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9491 – Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween, Dear Journal!
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Current mood – Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc
Trimmed the ‘stache to less sleazy-looking levels, but the whole goatee is coming back or I’m cutting it all off.
After work yesterday, BHK and I met with Adam and Eric for dinner at Hard times cafe. It was $4.99 chili mac night, so I was all about that. BHK and Adam got the chili dogs, and Eric took the healthy high road with grilled chicken sammich.
we spent an hour or two talking about politics, who is voting for what and why – I hope Adam finds his voters reg card. Eric seems to be allying with the ‘phants, while BHK and I are leaning a bit more toward the ‘keys. It was all civil, though, and we had a good time ribbing one another.
Played a smidgen more of fallout 3 last night… got gunned down severely while working under bhk’s guidance.
NOT a game for kids… pretty graphic when you shoot a guy in the head – and a lot of dubious morality.
Right now I’m playing the high karma path… being nice, helping out. I can see going back and wiping out the town, though, later, just to watch it go up in a mushroom cloud.
Not going to do the trick-or-treater thing tonight – instead, we’re off after work to the Edgar Allan Poe grave and memorial site in Baltimore for a little walk around the necropolis, and have a generally spooky time.
1 year ago – pictures from halloween, dentist in future, tina visit, recover cash from id theft, SNIPER PUPPET!, aspie quiz
2 years ago – a few pics from our trip back, we should put the Mexican in the fridge.
3 years ago – fpl wilma, man-bat, safety tips, hits, utilities, zombie ronald girl, frappr map, condo interview
4 years ago – tommy vu, man-bat, chess logic, Halloween resources, venture brothers season ends
5 years ago – Victorian Halloween Card, Landlord selling the triplex, Sore throat, La Historia del mamut, remembering my father, virus, Halloween Quiz
6 years ago – Assorted pictures of Newt, Cows, Baby Clowns and the Sky, Movie Halloween safety tips, Avoided Mushroom House
7 years ago – Latex Gloves not the answer to mail, King Kong song, Prologue,Halloween CD, Free Flow, Costume Poll, Ambergris, SOP, No Trick or Treaters
8 years ago – One of many landlords to forget the gas bill, good vibes, Newt not as talky, more fetchy, Omar, Evil Test, PHC
And, I’ll play you out for now –
pretty brief stuff
Let’s see… more work, BHK and I planned out my d-bag / jesus from big lebowski costume.
have my cuban shirt, jewelry, toothpick and beard trimmer ready.
Played a little fallout three – had a few video issues, but I downloaded the new codec pack ( standard version at http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Codec_Pack.htm ) and all seems well now- additionally, gotta remember to disable AVG Free from is scanning for viruses – it locks it up.
riding home on the ol’ bus/subway
long day today, but soon I’ll be in my sanctuary, with bhk, newt and pye to bring me comfort and good cheer. my head is filled with bits and bobs of loose ends that need tidying up… but each frayed string is being woven back into the greater tapestry of the projects involved. it seems that the silly, niggling things expend the most energy… that and pure entropy are the tricky time suckers, while the guts of deep thought seem to fit easily. go figure.
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day in brief – will be buffed later, perhaps
Went back to gina’s cantina, this time with the in-laws in tow.
my “hair of the dog” brunch was pretty close to the 8 layer “slop bucket” I noshed on the day prior, but it had scrambled eggs and a tostada shell rather than a mound of guac. (aok by me.)
had the same table and the same waiter as yesterday. nice guy, chris thinks he looks like alan.
my layers today were… hummus, jalepenos, refried veggie beans (a lovely purple), cheese, scrambled egg, sour cream sauce of a sort, black olives.
bhk made up for my lack of guac by getting an avacado boat, filled with hummus, too. additionally, a couple of soft tacos – beef.
larry got a really good looking burger, and chris got a drunken taco salad, which had similar sauce to my drunken tacos yesterday.
finished off with sopapillas – yum.
we went to the antique store, and bhk found mr peanut salt an pepper shakers for $2, which have sold recently on ebay for $25. (however, it’s likely we won’t sell ’em. Mr. peanut is a cool cat.)
got some other toys – wimpy and bluto, mac tonight, papa smurf and something else. I forget who. [edit: Foghorn Leghorn, and Henery! – why do I have such a mental block?]
Picked up a book of hard-boiled detective stories, and BHK got a few cookbooks.
then went to the purple poppy, and what used to be sputnik (now lures.)
http://www.yelp.com/biz/sputnik-cafe-crownsville
http://www.yelp.com/biz/lures-crownsville
after – we wet to sam’s and picked up some essentials (cheesy poofs and garden burger) – but they didn’t have a wireless cable router… or decent clothes bleach!
Sams… you let us down. fortunately, your muffins make up for it.
we went home, watched a little tv – primeval and iron chef cooking “offal”.
gnite for now dear journal… picturs and a broadened post may follow, if I get time.
day in brief
BHK and I are now married 2 years! 1/20th of my life together… or the best part, depending on how you do the math. 🙂
Back got rather tough last night – shopping at b&N brought back sciatica
saw cute book – frankenstein makes a sandwich. (adam rex) – wish I’d had it as a kid. fun art. I didn’t pick it up though – no room at the inn for a book I’ll likely look at once or thrice and put up.
upside – for anniversary, I got nations / terry pratchett – bhk got a chick-lit book, whos title I’ll find later.
went to dinner at the sushi place near california tortilla. I liked it, but BHK was unimpressed. the sushi was better than the tofu cubes over onion.
today –
went to gina’s cantina – http://www.yelp.com/biz/ginas-cantina-millersville
great veggie options, and the day’s special of “drunken shrimp tacos” in bourbon sauce was pretty awesome. We’ll be back.
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Chris, Larry, Wilton and Mom – a quick snack Sunday Morning, and then the Floridians were back to home turf.
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Went to homestead gardens for the fall festival – My Mother and Witon came up for a quickie visit on the weekend. My back wasn’t up to doing the corn maze, but BHK and Wilton had fun running around in there!
After some autumnal shenanigans, we headed to Jasper’s for dinner. a yelp review is sure to follow, but for now, let’s just say that the family time was good, the food was meh.
9465 – thursday
Starting to feel a bit like 
ctober!
Going to a birthday party this weekend – Our neighbors Jay & Sean are celebrating 1 year of Duncan being out in the world with them! BHK is making a cake, and got a cute outfit… pictures may follow later, if they’re taken, and permitted. (Folks can be worrisome about kid pics on the net.)
Watched SNL with in-laws – mostly silly political stuff about the debate, which was cute.
BHK made shepherds pie and baked zucchini for dinner tonight – the pie was a smidgen different with the inclusion of eggplant. It made for a sweeter flavor, and better texture. I’m not sure which I prefer more.
1 year ago – Comfy weather, dentist, destroy all humans / bhk yum-food, beltway sniper 5 years ago
2 years ago – 16 days to go, nostalgia for 7-11, x04, preggos on my list, identity, monsters in my pocket, girls back from QC
3 years ago – autostitch picture, with us / against us, hukilau, hp returns
4 years ago – Doom3 + Newt = Scotto Heart Attack, Bro drama, walkies pictures (graffiti/latin broward/newt), odd todd tv show sacked
5 years ago – programming, October questions, 3-fingered roy, rays, ricks, alexes, and gaming, bro gets a warrant, candy corn poll
6 years ago – dsl flicker, Lauper Photo, Kelly and Lexie meow and poop, Lincoln poll, House blessing
7 years ago – owies pass, odd news, took newt to work, werewolf (mafia) game, GPS factoid
8 years ago – Salty dog, slushies for lunch, CTD song, boycotts 
9464 – Wednesday
Still feeling a smidgen overtired and generally weary.
I think it’s just been from all the hubbub at work and family-wise. I think being stressed about the bro has given me some clenched muscles and attitude issues, which I am trying to work with, too.
BHK made some awesome quiche for supper… I know how spoiled I am. Two types – broccoli and cheddar, and soy-sausage with mozzarella. Sides of potato cakes, and more broccoli & cheese.
Comfort food for a cool temperature evening. Good stuff.
I’m going back to my 8/7/6/5/4/3/2/1 year ago archives soon – maybe this entry. I’ve been terribly lax about entries.. just been too busy.. or too tired from being too busy to write much.
Watched the first installment of Feasting on Waves. Alton Brown has a good gig going for him… getting his company to send him sailing around the Caribbean, sampling food and just taking in the life there.
doing archive now, reminded me that I got a flu shot again this year, last Saturday, along with allergy shots… and we saw Tina and Matt on the Boardwalk this time last year, too! When I mention getting a flu shot to people, most seem to say "Oh, I don’t do that" like it’s something terrible. I don’t know… they seem to work for me.
I’ll include more pictures from the ghost walk, corn maze and other goodies sooner or later – they’re all at my flickr account already – just a matter of putting them here.
1 year ago – (9017… 447 entries ago in 365 days) got a flu shot, visited a bunch o’docs, saw tina and Matt on the boardwalk. sore throat, Michaels for craft stuff, fillings, atw man, tiny toys from target.
2 years ago – more about BHK in VT, congestion issues, quick photoshop colorize, canspidersfart.com, Halloween meme, pride quiz, first computer
3 years ago– newt pic, random one liners, newtcam time lapse, crazy man Michael, palm post, wallace and gromit, aventura pics
4 years ago– Kiwanis bust, shirt pocket shotgun, bus observations
5 years ago – went article submission crazy at sa.com, linkies, and hairball dinosaur
6 years ago – Frankenstein, Manchurian Candidate, MD sniper, walk at about 3mph
7 years ago – distance poll, evil news, cecity
8 years ago – troll, Saw Psycho Beach party with the bro, Pinky Tuscadero violates probation
9463 – Tuesday
Dentist went reasonably well – tooth will require a crown in the next couple of weeks, but it looks like that will work out ok.
The purple truck should be all better tomorrow – the issue was a timing chip that just failed – no "evil parking lot type" stole the catalytic converter, or fan belt. Entropy was the culprit.
We’re all pretty tired… early to bed, early to rise, dear journal!
I will get back to regular posting soon.
9432 – Saturday
Got my serum at last/ at last, and EKG was done. I’ll know more after my doc reviews it.
Yellow Trike at Starbucks, man with bumblebee helmet – Man not shown. Nice Guy – goofy fan of his new ride… made a comment about lack of cup holders.
We went to Starbucks – BHK found a $15 gift card, so we figured we’d go – BHK’s pumpkin spice coffee was pretty nasty – I remember why we don’t go to that starbucks (or really any these days.) My lemonade/ passion fruit tea was jim-dandy.
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Went to the BIG book sale, but I didn’t get anything, and BHK only got maybe 5 rather than our usual take of a big ikea bag’s worth. I think it got fairly picked over before we got there… earlier next time, perhaps.
Selby Sub Shop with in-laws, I had egg salad which was yummy. prior to that, I played spore for a bit while BHK dug on her new books, and Larry cut down the dead bits of our garden with the edge trimmer.
Amy’s taking a pass on vacationing here this week – sick mom at home and she want’s to stick by her there. Hopefully her mom feels better soon. We’ll likely see her in October-December sometime.
Best part of the night was coming home and having a "no power night" – lights low, relaxing to 40s music on the couch, reading a book while curled up with BHK.
Google Maps map annotated with all the places Marco Polo visited during his travels to China and back. Larger map here. (via short schrift)
Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79.
Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
1 year ago – figuring out my volume and time spent on lj, shopped for presents, DuClaw, Deal Bluegrass show planned
2 years ago – goodies, 008 is landon, kill windows nag, mr t – be somebody, rfjason – wtf prank, kitty combo
3 years ago – Red Thread, Postcard, walking weather, work, 2nd life, battersea
4 years ago – visit meme, case against voodoo, freeflow thought, Mexico Wal-mart Protest
5 years ago – Newt-vet, shoutcast, tiny cities, Why I dislike leiberman, Frankie mooches again, Turkish Hairballs
6 years ago – Lots of robots, World Affairs, palm art
7 years ago – Shocked awake, Nostia, folks scamming relief, weather, programming, lovely chat
8 years ago – Pompano Weather, Warghetz, Suzy News, Censorship, Loved
9431 – Friday
Headed up to Annapolis to do some Vietnamese food with the Mom-in-law while the Dad-in-law worked late at school. (He doesn’t much like viet food, so it’s ok by him.)
BHK was being very silly on cam last night while I worked –
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I’m always happy to have her bouncing around the house like a goof.
Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. South wind between 7 and 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
1 year ago – Newt seeks content pic, restful day
2 years ago – venture bros, house, matt starts halloween, mention of 10/25/06 – 2pm, vade mecum, pretty vids
3 years ago – 2nd life, raccoon icon, newt sleepies pic, halloween jukebox, condo doesn’t like newt, ADP ship-out prep
4 years ago – Ivan raises the dead, BK covers call, Shaun of the dead, JLU, Weather pictures, Safe!
5 years ago – Photo Friday – faith, I have a cell phone, soundless music, skunk ape
6 years ago – nice dreams, wargaming terrain tips, $25 benefit for being a non-litterbug, Tony gave me Ants, Brains, Cities and Software
7 years ago– Helping, act more – gripe less, Rant about people who say "we deserved it", Long chat with Hala, Worried about DelMarVa, chickenpoo dream
8 years ago – looking for things to do, Newtcam reactivated