A “tomb” of the legendary Monkey King and his brother has been found on a mountain peak in Shunchang County, Fujian Province.

Examination of the “tomb” in a temple on the highest peak of Baoshan Mountain dates it to between the late Yuan (1271-1368) and early Ming (1368-1644) period.

The temple covers about 18 square metres and the tomb is 2.9 metres wide and 1.3 metres deep.

Two headstones in front of the “tomb” bear the carved titles of the Monkey King and his brother in regular script.

Wang Yimin, curator of the local museum explained that the Monkey King has two sisters and two brothers in an earlier story about a Tang monk’s journey to India in search of Buddhist Sutras.

But in the “Journey to the West,” written by Wu Cheng’en (1330-1400) later, Monkey King had integrated all the magic powers of his brothers and sisters into himself, reports the Fuzhou channel of xinhuanet.com.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-01/18/content_409949.htm

Family Drama. I deal with the brother and the mother. Mel deals with her mother and grandmother. A lot of tension this past week or so.

I wonder how long *any* of them are going to last… A lot of poor health, either physical or mental. Not going to bother going into too many details in a public post, but we’ll work it out.

My link sponsor wrote to tell me that I’ll still be paid, but to remove the prior sponsored links for my site.. while I wait for the new ones, they just return to the main page. I wonder what changed?

Length of Day: 10h 45m, tomorrow will be 0m 57s longer
Length Of Visible Light: 11h 34m

55 °F / 13 °C Scattered Clouds

Humidity: 77%
Dew Point: 48 °F / 9 °C
Wind: 6 mph / 9 km/h from the North
Pressure: 30.34 in / 1027 hPa
Visibility: 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV: 1 out of 12
Clouds (AGL): Scattered Clouds 4000 ft / 1219 m

One of my favorite Calvin and Hobbes cartoons.

Post 15 facts about yourself, but five of them have to be made up. Everyone then guesses which are the untrue ones. Then, post this on your journal and see if I can guess which ones you’re bluffing about!

I’ve modified it to be a check-poll. Of course, feel free to answer in comments, too.

Boxer, Rice Exchange Pointed Words

Sakes!

1 year ago – Happy b’day, FB!, MLK, Big Fish with Danny, hair in soy sauce, cotton candy autopsy

2 years ago – music and food for bro, silly sound bites

3 years ago – nice dreams, biochemical weapons and parking meters, I enjoyed Fellowship, poor choice in names

4 years ago – Massive layoffs, cartoon bird gender, misc writing, digging Jenny Lee’s singing

Hmm… yesterday’s din-din was quite yummy. Why have I never put mushrooms on eggplant parm before? It’s pretty dang tasty.

I miss my birkenstocks. Time to get something open-toed.

Moment of lyric:

Hey lady–you got the love I need
Maybe more than enough.
Oh darling… walk a while with me

I like the phrase “See You Next Tuesday!” when referring to a naughty word.

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Spent the day yesterday with Mel… at the house from about noon to 8ish. Nice time watching discovery channel, eating ziti, snuggling, playing with Newt , and discussing science. We disagreed about the earth’s wobble being ultimately dangerous or not, but we’re more than happy to agree to disagree, since there’s nothing either of us can do to change how the world spins or tilts in any significant way.

Got nicely complimented… “Is there anything you don’t know some little piece of information about?” via Mel.

She knows a *lot* of things I don’t know about, and I’m the opposite side of that coin. We combine to have quite a mass of knowledge, with a fair overlap. I’d say that I’m more book smart, and she’s more real world experienced, though cases have come up where our intellectual positions were reversed.

Dick Tracy’s daughter-in-law was an alien.

Note to Danny – All of these are possible translations –

Per Ardua ad Astra – “Through struggles to the Stars”

Per aspera ad astra – “Through the thorns to the stars”

Sic itur ad astra – “Such is the path to the stars” (Virgil)

Only Douggles will know for sure.

Pic of Me(sans beard & Long hair), Doug, Dan (sans ‘stache) – circa 1994ish? Man, I loved that tank shirt. Odd things, Doug and I have the same stance, and I forget about questions of scale until I see pictures of myself next to other people.

Interesting Searches to my site this weekend.

Day with Mel! Too Rainy for birdy-world. We are lazy, don’t want to drive around town today and will likely just stay in.

Weather –

Today – Mostly cloudy this morning. A few showers developing during the afternoon. High around 75F. Winds NNW at 15 to 25 mph. UV Index: 4 Moderate

Tonight- Showers early, then clearing overnight. Low 57F. Winds N at 15 to 25 mph.

Fort Lauderdale, Weather Facts

• The average warmest month is July. (avg High 90, low 75)
• The highest recorded temperature was 99°F in 1980.
• On average, the coolest month is January. (avg high 76, avg low 59)
• The lowest recorded temperature was 28°F in 1977.
• June is the average wettest month. ~10.1 inches of rain

I want to visit the Bonnet House sometime soon. The aerial shot here makes it look like a great refuge in the middle of the city.

Got my can kicked by resilience in literati. must get a rematch… it’s a fun scrabble variant.

A comprehensive list of fictional chemical substances from films, television, books and the scientific community.

Boredom with image searching

And, we’re back.

Thank you, Jambi.

Obligatory Star Wars ref:

TOSHI STATION, Tatooine (Imperial Press) — Local wizard Ben Kenobi yesterday announced he had detected a “great disturbance” that could possibly affect the entire universe.

It was as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced,” Kenobi said. “I fear something terrible has happened.”

I’ve had three people (jokingly) accuse me of knocking down LJ. It wasn’t me!!

staved for posterity

And, we’re back.

Thank you, Jambi.

Obligatory Star Wars ref:

TOSHI STATION, Tatooine (Imperial Press) — Local wizard Ben Kenobi yesterday announced he had detected a “great disturbance” that could possibly affect the entire universe.

It was as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced,” Kenobi said. “I fear something terrible has happened.”

I’ve had three people (jokingly) accuse me of knocking down LJ. It wasn’t me!!

staved for posterity

Note to self, snag last night’s Lost off of isoHunt tonight. tvtorrent didn’t pick it up.

Removed that Romanian pop… a bunch of xanga kids were using it as an endless loop to be played in the background. I replaced it to play the leech song on any xanga site… hooray for .htaccess !

Supercar… Supercar…
With beauty and grace,
as swift as can be,
watch it flying through the air.
It travels in space,
or under the sea,
and it can journey anywhere.

Supercar… Supercar…
It travels on land,
or roams the skies,
through a heavens stormy rage,
It’s Mercury-manned,
and everyone cries,
“it’s the marvel of the age!”

Supercar… Supercar… Supercar!

swiped from resilience – list x number of statements about random people on your friends list, but you don’t say who the statements are about.

1. I’ve had a crush on you off and on since we met on lj, ages ago.
2. You don’t post nearly as often as I’d like, but I always enjoy your content, humor and intellect.
3. Your digital images are some of the best photographic work I’ve seen online or off.
4. Man, what is wrong with you? Lately, you are my token train wreck to watch on my list. I wonder if you’re faking it sometimes.
5. I miss you. I keep you well past my “expiration date” in the hopes that you’ll return.
6. You are all-around awesome. You impress just about every time I see you, and that’s no small feat.
7. Get over the suicide. Dwelling on it so deeply for so long is just unhealthy. If you can’t do it on your own, find some help.
8. You are extremely silly, artistic, intelligent and cute. Keep up the good work.
9. You’re smart, but your one “fatal flaw” makes me want to rip off your arm and bash you with it, Beowulf-style. Fix that, please.
10. I have high hopes for your immediate and distant future.
11. Your Travelogues and entries in general are the meat and potatoes of what journaling is all about.
12. If you were local, I’d probably never have met Mel and would likely be dating you now.
13. You finally figured it out, and got away from what was dragging you down. Kudos.
14. If I were killed tomorrow, you’d be the one I’d pick to take care of Newton. (I guess I’d pick you using a Ouija board or something.)
15. I hope to spend more time with you, now that you’re in Florida. I’m glad your life has taken such a wonderful turn.

age-act meme

Yesterday I finally found solid ground, the weekend is looking clear, and bro hasn’t been in any trouble (that I know of). The chicken coop at work is getting less clucky, now that the big kahuna is at her destination, and the stressful prep has come to an end for the moment.

Downside, Mel’s Gramma is in the hospital, and had a minor heart attack. She’s under observation right now.. I hope she mends quickly.

Mel & I are definitely a go-go for some sort of day trip this Sunday… not sure where.. maybe Parrot Jungle? Don’t tell Mel, but I really am more interested in seeing the monkeys (especially Jake) than the pretty birds.

Hack coke machines

Snippet of recent music: Moody Blues – Your Wildest Dreams

I made a point of putting in a request to get my birthday off this year.. it falls on a Wednesday, but I didn’t take any other personal days yet. I think that I’m going to take a bit of time off in mid-may.

A couple of people at work read my LJ… EN and JH, at least. It was odd, JH called me Scotto today, and it was a bit of a surprise. A pleasant one, certainly. I’m digging the new blood so far.. I think the younger crowd will soften some of the sharper edges the elders have. Plus, it takes a lot of the workload off of me. Now what we need is a receptionist, so that I’m no longer distracted by diving for the phones.

1 year ago – Walkies-pix continued, ShOr deleted, bad storefronts

2 years ago – fogwalking, SOP

3 years ago – WID meeting, John Buscema passed away, bad day

4 years ago – brad pushes for growth, bicycle built for 2, lj creaking, bug city, recipes, siddhartha

Yesterday I finally found solid ground, the weekend is looking clear, and bro hasn’t been in any trouble (that I know of). The chicken coop at work is getting less clucky, now that the big kahuna is at her destination, and the stressful prep has come to an end for the moment.

Downside, Mel’s Gramma is in the hospital, and had a minor heart attack. She’s under observation right now.. I hope she mends quickly.

Mel & I are definitely a go-go for some sort of day trip this Sunday… not sure where.. maybe Parrot Jungle? Don’t tell Mel, but I really am more interested in seeing the monkeys (especially Jake) than the pretty birds.

Hack coke machines

Snippet of recent music: Moody Blues – Your Wildest Dreams

I made a point of putting in a request to get my birthday off this year.. it falls on a Wednesday, but I didn’t take any other personal days yet. I think that I’m going to take a bit of time off in mid-may.

A couple of people at work read my LJ… EN and JH, at least. It was odd, JH called me Scotto today, and it was a bit of a surprise. A pleasant one, certainly. I’m digging the new blood so far.. I think the younger crowd will soften some of the sharper edges the elders have. Plus, it takes a lot of the workload off of me. Now what we need is a receptionist, so that I’m no longer distracted by diving for the phones.

1 year ago – Walkies-pix continued, ShOr deleted, bad storefronts

2 years ago – fogwalking, SOP

3 years ago – WID meeting, John Buscema passed away, bad day

4 years ago – brad pushes for growth, bicycle built for 2, lj creaking, bug city, recipes, siddhartha

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Turtles do look a bit like igloos.

I think things will be financially back on track, finally. Quite a relief. Overextended myself a bit… fortunately, I have a little snap. I look forward to the removal of tension there.

“A candle loses nothing of its light by lighting another candle.”

Three great torrent sites to snag tv shows without registration

BTEfnet.com
TorrentSpy.com
TVTorrents.tv

Towerseek – beta torrent search

I can’t seem to nail “Growing up Gotti”, but all my other TV curiosities have been fed there.

Lately, I have the urge to play a stand up bass, and use the pointed tip to kill vampires that try and break up any jam session I might be playing in.

Best metasearch engine – www.info.com (searches Google, Ask Jeeves, Yahoo, Altavista, Overture, Inktomi, LookSmart, Overture, Open Directory all at the same time.), although the name makes me think of old text adventures.

A load of people fired for blogging

1 year ago – drama flakes, bad taste, Dentsu, Tintin, Sandalwood and walkabout

2 years ago – LotR, Nipple scarves, vax-d, UBER-PEA!, Newt piccies,

3 years ago – Colostomy bag thief, D&D stats, monkey god baby

4 years ago – looking to the future, all the words

Turtles do look a bit like igloos.

I think things will be financially back on track, finally. Quite a relief. Overextended myself a bit… fortunately, I have a little snap. I look forward to the removal of tension there.

“A candle loses nothing of its light by lighting another candle.”

Three great torrent sites to snag tv shows without registration

BTEfnet.com
TorrentSpy.com
TVTorrents.tv

Towerseek – beta torrent search

I can’t seem to nail “Growing up Gotti”, but all my other TV curiosities have been fed there.

Lately, I have the urge to play a stand up bass, and use the pointed tip to kill vampires that try and break up any jam session I might be playing in.

Best metasearch engine – www.info.com (searches Google, Ask Jeeves, Yahoo, Altavista, Overture, Inktomi, LookSmart, Overture, Open Directory all at the same time.), although the name makes me think of old text adventures.

A load of people fired for blogging

1 year ago – drama flakes, bad taste, Dentsu, Tintin, Sandalwood and walkabout

2 years ago – LotR, Nipple scarves, vax-d, UBER-PEA!, Newt piccies,

3 years ago – Colostomy bag thief, D&D stats, monkey god baby

4 years ago – looking to the future, all the words

Mel isn’t crazy about my lovely Hawaiian music. She’s having some difficulty with her gramma lately, too.. Gram isn’t very physically happy with meds… they have a “return to sender” sort of effect. Mel took her to the ER yesterday, and Gram got to spend the night at the hospital. That sort of killed our Sunday outing, but there’s always next weekend.

Mel made me happy when she very carefully and kindly escorted a stinging caterpillar off of her car, and guided him onto a leaf in order to transport him to a tree. That means a lot… not just a flick onto the ground.

Tons of free Old Time Radio shows for free online. I hope they get Johnny Dollar soon. Nero Wolfe and Blue Beetle are my current earfuls. More fodder to put in the mp3 player.

I miss Hostess fruit pies, but I miss Dolly Madison’s chocolate pudding pies even more.

Evil Corporate discovery: Interstate Brands Corporation owns Hostess AND Dolly Madison. (also Drake, Roman Meal, Wonder Bread and Holsum.)

FBI Most Wanted List

Long list Meme

1) Copy this list into your LJ.
2) Bold what is true.
3) Leave plain what is false.
4) If you’re not sure, put it in italics.
5) Add something at the end.

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