Yesterday, calls from work totaled for peppered from 9 to 4 pm. It wasn’t terrible – my journey to sugar sand park was rained out anyway. I’ll be journeying there today (or next weekend), instead

A rewatching of His Kind of Woman was the filler during the thunder and lightning. Not a bad deal, it was more of a light parody of Noir than an actual Noir flick, but I enjoyed it quite a bit. Jane Russell looked a little rough around the edges…not as much vaseline on her camera lens as I’m used to. Entertaining writing, and a good vibe. Vincent Price made the movie even more than Mitchum.

Just shipped to me by Netflix – Lake Placid (Betty White’s Finest hour), Smoke Signals and Seven Samurai.

Uh-oh. It seems that the Sun-Sentinel has caught on to geocaching. I fear for the safety of local sites for a week or two, now.

The Monarch is being driven to a dinner with his ex, Dr. Girlfriend, and her new boyfriend, Phantom Limb.

The Monarch: “I plan to use the never-fail strategy of jealousy!”
Henchman: “Who’s your date?”
The Monarch: “I met her on the LiveJournal. Which I kept in prison. I have been blogging.”

Oh, my ears and whiskers.

Max von Sydow looks considerably different in The Seventh Seal than in Strange Brew.

Had a wonderful morning off, no business calls or unwelcome interruptions… the whole time lounging and waking slowly and comfortably. I can’t remember the last time I spent all day before noon in bed. I’m now munching some tasty pb&j before heading out for a little midday walkabout. until later, dear journal.

Quotes meme –

Instructions: Go to http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3 and look through random quotations until you find 5 that you think reflect who you are or what you believe. Then post them in your journal.

Give not over thy soul to sorrow; and afflict not thyself in thy own counsel. Gladness of heart is the life of man and the joyfulness of man is length of days.
– Ecclesiastes

In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love; they had five hundred years of democracy and peace and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.
– Orson Welles (1915 – 1985), The Third Man, 1949

Whenever you find yourself on the side of majority, it’s time to pause and reflect.
– Mark Twain (1835 – 1910)

Nothing is worse than active ignorance.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832)

Mi taku oyasin. (We are all related.)
– Lakota belief

1 year ago – greasemap, foreign ducktales, apricot scarves… Tony Randall and vanity, Jean Charles de Menezes, bckev’s keeno covers, kayla/susie drama, hugs, top 20 pics, elvis the robo-cat, newton nibble pic, tubby newt pic

2 years ago – AvP movie. bus schedules switch, walkabout pics, Punta Gorda – Yikes

3 years ago – last skeletor and gang, insect macro photos, apartments made from text, hello kitty warhammer, human/rabbit chimera, scotto is a fuzzy monkey, frankie knocks, wondering about crusaders planting vinyards, drunken sailor quiz, complete sherlock holmes, some detective work, purse contents, fun with google calc

4 years ago – both machines upgraded and cleaned up, fun linkies, MRE talks about writing his junk, signage systems

5 years ago – eye dialect, latitudinarian, weird dream poll, set up alternates to LJ, Newt comes to work, cool news, freaky dream

6 years ago – loony, first hints suzy using, foodies

quick peek at the knickknack shelf

 
turtles in the pond out back.

tri-rail station travels, and quarry

From the Bass Pro Shops – catfish, critters mostly stuffed, and a pontoon boat control panel

Pics from Britta’s Birthday at the Pub – Matt, Lance, Helen, and Britta.

Had a nice time yesterday… before heading to the pub, m_c & I visited outdoor world and window-shopped a bit… scoped out the boats (fishing / Kayak / pleasure), and I really liked the look of one of the pontoon skiffs. If I lived on the river or a canal, I’d seriously consider getting it to tool around in. There was a lot of nutty taxidermy there… I was reminded of the Ace Ventura line “What a lovely room of death”.

After the Bass Pro Shop, we hit the pub early.. got a little spinach and artichoke dip, and chitty-chatted until the rest of the gang showed up.we had a good time, and I happy to meet everyone. Our end of the table had Matt, Tina, and Helen, and the conversation was very nice. I was pleasantly surprised to meet helenangel in person, and alectoerinyes seemed to really dig her b’day with us all. We actually got goodie bags filled with candy and little toys! one of the party favors received was a Snap deck… curious, since I just found out what snap is from eryx_uk about half a week ago. Matt lives in WPB, and was kind enough to zip me home at about 1:30am, otherwise I’d have had to hit the ol’ northbound tri-rail at 10pm. He’s a nice guy – went to HS with Helen, now a pilot for Jet Blue. Very knowledgeable and a warm-hearted sort of person. I didn’t get to talk much with Lance, and the Librarian crew on the other side of the table, mostly because the music was a little loud, and the chat-dynamics didn’t allow for much talking more than two chairs over. I think the next time I do something like that, I’m going to try a “shift seats every 2 hours” sort of thing, just so I can absorb a little bit of everybody.

All in all, it was an excellent day.

Today, my plans are movies about the sea. Pirates of the Caribbean, and IMAX: Deep Sea 3-D.

Until later, dear journal!

1 year ago – strawberry shortcake, silas stingy, bus ride video, video watching, about me meme, errors at work

2 years ago – np tech fizzed out, disney rides, bro gets 2 years probation, CoH, hurricane Charley, RvsB-internet, Horny Toad

3 years ago – Gelatinous Cube, Chimera / Mosaics, Schwarzenegger, I work with fools blog, David Carlson, wonder woman, cockroaches/dominoes, AAA vs speed traps, director, google calc, teen titans theme cracked

4 years ago – cheaters, fartlek, Gamera, Nation of Victims, Nimoy sings about Bilbo

5 years ago – random journal reading, suasion, hobson, pancake bunny, misc news, super powers/poll

6 years ago – went for sleep study

LJ has implemented thread tracking in journals other than your own, now. Pretty fascinating.. on the user info page, you can keep an eye peeled for all new entries by a user, or track threads. very handy. I wonder if the owner of the tracked journal is notified in any way?

More Reasons to love Mallah and the Brain is one of my fave couples in comics. (graypumpkin reminded me to put ’em here)

God Tap Dances / Psyche!

Got my tickets for my long weekend journey north. It’ll be altogether too brief, but I see quality making up for quantity.

Expedia, you stink. Boosting the price of an airline ticked by $50, and then by an additional $40 on top of that. I hereby boycott your gleeful price-gougingness.

Priceline, thank you. I found tickets (with Allison’s help) for $11 less than the pre-gouged amount on the abomination above.

If you haven’t registered to vote, and plan to do so… I think folks have about 2 weeks left to get it set up in time.

Today is the Chinese Ghost Festival!

Random Scotto factoid: My brain translates exfoliate into defoliate, and I have to go back in my mind and shake the definition a bit, whenever I hear or read about skin care.

Moment of Lyric – mp3

The most tender place in my heart is for strangers
I know it’s unkind but my own blood is much too dangerous
Hangin’ round the ceiling half the time
Hangin’ round the ceiling half the time

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