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6766 Photo Mission pics up

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Wow, Rob works fast. He already posted my findings to his site, and about bunch of other locations, too.

No big outdoor journey today… the allure of air-conditioning and slacking overtook me this time around. Played way too much CoH, caught up on my reading, and wrestled with a happy little Newt for a few hours.

Dinner tonight is cinnamon applesauce, green beans, and riblets. good stuff. Not sure why, but I’m feeling a little bleh today, even though I’ve taken it easy. On call all day tomorrow, so we’ll see what that brings, besides delivery Chinese food.

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6765 I'm hot-blooded, check it and see…

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my body’s thermostat seems out of whack… my core temperature is overheating a lot when I’ve first awakened the last couple of mornings. It generally passes within the first half hour of being up.. but what is that, hot flashes?

cockeyed.com has been consistently entertaining to me for years now. I’ve always dug the “How Much is Inside” and other articles… (don’t even get me started on herbalife MLM scams…I yank those signs down every time I see one.), and is where I first discovered the 3-servings per container ramen factoid, to boot.

I just fired off a set of images to Rob over there, helping him to document locations of known spammers. The one I tracked down,

BVM
6278 N. Federal Hwy Suite 187
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308

was in actuality a Mailboxes, Etc., and not a real office.

I took pictures of the outside, the “suite” in question, which was really just a mailbox, and the ID stuff on the back of one of the MBE fliers. It was a lot of fun to go out on a little ninja mission like that, even if it turned out not to be an actual spammer’s place of business.

Note to self… next mission, rather than using the satellite map to draw up directions, actually gather intel on the area.

Upon my return from the trip, I stopped off at my nearby sub shop, and the guy had *ANOTHER* black eye. I wonder what he does to get ’em?

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6765 I’m hot-blooded, check it and see…

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my body’s thermostat seems out of whack… my core temperature is overheating a lot when I’ve first awakened the last couple of mornings. It generally passes within the first half hour of being up.. but what is that, hot flashes?

cockeyed.com has been consistently entertaining to me for years now. I’ve always dug the “How Much is Inside” and other articles… (don’t even get me started on herbalife MLM scams…I yank those signs down every time I see one.), and is where I first discovered the 3-servings per container ramen factoid, to boot.

I just fired off a set of images to Rob over there, helping him to document locations of known spammers. The one I tracked down,

BVM
6278 N. Federal Hwy Suite 187
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308

was in actuality a Mailboxes, Etc., and not a real office.

I took pictures of the outside, the “suite” in question, which was really just a mailbox, and the ID stuff on the back of one of the MBE fliers. It was a lot of fun to go out on a little ninja mission like that, even if it turned out not to be an actual spammer’s place of business.

Note to self… next mission, rather than using the satellite map to draw up directions, actually gather intel on the area.

Upon my return from the trip, I stopped off at my nearby sub shop, and the guy had *ANOTHER* black eye. I wonder what he does to get ’em?

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6764 – just in re: condo –

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via my real estate contact –

I think the broker has presented multi offers and maybe possibly a cash offer with a quick closing, hard to tell, I have to call him 2x a day to see what’s happening. I just left him a message that I have brought him a full priced offer from a qualified buyer, please give me a response today. got to wait unfortunately.

If they got someone to drop full price with cash, I’m probably out of luck… otherwise, I’m in the running.

[update: – Well..it bit the dust,just as I thought a full price cash offer came in with a 4 week closing so the seller took it,I will continue to look and let you know whats new ]

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6762 – music, people watching, and pizza.. a decent night.

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Went out to pizza with Danny, and had a nice long session of talking and people-watching. there’s a lot on his mind lately, and I hope that the pressures ease up. I think he’s going to have to come to some major decisions regarding work, and soon.

ADP let me down in a big way last night…couldn’t remember after three reminders and having written it down. I don’t know what to do about her. Everyone’s entitled to mistakes, but hers are consistent. If she can’t be relied upon to do it, I’ll launch sexual predator calls myself, if need be. I’m glad I thought to call and ask if the job was launched, or they’d not have gone out at all, rather than late.

nice paid perq. If you’re logged in as a paid user, you “cut in line” of other web requests that Lj’s received but has not yet generated a response.

Speaking of servers, My lj has moved again.
scottobear is on Madcow, subcluster 3.
coloringbook is on Chef, subcluster 7.
live_journalia is on Cartman, subcluster 7.
menstrualhut is on Santa, subcluster 3.

Where in LJ are you?

Making Fiends #10! Chompy Bats Like Ice Cream!

Current music’s lyrics

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6761 – Socknapper

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Man Accused of Stealing Boy’s Socks

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A man accused of grabbing a 9-year-old boy, carrying him behind a Kroger store and stealing his socks has been arrested on kidnapping and robbery charges.

Maurice C. Teague told officers he has more than 500 pairs of children’s socks.

Investigating officers said they couldn’t confirm the number but said they found “a lot” of socks at Teague’s home, police spokeswoman Sherry Mercurio said on Tuesday.

Police said Teague, 28, accosted the boy Friday evening and dropped a piece of identification as he fled. They arrested him at his home on Sunday, Mercurio said. He’s jailed on $75,000 bond.

“It’s odd, obviously — someone going after little boys’ socks,” Detective Guy Patete said.

Police said the child was on his way home from the grocery around 6:30 p.m. when Teague asked to buy his socks for $5. The boy refused again when Teague offered him $10, and Teague picked him up, ran behind the store and pulled the boy’s shoes and socks off his feet.

Police said the boy picked up Teague’s identification and his mother called police. Teague, who has no criminal record, at first denied the account but then admitted grabbing the boy, police said.

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6760 – museum pix, waiting for news on my condo, misc

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The condo owners are out of town… silly for them to list it and not be available until later, but, whatever. I’ll know more today, I think.

Did the guy that invented combos see a snausage, and think it would be tasty for people to have a snack like that.. or was it the other way around, benefiting dogs?

Intelligent observation overheard ages ago – “Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.”

I can’t believe that a single packet of ramen noodles is considered to be “three servings”. That’s almost as bad as the “two fig newtons per serving” rule. Who decides this stuff? Very full people who aren’t so hungry and don’t like the product?

Random ramen factoids –

  • “Ramen” is the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese characters lo mein, which means “boiled noodles.”
  • Ramen was popularized in Japan by a 17th century samurai named Mito Komon. You can see Mito’s actual ramen bowl and a reproduction of his favorite meal in the Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum in Osaka, Japan. The museum that attracts 1500 visitors a day–more than Japan’s national art museum.

I’m in the mood to watch the Rockford Files again.

Random Scotto Factoid: I had trouble remembering the difference between definitions for vertical and diagonal, until I learned the word vertigo. Likewise, horizontal was never a problem, because I already knew the word horizon. I learn better by association, rather than simply by rote.

Planetarium Trip Pictures

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6757 – put a bid down…

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Last night I reviewed and put a bid down on a condo. Nice neighborhood, the place is a very roomy one bedroom (much bigger than my last apartment, let along my little studio) in excellent physical shape, and in a nice neighborhood.

I’ll know if my offer was accepted this afternoon…it just came on the market yesterday morning, and nobody was in line in front of me, as far as I know.

I’ve got my fingers crossed.

Hm… I thought that they weren’t doing any more There-upgrades, but I just got notification that I’m back in the beta, and it’s been upgraded. Maybe it’s not going dark as soon as I thought.

Yet More Vizcaya

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6755 – Journey, part 3 – brides, brides everywhere, and not a one to wed

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Many women in bridal gowns or the like were there on Saturday. I suspect a photo shoot for a magazine, but there wasn’t a lot of camera technology there.. just handheld cameras, none of those wacky reflector-umbrellas, makeup folks or people with light meters that I saw at the last shoot I witnessed in Fort Lauderdale. Maybe they didn’t need it with all of the natural light as nice as it was? Maybe the production values were just lower. In any event, they added a nice ambiance to the visit.

More Pictures, mostly of women in gowns and gardens

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6754 – Journey, part 2 – Vandals, Statues, Lego

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O Muse!
Sing in me, and through me tell the story
Of that man skilled in all the ways of contending,
A wanderer, harried for years on end…

Something worth mentioning about the trip of Saturday… It seemed like every common room had large white urns in them, with remains of someone or other inside. It was interesting at first and later became almost the theme of the house, which was fairly ostentatious.. makes Cinderella’s castle look like a grass shack.

I had hoped that the misting garden was open, but it wasn’t.. it’s a great way to cool off if you don’t mind getting a little wet.

Assorted Statuary from the Vizcaya Trip