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9063 – fri

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I like this web page. Fun little toys scattered throughout.

via eryx_uk, kat78731 and who knows who else!

1. Where were you 1 hour ago?
sixty minutes in the past! Getting ready for work. (filling this out on the train for later posting)

2. Who will be your next kiss?
BHK, I expect, unless someone rushes me with a pair of lips before I see her next!

3. Do you kiss a lot of people?
nope!

4. Are you wearing socks right now?
Yup! Blue Dress socks.

5. When was the last time you went out of state?
Heck, all the time. I cross Maryland into DC every work day. I guess last time was about 6:15pm yesterday.

6. Have you been to the movies in the last 5 days?
Nope…. we’re overdue for a date night.

7. What was the last thing you had to drink?
a bit of  Blueberry-pomegranite syrup mixed with soda water. yum!

8. What are you wearing right now?
Bottom to top – Black dress shoes, blue dress socks, blue slacks with a black belt/silver buckle, black boxers, white t-shirt, green long-sleeved polo shirt, blue and white windbreaker, psp headphones. in pockets: PDA, Wallet, Metro Card, keys, inhaler, security badge

9. What was your last purchase?
Added $75 to my metro transit card.

10. Last food you ate?
home made chex mix

11. Who was the last person you talked to on the phone?
Larry – dialed him for Chris on our carpool last night.

12. Have you bought any clothing items in the last week?
Nope!

13. Do you have a pet?
Newton and Pyewacket: kitties.

14. What did you do last night?
Snuggled with BHK, ate tacos, ice cream / shaved ice, watched TV, read in bed, snuggled some more

15. Are you a vampire?
I am, but just in a game (I haven’t played actively in a while) –
I have drunk 90231 pints of blood.
Powers: Second-sight Suction Celerity(1) Thievery(3)
Money: 78 coins
Possessions:

  • Scroll of Turning (7) 
  • Garlic Spray (3) 

Location: Torment and 4th
I am sire to 361 other vampires

16. If you could be anywhere right now, where would you be?
comfortably relaxing with loved ones.

17. What is the last thing you purchased online?
Renewal of scottobear.com

18. One thing you hate about yourself?
The physical hindrances of my person.
(No teleportation, I grow old, etc – I don’t really hate that… but I am mildly annoyed by it at times.)

19. What’s your favorite soup?
Tough call. Spicy Lentil is pretty dang good… as is Broccoli and Cheese.

20. Do you miss anyone?
My Dad, at times – My Brother sometimes, too. Sad thing is I miss who my brother was… not sure if he can be recovered. Dad’s dead, so he remains as… remains, I guess. I miss who he was, and sometimes, who he wasn’t.

22. What are your plans for the day?
go to work, get picked up by BHK, pick up Chris, go to La Tolteca for din-din, return home and maybe watch pathfinder, play a little wii.

23. Did you have fun today?
so far, so good!

24. Who is your last text message from?
BHK – re: Diet Grape Soda.

25. Were you an honor roll student in school?
Ramma-frazzin High School Spanish, wrecking my average! I was on the Honor roll in college, though!

26. What do you know about the future?
it lies ahead.

27. Who rode in a car with you last?
Chris, on our way to the train.

28. What is your all time favorite band?
all-time? are you on crack? My favorite band at the moment is The Zombies.

29. Do you have a car?
The Love Cube is a Blue and Silver Honda Element

30. How old do you want to be when you have kids?
Not really looking to have kids. That’s like asking “Have you stopped beating your wife?” When you never had.

31. Did you meet anyone new today?
Not in the conversational sense, but a JW tried to hand me a bit of literature.

32. Do you have any tattoos or piercings?
I’ve been pierced by sharp objects, but no jewelry. Stepped on nails, stung by bees, flesh split by a surgical blade and glass shards.

33. How do you like your soda?
Thrown into the eyes of those who would offend me… ok.. I’ve never thrown my drink in someone’s face… it looks like fun in the movies though.
Actually… in a glass, with ice and a straw, is just fine.

34. Do you like hot sauce?
Aye, Aye, Cap’n!

35. What are you doing tomorrow?
Planned is housework, unpacking some long overdue boxes, straightening the office, and then maybe movie night with BHK.

36. What day is tomorrow?.
Saturday, the 16th.

37. What is your current mood?
Pretty good! A little sleepy, but I’ll catch up later.

38. Are you someone’s best friend?
Yes.

39. What did you get for Christmas day?
That was a while back – Last Christmas I got a nice red flannel shirt, a cell phone, and lots of other goodies.

40. Someone who last bought you something?
The in-laws bought us din-din at East Cafe a few nights back. Yum.

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Supper at La Tolteca tonight… not so great. Flavorless beans, lackluster chips and salsa… enchiladas were blah. The Potato & Onion Burrito was pretty good, as were the spinach-veggie thingies, but it was a no go. The decor of Meso-American Indians performing sacrifices had far more flavor than the food.


1 year ago – more walkabout pics – vizcaya

2 years ago – frito bandito, monkey pic, dang hialeah, bk’s bday, RI out of office, MM quits, shot patience, newt thought bubbles, doodle selfport

3 years ago – rain on glass, Afrocaribbean religions, postcard, heroclix, fosters home, edbook, wal-mart, ray romano, crackheads and thugs

4 years ago – Frankie the mooch timeline [MUCHO DRAMA FURIOSO!], 3-minute 4am phone post, Justice league, Spectre

5 years ago – Chevy Tahoe Commercial poem, Green Banana Moon, cool words, twilight

6 years ago – caption picture poll, turtle-butt breathing, big brain’s 2nd incarnation

7 years ago – memories feature added, strip mall of sin, mall of the dead, hunter thompson returns to reportingGeotarget Geotarget

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9059 – mon

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Several women on the metro look like ninja / secret agents today. Black turtleneck sweaters and slacks, longish hair pulled back into a bun, small briefcase or carry-bag, and occasionally even a pair of Clark Kent style Spex.

How many La Femme Niktas / Diana Prince / Spy Girls are out there in “secret agent garb”?

Even though I don’t eat it, I am still composed mostly of meat. Apparently Gordon Ramsay feels that vegetarians have no palate. I’d like to see some documentation on that. I’d think that most have a very sensitive palate, save for other flavor blockers like booze and smoking.

Dinner out tonight with in-laws, east cafe. They’re pretty good… sauces are a bit sweeter, but I think that I like the way the tofu is prepared more than Panda’s. After, Larry came by and fixed the commodes – no longer running past the flow line. We got a Call from Jimmy – Amanda bought him a PS3 – he’ll be coming over sometime this weekend to play the simpsons game with us, and to see the Wii. I can’t believe he hasn’t been over since august!

We’re hitting the sack early, so a brief one today, dear journal!

1 year ago – grab a bagel and go!, swap shop, flushed away

2 years ago – poorhouse w/liz, monkey beer, gg mood theme,newt pics

3 years ago – bro issues, newtie love, lost, getting it,link sponsor

4 years ago – TG poll, paid links began, GP recovers, Twistyland

5 years ago – better living through chemistry, Jude Law a bad papa, French comics, wolfsonian

6 years ago – Evil news, EL Dildo Bandito!, went out with Dave & Cathi

7 years ago – Rush, Bee-manGeotarget Geotarget

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9054 – fri

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BHK, Chris and I went to Ledo’s for supper… Tina and Matt might’ve gone with us, but they opted not to go. I figure they’ll be more interested in socializing later on down the line.

According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the average height for an adult female in the United States is 63.8 inches (5 feet, 3.8 inches) and for a man it is 69.2 inches (5 feet, 9.2 inches)

That seems a bit shorter than the average women I see every day, but about right for men.

I wonder if the height difference between women and men contributes very much to gender roles?

random statement – I’m in the mood for popcorn.

another random statement – I’d like to see the northern lights.

What American accent do you have? (Best version so far)

Neutral

You’re not Northern, Southern, or Western, you’re just plain -American-. Your national identity is more important than your local identity, because you don’t really have a local identity. You might be from the region in that map, which is defined by this kind of accent, but you could easily not be. Or maybe you just moved around a lot growing up.

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Strange Maps reproduces a map from the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies showing UFO incidents per capita by county in the contiguous US.

Hm. Somehow, I’d have thought Florida would’ve been more populous.. or the whole east coast for that matter.

Two Reasons I know it’s important for me to think long and hard before getting a tattoo. In addition to the artwork, I like the mottoes – “Malamor” and “Nehil” / “I should not be”, respectively.

1 year ago – george washington, whale’s rib/pier, my head explodes (GP lyrics in comments), forgot to do dot-story.....

  • More florida pics – the pool at night, blimp sighting, iguana, tobasco, goggle-dog

2 years ago – google map risk, sexy archie, personality meme

3 years ago – bro issues, MM/Islam, light and shadow, mallah and brain, walking annual post, famous cat, truthout

4 years ago – Eclipso, Lady From Shanghai, Tomacco, fonts, Book Fair, pondering, maggot art, mirror, Witch

5 years ago – poetry search, Newtcam pic, Zombie, DTH, Stupidty, Rachel

6 years ago – evil news, tattoo poll, shirty, Bizarro, Da Vinci

7 years ago – Apologies for FL, clown, log sheets, sweet disorder, I knew a woman, crimson dreams, chupacabra Geotarget

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9052 – thurs

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I’ve been thinking about the polar bear swim on new year’s day already… I suspect strongly that I’ll do it again. I really need to schedule some workout time… I’ve been just flopping onto couch when I get home… stretching and strength-building is a real must. Perhaps a specific time to do so would work for the best…. 8pm, probably. After supper, but well before bedski. Not tonight though – took Chris out with us to Mexico for supper. Churro-yum!

Temperature this morning was right at freezing… the dew on the grass was frozen, and gave a very satisfying crunch when trod upon. I like the look of flora with a white icy highlight.

Aqua-Dots Recall in Australia and North America. That’s not good.. we just got those for Em a month ago!

Contrails in the sky this morning were so plentiful, I feared it was a missile attack for a split second. There must’ve been two or three dozen crisscrossed white streaks in the sky.. it seemed unreal.

The TV grid — which shows will have episodes until when, because of the writers’ strike.

The networks had estimated that a backlog of finished scripts and completed episodes would keep many series on the air until early 2008. But with numerous show runners refusing to supervise non writing services on their programs — duties that include overseeing casting, editing and directing — production has stopped on several leading series and new episodes of a number of shows will vanish around Thanksgiving. See Also

talky guy on bus – singer lady on the same bus… too noisy.

Anagrams for Scottobear include:

Reboot Cats
Rotates Cob
Boot Caster
Boat Escort
Sat October
Best or Taco

Worst? A Tie between -“Eats Cob Rot” or “To Be Scrota”. (I think the latter is the absolute worst)

My favorite Anagram for BHK’s name (her first and married last) “Lovable Snoring” while Blackhellkat is “Backtalk Hell”

Comment editing in LJ... that’s probably one of the more useful items to roll down the pike in a long time.

1 year ago – joe vs the volcano, doodles

2 years ago – doodle, not much to say, instant karma, sonic weapon vs pirates

3 years ago – man hit loses shoe, love stapler, quantum leap movie, golden age, et joke, comm blackout, super face distortion, funerals online

4 years ago – ocalfeeds, Fending off Mooch, fixit, skinny cow, cell phone rules,enlightenment doodle, Dan brews the weasel for the sci-fi club, Floridaicon, back picture, mascot / transit poll, volusia

5 years ago – ghost hunts, yo-yo crab smack, fun links, paypal card, finished bellydancer

6 years ago – Dave Hlubek tattoos, bats, poll about evil, they fight crime!, lj_nifty

7 years ago – someone duplicates all 1029 of my interests, Suess, Toora-loora-loora Geotarget

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9049 – tues

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Worth a click -As the American health care system continues to disintegrate, people are forced to make life choices that might otherwise seem foolish.

(Seriously: she has brain lesions for which she cannot get treatment. What the hell?)

– Via mightygodking .-The FAQ has a lot of solid, pertinent information.

Little Red Riding Hood is skipping down the road when she sees a big bad wolf crouched down behind a log.

“My, what big eyes you have, Mr. Wolf.”

The wolf jumps up and runs away.

Further down the road Little Red Riding Hood sees the wolf again and this time he is crouched behind a bush.

“My, what big ears you have, Mr. Wolf.”

Again the wolf jumps up and runs away.

About two miles down the road Little Red Riding Hood sees the wolf again and this time he is crouched down behind a rock.

“My, what big teeth you have Mr. Wolf.”

With that the wolf jumps up and screams, “Will you knock it off, I’m trying to poop!”

If I were to have a headstone, I wouldn’t mind having this on it.

I’d like to go see The Awakening before it’s moved.

Nice night tonight – dinner in with the in-laws… BHK made hot dogs, mac & cheese, and some darn tasty sweet potato fries! nom nom nom.

I have a lot more energy today – I wonder if it’s the cooler weather?

EcoFluxx arrived! Funny thing is that it originated in Greenbelt, flew overseas to the UK, and then returned to us! It’s logged more air miles than I have in the last year or three. Thanks Eryx!!!

1 year ago – pix, salt-mines

2 years ago – solo night, memes, blogmap, newt vs dino pic, birthday, pirates repelled, newton as streaky pic, happy trees

3 years ago – postponed incredibles, Cuppycake Gumdrop Snoogums, ren fest, lauderdale pics, haiku

4 years ago – Rude awakening x 2 , da vinci Code- (disappointment), Hospital bill (thank goodness for insurance), lj scams, time warp, church signs

5 years ago – Turtle bread, macrame owls, Outtathaway, elections, poo wand, 3 power phrases, Black Manta

6 years ago – cunctator, Heel-stab, Taoist essay, Tick, Spartacus, Discover Yahoo “theme-chat”

7 years ago – CA ok, Papa Smurf, booze GeotargetPersonal Blogs - Blog Catalog Blog Directory

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9048 – mon

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A quick peek of my office, taken with my phone’s camera this morning – not seen, the bright moon and Venus, first thing upon leaving the house this morning. Brilliant. Wave hi to DC!

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Lunch of leftover Chinese food was almost as good as lunch of leftover BHK casserole… but not quite. Dang tasty, anyhow.

Strange… we had trick or treaters the day after Halloween, and were only too happy to give our crusty old candies that didn’t make the grade the night prior. I thought it was a fairly unique situation, but it seems that it’s not an isolated incident. Note – we gave cute little kids the good stuff – chocolate, and smarties for Daniel (as he’s lactose intolerant), but any teens that came by without costumes got nasty stale necco wafers and clove candies that we hadn’t eaten in about a year.

Side note… do I really have to link to what trick or treaters or Halloween is? I doubt it.

We don’t have much candy left at the house, but gals at work still have huge bowls set out. It’s a real challenge not to grab a kit-kat when it’s right in my flight path.

I wonder how old is the “right” age to stop trick or treating… I always figured the cutoff was age 12, but maybe that was just me.

BHK had a meeting with the city, and afterward, we met at Thursday’s with the in-laws for a late supper.

Zombie Picture taken on the metro a few days back… good ol’ Halloween.

Considering that a Ford Model-T got as good or better mileage than most of today’s U.S. automobiles, I guess it’s not suprising that Henry Ford was, according to this 1934 profile, well ahead of the game in biofuels and bioplastics:

Science is discovering means of transforming products of the farm into materials for manufacture. Through his experimental farms, Henry Ford now successfully converts the common soy bean into automobile parts and an oil which makes up 30 per cent of the Ford car finish.

Mr. Ford declares that this plastic industry, this evolution of industrial agriculture, still is in its infancy and that its possibilities and opportunities are limitless. As an example, he points out that his laboratories have produced from the soy bean a tough, hard, yet inexpensive material which stands a pressure of 9,000 pounds without breaking… Ford and his chemists envision the time when automobile bodies, houses, skyscrapers and even great monuments may be fabricated from the soy bean.

Then again: maybe biofuels aren’t such a good idea, anyway.

via treehugger / kottke

1 year ago – butterfly world, swensons, pix

  • Pictures taken (and more )- giant lobster with a smile, butterfly world, one-legged day of the dead guy, iguanas

2 years ago – lithgow soup, hot in apt, STUKA!! memory, lonliness %, bus riverwalk pic, sasha/magda, bro, chicken little, tiki pic

3 years ago – ft laud pix, incredibles, win security hole, MUDD, 68th recovery

4 years ago – stream of thought, sports clix first view, first use of hr-dividers regularly?, Daler Mehndi!, interaction

5 years ago – Singing horses, SPEAR LANCASTER!, Newtie Pic, Vote For DUKES!, cutup poetry, heroclix

6 years ago – superhero dream, evil news, Daler Mehndi, vote poll, felon poll,Q&A poll, sleep ramble, FE-co the wonder dog, posting ~6 entries aday, Entry #3152

7 years ago – dead links, real change, and a trip to see Charlie’s Angels Geotarget

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9046 – sat – nutshell outline

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Saturday in a nutshell –

BHK playing XM-christmas all day long – Country Christmas replacing U-pop for the season? UNFAIR, I cry!

Allergy shots

  • painless, quick.
  • ATMs nearby charge too much
  • coffee at Giant’s Starbucks and cash back

Craft show

  • nice wreath
  • got a few little trinkets for Em
  • not much there of value
  • cookies.

Christmas Shopping

  • got some stuff for the kitties, adam and larry. Also, Hickory Farms nibble platter purchased

Candy Store

  • more treats for Chris and Larry, Chocolate-covered pretzels for me, java-cocoa for BHK

In-laws –

  • Watched Sabrina at with Adam, BHK and in-laws
  • just a snacky hickory farms / dip chip dinner
  • Happiness (french accent/ phallus joking)

got our wedding bands back –

  • BHK’s now inscribed – “oar to oar”
  • mine now inscribed – “wing to wing”
  • discussed lime-vanilla ice ring

Drove to Aardvark’s

  • 8-point buck sighted
  • BHK wants me to rescue a baby deer with a lasso.
  • Bought some treats for Danny and Eryx
  • Got promotional D&D figure/character sheet, d20
  • Got promotional Flying Dutchman Pirates Ship
  • Glow in the dark dice
  • unicorn dice
  • alien dice
  • crooked sided dice
  • bella sara cards

1 year ago – poetry I didn’t write, ran out of juice, newt pix in comments, GG sacked

2 years ago – Roger Ramjet, Underdog, and “Tick-tock” Tyler. Super Drugs, away!, great icon, work woes, condo stuff, power outage map

3 years ago – bush “wins”, monkey attacks, kerchiefs, hillary ahnold

4 years ago – lots of lj “coming soon”, AIM costumes, got a pointless commode, , nice chat, Awesome music, eye placement, 50 icons available, Pellucidar, City of Dead girls

5 years ago – Smitty-chat, bunnies, SOP, heroclix painting, ghost busters toons online

6 years ago – trogs, color-poll, hurricane, Hateful things

7 years ago – R&J Geotarget

8 years ago – Newt moves to kibble from liquid foodGeotarget

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9024 – sun

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No Zombie Fluxx yet! ack! We’ll be picking it up next weekend, hopefully. I’d like to have it in time for Halloween!

Went grocery shopping and then to get a Wii, but they were sold out – I nearly picked up a copy of Portal to tide me over, and may next time if the Wii isn’t in stock- I hadn’t seen any portal reviews on the new Orange box (Half-Life2 Episode 2, Team Fortress 2 (multi player), and Portal, plus previous releases of HL2 and HL2:episode one) I think it’ll be worth picking up, possibly just for portal alone – TF2 looks pretty fun as well – I really like the “Incredibles meets First Person Shooter” school of art. I’ll likely download it from Steam rather than pay for it at Target, unless the price is significantly different.

Post-shopping, we swung by the in-laws to watch The Natural with them and Louise. Not a bad movie… not as good as I remembered it, but maybe I was tired, too.

We went home, went up to our “treehouse” for a late supper of leftover Chinese food for me, and fresh cheddar on whole wheat crackers for BHK – watched the first episode of Journeyman – slow rolling but got better at the end. Quantum Leap redux – seemingly uncontrolled time travel, following a person to set things right, can bring items back and forth through time. He also seems to return to his home time, unlike Sam.

We also watched the Simpsons – corn maze / police dog episode. Poor to fair writing. I think the best part of the treehouse is just curling up with BHK and the boys for solid snuggles and comfort – especially nice at the end of the day.

It’s a good thing I gobbled up what I did – our fridge is now officially *full*. I don’t think anything else could be put in there, without knocking something over.

I wish I had Plastic Man or Mr. Fantastic’s stretchy abilities… I really don’t like running up and down stairs to the treehouse with stuff or just to see what’s going on once I’m settled in and comfy.

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1 year ago – mostly pics and video, gaming w/danny, election rigging

2 years ago – monster name, break dancing Dr. Zaius, Tarot meme, friday 5, 3 in a row picture

3 years ago – palm doodles, gray pumpkin ‘shop, dollhouse murders, flashtub

4 years ago – Halloween

5 years ago – moon pie contest, luck theory, work issues

6 years ago – love song, nap-coma, Cosquilloso, por supuesto, admirer poll, 28

7 years ago – membrane keyboard, ladies man, R.A.Wilson, donations, dogma Geotarget

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9023 – sat

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Rise and Shine! Early Bird gets the worm! Road trip to Virginia today with BHK! (in-laws and Louise will caravan with us, in another car)

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One of the ideas that BHK and I bandied about on the road trip after making up random drink names… like “The devil’s shoelaces”, “Cool Breeze” and “Bag o’ Tremors”, we started thinking about magical drinks that replicate experiences – “skydiving”, “slap in the face”, “Karate victory” were some of the more tame ones.

Stopped at Sheetz to get a nibble mid-trip…
Observations:

  • garlic fries good but swimming in oil at the bottom
  • mac and cheese bleh.
  • Cinnamon pretzel needs no frosting.
  • Coffee drink was sort of weak.
  • How many teenagers lurk there as a social thing?
  • Cups leap out an attack patrons.

I think we’ll stick to pre-packaged foods next time.

While at Bugah and Em’s b-day, met Nana (great Gramma), The Gramma and Roy. We all went to an Italian place for supper – Joe’s. From the school of “HUGE portions of OK food” The spaghetti looked great, as did the lasagna. I tried a bite of the eggplant parm, which was a little bitter – my veggie sub did fine.

Speaking of the birthday, I was surprised to see that BHK and I were the only ones to get the 10 and 5 year old any toys! Next closest thing to a toy was a gumball machine bank. Oh, wait – I forgot. Louise got Em a toy cell phone and necklace. Bugah seems to dig the skateboard, but it looks like the learning curve may be a bit more steep than we had initially thought. I’m confident that he’ll be all over it soon.

After playing tanks and a few other mini-games, Bugah’s given me the Wii bug again. We may try and pick one up this weekend. I also played Destroy all Humans 2 on the xbox with Bugah, which seems to be a nice sequel to the one we have for our Xbox at home.

Em was a sweetie – leading me around by the hand – we played some concentration (using dominoes to match the number of pips) before leaving for dinner.

We made it back to our place about 11:30 – worn out from the day’s ruining around and socializing. My hip was a little creaky after the drive, but no ill effects aside from that.

1 year ago – work sickies, Internet lawsuit fraud, giant prehistoric Syrian camels, free hp Lovecraft audio books, john Mayer and Sheryl crow bear costume,

2 years ago – supercar, monkeytown usa, pi song, obey the bunny, nazi?

3 years ago – h-bot, walkabout pics, sammich girls, mockery troopers, living tissuejacket, ff2, dan dog, bro evicted, Eau de humanity, Templar

4 years ago – nightmare, tri-bloc embalming, bra sizes, angry kid, sex resource guide, sweetalyssm’s bday, alien abduction tags

5 years ago – restless, newt, poo-fuel, baby costumes, bike ride w/bro, chupacabra,laser jet temp tats, honest opinion, kung fu channel, quizzes

6 years ago – hector, ap bday, sleepies, landlord issues, luxury

7 years ago – kingdomality, jobs, ghost dog-bears Geotarget

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9022 – fri

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Ahhh.. now *there* is the October weather I’ve been waiting for! 55 degrees! That’s the stuff!

Random bit of fun – the other day I saw a cyclist riding around on a penny-farthing bicycle… in helmet, spandex shorts and so on. I would’ve almost preferred to see a bowler hat and waxed moustache, but the clash of modern and historical was even better, I think.

Halloweenie Survey –

Childhood

What is the first costume you remember wearing?
Masque of the Red Death

What was your favorite costume?
Tin foil robot was a fun one… glowstick eyes!

Best Halloween memory as a kid?
CANDY! CANDY! CANDY!

Worst Halloween memory as a kid?
Going to the Li’l Demon Disco way back when, and dealing with dumb older kids bossing little kids around.

Ever TP or egg a house?
Not houses… but we did egg some kids that were mean to us… see above. We got punished – rightfully so.

Did you steal other kids candy?
Nope… but I did make some trades that seemed awfully in my favor – I give you my smarties, and you give me your fun size snicker bars? sure!

Misc Questions

If you were a character in a horror movie, would you survive?
I hope so! I’d probably be the “safe guy” that dies after you think the monster was dispatched, but really wasn’t.

Would you live in a house that was rumored to be haunted?
Sure… I’d at least check it out.

Would you live in a house where someone had been murdered?
As long as the killer wasn’t around to repeat the crime, sure.

Other than a gun, name the first murder weapon that comes to mind?
Cinder Block. Oh, ouch. Why didn’t I think of poison or a knife?

Would you ever be a mortician?
Depends… I think maybe yes.

Do U fit serial killer profile?
I don’t think that I’m antisocial enough.

Do you believe people can be possessed?
No, I don’t.

What is something that will haunt you for the rest of your life?
Seeing my dad on his deathbed is pretty enduring.

How do you feel about death and dying?
I think that it’s something that happens – I can be pretty sensitive or pretty well-armored to it, depending on the situation.

Have you ever seen a dead body, other than in a funeral home?
Yup.

Were you afraid to go in the ocean after you saw Jaws?
I was, but I was a little kid! I got over it in under a week.

Would you eat a human if your life depended on it?
Probably. I hope I never have to find out.

What was your last nightmare?
I dreamed that my body was made of plastic squares, and pieces were left behind wherever I went… I was worried that I’d run out, because I couldn’t put the acrylic/lego type squares back on.

Rather be buried alive for a night or sleep next to a dead body?
Sleep next to a dead body.

As an Adult

Did you decorate your house?
Sure!

Did you decorate your livejournal/myspace/website?
Homepage, yes – lj, no.

Do you still dress up for Halloween?
Sometimes! I don’t know if we are this year.

How long have been thinking about this years costume?
Hasn’t leapt to mind yet – but last minute works.

Planing on attending any parties?
If we get invites yes… a kid-built haunted house is in the works!

What will you be this year?
Not sure… I might just be a candy vendor!

What was your favorite costume you wore?
Flaming Carrot

Favorite costume somone else wore?
Six-limbed gorilla!

Funniest Halloween moment?
Seeing a mime and a guy in a fairy princess outfit duke it out in the parking lot.

If money was not an issue, what is your dream costume?
I’ve wanted to be God before… with two hand puppets… right hand is a Jesus Puppet, left hand a Devil – Just me in blue jeans and a T-shirt with the word “God” on it. not that expensive… maybe a functional ED-209 ?

Supernatural

Do you believe in ghosts?
I’d like to, but I suspect they don’t exist – at least not in any way defined that I’ve seen.

Have you ever seen one?
I’ve dreamt of them.

First thing that pops into your mind….

Murder weapon?
Cinder Block – same as before!

Scary movie?
Alien

Halloween?
Chernabog

Vampire?
Holy Water

Monster?
Sea Serpent

Haunted?
Mansion

The Small Press Expo will be held in Bethesda this weekend, Friday and Saturday. SPX is the biggest gathering of independent comic artists and cartoonists on the east coast and will feature many local artists from DC, Maryland and Virginia. I’ve got other plans (birthday party – even more fun, and pre-scheduled)

Movies I haven’t seen yet, but wouldn’t mind catching in the theater while they’re still out –

3:10 to Yuma
Darjeeling Limited
Michael Clayton
Eastern Promises
We Own The Night
The Dark Is Rising – yikes… really poor reviews. Maybe not.

Whoops – Dragon Wars movie is already kaput? That didn’t take long. I guess it’s just as well.

No movie tonight, however. We’re preparing for the previously mentioned party for Bugah and Em’s… we’re going to be pulling the in-laws and louise in tow, so it should be a humdinger.

1 year ago – autostitch selfport, lost city, acim guest speaker

2 years ago – amusement park pics, halloween card, paper batmobile, hello, fl deadly force law, lost on itunes

3 years ago – bro drama, holidays, frontiers, world atlas

4 years ago – big brain breaks, hunters / harvest moon

5 years ago – Newt tuckered, Mage knight, independent woman

6 years ago – mulct, poo-spray, error handling

7 years ago – syndicate wars, Doom Patrol, ups and downs, suffixes, sw quiz Geotarget

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9018 – tues

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Starting to feel a bit like October!

Back the regular schedule – at work and chugging nicely – jaw still a bit sore from dentist, plus sore throat from allergies.

Dinner with the in-laws and adam – played a little destroy all humans after tasty chicken-egg noodle type-dish (hot dogs for larry). The canned veggie-chicken was cooked up to be really darn tasty, as was the mushroom gravy. The veggie gravy would be excellent on biscuits with a little black pepper, too, I suspect!

First day of new allergy meds, and my coughing is vastly reduced.

I can’t believe that it’s been 5 years since the beltway sniper. I certainly never thought that I’d live and work in this region back then. Between that, and Flight 77 six years ago – it’s amazing how much people get back to business at hand and swarm all over the pentagon, the metro and so on.

1 year ago – 16 days to go, nostalgia for 7-11, x04, preggos on my list, identity, monsters in my pocket, girls back from QC,

2 years ago – autostitch picture, with us / against us, hukilau, hp returns

3 years ago – Doom3 + Newt = Scotto Heart Attack, Bro drama, walkies pictures (graffiti/latin broward/newt), odd todd tv show sacked

4 years ago – programming, October questions, 3-fingered roy, rays, ricks, alexes, and gaming, bro gets a warrant, candy corn poll

5 years ago – dsl flicker, Lauper Photo, Kelly and Lexie meow and poop, Lincoln poll, House blessing

6 years ago – owies pass, odd news, took newt to work, werewolf (mafia) game, GPS factoid

7 years ago – Salty dog, slushies for lunch, CTD song, boycotts Geotarget

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9016 – Sun

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Went to Game night yesterday at the Clampets – met some nice folks and chitty chatted… didn’t do a lot of gaming.

A pair of CPAs, Clare- a Teacher of chemistry at the Naval academy, a network cable guy (Eric) in addition to Brent (travel agent), Alison (Pampered Chef Home sales), Nick (not sure what he does) A pretty fascinating study in “nice people who don’t share any of my opinions on things”. A pretty conservative, heavily church-going bunch, but very kind and tolerant. I think that Amy would like Nick, and that Kev would really dig Clare, if I was of a match-making bent. The game we played was a “get to know you” sort of thing, where you have cards, and try to figure out what a person say if asked questions like “Where’d you last get groceries” / “How often do you Vacuum a month” / “How many Piercings do you Have” / “Favorite Politician”.

It was a little shocking to me to hear otherwise similar to myself types say that they thought George Bush was their favorite politician, without a shred of sarcasm or irony. I’ll do better to pretend I’m in bizarro-world next time I make my guesses.

Picked up lots of goodies for Bugah and Em for the co-birthday celebration next weekend – Em got Moon Sand, Aqua Dots and a little robot-kitten – Bugah got a Wave-style skateboard, and a 4-up Nerf rocket launcher. I think that they’ll be pleased. Plus, I want to play with the Moon Sand and Nerf Gun. BHK picked up some glow in the dark filler Aqua Dots too, so I imagine she’ll be “helping” Em make some neat designs as well.

Tonight, we did a more game-oriented game night (One long game of Apples to Apples, and a quick game of Aquarius – Chris won both!) with the in-laws and Louise, after Pizza and watching When Harry Met Sally and a Carol Burnett show blooper reel/retrospective. Strange that there was no mention of Lyle Waggoner.

1 year ago – haircut reviews, felix woos whoopee, BHK off to VT with TM, JLU good, the hoff says KITT was gay / how to woo hoff, motorcycle bear, pictures

2 years ago – HBO/Rome torrent issues, lj portal, medical Friday 5, local graffiti pics Dose

 3 years ago – met some VIPs, mooks, pente, Kiwanis, free stuff, Everything you can think of is true

4 years ago – land art, land shark, MOND, vamp hint, Nice weather, pesky people, squids, space, sea and starburst fruit chews.

5 years ago – gps, Cheney scary face, bro bawl out, star wars gangsta rap

6 years ago – hubris, birfdaze, AOE2-Con, religious words as verbs, on working local outwards

7 years ago – Ray Ig & Robbo, Salty dog pub Geotarget

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9007 – sun

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Newt hears migrating birds outside, and raids the window. Pye was soon to follow. Newt’s pooch there isn’t a big tummy, just fur.
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Brisk weather outside – lovely stuff, helps my breathing quite a bit. I could actually see my breath the other night when we picked up last minute gift bags for Tina’s party last night…we’re hitting my seasonal weather of choice. I’m looking forward to wearing a jacket.

Dashed off to the Giant with BHK – we bought some cold cuts and cheese to make ourselves some picnic lunch outside… sat on the bench and made each other sammiches. Best meal I’ve had in a while – I’d rather eat stuff that fresh and enjoy the weather than go to a big restaurant. I really preferred it to tonight’s spaghetti dinner, in fact. Louise is renowned for for her spaghetti sauce, but I’m more of a fan of (Gordon Ramsey alert) Simple / Rustic style of cooking. In fact, BHK and I both have been found using that as commentary on food (and whatever else) these days. Like calling Marco Polo out… if one of us says Simple there is bound to be an echo of Rustic not too far behind. Hey, it’s better than picking up his swearing habit, I guess.

Louise’s sauce and pasta was supplemented by Tina’s new beau Matt’s meatballs, which I hear were pretty tasty, especially the beef. The turkey ones looked good, but maybe a bit dry. His sauce looked decent – I wonder how it mixed with Louise’s?

The in-laws brought salad, and BHK made the birthday cake – carrot, with autumnal colored sprinkles in the cream cheese frosting. it was pretty darn tasty – somehow, still warm after our meal.

Tina got a lot of jewelry as loot – we gave her 1001 places to see before you die , some pedicure knickknacks and a necklace with a pearl and a pink shell motif. Louise did pearls for her too.. very similar to those she got BHK for her b’day. In-laws got her a heart necklace and earring set in sterling (I think), and some nice black gloves. I don’t know what Matt got her.

I won our game of apples to apples (that’s what we picked up last minute earlier – it was that or play boggle… and not a lot of folks have the scrabble / spelling ferocity or Carcassonne bent that BHK and I do) – since there were 7 of us (Adam had to bail early for his church group) we played to 5 victories best answer was Larry’s “wood chipper” to “sappy”.

1 year ago – robot post while I’m elsewhere, actors, locusts, pogo-legs, moot-b-day

2 years ago – Lost season 2, remixed movie trailers, 2l issues, white lines by bush, okcupid test, selfports on newtcam, puppy eats a knife, pervwatch, mistaken abduction

3 years ago – School Training at a library, Auntie’s, Spicy Sancocho recipe

4 years ago – Hoom! maps, Monkey Heaven, Robyn goes Psychic on me, Private William D.Huff, Tumbless things, palm doodle, BK breakfast, monochrome=sleepy buspics

5 years ago – landlord a/c, Dorky dinosaur, art ljs, audio books

6 years ago – minor panic, Oyl Family, Red Dog the Pirate Guy, blackjack, mush,revised beliefs, Laundry, freeflow, nosey lj-poll, Newton’s Nightmaregame, love poem

7 years ago – apple jacks, chores, bday, CPAP Geotarget

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9005 fri

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Calvert County fair is this weekend… I don’t know if I’m up to it, but we can surely check it out.

I haven’t eaten anything more solid than blueberry yogurt since Tuesday. I think that I’ll be up for something with a bit more texture by the time the weekend is over, though. Tonight’s meal of soft noodley-cheesy-tomato-saucy goodness was just right. Salad was a little hard on the throat, but not bad!

Watched Revenge of The Pink Panther with the in-laws and Louise… we quickly crashed out.

Hey! Cthulhu is in the Chesapeake Bay! There’s how we can get Colin to visit! 🙂

Back at work, and Nurse Newton is already back to slacking in the sunbeams.
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1 year ago – nelson sings nilsson, bro foreshadows his current environ, out with gabby and todd, heard from vicki, scary storybook pics, kitty, daily episodes, planning weekend with bhk

2 years ago – put in for the condo, gorilla comic, mugato toy, headstone,esoteric path, international tort, state resources across the board

3 years ago – bro bails, Orks, games removed from the system, walkies pictures, sky railroads, post apoc

4 years ago – Monkeys, Ukes make you brainy, Super-scotto, cracked 100 vamps, dervishes, cartoons, Stridulous.

5 years ago – mary gross, new PG album

6 years ago – robotech, poem, kegel, evil twin, horseman wallpaper, newtcam, enlightenment, Steve Irwin, adipocere, Mango

7 years ago – work drags, missing folks, time-variance/generation gap Geotarget

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8991 – fri

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Thinking good thoughts for mootpoint, Mol, and Dominic.

Payday! Just in time, as BHK and I both got to the doc and I get a pair of fillings on my right side. BHK’s teeth are jim-dandy… remember to floss!

I grabbed this from yoames / phillykat / pilarcruz and countless others.

1. Go to http://www.careercruising.com/.
2. Put in Username: nycareers, Password: landmark.
3. Take their “Career Matchmaker” questions.
4. Post your top ten results.

Here’s mine – (I kept going, to answer all the questions. My first pass had a lot more computer/social worker stuff)

  1. Epidemiologist – Sounds interesting, but I don’t have *any* solid training for it. Could come in handy for the coming zombie apocalypse… or preventing one! Best case, already in a clean house-type bunker. Worst case, that’s where the epidemic starts. I guess if I worked for a villain, before dying, I could at least say that I worked in a lair fashioned inside of a dormant volcano, under the sea in a bubble-city, or from a satellite lab in high-earth orbit.
  2. Oceanographer – I still haven’t finished reading Fluke, but I do enjoy marine biology. I imagine the optimal life doing that sort of thing… maybe like an idyllic remake of the Flipper TV or Jonny Quest. Living in the keys, fighting pirates, discovering sea-monsters, etc. Would I get a hydrofoil and cool gadgets?
  3. Anthropologist – Humans are pretty fascinating critters. I suspect that I’d be more interested in this than Oceanographer. Field work at the ocean would be more palatable to me, though. Again with the Jonny Quest. Maybe with a little less or Race Bannon’s “Take that, you heathen savages!” I will, however accept bad guys that die with a scream of “AIeeee!” as they fall from a cliff, get disemboweled by Yeti, or are shot by whatever helpful bodyguard/guide-types are along for the ride.
  4. Writer – I try to do that here and again, but the time factor keeps popping up. I really need to devote an hour a day to it, and I simply don’t have the will to set aside the time to do it properly. I’ll always love doing it, but I’d have to have a way to support myself and my family if it were my full-time gig. I know quite a few writers, both professional, “wannabe” pro, and strong amateur, most of them very talented at word-craft. Given the amount of junk writing that’s out there, I’m fairly confident that I could find a niche with the right publicist. Also would be handy for “Murder, HE wrote” mysteries later in life. If Angela Lansbury can do it, so can I.
  5. Botanist – I do like plants. Do I like ’em enough to make them my life? Not sure. The Sea and Humans certainly have more of my interest. Now, if it were the phytoplankton people from Atlantis, I guess I’d be set… especially if they need some Research done on their databases. see below. I know what happens to Botanists. Ask Jason Woodrue, Ted Sallis, Alec Holland, Pam Isley, or any of dozens of folks turned into plant-critters, green psychos, pod people or muck-encrusted mockeries of men. Maybe when pot is legal, or if I lived on the planet Mardru.
  6. Library Technician – been there, done that. Fun and rewarding if you surround yourself with the right people. (true of most any job, really) It can be pretty thankless, and while I like books, I’m a far stretch from Burgess Meredith in that Twilight Zone episode.
  7. Historian – So very variable. Some parts of the past are amazing… other bits are deadly dull. Plus, the pay issue again- I imagine it’s difficult to live on the average historian’s wages. How do I become an authority?
  8. Researcher – If I could make any good, livable wage doing this for an organization that wasn’t a super-villain, I’d probably dig it. Depends on the research, though… do I really want data about women’s shoe sizes, and how they compare to hemlines? Fairly close to historian, Above. Job description is too vague.
  9. Database Developer – Heck, that’s a chunk of what I’m doing in my gig right now! I enjoy the challenges and solving the puzzles that arise in most of the larger builds that I’ve had to do.
  10. Multimedia Developer – I’ve dabbled with this… seems like a very competitive field to get a gig that’s worthwhile.

Web Developer, Systems Programmer and such all appear in the top 40, further down the list.

Limited edition Raspberry M&M’s are pretty good. Not amazing, but not too shabby. I prefer the holiday mint ones….and wouldn’t mind if they did orange-chocolate M’s.

Getting this entry out of the way early, as I don’t forsee much computer time tonight… see two lines up. I’m looking forward to a nice evening of Movies and games in our little treehouse loft, or in the living room. (depending on our desire to watch stuff on the laptop or the dvd player.

[edit – Strike that, we had Chinese at in-laws and watching “Because I said so”. Maybe Games and yo-yo tomorrow! Good food and good company tonight – movie was meh.]

Until Saturday-ish, dear journal!

1 year ago – goodies, 008 is landon, kill windows nag, mr t – be somebody, rfjason – wtf prank, kitty combo

2 years ago – Red Thread, Postcard, walking weather, work, 2nd life, battersea

3 years ago – visit meme, case against voodoo, freeflow thought, Mexico Wal-mart Protest

4 years ago – Newt-vet, shoutcast, tiny cities, Why I dislike leiberman, Frankie mooches again, Turkish Hairballs

5 years ago – Lots of robots, World Affairs, palm art

6 years ago – Shocked awake, Nostia, folks scamming relief, weather, programming, lovely chat

7 years ago – Pompano Weather, Warghetz, Suzy News, Censorship, Loved Geotarget