I am not air-tight, freezer-safe, or easily shipped in brown packaging.

Yum. I had a lovely dinner of Quorn cutlets last night, with a side of green beans and carrots with dill in beer.

I’ve never had the troubles these guys mention.

Sunset clouds from last night… I prefer the orange.

Nobody told me Rod Roddy Died!

A French site mapping out all the covers of Astounding Stories from 1930 – 1971. The name changed over this period from Astounding Stories to Astounding Science Fiction to Analog in 1960.

Too much spirit kills sorcerer

A Sri Lankan magician killed himself during a black magic ritual to harness evil forces after he was overwhelmed by the spirits he had drunk, rather than those he was trying to cast spells on, a press report said today.

The 71-year-old man had used his full force to dash a coconut on the ground as part of the ritual on behalf of a customer, but lost his balance and ended up hooked on the trident, a weapon of Hindu gods, the Sinhalese-language Lankadeepa said.

The paper quoted the victim’s son as saying he had been drunk at the time.

Doctors said his death last week was due to excessive bleeding and shock.

from Coconut blog, a site that gathers “News, Notes, and Dispatches From Wherever Coconuts Grow”

You know, dear journal, things like this make me happy that I was born in 1969. Honestly, would the draft work, these days? Wouldn’t the *majority* of people come up 4F? (At least for being overweight, or on some sort of medicine.. isn’t everyone on one sort of medical track or another, these days?)

Times have changed a lot since the last draft. Or are we just more out of shape?

ldy pointed out in the coloringbook community – Celestial Seasonings Coloring Book! How nifty! if anyone colors any of ’em, please let me see!

It seems that you can get to my LJ website via – http://evilurl.com/lickboobdie How Naughty! I wonder how long that’ll last?

one year ago – creaky owies (after the accident at work), kartoo, getting into There.com, star wars kid,

two years ago – good smells and duties, links to great books and classics, puppyfrog! and a big ol’ survey

three years ago – Newt middle name poll (It’s usually Jellybean/Jalepeno these days), fiction writing ex’s… (I think I’ll work on those again soon), possibly tmi

TO celebrate, I will type whatever comes to mind, as fragmented as it is.

Checkup last night got rescheduled for 6pm… I came out with a clean bill of health, and confirmation that I’m losing weight at a decent clip for healthy reduction.

Mildly annoyed that my scheduling fails so often… being on call is great when you’re saving lives, suck rocks the other 85% of the calls. The phone is an albatross.

Thinking a lot about rings around the moon, and that makes me happy.

I suspect Porno Bob might be the next one on the cut list. I wonder if his association with CS will be a nail in his coffin?

lj auto-hero meme

Running late, pictures rather than text. After the walk, I remembered that *everyone* needs a clue, here and there, including me.

I’m a psycho-ghoooost!

piccies from yesterday’s rainy-day walk

There are about four people I can think of that need a clue. Sadly, I don’t really know them well enough to wrap one around a brick, and smack them in the head with it…Some folks have to live and learn by themselves. Plus, I may only know what I do from a skewed perspective.

Lots of rain, on one of my few nights off. I’m thinking that maybe just going out and splashing in the puddles is an answer.

Until later, dear journal!

There are about four people I can think of that need a clue. Sadly, I don’t really know them well enough to wrap one around a brick, and smack them in the head with it…Some folks have to live and learn by themselves. Plus, I may only know what I do from a skewed perspective.

Lots of rain, on one of my few nights off. I’m thinking that maybe just going out and splashing in the puddles is an answer.

Until later, dear journal!

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week, especially to Danny and Lisa!

Both are also fine, Tolkien-loving Pythonites. It’s good to know people like that are helping to make the world a better place, starting with kids.

It’s sort of odd knowing that I have folks that read my journal within walking distance of where I live. Not frightening or anything, but it’s interesting to me that I could have seen them at Starbucks (especially at Starbucks, considering two of them) or just while out and about.

Blur Studio’s Rockfish Video I dig what they’re doing with CGI these days. Amazing that none of it exists outside of the digital world.

I’m annoyed… I went back in time, shot Hitler in the head, came back and *absolutely nothing* changed. I think that the world must’ve gotten even worse and somebody else went back to undo my deed. [edit] Dang, I knew it. There are blanks in the weapon now. I loaded it with dumdums this morning, and history is as it was before I left, as far as I can tell. I’ve submitted it to Flarnberry for analysis. [end edit] I knew i should’ve destroyed the body or something. Ah well… I hope it was because some evil Russian empire took over, and it was for a greater “stopping the end of the world” sort of thing, rather than chrono-hoppping Nazis saving their dopey one-testicled fuhrer.

Man, I hate Chrono-hopping Nazis.

They’re even worse than the regular ones. Same dumbass mentality, better hardware.

They’re not even German. These new guys are Swiss, and South American. The other Germans hate ’em even more than the home-grown, which the rest despise.

[edit again] Ugh. What the heck? The timeline has certainly changed. The jar his brain was stored in used to be cylindrical, not globular. At least I don’t have to see his ugly mug anymore. [end edit again]

I’ve read the first 15 books in the Discworld series (and a few short stories), all from my palmtop. Probably my favorite light fantasy / humor series ever… It proves that there is something other than the 90% from Sturgeons law. I was a fan of the Xanth books as a kid, but they really lost steam after the first half dozen. I’m terribly impressed that someone can write anything as entertaining that can be held out for so long as Pratchett has. They’re not all total winners,but all worth a read in my opinion. Pratchett’s the first author I want to support by purchasing his books *after* having read them in pirated format.

Here’s the list – Newest to oldest.

Undownloaded –

31. Monstrous Regiment (2003)
30. The Wee Free Men (2003)
29. Night Watch (2002)
28. The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents (2001)
27. The Last Hero (2001)

Downloaded-

26. Thief of Time (2001)
25. The Truth (2000)
24. The Fifth Elephant (1999)
23. Carpe Jugulum (1998)
22. The Last Continent (1998)
21. Jingo (1997)
20. Hogfather (1996)
19. Feet of Clay (1996)
18. Maskerade (1995)
17. Interesting Times (1994)
16. Soul Music (1994)

Downloaded & Read-

15. Men at Arms (1993)
14. Lords and Ladies (1992)
13. Small Gods (1992)
12. Witches Abroad (1991)
11. Reaper Man (1991)
10. Moving Pictures (1990)
09. Eric (1990)
08. Guards! Guards! (1989)
07. Pyramids (1989)
06. Wyrd Sisters (1988)
05. Sourcery (1988)
04. Mort (1987)
03. Equal Rites (1987)
02. The Light Fantastic (1986)
01. The Colour of Magic (1983)

I’m not sure which focus group I like the most… all of them have something going for them. Probably either the Witches or the Watch… The foci of some of the other books are the Unseen University (Wizards), Rincewind, Death as a Character, as well as a number of standalone books. The Rincewind books are the weakest, in my opinion.. if only because the others being so much stronger. Found a nice Wiki about the series too.

Something mentioned there – Nearly all of the Discworld novels are notable for having no chapter divisions.

current mood: giggity giggity giggity giggity

current music: Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth – Jarret Keene

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week, especially to Danny and Lisa!

Both are also fine, Tolkien-loving Pythonites. It’s good to know people like that are helping to make the world a better place, starting with kids.

It’s sort of odd knowing that I have folks that read my journal within walking distance of where I live. Not frightening or anything, but it’s interesting to me that I could have seen them at Starbucks (especially at Starbucks, considering two of them) or just while out and about.

Blur Studio’s Rockfish Video I dig what they’re doing with CGI these days. Amazing that none of it exists outside of the digital world.

I’m annoyed… I went back in time, shot Hitler in the head, came back and *absolutely nothing* changed. I think that the world must’ve gotten even worse and somebody else went back to undo my deed. [edit] Dang, I knew it. There are blanks in the weapon now. I loaded it with dumdums this morning, and history is as it was before I left, as far as I can tell. I’ve submitted it to Flarnberry for analysis. [end edit] I knew i should’ve destroyed the body or something. Ah well… I hope it was because some evil Russian empire took over, and it was for a greater “stopping the end of the world” sort of thing, rather than chrono-hoppping Nazis saving their dopey one-testicled fuhrer.

Man, I hate Chrono-hopping Nazis.

They’re even worse than the regular ones. Same dumbass mentality, better hardware.

They’re not even German. These new guys are Swiss, and South American. The other Germans hate ’em even more than the home-grown, which the rest despise.

[edit again] Ugh. What the heck? The timeline has certainly changed. The jar his brain was stored in used to be cylindrical, not globular. At least I don’t have to see his ugly mug anymore. [end edit again]

I’ve read the first 15 books in the Discworld series (and a few short stories), all from my palmtop. Probably my favorite light fantasy / humor series ever… It proves that there is something other than the 90% from Sturgeons law. I was a fan of the Xanth books as a kid, but they really lost steam after the first half dozen. I’m terribly impressed that someone can write anything as entertaining that can be held out for so long as Pratchett has. They’re not all total winners,but all worth a read in my opinion. Pratchett’s the first author I want to support by purchasing his books *after* having read them in pirated format.

Here’s the list – Newest to oldest.

Undownloaded –

31. Monstrous Regiment (2003)
30. The Wee Free Men (2003)
29. Night Watch (2002)
28. The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents (2001)
27. The Last Hero (2001)

Downloaded-

26. Thief of Time (2001)
25. The Truth (2000)
24. The Fifth Elephant (1999)
23. Carpe Jugulum (1998)
22. The Last Continent (1998)
21. Jingo (1997)
20. Hogfather (1996)
19. Feet of Clay (1996)
18. Maskerade (1995)
17. Interesting Times (1994)
16. Soul Music (1994)

Downloaded & Read-

15. Men at Arms (1993)
14. Lords and Ladies (1992)
13. Small Gods (1992)
12. Witches Abroad (1991)
11. Reaper Man (1991)
10. Moving Pictures (1990)
09. Eric (1990)
08. Guards! Guards! (1989)
07. Pyramids (1989)
06. Wyrd Sisters (1988)
05. Sourcery (1988)
04. Mort (1987)
03. Equal Rites (1987)
02. The Light Fantastic (1986)
01. The Colour of Magic (1983)

I’m not sure which focus group I like the most… all of them have something going for them. Probably either the Witches or the Watch… The foci of some of the other books are the Unseen University (Wizards), Rincewind, Death as a Character, as well as a number of standalone books. The Rincewind books are the weakest, in my opinion.. if only because the others being so much stronger. Found a nice Wiki about the series too.

Something mentioned there – Nearly all of the Discworld novels are notable for having no chapter divisions.

current mood: giggity giggity giggity giggity

current music: Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth – Jarret Keene

Congrats, dcl & no1topaz! I wish you both many years of good things ahead.

After yesterday’s bad sleeps (result of untimely calls) I woke up Sunday at about two in the afternoon. I think I hit the bricks last night at about 2am or so…. the only reason I got up at all was that the air and sea show had a bunch of loud fighter craft cruising low overhead.

I still haven’t heard anything about Cinco de Mayo, but I know that I’ve got the evening off. Maybe I’ll talk a little walkie down riverfront and sniffy-snuff my nose around, see what I can find.

I had a dream last night that I was being vivisected while my brain in a jar, watched on from an operating theater (using video cameras.. my eyes were still in my body’s head), from an theater filled with other doctors and brains in jars. While this was happening, occasionally a doctor would look surprised, and then vanish into a bright light. The others didn’t seem to notice, as they were engrossed in the surgery taking place.

That of course, prompted this poll:

[edit] What the heck does Показать ответы mean? View answers? Is LJ suffering from an error? (Clicking just gives the stats for other.) [end edit]

I wonder now if that was me on the other jars, too, looking at reflections, or parallel Scottos form other lands, or just other patients? Maybe someone kidnapped all the LHOLGs on the planet after spiking their wine. I don’t know.

quizzes

Newt on May Day morning, looking at a lizard.

Las Olas This AM (it’s an hour off, it was taken at 10:40)

fav-meme

Awakened at about 2AM to do a search fro a 12-year-old. Can’t fall back asleep, so I’ll do my morning entry a little extra early.

It’s May Day!

It’s Dave & Cathi’s wedding anniversary today, and one year since my website went to its current look.

Looks like I’ll be helping Big Kahuna this weekend with some last-minute budget things this weekend. Not a problem, happy to help the outfit make some dinero for the coming year. Thank goodness for remote computing… traffic is going to be a beast.

Answers on the Spanish channel’s version of Family Feud‘s last round:

• 15:00 hours
• Judas
• manzanilla
• guanajuato
• la grasa

2nd family member –

• 10:00 hours
• Jesucristo
• Limon
• PASS
• Cajon

Now that the game show is over, it’s some trippy cartoon – “Betty Toons”

Odd that I haven’t heard much about Cinco De Mayo this year. Maybe next week.

Air and Sea Show this weekend. I’ll peek my head out the window and look to the skies over the beach come 9pm or so, just to check out the end of day pyrotechnics.

Want to see why I don’t hit the beach that day? That’s a lot of lookie-loos. Attendance last year was 4.2 million people and nearly 10,000 spectator boats spread over a 1-mile-wide swath of ocean 7 miles long.

Navigating Fort Lauderdale beach this weekend is going to be a pain, thanks to the Air and Sea Show.

There are some closures and lane restrictions along the stretch of A1A from Sunrise Boulevard to Las Olas Boulevardd. Events begin this morning and continue through the weekend.

It might be the last year for it.

We’re directly opposite of Halloween at this point. The season started with Candlemas / Groundhog’s Day has come to an end.

Read more about today/tonight’s festivities

hmm.. the Gonads & Strife guy got a deal to ads for AMPM.

Woo! Team Laser Explosion Secret Fan Club!

Good gravy. Folks have sent me some bizarre things before, but not much beats the latest from Wurzel. I dare not directly link. Not safe for work doesn’t even begin to cover it.

Ten Words:

• Cups of tiny eels poured into the booty via funnel.

It’s worse than it sounds, grossy-gross, but squeamishly funny.

Going to have to have a stern talk with ADP about her attitude with law enforcement. NO Back-sass. Especially if they’re following proper procedure.

I’m miffed with PHP-nuke for having such a glaring security hole, and causing one of my favorite websites to go AWOL. Unfortunately, that’s another language, like java and flash that I can’t use in my LJ development, either. I still miss the Newton-navigation bar that was made for me. (By the web-shah of my fave site, as it so happens.)