I am hypnotized by this icon:

Whoosh, was it hotty-humid-hot-hot yesterday. forget Hurricane Season…Florida is officially in “Devil’s Armpit – Dagobah with pavement” Season. Thank you, Willis Carrier,for making my life more livable. This is where all the folks who deal with snow the rest of the year can do a Nelson “Ha-ha!” at folks further South.(87°F, Partly Cloudy Feels Like 97°F As reported at Fort Lauderdale, FL Last Updated Tuesday, June 1, 2004, at 5:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time. UV Index: 2 Minimal Dew Point: 75°F Humidity: 67% Visibility: 10.0 miles Pressure: 29.92 inches and falling Wind: From the South Southeast at 14 mph ) I hope it’s at least a smidgen cooler today.

Reminded by Danny – 2004 Transit of Venus (2004 Observer’s Handbook) (Tuesday, June 8, 2004 ) Transits of Venus across the disk of the Sun are among the rarest of planetary alignments. Indeed, only six such events have occurred since the invention of the telescope (1631, 1639, 1761, 1769, 1874 and 1882). The next two transits of Venus will occur on 2004 June 08 and 2012 June 06.

I’ve got to remember to call GP this afternoon.

Cult TV Meme

The official hurricane season starts today and extends until the end of November. The weather-folk are figuring for a thicker season with eight or more named storms. It’s one of the risks we take living here in South Florida – or anywhere along the Atlantic coastline.

I could cope with a little misting, after yesterday’s heat wave.

full article from link above

Taking a shard of time to remember, honor and thank all the good people who came before. I don’t mean honoring war, but those that died in those conflicts and wars. I’m sort of extending the idea to all those that helped make the world a better place, or fought in the war of life, too. I’m very thankful that I’m of a generation that didn’t have to fight a war for freedom, owed largely in part by the generation immediately before…for that I’m thankful.

Regarding a moment of remembrance – http://www.remember.gov/

Take a Moment to Remember those Americans who gave their lives in service to their country

As you participate in the National Moment of Remembrance, you are helping reclaim Memorial Day for the noble purpose for which it was established:to honor those who died in service to our Nation. Join with the White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance in honoring those who have died and their families. It is a minute of reflection that everyone can spare.

One Minute
Memorial Day
Monday, May 31, 2004
3:00 p.m. (local time)

Come Together – Beatles video (3-D Shockwave) pretty dang keen. Some nice touches, like Paul being barefoot, and clickable karaoke mode. (Melon Dezign are the same folks that did I Feel Fine )

HELL by JAKE AND DINOS CHAPMAN Some people do scary things with miniatures. (probably not work safe) Interesting that Hell was probably destroyed by fire.

THX1138 director’s cut is being released on DVD.

New mouse species found in the Philippines

Surprising find may be new genus Continue reading 6693 Memorial Day →

Hmm… looks like General Tso’s Tofu for dinner tonight. I think I’ll try this variant I found recently, rather than my usual one.. I’ll see if I like it better. Recipe Archived for posterity

Wow… DAfT was pretty weak. nice effects, but bad acting and writing. A pity.. there was some real potential there. I’d say to rent the Poseidon Adventure rather than going to see it. (Pretty nice page, too.) It’s pretty sad when Dennis Quaid can’t save a movie. He just walked through.

Dan & I were reduced to passing notes back and forth on my palmtop, and giggling like we were in high school. We wrote in red on a black background so we didn’t suffer from any pupil-shift.

Dan’s Starting commentary –

Other comments were – Warning, spoilers.

I think I’d like to try my hand at beekeeping.

Nice thoughts of a song I haven’t heard in ages –

Sleep my dear for the red bee hums the silent twilights fall
Aoibheal from the gray rock comes to wrap the world in thrall
A lyan van o my child my joy my love and heart’s desire
The crickets sing you lullabys beside the dying fire
Dusk is drawn and the green man’s horn
Is wreathed in rings of fog
Sheevra sails his boat till morn
Upon the starry bog
A lyan van o the paley moon
Has ringed her cusp in dew
And weeps to hear the sad sweet song
I sing my love to you
Sleep my dear for the red bee hums the silent twilights fall
Aoibheal from the gray rock comes to wrap the world in thrall
A lyan van o my child my joy my love and heart’s desire
The crickets sing you lullabys beside the dying fire

Aww, what a nice compliment from my littlerbigsis ldy… I wonder if it’ll become a meme? Dangerous, considering the naughty-word factor.

Behold! My journal has been taken over by a pre–teenl!

Ok, I got it back again.

Going out to lunch with Dan and his SF club for sushi in the afternoon. I’ll get a glimpse at his students and put faces to some of the names he’s mentioned. After, (if there’s time / he’s not tutoring) we might go check out The Day After Tomorrow… or Troy, if DAfT isn’t timed to start at a good time.

I’ve had a little cough recently… I hope that I’m not coming down with the flu-bug that my brother had last week.

New Stuff in CoH! (thanks, Whims!)

Ok, off to get ready for my day. I’ll catch you later, dear journal.

I’m delighted that the new(beta) Yahoo Messenger has integrated launch cast. Makes getting my playlists much simpler. Also, the New Yahoo toolbar for MSIE removes spyware.

Lately, I’m quite glad I don’t have tourette’s… lots of random comments that’d have gotten me in trouble today leapt to the front of my brain. (I took a bunch of digital piccies for the web site… we’ll be selling items with our logo on them.) VS is an excellent model, ADP & LH were overly vain. Right on the tip of my mind were all sorts of rude and inappropriate comments. I’d rather bark or quack out of control than yell something intelligible but hurtful.

Know your Emperors!

Know your Popes!

Know your Livestock! – See Other. Hooray for Yaks!

Cool Comic strip portion recently seen

Got a nice surprise in a long, friendly, supportive phone call yesterday from someone I haven’t heard a lot from in a long time, and it really made my night. Lots of good socializing, excellent legal advice about a few things, and just general good gab. Thanks.

MIT’s OpenCourseWare – Thanks for the tip, ldy-sis!

Possibly a new Newtcam icon, made from action shots yesterday

Caught pre-leap to the monitor top – motion-blurred

Leaping off into the great void again

He’s so casual about it, just steps off into space.

aw, just a canned reply from Athenos…They only referenced my booty-kissin’ signature line at the end.

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>Thank you, oh thank you, you wonderful, wonderful hummus-making people.

Name meme –

2003 Report by Florida Medical Examiners Commission on Drugs Identified in Deceased Persons

Today, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) released the Florida Medical Examiners Commission’s Report on Drugs Identified in Deceased Persons. The report contains information compiled from autopsies performed by medical examiners across the state in 2003. During that period there were approximately 170,000 deaths. According to the report, 6,767 individuals examined had drugs in the system. Continue reading 6684 -some FL drug stats via fdle →

All Flesh Must Be Eaten (The Zombie RPG) has released a Extreme Wrestling sourcebook – Zombie Smackdown

One of the Archetypes: Midget Zombie Wrestler.

It’s times like this that makes me wish I still gamed face to face with GrayPumpkin.

An old newspaper clipping from my days as a midget wrestler… before the growth spurt ruined my career.

Updated Newtcam to refresh only when there’s recent motion. Found a pretty decent freebie program that has a lot of silly effects and functions, and it’s easily disassembled and really modified / chewed up.

last done meme

Hey, happy Tuesday, dear journal.

Talked with wickenden briefly last night and experimented with hello‘s picture share/chat/host program some. Very nifty, indeed and quite easy to use. I may use my blogspot account as a backup gallery now. I dig the revision of “powered by blogger” button to the newer “I power blogger”, by the way.

In my email this morning –

We’ve noticed that customers who have purchased Battlestar Galactica – The Complete Epic Series (Limited Edition Cylon Head Packaging) also enjoy The A-Team – Season One on DVD. For this reason, you might like to know that The A-Team – Season One will be released on June 8, 2004 on DVD.

How would they enjoy it, if it hasn’t been released yet? Oh, you Dirk Benedict Fanciers!

I wonder how long it’ll be before they release a “A-Team : Next Gen” TV series… maybe with Bea Arthur as Hannibal and one of the Blonds from She-Spies as “Face” (Or would they call her something else?)

a couple of random piccies.