I still feel pretty-lousy, but went in to work – too much needs to be hands-on today – meetings, etc.
My shoulder muscles and ribs / stomach are all especially tender from the coughing. I’m…
Monthly Archives: June 2008
: 9314 – Wednesday Getting quite a bit better – still have a rattle in my chest and more coughing but .. http://tinyurl.com/6ngzab
9313 – Tuesday: I still feel pretty-lousy, but went in to work – too much needs to be hands-on today -.. http://tinyurl.com/57e5g5
9314 – Wednesday
Todays entry, via wordle – 
Getting quite a bit better – still have a rattle in my chest and more coughing but the muscle aches and weakness is mostly gone. I’d say I’m currently firing on five out of eight cylinders.
A/c is now fully charged again – the repairman said that we’d be really baking without any refrigerant by Friday night. I’m glad BHK was there to explain what had been going on to him.
Tried calling my brother today – his voicemail is full. I haven’t heard from him since he was last bailed out. His hearing for the latest is in a week – I see in the public records that something was dismissed based on “Lack of Prosecution”. Not sure if it’s the same item, though. I need to research Thomas A Reynolds, it seems. Looks like his thing is real estate – probably an eviction notice long since passed.
BHK made ratatouille for dinner tonight, and the stars aligned for the movie to be playing on TV while we ate. Larry stuck with some pasta and sauce… BHK gave him some bake and eat tempura shrimp, too… He doesn’t know what he missed… zucchini, eggplant, tomato sauce, some olive oil in there… it was really good stuff.
Horror vacui:
Horror vacui is the filling of the entire surface of an artwork with ornamental details, figures, shapes, lines and anything else the artist might envision. It may be considered the opposite of minimalism.
I love that I can still learn new words and phrases every day.
via dnw – Scientists discover how optical illusions work. All of them.
The short version: It takes a tenth of a second for images to get from your retina to the processing centres of your brain. People have known this for decades, but we still see things in real time.
The new theory says that what we’re seeing isn’t what’s there, it’s what our brain projects will be there in a tenth of a second – our brain is processing predicatively, showing us it’s best guess for the future. And that’s why optical illusions can fool it, by confusing it into predicting a future that then doesn’t happen.
1 year ago – many pictures from the garden, my dapper hat, evil jesus fish, thaumaturgic border protection,
2 years ago – monkey chow diaries, idea on how to make the world a better place – implemented tip jar for feeding the hungry, people want what they can’t have, many quizzies,code monkey, podcaster legal guide, sympathy for the devil covers
3 years ago – On Call, Rainy, mouse ni the house, drop foot, audio books, santana, house info
4 years ago – full call weekend, 3-bean salad, adsense, monkey-money, exchange, canceled comics, Saw Ray Iglesias
5 years ago – D issues, simcamera, RIP TG, poem, North Korean Cannibals, rental warnings – things seen, minimizing pain, evil intersection, there -quest
6 years ago – MS Linux? Got my new office chair, fun day out with Dan, Tia’s angry Email, anatomically correct teddy, what’s better
7 years ago – evil news, computer problems, love boat theme for Sweetalyssm, haiku,got lovely post cards, Ornj & I speculate on a fellow journalist’s sexuality, not so evil news, body hot, breakfast cereal poll
8 years ago – Privacy, web cam ftp issues, just figuring out it’s over with April
9312 – Monday
Called in sick to work – in a cough-funk, but still available on cell phone to meeting – I barely moved from bed… haven’t had anything solid since Sunday midday.
a/c still broken – repair crew…
9312 – Monday: Called in sick to work – in a cough-funk, but still available on cell phone to meeting .. http://tinyurl.com/67t8p9
9311 – Sunday the 8th (counting up to Friday the 13th): Today, I got sicker, bleah. Pains and stresses.. http://tinyurl.com/6qxdqd
9312 – Monday
Called in sick to work – in a cough-funk, but still available on cell phone to meeting – I barely moved from bed… haven’t had anything solid since Sunday midday.
a/c still broken – repair crew…
9311 – Sunday the 8th (counting up to Friday the 13th)
9311 – Sunday the 8th (counting up to Friday the 13th)
Today, I got sicker, bleah. Pains and stresses at an all time yuck factor.
Watched Old San Fransisco , assorted tv, and slept most of the day. BHK and I took a walk in the sun to try and loosen…
9312 – Monday
Called in sick to work – in a cough-funk, but still available on cell phone to meeting – I barely moved from bed… haven’t had anything solid since Sunday midday.
a/c still broken – repair crew…
: We also have eggplant blossoms Two pepperS and tons of squash beAn And potato blossoms!
9313 – Tuesday
I still feel pretty-lousy, but went in to work – too much needs to be hands-on today – meetings, etc.
My shoulder muscles and ribs / stomach are all especially tender from the coughing. I’m being extra lazy with my entries until I feel more up to speed.
BHK made pizza tonight… I had two slices of green pepper and cheese. First real food eaten since Sunday. It was delicous, but I couldn’t consume more than that… or any pie for fear of retribution.
I can’t imagine a homemade blueberry pie lasting a week in my house. I must’ve been terribly sick, indeed.
Cut and paste links ahoy!
Three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame have gone to the dogs, so why can’t Cheeta the chimp get some love? The animal actor, whose credits include the 1967 comedy “Dr. Doolittle” and the “Tarzan” movies, is trying for the seventh time to get a sidewalk star and become the first monkey to get the honor. His handlers have launched an online petition to get supporters to urge the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce to give him a star in 2009.
The 76-year-old chimp, who the Guinness World Records has called the oldest living, non-human primate, is retired and lives in Palm Springs. Cheeta also has a MySpace page. (see also – http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/GoCheeta/ )
John McCain wants to kill folks on dialysis.
This video – A Washington DC news crew goes down to Union Station to interview someone from Amtrak about people who have been stopped from taking pictures even though there’s no policy against it. As the Amtrak spokesperson is explaining that there is no policy against photography, a guard comes up and tries to stop them from filming, saying it is against the rules.
1 year ago – justice frozen in carbonite pic (taken at the courthouse where I was married… and across the street from where I worked)
2 years ago – chatting with tomi & tina, redd foxx fairly suxx, many mp3s, cat trees bear, the hoff sings, weather
3 years ago – sleepies, bro on upswing, free lunch, tropical storm Arlene, ice cream truck music, newt, bus stop and pics, Coprology, hurricane, I spy
4 years ago – hungry-boy, Shambhala, lawn chair boat, Alan Yu vs. the invisible shrinking psi-agents.
5 years ago – good ol’ days, There-stuff, mummy locator
6 years ago – wonder twins movie optioned, Baiso, Rose Red, Bunko Shenanigans
7 years ago – Uddercream, Eugene Mirman, evil news, lit-quiz, chachi and opium
8 years ago – bubble, simple
9310 – Saturday: Bugah’s baseball game is today – didn’t drive out to VA to see him – both BHK and I l.. http://tinyurl.com/6ljpol
9310 – Saturday
Bugah’s baseball game is today – didn’t drive out to VA to see him – both BHK and I love that kid to death, but we’re both too sick to go up there and spread our germs to the little ones – that said,…
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