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Monthly Archives: February 2008
9069 – Sunday –
BHK and I decided (after a little option juggling) to go on a little road trip to the Eastern Shore, visiting primarily Easton and St. Michael’s.
St. Michael’s is known as “the town that fooled the British” due to the clever action of early settlers. During the early morning hours of August 10th, 1813, British barges off the coast of St. Michael’s planned an attack on the town and a harbor fort. The people of St. Michael’s got word of the impending attack and hoisted lanterns high up onto the masts of their sailboats and into the tops of trees. The high lights caused the attacking British to overshoot the town. The rouse worked and only one house in St. Michael’s was hit by cannon fire. That house still stands as a private residence and is known as the “Cannonball House.” The cannon ball fell through the top of the roof and rolled down the stairs. The Cannonball House is located on Mulberry Street, adjacent to St. Mary’s Square.
I acquired a George Washington (it’s for the university, but just says George washington, with his face in a little cameo in the center) sweatshirt somehow – BHK got a giant one for her tiny mama, and it made it back to our house for laundry. It fits me, and I have since claimed it as my own.
I cannot tell a lie. I spilled some cherry pie on my George Washington sweatshirt. Irony? Or just me being a slob? Who says it can’t be both?!
We roamed the mostly silent roads and sidewalks of St. Michael’s… I’d say at least 2/3 of the shops were closed for the season, due to reopen in late march… but we did visit a few nifty spots that were open. A “Shabby Chic” sort of shop to get BHK a hair band and a tiny statue of liberty salt shaker, a wool store full of nifty yarn, a coffee shop that had mancala boards out (though we didn’t pause long enough for a game. Just as well – she’d have trounced me soundly, no doubt) – swept by the radio-research base to look at all of the spinny-antenna stuff, and get photographed by the man.
My big purchase of the day was an assortment of hot sauces. 44 cloves garlic sauce sounds especially yummy. More in depth reviews to follow as we try them.
Some shots from today, more to follow tomorrow, as flickr uploader figures out what I want.
a closed but “to be revisited” action figure / gamer / skateboarding store called the Bunker, Delicious and Cheap Natty-Boh Beer, A cafe that looks fresh off of the Prisoner TV series
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Cool Radio Tower / Research Lab
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Geodesic Dome home! It was 4 or 5 stories tall.
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.Count Chocula’s hideout, near the Marine Museum
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.Cool house, rules on ball-cap wearing next to betty boop, and decorative cabbage.
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.Peace graffiti, kitty sign, fisherman bear.
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.Iron Fence, more cool cabbage, headstones at the church
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More of the cool church and graves.
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.Hey! More history! Frederick Douglass was a slave here! Thankfully, he moved on to other venues.
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see also – some attempts (not all successful) at a new panoramic stitching technique.
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We ended the day at general tanuki’s – the bubba roll (coconut shrimp w/ avocado & peanut drizzle) and asparagus tempura rolls were especially good. we may end up taking larry there next time we get a sushi jones.. they do burgers (and some yummy looking specials), too! BHK and I split a Natty Boh and some spring rolls… it was a great end to a lovely day of walking around, getting some fresh air and just being together.
After we got back home, we watched the Prestige. I liked it, save for the ending. The buildup and interaction was good, but the closing was a little screwy. – I didn’t like the Tesla device / tank element.
Do Kev and Paul have to deal with Cthulhu at Guantanamo bay ?
1 year ago – lj notifications broken, model train expo, George Takei on Tim Hardaway
2 years ago – newt herd pic, sleep, quiz-meme, lost a kid before we were even called
3 years ago – Sleepy, Paris Hacked, Gorilla Cover Gallery, adding insult to injury pic, mel out of comm for a week
4 years ago – Newt-beliefs, Police pay an unkind visit (DRAMA!)
5 years ago – fairy tales, country bears, lj poop, palm doodle, A Reading Rainbow of Prophesies, misc news
6 years ago – Tulpa-thoughts, L&B have the baby
7 years ago – one of my favorite bear piccies, hoogerbrugge, Haiku arena is founded, rough translations
9068 – Saturday
Went to the train show with Larry and BHK after my shots – Fortunately, the ice has melted, leaving just water all over the place to drain… not a lot to photograph that wasn’t there last year, but I took a couple of small shots. (see the far more plentiful photos from feb 25, 2007, for the better stuff.)
We returned home, and we were all pretty good about keeping purchases to a minimum.. Larry got some Rolling stock and a cool soundboard.
Most exotic food item of the day… Larry shared his lunch with me.
He made a peanut butter, banana, mayo and potato chip sammich. Knowing this, I still took a big, healthy bite.
It wasn’t bad! Not something I would make for myself, but maybe reduce the banana and mayo by half, and I’d do it again easily enough. I’ve done pB, banana and honey before to good results, but this was a new level.
Hmm… Champions online, since marvel pooped out. Not a bad idea. I wonder how well it’ll do as a sequel to City of Heroes? More “whack a mole”, or will there be some cool Champeens roleplay?
Meme-sheepage, via Applelard
1.How old were you in 1980? 11 years old
2. How old were you in 1989? 19 years old
3. Were you a Toys R’ US Kid? Sure!
4. Did you watch Transformers? Not really, but I was familiar with ’em.
5. Did you see E.T. on the big screen? Yes… back when G-men had guns, not walkie-talkies, dang it!
6. Did you own a Lite Bright? Yup!
7. Who is your Favorite Golden Girl? Rose (I love Betty White’s range! Go St. Olaf! I’ve said too much.)
8. When someone says “Who you gonna call?” Ghostbusters! (Is there another answer to this?)
9. What was your favorite toy(s)? Army Men, Tonka Trucks, super hero dolls. (pre-action figure)
10. Did you have a Pogo Ball? nope! You’ll bust your butt on those things!
11. Did you listen to New Kids on the Block? Nope… some songs got radio play, or MTV though.
12. What New Kid did you have a crush on? None… I never really crushed on any pop singers.
13. Did you play M.A.S.H? Yup!!
14. Did you watch The Care Bears? No… I was a bit old and masculine for that. Cool chest logos and care bear stare power, though.
15. Did you have jelly bracelets? nope… I suspect this is mostly a girl meme.
16. Did you have a charm necklace and/or bracelet? nope.
17. Did you have a Glo Worm? My little cousin did.. I thought it was sort of creepy.
18. Did you ever own a slap bracelet? Yet another no from the boy in the crowd.
19. The Breakfast Club or Sixteen Candles? Breakfast Club (BHK is going to kill me.)
20. Did you have a crazy hair style? Nope. Generic Dutch boy cut as a youngster, to just a plain ol’ cut older.
21. What was your first bike? does a big wheel count? If not, a gray huffy.
22. Name one thing you still own from your childhood: A ceramic cookie monster made by my momster.
23. Did you have a Cabbage Patch Kid? Nope… too old and too male.
24. Did you dress like Madonna? Nope, but I dated or tried to date one or two girls who did.
25. Rainbow Brite or Strawberry Shortcake? Strawberry shortcake… though this version of Rainbow Brite is rockin’.
26. Did you watch Miami Vice? Yup! Pink buildings and too much stubble!
27. Did you own a pair of jelly shoes? Again, I yam a boyman!
28. Did you own a Trapper Keeper? At least a couple, as I was rough on them. most were boring blue / green ones.
29. Atari or Nintendo? Atari! (My first nintendo was the Wii)
30. Did you play Pac-Man? Dern tootin’… though I preferred Asteroids or Battlezone.
32. What movie scared you the most? Poltergeist. Pop-up monsters, mean tree and scary animated doll-clown!
33. Did you try to dance like Michael Jackson? Who hasn’t tried to Moonwalk??
34. What Is The First Thing That Comes To Mind When You Hear “Flux Capacitor”? Oscillation Overthruster.
35. What other colors did Pepsi come in? Clear
36. Roger Rabbit Or Howard The Duck? Roger was a better Movie, Howard was better everywhere else.
37. Did you ever beg your parents to have your school picture taken with the ‘LASER’ background? Like Max Headroom? Nah.
38. Do you know what the Ninja Rap is? Nope! Am I lucky?
39. Do you know why people cringe when they hear the word BUCKNER? Again, Nope.. am I lucky?
40. Can you name the family members from National Lampoons Vacation movies? Clark, Ellen, Rusty, Audrey, Cousin Eddie, Cousin Catherine, Cousin Vicky, Cousin Dale, Aunt Edna, Clark Sr., oh.. what was clark’s mom’s name?
41. Wally-World or Europe? I’d dig a visit to either, but I think I’d prefer Europe.
42. What was your favorite movie from the 80’s? There were a *ton* of good ones. Buckaroo, Time Bandits, Raiders… I could never choose.
some boy-type questions from applelard to make up for girlie ones –
43b Did you ever wear jams? Oh yeah ,all the time.. I loved ’em!
44b What about parachute pants? Aw, Hail no!
45b Finish this line: “By the power of Grayskull…” I HAVE THE POWERRRRRRRR
46b Did you have any Garbage Pail Kids? I still do! 😀
1 year ago – kitty pix, q&A meme
2 years ago – compusa victory, nanageddon
3 years ago – M & Anchorman, overtown website
4 years ago – Hating on Monday Meetings, Good Links for odd sound, I start giving away Itunes codes, bro screws up
5 years ago – Thinking about getting a hearse, dream edits, Streets of San Fransisco, Jim Rockford Answering Machine Archive
6 years ago – Went to ER over my back, Travel & Newt pictures, confluence
7 years ago -stomp furby, Pete & pete, got interviewed by The New Digital Reporter, How I define good/evil, the menstrualhut is born.
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9067 – Friday
Well, we got plenty of ice… about a quarter-inch on the porch alone, to say nothing of the roads. Forget the salt and sand… send out a fleet of zambonis! Is the plural of zamboni zambonies? Zambonii?
Worked form home today, though there were moments of spotty internet access. I suspect that I got more accomplished at the house, given the lack of sidebar interruptions.
Federal agencies in the Washington, DC, area are OPEN under an UNSCHEDULED LEAVE policy.
This Means . . .
- Employees who cannot report for work may request unscheduled leave for their entire scheduled workday. Employees must notify their supervisors of their intent to take unscheduled leave.
- Emergency employees are expected to report for work on time.
After work was over, BHK made some yummy thai-style spicy/ sour soup – even more awesome than the stuffed peppers made earlier this week.
Larry’s wonder-truck braved the ice and made it over to repair our kitchen light fixture and reap the rewards of Tivo by watching the train crash top gear!
Cool pictures of inside-out stuffed animals.
Jake Shimabukuro Makes His Ukulele Gently Weep For Conan
Something good from W. Bush – on Friday, February 15, 2008, the President signed into law:
H.R. 3541, the “Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007,” which prohibits the automatic removal of telephone numbers registered on the Federal “do-not-call” registry; and
S. 781, the “Do-Not-Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007,” which extends permanently the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to charge fees to telemarketers required to access the Federal “do-not-call” registry and specifies the fees to be charged.
Both measures passed the House on a voice vote and cleared the Senate by unanimous consent.
Statement by the Press Secretary
Do Not Call Registry saved from mandatory reset
1 year ago – hyperdrive, my youtube account collapses, My first moment of unhappiness with Obama and hope vs Clinton, ovid
2 years ago – 2nd life, pics, monkey-sphere, bloodhound gang,
3 years ago – sushi and dan walkies, hunter thompson quits, cadmus jlu, freedom force, community populations, compusa rsolution, blinky explodes,
4 years ago – Monkey-mouse sperm, Alignments
5 years ago – weird news, oddball keywords, Russians link to me, community stats, mermaid art.
6 years ago – booboo’ed, Sally Struthers as soap-opera mind control, man stabbed with a swordfish.
7 years ago – Wanting things, noggin ache, Net use stats
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