All posts by scottobear

7921 –

GeotargetI could go for a moon cake. I missed the Moon Festival about a month or two back. I may start visiting the Morikami more often again, now that I’ll be a bit closer.


Thought I saw Pam M. yesterday, but I don’t think it was her. Hard to say, since it’s been a decade or so… but I don’t think that she’s the type to ever wear tank tops and shorts in public… but who knows? A lot can happen to a person in twelve-ish years. If it had been her, I’d have liked to say hello, and have my curiosity satisfied a bit. I wonder if moving closer to the Boca area will cause me to stumble across more folks from the past? The D’s are in Georgia now, and who can say where much of the rest of that crew has toddled off to.


Well, I’ve watched the Doom Patrol/ BoE episodes of Teen Titans.. I think they did a decent job. The Brain was a little Dalek-y, but that’s reasonable. What I wasn’t expecting was a regular voice for Cliff, or the Steven Wright dry blandness of Larry. Rita was fine, and Mento was the mostly-jerk as I recall him to be. I think that Cliff’s voice as a normal gruff guy was better than a robo-sounding one. Made him a bit more human. I wonder if the Chief will show up later on?


Doing what I can to prevent world and local politics from getting me down. It’s hard. I thought the lesser of two evils was bad, four elections ago, and it’s only getting worse every time. I’ve heard from people that blindly follow Hillary Clinton, just because she’s a woman and a democrat. I’ve never seen her give a good speech…I’d have thought a lawyer would have some solid public speaking skills. She does not inspire trust. She’s not a credible military leader, and I don’t see her pulling troops out of Iraq anytime soon, regardless. I think that she could win an election in ’08, but it would be for the wrong reasons… and liberal dems would get mighty pissed, once the dust settled.

I feel that a woman or a black person could become president. (I think a military background for either would make it easier for the American Public to accept them)

I’m sure in my heart of hearts that a publicly self-proclaimed gay or atheist could not possibly win the office at this point in time.

I’m rambling. It doesn’t matter who gets elected, the giant iguanas that actually run this country wouldn’t let a prez implement any real change anyhow.


Hm, fairly well-balanced, I guess. Fun/Family/Health. Though I put a high value on love. life pref quiz

7920 –

GeotargetHOWTO make an LED tank-top that plays the Game of Life

see also – LED Slippers. (I could’ve used those during the power outage)


K&K Mime Ministries – Hard-hitting gospel ministry through mime.

Heck, I know I’d check it out, but I’m a little off that way. It’s got to be better than Bibleman.


“Strange but true”-sounding lie of the day: In 103 AD, the Roman emperor Clavicus had a temple built to worship his favorite type of pastry.


Why didn’t *anyone* tell me that the Doom Patrol showed up this season on the Teen Titans? (Plus, they’re fighting the Brotherhood of Evil!) That was my big hope once I’d heard that the cartoon was launched! Once again, I thank bittorrent for speedy access to TV I’ve missed.


quizzes

7916 – Rock, Paper, Chainsaws

GeotargetWent to the poorhouse with Liz, had a Guinness and a Strongbow for “dessert”. Good stuff. We chit-chatted about clowns, strippers, co-workers, people watching and events seen in a parking garage.



Monkey beer, monkey beer.
Pour it in your ear, it’ll last all year!
It’s smooth and tangy with hairs a-plenty.
Open it up and watch it get empty!


Golden Girls mood theme.


Current mood: ualuealuealeuale

Current music: el mudo – macaron chacarron

7915 –

GeotargetGood News / Bad News, dear journal.

Good News: I have full power at my apartment. Air Conditioning and Lights, TV, etc.

Bad News: Big Brain’s Hard Drive is crapping out… I can’t seem to keep him awake for more than a moment or two before he cycles through and reboots… I’m going to estimate he needs about $400 worth of repairs… mirror the giant drives over to new drives, basically. He had started to die earlier.. I thought it was a power issue, but I see now that it’s even worse.

Good News: I dropped it off and it’s still covered under the extended warranty.. (this big brain was bought 12/21/03, and he’s got 2 years parts and labor covered – a little over a month left to freshen up – I’m also having them do a full system peek, just in case the video card is starting to crap out)

I expect to have it back at HQ within 7 working days. Meanwhile, lappie is a handy backup, just word processing and the like… no major gaming for a week or so.


I’ve begun sorting the apartment out… packing things into boxes and skimming down to the very basics. All of my books should be ready for transport by the end of the weekend.


Phoenix is going to get some training today after lunch… I think that she has some solid tech potential.


Moment of Lyric: mp3

7913 – Newt got fan mail!

Dear Scotto,

I was looking online for some pictures when I came across your blog.  My boyfriend and I are planning on getting married next October and we want to have a costume wedding. I’ve decided to go as Poison Ivy (since she is the most beautiful comic character I can think of, and gosh darn it, I want to be beautiful on my wedding day).  I put “Poison Ivy and Pictures” into the search engine and came across your page.  And I’m glad I did.  Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to see the links you had posted (because my computer is from the iceage).  But your cat, Newton, reminds me so much of my cat, Barry Allen.  He just passed away last March and looks exactly like yours. I just wanted to let you know that I am glad to see the pictures you posted.

Happy memories are plentiful, but never quite enough.

Thanks for both the thoughts of Barry Allen and your kind and clever wit.

Sincerely,
Mandy
Washington, DC.

 “he leadeth me to still waters, and he pusheth me in.”


how nice was that?

7912 –

GeotargetSaw Phoenix as I was leaving work today… she’s currently jobless – apparently some club drama caused her to bail. We had a hug and got caught up with things. She might be preggers, too. I still don’t know what happened with Gil and co. She has a lot more freckles than I realized… I gave her a business card and offered to see if we could find her a gig as a tech (which the company needs).


Amazing how a $100,000 loan can turn into $250,000 when paid back over 30 years. The power of interest.


Broward Traffic Light update

Total number of Signals:1326
Total number of Signals on Flash:40
Total number of Signals on Full Color:835
Total number of signals on Generator:87
Total number of signals Out:451

Lots of 4-way stops going on until late December, it seems.

State utility regulators Wednesday approved an fuel-cost increase for Florida Power & Light Co. that will hike an average customer bill by 19 percent starting Jan. 1. The increase would drive an average 1,000 kilowatt hour monthly bill up by $16.99 to $108.61, up from $91.62.

I’m on day 17 of having no A/C, no Fridge, no Big-brain computer and no stove or microwave oven. Not really a tragedy. I do fine since I have hot showers, some lights and some internet resources. Students have to make up 6 of the 11 missed school days. (shortened Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, mostly.)


Moment of Lyric: mp3