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9235 – Friday!

Ah, the end of another week… I’m looking forward to a gentle weekend, this go ’round. Sleepy This morning.

Recent doodles –

Me in the office, post saying Shazam! Regarding Uncle Dudley/Uncle Marvel. During the classic era, an old man named Dudley (who was clearly modeled after W. C. Fields) claimed that he was not only a relative of the Marvels but also a Marvel himself, although neither was true. The Marvels took a liking to him and decided to humor him, and “Uncle” Dudley became Uncle Marvel, the Marvel Family’s manager. He’d make his “transformation” along with one or more of the others, but not by magic; rather, by quickly removing his break-away garments (under the cover of lightning that the real Marvel(s) called down) to reveal his homemade Marvel costume underneath. He explained his lack of super-powers by claiming he suffered from “shazambago”. In modern continuity, Dudley H. Dudley is simply a janitor at Billy’s school who finds himself involved in Marvel Family adventures, although in one story he was temporarily given Shazam powers to help round up the escaped Seven Deadly Enemies of Man.

Oh, my Shazambago!

Green monkey-alien in a bubble. He’s wearing his bubble summoning-belt, of course. He’s been climbing a lot, note his filthy hands and feet. I wouldn’t go so far as to call him a damn, dirty ape, however. I was thinking a little bit of Rescue on Fractalus recently, thus the cheesy lines and markings. The hammerhead alien Jaggi had great pop-up spook value in his day. Soft hearted for Planet of the Apes, Martian Manhunter, and Bubble-force fields all unwrapped into that, I guess.



Dealing with “customer service” regarding bugs, bug fixes, and time lines. I seemed to get only one word answers, with no detail as to where, when or how items would be fixed. I ultimately got it worked out, via my own trouble tree and specific questions, but it was like pulling teeth… on a rampaging hippo. I’m just glad that it’s now mostly functioning.



Dreamt of our bathroom being tiled with Hershey bars, and grouted with marshmallow. Hershey bars aren’t my absolute fave… why not milky ways, or mars bars? I guess the flat rectangle looks more like tile to my sleeping mind. Last night after work Chris, BHK and I went to Maerten’s, to check out the sale preview. Chris bought a ton of nice stuff… BHK got a cute pair of sterling bumblebee earrings and a little silver bean / bead on a box chain. Honestly, I like what BHK got more, though Chris’s items were pretty, too. Post sale, we hit Thai Inter for some yummy feed. It was a bit of a hike to return home late afterwards, but I think it was worth it – the gals had fun.



I can’t say as I’ve ever referred to anything as “a real corker.” I’d think that I might’ve, but probably not. I prefer “it’s a hoot!” or the like.



Pleased that we did get the 2007 homestead exemption after all, but looks like 2008 is a no-go. at least we have time to save up a wee bit before 4/15/2009.



Something to make BHK happy –

“The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday its Pixar animation studio will commit to 3-D by releasing all of its movies in the format beginning with “Up” in May 2009. Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter made the announcement in New York at a presentation of Disney’s upcoming lineup of animated movies.”




The Wall Street Journal says that a video production company that earned 90% of its revenue from taping Walmart’s internal meetings over the past 30 years has lost the Walmart account—but retained the rights to the video library.

Now the videos are available to anyone who wants to see them —for a price. Lawyers, reporters, activists and journalists are lining up at the production company’s tiny new office, cash in hand.



1 year ago – a day in the life animated doodle, bhk’s lasagna, feeling draggy, busy at work

2 year ago – mp3, gp & kat missed, b5 / dr who, blue tarps, cloud pic

3 years ago – tv-shoot, whale cam, regional anthropology, sesame street, dream Bhk & Pye, Gamer quiz, illuminati, little cowpoke, celeb diaries, i feel great, moist towelettes, astronaut jones, 9 years for spammer, bush toy

4years ago
– easter, peeps, image collages, pelicans, spidey-2

5 years ago – first 4 children in the vampire game, got my offer from JKG

6 years ago – Programmer / Engineer gag, lovely private entries, including Blackstone’s Reading.

7 years ago – pork taco brain worm, Power-puff Scotto, grove meeting, An open letter to browser sniffers, agogGeotarget

9229 – Monday – palindrome… May a moody baby doom a yam?

Help me. I have the “One Day At A Time” theme stuck in my head.


This is it! This. Is. It.

This is life, the one you get
So go and have a ball.

This is it! This. Is. It.

Straight ahead and rest assured
You can’t be sure at all.

So while you’re here enjoy the view
Keep on doing what you do
So hold on tight we’ll muddle through
One day at a time, One day at a time.

So up on your feet. Up on your feet
Somewhere there’s music playing.
Don’t you worry none
We’ll just take it like it comes.

One day at a time, one day at a time.
One day at a time, one day at a time.
One day at a time, one day at a time.
One day at a time, one day at a time.



 and I were working on the same frequency this morning, regarding gags about prying the gun from Charlton Heston’s cold, dead, hand.



Body mightily resisted getting out of bed this morning, but I had to do it. Home now… only 4 more days until the next weekend!

Chris drove me to my stop this AM, but BHK picked me up. It’s hard to spend even 8 hours away from her, after I’ve been so spoiled by a 3-day weekend. We zipped to California Tortilla for dindin, and now we’re going to have a lovely night!



It’s getting warmer, and the trees are getting greener every day. Sure, I’ll be hot and sweaty sometime soon.. but then we’ll have fireflies.

Every season has something awesome.



DC pics from Friday for later ref – this area, mostly. Our walk was about 3-4 miles total, but the ground was hilly.. I wonder how much more that added?



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1 year ago – old shacks, karaoke, easter bunnies everywhere!, wetter walking or running somewhere?, openoffice easter egg

2 year ago– devo on fridays, lost, icon, SL designing, virus trained to build batteries, false alarm abduction, hurricane stockpile, took over
haikuarena, quizzes

3 years ago– Dr Russell, MASS, undercover brother, kitty cuteness, meet force with force, walkabout pictures, America we stand as one, BCT commercial

4 years ago – +20 min, underage girl charged with child pornography, LSD

5 years ago – creaky, PotC, Bro

6 years ago – put all of oz on my palm, boat name poll, vending machines, Newt activities

7 years ago – laundry, Herb KornfeldGeotarget

9228 – Sunday

We rested the bulk of Saturday, but went out yesterday evening to hit good ol’ Aardvark Comics – picked up the Showcase Jonah Hex, the 50th Anniversary edition of Diplomacy, and a few other nibs and nabs – BHK subscribed to her first book (Avengers Fairy Tales – 4 part series), and I got the latest All Star Superman. Good stuff, that Superman. Post Aardvark, we hit a local Japanese food place… benihana sort fo place with sushi. The stuff was better than most, not as awesome as Joss. Oh! I almost forgot! We stopped at Rita’s for “fro-yo”. I got the fat free stuff, and I think the chemistry hit my gastric centers a little too heavily. I’ll be calling them diarRhita’s for the foreseeable future. The problem resolved itself quickly, however.

Today, Lounged most of the morning, – Was going to hit the car show with Larry and BHK, but it was rained out. Left the house abuot noon, got a haircut, and then zipped off with BHK to have lunch with Cathi & Dave at Mexico. Mexico was a little off of their game, but it was still yummy. Post feeding, we paused at the Dunkirk Starbucks for a couple of hours of Apples to Apples over water, coffee and a little late dessert. (I won all games played… I feel a little bad about that, because I’m not really there to win, just to socialise and be silly. Psych-ops tactics work especially well with that crew.) Ended the day with a quick buzz of the local wal-mart, and then home to chill out and prep for Monday.


1 year ago – walkabout pictures (DC area), SMIB

2 years ago – loki, fundraiser, 33 questions, morning pictures, palm post bro, tree dream

3 years ago – appointment, bro homeless, electron thoughts, videos, broken umbrellas, space 1999:waka waka, 300 island resort, typo on bus, walkies pictures, beaten barricade

4 years ago – smelly books, surreal compliments, passover joke, vampire game

5 years ago – sleeveless smock, downloadable toons, bunky kabalarians, colossal squid, CoC props.

6 years ago – landlord visit, green monkey pizza, pop pardoned the knights templar,nazi-looking stamp, Japanese business card etiquette, movies, tubers

7 years ago – Killer noise, looking for a job as a flaneur, Dave & Cathi PreggersGeotarget


9224 – Friday –



Slept in a bit this morning… vacation day!!

family sleepin' in


Our neighbor’s wife passed away the first of December, last year… BHK just found out about it midweek. We’ve invited him over for dinner next week (we initially were going to do it Wednesday, but he begged off), and are bringing him some tidbits here and there. I can’t imagine losing someone that close and having to go it alone.

Last night after work, BHK and I went to Red Robin to eat while we decided on which movie to see… we were torn between two critically paned stinkers – 10,000 BC and Superhero Movie. We consumed tasty items, while watching a girl in a robin suit greet the kiddies… businss was booming for a thursday night… and continued to the Borders where we meandered andshopped a bit. Picked up a new Zagat’s guid to DC and Baltimore, and a collapsable tote for BHK… fit sin a teensy keychain pouch. I teased her a little unmercifully about it, but she took it in stride. Visted the Kayak / Outdoor store and came close to getting another pair of crocs or two… army green shoes with day-glo orange straps, but sadly, they didn’t have my mammoth foot size in stock. BHK passed on keanes, too.

Eventually, we settled on superhero movie… bought the tickets, and changed our minds. So, we saw 10,000 BC. It didn’t stink too badly, and was entertaining in its way.

Guest Doodles supplied by BHK: (when she sees me messing with the palmtop, she always wants a turn.) Seems she always accuses me of gassiness, but this time it was true.

bhk's view of last nightate at red robin- via bhk



Nifty Links also from BHK – Cool Robots! (I’m partial to Kemore 3.)

and these two were right next to one another on her news page – Irony?

McCain Says Many Americans Are Too Cynical 3rd-Graders Plotted to Attack Teacher, Cops Say


Picture meme –

a. Go to www.photobucket.com (don’t sign in)

b. Type in your answer to the question in particular (see questions below) in the “search” box

c. Use only the first page

d. Copy the image code & paste for the answer

(I’ve added a width modifier of 320 pix, just for my own viewing ease.)

1. What’s your first name?
Scotto

greato scotto


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2. What is/was your school mascot? Hurricane, Owl and Eagle (University of Miami, FAU, Atlantic HS)


3. What is your relationship status? Happily Married



4. What is your favorite color? Orange



5. Who is your celebrity crush? Tricky, as I don’t really have one. I’ll fall back on ol’ Salma Hayek, and get Razzed by BHK.



6. Who is your favorite artist or band? Changes moment to moment. Right now it is Talking Heads.


7. What is your favorite movie & TV show? Again, too many to choose from, so I’m going with my first from skull school of picking. Blade Runner and Psych


8. Name your favorite drink? Diet Cream Soda


9. where is your dream vacation? Atlantis



10. What is your favorite animal? I like all of ’em, Aardvark to Zooplankton. I guess I’ll go with Gorilla for now, as first critter to skull… even though I’m, partial to Elephants, Giraffes, Tigers, Bears. Cats and Sea Cucumbers.


11. Your favorite past time? Going on Walkabout



12. Where were you born? 1969 Boston



13. One word to describe yourself? Bearded.



14. How are you feeling right now? Creaky






1 year ago
– victim of the 80s / transformers, time flies, movies. (still haven’t seen blades of glory.), local blooms pic

2 years ago – wearing purple, dan break, bug inspectors, doc, firewall,

3 years ago – apology-but, making fiends in bulgarian, free photos, broken people, TSiC

4 years ago – 22 questions, DST, Ft. Laud Mellowed, 4-4-4

5 years ago – Met with Meter Made, don’t confuse courtesy with subservience, pics for the day, Speedy off CN, Sample McDougald house letter

6 years ago – walkies, dream, taking stuff poll, Moment of Waponi, Killian’s, bkveggie (the old one), long music ramble, production meeting at IMT

7 years ago – Slander-drama / resolution (Honestly, I think that part of the issue started from here.) I still wonder how that “FBI Investigation” turned outGeotarget

9223 – Thursday

Long weekend starts tonight! BHK and I had yummy pseudo-chicken, noodles and broccoli supper. After work today, I think we’re going to hit a movie and dinner out… nice way to start the long weekend. Despite my general disdain for reality tv, I’m sort of digging Last Restaurant Standing. (I’m rooting for Lloyd and Adowa, but suspect that the Twins will win.)



meme – via kat78731 (I’ve done ones similar, but not this particular quiz, surprisingly.)

What do people call you?: Scott, Scotto, Hey You, Bear, Big Guy.


What color is your hair?: Brown with a lot of gray in it.

Is it natural?: Yup, save for the periodic cutting.

How is it styled right now?: Brushed back, short, but in need of a trim.

Do you have allergies?: Most anything alive that can hit me in particle form. Dander, pollen, etc.

Do you have any other medical issues?: Back and leg, primarily. Some pneumatic trouble with allergies.

Are you on medication for anything?: Occasional pain management over the counter asprin-type stuff, inhaler for allergy emergencies, a multivitamin.

What are you doing tomorrow?: I don’t know for sure, but BHK and I have the day off together! Wheeeee!!

What are you doing this weekend?: some walkabout, some layabout, mostly funabout.

Do you have a job?: Yupperdoodle.

What was the last thing you bought?: Hm. Groceries at Safeway, I think. Last fun thing was a warhammer rulebook.

How good is your eyesight?: Sharp.

What color is your mailbox?: black with a red flag and silver numbers. Alternately, a silver door with a brass lock.

How many windows are in your room?: Bedroom has 3 windows. Home office-lair has 8 or more.

What color are your bedroom walls?: White

What color are your sheets?: Tan

What color is the carpet?: neutral gray

Do you stalk people?: not in person, but I certainly see what they’re up to online. I like journals and seeing photos of folks.

Have you ever had a stalker?: Sorta-kinda. Nothing serious, but they “got all up in my business” a few times.

What was the last thing you ate?: Tasty bowl of strawberry chex cereal.

Is your handwriting neat or sloppy?: Pretty dang messy, unless I make an effort.

Are you a slob?: I’m cluttery. I don’t leave food out, but I often lack the sense to put stuff back where I found ’em.

What do you spend a lot of money on?: General purpose items like groceries and fuel, mostly. We don’t pay to eat out very often, and our daytrips mostly just cost time and gasoline.

How many pairs of shoes do you own?: um… 3 for work (2 black, 1 brown), 1 black crocs, 2 pairs of sneakers, a pair of flip-flops. so… 7.

Do you sleep with the door open or closed?: the bedroom door open, the house doors closed. Kitties need to get to and from bed!

Do you sleep with the closet doors open or closed?: closed – don’t want kitties getting into the crawlspace.

Who was better: N*Sync or Backstreet Boys?: I have exactly the same lack of feeling about both of ’em.

When was the last time you took a shower?: This morning.

What does your mom do for a living?: Working for herself with her husband, renovating and selling condos. Also does real estate.

Where is your dad right now?: Physically – Last scattered as ash over the Atlantic ocean.

Who is the prettiest person you know?: BHK!

What are you listening to right now?: Outdoor noises… I think it’s a mix of peeper frogs and a bluejay.

What does your favorite shirt look like?: That I own.. probably my comfy blue ringer T with the skull and ace of spades on it. I like my black cuban shirt
with the white embroidery on it, too.

Do you read a lot?: about an hour a day, minimum. (Commute)

Do you write a lot?: mostly in my lj… I should really spend a better chunk of the above commute writing.

What’s the biggest age difference between you and someone you’ve dated?: 11 years.

What was your favorite thing to do when you were little?: Read or play in the woods.

Where were you born?: in a hospital.

Would you ever shave your head?: I would if need be, but I don’t think that’d be a good look for me.

Do people tell you that you’re attractive?: Some have, but it doesn’t happen daily or anything.

Do you wear a lot of makeup?: not any!

What time do you get up in the morning?: weekdays – ~5am. weekends, whenever the kitties or BHK wake me up with hubbub.

How long does it take you to get ready?: Not long at all. I have a pit crew helping me prep for work in the morning… on weekends, it’s just grab a bagel
and go!

Do you look a lot like people in your family?: I can see hints of both sides of my family… father, mother, uncles and grandfolk.

Are your parents still married?: nope.

Do you owe anyone money?: Bank for the house. That’s it, I think.

Who?: whoops. see above

What for?: ditto.

Do you kill bugs?: I try to set ’em free, unless they’re bloodsuckers.

Are you afraid of the dark?: no.

What are you afraid of?: stupid, careless, and/or sinister people

Who was the last person or people you hung out with?: BHK at the TV & aquarium. last gathering was dying eggs with Adam, in-laws, TM and BHK.

Where was the last place you went?: I assume non-work or home related – Baltimore Aquarium / Barnes & Noble.

Do you have a cat?: I have two!

Do you have a dog?: nope, allergic, though I’m getting shots. maybe in a year or three.

What color is your underwear?: Red with Blue pinstriped boxers.

Do you like sports?: Not really. I can appreciate boxing and football, but don’t really care for it.

Do you like art?: yes

Do you like math?: sure.

Do you like your school?: I enjoyed college well enough.

Are your parents strict? When they wanted to be. Wildly variable, and I had a lot of freedoms as a kid.

What time do you have to be home?: No set curfew, but on a work night, I like to be in by 10.

Do you watch TV a lot?: generally while eating supper in the living room. I’d say we put in 2 hours at suppertime, usually.

What’s your favorite movie?: Man, I have no idea.

Why did your last relationship fail?: She sort of flaked out on me… worked out for the best, though!

Do you have any pink clothing?: A work shirt that BHK got for me. I think it looks professional, not too “Miami Vice”.

Do you wear a lot of black?: Mostly blues, greens and complimentary colors to those.

Are you tan? Not really, but I’m not super-pale, either.

Piercings?: No perforations that weren’t accidental or medical in nature.

Tattoos?: none.

How tall are you?: 6’5″/6’6″

Would you ever ask someone out?: I invite BHK out on dates all the time.

Do you like the rain?: Quite a bit.

What are you wearing right now?: white t-shirt, orange short-sleeved polo, grey boxers, blue jeans, white socks, red, white and blue sneakers.

Would you ever want to be famous?: I’d prefer wealthy. If I could bank the fame and avoid creepy stalkers, sure.

How did you get one of your scars?: lines up my spine are from surgery.

Do you get in fights a lot?: not a lot.

Have you ever had the chicken pox?: aye.

Do you get sick a lot?: More than some, less than others.

How many living things live in your house?: two bipeds, two quadrupeds, the standard acceptable amount of microorganisms.

Are you loud?: Generally, I’m rather quiet, but can make big noise.

What math are you in?: right now? I do a lot of database / financial / statistical analysis.

Do you save a lot of things that are important to you?: If unchecked, I hoard like a magpie. I consciously make the effort to toss stuff out.

Do you believe in fortunes from fortune cookies?: I believe that they exist and are entertaining, nothing more.

Who was the last person you kissed?: BHK

Who was the last person you hugged?: BHK

Who was the last person you rode with in a car?: BHK

Would you ever go bungee jumping?: I think not, given my back, weight, and general trust in folks that run thrill-rides off of bridges.

Would you ever travel to a country without indoor plumbing?: Sure. I’ve been camping. I wouldn’t want to spend too much time in squalor, though.

Do you like people?: The ones that aren’t the aforementioned stupid, careless, and/or sinister people, yes. Sadly, folks like that appear to be in limited
supply.



1 year ago – Database gig shift, dinner at C&D, jellyfish art paperweight, missing BHK, springtime,

2 years ago – vintage paperback covers, prophet vs prophecy, jojo, one word answers, $10, walkabout with flying parachutes, quizzes,

3 years ago – status, reality settings, fort lauderdale piccies & sounds, bad juju, looking at a replacement cam, philosophy of Just Utilitarianism, feeding tube, hips and collarbones, Kelly’s heroes, Buprenorphine, w can be a vowel, yahoo vs google

4 years ago – Hellboy, Le Gren, Marlin Maniac

5 years ago – Bro issues w/LL, sponsored links, Meredith out front

6 years ago – Walkies, baby sharks, programming, local hones go to 10-digit dialing, Reality settings, Wolf files, army men, schoolhouse rock

7 years ago – SOP, enature, symbols, psa for my bio page, C++ DST bugGeotargetVisitor Map

9221 – Wednesday – 4/2

Yummy Quiche & Salad for supper last night… more for lunch today! Took it Easy last night. some forgettable TV and read more of Mignola’s Baltimore, or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire. Slow at first but it’s rolling along reasonably well now.



Rhyss made a pretty nifty observation in his journal –

The New York Times did a story about relationships torpedoed by a incompatibility in taste in books.

“We’ve all been there. Or some of us have. Anyone who cares about books has at some point confronted the Pushkin problem: when a missed — or misguided — literary reference makes it chillingly clear that a romance is going nowhere fast.”

Which got me thinking – what books do I have that would be most likely to send a prospective date running for the door, never to be seen again?

Actually, most of my GFs have been of a similar mindset where reading is concerned… but I have always liked nerd / geek / Rockabetty types.

Here are 10 of my “scare off potential ‘normal girl’ dates” books currently on the shelf – I’ll leave it to BHK to do her own books, if she desires.

[edit -later] I tried, and failed. I have very little truly objectionable material – I couldn’t get to 10. Instead, here’s a grouping of what you might find weird or not on the shelves.

  1. Encyclopedia of Occultism – I’m sure someone will get the wrong message there! (I’m pretty much a non-believer in that sort of stuff, but I love folklore / mythology.. many tomes of that type of thing)
  2. Rats – a History (actually, BHK and I both had a copy on the shelf, until we gave one to David!) Lots of history.
  3. A bunch of gaming books. (Warhammer rules just recently picked up)
  4. A bunch of Science Fiction (Nerd!)
  5. Books about Primate Psychology – Monkey Politics
  6. A Bunch of 40s detective novels.
  7. Stacks of books that have yet been unread. BHK and I hit the book sales pretty hard, and our queue is long… and we lengthen it by using the libray, too!
  8. Books in varying states of repair, from ragged, well-loved ones, to previously mentioned unopened tomes.
  9. Books about weird people-places-things.
  10. blank page book for coloring, with pencils of many shades.




50 things you’ve done meme continues at 46 – I…

46.’have created a few communities on livejournal over the years.

  • menstrualhut – women’s health / right issues (still active, with 2460 members at this point)
  • coloringbook – for doing a little art inside or outside the lines (175 members – mostly idle)
  • haikuarena – for battling 5-7-5 at a time(105 members)
  • fishstories – a fiction-writing workshop for me, mol, and bruce that never really launched (3 members, natch) maybe I’ll open it up to the public.
  • live_journalia – for nationstates players, long dead, yet 10 members cling to it


I’m mostly proud of the hut, as it has provided a lot of good information for women’s health… it was the first of its kind on livejournal, thought there are many more good resources in place now. I’ve only had to deal with a few instances of spamming, trolling or the like on any of them.


Have you ever wondered how the Enterprise would fare against a Star Destroyer, or how a Halo sizes up to a the Moon? Have you ever tried to guess just how big a Dyson Sphere would have to be to encompass the Earth’s orbit around the sun? Jeff Russell has, and that’s why he built Starship Dimensions, a website devoted to cataloging and contrasting the minutiae of Science Fiction’s massives. In it you will find a library of vehicles spanning decades of Science Fiction movies and series, all meticulously drawn in proportion to each other. “Scale has always fascinated me,” says Russell. “It is an important, yet often misunderstood or neglected way in which everything in our universe relates. And of course I’ve always really wanted my own Death Star, so naturally I wanted to know how big it really was, or how many Star Destroyers I could fit in it.”

Similar, is the skyscraper page. (I’m glad that I could find Emerson tower info. The proper name for the Bromo-Seltzer Clock.)



1 year ago – Lovey note from BHK, work stuffs, Bohl family, Newt/Pye dynamic.

2 years ago – walkies with pix, lost an hour, quizzes, amazing circle, hot sauce and garden spray, its a shame

3 years ago – dan hates my bucket-hat, day in the life, 3 doors down, bro issues

4 years ago – CoH, squirrel, JG a blond/, man eating plants, thorax cake, free energy, reality settings

5 years ago – Iraq-o-meter, 100 greatest AFD hoaxes, train trip

6 years ago – office politics and people, modern major general, joe vs the volcano, boilerplate, bare necessities, text msg’ed, weather, reality gauge, newton the destroyer, black water mass

7 years ago – glowworms, school mascots, schwa, wedding / scotto job trivia, Murray Head, list trimsGeotarget

9218 – Monday

Some pictures to help me catch up –

Baltimore aquarium / Barnes and noble / walkabout after work Friday – taken with palmtop – low quality when embiggened, mostly.

After work on Friday, BHK picked me up, and had a great idea… to hit Baltimore and go to the aquarium.. it’s open late on Friday, and much less likely to be crowded as it is on the weekends. I was all for it, so off we went. After the Aquarium, we had supper at Blu Bamboo… a pretty decent little Asian fusion joint. They were getting ready to close, but we managed to sneak in for some Pad Thai, cucumber sushi, cream cheese wontons and more… I think we crossed every type of Asian food short of Mother Russia. After supper, we hit a converted power plant that’s now a Barnes and Noble – very cool design – smokestacks are still there, everything is very clean and metal-riveted or industrial brick looking. I like the escalator… the sides are transparent, so you can see the gears and belts working. Favorite fish – still the skates and rays.
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Better pictures taken with the cell phone – enlarge to better photos of Baltimore, frog exhibit, and the marine research building.

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On Sunday, we went to Alice’s party.. she has a lot of nice folks surrounding her…. and her son is becoming a giant! at 14, he’s grown about a head taller than when I’d last seen him (about 14 months prior.)

Rainy, cool morning today.. was our spring weekend just a glimpse of the future?


1 year ago – cherry tree pic, dinner with cyn & bhk at mexico

2 years ago – payday, mortgage day, cases run at last minute, sams, first pic of newt with new cam, grumpy newt pic

3 years ago – collections, sick call excuse, palm doodles of ape-o-naut and we’re ants guy, famous monkeys through history, fatcats, newt pic, lost seeding, cell phone abuse, vampires taste like corn, poop thief, doctor vs cop

4 years ago – sensory experiment, propeller island lodge, privacy/recording laws, newsmap, viral spam

5 years ago – insider trading time traveler, gigs

6 years ago – nice morning, honey, clowns, bentons, google bombs, methadone to wean criminals *on* to heroin, interest index, radioactive beans, Chuck Heston

7 years ago – No-nose’s gf, hanging out with bro, new pooterGeotarget

9209 – tuesday

Gentle day yesterday, for the most part. We had a little trouble at the ol’ Subway Sammiches joint… the sandwich-maker had a lot of communication issues. Both BHK and I couldn’t get across to him or his partner what was wrong with what they made for her. I ended up getting my sandwich, but BHK went home with nothing… made a turkey sandwich here, instead. I think she came out ahead, but so much for her not having to put something together for dinner.


13 reasons why you should not be a freelance writer .

My weaknesses are certainly in the marketing department – but the big one for me is the need for security. I really don’t want a gig that doesn’t give me a regular check as my main (or only!) source of income.


In the “News I didn’t get on time category: William F Buckley died ?

Also, how come I didn’t hear about the Hillary fib on St. Patty’s until today?

Clinton’s tale of landing at Tuzla airport “under sniper fire” and then running for cover is simply not credible. Photographs and video of the arrival ceremony, combined with contemporaneous news reports, tell a very different story. Four Pinocchios. [edit/update – she admits that she “misspoke“.]

I found an interesting list of flip flops from both democratic candidates, too – (and, not to be unfair – McCain’s flip flops are whoppers, too.)

Thanks for nobody to vote for, team Democracy!


Note to Self – remember some gym clothes for midday work out.


50 things I’ve done meme- 10 to go! I…

40.’have portrayed Santa Claus many times in my life, not just when overweight, either. It started in 7th grade, Mrs. Glenning’s Class – a organization for mothers of twins asked me if I could do the job – in 7th grade, I was already about 5’9 or 5’10. Later, I did it for the children’s reading group at the library and bookstore where I worked… finally, I have been Santa for the ‘borgs twice. So.. that’s 5 times I’ve helped Kris Kringle out by being a body double. Kids tend to dig it, and I tihnk I do a pretty good job. I can let out with the HO, HO, HO’s, and most kids think it’s cool that santa is head and shoulders taller than their mom and dad… I didn’t realize that was an issue until one little boy pointed out that I was taller than his mom, voice full of awe.

41.’ have tried to be slow, in the Hoss Cartwright manner of slow…

Slow to raise a hand in anger;
Slow to judge a man.
Slow to jump to conclusions.

I have some days that are better than others. I try though, and often succeed. Once I make it to “Succeeds as much as a sane man can” I’ll be pretty happy with that.


1 year ago – newt, pye, tigger and a spongebob ice pop in the sun pictures, bro drama, hot fuzz preview, springtime cough

2 years ago – porch entry, newtcam pic, consulting work, zeppelin hotels, hornsuit

3 years ago – dr who leaks out, tree, death as a doodle, in the news, tmbg-bloodmobile, missing a brown-eyed girl, squirrel names, pirate vote

4 years ago – playing with icons, palm doodles, magical flesh fearing saw, bro still in the pokey

5 years ago – throat tickle, possible gig, FMM stuff

6 years ago – yahoo kills pop3, Can Asians Think?, llamas!, spring break, Egyptian musk, cat-recognition flap, rice dreams

7 years ago – Green Eggs & Hamlet, moody, China, Sophomore Uses List Context; Cops Interrogate

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9208 – monday

Items of Note – BHK really was wearing a purple shirt with an orange overshirt and rainbow hat for Easter. The doodle did not exaggerate. see also –
The doodle page on my flickr account

I liked Into The Wild more than Becoming Jane. The soundtrack was the biggest part of my liking Into the Wild… my take on his story is “Abused rich kid commits suicide very slowly.” From my perspective, he was very selfish… but most kids are. The lead actor was solid… but somehow, I don’t think I’d have wanted to spend much time with him as a person…. maybe just enough to be friendly to someone who was feeling pretty alienated. At least he helped the hippies get back together and was family to the old man. Becoming Jane wasn’t bad… just not really my cup ‘o tea.

I went way over points, but stayed within my bank.. barely. French toast for breakfast, three-layer hummus, easter basket goodies for midday and chinese food for dinner isn’t my way of keeping lean.. but it was all dang tasty.

Easter Basket contents –

BHK got gerber daisies (orange and assorted colors), coupons for assorted behaviors (like not being snarky during costume dramas), and some pastel paint pens… additionally, she got a green purse, a sort of crosshatched purse, the rainbow-ribbon hat, and a sort of chairman mao meets the beatles cap.

My basket was a plush green-striped silly snake, with seed packs for broccoli, bottle gourds, decorative cabbage and pumpkins of all sizes – also peep-chick vials of candy corn, and orange cream filled baby eggs, a molecule ball and a monkey cup! Pictures to follow, doubtlessly.

We also got a treat basked from Larry and Chris – peanut-butter filled pretzels, salsa, chips, and all manner of trader joes-type treats.


1 year ago – buzz-cut pic, shoofly pie, arizona pizza, a little sick

2 years ago – funnel clouds, nice gabbing, alligators door-to-door, you go to my head, black and white 2, v for vendetta, musical meme

3 years ago – readablog, banksy, laughing boy audio, pictures, birth chart

4 years ago – condo falls through, lj being bad, GIMP, AIM games, chimp mask, first remarked on how the Roanoke/Lumbee entry is still active, origin poll, Calliope fest

5 years ago – cool chemical reactions, pronunciation query, gael returns , a pic of newt

6 years ago – Happy chats, urban ruins links, some website renewal ideas, old icons

7 years ago – Baron Munchausen, computer needs fixifying, Coconut song, Oscar Picks, Crayola Crayon color time line

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9203 – Saturday –

Went to Fuddruckers Thursday night with BHK and the in-laws… I got a bunless veggie burger with cheddar cheese and a side salad. Not bad, for what it was. I’m more happy that we ate out at a place that Larry really likes. We drag him to Mexican, Thai or whatever else, and he’s not usually that keen. (He gets a taco and french fries when we go to Mexico… close enough to a burger for him!)

On the way home, we spotted the ATW man – he’s got an easter basket. (a better daytime short to follow, hopefully.)

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p.s. here he is as a leprechaun, since I forgot to post it at st. patty’s.
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Today, barring cancellation, we hit Cheeburger Cheeburger for a late lunch today with Adam, Eric, Tina, Matt and BHK in Annapolis. I’ve been saving points for the trip. [edit – we did! a good time was had by all!]

Morning plans include replacing a window at the Brown house with Larry, but I suspect that timing will make it a project for next weekend rather than this one.


Two cool things that I want – A palm-sized cell phone jammer, and a hoverlounger.


1 year ago – haircut local color pic

2 year ago – time distortion, senior kitties, shleep, movie meme, acim worker overview

3 years ago – Calimocho, escort crazy man (with sound files), netflix slacking, LEACH

4 years ago – morning has broken, weak Spanish knowledge, Wondering about JTD, winged sandals, Kenya, free movies legit, robo-predators, word count, 2! 2! undead movies nearby

5 years ago – Bro pissing me off, haiku, bro meets porn stars.

6 years ago – pen refill dream, baby llamas

7 years ago – cool weather, my 1376th post, talked to ckirk, ornj, and Devil-troll ticks me offGeotarget

9197 – monday

Happy St. Patty’s, All you Irish!
(And I think everyone is Irish today.)

Happy Saint Patty's!

Not much to say today – BHK invited TM, Chris, Larry and Adam over for dinner tonight – veggie-loaf and split pea soup (or hot dogs for larry) – Adam couldn’t make it, but we planned an egg-dying session for Wednesday.


WWCalc – Mar 17, 08 (4.0.6 USA) – went over my set by .3 – teach me to have a smidgen of cake!

Water: 5 Veg/Fruit: 5 Milk: 1
Points: 40.8 Adj: 0 Act: 3.5 Rem: -0.3
Bank: -0.3 Adj: 0
Bank Max: 15 Point: 15 Act: 4
Vitamins: Yes

Breakfast: 4.0 points
2.9: granola breakfast bar
1.1: Rice; white; glutinous; cooked; 1/3 cup

Lunch: 10.9 points
0.4: Salad dressing; italian; commercial;diet;2 calories per tsp
0.0: Lettuce; iceberg (includes crisphead types); raw
0.1: Cucumber; peeled; raw
3.4: quorn nuggets 3-4
3.4: quorn nuggets 3-4
0.6: Applesauce; canned; unsweetened
3.0: Medium Cheese Slice

Dinner: 17.7 points
4.4: Soup; split pea; prep w/eq vol milk
4.4: Soup; split pea; prep w/eq vol milk
4.4: Soup; split pea; prep w/eq vol milk
1.9: Gardenburger
1.6: Bread; italian
1.0: Cake; baby slice

Snack: 8.2 points
4.4: Pretzels; hard; plain; salted- 10 minis
3.8: vanilla almonds ~24 nuts

Activity Log: (Min:Int:Points Desc)
12:L:1.0 Bus-walk
30:L:2.5 Crazy office


I want this freaky quadruped robot. It can carry 340 lbs, and is as sure footed as a mountain goat. Maybe If I put a robo-llama head on it, BHK will want one, too.


1 year ago – St. Pat’s, the ikea nightmare begins, newtcam returns to 24/7

2 years ago – st pats, snake son a plane, 4 things poll, lighter elements

3 years ago – Irish stuff, work, dog, hippie, writing

4 years ago – St Pats, Ordered CoH, email fixed, bro rant, work issues

5 years ago – St Pats, Purim, post #5490

6 years ago – many now-dead links, last sentence quiz, doctor, newt fetch

7 years ago – St PatsGeotarget

9196 – sun

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Reading an autobiography about Gene Wilder (Kiss Me Like A Stranger) – bhk thinks it looks like he’s in bed with the kitties.

Went to Lowe’s with BHK, Larry and Chris to grab a bit o’ tile for our bathroom, and hit the store to grab Chris some tax software. Stopped at Cheeseburger in Paradise on the way home – had a late lunch at about 4:30. That’s about the size of things for our slow but comfy Sunday


50 things I’ve done meme continues with item 35. I…

35.’honeymooned and visited all of the Ripley’s / Oddity museums from Florida and Maryland. BHK and I both have a huge interest in oddities, weirdness and general WTF observation. I think the Ripley’s in St. Augustine is the vastly superior one, plus, St. Aug is a wonderful place to mill around. BHK and I drank from the fountain of youth while we visited the Ponce De Leon region… so I guess I’ll be doing the journal for quite a span.


Götz von Berlichingen had a problem. It was 1504 and, at the tender young age of 24, the plundering knight, mercenary and all around bastard had the upper part of his right arm torn off in a cannon blast. As someone who made his living off war and already had a sizable enemies’ list, Götz needed his killin’ hand.

So he got another one. Made of iron.

That’s one awesome prosthetic.


In addition to green, the new five dollar bill is purple and yellow. The colors of my old black-lite army, back in the day.


Tips for photographing the cherry blossoms.


Water: 3 Veg/Fruit: 7 Milk: 1
Points: 30.5 Adj: 0 Act: 0.0 Rem: 1.5-6.5
Bank: 15.0 Adj: 0
Bank Max: 15 Point: 15 Act: 4
Vitamins: Yes

Breakfast: 11.8 points
1.5: Cheese
1.1: Rice; white; glutinous; cooked; 1/3 cup
0.0: Veggies
2.0: Egg; whole
2.0: Egg; whole
2.0: Egg; whole
1.6: Bread; whole wheat
1.6: Bread; whole wheat

Lunch: 0.3 points
0.0: Garden Salad (w/o dressing)
0.0: Garden Salad (w/o dressing)
0.0: Fresca; Large
0.3: Sauce; teriyaki; ready-to-serve

Dinner: 16.6 points
3.1: Cheese; cheddar
1.9: Garden burger
1.3: Sauce; BULLS-EYE Original Barbecue Sauce
4.0: Shrimp; breaded & fried; fast food – 1/3 serving
3.0: Cake; other than all butter
3.3: Ice creams; chocolate

Snack: 1.8 points
1.8: fat free milk 1 cup


1 year ago – got the Calvert County gig, more shamrock shake, Louise & in-laws, monkey cap, Raines, The Riches, The Microscopic trout and the Machiavellian Fisherman

2 years ago – grampa poll results, RS taught to burn and forgets, folks go to brazil, ultrasound critters, Marvel Florida, gg winding up for an exit,

3 years ago – Freedom force, Thumbkin, Josie Conell, moot back (he’s been gone awhile again), regional wifi scan, netflix queue, account locations,making fiends, Lumbee updates, pinecone

4 years ago – Danny Solo, Devilfinder, Paper toys, elephants-Yeah!, pages back up, COH

5 years ago – lovey, storms

6 years ago – palm-doodle dreams, guest map, location poll, Bert’s Love Song, decent left, menstrual hut memo page

7 years ago – evil news, got a permanent accountGeotarget

9193 – Thursday.

50 things I’ve done meme continues with item 33. I…

33. I did not punch a doctor in the face yesterday, despite his smarmy, holier than thou attitude, poor consult practice, shit-eating grin and “you could beat me up just by sitting on me” comment. If I were a less in control sort of guy, I’d have ripped his spine out via his neck, reversed it, and shoved it back into him rectally.

Adrenaline-removed details below.

Dr. D really took quite a lot of wind from my sails yesterday regarding my back. I’m more than a little disappointed and dismayed, but I am happy that a fix is available, contrary to my prior concerns that I have no options.

The short form – I have gained back much of my former lost weight – I’m at 364 lbs. Pulse 82, BP 148 / 88 (far higher than my usual 120/80)

BMI is 42, according to my height vs weight, which is in the very [edit: morbidly] obese category – I obviously need to get back on the stick, health-wise. (some shortcomings of this reference)

His bedside manner was lacking in the extreme – said that I was in a lot of trouble, that my spine has some severe damage that needs to be repaired and the rub is I have too much mass to properly operate on me… he can’t get down past all of the tissue, (both fat and muscle) to take care of it.

I won’t go into his overly condescending talk about weight loss, but the bottom line is that he feels that he can’t work on me now… but he’d prefer that I come back to him in a year after I’ve lost about 100 lbs – then he thinks that he can repair the damage to my spine and fix the nerve short-circuit in my leg. Meanwhile, I’m going to have to suck it up, and just deal with the pain and numbness issues a bit longer… I don’t mind getting on a healthy diet and workout regimen.. it’s just a shame that his idea of finding a good one is “pick up a magazine” – rather than guiding me to a trainer and / or dietitian as I’d asked.

So, part of my journal is going to be recording and tracking my weight / workouts again – I’m going to resume my points-based WW program on the palmtop, and we’ll see if I can get myself into fighting trim at a reasonable and healthy rate.

I will continue to see that doctor until I find a better one – but meanwhile I’m just happy that there is a chance for repair in the future. I’m disappointed that I still haven’t gotten a cortisone shot, but there is a chance of one next visit to my general prac.

After much stress at the Doc’s, we swung by the local Games Workshop store (right across the street). It was odd to see a store devoted to just mini wargaming, specifically warhammer fantasy, warhamer 40k and lord of the rings miniatures. Apparently the Glen Burnie site is the USA headquarters for the Games Workshop with dozens tables of goodies set up for play. I was surprised to see the one in Annapolis hopping with people – mid-afternoon on a Wednesday… I’d figure everyone that would want to get in on it would be at work or school. I was impressed by the quality of the paint jobs on the armies… a lot of labor of love going on there. BHK and I both really dug the red and yellow lizard men.

We picked up a very late lunch at Lemongrass Too – it was excellent as usual. More tofu with peanut/curry vibe and spicy-sweet green beans.

We were going to check out Be Kind, Rewind – but it was too late. The only showings at the Bowtie were at 3:30 (missed it) and 9:30 (not on a school night!) – So, while we were in the plaza, BHK shoe shopped – she really liked the keen ones… Timberline, venturea, and malibu styles. note to self for future presents!

On our way out of Annapolis we did discovered the ATW man got gussied up for St. Patty’s Day (pictures to follow)… and he also has a myspace page ! Lots of pictures that I didn’t have of his past exploits – we went inside ATW and got a floor mat… the reciept mentions where to locate him on the web. I’ve added him as a friend, but he hasn’t reciprocated yet.

Dinner was boiled eggs, salad, and leftover veggie taco “meat”. good stuff, solid for the end of the day.


As for today – went to work, worked, got on the bus, headed home, wrote a long entry on the ol’ PDA.

BHK made some amazingly tasty split pea soup, with chick peas, carrots and cabbage. Lovely for St. Patty’s.

Point budget is 35, using the weight watchers points system. I still can’t abide weigh-ins and meetings, but the plan has worked for me in the past. Monitoring using the wwcalc program on the palm.

I’ll export the results here in the future.

I can bank a few points for the weekend, where I’m pretty sure I’ll go over when we dine out.

Misc health info –

10 minute brisk walk to the bus, light level. not worth any points, really.
10 cups water – just healthy.

Researched utility of using company gym during lunch – distinct possibility. 3 bikes, a treadmill and some free weights that might do the trick.
Bring gym clothes, allot 20 min for lunch, 20 for workout, 20 for changing/shower.


1 year ago – wrongly accused have to pay back rent for jail time

2 years ago – sunday walkies, path and pics

3 years ago – calle ocho, aroo, writing, chronic, tulips, mummified head of Mata Hari,Idahos mugshots, Girl Scout cookies remind me of Katt and Wendy, Monkeyhot or not, fonts, cool tools, Yu-Gi-Oh! suicide

4 years ago – CoH, Batroc, Bro, uncles, crazy yarn, comic styles, DP reboot (dang Byrne), dance cyclopedia, people as mexican food (metaphor)

5 years ago – Nordis = el sucko, LAN setup, Bellsouth, Lovely gifits from Dani, palm update

6 years ago – Applelard’s BDAY!, the moon, cadbury craving, dead website linkies,bilhicks, hairball poll, skijump, silly supers, network names

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9191 – tuesday

Watched the last two episodes of Alien in America while BHK snoozed on my arm last night – pretty good.

BHK got some nerds jelly beans (sold as “giant chewy nerds”) when we went to Aardvark last weekend.

The Orange were my Fave, Green were hers. (as is our usual) The crunch really added something – I liked them a lot more than standard jellybean fare, even though I like jelly belly soda-pop flavors quite a bit, too.


On the C7 bus this morning, we passed another bus (R3) with the front banner flashing “call 911 – emergency, call police” on the front. I alerted my driver, and she said that it’s a common accident – the other guy likely pressed the alarm button by accident and doesn’t know better. I suggested that she call the station just to be sure, and she stated that it wouldn’t be needed… someone else is bound to do it.

That puzzled me… what if the guy were in actual trouble? I got off the bus and contacted to police to let them know… they haven’t called me back. I wonder if they’re even following up on it?

I figure it’s better be safe than sorry… If I see a sign that says “HELP!!”, I’m going to act on it – especially if it’s as simple as dialing 3 numbers on my phone.


Fancast – free streaming TV, full episodes (or just a clip )


BHK came up to the office and joined me for a secret lunchtime nosh in the parking lot… nom nom nom. I love seeing her, and a visit in the middle of the day was wonderful.


Pesky that I’m a little behind on my “book bingo” – I keep reading authors whose name end in B, W, or S! Bradbury, Wilder and Stewart aren’t helping!


50 things I’ve done (or, the meme that would not die… ) meme continues with item 31. I…

31.’have been hit in the face with a pool cue… got me in the jaw. It was pretty unexpected – I wasn’t doing much of anything, except putting my face where a guy was swinging on someone else. This was when I was 24.

32.’shot 3 day old dunkin’ donut munchkins from a wrist rocket slingshot at people, and connected at 20 yards. It stings! That’s a powdered sugar version of paintball. Plus, if you’re hungry, you can eat your ammo. (Preferably soaked in milk first to soften them up.) This was when I was 15.


1 year ago – D&G off to NY, emergency prep meeting, potato candy, missed 300 with lj folks, birdwatching, everything test

2 years ago – quizzes, secret ritual skeletons, crapulous, neverwinter nights

3 years ago – Open house follow up, pacific northwest tree octopus, lj badge, credit card scam, lois lane’s mustache

4 years ago – walk piccies (sudsy fount), CS bombed as a tech, zombies, condos, legal poop, broken website

5 years ago – Newt in a tub, wandering walk photos

6 years ago – I’m Newt’s bfast table, at the doc, parrots & cuban food, Asimov died of AIDS, Dave’s birthday on the 14th, spiders, squids,Stichomancy, and a little zen, death to smoochy, gypsies

7 years ago – good day, accomplished much, new phone, akimbo, Super Newt, fun words, random plotsGeotarget