Explained to ST as to why I don’t like the idea of dating inside the workplace. Pretty simple, really… I have never seen it work with people of my personality type. I know of exactly one couple that met at work that has gone on to be a great pairing for years and years (GrayP & Katt), but they’re the exception that proves the rule. Besides… folks need time apart as well as together… it’d try any relationship for folks to end up living in the same place and working the same place… fatigue is bound to set in. Plus, if a breakup happens, or if one partner gets fired… the whole dynamic goes to poop.

The rains came back last night, and they haven’t left yet. Water on glass is a good sound.

Wilma is a Cat5 right now, gusting to 212 mph, and a barometric pressure of 884 MB (lowest recorded!) Yikes.

Current tracks –

fun tracking & projection gizmo w/ google maps

Naval Research Labs on the storm

see also – http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/tropic.html

You fit in with: Humanism Your ideals mostly resemble that of a Humanist. Although you do not have a lot of faith, you are devoted to making this world better, in the short time that you have to live. Humanists do not generally believe in an afterlife, and therefore, are committed to making the world a better place for themselves and future generations. 0% scientific. 50% reason-oriented.

Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com

I’d say that’s pretty spot on, though I do like science quite a bit.

Scotto-Spock eyebrow, Newt caught on cam & 80’s tv references

The damned condo commission called my current landlord without asking me. I wasn’t planning on giving him any info unless success was assured, and now LL knows that I’m shopping around. That doesn’t help me much when I’m on a month to month lease, because he could already decide to jack the rent or boot me with only 30 days notice… with season coming I don’t need to give him any more incentive than he might already have.

I told him it was an investment property, (which is true, except that if things work out, I’ll also live there.)
The grounds here are a mess, and he said that he’d knock off whatever he was giving the other guy from my rent if I maintain the place. That’s doable… a little raking and hosing once a week shouldn’t be that much of a hassle.

I imagine that means he’ll be doing some work on the building, if he’s planning on renting the other ones out… considering that they’ve been pretty much empty since the guy bought the place.

I don’t know what the deal is with this LL… he still hasn’t cashed my October Rent check. Must be nice to be so wealthy that you can just blow off hundreds of dollars for weeks (sometimes months) on end without giving it a second thought.

I’ve never liked condo commandos, and this nonsense is just confirming my presuppositions.

Knit zombies reenact Dawn of the Dead

The Library has a surprisingly nice collection of graphic novels / hardbound comics.

Have some lovely scenes from the good ol’ days of comics:

Green lantern gets sick of his favorite Zombie returning *yet again*, so he throws him to the moon. I seem to recall Superman exiling him to the moon at one point, too (wearing supe’s cape, and playing at flying in the lower gravity)… who knows how he keeps finding his way back?

Sol Grundy, born on Monday – Moon-day!

I feel as if I haven’t had much to say these last couple of days. Nothing that isn’t just a rehash of the same old stuff, anyhow.

All the bad things are still bad, all the good things are still good. Still waiting to hear about the condo. Work is the same, play is the same.

I think it’s time for another walkabout, but it’s raining heavily outside, and there are chores to do. Perhaps later, or tomorrow.

There’s been a slight sense of displacement lately. Hopefully that’ll get rectified soon.

Last night, I went to a get together with some of the work guys, and that was sort of mediocre. Too many people to move freely through. Interesting to see LH again and a few others… a number of former networking contacts were renewed, too. Hopefully Citrix will hook us up with the site licenses and hardware that SC mentioned earlier. Hoofed it over this path during the course of the evening. (which burned about 550 calories, vs the intake of about 400 calories of fluids)

1 year ago – conspiracy rotary, sweet rain, Scotto q&A, handwriting analysis

2 years ago – noise with Sam and Frankie, big brain surgery plan, Riverworld, weird pics, execution map, speakeasies, tiki art, windows in bios, spoilers

3 years ago 9-5 ends, rocket belts, palm doodles, Cej b’day, Szechuan Spiced Tofu recipe

4 years ago – dreams of my sweetheart and I, sex, and giant ants in the old west, nipguards, random aims.

5 years ago – spirals, tom jones, crazy drunk link, newt’s crinkle flea, dr t and the women, and a cool, dream-comic strip.

3 in a row
Originally uploaded by scottobear.

hat trick!

sleepyheads at the bus stop, 7.15am