I wonder if the Sputnik Cafe is doing anything special for the 50th anniversary ? Oh, I guess so! Will I be attending? At $50, I guess not! Especially on a “school night”.

BHK and I had a nice supper of leftover lasagna with an opener of apples, toasted pita and hummus. Good stuff – I ate far too much, but I couldn’t resist!

Caught the new Ugly Betty and Kitchen Nightmares… I have to confess that I enjoy Betty more than the USA’s Kitchen. I tend to think that Kitchen is a bit too scripted, too “pro wrestling” – Ugly Betty is just ridiculous, and I rather dig that – plus the whole Spanish Soap vibe is still pretty strong. If I were to guest star on a show, I could do a lot worse.

125 things about Scotto, continued:

036. owns a lot of mugs. I could drink coffee in a different mug every day for a few months, I think.
037. doesn’t drink that much coffee.
038. consumes a lot of liquids, about a gallon of water during the course of a work day.
039. wonders how the kitties would react to a 10 gallon fish tank.
040. loves folk art and stories of all stripes, new stuff from the wild west to ancient cave-dweller type goodness.
041. pretty well informed about weird stuff and trivia
042. Not as big a fan of Tolkien-esque fantasy as he might be… prefers more character-based tales of almost any genre – setting is flavor, but equally likes westerns, “big space” sci-fi, espionage, superhero, and period pieces.
043. I really like The Prisoner tv series, but could do without the ending. I think some series just do better first season and closing, rather than keeping itself ongoing. Lost is a good example of that.
044. still prefers the company of most kids to most adults.
045. Pete Hutter is my favorite Character on The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. He’s got at least two of my favorite quotes –

“Forget about it? You mean… rip it from my memory like a picture from a book? A picture of a small boy… kind of shy… with big ears who only wanted to be liked. And the laughing faces of his classmates, mocking him because he forgot to wear his pants to school? Is that what you mean?”

and

“Pride comes before a fall, Pete.” , “So does an ounce of lead in a brainpan.”

046. absolutely adores BHK.

1 year ago – green couch in the woods, newt sniffy twizzlers, podtropolis, JLA pilot, venture bros, pics that make me smile, scorcese sesame street, Mick Foley not Mark Foley

2 years ago – new nvidia, bk in md, peer-to-peer good, chicken juggling bear, evil dictator, Dynamite mag, halloween recipes, smile poll, death test, Mehrzweckflugzeugausschreibung, Odysseus’s House found
3 years ago – I prefer Orks to Eldar, corn craving, Tentacle-boy loves laundry palm doodle

4 years ago – famous funerals, locusts good to eat – pelicans bad, Tickle me Elmo fur coat, mind flayers

5 years ago – Bad dog dreams, 2250 on vanity search (now about 16,500), shoes

6 years ago – magic toenails, submarines, posting politeness, big brain fixmeup, lovely chat about goetta, eyes

7 years ago – Naughty Newt, Tight funds, DT rumor almost gets started again, Newt’s b-day minus 1 (via Scotto’s Wall Scrawls)

Mol and Bruce (mootpoint) had the baby!

Dominic Sebastian
Born Oct 1st 2007
Wieght: 5lb 8oz
18 in long

He is in the NICU and will be there for about two weeks we are told – but he is doing great.

Congrats, you guys!

Another reason to celebrate October!

Dinner with in-laws tonight… I wasn’t feeling so animated, but it was nice to be with family.

It’s been 17 years since unification day? Dang.

More pictures from the fair -(and the SI cover with Darryl on it for ref) BHK took most of these.

Something I haven’t done in a while – 125 things about me – Last time I did it was in May 2000.

Written on the bus to the train on the way home – too bouncy to read.

001. You can call me Scott, Scooter, Big Guy, or whatever you like. I answer to just about any non-derogatory nickname you want to throw at me. Mr. von Berg might catch me for a loop, however. Most folks call me Scott, Scotto, or Scotty.
002. Walks with a limp (drop foot on left) after a botched epidural. Foot is numb.
003. Is overweight
004. is overheight
005. has allergies to numerous airborne particles.
006. Lives and works very close to Washington DC – some of the worst air in the nation.
007. Misses the man his brother used to be.
008. misses the man his father only rarely was.
009. Has a Pyewacket whisker in his wallet, next to a newt whisker and a stretched penny from his honeymoon.
010. can be extremely sentimental
011. can be extremely sullen
012. can be extremely goofy
013. is usually very laid back
014. likes to game socially with friends – Carcassone or Champions works, either way.
015. likes to spend as much time as possible with BHK and the Kitties.
016. When I was little, I thought The Beatles were “The Battles”, and they were named for combat, not bug/music beats.
017. I feel that Acupuncture has more to thank from the Placebo effect than to Chi flow. If it works for you, more power to you.
018. It is with only purest power of will that there are no ducks, bunnies or alpacas living in our back yard.
019. I don’t like to wear shoes or socks.
020. never did learn to juggle pins
021. has been sick more in the last 2 years than in the 10 prior. Allergies are a pain.
022. owns a condo in Florida, but is happy to live in Maryland with his wife and 2 kitties
023. wants to develop some form of “anti-tailgating” device. non-lethal, preferred.
024. doesn’t mind wearing ties at work much these days
025. is learning (very sporadically) to play bass guitar and ukulele
026. likes fairy lights
027. wishes he could visit friends that are very distant more often (or at all)
028. likes finding sculpture in the woods
029. doesn’t sleep well without newton and BHK in bed with him
030. still uses a cpap
031. can always use a backrub
032. has chronic pain – minimal, it’s stinging-itching nerve damage or allergy stuff, or worst case, it’s when my back or leg is less than cooperative.
033. loves traveling through fog and mist
034. likes the little scratches and dings on his wedding ring
035. has had a website / journal online since the late 90s, but really only committed to regular posts in 2000.

more to follow tomorrow, if I remember.

1 year ago – soybean butter goes poof, BHK finds a ring company, SOMD trails, I’m 64% white and nerdy, Fort Laud Airport pics,

2 years ago – taco viva, birdies and newt, reconnected with clayton griffin!(he’s now on myspace), default passwords, scooby doo, tony danza, mr moon, lunch with jenjen, Kerouac, scotto on newtcam-negative
3 years ago -nice saturday workday, fps treadmill, Sam & Max not dead?, Zeppelin!, vintage trailers, Unification Day

4 years ago – Prop2 gets nuked, poop in the pool, decade old posts by Scotto to Usenet, Hala attacked by the carnivator, I find out that I need surgery, chimp & the woman

5 years ago – net’s a little poopy, Finn drama at work

6 years ago – clerisy, broken door, bad day, Ripple

7 years ago – rainy day, poi dog, I first learn to do online carts, x degrees of sep

(via Scotto’s Wall Scrawls)

I want a pumpkin and chocolate doughnut.

Attention Christmas Decorations… BACK OFF! It’s just barely October! Let me have pumpkins and harvest stuff for a while, why don’t ya? Sakes. Lots of neighbors have purple and orange fairy lights out… pretty keen to be in a region with folks in the seasonal spirit…. a “haunted house” is being rigged up at two blocks over, and another at the local fire station… looking forward to that, too.

Speaking of which: I just remembered and trotted out the Halloween background for the website. I really need to work on that some more.

Got another set of fillings today. Front teeth look a lot better now, though the doc couldn’t seem to numb one of them… I had a distinct Dustin Hoffman / Marathon Man vibe going for a about 15 minutes.

Is it safe?

Ow.

That said, he did a great job aside from the pain, and I’m very happy now that there are no open nerves with easy air access in my head.

On the way home, we visited “the man” at ATW – see prior entry for photo. He’s Oktoberfesting!

Trying something out – not sure if it’ll be a regular thing or not. Depending on what the subject is, I may get paid to do a post or two. Any items written about in this way will be clearly marked as such.

via dcist –

Ahh, rise and shine, Washington! It’s another beautiful fall day, so stretch and breathe in deep … but not too deep, unless you enjoy inhaling some of the worst air in the nation. Scientists are putting numbers on information our lungs already knew: the D.C. area “produces more carbon dioxide than several medium-size European countries,” the Post reports. This is due primarily to Maryland’s coal-burning power plants and our stand-still traffic, though the study notes that this doesn’t include other greenhouse gases, like methane. Still, seems like investing in asthma inhalers isn’t a bad bet.

1 year ago

– several pictures from MD, ponytail damage in shipping

2 years ago

– bloody foot, gp quiet, video mem shot, silly youtube video, flow-er, rainbow raider, Alternate supernatural, animal cams, fortune cookie, cowboy dog joke, lost

3 years ago – weekend working, sketch-a-move toy, brain transport, y’all, VS and I debate hooters girls training, Andy-coma, skin-theft dream

4 years ago – prop2 losing cred, I’m going to be in Popular Science, Deep thought, hand shadows, lj-drama, lj-gender

5 years ago – MH maint, flatworm sex, missv engaged, Pacifists to head for Baghdad, work drama, palm doodles, coworkers in the box

6 years ago – dishabille, Kipling, writing freeflow, SA poll, lj-bounce, moving out poll, love

7 years ago – cpap, bumper sticker, cybersitter filtration, people think I’m DT
(via Scotto’s Wall Scrawls)