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Monthly Archives: July 2006
8453 – Whoa. Thursday Already?
Going to play Pirates with Danny after work today, if all goes well. My Sea monster, Spanish Fort and Ships vs his Brits and Pirates. Yarr!
yet another quiz/meme – this time via fivefootmayhem
8452 – My gosh, is it dark out.
The Second Season of Venture Brothers is pretty dang great so far. I’m quite impressed. Hunter Thompson as Nick Fury and Womanaconda. That’s my kind of cartoon.
Dear LJ, Keep that ugly navigation bar off my page, thanks. yucko. I just killed it again, after telling it once a month or so ago to begone from my sight forever.
Ugh… Speaking of gone forever… Farewell, Black Rhino. Continue reading 8452 – My gosh, is it dark out.
8451 – How did the expression “more fun than a barrel of monkeys” originate?
This saying has word experts as befuddled as a bunch of zoo wardens trying to coax primates out of a large wooden container.
According to Phrases.org, Cassell’s Dictionary of Slang dates the phrase a “barrel-/wagon-load of monkeys” back to the late 19th century. But it doesn’t explain why a group of Industrial Age apes would be hiding in barrels or riding in farm carts.
Some sites have ventured theories. “Monkeys like to cram themselves into a large barrel at the circus,” the Daily Jolt offers, explaining, “This is probably the origin of the phrase.”
About.com quotes both the Oxford English Dictionary, which says the saying may come from “a barrel of laughs,” and word historian Charles E. Funk, who wrote: “One monkey arouses a great deal of amusement. Two or more then double the…amusement. If one were to release a barrelful…of monkeys, we must suppose that their antics would become hilariously comical.” We might.
Still on About.com, we followed the OED’s history of the phrase. It begins with a wagonload of monkeys, and includes mention of the mischievous beasts in cages (1840), bags (1908), and cartloads (1930). But it never reveals why humans started imagining them there in the first place — or why it would be fun.
Perhaps it’s the silliness of the image, or how perplexed and tickled you’d feel if you ever saw a barrel of monkeys. But for now, it seems, we’re left wondering how to help the little guys out, and never knowing exactly how they got in
8450 – Travel pictures
Moment of Lyric – via He’s a Whore
Protected: 8449 – Work Whining.
Protected: 8448 – Cake Man
8446 – Back home… Too brief!
Had a lovely road trip with Weez and Boop… the sky was a bit gray, but spirits were quite high.
Newt was quite talkative when I got back, and was happy to see me.
Follow the wiggling chicken for a smattering of selected pics from the journey.
8445 – archive catch up
1 year ago – power outage, cool magicians, my eyes are blue, klaxons, past life/ice cream/coffee, stem cell steaks
2 years ago – pizza with dan, adp screws up, paid users get lj-priority, making fiends, Fiona apple mp3, Miami Travel Piccies, condo
3 years ago – trolls, naughty hulk, wonder woman movie
4 years ago – Wave of Husband killings, apple nipple monkey, star trek chairs auctioned, Ashcroft afraid of kitties
5 years ago – brackish , some broken links, dancing poll, tried mcD’s yogurt &fruit, Le Petomane, band name poll, bid farewell to some junk
6 years ago – angry beavers, scary movie, don’t look behind you
Voice Post: 8444 – Marathon Key – voice post
8443 – Synced and then edited from palm
On my way to work yesterday morning, I discovered that a person walking on the courtyard path (me) can easily see into the third-story condos just by looking up, with head level. I also learned that at least one of my elderly neighbors watches tv at 6:20am without a shirt and probably pants – with the shades open. I continued my journey to the bus stop, determined not to keep my gaze earthbound the rest of he way, despite the perils early on.
Gray Day – No Sky or Sun
A monochrome twilight followed shortly after, no absolute black or white, but a nice variety of the range between grew more visible as the sun lifted past the horizon.(I assume, for the direct light lay blocked by thick mats of sky cotton.) More than a few squadrons of birds were in the air, one of which seemed to be missing two members. Rather than a symmetrical V-formation, they were cruising as a giant “check mark” – five birds, three in diagonal line to the right and rear of the lead bird, and just one to the left rear. Either two birds were missing, or one of the guys on the right didn’t like lefty’s breath or missed his takeoff cue.
Villager Riot Supply
Plainclothes security gave me a minor chastisement over taking pictures in k-mart. He questioned what was up, and Dan explained to him that I’m just a hobbyist who likes to take pictures of things. (this case, gardening equipment that struck me as “villager armory, in case of Frankenstein”. I got similar low-end flak from security at tri-rail last weekend. (not that he stopped me from taking some in a more covert style)
K-mart guy seemed to be interested in just enforcing the rules, while Wackenhut-boy was a bit more spazzy-zealous in his endeavors. I was much more likely to obey k-man, as a result. rattle a baton at me and it just makes me more resistant.
Additional pictures from time out with Danny and goofing with Newt under the lamp.
1 year ago – talked to Arnie’s Sec, newt and graffiti pix, autostitch, wifi theft arrest, reality show premises, j-walk on podcasts, programmer joke, google maps goodies, flightgear, wifi hotspot backpack, my messy office, bear-knocking, sex pred info pages,
2 years ago – combos/snausages , wisdom, serving sizes, ramen, Rockford Files, Planetarium pictures, weather, sock thief
3 years ago – call block, snapple, intelligence gathering, Batroc, flashback cartoon, addictive data
4 years ago – oz/floyd connection, pimps at sea, rss feeds start, cat dreams
5 years ago – sweetheart returns, unpacking videos, 1992 tax info, the challenge, corn chowder, kubrick quiz
6 years ago – Rowlf sings, April actually kicks back a few bucks, pondering a new recorder
8442 – Meme-a-leem-deem.
(Click here to post your own answers for this meme.)
| ✓ I miss somebody right now. (My pop, My bro, and a few old friends I never see anymore.) | ✓ I don’t watch much TV these days. (Well, I do watch a few shows on the CPU, though. 4 shows total.) | ✓ I own lots of books. (Many, of all sorts – Popcorn to Depp Thought) |
| × I wear glasses or contact lenses. (I did wear reading glasses for a while, but I got better.) | ✓ I love to play video games. (Depends on the game, and my state of mind.) | ✓ I’ve tried marijuana. (Haven’t smoked in a long time, but yup, I’ve tried it.) |
| ✓ I’ve watched porn movies. (I’m not sure I know of anyone over 18 who hasn’t seen one.) | × I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship. (Nope.) | ✓ I believe honesty is usually the best policy. (Usually.) |
| ✓ I curse sometimes. (But not so much as I used to.) | × I have changed a lot mentally over the last year. (Not too much. I have changed a lot over the last Decade, however.) | × I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me. (Used to, not anymore.) |
8441 – Friday! T-minus 28:30 until My Launch for the Keys!
Nice time with the Danster last night. He’s probably at about 50% go for Dragon*con. I’ll be going unless some unexpected financial issue comes up to stop me. He had curried duck, and I had a boatload of veggie sushi. He paid for dinner, and I bought us 3 packs of pirates each… and I got a sea monster! Calyspos (traded from Danny for a huge French Clipper ship… fair trade, both are rare, he’s got a nice French fleet, and my Spanish fleet would love to have a giant squid on its team)
Danny also gifted me with Darwinia as a pleasant surprise, as well. I imagine that I’ll spend nice bit of time fiddling with that, too.
Looks like it might be a bit rainy down south this weekend.
Sometimes, a Brain in a jar quoting Nietzsche to a Super-intelligent Gorilla can make me misty.
My land line took a bad bounce, and now the ringer no longer works. I can still send and receive calls, but have no idea when an incoming call is… well, incoming, unless it’s call waiting while I’m on the phone already, or if I’m actively looking at the caller ID. I think I’ll just forward it to my cell phone for the weekend, anyhow.
1 year ago – busy, tiny text, hurricanes gone?, pedometer, one, london explosions, waterspoits, 48 questions,
2 years ago – condo bid, There-updated, MORE vizcaya pictures, pelvic thrust stormtrooper, spidey2, @ poll
3 years ago – Frankie, restoration of library, lovejoy, danny, lj-interests, health, baby tats
4 years ago – Newt (![[info]](https://i0.wp.com/stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?resize=17%2C17){kind=small}
jamacianjungle dreamed that she got to play with him!), palm entry, grim reaper song
5 years ago – wereturtle, moved into new place
6 years ago – reschedule, April, jenjen finds journal
8440 – This must be Thursday.
Perhaps the best gift for a gamer, ever. (and depending on the player, it might be a nice secondhand results gift to the group.)
Willow creates handcrafted soaps out of all-natural ingredients. Her Handmade Soaps For GAMERS premiered with rave reviews at Gen Con Indy 2005.
Currently available is the NATURAL 20 –a scented soap with an actual d20 embedded in it — the most popular soap at the show! via eryx_uk
Debunking the Christian Democracy Myth – Quotes from the Founding Fathers
suicide invalidates insurance policies, but any death obliterates a conviction that is not final – via lizaboo
8439 – I do prefer people to be puzzled rather than contemptuous.
Thoughts re: a costume for Dragon*Con this year.
Zaphod Beeblebrox – from HHttG
Possible outfit ideas
I think I’m more partial to the black and yellow pirate-y sort of outfit. Trillian is lined up, and Possibly Arthur Dent, too. If Danny decides to go, He could pull off Ford Prefect, I think, too, if he wants.