Kazaa lite is amazing.. Pluck any music you want (within reason. it has to exist somewhere) and presto, you can draw it down rapidly…most times in less time than the playing length of the song.
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I tend to agree with this. Zack Exley is calling for a new brand of American patriotism that doesn’t involve jingoistic slogans, and asks that we live up to our responsibility to our fellow citizens.
America: Love It but Don’t Leave It – By Zack Exley, AlterNet
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Sleepy Morning.
Mildly sore throat today, fell asleep without the CPAP on, and as a snoring result, my uvula is a bit swollen. Lovely sleepy time this morn.
I hope that the Mother got to talk with the Brother. I’ll know by this evening.
Happy 227th birthday, USA! Happy Saint Elizabeth of Portugal Day!
I heartily recommend reading the Declaration of Independence. It’s brief, and has a good vibe to it.
Continue reading Sleepy Morning.
Groceries!
Restocked Freezer!
Grocery fun facts –
- Publix’s Top Selling Snack – Pringles Original, 7oz.
- On average, there are eight peas in a pod.
- Olive oil is made only from green olives.
- The cashew is part of a fruit called a “cashew apple” that grows in tropical regions. After harvesting, the cashew apple keeps for only 24 hours before the soft fruit deteriorates. The cashew apple is not commercially important since it spoils quickly, but local people love the fruit. To harvest the nut, the ripe apple is allowed to fall to the ground where natives easily gather it. The apple and nut are separated.
- On the average, each American consumes 117 pounds of potatoes, 116 pounds of beef, 100 pounds of fresh vegetable, 80 pounds of fresh fruit, and 286 eggs per year.
- On the Italian Riviera in Viareggio, there is a culinary tradition that a good soup must always contain one stone from the sea. This stems from the days when an Italian fisherman’s catch was scooped up in nets; fish and stones frequently ended up together in the same cooking pot.
Hmm.. The bakery didn’t finish the key lime pie for delivery. Ah well… such is life. I’ll get some next time.
Hotty-hot day today, clear skies. I hope that’ll make fireworks that much nicer for the throngs of beachgoers tomorrow… though if recent history is any indicator, it’ll rain.
Bloggers Gain Libel Protection
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last Tuesday that Web loggers, website operators and e-mail list editors can’t be held responsible for libel for information they republish, extending crucial First Amendment protections to do-it-yourself online publishers. Continue reading
Ok, we’re making progress. I’ve got a prescription for a foot brace to build up some strength there, and a MRI.
Let’s hope Workman’s Comp stays Johnny on the spot. I’d like that to be scheduled swiftly. I’ll start pestering them on Monday.
I’ve picked up my new cheapskate phone, and it seems to do the job well enough. it’ll make for a good spare when the new one arrives.
Had a nice day today, though there’s a tiny headache seed in my noggin… hopefully it’ll pass before taking bloom.
Protected: What is the mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind.
Assorted Florida Cams
Dreams of a belly dancer came to me last night. *rawr*.
Net meeting today. Had a nice, solid hour-long dev-chat. good suggestions, pleased with where I’ve gone with both of the projects. We’re going to have to schedule another one soon, for when I implement some of the requests. GP notes for assorted additions.
Hm… Net meeting was supposed to start at 10am… but nobody seems to be around. I waited until 11, and then sent out an email to the bosses asking if there is a time that we can reschedule for. I have to be at physical therapy by 1:30. (Which I’d forgotten about until my pop-up reminder this morning.) I hope that they missed the meeting due to some groundbreaking discovery that’ll make us all a gazillion dollars.
Golden grahams with marshmallow fudge are not the best breakfast, and it was so rich I could only eat about a 1/2 ounce of it with my cereal. Smores-y good. . I think that riblets will be supper tonight… a little high in sodium, but delicious and otherwise very healthy. Lunch, I don’t know…maybe some green beans and enchiladas. Those things are yummo!
Users on the cartman cluster will be unable to update their journals as we work to repair it. You can find the cluster you are on here. Hm.. It think that’s the first time in local memory that it wasn’t the chef cluster (my cluster)
Talking to Ray, I hear that Austin is supposed to be some sort of Mecca of sanity in the Madness that is Texas. (A large University Town?) Maybe I can get Juliabee to elaborate.
My creepy neighbor commented on stuff that I throw in the dumpster. It’s really none of his business that I like to eat much the same thing every week. Pretty weird that he noticed cans of peas and green beans.
a year ago – wonderful dreams, learning the neighborhood, notes never followed up on.
two years ago – saw Ornj off on her trip, bro’s got a win 95 box, monkey fishing a fib, due amici sub, leaves of grass, database link access to web, Kneel before zod!
three years ago -nuthin’.
Wow. Remember asking for a better vibe? It arrived. 🙂
A day of wonders and good cheer.
I can’t even remotely say how happy I am about the day’s events.
Talked to three cool people today; Danny at lunch, Ray after, and my sweetie after that. So nice!
Lunch with Danny was groovy… we had Thai (I had red curry tofu) , and a long rambling talk about assorted things…. my journal, his church, his 8-hour Saturday class, FAU’s horrible record-keeping and baurocratic system, my brother, gaming, There… and lots more. Gave Danny a stamp to put on his good student’s papers…”Double Happiness”
Ack, photos didn’t come out from today very well. We went past a number of art galleries on Las Olas… some amazing sculptures in the windows there… sadly, the female forms made of chain and coins didn’t come out an auction house with tons of ivory had this cool dragon boat in the window… all hand carved. I don’t even want to know how much that much old ivory is costing.
Goofing around and made a new Icon… We’ll see how long I keep it. I had a lot of trouble resting last night. I couldn’t think straight and was generally anxious. I wish that I had been able to focus rather than just sit and stress. Ah well, today is a new day, and hopefully a better vibe will come.
Talked to Danny last night, and he didn’t get me the Playboy, so I called the magazine up today, and they cancelled the subscription. Apparently it was an unpaid one and they don’t keep phone numbers on file, so if the person made a mistake in writing out the address they’re out of luck. I wonder if it was some sort of prank? If so, a free issue of playboy is a pretty good one! Apparently, they were going to bill the person here.
The Thorns is a new group comprised of Pete Droge, Shawn Mullins, and Matthew Sweet. They’re making music with a focus on vocal harmony that brings back memories of Crosby, Stills, and Nash (some say The Beach Boys, but I don’t feel the “surf vibe”.) Give their song No Blue Sky a listen – it’s one of my current favorites. (the lyrics) You can read this article if you want to know more about the band.
For folks that are too lazy to make hot dogs octopi-style on your own. I first learned about Octodogs in the Tick comic. Be sure and read “So How does it work?” $16.95? (or $23 with S&H) Simpler to cut the bottom twice, and poke eyes with a toothpick.
A wonderful Retrocrush look at King Kong, and his 60th birthday.
I still can’t believe how much trouble it is finding a DVD version. I’d love to get that as a present for myself. (or put it on my wish list.) Something in copyright allows for UK, but not USA?
Random Scotto factoid – I’ve never had a black eye, but have probably received a couple dozen bloody noses. (it’s never been broken)
The Illustrated Catalog of ACME products. Compiler, I salute you!
Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 is out, and it fixes a ton of bugs Imagine that.
Danny just called, and we’re going to have an impromptu lunch together. …Until later, dear journal.
a year ago – settling in, south beach remote cam, Newt-lassie comparisons, power puff/marley
two years ago – Rookie Bodine, good thoughts, crash test dummy plot seeds, redolent, the power of cheese, Ornj goes camping
three years ago– shotgun
I still feel free use the term “fairer sex”, because as a whole, I do find women to be more pleasing to the eye than men. If politically correct monkeys don’t like it, they can lump it. On looking up fair maid, I think definition two is rather comical. I may yet use that in the future.
I’m looking forward to this… Apparently it’s running trailer son Finding Nemo (when you can get there in a timely manner). The Incredibles – Pixar. Oh, you can bet I’m looking forward to it. Pixar supers! I notice that the music is like a slower version of OHMSS.
Also, Columbia Pictures has bought the rights to Marvel Comics’ most famous black superhero, Luke Cage. Ben Ramsey (THE BIG HIT) will write the adaptation of the long-running character. Luke Cage is a former gang member from Harlem that is framed by his best friend and sent to federal prison on drug charges. While in prison, Cage volunteers for a medical experiment that ultimately gives him super strength and bulletproof skin. Using the new powers, Cage escapes and becomes Luke Cage: Hero for Hire. Avi Arad will produce for Marvel Studios. I wonder who could play him well? As long as it’s not Will Smith, I’m cool. What about Iron Fist? Luke Wilson would be horrid, yet well cast, I think.
Sweet Christmas!
There’s a weakness in my heart for zombie movies…I hope 28 days later is good. I’ve heard some positive things already.
Scottobear’s Weekly Fotolog Stats/Reminder
* Your Fotolog has been viewed 88 times.
* You uploaded 5 photos in the past week.
(They’ve been viewed 93 times in the past week.)
Spreading a meme from who knows where
COMFORT TV OR COMFORT BOOKS?
Comfort books, unless I’m too tired to even read, but unable to get to sleep. (Which happens a lot when I’m in need of comfort.) Cartoon Network, Discovery, and History Channel work wonders.
WHAT COLOR IS YOUR FAVORITE SHIRT?
My current favorite shirt is a black white and red Tie-dyed “Pirates of the Caribbean” shirt I got from Disney world back in 2000. It’s comfy, has hippy and pirate context, and reminds me of a lovely little vacation.
DO YOU WRITE? IF SO, WHAT DO YOU OVERUSE?
I write, and probably rely too much on detail of the area rather than cutting to the point of the story. Too much scenery. (It’s the first thing I start trimming.)
BAND YOU HATE MOST?
Any that’s playing too loud outside my bedroom window. I really like all sorts of music.
PUNK IN DRUBLIC?
Nah, I don’t even drink all that much in private.
DUDE, I CAN’T *BELIEVE* PEOPLE…
Worry so much about the opinions of strangers with no apparent knowledge about what they’re talking about. I’m concerned with opinions of folks that matter to me, and professionals in the field…not Joe Blow off the street. (Even most professionals don’t matter to me, either, honestly.) The opinion of someone I know and respect however is very valuable.
FIRST BOOK I REMEMBER READING ALL BY MYSELF.
I can’t recall much of my very young childhood, but an issue of Spidey Super Stories (a kids comic cross-promoted on The Electric Company television show.) Sometime in the early 70s. Easy Reader was in it, and Spidey was fighting the Lizard, while Spidey teamed up with Easy Reader to fight the Vanisher. (Edit) In fact, after a little googling, I just found a picture. April 1975 issue (so I was about 6 years old), picked up at the grocery store. I’m sure there were books before that, but that one stands out in my mind because I bought it with my own money and made a point of reading it on my own. There was a teenage-girl named “Thumper” who likes to dress like Napoleon Bonaparte and uses a boxing glove she hides in her vest to whack people in the back of their head when they’re not looking. Her origin? “When the Thumper didn’t get a Yellow Pony for her birthday… she got very angry and turned to crime. Dressed as the great French Hero Napoleon, the Thumper looks for someone to Thump.” It was something very close to along those lines.
Hmm. You know, I hear that’s the exact same origin Mysterio originally had. Except replace the line about ‘someone to Thump’ with ‘someone to try desperately to frighten with rubber bats’.
I’ve come to a conclusion. Morgan Freeman must reprise his role as Easy Reader in the next Spidey movie.
I need to go to a comic book store and pick up a copy of this just to have again. Three Villains, Lizard, Thumper, and Vanisher. Pretty good for a kid’s comic. 35¢ well spent.
Deadly Peripheral
Check out the deadliest computer peripheral to hit the market since the Microsoft Natural Keyboard:
Metal Storm’s new VLe electronic handgun.
That’s right, no moving parts, all electronic. Metal Storm makes all kinds of all-electronic weapon goodies that they’re trying to peddle to the U.S. government, including a 36-barrel minigun that fires at a rate of over a million rounds a minute. That’s a lot. Here’s the article at CNN. archived article
Weird… somebody subscribed me to Playboy magazine. (Well, my address, the name on the bag it comes in was “Elad Rozman”. Elad… Dale?
I wonder if the numbers got mixed up on the address box. I’ll have to ask Danny if he subscribed me as a weird sort of present or something. If it’s not a secret goodie, I’ll call up the magazine offices on Monday, and let ’em know that I didn’t order it.
Meanwhile, free playboy. (Following links may contain nudity)
Carnie Wilson Nude… wearing a corset to cover up her gastric bypass scars, I’m guessing. Her face has an odd characteristic to it…seems long or something. It looks like she got a doctor to help trim the sag that must’ve been bound to happen after losing that much weight that fast. She looks ok.. I hope her health is better as a result of the operation.
Some airbrushed Girls from Survivor, I thought the way it worked was you were in playboy first, and then ended up on a crappy TV show? For what it’s worth the ladies are appealing, and even though I don’t normally gravitate to blondes, she has a nice look. I could not gather through a perusal of the article which name went with which girl, so that seems to be an oversight.
a very bland, generic centerfold. She’s a very typical airbrushed girl.
When did Playboy start with “sexy letters”? I though that was a penthouse/more hardcore thing.
A nifty article about crime scenes, and a lot of very standard Playboy panel cartoons, another article unread as yet about undercover cops, cool electronics, Interview with Tobey Maguire. Could be good, The Blameless society is especially nifty, about pointing fingers.
Not a bad mag for $5.99 on the street.
My registration @ do not call came back tome about 36 hours later. that’s a slow turnaround for an automated system. This registration will be effective until 6/29/2008.
Photo Friday – Angles
Tiny, banana-scented stickers.
Aww!! Giant plushie microbes! How cute are they? (via applelard…Athlete’s foot and the common cold are both so cute!
Broccoli Wokly can be purchased at Piggly Wiggly.