Monthly Archives: September 2006

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8579 – Saturday Post by Robot

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An auto-post while I’m off gallivanting around points north.

until pictures from the trip can be placed here, have some other photo thingies, dear journal:

superthais

Actors promoting a Japanese children’s show due to appear in Thailand next week are taken away in a police pick-up truck after posing in front of a tank in Bangkok. Thailand’s military rulers, installed in a coup last week, have banned dancers or actors using tanks as a backdrop. The actors were later released without charge.

mexilocusts

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Clouds of locusts have descended around the Mexican beach resort of Cancun, destroying corn crops and worrying officials in a region still recovering from the devastating fury of last year’s Hurricane Wilma.

Traveling in dark fogs, locusts are grasshoppers that have entered a swarming phase, capable of covering large distances and rapidly stripping fields of vegetation.

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8578 – Friday, at last! 0s make poor Letter Os.

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I’ve been waiting for this weekend for the last month or so.

Haircut on Saturday! Bye-bye, Fabio mane! Sending the longer bits to Locks of Love.

Also getting some new threads, and maybe a piece of jewelry. Pictures will follow upon my return.

Meme filler via eryx_uk, kat78731 and mental_circles

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8576 – fun halloweenish pictures

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Moment of Lyric – Nelson Sings Nilsson

In 1969, Harry Nilsson and Randy Newman joined forces to record”Nilsson Sings Newman,” a gorgeous, minimalist collection of Newman songs sung by Nilsson (obviously).

In 2001, as his band, Harvey Danger, broke up, Sean Nelson became deeply enamored of “Nilsson Sings Newman,” and considered that “nelson sings Nilsson” would be a funny title for a record.

Bro woke me up last night, right as I’d hunkered in for sleep. I wished him a happy birthday, and he tried to get me to buy pizza or chinese for his whole crew at the hotel he’s staying. I declined, and suggested some other options. He’s back with Shannon, and thinks that she is probably pregnant. A bad idea, as neither he nor she is able to raise a child in their current mental, physical and financial situation. He turned 34 yesterday, and is still living moment to moment, catching a hotel room here or sleeping in his truck there.

He adds a bitter flavor to the bulk sweetness in my life right now. It figures he’d wake me up on a night that I was trying to get some extra snoozles.

Went with some work crew to outback for feed – it was yummy, as usual… pasta and a bloomin’ onion. Work was discussed only minimally, which is nice.

Heard from Vicki last night – getting together with her and some of the old gang a week from tomorrow for a little supper. Apparently, most have gone on to other non-profits: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, American Lung Association, Kids in Distress, and Boys & Girls Clubs. Nice to see good folks working to help make the world a better place.

Pictures found at – from ghosts, vampires, and werewolves, illustrated by laszlo kubinyi.

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8575 – 2 nights and 28 days to go!

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First Episode of Legion of Super Heroes wasn’t too bad. Not sure how I feel about the “greatest american hero – needs training” superman. I think it’s probably ok as a kid hero thing.

Nice cameo of skeets, Booster gold and a lot of Green Lantern Races at the museum, they did a pretty sharp update.

Contrast that with “Heroes”… my jury’s still out on that one. It has potential, but needs a little more oomph, I think.

The C in CW stands for CBS and the W stands for WB – Columbia Warner? (CBS&WB) – something weird about an abbreviation of 2 abbreviations.

So, is the actor playing Luke leaving Gilmore Girls, or are they just getting really uppity with the writing?

How to crack a walnut with one hand:

  • First, place two hard-shelled walnuts in the palm of your hand.
  • Carefully line up the seams, and wrap your fingers around them.
  • With your hand slightly cupped, get a good grip – One walnut should rested against the base of the thumb, while the other one presses against the curved second and third fingers.
  • Squeeze *HARD* until the weaker one of the two walnuts gives in to the pressure.

That move *really* impresses folks… I once got a “Woo!” from John, the first time I showed it to him.

Good during the winter holidays, when there are walnuts all over the place.

I’m a little envious of folks that are in a place (MD) where they can see their breath… I’ll get to do that this weekend- airports have reduced restrictions on liquids again, which means that I can bring a drink aboard. Non-stop flights this time, so no layovers! Most Excellent!

I’m looking forward to late October walkabouts and after. Basic thoughts include the Keys, Vizcaya, and maybe assorted South Florida locales.

Citgo is owned by Venezuela, eh?

Angry with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for calling President Bush “the devil,” state Rep. Adam Hasner, R-Delray Beach, is calling on the Florida Secretary of Transportation to pull the plug on gasoline stations along the Florida Turnpike run by Venezuelan-owned Citgo. Continue reading 8575 – 2 nights and 28 days to go! →

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8573 – RPS continued

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Interesting answers to yesterday’s poll.

There are many different variations of Rock, Paper, Scissors which range from simple changes in the names of the objects to increasing the number of players or objects. While interesting, most rule variations suffer from one problem or another, making them less interesting games.Versions of this game are also observed in many different cultures. It is usually known by direct translations of “Rock, Paper, Scissors”although some cultures have slightly different names or even entirely different elements representing the different objects. For example in Japan there is a variation which uses a tiger, a chief and the chief’smother as the three elements (the tiger beating the chief’s mother, the chief beating the tiger and the chief’s mother beating the chief). In Indonesia another version is played with the elements as an elephant, a man and an ant (the elephant crushing the man, the man crushing the ant and ant humorously defeating the elephant by crawling into the animal’sear and making it go insane).[1] The Chinese, not counting Taiwanese, and Koreans use Cloth along with Rock and Scissors, while the Japanese have adopted Paper. Minor variation is also observed in the standard game play.

iTunes RSS Server is a web server software to read your iTunes Music Library.xml and publish the playlists (including Smart Playlists) as RSS 2.0 Podcast feed. It handles MP3 and AAC files as well as server media files upon byte-range requests.

It allows neat stuff like “listening to your iTunes@home from PSP remotely”.

I wonder how many people would know what an anvil looks like, if there were no warner brothers cartoons?

Cherry, Green Apple and Tangerine flavored candy corn are a crime against humanity. Well, maybe not… but they are just gross to think about.

For bhk – arnold selling yosh.

Nice Job, Mr. Clinton.

This is the first 20 minutes of Bill Clinton’s interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday. In this clip, Wallace asks Clinton why he didn’t do more to capture or kill Osama bin Laden while he was in office. Clinton clearly feels like he has been set up and doesn’t hold back in telling Wallace just how he feels.

                               Video – WMP     Video– QT

I’d forgotten what it’s like to see a president hold his own, and give a proper verbal slap down to someone.

1 year ago – museum walkabout pics, lj TorT,

2 years ago – hurricane jeanne, scotto doppler, pookies, miss cleo, Aztec soul

3 years ago – big ear dog, spam fraud, gyromancy, I help cej with programming

4 years ago – mush, work drama, leopard man, pd supers

5 years ago – av, wookie, allergy lj poll, hoboes are hated, cej poopy, philo poll- plato’s my guy, lj meme tracker (currently down)

6 years ago – CEJ, frag speak, jen”s poochie, work lapse

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8572 – They’re coming for you, Barbara.

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NOAA, DOT, IRS, SAA

So many acronyms full of potential around me these days!

Here’s a hidden program in Windows Xp, it is a very useful graphics tool for designing your own fonts, logos and icons.

To start the program go to Run in the Start Menu then type eudcedit and click OK.

It will then open the program, and you just select a hexadecimal code for your first character from the grid to start then click OK and you are now ready to begin designing. Using the set of drawing tools on the left you can do your own design. When you have finished you can save your character, either in a particular font, or all fonts. via

I just downloaded Night of the Living Dead down to my PSP. you can d/l it or watch it directly on archive.org or google video. It’s one of my all-time fave scary movies.

Happiness is Roddy MacDowell with silly string on most recent Columbo. I honestly don’t know if I prefer him in protagonist or antagonist roles. It did really put the focus on the dangers of smoking and “modern answering machines”, if nothing else. It seems that Columbo went from drinking bourbon on the job in ’68 to passing on booze entirely in ’72. I wonder if the Mrs. turned him around?

1 year ago – bro rehab issues, fun in 2nd life, riverwalk, 404 fun, spidey song, pinwheels / world peace day pics, reggae

2 years ago – MM issues, water, C-Mon & Kypski’s – Shittybum, Ookla, picture meme.

3 years ago – IHOP with Kev & Bheesh, Rose, Zombie Pinups, Space Art in Kids books, Title caps.

4 years ago – mental fog, Finn & Chupa aren’t loved, sculpey, eraser clay

5 years ago – Fussing sans A/C, Word association poll, KFC Japan

6 years ago – The Laundry event, Newt, Cherry Coke, Quit the Everway GroupGeotarget

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8571 –

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Crashed out hard last night. One minute I was active and wakeful on the phone, the next, ZZZzzZZZ. Pretty solid sleep through the night, with the exception of a mild break (I was maybe only 1/3 awake) to take medicine and put on the CPAP for official sleeps.

Met with Newt’s catsitter this morning – She’s a nice older lady that will be coming up twice a day to say hello, give him some loving, and make sure his food, water and litter are properly tended to while I’m away. She knows not to let Newt out of the house, and that he’s a crafty little guy… I’m glad that I have this alternative, because I really didn’t want to have him boarded somewhere… I know he’s going to be bummed that I’m gone for a bit already. I’ve seen her around the complex before… she feeds the turtles and some of the ibis around the pond out back.

Apparently, there are more than a few kitties in the building, despite official rules ot the contrary. I only knew of 2 others, but I’m thinking that I’ve only scratched the surface.

Random bit – It is said that Mohammad once cut a portion of his cloak away so that he would not disturb a cat sleeping on the remaining cloth.

Hey, keen! Free wifi on Tri-rail, now. I think that’ll make for a lot of happy commuters (myself included).

Cat Head Theatre – Hamlet.

Steve Irwin How I’d Like to be Remembered – Video

Moment of lyric – (remixed mp3 at ze’s page. original)

If someone asks you to guess what they are thinking, say “elephants.” Odds are good that you’ll be right. Why is it almost always elephants?

1 year ago – tech stuff, lj adds schools, where’s george, batman macaron chacarron, life poll, cute animals, comfort eagle

2 years ago – doodle of eyeball-yoink!, Egyptian soul-view, farting dog, comfort eagle, libras.(librans?)

3 years ago – monkey-pops/injustice, free movies, more on Ohio case, Nosy coworkers, lovely chat

4 years ago – Peace Corps dream, Conan O’Brien smells bad, palm doodles

5 years ago – fisher King, Flag treatment, cyborg roaches, bring back art nouveau

6 years ago – lots of private thoughts and writing, dispatchGeotarget

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8569 –

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Dear Journal,

Doesn’t that look official! Too hard on the eyes, for me, though. A more standard font is what I prefer.

One of the few truly selfish things you can do that doesn’t make you an asshole is to make yourself happy by making someone else happy.

Right you are, Ze.

Charge your AAs over USB

Aw! Hulk have 2 kitties! (See Icon)

Moment of Lyric is – Track 23 on X-entertainment’s halloween jukebox. (mp3)

Postal Goodie Basket is an Awesome Halloween Score!

One, first and foremost – A lovely Headless Horseman card, complete with bonus commentary

On the candy side of things –

  • Two more Skybars
  • a fistful of Caramel Apple Chews
  • 5 mini packs of Necco Wafers
  • A Chocolate Marshmallow Vulture egg
  • a chocolate vulture’s nest
  • 3 Reeses Peanut Butter Pumpkins
  • A marshmallow ghostie

MmmMmMM Sugar Shock.

Peektures –

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Crane, Newt at Night, Blown out windows and Caution below

The Crane was in the parking lot outside of the Grotto – took birdie’s pic right as I got to the bottom of the stairs.

Newt is just chillin’ with my psp and some small denomination currency, wedged comfortably between my monitors.

Last Two – The Wachovia Building (or whichever, now that a Nation’s Bank took it over) – top windows blown out of the tower, and someone put danger tape all around the breakout area. No visible glass or debris, so I guess they cleaned it all up before I got there. Fortunately, no chalk outline. One of the poles marking off the danger zone is my bus stop to work.

For Glass and Debris pictures, feel free to look at my post hurricane wilma shots, instead. I can’t believe it will only be a year ago in October.. it feels like it was ages since it happened.

Quiz type stuff

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8568 – Thursday, already?

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Chipped my bottom right rear molar last night – Looks like I’ll need a crown back there. Swinging by the local dentist as soon as I can switch the phones over to the office and the doc’s place opens up. I hope any fix is simple, painless, and inexpensive. Fortunately, I have no dental pain at the moment.

How An Orlando Weatherman reacts to a cockroach-

Hey, my episode of Columbo last night (Murder by the Book) was directed by Stephen Spielberg. The story was weakish, but it was visually pleasing and I liked the characters. I think that I preferred the Second episode, Death Lends a Hand more. Robert Culp is pretty keen in any role.

Netflix seems to have to stretch a bit lately to send me my goodies –

Columbo: Season 1: Disc 3 – Your movie was not available at your local shipping center. We sent it from Santa Ana, CA and expect it to arrive on Saturday, Sep 23, 2006.

In Like Flint – Your movie was not available at your local shipping center. We sent it from Spokane, WA and expect it to arrive on Saturday, Sep 23, 2006.

1 year ago – bad dreams, adesertbutterfly.com, 2nd life pics, current tunes

2 years ago – register to vote, shaft soundtrack, free cliffs notes, wasabi, ghoul, word association, tv guide humor

3 years ago – Grand Prix more important than cool sidewalks, Chemical explosion, prop shoots herself in the foot, movies, Mooch-Frankie

4 years ago – super glue, isidore gains strength, marble-magnets, dumb copy protection

5 years ago – maunder, sub rosa, code link, nimda, freedoms, cej

6 years ago – suzy’s hearing, purple throat potion, fall guyGeotarget

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8565 – Hump-day dump-day, sat on a wall.

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I’ve discovered that the bus can have so much background noise that I can’t hear my episodes of House or old time radio (Boston Blackie, or the Naked City, currently) on the ride back home. I don’t notice the excessive sound until I try to listen to something on the cell phone or ear buds.

Not to be too snarky, but I’d like next year to be “talk like a ninja day”, and for everyone to not say *anything* meme related for a day. (Myself included.)

Moment of Lyric

Some entertaining John Byrne Quotes. Some I’d never seen before.

LONDON (Reuters) – Surgeons in China who said they performed the first successful penis transplant had to remove the donated organ because of the severe psychological problems it caused to the recipient and his wife. Continue reading 8565 – Hump-day dump-day, sat on a wall. →