Pye & Newt just hangin’ out on Newtcam
Monthly Archives: March 2007
8778 –
First day at the temp gig. hope it goes well! More to follow after I get back. BHK has been amazingly helpful and supportive this morning while I run around like a crazy man. [edit – -paperwork wasn’t ready for me yet, so I start tomorrow. good dry run, anyhow.]
Thanks for the year, Ze. Newton still loves you anyway.
1 year ago – condo area pic with duck, i don’t like cricket,
2 years ago – Lunsford, Atlantis, car crash test, voice post
3 years ago – club 977, Wine & Food, itunes, lj spam, Fri-5, nearby donations,First hint of New Dr Who, Newt big-head pic, color associations
4 years ago – heat, bad job recruiter, UT
5 years ago – city relic quiz, got into an argument with Astley, work nonsense, happy ending
6 years ago – awake but paralised for surgery, com ideas, animal eyes
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BHK and I saw and *really enjoyed* Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon… much better than I’d thought it would be, and held well to mockumentary and the original subject matter’s convention. I suspect it’s not going to be a huge draw though… lucky we caught it on it’s first and possibly last weekend.
Chris and Larry adopted Tigger last night after a marathon shopping at Ikea. My first time there… I enjoyed the odd named stuff and the semi-corporate weirdness. However, we shopped too long, and I got plumb tuckered out. Young Ms. Tigger seems quite happy in her new abode.
via wickenden and the bad astronomy blog–
Did the devil just shiver? Or was that the White House?
The House of Representatives today overwhelmingly passed the Whistle blower Protection Enhancement Act, which would, for the first time, grant federal scientists and contractors the right to expose political interference in their research without fear of retribution. The bill passed by a 331 to 94 vote, with 229 Democrats and 102 Republicans voting in favor.
Yeehaw!
But 94 voted against it. Hmmm. Here’s an interesting little tidbit: not one Democrat voted against this bill. Not one.
All 94 nay votes were from Republicans. All of them.
There are currently 233 Democrats and 202 Republicans in the House. That means 4 Dems abstained, both Independents, and 6 Repubs.
Hmmm.
So this bill had essentially 100% support among Democrats, but only about half of the Republicans.
Hmmm.
Are you a Republican? Did your rep vote against this bill? Maybe you have something to say to them.
1 year ago – bethany, st patty plans sacked,
2 years ago – much work, webjay, Danny invite, George, potential condo piccies (many mock the pre-move decor)
3 years ago – Astronaut Jones, Square Bear, speak and spell, Frank R paul, I create an fdle syndicated lj
4 years ago – iwo jima in the rock garden, I start using jarhead, wish for peace
5 years ago – facemaker, cab stacking, poem tag, timeline, roles I’ve filled, cool bunker
6 years ago – cartoon logic that works, alice, I want tasty snack food, lone gunmen, workplace desires
8776 – Happy St. Patty’s!
Happy St. Patty’s, All you Irish!
(And I think everyone is Irish today.)
Off to Ikea today to find BHK a desk to work at in the treehouse – studies for the bar are coming fast furious.
Newtcam is back at 24/7! (for now) May adjust for angle and lighting later.
Some recent stills –
1 year ago – st pats, snake son a plane, 4 things poll, lighter elements
2 years ago – Irish stuff, work, dog, hippie, writing
3 years ago – St Pats, Ordered CoH, email fixed, bro rant, work issues
4 years ago – St Pats, Purim, post #5490
5 years ago – many now-dead links, last sentence quiz, doctor, newt fetch
6 years ago – St Pats
8775
Events of the day –
I got a short term gig doing help desk for Calvert county. Not the gig I applied for, but it’ll be nice to get some clinking coin while I look for bigger gigs.
Bhk and I hit the McD’s for another round of shamrock shakes! Yum-a-lum-lum.
Almost immediately afterward, we braved the icy rain and went to outback with the in-laws and Louise.
BHK’s finest find at the thrift store was a very clean Paul Frank cap of a monkey riding a John Deere tractor – Was ostensibly for me, and then for us to share, but I think she’s loving it more than me. Pictures to follow.
Watched two new Shows last nigh t- Jeff Goldblum’s new detective bit called Raines… if the pilot is any indication, it’s a far too predictable profiler show. A pity, because I like ol’ JG’s acting stuff, usually. It seems to be too much of a one-trick pony with weakish writing.
Flip side, we also caught The Riches, which wasn’t at all what I was expecting, but I quite enjoyed it. It could’ve been terrible, but the writing and the subject matter was pretty fascinating stuff.
Our Internets are WORKING! As a reward, I pass around a link which I love, despite it being full of old hat. http://www.icanhascheezburger.com/ subtitled cute animals.
Moment of Lyric – The Microscopic trout and the Machiavellian Fisherman (mp3)
8774 –
David and Gill are back, safe and sound… to celebrate, we went out for Chinese food, and BHK and I split a dessert of shamrock shake. Also is a reincluded picture of my stalker chicken. I’m getting more interested in the guitar, too.. I got to play bass a bit with David and Larry… seems quite comfy, so far.
1 year ago – papa johns meat, almost a dinner party, mp3 zappa, 2nd life pics, irish quiz, grandparents quiz,
2 years ago – free flow, dreams and fragments, night stalker, zombie test, batman newtimes, pete & pete, cadavers away!, wedgie, autodialer, magnetphrases, beheading, I used to believe…, adp off call, mootpoint praise
3 years ago – strip mall of sin pics, doug made it to Seattle
4 years ago – French toast origin… not invented by “Mr. French”, bus piccies, name game, movies with Dan, pelican poem
5 years ago – grand conversation, love quiz, a good Friday five, odd news, miss Cleo born in LA, of American parents, crossword stuff
6 years ago – first hint of the scooby movie, good vs bad stuff about the day, gnomes on snailback
My chicken stalker – 8772
This person from Cluck-U was seen peering through the window from the rainy outdoors as visiting family, in-laws, bhk and I ate dinner out at a nearby chinese food place.
8773 –
Cable Modem… *NOT*. The guys came by, and it turns out the cable box on the outside pole hadn’t changed yet… 2 hours later, a cherry picker drives by and upgrades the pole. I’ve called back, and the internet will be supposedly installed tomorrow between 8am-Noon. We shall See!
BHK is out and about, feeding Tina’s kitties again! I hope Tina gives our fur-babies as much love when we go on a short tour sometime. Whoops, she’s returned! Later, Dear journal!
I really want to see The Host. (Bhk put me on to that!)
1 year ago – sleepy, newt playing and chitty chatting, palm doodle, wifi hotsync, safety ape, sex offenders, mulligrubs
2 years ago – hello tomorrow, Robots movie, found art pictures, alligator sounds/swamp witch, silly putty, pi day, IR webcam hack, free fonts, tallyhall, ashes scattered, polar bears, open records, memory meme
3 years ago – subpages broken, Shazam!, Dead Like Me, CS sucks as a tech, vamp game
4 years ago – walkabout pics, lovieness, got unreal server hopping
5 years ago – mush, Roman tub, dreams of owning a pet grooming store, insurance woes, and palm doodles
6 years ago – Happy b’day kundalinidreams (no longer ljing), Dkmfkmkglklkgbkvbkbv,looking for a job as demagogue…(I’ll still take it, if anyone’s wanting), happy unbirthday to me, uck!, edit this page (now dead),sop, a timeline of Scotto history,veggie lo mein, muppet trivia, and Rolf singing you and I and George
8771 –
8770 – come back, free internets!
Got some joint account issues cleared up with wachovia – also had lunch at chipotle.
BHK made some awesome potato soup for an early st. patty’s day dindin with the in-laws. newt loved the scent – he had a full ear-nose blush going on. (pics to follow) The soup was the yum-diggety.
Pics form the trip to the metro station from Friday, meanwhile – Larry and Me birdwatching, etc
1 year ago – justice and friendship, walkabout, thai, @ sushi, dabble db, open office, human ton & handy, 5 love languages, newt installs counterstrike
2 years ago – net down, simile, super-poots, a little about myself, dmw
3 years ago – newt pic, alton brown ok, cliches, The author of California’s anti-gay marriage law? His son just got married. To a guy.
4 years ago – spam, barbed wire, slow walk, stinky bus, spring break starting
5 years ago – news articles from 1902, poem tag linked to me, Scott name confusion, cool databases
6 years ago – Big Bird Song, cell phone jamming / scanning modes, a good day, “feet and blisters, web”
8769 –
Saw David and Gill to the Metro station… from there, they’re off to New York.
Piccies from metro [edit – to follow once a better net connection appears]
Emergency Preparedness meeting went ok, plans have to be drawn up for notifications, evacuations, and other levels of distress (boil water, etc)
After the meeting, I took a little walk by the store, an got some of those St. Patty’s Day Irish “Potato” candies for BHK (coconut cream rolled in cinnamon – the candy, not Bhk)… dang yummy (both BHK and the candy)! (not these that missv pointed me to, but dang tasty, nonetheless)
We returned late, and missed going to see 300 with chrishaas and cath555 – maybe next go ’round!
Birdwatching / dinner with the In-laws (Bhk made a ploy for them to get Tigger adopted – if they don’t take him, we’ll very likely integrate him here with us.)
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4 variations on sleepin’ in with newt (original taken by bhk – that’s what she sees when she gets out of the shower in the AM.)
[edit 3/14/2008: Also submitted to Photo Friday – The Good Life]
I rather like the b/w ones, the last especially.
Bhk and the mother in law went out grocery shopping, and that plumb tuckered me out. I think that this old man is going to take a nap before David and Gill return. g’nite!
1 year ago – bday via eryx, monkeys and kitties, compusa fails me, quizzes, morrisey vs van halen,
2 years ago – apheresis skip, cocktail party, banana man snippet, netflix queue,Ultima 4 Virtue Quiz, system tweaking, ethiopian skellie, dr. who shipping, health and family review, Broward slots, SCI
3 years ago – food, gator bus ride, Voting, business cards, spammed again, MONKEY POPS!
4 years ago – prepared to pee in a cup for TAG, after Nordis tried to toss mysalad… Painted minis in the haunted tunnel… Rockford Scientist
5 years ago – bro came by apt, multi-journal quiz, fear vs love, Fire and Ice, Pliny the Younger
6 years ago – brad Mentions adding a photo server and chat to live journal…. speed hasn’t been a real priority on that dev. Meat-eating robots, top atrocities… and the return of a hero
8767 –
BHk’s cousin David and his girlfriend Gill came over for a crash pad spot before heading off to DC – Nice folk. Dinner with the In-laws at Mexico, and then BHK and I slapped the kids around in trivial pursuit, and then we all watched Stranger than Fiction, which wasn’t bad at all. We politely scoffed at the in-laws invite to go see Wild Hogs, but they seemed to have really enjoyed it. We preferred to stay home and eat chocolate chip cookies.
1 year ago – New brain arrives, peel, crack sellin’, swing on a star
2 years ago – banana man, dindin with mom, hollow men, voted, did a good deed, renewed domain until 3/11/2008
3 years ago – cool snail mail, Best commentary on “the Passion”, star trek on ice, Spalding Gray found, lj spam, SOP
4 years ago – Laundry w/bro, flaming justice, birds with arms, hulk dance
5 years ago – Who are you quiz, seven wonders, breakfast for dinner, Bfast poll
6 years ago – declaration of love, celeb pet names, payday, tmbg, yeti-scotto
8766 –
I really want to see 300 – I bet the good ol’ Battle of Thermopylae will get a good showing. I’ve neve rread the graphic novel (or for that matter heard of it, before the movie) but I’d wager it’ll be nifty.
via eryx_uk – Elf defense for ‘lingerie thief’ Continue reading 8766 –
8765
Went to Neptune’s Seafood Pub rather than to Mexico Restaurant for Cathy’s Birthday. Note to self- always ask for separate checks with that crowd. Had a nice bowl of corn chowder and french fries… nice rib-sticker food for a snowy day.
Keeno! Kev sent me a Fawlty Towers map for counterstrike…check out the lobby!