At the office. Doing a television interview for NBC6 (florida) in about a half hour or so, give or take, regarding the most recent internet stalker/child abduction case, and following up with the news regarding jessica lunsford.

Will followup later.

I bet that whenever I go on walkabout, I meander past at least a dozen people visibly living on the street, just inside of the first few blocks of travel. I wonder how many are behind or between buildings, where I can’t see ’em.

I have spent some time living on the street and my brother is currently doing so. I feel for him, but I really don’t know the depths to which he’s sunk. I’ve never had an addiction so strong that it cost me everything else in life, and I’m thankful for that.

I’ve seen my brother take half-smoked cigarettes from public ashtrays and smoke ’em. I’ve never seen him beg for change, but he has been arrested for panhandling. I don’t know how he managed that one… I get asked for change (or a few bucks, depending on how bold the beggar is) at *least* three times a day spent on public sidewalks.

When I went to the club yesterday, the guy mzkitten told that she was married to a circus dwarf came in, and he remembered me. I got to gab with him for a while, but I left for the day before he was undoubtedly tossed out on his ear.

MzK almost shot me in the eye with a champagne cork… I think that she was more worried about it than I was. An eye patch would only make me more piratical. I’m amazed that piratical passed the spell-check. Some serious force behind it, it flew about 40 feet or so.

Bo Rhap – Amazing compo of a bunch of Bohemian Rhapsody Covers. Astounding. mp3

Moment of Lyric:

Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide
No escape from reality
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see
I’m just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
Because I’m easy come, easy go
A little high, little low
Anyway the wind blows, doesn’t really matter to me, to me

To Counter the downer earlier, Random pictures of Newt chilling out and having a snack. Also, a visit with Mzkitten.

Possibly Not work safe for places that don’t like orange cats or pretty girls in skimpy cocktail uniforms.

Oona did well, understandably nervous. I think she’ll be fine once she unclenches just a bit.

The weather yesterday was beautiful! A shame I had to stay so close to HQ, but today will be better, once the afternoon rolls around.

D’s birthday is in a week. See what happens when you don’t clear out your memos? I notice she hasn’t added anything to her wish list since 2003.

More Walker Texas Ranger Clips not the best, but it’s nice to have a complete set. Nothing beats getting punched out in a bear trap, though.

Eight CDs to bring to the club today. I hope and trust that Mzk and Belle will enjoy ’em. Interesting that Jul didn’t ask for any… I’ll see where her tastes lie today, if she’s there.

Bulk License-Plate Scanning by Helicopter Continue reading 7304 – What rhymes with Saturday? →

http://www.cell.com/content/article/fulltext?uid=PIIS0092867405001157

In a story in the current issue of Cell, scientists report that they can control fruit-flies remotely — by shooting lasers at their neurons. Cool enough, but then they tore the heads off a few flies, and found they were still able to stimulate the remaining neurons — and even induce them to fly. That’s right: Remote-controlled headless zombie flies. Do not miss the video of the headless flies in action, which looks like a freaky outtake from The Ring.

http://download.cell.com/supplementarydata/cell/121/1/141/DC1/mmc5.mov

Man sitting on Fort Lauderdale bus bench crushed by steel beams Continue reading 7302 – Local News →

Didn’t make it to the Tiki party last night, but next week is a distinct possibility. I’m in tonight, too – EN has a guest over so I’m taking call, and breaking in Oona at the same time.

It was very difficult leaving the bed this morning. Ol’ Newtie was especially snugglesome, and the hen house doesn’t seem so appealing as hiding under the covers.

Preemptive for Mother’s Day – Mr. T Singing “Mother – Treat her right” in shorts that really should be longer.

speaking of videos – 622 music videos. Beastie boys is a guilty pleasure. Body Movin’ and Intergalactic? Please. I’m going to be saying “Another Dimension” over and over again all morning, now.

Also… that freaky America video Sammy showed me earlier.. has been remixed into something else. [edit – ack, has it been /.’ed?]

Hey, I might get to take Danny with me on Saturday to the club. 2 more cards towards the goal.

I’m for everyone of us… Stand for everyone of us, I save with a mighty hand, Every man, every woman Every child…. I’m a mighty Flash…

Children’s book of Hindu gods was created by Pixar animator Sanjay Patel

Moment of Neurobiology – Lobster vs. Sea Hare

Moment of Lyric:

And it’s one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don’t ask me, I don’t give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam.
And it’s five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain’t no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we’re all gonna die

Nifty moments in technology –

Get ready for the mass-produced, meltdown-proof future of nuclear energy. (via silentyrs)

Anti-AIDS Gel Expected in 3 to 4 Years Continue reading 7301 – Friddy-frid. →

Reply with your name and I’ll tell you something I like about you.

Afterwards, feel free copy and paste this into your own journal if you want.

Aliases – Continue reading 7298 – meme →

Symbol of the age-old myths of Africa, this clenched-fist good-luck charm came to Brazil with its XVII century slave trade. As tribal memories paled over generations, belief in its powers to increase warriors’ fertility also faded, but until nowadays it is prized by both men and women purely for luck. Ranging from delicate earrings to meter-tall sculptures, Brazil’s attractive figa may be carved from wood or stone, crafted from plain or precious metals, and even set with gems. Tradition holds that, in order to bring luck, a figa must always be a gift.

Mix of good and bad yesterday at work. Another great success, but we lost one to water. I can’t imagine what it must be like for a parent to lose a 4-year-old. Tech issues almost caused me to miss the poorhouse, but fortunately MM took care of things, and I got to spend a few hours gabbing with mzkitten. It was nice to hang out, gab with a nicey and suck up some local color… man, much of the crowd seemed almost too young to be able to drink. Hopefully, next time, more of the crew will make it out. darwinsjezebel and her mate visited briefly too, but had to fly early to do some promotion for the club in Miami.

Added bonus, Free promotional t-shirts and smokeless tobacco. I’ll give the skoal to bro when I see him next.

Kev saw Tomi! Fifteen years since I’ve seen him, he’s now 35 years old, and he’s had a stroke, but apparently is a fun guy, still into movies and pizza like no other. FMM is raiding Wally’s place for stolen goods.

Moment of Lyric:

The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin’.
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin’.

Tonight is the first Tiki Torch Night at the Mai Kai! I’m seriously considering heading over there after work.

1 year ago – memory sparks, adp issues with new hire

2 years ago – jkg, stikfas, pictures

3 years ago – library cats, vending machine art, The Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures, Signs, & Body Language Cues, plants, middle earth poll, poop

4 years ago – touch of evil, dsl, love, sperm

ADP installed some sort of viscious software on her computer, and it finally launched an ugly payload all over her system. Anti-spyware sort of caught it, but her proxies and assorted networking went kerflooey for a little while.

I get to give the “don’t install any software on your system, however harmless it may seem (in this case, web accellerators and screen savers), because there are mean people on the internet that want to break toys that don’t belong to them.

So, thanks to that, I get to little late to catch up running postal sorts for the magazine. I’m taking call for a little while for EN tonight, but I should still hav eplenty of time to get home, shower, and go out ot the poorhouse at 10ish.

In up News, Kari and Oona both came in today, and will be acting as tech reservists. First trial by fire will be Oona this Friday (I’ll stay home, on call, just in case she hits any bumps.) Second will be Next Thurday and Kari. I’ve got ot come up with a good shedule for the crew… I really prefer to still give EN and MA the lion’s share of hours, because they’re both awesome techs, and could really use the money.

Got a call from a corporate headhunter yesterday. Interesting and enlightening. We’ll see what that has to offer.

The third episode of Dr. Who was nice, too. Not a bad trilogy thus far. Origin/intro, then a far future, then a nice gaslight zombie tale. Added bonus, use of the word Phantasmagoria, Charles Dickens, and Chloroforming people. (Not to mention the foreshadowing of “Bad Wolf”, and episode 4)

I never got around to calling anyone “Little Cowpoke” the other day.

Moment of Lyric: (TMBG – Hovering Sombrero)

Time is flying like an arrow
And the clock hands go so fast they make the wind blow
And it makes the pages of the calender go flying out the window one by one
‘Til a hundred years are on the front lawn
And the old familiar things are mostly all gone
But the old sombrero just keep hovering on
Hovering sombrero hover on

It’s going to be a busy day at work today… I may come home and take a little nap before heading out to the poorhouse. I’m looking forward to seeing so many local folks. Looks like the mob is going to be medium-large. Some folks can’t make it, but sounds like most will.

I have to call Kev, Dave, and do refreshers with Dan, Bro, and the Momster. Reconnect with Rachel and Graypumpkin.

I want to say something about Andrea Dworkin’s death, but

I may’ve drummed up a bit of side business via Belle & Jen. (Belle is delightfully pneumatic, in huxleyan terms, of course. Quite far from an Epsilon)

Popular bands seem to be –

• LeAnn Rimes
• Mindy McCready
• Garth Brooks/Brooks-n-dunne? “redneck Girl”
• Christina Aguilera
• Britney Spears
• Lindsey Lohan
• Little John
• Nelly

Also, bring the Cramps for Mzk.

1 year ago – easter afters, THC high enough to be considered hard drugs, rainy photo, leaping gnome scotto

2 years ago – bro issues, jkg, landlord

3 years ago – bigfoot research, local cams, lazy, SANTO!, Yellow pestilence, superhero movies, bill & Ted

4 years ago – food & feelings, good friday, virtual om

Japanese robotics company Tmsuk has announced its latest creation, the T63 Artemis Guard Robot. Artemis will autonomously patrol a multi-story building and report back wirelessly to security HQ if it finds anything amiss. Though not yet capable of apprehending any intruders, it is armed with several non-lethal offensive weapons such as a fluorescent paintball gun and the capability to spray a cloud of mist to temporarily blind the intruder.

Artemis – the robot guard

It reminds me a bit of what if Johnny 5 and Rosie had a baby.

Argh, downloaded the new semagic client, and a lost my notes for this entry.

I really should know better by now.

Let’s see. What was I saying? abbreviated for the time impaired. I’m glad I uploaded pics and stuff earlier.

Video shoot went well, although I was wrong… there were no handicapped folk. There was an old couple, but otherwise my guess was pretty accurate.

Cameraman trying to get a good shot of the driver. When the Bus started moving, He gave a little whoopsie.

Old retired couple, the guy had a deep, slightly islander-lilted voice that made James Earl Jones sound like Fran Dresher.

not represented – vagrants and folks who hold cigs, unlit in mouth for a 25 minute ride.

Work-front – Training 5 new out-of-staters, and WB is back in town, too.

RI called me mouthy yesterday for standing up for myself, and if she gets uppity with me today, I’ll give her some education on what mouthy really is. She might also get a refresher on caustic sarcasm and spinning pineapples where the sun don’t shine.

Neon Sign Generator

Sleepy Kitties!

Moment of Lyric: (mp3)

When you were young
You were the king of carrot flowers
And how you built a tower tumbling through the trees
In holy rattlesnakes that fell all around your feet

1 year ago – wanting a long weekend, GP mentions a detente, CoH, Butterflies of NA,

2 years ago – Power out silence, ut2k3, there.com fun.

3 years ago – angry kid, baha men, freedom force, sniffing around for the girlie, Kidalicious gets a new Baby!

4 years ago – identifying with Sam the Sheepdog, people in your neighborhood poll, livejournal observation, chupacabra sightings up.