Last Palindromic number until 9009, Which isn’t really that far off.. a week or two, give or take.

Long day at work… lots of time compression due to projects, budget, etc. I’ve got some good teammates and I feel confident that it’ll all work out solidly.

Noisy alphabet icon origin

Saw a chipmunk yesterday on the way to work with BHK… first time in the city. That little guy could *run*…. unlike the groundhogs around here, which pretty much just shamble.

Here comes the Equinox.. First Day of Autumn is on Sunday, and the leaves here already beginning to turn.

GORDON Ramsay made a spectacle out of his testicles by burning them on a stove.

He said: “The other day I was standing too close to the stove when I was cooking.

"I was wearing these cotton trousers and underneath I was going commando, suddenly, I felt this searing heat. I went, ‘F**k me, b*****ks to that,’ and for once I was spot on. My balls were burning.”

The 40-year-old then rushed straight to a private London clinic where an ultrasound scan was performed.

“I burnt my right b*****k and I’m in absolute agony,” he added, “You wouldn’t believe how much this hurts,”

Gordon continued: “I went to the hospital because of the excruciating pain. People think I went in for a knee injury, but that’s bulls**t.”

Via Jenlemen – A Little Ritual for Letting Go of Fear and Other Things That Weigh You Down

Moment of Lyric – This Must Be The Place – Talking Heads

Home is where I want to be
Pick me up and turn me round
I feel numb – burn with a weak heart
(So I) guess I must be having fun
The less we say about it the better
Make it up as we go along
Feet on the ground
Head in the sky
It’s ok I know nothing’s wrong . . nothing

Hi yo I got plenty of time
Hi yo you got light in your eyes
And you’re standing here beside me
I love the passing of time
Never for money
Always for love
Cover up + say goodnight … say goodnight

Home – is where I want to be
But I guess I’m already there
I come home – -she lifted up her wings
Guess that this must be the place
I can’t tell one from another
Did I find you, or you find me?
There was a time Before we were born
If someone asks, this where I’ll be … where I’ll be

Hi yo We drift in and out
Hi yo sing into my mouth
Out of all those kinds of people
You got a face with a view
I’m just an animal looking for a home
Share the same space for a minute or two
And you love me till my heart stops
Love me till I’m dead
Eyes that light up, eyes look through you
Cover up the blank spots
Hit me on the head Ah ooh

1 year ago – Chipped my tooth, Columbo / Flint, weatherman vs cockroach

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

3 years ago

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

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

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

6 years ago

– maunder, sub rosa, code link, nimda, freedoms, cej, og piper char background

7 years ago – suzy’s hearing, purple throat potion, fall guy  

(via Scotto’s Wall Scrawls)

scottobear: Me? I’m taking it easy this weekend. (via Twitter / scottobear)

scottobear: Mild Coal-raking this morning. rough start to an otherwise good day so far. (via Twitter / scottobear)

Overslept – quick post while BHK gets ready. I feel bad – I wasn’t ready when my ride came to get me to the train.

Yummy, simple meals lately. Stir-fry broccoli w/tofu and carrot over brown rice day before yesterday and garden burgers with fried potatoes last night. Good stick to your ribs type stuff.

Ramsey’s Kitchen Nightmares – USA is a bit different than the UK version. I anticipate a physical fight in one of these, given our continent’s “Wild West” proclivities. You just can’t bawl some people out like he does.

Game ideas developing in my head – Giants and Dwarfs, Pumpkin, and Rabbit, Fox, Bear (Brier Patch) – all are in the most germ-like beginnings.

Giants and Dwarfs is an “ants vs elephant” or Ogre “Big tank(s) vs many infantry” type theme.

Pumpkin is a multi-player maze game through a pumpkin patch. Possibly Team oriented, or every man for himself. (or both.) I like the idea of using eeore’s chessboard wedges for each player. Complexity seems to go up per increment/player.

RFB is a variation on King’s Table. (Hunter vs hunted) – Added theme of a Brier patch, and Uncle Remus.

Fun Quiz… I’m especially partial to the program that assembles the blueprint parts together!

Your home is a

Gamer’s Hideout

Your kitchen is stocked with chips, dips, and assorted caffeinated beverages. There’s a pantry with emergency backup caffeinated beverages. You also have some breakfast cereals in there, but you haven’t had breakfast since last Spring. Your master bedroom has blankets printed with images of Mario and Link. Your study includes unread copies of various gamer magazines, each purchased for the free demo CDs.

Your home also includes a roost for griffons. You’ve never actually seen a griffon, but you keep the roost ready anyway. Your guests enjoy your collection of every console and associated game ever made. Except the Intellivision – those controllers drive them NUTS. Outside is the moat that protects your home from goblin invaders and extended family.

Below is a snippet of the blueprints:

Find YOUR Dream Home!
We do have a moat, actually – and our pantry is similar.

1 year ago – Hump-day, shh-pirates, Rapture Riders, John Byrne, penis transplant, armed gorilla week, Harlan Ellison suing,

2 years ago – rita – schools closed, buses don’t run, caramel creams, hamster ball gun, cork soakers, political test, poopdeck, hurricane news, </a></b></a>browardnoaa, beauty products made from executed chinese prisoners, lj interests meme, big bunny

3 years ago – sema photo, Prisoner / Columbo, Brazil / slavery, mirrors, sneaky work pic

4 years ago – Button Men, Cully, on the bridge, jeb, weight loss, scampi, ready for ‘ween

5 years ago – mst, ipod, hubzilla, cancer research, newton screen saver, cool paper models, riker vs riaa, palm doodle

6 years ago – annus mirabilis, phoons, nice weather, burger king, WHAT IS GRIMACE poll

7 years ago – UAS, Hodey-ohten-doten-day, 7 deadly sins, other employees burnout at acim, registered sex offender counts

(via Scotto’s Wall Scrawls)

scottobear: Singing “Give Me Back My Name” and Just realized it’s about Malcolm X (via Twitter / scottobear)

scottobear: Overslept… thank goodness for BHK’s mad driving skillz. (via Twitter / scottobear)

scottobear: Who’s that kno-ocking at my door? Barnacle Bill the sailor! (via Twitter / scottobear)

scottobear: @ronimania Housework – by the b-52s! (via Twitter / scottobear)

scottobear: Will someone please get whatever it is trashing the inside of my skull out…. this headache has gone on long enough. (via Twitter / scottobear)