elves
Originally uploaded by The Bees.
my mom used to have these creepy things all over the house at christmastime when I was a kid.
don’t even *try* to tell me that they didn’t come to live and do awful things while we slept.
7960 – No Newt-pics for Dubai?
Sorry, sedef & family.. if you want to see pictures of my new place, I’ll have to email ’em to you, because Flickr has been blocked by the UAE government censors for the second time. Blame it on Etisalat (state monopoly teloc), blame it on the TRA (UAE Telecoms Regulatory Authority) the result is the same: no more Flickr for Dubaians.
For a virtual-UAE internet experience, try clicking this link:
http://www.flickr.com
–via
7959 – I’ve got nothing to say but it’s O.K.
Greedy Grateful Dead widow burns down online show-library – Archive.org has been forced to take down over 1000 soundboard recordings of the Grateful Dead by Jerry’s wife and a few (perhaps one) remaining member of the band. Ah well, it was good while it lasted.
Banana Pancakes for breakfast this morning. Yumma. I wonder if there’ll be any left over TeeGee treats at work.
Crabby Jack’s for lunch yesterday was nice. Sort of a “Hooters, but with food that’s worth eating” vibe. Cute waitresses and bartender, everyone is friendly, but not “gimme a better tip” fake-friendly. I sat at the bar, and Kristy was knowledgeable about the area and gave me some good hints on places to visit on walkabout and for eats. She’s been working there for 9 years and seems to really enjoy the place. Mojo, the other bartender has been there for 15 years, works tues-fri.
They have a Karaoke night, cheap & tasty food, wireless ‘net (how I sent palm piccies), open to 3am and has some live entertainment there, so it may be a new hangout. We’ll see, but so far, so good. Kristy advised “The Whale’s Rib” to me, and I may guide Danny or perhaps Magda that way when time becomes available.
Moment of Lyric – wma
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My new street number is 777, and as a result, the Pixie’s “this monkey’s gone to heaven” is echoing a bit inside my brain. Also, that was the year that Charlemagne beat the Saxons and Widukind fled to Denmark.
Speaking of Monkeys… Kong – King of Atlantis Wha?
Kong’s demise was legend, his rebirth a well guarded secret. Using DNA from the original, a new Kong was born–gigantic and primal with increased strength and ability. The new Kong is no ordinary ape–through an amazing cyber-link, Kong and his human “brother” Jason can merge into one. When an ancient prophecy starts to come true, the sunken city of Atlantis begins to rise. The evil Queen Reptilla plans to take this opportunity to trick Kong into becoming her King, using him as her slave to unite the warring clans of Atlantis for her own evil gains. In a race against time, Jason must convince Kong that Queen Reptilla is evil, in the hope that together they can save the island and its inhabitants. Join Kong as he struggles between a sense of duty to his home and friends and the allure of an amazing world, where extraordinary beasts and beings wait to honor and serve him as King of Atlantis!
Ah, that explains it.
Probably my favorite Christmas Song: (From the Christmas special 1977.. I was 8) – little drummer boy : david bowie & bing crosby. mp3 format, full version
7949 – first entry from my new place.
Danny was a *huge* help when it came to the move. I couldn’t have done it without him. He is truly master of all things. (according to his fortune cookie, anyhow.)
Breakfast of blueberry muffins and cold water this morning. Nice christening of the house.
No DSL yet at the new place, and my repair shop told me what I already knew… dead IDE and drives on Bigger brain. Thank goodness for warranty, as I need a new motherboard and pair of Hard drives. Downside is that the parts will take about a week, and all old data on there is toast. A lot of movies that hadn’t been yet burned to DVD were lost, but easily recovered. I’m thankful that most of my sentimental pictures and movies are saved online as well as locally. I’ve got a lot of stuff to reinstall, Newtcam and etc once it gets back home.
Lucky for me Lappie works fine, even on dialup! I just called Bellsouth, and it looks like I’m without DSL until 12/16 “thanks to the hurricane”. I call shenanigans on that, but it’s not a big deal until I get bigger brain up and running anyhow.
Newt is enjoying all of the new surfaces, and already know how to use the bathroom. Nice comfy evening on the new bed.
No pictures until I find a wireless point to toss images from the palm, but I’m taking before and after shots as the place comes together.
John Lennon – Happy Xmas (War Is Over) – mp3 format
7948 – last entry from my old place
Meal with Momster, Wilt, Rosmary and Yizzy went well… unfortunately bro could not come with us. I ate to bursting, and napped for an hour when I got home. After the nap, I procrastinated for a bit, by surfing the net on borrowed wireless and gave big snuggies to the newtster rather than stack boxes right away. at about 7 I went to final packing proper,and once I hear form Danny, I’ll know when we’ll be picking up the truck and trying move #2 in earnest.
Rosemary (Wilt’s sis) is pretty cool, my first meeting with her. Yizzy is ok, a bit on the cheapskate side.
Bro was baker acted yesterday, after meeting the psych. He’s now in a ward without a phone, but they can bring one to him. He tried to check out with his injuries and they made him stick around.
Apparently, some local “friends” have his stuff, even though he is supposed to be out of Hollywood. I suspect that he’s totally back to where he was before, and is ashamed to tell me. All I really want is for him to be healthy, but even that seems to be a bit of a stretch.
[update- he was released on his own about 10am this morning]
7947 – gover smash puny human
gover smash puny human
Originally uploaded by scottobear.