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7938 – Rain, Rain, you don’t have to go away, just be gentle!

GeotargetFound out the my last living Grandmother (Momster’s Momster) is in hospice now. She’s deteriorated quite rapidly, and they don’t know if it’ll be two months or two weeks. She’s not in any pain, and seems to be at peace. Her lucidity is variable.. she was sounding good last week, and recognized her son and granddaughter… she gets her hair and nails done, and appears to enjoy that.


Not moving *all the way* in today, just getting the bulk of stuff over. Mr. N and I will remain at the old place for another week while the bathroom gets finished…I’d rather kick back ion a realm with running water and a potty. So, I’m going to have to put Newt in bathroom lockup while the truck gets loaded…he’s not going to be too keen on that, but the boy’ll cope. I like the idea of sliding into the new place gently.


ts-gamma

Tropical Storm Gamma… it’s following Wilma’s track. hopefully it’ll ease up before it gets worse. Nice Thanksgiving gift! The upside… not nearly as much loose stuff to blow around this time!

Fortunately Sandrino says “Its only a tropical storm and it will be moving very fast. I wouldn’t worry too much. It’s not going to ge in the Gulf of Mexico and even if, the ocean is not as hot as it was four weeks ago. Relax.”

7936 –

GeotargetWell, let’s see.

Danny and I will be moving me into my new place tomorrow, after the office meeting. It’s pretty much complete… I just have to seat the new toilet and sinks in the restroom.

Speaking of the toilet, I’ve been pondering putting in “Bull Shannon” level furniture… make everyone else who comes over feel a bit like a hobbit-sized critter. (The commode I picked up is about 18 in. high.) Maybe not make it out of concrete, but large, overstuffed chairs a person could get lost in might do the trick.


Moment of Lyric mp3

everyone knows the words. the kinks did it better, but this is cool, too.

7935 – snagged from talonvaki

GeotargetPost six weird and random facts about yourself, then at the end, list the names of five other people who are next in line to do this.

   1. I very nearly became a professional clown, and actually got a scholarship to clown college back in the day. I opted out because I figured I’d make more money doing less physical labor in the computer field, and sometimes wish that I had run off to the circus, especially with Paige and Michelle. I wonder what P & M are up to these days? Classmated.com had Paige with a fresh last name. I still find many clown-girls mega-hot. See jenlux as an example of a gorgeous clown-gal.

( and ) I mean really. What’s not to like?

   2. My will is amazingly variable in strength… I’d make a lousy Green Lantern. On some things I’m steadfast and on others, I bend like a reed in the wind.

   3. I notice the shapes of my food, and I seem to prefer stuff that is round over things that are square. all things being equal, I prefer cylindrical or semi-circle ice to cubes. I like round pies more than square cakes. (brownies may have cookies beat.) I like sammiches more on a hoagie roll rather than on slices of bread. goldfish crackers and pretzels beat triangle and square shaped chips, generally. Baked potato is preferable to french fries. Also, curly fries beat straights.

   4. My favorite simple machine is the lever. Also, the word fulcrum makes me laugh.

   5. I’ve been given free lap dances because the strip club was cold, and I looked nice and warm. More than once, and with more than one dancer, and more than one club. Ah, the good old days of my misspent youth. I am still warm, and have a comfortable lap.

   6.  my top 10 mythical creatures of the moment –

  • Helpful shoemaker elves.
  • Giant Alligators in Sewers
  • Animated Scarecrows, especially those with pumpkin-heads.
  • Phantoms that give a useful message.
  • Werecritters (especially those that aren’t wolves… like “Were-swarm of butterflies”)
  • Chupacabras
  • Zombies (and subset – Mummies)
  • The Boogie man.
  • Nessie & other lake dinosaurs
  • Yeti (and subset Sasquatch/Skunk ape)

I’m not tagging anyone, but I’d like to see the meme fly.

7933 –

GeotargetFor giggles, I vanity-searched my lj-name on google. about 41,600 responses. in yahoo, I got about 38,100. Interesting, for a search word that is unique to me.


Got to gab a bit with Whims for the first time in an age…It was so nice to hear from her. We always talk food, and with thanksgiving coming up, we just went piggie-talk crazy!


A bunch of vanity publishing firms have been contacting me, xlibris and others. Funny that they refer to me as Raj, so they must’ve bounced in via my journal. Sent to every email address listed in my bio page, too.

7930 – doot doo doo doo.

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marmoset in sombrero

I still have the Frito Banditio theme popping up into my brain here and there.


Weird about the lag in the picture posts.. repeated itself twice, about 2 hours after the original post.I’ll have to make a point of waiting a bit longer before re-sending.


The people of Hialeah are idiots. (See the political record for the last 24 years.) A long term case of “we’d rather have corrupt criminals we know than a possible unknown quantity”.


Big Kahuna’s B’day today… maybe that’s why she had a case of the grumps yesterday. She’ll be 67 today, I think, and I figure that she’s got a solid two decades ahead of her, at least. Sadly, I don’t see more than a decade (and that’s probably generous) for her husband though.


Rhode Island was due back on Monday, and as of end of day yesterday still hadn’t come back. Rumors flying over the office of her quitting, but I doubt it. My suspicions are that she’s just stretching it out as far as possible.


I’m wondering what to do with my vacation.


Muslim Mona quit tech-work yesterday… I guess her real-world job, plus family, plus health just didn’t allow for four days a month. She’ll be missed… was probably the most competent tech I had. En’s really solid, too…only a couple of boo-boos here and there. Phoenix’s getting her first training today at 1pm, barring schedule issues.


Growing out the goat for a full beard again in prep to be a bit of a Santa for December.


Moment of lyric: mp3

7926 – Well, this doesn’t shock me too much.

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You scored as Bebop (from Cowboy Bebop). Hope you don’t mind being anime. Your style just fits perfect with the crew of the Bebop. Life is tough and your crew knows it, but you will find a way to survive. You always do. Now if only Faye would quit gambling all your money away.

Bebop (from Cowboy Bebop)

75%

Nebuchadnezzar (from The Matrix)

75%

Millennium Falcon (from Star Wars)

69%

Serenity (from Firefly)

56%

Galactica (from Battlestar: Galactica)

56%

Enterprise D (from Star Trek)

56%

SG-1 (from Stargate)

50%

Moya (from Farscape)

44%

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7925 – woah-ho-ho-hoooo

GeotargetWoo… the King Kong marketing machine is in full swing… it’s going to be a Giant Gorilla Christmas!


I rather dig the Beijing Olympic Mascots.


Currently a bit pissed at work. only Carl Douglas and Giant Apes can cheer me up.

Moment of Lyric: mp3

Everybody was kung-fu fighting
Those cats were fast as lightning
In fact it was a little bit frightning
But they fought with expert timing

They were funky China men from funky Chinatown
They were chopping them up and they were chopping them down
It’s an ancient Chineese art and everybody knew their part
From a feint into a slip, and kicking from the hip

Everybody was kung-fu fighting
Those cats were fast as lightning
In fact it was a little bit frightning
But they fought with expert timing

There was funky Billy Chin and little Sammy Chung
He said here comes the big boss, lets get it on
We took a bow and made a stand, started swinging with the hand
The sudden motion made me skip now we’re into a brand knew trip

Everybody was kung-fu fighting
Those cats were fast as lightning
In fact it was a little bit frightning
But they did it with expert timing

(repeat)..make sure you have expert timing
Kung-fu fighting, had to be fast as lightning

7924 –

GeotargetI’d like a comfy linen/cotton blend suit, and a snappy gray fedora. Not sure where that urge for a summer suit in November came from.


I can’t watch TV shows that place in hospitals, at least not around the anniversary of my father’s death or his birthday. I had an extended crying jag last night when I remembered that his birthday is coming up in about 2 weeks. First time I’ve really cried for quite a while. Ultimately cleansing, but think I hurt my side a little bit as a result. Newt was a great comfort to me.

I miss my dad. I miss the way my brother was when he was 12. I think that I get along with my mother better these days than I ever had as a kid.


The office has decided not to pay salaried folks for time away from work due to Hurricane Wilma… I’m going to point them to Hurricane Wilma Disaster Unemployment Assistance. To determine eligibility for Wilma DUA (or standard unemployment benefits), start by contacting the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation (Florida unemployment office) or filing an unemployment claim through same by 11/28/2005. For information about other types of Hurricane Wilma disaster assistance, browse the FEMA and FDEM sites.

I’m safe… I worked every day save for 2, and those two days I gave training and tech walk-through to our rep in Texas. I think that everyone else save for ECN and myself will end up getting docked a little more than week’s pay. (I wonder if the Big Kahuna will cut herself, too?)


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