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8784 – fresh Haircut

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run forrest!

Run, Forrest!

A bit shorter than I’d planned, but I think it looks ok. certainly good in the warmer weather that’s coming. Spring has pretty much sprung. Green shoots are coming out of trees everywhere. (Not to mention a lot of pink and white buds on plant life, as well.)

Not sure about the cause, but I’ve been coughing today… to add injury to insult, I coughed so hard that I threw out my lower back. Walking is a bit of a chore… we went to the Amish Market but I wasn’t up for a long trek through uneven terrain, so we went on a driving tour instead in the love cube (after BHK picked up a shoofly pie from one of the vendors). BHK’s got a little ickies chasing her down, too.

Swung by Arizona Pizza for a later din-din with Tina, but between my ickies, and the general food quality of the place – not much was consumed by me. The visual ambience and smells were fantastic.. maybe it just takes a better server and/or ordering something different from the menu next time.

1 year ago – funnel clouds, nice gabbing, alligators door-to-door, you go to my head, black and white 2, v for vendetta, musical meme

2 years ago – readablog, banksy, laughing boy audio, pictures, birth chart

3 years ago – condo falls through, lj being bad, GIMP, AIM games, chimp mask, first remarked on how the Roanoke/Lumbee entry is still active, origin poll, Calliope fest

4 years ago – cool chemical reactions, pronunciation query, gael returns , a pic of newt

5 years ago – Happy chats, urban ruins links, some website renewal ideas, old icons

6 years ago – Baron Munchausen, computer needs fixifying, Coconut song, Oscar Picks, Crayola Crayon color time line

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8783- 300. what-ev’.

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Sooo… I saw 300 with BHK and Tina.

Long story short – I was bored by the movie.

It was a gladiator movie with some nifty visuals… but I feel that maybe I should’ve read the comic first for more appreciation of transfer of scenes to film.

Not sure what I was expecting, but I really got a general sense of ho-hum from the whole thing… I wasn’t engaged at all by the story. Some nifty phalanx action, but that’s about it. I can’t get into the high speed / slow mo combat stylings.

Had supper at Chevy’s – they serve a mountian of food. Not bad, though the Mexico has a better selection of veggie options.

1 year ago – six comments per entry, dark organic secrets, working rocket boots, no ‘e’s, hurricane names, ape & kitty,

2 years ago – superhero idea, prvt brokentoy on pavement, bandwidth pull, eclipse, DOJ presentation, Digicam RIP

3 years ago – Bubba Ho-Tep, Bro info, RI annoying

4 years ago – Season poll, spring rains

5 years ago – Newtie Mer, grabby bunny, text-m’s, Pirate disfigurement poll, clever robber, outside reading sources online

6 years ago – sql, free pulp novels online

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8786 – went unentered, due to back issues.

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Very fruitful day – Haircut, dinner with the in-laws, and BHK was a real trouper by helping out so much with all of my things to do.

some Local Color –

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1 year ago – time distortion, senior kitties, shleep, movie meme, acim worker overview

2 years ago – Calimocho, escort crazy man (with sound files), netflix slacking, LEACH

3 years ago – morning has broken, weak Spanish knowledge, Wondering about JTD, winged sandals, Kenya, free movies legit, robo-predators, word count, 2! 2! undead movies nearby

4 years ago – Bro pissing me off, haiku, bro meets porn stars.

5 years ago – pen refill dream, baby llamas

6 years ago – cool weather, my 1376th post, talked to ckirk, ornj, and Devil-troll ticks me offGeotargetVisitor Map

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8782 –

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Work for the county was pretty keen on the first day – nice folks there. Help desk duties are pretty simple and straightforward – image laptops, XP transitioning, phone and online support, so far.

On the second day, it was primarily imaging desktops and laptops for the police department, punctuated by telephone help-desk stuff… all very straightforward.

I like the people I work with, ad would enjoy a full-time gig with that crew. I’m pleasantly surprised to see an even mix of the sexes, with some marrieds… very different than the all guy network rooms or all female non-profit agencies.

BHK got us macaroons from the Cakery! oh, yum, yum yum. Cookie Monster knows his stuff when he claims them as his favorite cookie. when done right, they are a bit o’ heaven… and those guys make ’em right.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs has written an interesting essay, “Thoughts on Music“,in which he explains why Apple has refused to license its FairPlay DRM scheme, and calls out to the music industry to end copy protection.Jobs also points out that the vast amount of music on iPods is DRM-unencumbered, and argues that the 3% of music on iPods which is DRM-encumbered is hardly enough to lock users into the iPod platform.

It will be interesting to see the fallout from this essay, both from the music industry (which has recently shown signs of re-thinking DRM), and the European countries like Norway, which has declared Apple’s DRM illegal.

Looks like spore is still on schedule! I’m really looking forward to it.

1 year ago – sleepyhead, ren-festige, Chacarron again, comic-book picture, condo commando, network named elements, Sandra Day O’Connor comments on right-wingers, star wars concept pics, don’t walk through words, political profile quiz

2 years ago – Fragments, Chatted a cutie, BEAR TRAP/ PUNCH!, homeopathy=placebo, ref desk, giant sea monkeys, walkabout pics, rhemish, Parallel Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy

3 years ago – local search sillies, copyright disclaimer, zombie minis, missed bro

4 years ago – palm pic, whiskerliscious-fuzzy-paw newt-pic, cat eaters, the coffee song, interviewed @ starmark

5 years ago – radiology, reading lensmen books, riker in trouble for DVDing, corpse Tupperware, Elisabeth, and a bunch of dead links.

6 years ago – IMT politics, and so onGeotargetVisitor Map

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8781

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Try #2 at the temp gig – second verse, different than the first, I hope. An interview at St Mary’s College as the web-guy on Thursday, too!

BHK and I made up for lost time yesterday and picked up a few work clothes, and stumbled over one of her ex-employees from about a decade ago. Fun to compare BHK’s bookstore past to my own…she and I have had a lot of parallel development over the last decade and a half (or so) – not to mention the vast divergence in said development, too. Environment / Nature comes up with a few unusual branches there… more to follow when I’m not bolting out the door.

via jwz –

A Conversation at the Grownup Table, as Imagined at the Kids’ Table

MOM: Pass the wine, please. I want to become crazy.
DAD: O.K.
GRANDMOTHER: Did you see the politics? It made me angry.
DAD: Me, too. When it was over, I had sex.
UNCLE: I’m having sex right now.
DAD: We all are.
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This entry keeps attracting porn-spammers in the comments. Not sure what’s setting it off, but I’ve gotten more than a few over the last 5 months or so there. Screened, so the linkage won’t be shared, but it is odd. I wonder that keywords are setting off the bots? Gilmore?

1 year ago – rebis picture, deaf language, chacarron, math, phallic removal, open source, fake cigs as meds, prisoner comic book

2 years ago – Brady Kids welcome the equinox, shamrock shake, cosmic truth, mp3s,experimental gameplay, get your tasty hot sweet potatoes in Japanese,teen kidnappers, good advice, invisible mermaid airfare

3 years ago – openoffice, Visited w Dan, open door poll, people of worth

4 years ago – Al gore, Blue’s clues, Cranky Finn

5 years ago – Spring!, Socks, overturned issues, Linda let go from FMM, LJ directory, cool picture link

6 years ago – walkies, 2 chris-sites, both have long since been left dormant, lj brokenGeotargetVisitor Map

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8778 –

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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 eyesGeotargetVisitor Map

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8777

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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?

Congress just passed extensive protection for whistle blowers, including scientists who think their work is being suppressed for political reasons:

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 desiresGeotargetVisitor Map

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8776 – Happy St. Patty’s!

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Happy St. Patty’s, All you Irish!
(And I think everyone is Irish today.)

Happy Saint Patty's!

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 –

newtcam-bhknewtcam-crouchnewtcam-gruff


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 PatsGeotargetVisitor Map

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8775

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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)

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8774 –

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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.

larry on banjo, david on electricbass davidgill with cameradavid on bass againdavid on bassMy chicken stalker.Shamrock shake!

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 snailbackGeotargetVisitor Map

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My chicken stalker – 8772

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My chicken stalker., originally uploaded by scottobear.

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.

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8773 –

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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 GeorgeGeotargetVisitor Map