Integration, Accomplishment, Involvement, Fulfillment.

That was my draw for the course of today. Upon reflection on it, I tihnk enjoying peace of mind and using a gift and talent apply most. I got a lot accomplished and spoke briefly with Jen today regarding a future WID gig, too. Perhaps an opportunity to network out form there to other charity gigs, too. Maybe some work for St. Vincent’s Shelter… it’s remarkable to me how many places need tech-henchmen. Put in much relaxation time in too. Naps are *nice*.

Saw an airshow outside this afternoon…it’s been going on all weekend, apparently. The new laundry was positioned just right to watch it, and I did get my gear all done for free… not only that, it wasn’t crowded, either. Brand new machines and very clean. I wonder how long it’ll last?

found this unusual site… the cards another site that might be fun to meditate on

2001: a space travesty. was on earlier (and probably still on, though I’ve since moved on) Ugh… it’s *awful* not funny. I’m sorry for giving it 15 minutes of my time. I blame the French, whose earmarks are all over it.

Has anyone else seen the preview for the new Richard Gere movie, The Mothman Prophecies?

There’s a phantom voice on the phone, and it hoarsley whispers what’s in Gere’s hand….

Chaaaaaappppstickk….

What great product placement!

This link has some info on the mothman story, (even though the movie looks not so great.) one of my fave creepy conspiracy / UFO tales.

airshow overhead
unforseen entertainment
yellow biplanes fly

walked to the laundry
used new fabric softener
Newt likes clean towels

chores done, finally
The goal is relaxation
looks like it’s naptime

fresh sheets and covers
showered body snug beneath
this, Sunday’s purpose

Mixed dreams last night. I’m going around putting self-adhesive postage stamps on all my books, either on the spine or the inside front cover, if the spine’s too small. I’m hanging out with Danny. I look over and notice he’s removing some of the stamps, and it’s not really bothering me… I ask him where he got his watch, and he tells me that he stole it from K-mart. (Dan would never do that.) I decide to take him to K-mart and make him bring it back, and my sweetie is there, not working, just a-shoppin’. My thieving buddy managed to escape while I was mooning over her, so I took her to the movies… we checked out LOTR… and we were mocking a big chunk of it. Whispering to one another, making the hobbits lisp at each other..”Ithn’t that Legolath a thweetie?” “Oh, yeth!” Fortunately, we were the only ones in the theater, so we could get into fits of giggles and gab pretty loudly with each other. After, we went to a park, and dined on lemon chicken… Overall, it was a nice time.

Going to try the new laundry today… I still have that freebie coupon. I wonder if it’ll be a mob scene there? If it’s too bad, I’ll keep going, and use old faithful.

Handy-dandy link o’ the day – file types by extension.

Eta Noozhna!
Cosmos Patrol! It’s Star Trek for Communists! The crew of the Red Adventurer and a reanimated Peter the Great challenging holographic supervillains Adolf Hitler and John D. Rockefeller in a chess tournament—to the death!

Japanese firms that destroy relationships for those unable to do it themselves–busting up marriages, driving off mistresses, even ruining corporate managers with their board of directors for the sake of a rival. Amazing, upsetting stuff.

They pioneer the outer reaches of space. They patrol the highways and keep the roads safe for Diet Dr. Pepper (with help from They Might Be Giants). They protect the world from megalomaniacal super-criminals. They’re the backbone of our great nation’s trucking industry. They’re sports idols who inspire our youth. They’re the future of education.

What won’t those fabulous chimpanzees do in the service of mankind?

Now, off to sleeps! Nighters! (By the way… my sweetie likes me better than Aragorn. Neener, Strider. prefers me she does. Yesss. )

I’ve been having a Bad day. I’m glad to be home, in a secure, soothing environment at last, just Newt by my side, and my sweetie in my heart. I had to wait an hour and a half for some of the folks to arrive, and they didn’t have a clear idea of what they wanted, and the late, clueless parties were unapologetic to the folks that were made to wait. This is my Saturday, and my time off….don’t waste my time, and don’t blow it off as worthless. At least I got to catch up with Jen about her kitties and had other conversation I could make. I did get a parting shot in, though… “Next time I’m made to wait like that for a meeting, I’ll be billing for my time.” (Which I’m sure confirmed Lisa’s opinion of me as a man.) I really, really, really pity that woman. I understand why she is the way she is… but taking out your anger with one or even a few bad men in your life on *all* men, including me… one who is just trying to be a nice guy is a bad idea. She has a lot of anger inside, and is willing to spray it on anyone that crosses her path. Throughout the meeting she was uncooperative, snippy, and a negative amount of help, and in my mind, had no utility at the meeting but to slow it down, and make it less pleasant for everyone. Same woman I was concerned about dealing with earlier today.

That aside… I implemented some changes for them tonight, after the meeting which took up about another two hours of my time. Optimized databases, set up a few custom reports, no real heavy duty programming… but I did have to replace one of the network cards, too. I did it gratis and after completing it, I made the statement about billing with an aside to Jen about not appreciating Lisa’s remarks, attitude or timing.

Ugh… done griping. Dinner will be nice. I have a nice pasta salad and tasty pseudo-chicken patty waiting. suppertime!

From Rebecca –

Public Service Alert! This morning I received a piece of spam claiming to be from EBay, informing me that my ‘order had been completed’ and my credit card would be charged if I did not cancel the order by going to a website and filling in some information. This is a fraudulent attempt to gather personal information (and maybe even your credit card number).

If you receive this Ebay Spam, do not follow these directions and do not respond to it. Note that the URL the spam directs you to is not an EBay address. Note that EBay auctions do not work this way. Remember that you may dispute any charge on your credit card. Report it to SpamCop or report it to Ebay Fraud, if you are a member. (Unfortunately, there is no way to file a complaint if you are not.) Or just delete it. And inform your friends about it.

I slept very well last night… Hit the sack fairly early after reading. Thick, deep, Russian sleep. The sort of snooze I think I’d get if I was put into one of those cocoons for sublight space travel.

A question posed to me today… “Notice that the Crate & Barrel store sells neither?”

http://technoerotica.net/mylog/optouts.html (If you don’t use nopop software… and why aren’t you? – this kills a large number of the pop-ads, under and over)

Also – Marvel Comic legend John Buscema dies .. I haven’t been this sad about an artist going since Curt Swan passed away… his work on Conan and Hulk comics were a frequent part of my growing up, as much as Swan’s Superman.

well, enough procrastinating… time for a shower, shave and spruce up for the meeting.

Women in distress meeting today at 2. I’m going to sit down with them, work out what they want and figure out pricing. (I hate that part. Pricing charities is hard for me.)

This might be a continuing gig for me… Lots of little one shots because they don’t want a full-time guy. Either way, it gives a little pocket change and is for a good cause… I’m always nervous meeting some of the ladies there, though. A few are just so damaged…I have to walk on eggshells. I can’t sound too sympathetic “what would you know?” or be too cool “Like you care!”. The best bet in that situation is to keep quiet, and wait for one of her friends to shift the social gears back into a safe-zone. It’s a variant on office politics that has never been a good time. I can understand helping these folks out, but placing them in the “client communications” side makes more sense than tossing them in the business end.

I’m thinking it’ll just be more form design and minor db programming.

monkey god baby
muslim reincarnation
lord hanuman’s back!

I just had the bestest nap, ever!

It feels like my batteries are totally up to full.

My Lj-sis () made me a rastafarian. See the evidence below.

I was prowling around the more odd parts of the Net and stumbled across that image…Not much information about it except that it is some sort of Tibetan pitcher made from a human skull and used to hold wine for ceremonies.

I want something like that, but made from the skull of a buccaneer.

Colostomy Bag Thief
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A bungling thief who thought he had taken a valuable camera ended up with a case full of colostomy bags.

The burglar struck at the home of Kath Tozer in Penzance and ignored other valuables as he took the Kodak camera case and fled. The case belonged to a state-of-the-art digital camera, but Mrs Tozer, 70, uses it to keep her travelling supply of colostomy bags.

I only wish that he’d gotten the used ones.

from this test – http://blanchard.virtualave.net/war/dndstats.html

Str: 17
Int: 15
Wis: 13
Dex: 13
Con: 12
Chr: 14

I’d not have thought my Con was lower than my dex. (I’d have figured it was the other way around). According to http://www.ackadia.com/bgate/game-bgtables.html (my memory wasn’t serving me) I meet the minimums to be a Bard! That’d be a wonderful fantasy career track. (I don’t quite make muster for a ranger or paladin)

The cold hard lands,
they bites our hands,
they gnaws our feet.
The rocks and stones
are like old bones
all bare of meat.
But stream and pool
is wet and cool:
so nice for feet!
And now we wish –