe one day you’ll find true love
I say maybe, there must be a solution
To the one thing, the one thing, we can’t find
Thats the look, thats the look
Sisters and brothers
Should help each other
Oh, oh, oh
Heavens above
Thats the look, thats the look, hip hip hooray, ay
Thats the look, thats the look, yippee ai yippee aiay
Thats the look, thats the look
Be lucky in love
Look of love
Imagine going to the grocery store only once every 6 months. Imagine paying less than a dollar per meal. Imagine never washing dishes,chopping vegetables or setting the table ever again. It sounds pretty good, doesn’t it?
But can a human subsist on a constant diet of pelletized, nutritionally complete food like puppies and monkeys do? For the good of human kind,I’m about to find out. On June 3, 2006, I began my week of eating nothing but monkey chow: “a complete and balanced diet for the nutrition of primates, including the great apes.”
Hmm.. note the chow info page mentions *NON HUMAN PRIMATES*
Ingredients
Ground corn, Soybean meal, Cracked wheat, Sucrose,Wheat germ meal, Animal fat (preserved with BHA, propyl gallate and citric acid), Dried whole egg, Dicalcium phosphate, Calcium carbonate, Iodized salt,Vegetable oil, Choline chloride, Stabilized ascorbic acid (source of Vitamin C), Ethoxyquin (a preservative), Ferrous sulfate, Zinc oxide, Copper chloride, Manganous oxide, Cobalt carbonate, Calcium iodate, Sodium selenite,Vitamin A supplement,Vitamin D3 supplement,Vitamin E supplement, Thiamine (Vitamin B1), Niacin, Calcium pantothenate, Pyridoxine hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Folic acid, Biotin,Vitamin B12 supplement.
1 lb of chow per 35 lbs of monkey? Man… that’s a lot of food!
8395 – Klonhertz – Three Girl Rhumba (Promo Video)
This is Klonhertz rendition of the classic Wire jam “Three Girl Rhumba” with a paper bag cut-out band.
Hooray for Paper dolls!
Think of a number,
divide it by two,
something is nothing,
nothing is nothing.
Open a box,
tear off the lid,
then think of a number,
don’t think of an answer.
Open your eyes,
think of a number,
don’t get swept under,
a number’s a number
A chance encounter you want to avoid,
the inevitable, so you do, oh yes you do the impossible
Now you ain’t got a number,
you just want to rhumba,
and there ain’t no way you’re gonna go under
Go under
8394 – Too-oo-uh-oo’s Day. (In the style of Buddy Holly, for no good reason)
Danny visit today. I estimate Japanese food and the Poseidon movie will happen.
Mental Moments of Poetry –
Tit for Tat
I often pass a gracious tree
Whose name I can’t identify,
But still I bow, in courtesy
It waves a bough, in kind reply.I do not know your name, O tree
(Are you a hemlock or a pine?)
But why should that embarrass me?
Quite probably you don’t know mine.— Christopher Morley
The Purple Cow
The Purple Cow’s Projected Feast:
Reflections on a Mythic Beast,
Who’s Quite Remarkable, at Least.I never saw a purple cow,
I never hope to see one;
But I can tell you, anyhow,
I’d rather see than be one.— Gelett Burgess
Gabbed with Tina for about a zillion years on the phone – topics ranged from Shakespeare, Baroque Music, pet stories, furniture, veggie meatballs, lj, stain removal, life at a not-for-profit & work ability, pomade on bedclothes, the terms ballcap and walkies, patient doughnuts, library fines, but NOT Huey Lewis and the News. Some sort of record for random tangents….time compressed to the vanishing point, and it was a lot of fun, making with the jibba-jabba.
Project at the gig is lining up folks to learn about CSI – $100 for four 1-hour sessions with professionals to go to the org’s coffers. Not a bad idea… law enforcement instructors are a easily obtained resource.. I’ll probably sit in on them, if I can go as a rep. I may actually wear my company shirt to a company function… how weird is that?
I have to start thinking about web and local areas to get folks interested. I’m not too crazy about the Broward and Dade LJer communities, due to the large number of twinks… I’ll have to evaluate ’em again.
Recieved some great tunes yesterday…The Thorns and Josh Rouse. Nice Mellow sound. Thanks, Super Kayaker!
Moment of Lyric – mp3
Under the cold blue stars you would just stroll around the yard
that’s what happens to dreams when the life strains and the child lays in you
When you got old you played guitar in a little town, your favorite bar
just blowing steam now the lights fade and everyone’s paid to see you
So did the farm steal your soul when the cornfields won’t grow
its time to leave, now the heart bleeds and the family leans on you
You were under the cold blue stars in another town your favorite bar
that’s what happens to dreams when the life strains and the child lays in you
1 year ago – Org of American States, South America, Local Journals, burlesque, rain to sun, icons, journey to the center of the earth, I don’t much like Cap’n Jack, PO CHU-I, florida slave labor, rose garden, the Way-Outs, Spanish mixup at work.
2 years ago – D-Day / Normandy, Cold Reading, plague cookies, shockwave, meme, chill out, first appearance of eryx_uk in my comments.
3 years ago – Hobbit Pub w/danny pics, DARPA
4 years ago – Troublesome evacuation issues for fumigation
5 years ago – evil news, laconic, hobbit names, aimbot, hungry, lj DDos, glow text abuse, misc wacky html, Scotto quirk, COPS, long chat with CEJ, Rudy-fibber, poo-health chart.
6 years ago – no-thang
8393 – Cue the organ music, another week has begun.
Mon-*DUN DUN DUNNNNN*-day. Another morning meeting o’doom, and then I contend with Semi-annual and quarterly statistics for funding. Tedious, but the bean counters will leave me alone while I assemble the stats.
Moment of Lyric – (link to copy, right?’s page hosting it)
I hear the drums echoing tonight
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
She’s coming in 12:30 flight
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation
I stopped an old man along the way
Hoping to find some long forgotten words or ancient melodies
He turned to me as if to say, “Hurry boy, it’s waiting there for you”
8392 – The Adventures of Beast
swell stop motion with my favorite mutant. (and an assortment of toyfare theater style action!)
8391 – Getting ready to switch over to being on-call.
I don’t only use the word “fantastic”, I’m not always using it in a positive light *or* being snarky. If someone tells me of an idea that is totally out of left field, I’ll refer to it as fantastic, meaning it was borne of fantasy. Something can be fantastic, and terrible.
Likewise, when I hear the term “horsefeathers” my mind immediately thinks of a pegasus.
Walk around the Great Pyramid in Giza
These little finger-people are cute, too.
Time-Lapse Photo Animations of the Cosmos
Moment of Lyric – (mp3 via fallentoad)
we have sinned so many times before
we see no need to turn back now
we’re the world, the wicked world
marching to hell
we know what we’re doing
we’re marching to hell
come and join us have some fun
dance in joy beneath the neon light
we’re the world the wicked world
we do whatever we please
forget your cares sow your wild oats
sin is a wonderful disease
lie and steal, it’s all right
we have no worry for tomorrow
we’re the world, the wicked world
we don’t believe in God
we don’t believe in anything
we find that idea to be rather odd
we pain ourselves as our bodies start to decay
we’re getting closer every day
we have sinned so many times before
we see no need to turn back now
we know what we’re doing, we’re marching to hell
1 year ago – full vs goatee, bro & PO, vs & rr try to hook me up
2 years ago – Local con, ADP fix it, free wifi, bro issues, Crew north, Cartoon stuff, rain, bad case
3 years ago – bro goes to ER, Tony & Caroline bad news, pt issues, brothel free to troops, pirate doodle, kraft offer, FIA hoverboats
4 years ago – fumigation drama, pelican preference, cricket magazine, Google labs
5 years ago – life roles, evil news, Paranormal investigation teams that I’d join, Allen Walton, hobo names, $10 webcam, classic Scotto lunch, nice dreams, mammoth riding.
6 years ago – figured out how to hack the info kiosk as the mall of the dead.
8390 – Porch entry
Warm, still air on the balcony this morning. Newt’s lazing on the edge of the table, and we’re both enjoying sounds of the outdoors. The fountain in center of the lake, a light variety of birdsong, and Blackie having an argument with Faraday while I type on lappie’s mushy keyboard.
Slacking by spending far too long on lj, catching up with my reading and commenting hither and yon, where applicable. Graypumpkin had a moment of synchronization with one of the artists for Teen Titans (and The Coming Legion of Super Heroes cartoon) over a third-rate Marvel villain by the name of Gamecock.
Well, looks like money talks… X-men 4 was greenlit.
Reined into the condo all day tomorrow – on call. Won’t have to do it next week, as EN should have all items needed in place by then
podcasts.yahoo.com has a dandy search engine…I’m glad it works with all browsers, now.
I could sure go for a sugary snack right about now.. a fruit pie (cherry or apple) would be tops. Hulk? Spidey? You know that sharing is important… help me out, would ya?
8389 – Saturday. similar feeling as last weekend this time.
Watched Iron Giant last night, for the first time in a few years. Still as excellent as I recalled. While it played on the TV, I unpacked a few of the boxes stowed by the bookcases that needed weeding out. Found a bunch of old Legion Comics which distracted me for a bit while I put ’em in order and put them at the bottom of the linen closet, for the lack of a better temperature-controlled location. Followed up with The Swarm. (An Irwin Allen Sci-fi stinko classic featuring Michael Caine shooting bees from his eyes.)
Cleaning Lady comes by today… after she’s done, I’ll probably go walkabout for a bit, if the weather’s right. I think a walk along the beach might be in order.
Cinnamon toast for breakfast! First time I’ve made it in years… it always reminds me of being a little kid.
Best Message board icon of the moment – 2 cats playing ping pong.
Some pics from yesterday –
Cookie Monster Sticker Graffiti – Just kidding? On the rear exit of the Route 10.
Bus stop – sunrise was like a fire boiling away clouds.. rain was happening a bit to the right.
Found a number of OTR podcasts… about 8-10 hours of classic stuff every week. Songbird is pretty handy there. Sort of disappointed in Penn Gilette’s show, so I’m almost all NPR, OTR, and Prairie Home Companion… oh, Stomp Tokyo and Marc Maron’s show. Sometimes I listen to them on the ride into/from work, while reading, and I sometimes blank out what I’m listening to.
Moment of mp3 – Cake – The Distance – It reminds me of the 90s.
1 year ago – Celine Dion as MJ, Tragic Darth, Boynton Tasering, great sunset, Firpo, MSK in NM w/UTI, look-around camera, sex-pred lj, chat w/sammy, tyrant in the house?, human trafficking, 20 questions meme
2 years ago – Dan visit and a caveman waitress, speaker scam, call me Q.
3 years ago – isketch, skeletor & gang, Scott-heroes, Wold Newton, I LIKE stuff, ugly Oz from MacFarlane toys
4 years ago – virus spam, moment of zen, gute fahrt, pet psychic, Crossing over guy,newtcam banner (Never did see it in rotation.), homepage design ideas
5 years ago – |337 translation guide, parse, fun turtle fact, ultrasonic cheesecharacteristics, Hello Kitty Douche, lj portal, long distance distress
6 years ago – nothin’
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8386 – Friday five
Favorite phrase when you have:
1. Ate food that tastes bad
Bleagh!
2. Stubbed your toe
Nghhng.
3. Become frustrated
Son of a…!
4. Broken something
Uh-oh.
5. Been cut off by another driver
Been a while, when someone cuts off the bus I think “Rest in Peace, buddy”
8385 – Friday. Hoping for a good weekend.
Meeting with mom was interesting. We discussed bro and the new project she has with Wilton. Apparently, in her will, if she and Wilton go together, I am to be executor of the estate. That’s a lot of responsibility… bro’s share will go into a trust… he can use it for education, rehab or appropriate health expenses, but never will a dollar touch his hands, for fear that he’ll spend badly.
M&W’s company will be doing some work up in Sterling, VA (about 15 minutes from Dulles airport, or 40 min from DC) during the months of August through October, so I have a free crash spot should I want to visit points north during that time. Sally and Bill are up there, too… I can’t believe that she’s 61, and he’s 50, now. Have twenty-five years really passed that swiftly? I still remember Sally and Mom working at the salon, and my going to see Star Wars in the same plaza. Now, their kids are in the late 20s, too. I’d love to visit the old house, hit the smithsonian Air & Space museum, and visit some LJ-type folk.
I am officially one year cable-tv free. (though I cheat and snag a couple of shows via bittorrent.) Take that, comcast!
Moment of Lyric – mp3
O Fortuna,
velut Luna
statu variabilis,
semper crescis
aut decrescis;
vita detestabilis
nunc obdurat
et tunc curat
ludo mentis aciem;
egestatem,
potestatem,
dissolvit ut glaciem.
8384 – I never could get the hang of Thursdays.
I am of a positive mindset in a melancholy time… got news of a quiet patch ahead, but I’m confident of things working out for the best in the long run. I hope that they’ll seem that way along the short and middle run, too.
In related news, I do believe that dreams can come true. I’ve seen it happen, and for that I’m happy. It continues to be a good week for dreams.
Lunching with mom after work, catching up on family business, and will generally gab. Remembered what was going on on Friday – maybe a get together with some old coworkers for a brew, maybe karaoke? Maybe not.. those things tend to evaporate. I want to visit with Kev again before he hits gitmo, too.
Blood donation and shots went well. I’m glad I’ve worked out a schedule where doing platelets is feasible.
Aardvarks!!!
Superman Slurpees at 7-11! I think Sucking the brains out of Yoda made for a better mug, but this one is nicely geeky, too. I wonder why they didn’t do this with the Batman/x-men movies?
Note to self, do not iron while sleepy… looks like I set the heat too high and treated a blend like cotton. Ah well, excuse to get a fresh shirt or two! I was more peeved that I had to iron *two* shirts, rather than carbon-scoring the first one. Better the shirt than me!
If I had posted only one entry day for each my 8384 entires… that’d be just about 23 years worth of journal posts. Yikes.
Second Life updated to 1.10.1 yesterday. No noticble change, though bug fixes:
* Improved avatar lighting to more closely match in ‘nearby lights’ and ‘sun/moon only’ modes
* Improved flexible attachment behavior while crossing a region boundary
Bro swung by work yesterday, looking for some coin “for gas”. He’s got his calendar call tomorrow, so we’ll see how that goes. He was looking much cleaner and in order than when he visited mom.
1 year ago – club cast of characters, roadside hummer politics, keyhole turns into google earth, fed plantains, raining heavily, narc law
2 years ago – boogieman, hurricane season begins, diseases database, map24’s awesome zoom, WAKAW!, Dan Tardy visit, piccies of fembots & crane boats, found sounds
3 years ago – MacGuffin, New TV (broken), There Shirts, hoverboarding
4 years ago – new 2nd monitor, tasty tea
5 years ago – anchorite, Iraq frog missile, my first sighting of that annoying java kill email that fooled Danny’s wife, evil news, poll about how you feel about people, banjo player joke, rave reviews of Zone alarm & commentary about spyware, coprolite, I hear the first story about Ornj’s fish Genocide & panda hut
6 years ago – Awakened too early, used to have an embedded real genius sound file