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6741 – Melange.

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Pick up the phone. dialing takes you to different places.

Implosion world – Watch buildings get demolished.

Virtual Frog dissection.

A Reminder from dictionary.com

Q. What is the plural of virus?

A. Viruses.

It is not viri, or (worse) virii. True, the word comes directly from Latin, but not all Latin words ending in -us have -i as their plural. Besides, viri is the Latin word for ‘men’ (plural of vir, “man,” the root of English virile). There is in fact no written attestation of a Latin plural of virus.

If you have some knowledge of linguistics and Latin, you might be interested in the morphological analysis of the word from the Perseus Project.

When you have more than one bus, it’s not a fleet of bi. Buses.

I *really* like my new clothes. Losing weight is a good thing… I figured it out – Garganticus and Foomy got shorts from George Foreman’s collection at the “Big and Tall” (or Looming and Vast, depending on how far you go… You could put a sharp dress suit on the Hulk right off the rack.)… my new pants and shorts are comfy, and I’m not “lost” in them anymore. It’s nice to have some shorts that fit properly. I picked up a nice linen tunic-looking jersey, too. (For days that I’d like to dress like Barney Rubble) I held back on the Hawaiian shirts…a bit expensive, and wasn’t what I was really there for. Maybe next time. It seems sort of feminine or at least “metrosexual” to be this happy about new clothes, but that’s what’s up. Small pleasures. Man, the prices online are horrid… either that or I stumbled into a lot of good sales.

Bro came by and borrowed a few DVDs. I hope I see them again. Five Deadly Venoms, Tank Girl, Titan AE, MechaGodzilla, and a few others. The only ones I’ll really miss are the badly dubbed kung fu and giant rubber monster movies. Upside, he was clean and pressed… either looking for work, or doing something where he’d have to look non-scrubby, anyhow. I’m happy to see him looking sharp and attentive to detail.

I would really like a multiplayer computer version of Car Wars online, akin to City of Heroes. It’d look a bit like CoH’s Boomtown, I think.

roadsign meme

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6739 -I am the Menace from the Purple Planet!

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Le Prince Bleu – nifty movie, and the soundtrack is great. Site Meter

Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields: amazing research on this site, which among many nationwide listings (including a *lot* of notable Maryland fields), has two separate listings of Miami-area airfields, including some amazing old photos of Dinner Key, several others.

hmm… email posts did work from the road, fortunately, I cc’ed my regular email.

Pasted –

6/26/04 1:37 pm in front of courthouse .

3 wifi access points, all closed. named BOSS (45), glodemo(40), and scales(40). strong signals, considering the distance from the building to the road.

6/26/04 2:11 pm – rte 10, fed hwy.

bus population –

driver – all business white man, 50 or older. jet black hair, likely dyed. an anachronism… professional in a business full of the rude and slovenly. probably a hard case with mooch-riders, but returned my ‘afternoon’ greeting.

1 Asian mid/late teens boy, with older Asian girl, 20ish speaking mandarin, as far as I can tell. happy.

all-female family unit; black grandma [50’s], mamma [25ish], and two kids, 7, and maybe 2. all but the smallest wearing khaki blouses and blue jeans. youngest wearing a pink sun dress, stark contrast… highlight of the group – cutie. older sis eating corn chips from a brown paper bag.

white man, paint-spattered t-shirt and jeans. has some sort of paperwork in a grocery bag., along with a banana. he sits quietly, face vacant.

older white woman, retirement age. clean clothes, but filthy carry on. i wonder if she’s homeless. well-equipped… wristwatch and glasses in good repair.

passing the hustler store, under construction – taking applications. maybe i should tell bro.

rowdy teens got on, at the gateway theater – were sternly warned by driver to be good. intimidation seems to have worked for the moment.

teens good until off the bus, then yelled “smoke weed!” once going out the door. i haven’t heard it called weed for a long while… usually just pot or smoke.

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6737 – more misc

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Webalizer is a lot sharper than the old stats package I used to nibble on.

It’s sort of a disappointment to me that more people seek out the melon-girl on the gallery page than newtcam, but that’s to be expected of net- pervies. Maybe I should put an evil clickthrough on that picture…or at least one that will get me a nickel each time someone looks at it.

I’m really tempted to pick this laser keyboard up, just for the uber-nerd “Science!” factor. The rechargeable batter lasts 3 to 4 hours which seems fair.

Waxy’s hosting Heat Vision and Jack. well worth the download. Get it while his bandwidth lasts! Well worth the 280ish megs.

Random memories:

When I was a kid, I had a few favorite junk foods that I couldn’t get enough of. My brother and I beat our parents home by about three hours or so, and we were always keen on a little bite to eat right after school. We were fairly well-off, but that might’ve been a result of how frugal my folks were with the grocery bill.

Steak-umms. (usually prepared with american cheese (bleah), and A-1 sauce on a hamburger bun)

Mac & cheese (with peas.) (Our house always got whatever the el cheapo 3 for $1 grocery-store brand was, with the day-glow orange powder of plague.) Always had butter, but more often than not, there was no milk in the house. I acclimated to bad mac & cheese pretty earl in life, which made being broke in college that much more acceptable.

A visitor looks at Rasputin’s penis displayed at the first Russian museum of erotica in St. Petersburg.

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6735 pictures and travels and talkies.

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The Gmail hype is officially over.. sniffing on ebay returns no bid higher than a buck for a single unnamed address.

A fight I *don’t* want to see. Hillary Clinton vs. Jeb Bush in ’08. for the love of Pete… don’t let it happen.

Went to the Aventura Mall with Danny last night… it was that or the Seminole Casino, and roaming a new mall sounded more interesting. (I’d still like to venture over to the Hard Rock over Seminole way, sometime)

I had a nice late dinner of cucumber salad and sizzling tofu, with a cocktail made from an assortment of rums, and juices of pineapple and mango.

I want to come back sometime soon, if only to take pictures of some of the great courtyard sculptures.. after sundown, I only had my palm, and no flash made it far too dark. There’s one of two kids riding an alligator that really caught my fancy.

a few pictures from the trip

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6734 – Florida PSA

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http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/voterinfo/

Florida registered voters who have been notified by their county Supervisor of Elections that they are potentially ineligible to vote because of an apparent felony conviction, and who wish to appeal that designation, may contact the FDLE electronically via the Voter Information website and provide specific information for review and verification by FDLE staff. Read more…

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6733 – weathermen

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GrayPumpkin wrote me a brief missive yesterday about an annoyance with TV newscasters:

I hate when news people talk to the weatherman like he has some power over the weather. “So when are going to bring us but better weather Bob?” or some such crap. That joke wasn’t funny the first time I heard it, and it hasn’t gotten any better.

I totally agree with the gourd…I would love to one day see a weatherman leap up, and in a brimstone-laced evangelical tone scream:

“COUNT THYSELF LUCKY THAT I DON’T SMITE YOUR FOUL TONGUE OUT WITH A BARRAGE OF THUNDER AND HAIL THAT WOULD GRIND YOUR PUNY BONES BACK INTO THE STONE AGES WHERE THAT FEEBLE ATTEMPT AT HUMOR WAS FIRST SPARKED! SILENCE, YOU BADLY-COIFFED TOADY TO THE NETWORKS…. OR A RAIN OF FIRE AND BLOOD WILL SURROUND ALL IN THIS FAIR CITY FOR YOUR HUBRIS!!!”

*MWAHHAHAAHAAAH*

*electrical effects*

*static*

But, that’s just me.

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6732 – And you, poor creatures… who conjured you out of the clay?

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Thanks, leftyrok for introducing me to Elin! Very Spiffy music.

Wachovia Tower Webcam… about time there was a solid, pannable, zoomable, Miami-cam from that height. 🙂 I’m looking forward to the Four Seasons Cam, too.

The Dead Case – flash game

As a ghost you must uncover the secrets of your past.
Scare children in order to gain power and find a way to escape your purgatory town.

The FAQ provides a walkthrough of sorts, with hints to get you through the game, if needed.

The BBC is broadcasting an adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s Mort. Pretty good interpretation, so far.

Be warned, lest you end as I, dear journal.Site Meter

1 year ago – GP writes me after however many years, reader influx, bro behaving, insensitive online transgender Columbina gets snotty with D, lovey-newt.

2 years ago – a very well thought-out email about getting a journal code for japaneseblossom, 100 questions, Newt-acrobatics, beanbag sofas, rate kittens.

3 years ago -mephitic, sweetie-yodeling, quiet mood, sponge bob, bad science, sexy factoids

4 years ago – Nothing.. not updating regularly yet.

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6729 Amber Alert – Elizabeth Lopez

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Current case – Hollywood, Florida, covering Broward And Miami-Dade

http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/AmberAlerts/elizabeth_lopez.html

The child was abducted at gunpoint by the abductor. Abductor forced the child to take another change of clothes that consisted of a blue t-shirt with a fish on the front, a long blue skirt and a white beach hat. The suspect should be considered armed and dangerous.

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6725 No Anchovies? You’ve got the wrong man. I spell my name Danger.

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Summertime! Happy Solstice, dear journal.

FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS – ATTENTION ALL GROWNUPS. Your “inner child” has long been waiting for a chance to usurp control of your body and force it to perform certain actions. The time is now at hand. Read and follow the instructions below. Do this now.

I *still* do a lot of these, especially the “kaboom” and “Waskilly Wabbit” thing now and then.

Bah, no funds for any adsense clickthroughs lately. My average is down to about $0.15 a day. I suspect that the banners will be removed at the end of this month.Site Meter

It also looks like my doodleboard hasn’t really taken off as a drawing space, either. Well, it’s an easy pseudo palm-doodle program that saves me the effort of uploading to the website, if nothing else.


Rejected Psycho-Scotto Icon.
*too scary* I was thinking of replacing my color-cycle zombie, but nah.

http://userpic.livejournal.com/16296458/3397
Added Newt eskimo-kiss/headbutt
(Because you can’t have enough newt-icons)

CDC information on extreme heat.

A bike that gives free wireless Internet!

Magicbike is a mobile WiFi hotspot that gives free Internet connectivity wherever its ridden or parked. By turning a common bicycle into a wireless hotspot, Magicbike explores new delivery and use strategies for wireless networks and modern-day urbanites. Wireless bicycles disappear into the urban fabric and bring Internet to yet unserved spaces and communities. Mixing public art with techno-activism.

I’m glad it never gets cold enough in Florida to need Earbags.

Did they make banana pudding pops, or is that just a product of a fevered memory?

Out of the fog, into the smog. until later, dear journal.

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6725 No Anchovies? You've got the wrong man. I spell my name Danger.

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Summertime! Happy Solstice, dear journal.

FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS – ATTENTION ALL GROWNUPS. Your “inner child” has long been waiting for a chance to usurp control of your body and force it to perform certain actions. The time is now at hand. Read and follow the instructions below. Do this now.

I *still* do a lot of these, especially the “kaboom” and “Waskilly Wabbit” thing now and then.

Bah, no funds for any adsense clickthroughs lately. My average is down to about $0.15 a day. I suspect that the banners will be removed at the end of this month.Site Meter

It also looks like my doodleboard hasn’t really taken off as a drawing space, either. Well, it’s an easy pseudo palm-doodle program that saves me the effort of uploading to the website, if nothing else.


Rejected Psycho-Scotto Icon.
*too scary* I was thinking of replacing my color-cycle zombie, but nah.

http://userpic.livejournal.com/16296458/3397
Added Newt eskimo-kiss/headbutt
(Because you can’t have enough newt-icons)

CDC information on extreme heat.

A bike that gives free wireless Internet!

Magicbike is a mobile WiFi hotspot that gives free Internet connectivity wherever its ridden or parked. By turning a common bicycle into a wireless hotspot, Magicbike explores new delivery and use strategies for wireless networks and modern-day urbanites. Wireless bicycles disappear into the urban fabric and bring Internet to yet unserved spaces and communities. Mixing public art with techno-activism.

I’m glad it never gets cold enough in Florida to need Earbags.

Did they make banana pudding pops, or is that just a product of a fevered memory?

Out of the fog, into the smog. until later, dear journal.

Welcome to my wall scrawls.