Discovered the palm cam works *very poorly* in low light.

Faxed my bro’s lawyer the doctor costs so that he can put the screws tighter into the lawsuit he’s working on. Good grief, I’ve been spoiled by insurance. $400 and more a toss for a month’s medicine! Criminy!

Some very positive prospects in the near future. I look forward to seeing the results of tomorrow’s events at work.

Poor little crab! This is a video taken in 6000 feet of water. An undersea robot is sawing a 3mm wide slit (1/10th of an inch … remember that width) in a pipeline. The pressure inside the pipeline is 0 psig, while the pressure outside is 2700 psi, or 1.3 tons per square inch. Then a crab comes along….

OS Quiz

shoo sent me a hy-lair-ee-ous ecard. 🙂

Newt and I both dig it lots. 🙂 Thank you!

Went to breakfast at Einstein’s, hung out at the newsstand for a few, bypassed the Sunday jazz brunch on the river, walked along riverwalk, went to the Museum of art, and then to the Imax (skipped the movie), had lunch at ole’ ole’ (I had cheese enchiladas… mmmm goood!), and returned home. I gave Danny the all-in-one printer on “permanent loan” as I’ve no room, and he’s needing a printer and fax.

We had a good morning, and early afternoon in all. Newt woke me up, and the palm was there to catch him at it.

Here are some more piccies in chronological order. due to the palm cam’s nature, some are a bit fuzzy. As always, hover mouse over the pix for comments.

All small, but cut for brevity.

You’re one year older, one year wiser,
Rock ‘n roll star, king, czar, and a kaiser.
A room full of friends, a mouth full of cake,
Every present is for you and it feels pretty great.
You’re the man of the hour, the V.I.P.
You get the first slice of the p-i-e,
But first blow out the candles and make a wish.
Put a smile on, cuz it’s your birthday, bitch!

Go Scotto, it’s your birthday
Go Scotto, it’s your birthday

Groundhogs seek sex, not shadows

I did see my shadow this morning… I’m going to go out to breakfast with Danny, and probably will let him use the all-in-one printer, because I don’t have the room for it.

Thanks for christin‘s nice Ecard, and all the swell emails and lj-replies about my b’day!

From the Archives.
A year ago today – I’m 33, and a reprint of moonmama‘s nice piccie (see above), A blah birthday until the end , Daredevil summary for tarpo (with now broken image links), a lovely ending to the day.

Two Years ago, I’m 32, Candlemas, Groundhog’s day, Imbolc, Thesmophoria, all manner of ecards, first appearance of the moonmama bday drawing.

From one of the first days of my brother back from Hawaii:

Continue reading Happy Birthday to Me! 34 today. →

Last few moments before I turn 34… or more than that if you take into account that I was born in the morning, not at midnight.

Looking for some more ebooks to put on queue for palm-reading. I’m thinking Kipling, and Howard Pyles Book of Pirates.

I’m thinking of her scent, and the touch of her skin…*rowr* Maybe it’s time to read song of Solomon again.

Like a goblet, indeed.

Where does the food go? Two growing boys, can gobble up quite a load of groceries.

I’m off to pick up some more, until later, dear journal.

[update- back already, and mah cubbards are stocked to the gills.] My Veggie burgers had a free pizza-burger in each container!

sad news- Space shuttle Columbia breaks apart in flames about 203,000 feet over Texas, 16 minutes before it was supposed to touch down in Florida. All seven aboard were killed: William McCool, Rick Husband, Michael Anderson, Kalpana Chawla, David Brown, Laurel Clark and Ilan Ramon, who was Israel’s first astronaut.

First pictures with palm cam

in the three default resolutions & colors, tiny file sizes. Newt’s got a pouty-puss on!

Happy Chinese New Year!

Year of the goat / sheep! The goat is a symbol of warmth, understanding, creativity and untidiness… I’m all for that.

• For good luck, the house should be cleaned before New Year Eve. *Whoops*
• You should try to repay your debts by this time. *Done*
• If you haven’t taken a shower, don’t bother. Doing so washes away your good luck. *Ok… But I’ll shower first thing tomorrow! *
• It’s a lucky sign to hear a song bird, red-colored bird, or a swallow. *Hmm.Any cardinals or red parrots around? *
• Do not use scissors as this may cut off your fortune. *No razors for me today! *
• Wear red for fortune and prosperity, do not wear white.
• The first person one meets and the first words heard are significant as to what the fortunes would be for the entire year.

While many Chinese people today may not believe in these do’s and don’ts, these traditions and customs are still practiced. These traditions and customs are kept because most families realize that it is these very traditions, whether believed or not, that provide continuity with the past and provide the family with an identity.

Fifteen day celebration…

I found a teeny-weeny shark’s tooth!

Cool Fossil #3.

On the pleasant surprise side of today –

Sappho got me all sorts of cool goodies for my birthday!

In a Dragon Tales Bag, to boot!

• Time Eyewitness: 150 Years of Photojournalism in paperback, The stuff from 1880 to 1920 is especially neat.
• A bunch of gray and green army men.
• A giant size copy of mad magazine.
• A jar of gravel and fossils from the peace river, including a nifty ray’s tooth, and bit of turtle shell. The stuff from the river is so rich with fossils you can just sift through a handful and come back with a tiny shark’s tooth or the like. A very nifty, and thoughtful gift. I’m a big fan of the Peace River.
• A chip the cat beanie baby.. (Newt will adore that!)
• A third-hand Electronic Hand-Held Trivial Pursuit — The Best of Genus Edition… She didn’t want it, and neither did her mom. But when folks think trivia, they think Scotto!
• A pack of Big Red Gum is it my breath?
• Many Packets of Pez Candy.
• Two cool rubber lizards (about 2″ long), that will fight well with the army men, or be treated cruelly by Newt.
• Charles Kuralt’s American Moments – Hardcover. I’ve not dug too deeply into this one yet, but I really liked his spots “On the Road” and on “Sunday Morning”.

Hmm… Charles Kuralt says something strangely appropriate.

Oddly prophetic synchronicity, there. Goodbye, January. Goodbye Year of the Horse… Goodbye, Moon. Goodbye to much of what is behind us now.

Hello to the New!

Last Day of January… Seemed slow at the time, but now I wonder where it went. Tomorrow is the new moon, which means it’s also the Chinese New Year. Water Goat. (Is Goat or Sheep more popular?) Speaking of which – Hee… Just switch to Linux “I’m Steve, and I’m a Supervillian”. Orbiting brain-lasers & Genetically engineered cyber-goats, indeed.

Instant Kama sutra, anyone? (Probably not safe for work) Or just “fun with shadow puppets” Personally, I think it’s more likely to be considered appropriate than a guy dressing up as a girl bunny with a vinyl fetish, but whatever floats your boat.

Literary Joke of the day…

Charles Dickens walks into a bar, orders a martini. Bartender says, “Olive or Twist?”

Got the Jornada to work and do its thing, but I really should get a serial to usb cable for convenience’s sake. Too many plugs in my machine! With usb, I can at least “hub out” to more devices, or plug and unplug in a more civil manner. (Plus, my laptop doesn’t have a small serial port on it.)

Surprising response to the poll. More people answered it than I expected.

CALCUTTA, India (AP) — Police arrested a man carrying 100 human skulls in a bag in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, a newspaper reported Thursday.

“Hey Sangey! Got a job yet?”
“You bet, Bob! I sell ceremonial skulls to monks over in Sikkim!”
“Great! See you at the Pancake Breakfast next Saturday?”
“Dern Tootin’!”

got my jornada tonight…boo booed by setting a password, and it doesn’t seem to want to let me in now. ramma-frazzen. here we go, Hard reset HP Jornada 420, 430, and 430se, Remove the batteries and press RESET for 5+ seconds.

got it.

Aside from that, the day was hectic, but went ok. Island boy is back.