Did the cartoon network wait until the lunar eclipse to show the “Eclipso” episode of Justice League, or is it just a remarkable coincidence? All and all, a mighty fine episode. (and I’m glad that Cartoon network is showing the full-hour shows, rather than “part 1-part 2” format. As for the Eclipse, it was pretty neat, what I could see of it.

The Clone Wars ‘toon wasn’t bad, but it was weirdly short. I wasn’t expecting it to be 3 minutes, 30 sec, but it may’ve been just as well.. I don’t know if it could hold up for a half hour. The animation style struck me as rather like the old Clerks cartoon.

DMB was good on SNL last night, though the skit comedy was sort of blah. I’m not really up on famous tennis players.

More and more bad Matrix 3 reviews are rolling in from trusted sources… I may wait until it’s out on video. That’s a pity, because I liked the first one, and the second had some fine moments. (I do want to see the All-girl Bazooka crew, though.)

Something positive on the Screen… A good Movie seen lately- The Lady From Shanghai (1947) by Orson Welles, starring Welles and Rita Hayworth. Superb. If you like noir, you can’t go wrong here. I may pick it up on DVD to keep. I give it a 9/10.

I was in a deep torpor last night…don’t recall my dreams that well, but I woke up with another ten hours of sleep under my belt. The fact that the body can shut down so completely amazes me.

I plan to try this out soon… maybe tote it to thanksgiving dinner?

WEST AFRICAN PEANUT SOUP (via Joy of Soup) Continue reading #6244 TV,Great movie, free fonts, West African Peanut soup, tomacco, mirror web →

(Anyone can vote, Floridian or not, and feel free to add opinions in comments below.)

Volusia County, Florida has no luck. In 1994, a woman was struck by lightning and sued the county for not warning her that the sky occasionally shoots electricity. Three years later, an alligator attacked a little boy and his mother sued Volusia County for not having enough warning signs. (She won $35,000.) Finally, in July of 2000, a young girl was bitten by a shark while she was dangling her leg in shark-infested waters, and last month she filed a suit complaining that she was inadequately warned that sharks eat stuff like that. Apparently, the citizens of Volusia County are not going to be happy until every square inch of Mother Nature lets you know she’s trying to kill you.

Continue reading #6243 FL polls, Volusia county is dangerous, VP quiz →

Good Ol’ Danny came by, and visited for a bit… first time since he got his wicked sickies. He was kind enough to do my laundry for me a week ago, and was feeling guilty about not dropping it off… no problem here! Not like I was going to use it for a week or two more. He also brought over some yummy sushi!

I’m glad he stopped by.. we got to gab and hang out for a bit. I told him a bit about Metamorphosis Alpha (Well, the sort of revised version I played when I was 12.. we knew we were on a ship, and were long awakened “sleepers” rather than mutants.. some article in an ancient issue of Dragon, no doubt..)

After getting into the gaming mindset, we discussed his rogue (read- thief) that he’s planning on playing on occasion with the Sci-Fi club he sponsors at the school…All of the stats were in place via his GM, so we just bandied back and forth ideas for his background, mannerisms, and motivations. He wants to have some redeeming qualities that’ll make the guy fun to play. The Latin dictionary was handy for his mock-spell casting bluff…a tool I haven’t used for that purpose in years. I’m a little wistful about gaming… with the right group, it’s a great way to socialize and have fun on the cheap. (Flip side, the wrong group can foster the most social person to decide to become a hermit.) I think it’d be fun to play with Danny and a few others in a Metamorphosis Alpha sort of game, at least as a one or three-shot.

Danny takes the Tolkien quiz meme

Miami’s Local Feeds has begun updating my journal again! I wonder what stopped it for a week?

Frankie came by, looking to mooch from me, for the first time after I talked to him about it. . I told him that I had nothing for him, and that he must’ve forgotten what we had discussed.

I got an emergency call form the big kahuna last night, 8 year old went missing and code red’s system took a dump. I got in there, and took care of it. It turns out that she was found earlier and taken to a mall up the road.

Bro called me about some sort of DVD / VCR combo for sale at sears for $35. if that’s true, I’ll pick up two of them, and give one to Danny, so he can watch his currently player-less discs.

Skinny cow’s “strawberry shortcake” ice cream sandwiches are yummy, and really not a big drag on points (2) at all. I’ll try the Dulce de leche next week.. or maybe mint.

Gel ‘heals wounds more quickly’ Continue reading #6240 same as it ever was →

The 20th Anniversary Miami Book Fair International has been going on all week, but the street fair portion starts today and ends Sunday. I worked there with the Boynton Beach City Library many, many years ago. I think it was the 3-4th annual, if the timing is right. I met some really nice people there at the time, including Ron Wiggins, who was one of the only reasons for me to read the Palm Beach Post’s Accent section as a teenager. I’d really like to go this weekend, but I’m not up to that level of milling around for hours and hours yet. A pity, because Will Eisner is going to be there, and he’s always a fascinating speaker. Other folks that are attending that I’d like to hear from are Garrison Keillor, Dave Barry, and Carl Hiaasen… Highly entertaining people who can give any writer great ideas and handy tips on the field. It’s something not to miss, if you can help it.

Danny reminded me to post about Voyager’s distance now.. Continue reading #6238 Miami book fair, voyager, found ruins →

Snapped awake out of a sound sleep at 3am, my body refuses to rest anymore right now. Is it because it’s doctor day? I don’t know, but I’m bright eyed and bushy-tailed, almost as if someone sneaked a shot of b12 into my system when I wasn’t lookin’.

Well, I’ve surfed a little, and I’ll try and get a spot more snooze-time in before the trip.

Middle earth Race quiz

Snapped awake out of a sound sleep at 3am, my body refuses to rest anymore right now. Is it because it’s doctor day? I don’t know, but I’m bright eyed and bushy-tailed, almost as if someone sneaked a shot of b12 into my system when I wasn’t lookin’.

Well, I’ve surfed a little, and I’ll try and get a spot more snooze-time in before the trip.

Middle earth Race quiz

Eep.. my time-sense warps and stretches when I’m at home for extended periods. If it wasn’t light or dark outside, I’d have trouble knowing when the days rolled by…. I’ve been medium weary all this week, sort of just going to sleep and waking up when the body was ready to do so (or when the phone rang / door got knocked on.)

Tomorrow will be the first day I’ll really have been out and about since I was in the hospital. I hope that I’m good for the long haul out there. I think it’ll be ok.

The sushi and green tea ice cream satisfied my belly quite nicely. *urp*

Paper, Leather, Clay & Stone – The Written Word Materialized.

Paging Through Medieval Lives – Illumination and Calligraphy From Selected Collections

Cartoons worth my while…Fillmore, Recess, Weekenders, Legend of Tarzan, Fairly Oddparents, Lloyd in Space, Disney’s Hercules, Pepper Ann and Sabrina the Teenage Witch (I can do a fair impersonation of Salem the cat)

Amazing to me how prominent Disney is on the list! (Buzz Lightyear isn’t bad, but not an eye grabber like the others.)Surprisingly, not much Kim Possible on the tube… it used to be on every third hour or so. No new Sponge Bobs of Note, either. Nick needs to get on the ball. Same for Cartoon Network, for that matter. (I’ll give the new Star Wars cartoon a shot, but I haven’t seen enough to get a vibe off of it.)

The Church Sign Generator! Neat!

Brother came by this morning and woke me at 7am to pick up his raincoat, on his way to his court date. (He called and asked what time would be good to stop by yesterday, and I told him that *after* court would be good, but I guess he misunderstood. Hopefully the visit to the courthouse will be brief and inexpensive…we’ll see.

There is fantastic amounts of rain coming down outside, and loads of thunder, too. Newt’s chilling next to me, just withing petting reach. Pretty Nice.. I may nap it up some again this morn. Bro mentioned that the place he’s staying at has adopted a cat… apparently he’s dealing with allergies fairly well so far.

I have to schedule my ride to tomorrow’s staple-removing appointment… How wonderful that’ll be! I’m hoping that’ll also mean I can get back to paces with ACIM, too.

So… There’s a Cowboy Bebop Movie?

A case of curiosities (some sound), unusual taxidermy and assemblage inspired by 18th and 19th century curiosity cabinets. I may’ve linked here before.

Wondering where Ray’s been.. haven’t seen much hint of him online in the last week or so. Danny’s still all flu-buggy. Must be pretty serious, because he hasn’t been to school this week.

I finally caught the ‘s memories up to date. I need to get back into doing that once every few weeks, to stay on top of it.

Recently Downloaded The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown… you’ve got to love the Internet. Especially alt.binaries.e-book.* (palm is especially handy…no pun intended.)

I haven’t seen a *single* positive review of Matrix 3 yet.(And I hear the Merovigian is totally pointless.) I am looking quite forward to Return of the King. [update, I’ve heard *very few* positive sin a sea of negatives.]

Earlier, I flipped over every TV channel known to man and many known to monkeys. Not much on.

Real mod, peapod, buff bod, hot rod, obtuse, rubber goose, green moose, guava juice, giant snake, birthday cake, large fries, chocolate shake!

Sakes. Lj was *really* out of whack this morning.

I go to edit my last entry (#6228), and get

“Edit Journal Entries

Error

Could not find selected journal entry.”

Then it blinks in and out of existence on my page or friend’s pages. Some synchronization trouble with Santa, perhaps. I wonder how connected to earlier issues it is.

I still get comments on the most trivial entries that are *years* old. See also – http://www.livejournal.com/users/jackhammer/4059.html

I’ve been pretty blessed about meeting and getting along with a wide variety of folks.

Some things that I’ve found that start folks off on the right foot with…Even if I’m a scary, hairy beast to some.

• Affinity with children and animals. Both tend to gravitate toward me, and it’s reciprocated. The kids thing can backfire if the parents are exceptionally paranoid. (Sort of a Caspar the Ghost syndrome) That can be bypassed by being introduced to the adults, first.
• Willingness to talk about pretty much any topic, or openness in general. People can sense when “shields” are up, and respond in kind.
• Promote the “Gentle Giant” stereotype. When Folks aren’t scared to death of me, they are generally put at ease because I’m soft-spoken.
• A good pre-emptive press. The hippies I know are especially good at that.. Most people I meet via those friends say “Oh, I’ve heard so much about you!” and that bypasses the whole first impression thing, usually. I have sort of a reputation for being the “Phineas J Whoopee” (Of Tennessee Tuxedo fame) of that group. (Dingo already had the Commander McBragg all wrapped up.) Instead of the 3-D BB, I’ve got the palmtop and a drawing program.

I can usually hold up my end of a conversation, and usually help the other side out too. If a person is totally dead in the water, I cut ’em a break, let them be quiet, and I move on.

Began catching up with my sleep solidly last night. Drifted off about 11pm, and woke up about 9:30am.

I got Manatee and matinee mixed up in my brain. Wondering what cute, fat canal-creatures have to do with early movie seating.

Diet 7-up is delicious, and feels great in my throat.

Wizkids Sportsclix Interesting. I wonder how ballplayers might do vs The Joker or Magneto?

I heard a great quote about work and ethics – “Do not eat your soul to fill your belly” I like that. A pity that it’s not always feasible.

It’s the hard knock life for us
It’s the hard knock life for us
Instead of treated we get tricked
Instead of kisses we get kicked
It’s the hard knock life

I haven’t shaved for a little over a week, and I already look like an escaped wild man from Borneo. I’m glad that I’m clean, anyhow… but I won’t be shaving until I can rinse whiskers off properly in the shower.

Life-size Gundam! Holy Moley!

My “friend’s page” is giving me trouble…doesn’t want to load, and nothing is mentioned on the status page. A mild peeve. Heck, even my primary page isn’t loading. I wonder what the post-“new feature/maintenance” hubbub is this time.

I could go for some nachos. Also, my Cupboard is thinning. I may have some sushi for dinner tonight.

It’s official. Gaming pioneer Microprose, bought by Hasbro and then Infogrames (which became Atari), is dead. The final office in Hunt Valley, MD, was closed today and 35 people laid off.

Another piece of gaming history is laid to rest. Civilization… Colonization. Some of my fave games in the 90s. Ones I liked so much that I *bought* during my dirtiest pirate phase. (Well, ok, Colonization was gifted to me for Christmas by Kev… Gave me something to do when I was holding down the fort on Christmas at work for a Jewish Cruise data thingum. As far as Civ goes… Nothing quite reflects the pure comedy of Mohatmas Ghandi saying “Our Threats are backed with NUCLEAR WEAPONS!” to you in negotiations.

I hope that folks are feeling better today than yesterday.

Fortean Times Paranormal Gallery

Physical Therapist Comes over at 2ish, Clean-Nurse at 3, vitals and dressing-changer some unknown time this afternoon.. expected about 1. It’s getting to be like grand central station.

I haven’t needed a pain pill for three days. Not bad. I don’t foresee requiring any more for the duration of this mend.

Faces and Figures found in nature.

Fish on Prozac? How depressing!

Antidepressant ingredient detected in Texas lake water Continue reading #6228 Stream of thought. →