Nifty 3-D renderings

Went to the mall with Mel to get lunch and shop for Christmas prezzies for folks (where the mother surprised us in burdines), then worked on her ‘pooter to get Fruity-loops working with the midi device properly. We hung out for a bit, had a few Smirnoff ices, and hung out and chitty-chatted about this, that and the other thing for a few hours. We stopped off at a pet store, and scoped out a Siamese, even though there’s already 4 back at Mel’s place. I was tempted to bring Newt back a little buddy m’self, but brain won out over heart… this time.

Yahoo 2-person canasta is a hoot! Thank you for the game and the tutoring, Christy!

Things about my dad at 35, as far as I can recall. The year was 1980. Two sons, aged eleven and seven. His wife was a visiting day-nurse to an older lady that had a stroke. He was just getting into real estate sales to do in the background while he worked as an engineer. Fished almost every other weekend, and hunted maybe once every two months. Most of our meat was store bought, but fish was a regular staple brought in by boat, pole and hook. Fishing was really his best way to get away from it all, and he almost always had a beer in his hand if it was after 7pm. He and his family were living in one side of a duplex that was a two-bedroom, two bath home in Florida, and rented out the one-bedroom side to an older tenant. He smoked cigarettes during the week, and packed a pipe with cherry tobacco on the weekends. The neighbors were hippie/bikers named Denny and Chris, and his big TV shows were still documentaries, about war or nature. He wore his hair short, clean shaved.

He had seven years left to live. I think he was very blessed.

Things about me at 35. The Year is 2004. Newt is five years old, and far simpler to maintain than a human child. Currently seeing what the future will bring mate-wise. My brother no longer lives right next door, but I’m in a comfortable place, and am looking off and on for a two-bedroom condo. I do not smoke anything, and drink only sparingly. My neighbors are a doctor’s office and a Psychiatrist’s… the two apartments adjacent are empty, but may be populated come Dec 1. My Big TV shows are lost, and nature documentaries.. I’ve become disillusioned with most of the history channel’s offerings lately. My hair is long, almost to my belt line. I have a full beard, but am considering a reversion back to my more regular goatee.

I have no idea how much time I have left. I’m very blessed.

The new Make Love Not Spam screensaver by Lycos constantly loads web pages advertised in spam mails; this is to make sure the spammers will find they’re having impossible traffic costs.

I’ve recently registered with blogexplosion, and I expect to see a considerable amount of traffic flowing into the site. I wonder how much this service will end up hammering LJ, as more people use it to get people to swing by? Since you can route to more than one site, maybe I’ll point some hits to my friend’s page.

Even better, it’s helped me to find some pretty nifty blogs I’d not otherwise have tripped over. (Random on LJ works only if you’re looking for 18 year old girls posting about cutting and high school issues, generally.)

Anime Popeye?!

1 year ago – Thoughts, Bouncing bear, FBI, GW, yummies

2 years ago – Santa Modded dwarf, bro, TeeGee, nephelococcygia poll, my Santa-powers

3 years ago – hungry jack’s, paean, icky food poll, Zelda

4 years ago – Disturbing auctions, owl & pussy-cat

Nice night to walk around and see what’s what.

	boatwatching in poor light
	taxicab
	riverwalk from tower
	trampoline girl
	beach place

Going out for walkies. I’ll be around the beach… if you see big guy in a blue hawaiian shirt with white palm trees on it, it’s probably me.

(the cam can take a moment or two to load)

Sweet mother of pearl … the IVR system was limping badly last night.. my poor tech had to suffer through a lot (as did I, through extension) between getting folks to reboot remote servers and just act on the issue that’s causing it to cry. Yesterday, from 7pm on to well after 9pm, The system needed nursing in a way that I couldn’t fix… the autodialer system wasn’t recognizing inserted jobs.

Poor EN was stuck at the source, trying to get calls launched over expanded areas quickly, and fortunately, we were able to do so in a reasonably timely manner, though it required a lot of hoop jumping. It’s to his credit that he was able to maintain a calm and cool head. If it was ADP, I’d have been dealing with a wailing banshee.It’s just as well that Aly wasn’t available during those hours… not much time for quality hangout while I’m giving code and tech lines to EN to call. (and calling alternate lines m’self)

Of course, it turns out that EN was mis-entering his login code, and the IVR was cool. Well, he realized it, and was up front about the error, which is to his credit. I know he won’t be making that boo boo again anytime soon!

Even though I work for a company that has random drug testing as a requirement, I don’t think we’ve ever actually had a test. The last time I was made to pee in a cup was 3/11/2003, and that was just for a filler crap gig at TAG. (I think Katt worked there for a while, as well as Fred.)

As I tear the fabric of time and space, and am reminded of the muffin tree.

Great Ray Bradbury Quote –

“If we listened to our intellect we’d never have a love affair. We’d never have a friendship. We’d never go in business because we’d be cynical: ‘It’s gonna go wrong.’ Or, ‘She’s going to hurt me.’ Or, ‘I’ve had a couple of bad love affairs, so therefore …’ Well, that’s nonsense. You’re going to miss life. You’ve got to jump off the cliff all the time and build your wings on the way down.”

7 deadly sins meme

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Mother in Brazil. Brother in Jail. I plan to visit with Aly if there’s time after she hangs with her folks, see what’s new and unusual.

No word from Dan, Dave, Kev, Sleepy, Grumpy or Doc.

Newt doesn’t mind that there’s no turkey in the house. He’s licking an olive happily.

I wonder how GP and Katt are faring? I imagine it’s just a nice day off for them.

Minor Revisions to the Website, mostly just making toybox more accessible.

look at all the types of hersheys kisses!

Random Scotto Thanksgiving factoid:

I left home over Thanksgiving weekend when I was 17. The Mother was on vacation at the time, and the bro was living with an aunt and uncle. I went to live with a friend of mine at the time, Laura, a single mom with twin 5-year old girls from one marriage, and a 1 year old from another relationship. I got room an dboard for babysitting, which was a pretty sweet deal. Laura was in her LDS phase, and I wasn’t interested in her as a mate, which was also just as well… the last thing I’d have needed was to fall into some sort of weird father/husbandhood at that point.

Laura is now on Husband #4 (I think?), Pam’s old flame Patrick. GP and Katt knew him too… I think they were burned by him in some way, but I don’t know that whole story. The Twinkies are as old now as I was then… maybe older?

I’ve only started to mention this once before, years ago, and never got back to it.

That was a really screwed up time for me… Parents split up and both were not being too mature about things, Bro was dealing with everything badly, currently on the outs with Pam for the first time (we buried the hatchet at laura’s 3rd wedding… that lasted for a while, until the IBM/Texas incident), I wasn’t spending much time with Brent or Steve, more of Kev and Tomi. The place I was living was fairly low-rent, and I remember having to be an “Enforcer” to get one of Laura’s ex-boyfriends to give back her Mac. He was so frightened of the situation, that he put the computer at the end of the street, and stood aside about a block away. I didn’t help matters by being a pissed-looking Mongo-monkey with an aluminum baseball bat in hand… after he’d given me some lip on the phone, I was fairly enthusiastic about connecting the metal to his body in some way, too.

That was a long time ago. half my life ago, really… 18 years, I guess?

Thanksgiving has a lot of memories attached to it… right around or on my Dad’s birthday (depending on the year’s Thursday), so I tend to think about him and his passing away at this time of year, more than others.

Tomorrow’d have been my Dad’s 59th Birthday… he’s been gone 16 years now.It doesn’t seem that long.

Things I’m thankful for:

Newt.

Good Friends, both old and new.

Fresh Opportunities keep presenting themselves.

I’m not on call (much) today.

I am well-fed.

I have a comfortable shelter.

I have a job that pays the bills, and it actually helps to make the world a better place.

not too shabby.

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Mother in Brazil. Brother in Jail. I plan to visit with Aly if there’s time after she hangs with her folks, see what’s new and unusual.

No word from Dan, Dave, Kev, Sleepy, Grumpy or Doc.

Newt doesn’t mind that there’s no turkey in the house. He’s licking an olive happily.

I wonder how GP and Katt are faring? I imagine it’s just a nice day off for them.

Minor Revisions to the Website, mostly just making toybox more accessible.

look at all the types of hersheys kisses!

Random Scotto Thanksgiving factoid:

I left home over Thanksgiving weekend when I was 17. The Mother was on vacation at the time, and the bro was living with an aunt and uncle. I went to live with a friend of mine at the time, Laura, a single mom with twin 5-year old girls from one marriage, and a 1 year old from another relationship. I got room an dboard for babysitting, which was a pretty sweet deal. Laura was in her LDS phase, and I wasn’t interested in her as a mate, which was also just as well… the last thing I’d have needed was to fall into some sort of weird father/husbandhood at that point.

Laura is now on Husband #4 (I think?), Pam’s old flame Patrick. GP and Katt knew him too… I think they were burned by him in some way, but I don’t know that whole story. The Twinkies are as old now as I was then… maybe older?

I’ve only started to mention this once before, years ago, and never got back to it.

That was a really screwed up time for me… Parents split up and both were not being too mature about things, Bro was dealing with everything badly, currently on the outs with Pam for the first time (we buried the hatchet at laura’s 3rd wedding… that lasted for a while, until the IBM/Texas incident), I wasn’t spending much time with Brent or Steve, more of Kev and Tomi. The place I was living was fairly low-rent, and I remember having to be an “Enforcer” to get one of Laura’s ex-boyfriends to give back her Mac. He was so frightened of the situation, that he put the computer at the end of the street, and stood aside about a block away. I didn’t help matters by being a pissed-looking Mongo-monkey with an aluminum baseball bat in hand… after he’d given me some lip on the phone, I was fairly enthusiastic about connecting the metal to his body in some way, too.

That was a long time ago. half my life ago, really… 18 years, I guess?

Thanksgiving has a lot of memories attached to it… right around or on my Dad’s birthday (depending on the year’s Thursday), so I tend to think about him and his passing away at this time of year, more than others.

Tomorrow’d have been my Dad’s 59th Birthday… he’s been gone 16 years now.It doesn’t seem that long.

Things I’m thankful for:

Newt.

Good Friends, both old and new.

Fresh Opportunities keep presenting themselves.

I’m not on call (much) today.

I am well-fed.

I have a comfortable shelter.

I have a job that pays the bills, and it actually helps to make the world a better place.

not too shabby.

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Toasted orange marmalade sammiches for breakfast. yum.

Looks to be a lovely day today.

This entry keeps getting anonymous porn spam comment posts… they’re auto-screened, but I wonder what combination of keywords is setting it off? (posts were put there on 2/2/04, 7/16/04, 8/20/04 and most recently 11/24/04)

Hardcore Morris Dancers

Does Italy really have a vampire problem, with all the churches and garlic?

50,000 comic book covers.

I really like knowing people that have no access to the internet, save for kinkos or the library. I get a very fresh perspective from them. Maybe not one I share, but that’s ok.

though small
As measured against the All,
I have been so instinctively thorough
About my crevice and burrow.

-Robert Frost

What change of life will come today? I foresee an interesting mix of light and dark paint when the time comes to remember this month, years from now.

• I want to write something in the sand with a stick.
• I want to make someone smile today.
• I want to set some people straight about where they stand with me.
• I want to get a straight answer about a few questions I have about myself.
• I want to find that condo… or barring that, I want my apartment to magically clean itself.
• I want today to go by smoothly, and without painful incident.
• I want to rest my head in the lap of a pretty girl, have her give me a scalp massage, and then return the favor.

From the Hooray for Bittorrent and cartoons not available on DVD anywhere department:

“More Fire! More Fire! To Melt all the Candy, the Flames must be HIGHER!”

The Master criminal… A Gingerbread Boy?

FDLE’s Computer Crime Center (FC3) with the assistance of the Tallahassee Police Department capped a monthlong investigation with the arrest of Jonathan Stettler, 25, of Tallahassee on Nov. 22. Stettler, a state employee, was charged with one count of computer pornography.

The investigation was initiated after the Green Cove Springs Police Department received a tip. Working from this tip, an undercover FDLE agent posing as the father of a 14-year-old boy communicated online with Stettler who expressed a desire to sexually exploit the child. Three weeks ago, Stettler was followed to a local hotel where he expected to meet the father and son. Stettler left the location, however, prior to making contact with the undercover agent.

Two weeks ago, Stettler began communicating again with the undercover agent who at this time was posing as a different 14-year-old boy. Once again, Stettler indicated a desire to personally meet and sexually exploit the boy.

After communicating several times with the undercover agent, Stettler agreed to meet who he thought was the 14-year-old boy on Monday afternoon at an apartment complex on Tharpe Street. Following his arrival, Stettler was taken into custody.

FDLE, the Tallahassee Police Department and the Green Cove Springs Police Department are all members of the North Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. This task force is one of 45 federally funded task forces nationwide created solely to investigate Internet crimes against children that include the online sexual exploitation of children and child pornography.

“This is another example of why parents should take time to discuss Internet safety with their children,” said Special Agent Bob Breeden of FDLE’s Computer Crime Center. “Many parents have no idea who their children are communicating with online. Predators are using the Internet now to communicate with young people, often over a several month period, to win their trust and convince them to meet face to face often with tragic results.”

http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/Fc3/child_safety.htm – tips for keeping your children safe online.

It can take just one good thing to cancel out a dozen bad things. In my little universe, anyhow.

Random Scotto factoid: I actually like Puddle of Mudd. So sue me.

The flux of fortune seems to be going more my way with the full beard. I’m getting better luck, people all around me are having worse fortune.

A superstitious person might see some sort of correlation.

I am a man of science.

But I’m keeping the beard.

For Now.

Seventeen people have been arrested as agents dismantled two well-known Central Florida heroin trafficking organizations. The arrests were part of Operation Moto Soto, a joint investigative effort with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Heroin Task Force.

The organizations had been operating in Central Florida for a number of years and had a combined control of an estimated 25 percent of the street level heroin distribution in the east Orange County area. The rings distributed more than two kilos of heroin per month, enough for approximately 20,000 doses of the drug.

More than 40 agents representing numerous local, state, and federal agencies apprehended 18 defendants, including all of the top figures in the organizations. Additionally, more than $100,000 in assets was seized during the operation and is pending forfeiture.

Operation Moto Soto included the cooperation of agents with the DEA, Orange County Sheriff’s Office, Seminole County Sheriff’s Office, and FDLE.

Oh, I made a mistake! It’s Melissa, not Alyssa! No wonder she was confused. D’oh.

Only about a third of Americans believe that Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution is a scientific theory that has been well supported by the evidence, while just as many say that it is just one of many theories and has not been supported by the evidence. The rest say they don’t know enough to say. Forty-five percent of Americans also believe that God created human beings pretty much in their present form about 10,000 years ago. A third of Americans are biblical literalists who believe that the Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word.

I tell you, dear journal, that the more I think things are, the less so they become. I thought that there was a firm majority in one of those camps.

I’m a googlewhack – In my Email this Morning:

Subject: Indoctrimat: Googlewhack

Scotto,

Just thought you’d like to know, you’re officially a googlewhack. Trying anything to avoid work, I typed “Scotsmen Bosons” into the world’s favourite search engine and hoopla – you are the one and only.

I’d make you a badge or a plaque to commemorate, but let’s face it, everyone will be jumping on the bandwagon now.

Love the Bill Hicks quote on your bio.

Have fun,

Brian…

1 year ago Whatever comes to mind, kid memory, cent sign, elephants

2 years ago – Mayah’s Birthday with pics, mage knight, cosplayers, Newtpics, ACCExpo, Lemmiwinks song

3 years ago – Superpowers, assoil, holiday icon musing

4 years ago – Golden Rice, survey, myths over Miami

Looks like form buttons still work… I’ve really got to clean up the links to dead sites, and revise some of my old static text on the website. Maybe over TG weekend.

Short Week! Monday-Wed is it. I’m getting TG and the following Friday off, and I have technician issues covered.

Rock over London – Rock on, Chicago – Wheaties the breakfast of champions

I have some kind of crazy mojo going on lately. I’m surely going to kick back and enjoy it while it lasts.

While I’m feeling particularly egotistical….

Hercules, hero of song and story!
Hercules, winner of ancient glory!
Fighting for the right, fighting with his might;
With the strength of ten, ordinary men!
Hercules, people are safe when near him!
Hercules, only the evil fear him!
Softness in his eyes, iron in his thighs;
Virtue in his heart, fire in every part of
The Mighty Hercules!

Having a sidekick named Newton is purely coincidental.

When I saw a clip last night from Ferris Bueller’s Day off, all I could think of was “Drunk Driver (Broderick) vs Pedophile (Jones)”. Also starring that Dirty Dancing gal before she got her nose job, and the Perv character from Spin city.

The absolute best site about jam sandwiches.

Workers came back on Sunday, and started doing more remodeling in the apartments next door… it sounds like they’re tearing up the floor tile again, or an outside wall.

Kitty quiz-meme

Looks like form buttons still work… I’ve really got to clean up the links to dead sites, and revise some of my old static text on the website. Maybe over TG weekend.

Short Week! Monday-Wed is it. I’m getting TG and the following Friday off, and I have technician issues covered.

Rock over London – Rock on, Chicago – Wheaties the breakfast of champions

I have some kind of crazy mojo going on lately. I’m surely going to kick back and enjoy it while it lasts.

While I’m feeling particularly egotistical….

Hercules, hero of song and story!
Hercules, winner of ancient glory!
Fighting for the right, fighting with his might;
With the strength of ten, ordinary men!
Hercules, people are safe when near him!
Hercules, only the evil fear him!
Softness in his eyes, iron in his thighs;
Virtue in his heart, fire in every part of
The Mighty Hercules!

Having a sidekick named Newton is purely coincidental.

When I saw a clip last night from Ferris Bueller’s Day off, all I could think of was “Drunk Driver (Broderick) vs Pedophile (Jones)”. Also starring that Dirty Dancing gal before she got her nose job, and the Perv character from Spin city.

The absolute best site about jam sandwiches.

Workers came back on Sunday, and started doing more remodeling in the apartments next door… it sounds like they’re tearing up the floor tile again, or an outside wall.

Kitty quiz-meme

Walkabout yesterday started as a dud, but ended on a high note.

Dragon’s lair, picked up a pair of Pirates of the Spanish Main game decks. (we never got around to opening them… good for next time.)

Dan and I went to the Seminole Casino… booooring. I totally fail to catch the appeal of Texas hold ’em or electronic slot machines… we ate food that was better suited to a food court, and tried to people-watch.. yawny yawn yawn..

Afterwards, we went out to the pool, which had a nifty sort of “yosimite” looking water slide, but nothing really camera worthy.

A bit disappointed, Dan and I headed to a local watering hole to just chit-chat… that ended things on a higher note.

Dan headed out at about 4:30, to drop me off and then take the Mrs. to their regular Saturday night dance date.

I decided that sitting around the house was sort of blah, so I relaunched into the city to pick up some dinner and continue to people watch… Interesting night. I got to talking to some folks along the waterfront and I think I may’ve made a new pal or two. Thank goodness for crowded tables… I was sitting solo, and the place was full, so hooray for sharing! We exchanged cards… let’s see if I get a call or not. Heck, I might’ve recruited some folks to help with the org… if not, I had a nice night of pleasant conversation, anyhow.

Rewatching the Incredibles as a screener this morning… the music is really quite good. I didn’t notice that the first time. Also, Frozone wears Hai Karate.

Bro called me from a pay phone this morning… told me he was doing ok, but he sounded a bit stupefied. Apparently he no longer has his cell phone.

1 year ago – Marvel Family, Countdown meme, garden pictures

2 years ago – Free audio books, hubcap monsters, discover empanadas nearby, GIMP

3 years ago – cloture, pocketlj, single card tarot spreads, meeting lj folks confirmed

4 years ago – air cools, Young Frankenstein poetry, sleepyhead, country bear jamboree

5 years ago – very basic Newt stats