Bro called me about 10 minutes ago. His latest drama is the tale he told me of fall in off of the bus. The way he tells it, he ran to get on, the driver didn’t see him, and closed the doors in his leg, cutting it open and pushing him to the ground. He says that he’s banged up, and that by the time he’d gotten to the hospital “they couldn’t put stitches in, because it had already healed some”… which sounds like bologna to me. I asked if he had filed a report, and he told me that he was going to file a delayed police report on Monday, but he has spoken with a lawyer and BCT.

This makes me think that it’s a minor injury at best and that he’s trying to blow it out of proportion so he can look to make some easy money. I reminded him that all BCT buses have cameras now, so they should be able to get a video tape of what exactly happened.

His voice was screwed up, and he sounded disoriented. Odds are good that it was self-induced, and not from any tumble.

If I counted off how many times this kid has been in accidents and wanted to sue somebody, I’d have to move on to another person after using all of my own fingers, toes, ears and anything else that might poke out and be used to tally.

I wish that identification of a problem meant that you had a solution. Not always the case.

Danny was embarrassed by my hat, he thought it looked old fogey-ish. So, I love it even more.

Hopefully getting together with tarpo and constance1010 for some Thai food this afternoon/evening. I’ll leave Newt at home, so Tarpo won’t have to worry about any fierceness-danger. Maybe Newt thinks Tarpo is short for Tarpon? A tasty fish. I’ll call after 1pm today to see what’s up.

Yesterday, the day went –

Rude awakening, lit fuse, got mad, walked it off, saw goat-milk eggs, got a woobie-hat, walked home, met Danny, got sushi for lunch, saw sin city, got soda & fritters (he got a pina colada) at Ugly tuna, went to Barnes & Noble (He bought 2 more discworld books – I’ve got him hooked on it, the watch in particular), went home, got re-annoyed with bro, discovered another broken netflix cd, and then settled in a bit to read lj, chatted with buddies online, got an Ice cream cravin’, and took a walk to handle it. returned home, chatted more, worked on building a system, went to bed, and cuddled with Newt.

Moment of Lyric: 3 DOORS DOWN: DUCK AND RUN

And I won’t duck and run
‘Cause I’m not built that way
When everything is gone there’s
Nothing there to fear
This world cannot bring me down
No, ’cause I am already here

1 year ago – CoH, squirrel, JG a blond/, man eating plants, thorax cake, free energy, reality settings

2 years ago – Iraq-o-meter, 100 greatest AFD hoaxes, train trip

3 years ago – office politics and people, modern major general, joe vs the volcano, boilerplate, bare necessities, text msg’ed, weather, reality gauge, newton the destroyer, black water mass

4 years ago – glowworms, school mascots, schwa, wedding / scotto job trivia, Murray Head, list trims

Sin City did a great job of transferring the comic panels to the big screen.

My only complaint is that it’s a shame that the actors didn’t have better lines to deliver, because a lot of it came out very wooden to my ears. (Sometimes stuff reads a lot better than it sounds out loud.) They got all of the dialogue in there, but didn’t spend enough time making it sound natural. Hollow-sounding script aside, it was nicely assembled, and played out in the screen quite well. I have no need to see it a second time, but it’s neat to know it’s there. It might be interesting to view again to evaluate the scenes, but don’t make me listen.

Best of show was the use of Marv, and Alba is very easy on the eyes.

Scene by scene comparison

Ok, I’m back and calmed again.

Here’s what it took. I steam-walked about a mile up to the local drugstore and that pretty much burned off the excess adreno-fuel bubbling in my system. Once I got there, I picked up some shampoo and deodorant.. walked around and saw a lovely giant bucket-hat. (not unlike the one square bear wears (see icon). Mine isn’t as rockin’ as his, being just khaki-colored, but it keeps the head shaded and free of sunburn. Maybe I’ll meet a foxy redhead in bunny slippers again.

Something that delighted me was a packet of caramel chocolate eggs (HUEVO DE CARAMELO!) “made with real goat’s milk!” There were stacks and stacks of them… 75% off. In a week, they’ll be 90% off, and I won’t be able to resist getting one for less than a dime. 6¢ to be exact. How often do you see a cent sign these days? Especially with just one digit in front?

Goats and chocolate, together at last! just in time for after-easter discount candy sales!

Nay, I did not buy one, dear journal… my delight in the existence of such a thing was enough for me. Leche De Cabra! Also, the name “Pangburn’s” makes me laugh, too.

How would I work that into a Chupacabra story? chupalechedecabra? goat-milk-sucker?

Anyhow, I’m feeling much better. Good thing, too. Dan’ll be here in about a half hour, maybe sooner in weekday traffic.

You can get in my way again.

While I was in the shower, bro came by and snagged the packet of change on my doorstep in case I didn’t hear his knock. Perhaps it’s best that I don’t see his face. I can’t let him ruin my whole weekend.

Going out with Danny today at about noontime.

Possibly a Movie? Maybe Sin City, maybe Gunner Palace.

April Fools’ Day – Origins, pranks, articles.

Comedian Mitch Hedberg was found dead in his New Jersey hotel room on 3/30. Obit I really liked his work.. one of the best comedians I’ve ever seen on stage.

No concrete evidence, but he’s got a history of heroin abuse, and died of a “heart attack”. Great. That’s news I needed to hear today. I’d like to take a baseball bat to his coffin right now. I know it’s a sickness, but hell.

My brother would rather live on the fucking streets, stealing half-smoked cigarette butts from ashtrays and getting stoned than straighten out. How powerful a hold does something have to have on a person to let it override everything else, including eating, being clean or having a place to live?

Son of a bitch, I’m pissed off now…. I can feel heat coming off of my body in waves and I’ve got adrenaline shakes.

I’m going for a walk to cool down.

Stay the fuck out of my way, if you know what’s good for you.

While I was in the shower, bro came by and snagged the packet of change on my doorstep in case I didn’t hear his knock. Perhaps it’s best that I don’t see his face. I can’t let him ruin my whole weekend.

Going out with Danny today at about noontime.

Possibly a Movie? Maybe Sin City, maybe Gunner Palace.

April Fools’ Day – Origins, pranks, articles.

Comedian Mitch Hedberg was found dead in his New Jersey hotel room on 3/30. Obit I really liked his work.. one of the best comedians I’ve ever seen on stage.

No concrete evidence, but he’s got a history of heroin abuse, and died of a “heart attack”. Great. That’s news I needed to hear today. I’d like to take a baseball bat to his coffin right now. I know it’s a sickness, but hell.

My brother would rather live on the fucking streets, stealing half-smoked cigarette butts from ashtrays and getting stoned than straighten out. How powerful a hold does something have to have on a person to let it override everything else, including eating, being clean or having a place to live?

Son of a bitch, I’m pissed off now…. I can feel heat coming off of my body in waves and I’ve got adrenaline shakes.

I’m going for a walk to cool down.

Stay the fuck out of my way, if you know what’s good for you.

Vaykay Day off to a poor start.

Did I sleep in? No, because my brother called and woke me up at 6:20 this morning, but hung up before I could talk to him. (he must’ve realized he was calling too early. He called back at about ten past seven, to give me his latest sob story about his bike going stolen and living on the street and how he needs money for a daily bus pass to get to work. I know that’s likely a pile of bs, because day labor stops reeling in at 6am.

I went to my change jar and set him aside the money in nickels and dimes, because I don’t currently have any folding cash on me… and I won’t give him anything more than a fiver at any rate. He picked up his food card here yesterday, and apparently he’s cashed that all out already, too… so I made him a few PB&Js to take with him on the road. It hurts that I can’t do anything to really help him, and I feel squeamish about giving him even bus fare’s worth of dinero, because I worry that he’s going to spend it on drugs.

[update: 7:30 – he called back and asked if I could write him a check for $20 to pay someone to “give him a ride around today”, and look for his bike. I told him that I was sorry, but I couldn’t do that. He said that he understood, but said that he figured he would ask. In a way, I’m glad he did, because it actually helped to strengthen my resolve about refusing him bigger funds.]

He says that he’ll be by inside of an hour… he was surprised when I told him I wasn’t going into work this morning… I think that he’d prefer to pick up the money and not face me. He mentioned that I could leave the money in the mailbox if I was heading out to the job.. that also means that he’ll have to come by sooner than later if he wants his story to hold water.

In other family news: Mom bailed on supper out last night, and it’s just as well. Her leg was bothering her, and I was beat from the day… we gabbed on the phone for about 20 minutes and that went well.

I gave GEO (big Kahuna’s Husband) another tutorial on the computer after work, and showed him how to scan, print and burn images to CD (and rewrite) he’s a swift guy, and grasps technology quickly for a guy in his mid-70s. His photography is amazing, too.

All new Making Fiends! (Special 4/1 edition!)

More spam-comments from

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this time about diet, loans and Viagra, all in the same post (My birthday, 2003). did they figure out how to bypass the catchpa?

Random walkabout photo from lunchtime yesterday.

More Sticky-letters. Kram? Mark Backwards? Same guy that did Buk-50?

Contemplating a new cammy-cam-cam. Vacation-time. Save Money, Or Spend it? Probably save it.. I need to get some bucks to Dave and to Kev.

American Social Hygiene Posters ca. 1910-1970

Moment of Lyric:

I saw you ‘cross the dance floor (dancin’)
I thought of birds and bees (reproductive system baby)
And when I tried to speak to ya (talk talk)
My tongue unraveled to my knees (flippety-flippety-flop)

I tried to say I love you (love you)
But it came out kind of wrong, girl (wrong girl)
It sounded like “Nunubididoo” (tongue tied)
Nuh mur nuh murh ni nong nurl

I was just offered a small donation from a guy to use my “combover” doodle (I come up pretty early in google searches for that hairstyle) on his letterhead if I’d put his name on it. Apparently he’s losing his hair. I said, sure! and promptly modded the doodle for him. I’ll donate the money to my charity fund. That’ll be my first piece of sold and commissioned art done on the palmtop.

I still prefer monkeysaw or Newt.

Christopher Eccleston (who did a fantastic job) the Doctor in the new Doctor Who tv show, now he’s quitting. Bah.

Eccleston, whose first appearance as the ninth Time Lord attracted around 10 million viewers, feared being typecast.

A second series of the new Doctor Who, which will again be written by Russell T Davies and produced by BBC Wales, has already been commissioned.

1 year ago – Ossuaries, CoH, LJ 4/1 gag, impression meme

2 years ago – If I were a, fuel cells, JKG, 20,000 leagues

3 years ago – reprint, life changes, teacher with 17 dogs, that’s my baby whale, critter poll, pikachu vs badger, doc visit, mario moonlighting

4 years ago – midget wrestler, glow worm, april fools, nice dreams, I don’t like AFD, Computer update, midget wrestler-scotto

Tony’s Collections– I dig the Keyrings Man, that’s a lot of knickknacks.

Sick Call Excuse Generator.

mine is totally accurate – Tomorrow is Mental Health Day! SO Right! Long weekend coming up! Not even an excuse, but a long-planned weekend.

Doodles drawn on the bus, and a picture of Newt’s most grumpy face.

Ape-O-Naut! See: Famous Monkeys Through History for more info.

Man on the bus reading the paper and talking to nobody in particular. “We’re all ants! Those Fatcats in Washington don’t care about us!”

I don’t think I’ve ever used the term “fatcats” in writing before.. or said it before today. I like it. Say it with me, won’t you, journal? Fatcats. Fatcats. Fatcats.

Speaking of Fat Cats, this is Newt’s most withering gaze. Ok, he’s not really that fat.

Amazing how many people are seeding last night’s episode of lost (#19). It’s really the best time to grab it. over 7800 people seeding and more than 15,000 sharing pieces of it? No wonder it comes down the pipe so fast.

Moment of Lyric:

I miss your gentle voice
At lonely times like now
Saying it’ll be alright
I miss my friend
The one my heart and soul confided in
The one I felt the safest with
The one who knew just what to say
To make me laugh again
And let the light back in
I miss my friend

People at work are starting to forget that my cell phone isn’t for calling me on a whim. I have to answer it right away, because I’m the go-guy if the system breaks, or a tech has any issues. I don’t need to be called out of a shower to be asked about mundane work crap that can wait until office hours.

Best overheard phrase last night: “I bit me a vampire once. Tasted like corn.”

Thief Steals Poop From Woman Walking Dog Continue reading 7271 – End of my work week! →

met mzkitten yesterday, and she’s a total doll. Very nice, funny and a smartie (not to mention babe-a-liscious.. her boyfriend is a lucky fellow!) All LJ meetings should be so swell. I was compared to uberbastard, which is high praise.

Note to self – Burn Jen some Godsmack. She was a sweetheart, too.

Want to see a picture of mzkitten taken in a dimly lit room with black lights?

The kidnapping and murder of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford has raised new concerns over how to track the more than 30,000 registered sex offenders and predators living in Florida.

Continue reading 7269 – 1,800 sex offenders missing →

Scottobear is feeling nostalgic…

That Reaction? Lists, some with bullets.

Random GrayPumpkin memories:

• Plotting a television show – “GG”. Mad Science. Adventure. Awesome dialogue and terrible cliches. It couldn’t be worse than Xena or Buffy.
• “Countdown” threat prank.
• talking about telling people that he used to be one of the most brilliant men in the world… until the “accident.”
• speaking in gibberish at the McDonald’s Drive through
• Calling Katt “Hon-hon”
• Talking about a coming 4th Star Wars movie to the video guy

Random Katt memories:

• Screaming at a guy to YIELD! next to her on the road
• A button-up shirt with a necktie-design on it
• Looking for that special sort of clay on a baseball field, and not finding it.
• Coining the Term “Evil Druid Cloak”
• “SAVE US, DOCTOR FATE!”
• A-Team / Blues Brothers Fandom

Misc cool GP&K Combo Elements –

• B-52s, esp “Housework”
• Wendy-Niece
• overnights
• D’Art, Dice and Milk rings. at 3 AM
• Mystery Cow
• Char-hut / Bagel Mornings (The first time I had strawberry cream cheese)
• The best 2-player & a GM games ever & general playing off of each other.

I like Danny more now that I’m not doing the RPG paper and pencil thing with him. That brought out our differences… GP and I both do really well just playing by the seat of our pants, and Dan’s a mega-planner. I loved Dan’s props, though. Paper Miniatures, especially. Little Black lizards. Paladin Station.

Doug – laughter overload, one of the least malicious people I know, knows everything related to the silver age

KW – Blare death flip out, Dragon: only in emergencies, dbase III

Elaine – Spilling a pile of pretzels and saying “the cat will get it”

Kelly – Eating Apples with a knife and being a potential date

Rick – Mattress on the floor and a drool-basset named Merge

Rik – TMBG concert, and changing tires in the rain, good wookie-voice

Tony – Silver Hammer. Big, shiny scaredy-hero running away when a goose said “boo”

Maybe I’ll follow up on some of those with stories.

The Old Negro Space Program The Shocking-But-False Story of America’s Blackstronauts

Random collection of Newt-angles.

Papercast weblog… my favorite version of this is Alex Toth’s page.

Moment of Lyric:

prepare yourself
for the time of reckoning is close at hand
and that hand will be heavy
and its aim will be true

update – community deleted? I wonder why? Copyright issues, perhaps.

1 year ago – lemon fanta, diet pepsi slurpees, pet sweaters, bro stuff, awesome man, Galaxy Quest, mp3s, virus, apt/newt pics, chernobyl cyclist

2 years ago – There, light bulb pops, the rack, TAG approaches, heroX=mediocre

3 years ago – ice dreams, mock French, animal cams, keywords, yahoo plays bad, peep research, hut destroys a troll

4 years ago – Random Mail, music mix, palm BS picture, pantywaist poll, storms, blogger down

3/27/05 1:10 pm stopped at shooter’s, having an iced tea and
artichoke/spinach dip. sun is strong, so I’m under the umbrella by the
pool. pretty waitress-Sam. supposedly there’s a live band and a bikini
contest at 3; not my usual scene, but I think I’ll stick around.

2:03 pm excellent food, good music. crowd is varied, folks with kids as well
as 20-somethings. no real spring breakers.

phenylalanine =

I need sunglasses, but I always lose ’em. A squinter’s life for me, I guess.

so many women with piercings / tattoos / breast augs… more yes than no.
welcome to ft. lauderdale.

2:33 pm “Mighty Quinn” starts up – good jam, ugly band. Shaved hair, cheap
sunglasses, superb guitarist, vocalist needs training… weakest link.

2:54 pm covers of mellencamp & sublime, loking for audience participation … bring back the jam!

3:11 pm hotel california… great, and then he sang. tears of blood for easter. not happy tears.

3:53 pm still no contest… vocalist so bad it’s not worth it, even with the babe-o factor. adios, shooters, hello elbo room!

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Sam, my Server. Rawr!

Waitress Hive, Sam in Center. I got the cutest one! I win!

Pouty-kid on the path back from shooters. He was mad about something, but got curious when I started fooling with the PDA.

3/27/05 10:15 am out on the waterbus, spending the morning cruising the river. pictures to follow, if opportunity arises.

12:14 pm Taking route A; doing famous houses, riverfront. fullest I’ve ever seen it. spring break

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Water Taxi, pre boarding – bilge running

Before it became crowded

Navy Boat! so odd to see military craft in civvy waters