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8899 – Sunday

We spent most of the day out and about, Geocaching with the Newsoms. They’re really into it, with a little over 100 finds in recent memory. It was fun tooling around a bit and seeing what’s what. I also dropped off tinkle pig in a cache… time for her to see the world. I retrieved a toy soldier cast from civil war bullets, who will ride with Bruce Moose and Gaytor until a suitable resting ground is found for him. The cemetary caches are almost always my fave – the woods were a hoot too, but ticks are a real fear for the kids, especially since Em was out sick just recently. (Heck, nobody wants lyme disease.)

A brief synopsis of Cache visits-

Dropped off placed Hula Wyvern (Travel Bug Dog Tag) in Little Southern Maryland School [visit log]
Dropped off placed “Wajima, Japan” Unite for Diabetes Travel Bug (Unite for Diabetes Travel Bug) in Little Southern Maryland School [visit log]
Found it found Little Southern Maryland School (Traditional Cache) [visit log]
Found it found Parkkin Cache (Traditional Cache) [visit log]
Found it found Flashover (Traditional Cache) [visit log]
Found it found Can you see the ghost?! Again! (Traditional Cache) [visit log]
Found it found Relaxation for Redlights (Traditional Cache) [visit log]
Found it found Book Worm (Traditional Cache) [visit log]
Found it found Time is the key (Traditional Cache) [visit log]

Aftwerwards, we took a quick pitstop at Aardvarks, had an ice cream and picked up kanoodle for BHK (I’m sure I’ll be playing it too.)

Spent a little more time puttering around Solomon’s Island, went to Stoneys for dinner. (their treat! yum!)

On the road between points, I got a call from my Mom, and it turns out that Bro isn’t in a work crew, but just a rehabilitation center. Taking classes, etc. Hopefully some of the lessons will stick, but if not, at least he’s out of circulation for a while.

After that, we paused at the Barker’s to water the Mom-in-Law’s plants, and to do a little dock-walking. I paused for a breather upstairs, but before I could get my nap on, Adam and Kendall showed up to say hi and to drop off some fireworks.

Man pummels vampire peacock

NEW YORK (AP) — A peacock that roamed into the parking lot of a Burger King in New York City was beaten by a man who insisted it was a vampire.

Animal control officials in Staten Island say the bird was beaten so fiercely that most of its tail feathers fell out and it had to be euthanized.

The seven-year-old male peacock wandered into the restaurant parking lot and perched on a car hood last week. Charmed employees had been feeding it bread when the man appeared.

A restaurant worker says the man grabbed the bird by the neck, hurled it to the ground and started stomping it. She says when he was asked what he was doing, he responded, “‘I’m killing a vampire!”‘

Employees called police, but the man ran when he saw them.

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8890 – Monday

Pirates was played, but no witch trial. Instead, we opted to watch Kung Fu Hustle, because Danny has never seen it. Dan ended with appropriate fondness for the film. The only side effect is now I want to dance a bit like the leader of the axe gang. Next effort might be to show him Shaolin Soccer, but it might be a little less powerful than Hustle.

Marine Museum on Saturday – Pictures from the sailing time to follow… we had a nice time, but I fear we may have commuted a bit too much for Danny. He tires of travel easily. Clarkes Landing had some good din-din, and wasn’t as pricey as Stoney’s. Danny Loves Aardvark Comics, and would probably be there three times a week if he lived nearby.

On Sunday, we went out to breakfast in Deale, and then did a spot of fossil-hunting (piccies are in the entry prior). We all found a pretty decent collection of Shark’s teeth, beach glass and unusual fossil-matter. Almost went kayaking, but it got too hot. In evening, I won a game of super munchkin, and Danny won a round of pirates.

BHK made some very spicy Thai curry. Green stuff that was oh so hot… I loved it, but I needed a glass of milk to keep the heat bearable as I went. I’ve got a big bowl of it for lunch today, too!

New Slang words in use: Twerp-wad [used by BHK on a bad driver] – I responded by calling the same guy a douche-knuckle, and Danny chimed in with a Son of a Booger.

Saw a Falcon in our yard today… I guess that’s bound to happen when we have so many squirrels lounging about, chasing after peanuts we put out. If any make it, photos will follow.

Sunday’s Auto-transcribed phone message suffered a bit in translation… dark side of being at on the bay with static.

I need to get back into the habit of doing my 7,6,5,4,3,2,1 year ago thing. Once august hits, I’ll have a daily entry for seven years. Harder to stay on top of it these days, but at least I can fold in a quick one-liner or picture about places or things to remember.

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8835 – Sunday

On our way to the store, we drove past a nearby graveyard and region of greenery that was amazing. The photos don’t do it any justice at all, but some shots were kind of nifty, anyhow. I dig the one where we’re in motion and looking backwards from the car. (the 2nd and 3rd from the end)

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Free Comic book day yesterday was extra bonus awesome at Aardvark. Free comics are even better when you can double your haul when you bring a partner with you – 4 books each! I think the winning books were the Umbrella Academy (Hellboy meets nextwave) and Charlie Brown ones. Aardvark is pretty cool… ice cream/ video / gaming / comic book store in a prime location. Friendly, knowledgeable manager/ owners, too.

We picked up a copy of Monsters Menace America for half off… I can take it off of my amazon wish list now.

Also obtained were a few packets for the Bella Sara game. Nice untapped market for card games… young girls from 5-10 years of age. We stopped at Moes for a tasty Mexican-ish lunch to open and review our cards.

Finally met Alan… I’ve heard a lot about him, and he was quite nice. I look forward to getting together with him and meeting JC in the future. We had veggie taco/ burritos for din-din.. I got a bit ill, but all and all, it was a nice night.


1 year ago – ze sings, free comics, air show pics, compliment… sort of.

2 years ago – no bro, pervy on lj arrested, phillykat back!, local public service net-casts, users deleting, rainy 5/5, woman jailed for faking her death

3 years ago – RIP Rod Roddy, Black magic death, 4F, a friend suffers

4 years ago – poser5, South Florida vodou, python, song lyric

5 years ago – good smells, bro-doc, great books and classics, monsters, I wrote thepuppyfrog poem, long ol’ survey from a while ago (the same one I did the other day), e-prime mentioned

6 years ago – movies, newt’s middle name, Architect. hot air, lcd drops, writing exercise, quotes, newt-happies(tmi?)GeotargetVisitor Map