(feel free to answer in comments, and elaborate.)

What do I think? I think it is… not one that should always be accepted, mind you, dear journal.

Also, Mmmm… waffles.

I’m considering a little day trip to the Dawn of the Dead movie on Monday. I’ve heard that these zombies are quick, not shamblers, and that there’s no pivotal helicopter, but the rest is pretty much the same.

Today’s cases have kept me going like gangbusters, and it seems that nine year old boys with black hair, weighing 90 lbs is the golden mean. four of em. 2 solos, and a pair together. Not to mention the 37 year old bipolar woman, the 75 year old Alzheimer’s gent, or the 16 year old habitual runaway that already has a tattoo on her neck.

This is just since 12:30 this afternoon.

Good news is that over half have been found by the police, neighbors, family or friends already. (the duo, a soloist, and the 75er.)

Random Scotto factoid –

I think everyone has worth, some kind of value. I might not like particular people, but I think that they have a reason and rhyme to be the way they are. Like other items of value, some I like to keep nearby, and others I’d prefer were kept as far from me as possible. (Gold and Plutonium both fetch a nice market value, you know…)

Everyone has loved or been loved by someone at some point. I believe that everyone has made *some* kind of difference is someone else’s life, and that’s a kind of connectivity that makes us all part of a common whole. Nobody is born and lives in a vacuum. I wonder sometimes how far things can be read back… a friendly smile or someone giving the finger can set whole chain reactions in place. Mind you, I think that there are times when flipping someone off is required… even a punch in the jaw might be needed to put patterns in place to help the world flow a little more smoothly. However, extending a hand to help someone else, or to make some other friendly gesture is far more often the useful maneuver.

Bottom line? I don’t know. I’m rambling a bit. A good fundamental rule is “Don’t be an asshole, you’re better than that.”

Really getting into OpenOffice… the database side is rather dependent on outside sources, though there are ODBC workarounds. I *really* prefer the presentation software to powerpoint. (Outputs presentations to Flash/ pdf , if I like… nice!)

Best of all, if all goes well, it can be installed at the company, and then site lisc’s will no longer be an issue. I half want to make the jump all the way to Linux boxes, but I don’t see that happening.

I figured out who the woman at the local sandwich shop looks like. The Russian speaking woman/maid/number two from the Prisoner episode where #6 ran for office.(Free for all).

Had a visit with Danny after all… we went to Mangoes for a bite, after roaming Los Olas briefly (Big Kahuna was kind enough to take call from 8-12:30 this morning, and may do the same for me tomorrow.) It’s really fun to people-watch, especially if I have a fellow observer. It was quick, he came by at about 10:30, and was off at about 12:15, but we got to talk about this, that and the other. (Mainly, His Mrs, His Work, My Work, City of Heroes, the nature of relationships and his Halfling guy with the Sci-fi club’s RPG game.)

Breakfast Haiku –

My City of Heroes prelim CD came today.. man, it looks even better than the other previews have hinted at. Maybe I can lure in a few other folks, along with Whims and Rik.

Danny’s got a dental issue, so we might not get together for breakfast… Dentist in the morning, and then a 1:30 appointment. Disappointing, but see the music.

Christopher Eccleston has been named as the new Doctor Who to front the cult BBC sci-fi show when it returns next year.

Obligatory Newt Pic behind a cut

http://www.fundrace.org/neighbors.php

Use the location search (on your home address) to find those who live near you that have made presidential campaign contributions. You can also search for friends or celebrities by name.

very enlightening… I think it’s interesting that a lawyer near me has donated to 3 different democratic candidates!

Continue reading 6541 – too neat, to a nosy guy like me →

Very clever of you to spam in a *reply* to a comment in my journal, rather than the entry itself (from comcast’s 24.62.254.122 in entry 6483, to be exact.)

I don’t know what flowers and gift baskets have to do with an entry about Newt
the cat and thin-mint cookies, though, so you will remain screened. My only concern is that spammers will start dropping luncheon-meat on other people commenting in my journal.

But, in the meantime, Neener neener, spammer!

Of course, now I want to go right home and curl up with Newt and some cookies.

I’m going ot be on call all weekend, but I’m within safe range to breakfast with at Einstein’s tomorrow. I’ll have the clipboard with me, and by the time I get all the info, I’ll be inside my home-office online.

I think I’ll get a “big box o’ bagels & schmear” to ride out the weekend with.

Friday Five…

If you…

1. …owned a restaurant, what kind of food would you serve?

Snacks you can eat with your hands. Veggie platters / Cookies / Cheese / fingerfoods / etc. Tasty, and I don’t have to wash silverware!

2. …owned a small store, what kind of merchandise would you sell?

Handmade art, homemade herbal tea, shrunken heads, weird toys & curios

3. …wrote a book, what genre would it be?

modern fiction with a few twilight-zone elements – twist ending, weird science

4. …ran a school, what would you teach?

mythology, monkey politics, logic

5. …recorded an album, what kind of music would be on it?

a lot of novelty stuff, maybe a spoken-word thing… a comic/album combo for “Gorilla Girl IN STEREO!” if I could get my beloved, Gray Pumpkin, Katt, Danny, and myself all in the same studio. Maybe I could drag in some other pals for voicework, too.

It’s interesting seeing my entries read via other people’s pages…different colors and fonts do seem to make a difference. I get quite an alternate vibe just by a subtle change in style.

I’m in a quiet mood this morning… more interested in playing with Newt than writing in my journal.

this morn’s music- club977 streaming 80s tunes

Today’s Photo Friday – Morning (I haven’t submitted one yet.)

Yesterday’s most rewarding event: Recovery of a one month old child, taken by a neighbor.

full story

Well, I went and Created another News feed for my livejournal… this time it’s the FDLE (Florida Dept of Law Enforcement)

Headlines and press releases for the FDLE can be found at –

http://www.livejournal.com/users/fdle_feed/

based on the information page here –

http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/alerts/

Folks can add it to their own lj reading list (if they so desire) with this link –

http://www.livejournal.com/friends/add.bml?user=fdle_feed

I think that at this point, I link to more syndicated, non-lj sites than actual lj-ers. (easier to skim, too)

The morning has arrived, and it will just have to wait outside, until I’m ready. A hot shower, maple oatmeal and a quick once over the journal before launch, first.

Hey, the Astronaut Jones theme is on the Tracy Morgan site again!

I need a new hat protect myself from the sun… my ball cap has been missing for weeks…maybe months. A visor would help out a great deal. I could stand to have a nice goofy-floppy one like Square Bear. Maybe as an added bonus, I’ll get the power to summon an invisible motorcycle! (or share a lovely glass of wine?)

Nifty Perl/Php translation page [via]

Speak ‘n Spell Emulator

Strongbad #100. Thanks for the notification, jennylee! (not to be confused with this one…)

Frank R. Paul Gallery – great stuff. classic Sci-fi Pulp cover art. He’s the guy responsible for all the giant saw-bladed, people strapped to lab tables and tentacled alien stuff I think of when reflecting on old SF. Also… just he name “Planet of the Knob Heads“ cracks me up.

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction has this to say about Frank R. Paul: “FRP is the best candidate for ‘Father of Modern SF illustration’, at least in the form it took in the pulp magazines. He received much of his education in Vienna, and studied also in Paris and New York. Trained as an architect, he was discovered by [editor] Hugo Gernsback in 1914 while working for a rural newspaper. Their names have been virtually inseparable ever since the days of Electrical Experimenter.

my sub-pages are up and working again… the only thing lost was the tagboard
on my toybox… which hasn’t seen use in weeks, anyhow. I’ll replace it with a guestbook later on. My primary concern was Newtcam and Blog page (the only
really dynamic sections of my site.)

My scottobear.com mail should be working again, too… right after I sent a mass mailing out to about 20 people informing them that mail has been dropped into a black hole last week. Ah well, I’ll get it straightened out again.

Rik and Whims are both tempting me with the City of Heroes pre-release. I don’t think Sammy’ll be too keen on it, given how rough FFXI was on him.

I’ll probably play, at least for a month, if my schedule will permit it
comfortably. I’m thinking I’ll probably stick with a variant on La
Grenouielle… Green suit, superleap, long ranged attack, other toad-like
powers. Science or Nature Based SFX, I think.

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Danny’s solo this week… wife’s attending her nephew’s funeral in NC. A pity I’m slammed with being on call this weekend, due to MA having a wedding to attend. Bah! Hopefully, I can get ADP to cover on Friday, to make up for being sick last night. Sat/Sun is bad enough… I’ve been spoiled by lucky schedules in recent weekends. Maybe we can do a breakfast on Sat, if we stay close to the HQ.

DevilFinder, high-res image searching (via) Scottobear returns mostly newtie cam-pics.

The Lambiek Comiclopedia: an illustrated compendium of over 4,500 international comic artists with biographies and artwork examples. (The things you find searching for Peter Pontiac…a whole exhibition!)

Watched the first Austin Powers movie last night… probably the first time I’ve seen it in about 5 years. I forgot how good the first one was, before it was diluted by the sequels and unfunny people saying “yeah, baby, yeah!” It was nice to see it fresh again after so many years.

Paper toys department – (via)

A whole lot, from wrigley field to bruce lee paper dolls.

Victorian Submarine – steampunk

More foldable, glue-able PDFs — this time, it’s ultra-fab Japanese paper robots.

current mood: Wakeful but not animated yet.

current music: Elephants, Yeah!

Rainy Morning, gray skies and white noise make me long to look at the back of my eyelids, while I remain under earth-toned covers with an orange cat sleeping by my neck.

Doug Wu called yesterday from Seattle while I was out on walkabout – I’m very happy for him. Congrats on making it out there, at last!

Speaking of yesterday’s walkabout – revisited the strip mall of sin and the mall of the dead. times have changed, and stayed the same.

The Strip mall of sin, now with piracy, beef jerky, and slot machines!

Behold, the signage for the strip mall of sin! (Behind is Ronnie B’s, land of delicious milkshakes… yet another vice on the list.)

The stores, in order from top to bottom are –

• Big D’s Dead Head Shop – My supplier of nag champa and hemp string… the reason for stopping off. Used to be called Grateful J’s. They have a back room full of sex-stuff, too… like seemingly every store in the place. They don’t trade soundboard tapes anymore… are exclusively CD. I guess speed and ease of duplication finally won out.
• Sun-Brite Market – An overpriced Mom & Pop convenience store. 85¢ cans of soda pop and dusty sticks of meat by-product sealed in plastic laminate. It’s weird, because it was an empty slot in there for years, and already, everything inside is faded and grimy… like they took an ancient store from somewhere else and dropped it in as a module. a back area with dirty magazines covered in grit. seriously.. the joint was so dirty, I was uncomfortable buying a canned drink, and opted instead to go with the aforementioned milkshake. *GOOD CALL*
• Video spot – A pretty legit video store, only really sinful by the huge XXX section in the back. I’m not sure why they bother, as the adult bookstore below has pornies, too.
• A Video duplication service.. on site piracy for the video store!
• Lady Luck…. this is new, like the Market. It’s an “adult arcade”… I had to stick my nose in. Video Poker and Slot machines. I should’ve taken a picture of the sad looking people inside, but I couldn’t bear to. The people reminded me of sad zombies… haunted shells, husks of people. Glassy eyes on screens, pumping dollar bills (not silver dollars or quarters?) into the front, trying to make money back.
• Tattoo (Blues) – pretty much the same as last time, it was fairly crowded. Same owners who have always been helpful, friendly and informative whenever I ‘ve stopped in and asked questions.
• Girls (Florida Models) – “On-site dating & specialty photography… all female staff” Or should I say, staph?
• Electronic Laboratory VCR & Stereo repair. (for when the substandard pirate copies of the porno you rented jam in the machine?) They no longer do photo ID’s
• Adult bookstore – with video booths, toys, too. I noticed that the “no Hookers” notices were no longer in place… I wonder if they ran them off, finally? Or did the “dating” place finally put them out of business? The sign is very new.

(old entry on the strip mall of sin)

mall of the dead is now 90% razed

The 2 -bedroom was snapped up between yesterday and today. I expected as much.. the deal was really sweet. The smaller one with the balcony was nice, central air, new appliances. It’s practically in lighthouse point, though… just a little North of my old apartments in pompano, near the blimp base. I’m not going to set myself up for another 2 hour commute each way… just can’t happen. So, I’ll continue my search.

Bro’s truck is officially out of hock, parked atop the mother’s building, so it’s pretty secure.

Nifty… Same comic, in 30-something different perspectives / styles. I’m rather fond of “sound effects”, “exorcise in style”, and “a life”.

I’m looking forward to this summer in There.com… lots of new developments in beta. I can only call ’em rumor, for now, but it’d be nice to see ’em. Still don’t know what happened with D… she doesn’t want to hang out with the gang lately.

Hm, they’re rebooting the Doom Patrol… I guess Danny the Street, Rebis and Crazy Jane never existed? Will Niles Caulder Be a complete bastard? Will Josh Clay be alive again? I don’t really care either way. I never was too much of a stickler for continuity, and think that Morrison’s stuff stands on its own as groovy tales. Byrne’s art is so bland and mainform after seeing the more stylized stuff by Richard Case from the 90s… and he’s never been my fave writer, either.

Danny the street talk –

Tip-Top Eek: Beautiful Face
Bona-To-Vada: Good to see you
Bona-La: Goodbye

Ah well… maybe it’ll get them rolling again, but I fear that the Doom Patrol, the Metal Men, the legion of super-pets and all the wonderful, weirdo second-stringers will just keep bubbling to the surface every decade or so, and then sink back into comic-book soup again until the next resurrection.

Side note: I like Case’s Art Nouveau Hawkgirl, from the Art Nouveau project

Until today, I’d never seen Starbucks abbreviated as *$. Clever. I’ll probably use that.

Interesting Encyclopedia of Dance… the Bellydance entry is especially robust.

Stretching a metaphor too far department- People I know represented as elements of a Mexican dinner

The 2 -bedroom was snapped up between yesterday and today. I expected as much.. the deal was really sweet. The smaller one with the balcony was nice, central air, new appliances. It’s practically in lighthouse point, though… just a little North of my old apartments in pompano, near the blimp base. I’m not going to set myself up for another 2 hour commute each way… just can’t happen. So, I’ll continue my search.

Bro’s truck is officially out of hock, parked atop the mother’s building, so it’s pretty secure.

Nifty… Same comic, in 30-something different perspectives / styles. I’m rather fond of “sound effects”, “exorcise in style”, and “a life”.

I’m looking forward to this summer in There.com… lots of new developments in beta. I can only call ’em rumor, for now, but it’d be nice to see ’em. Still don’t know what happened with D… she doesn’t want to hang out with the gang lately.

Hm, they’re rebooting the Doom Patrol… I guess Danny the Street, Rebis and Crazy Jane never existed? Will Niles Caulder Be a complete bastard? Will Josh Clay be alive again? I don’t really care either way. I never was too much of a stickler for continuity, and think that Morrison’s stuff stands on its own as groovy tales. Byrne’s art is so bland and mainform after seeing the more stylized stuff by Richard Case from the 90s… and he’s never been my fave writer, either.

Danny the street talk –

Tip-Top Eek: Beautiful Face
Bona-To-Vada: Good to see you
Bona-La: Goodbye

Ah well… maybe it’ll get them rolling again, but I fear that the Doom Patrol, the Metal Men, the legion of super-pets and all the wonderful, weirdo second-stringers will just keep bubbling to the surface every decade or so, and then sink back into comic-book soup again until the next resurrection.

Side note: I like Case’s Art Nouveau Hawkgirl, from the Art Nouveau project

Until today, I’d never seen Starbucks abbreviated as *$. Clever. I’ll probably use that.

Interesting Encyclopedia of Dance… the Bellydance entry is especially robust.

Stretching a metaphor too far department- People I know represented as elements of a Mexican dinner