Tag Archives: family

Uncategorized

8660

Leave a comment

Last day of packing before venture north… Newt seems to dig his little riding house, and we’ve got most of the supplies we need. Now it’s just a matter of sorting and storing today. BHK and I had a nice time at danny’s yesterday – I cleaned up at balderdash. Janet was pretty good at the fake out definitions, but I won with psychology and knowledge of what a howdah was.

phone is being turned off on 11/30, so if you need my number, email me or post here for it. I still need ot get a book or two from folks I lent to, and so on, but I imagine I’ll pick ’em up on my next visit down, if I don’t get them before I leave.

Bhk’s perspective on our trip north, with pictures. (originally posted in a dear friend’s private entry post, but this portion is suitable for public consumption.)

Continue reading 8660 →

Uncategorized

8659 –

Leave a comment

lunch with Danny, hopefully rest of day packing. been busy busy recently, but after unpacking cpu in Maryland, all should be more steady and fun, entry-wise.

Newt’s going on a 16 hour roadtrip tomorrow or tues (well, 2 of 8 and 8)… we’ll see how he digs it. bhk is covering trash while I pack. Actually, I should be hopping in the shower, so we can get with Dan one more time before I depart.. lots of things this week.. his wedding anniversary, my dad’s birthday, thanksgiving, etc. It’s been a little tough dealing with the loss of my dad and bro lately, especially going through my mementos of them. Sort of disappointed the florida party never took off either, but I suppose I can have a reunion party here when I come back to the condo during off-season.

Sorry entries have been so sparse, but they’ll be back up to speed in less than a week, I suspect.

until later, dear journal!

1 year ago –

2 years ago –

3 years ago –

4 years ago –

5 years ago –

6 years ago –

Geotarget

Uncategorized

8655 – spanksgiving eve

Leave a comment

Last Day at the ACIM office… still will help tech-wise from home if needed for a bit. I still have no idea if the office is full or half day today. I’ll assume full, and be pleasantly surprised if it’s otherwise.

bhk and I are off for a bit of an early drive down the beach before the start of the work day – should be fun!

I still haven’t heard from bro.. it’s been months. TG is traditionally pretty dicey for him, see prior years.

It’s A Bully, Charlie Brown! (or whatever the title was) wasn’t very high on my viewing list… that, and the over-edited thanksgiving special on tv made me thankful for dvd players… and bittorrent.


Mr. T says – “Table the Label, and wear your own name.”

1 year ago – chilly for fl, many entries, foot amputee dream, bro in hospital

2 years ago – newtcam button, hercules & newton, bueller thoughts, jam sammiches, g-cans, flu bug, survey, LH quits, bro back in the pokey

3 years ago – DC Earths, Shrunken Heads, Police Cars, mix cds, South park, origin ofRaj KAJ, An awesome Weekly World News Issue, I am DNA, Bro Issues

4 years ago – classic kids audio books, history, forms in LJ work, goodbye to work-Pam, Mojo has a hissy fit vs Bonbon/Kev

5 years ago – beatnik, thanksgiving, harry potter quiz, wandering

6 years ago – thanksgiving

Geotarget

Listen to this article Listen to this article

Uncategorized

8652 – seashells are pretty.

Leave a comment

trip to sanibel island and visit with boop and weez went swimmingly…as always, all too brief, but loads of fun.

bhk is already wanting to return for more beach combing treasures and sweet walks.

more peekturers to follow

sanibel sunset

1 year ago – grammy hospice, moving, ts gamma

2 years ago – time goes, visitors, beard, music, walkies thoughts, gd on archive, weekend check-’em-outs

3 years ago – memes, rubber monsters, super heroes, pestered by CS, whistles, newtcam by skylight, mild MD drama

4 years ago – Haiku, Robert Culp, projects, bro lies to me

5 years ago – walking, TG pressures, Astley and his grey market goods, abc meme, morning move poll, misc news

6 years ago – gloating, monkey brains, Alton brown

7 years ago – Newt breaks 2 lbsGeotarget

Uncategorized

8651 –

Leave a comment

Lovely day… went to Miami to pick up some bedding supplies before renting out the condo, and then went on the fishing boat with Momster, Wilt, and BHK. After the trip, bhk and I hit flannigans, and went home for an early sleep, because we head to the weezle and boop’s place tomorrow on Sanibel.

highlights were spotting a frigate, discovering kite fishing, and enjoying the ‘hood.

DSCN2347 DSCN2331 wilton cruise ship - giganticus. see small boat for scale earring and sunset sunset - ft lauderdale at sea DSCN2303 surprised fisherfolk bhk fishing frigate mobile home park - dumpsters to you and me blackberry beauty 6 foot tarpon in the water

1 year ago – prep to move in, newtie, tortie

2 years ago – doodles, first penny, sodium party, fussy danny, BCfair, harry lampert RIP, journal fine, diana a celebration

3 years ago -Coffee, ghost towns, Grunt, growl & Tear, local cams, Zombie survival guide, Lego source, fun linkies, city stats, frankie wheedling, thai smiles

4 years ago – got a spine sucker after getting an epi, Freemasons, fezzes, slogans, first clues to undoing w/bro

5 years ago – meteors, taliban, mrblowup, broward county fair, Martian Manhunter Rehashed, sv tarot

6 years ago – Limb lopping, wonka, new ljstuff, hunter thompson, aokGeotarget

Uncategorized

8650 –

Leave a comment

Rough day at work… all I can do is teach the fundamentals, and hope that they catch the details as they go. I’ll be available but not on command 24/7. I fear my protege isn’t taking enough notes, but she is smart… I’ve warned both her and RI about it, and hope the Monday meeting will go well.

The day improved vastly after, got together with Danny and Bhk for tasty Italian food at Marcello’s or Peregrinos or some such.. it was deee-lish.

Later, we did a little LoTR trivial pursuit… Dan’s bad at the movie questions, and is good at all the rest.

1 year ago – vanity search / publishing, whimsy, COA, fact meme

2 years ago – penguins desalinate, western thoughts, duck butts, rss drama, bro grabs xbox, drama,

3 years ago – – sagas, dirty food chains

4 years ago – I am Augustine, brain thieves, kazaa gets me mst3k

5 years ago – Scooby-doo freedoms, disease test, new lj client

6 years ago – paperwad fetch, bad breakfast, drugsGeotarget

Uncategorized

8646 – Tuesday.

Leave a comment

BK was out sick yesterday… so hopefully I’ll see what’s up if she’s in today.

DSCN2255
Cruising down the road after the drive-in… driver is bhk, vehicle si the love cube – blue & white honda element.

DSCN2249
Snacky-cart driving by during flushed away – photo taken by bhk.

DSCN2226
Freaky keen eyeball graffiti on the wall in coconut grove, as we left miami.. sort of reminds me of barnacles, or space monsters.

‘Spider Girl’ gang held in Chile

Police have arrested two members of one of Chile’s most notorious gangs, known as the Spider Girls. The all-girl gang of teenagers were infamous for climbing up buildings in Santiago to burgle luxury apartments.

In a spate of high-profile robberies in 2005, they made off with thousands of pounds worth of jewelery.

Lurking in the gardens of expensive parts of Santiago, the four girls hurled ropes and hooks up to balcony railings, hauled themselves up and walked through the flat windows. They then walked out of the buildings as if they were visitors.

The gang members were arrested last year but three of them were sent to reform school rather than prison because of their age.

They vowed to change their ways but after being released, one spider girl, Yasna, returned to her old tricks, recruiting a new member,Marcielle.

Despite both being heavily pregnant, they still managed to climb up to the third floor of some flats.

1 year ago – moon cake, doom patrol, politics, Life Pref, butt jokes and political statements preferred

2 years ago – monet’s b’day, comment/entry stats, america’s age, torrenting shows via rss, vouchers unconstitutional, prednisone, taking falluja, work vacation, newt pics

3 years ago – bollywood, pt, hooray for adhesives!

4 years ago – Male contraceptive, Dan met OJ Simpson, Newt-spoon Wrestling, peephenge, eating on the cheap.

5 years ago – evil news, gallimaufry , happiness machine recycled, writing apache modules

6 years ago – Bee-man lives, lucha, schizo-masons, Brian commentGeotarget

Listen to this article Listen to this article

Uncategorized

8645 – meeting and picture linkage

Leave a comment

Off to a lovely start with snuggles and bagles before launch to work… bhk is far superior to me at “punch buggy” , especially in the bleary early morning, where my field of vision seems to be something like fifteen degrees. I think she whomped me about 937 times on the drive to fort lauderdale, but I loved every minute of it. Every day with her seems to shine brighter and have more potential than the one before. It’s truly wonderful to have her in my life.

Found a good seasonal renter for the condo, so mortgage payments won’t be an issue for a few months… that’s a real blessing. (Hooray for laid back family friends that like to tour florida! I know she won’t trash the place, and I can give her a rockin’ deal on the rent.)

Monday meeting went pretty well, BK is still out sick, so I’m not quite sure where things stand on this and that, aside from RS getting the bulk of reporting duties, TD chewing on web / overview text info (no design work, just straight entry), and the training of the new IT guy. Things should be a fairly smooth transition, as everyone is detail oriented, and willing to take things to task… which is a big relief for me.

whoops! I just saved the company a little embarassment –

Original Text –

2-CERTIFICATES
SAFARI ECO TOUR
4-PEOPLE
$100 Value
Seminal Tribe of Florida

Corrected text –

2-CERTIFICATES
SAFARI ECO TOUR
4-PEOPLE
$100 Value
Seminole Tribe of Florida

Important fix. Does nobody actually proofread? Spellcheck is handy, but sometimes a human eye is even better.

for more vizcaya – see craig james white’s pics – he was there about 3 days before bhk amd me.. and was allowed some indoor shots, too. His Miami Pics in general are quite nice, too.

1 year ago – LED clothes, K&K mime, Clavicus loves his pastry, doom patrol, quizzes, x-ing, newt pic, Red knows the score, cybermen, scotto avie

2 years ago – bro call, sammich heartburn, remote control jargon, Eid, promenade in the park, FF movie looks like poop, comic book torrents, CoH sued by Marvel

3 years ago – Butterflies, Christ, Wind and Dexterity, my journal is in popular science, phonepost, back on call

4 years ago – expensive minis, misc whims, wacky news, bob hope

5 years ago – I live near blimps, medicine poll, Bad Elder Caucasian Dudes, marvel misfits

6 years ago – Des tries to take on the hive, whoville test, aok, Robbo’s last weekGeotarget

Uncategorized

8644 – Eat a Bagel and Go!

Leave a comment

Eat a bagel and GO! was our battle cry today, as BHK took charge and we managed to get up and out of the house by 10:30… not a trifling feat, considering our collective penchant for the lounge-about-the-houseisms.

(bhk thinks not, but I think maybe so.) I really dig having a walkabout cohort.

(our other battlecry of choice is “We’re Grown ups, We’re Married, We can do what we want!- that mostly applies to ice cream dinners, however)

We hit vizcaya with great enthusiasm…Quite enjoyed touring the grounds with bhk(more pictures from my last visit in ’03 on the vizcaya tag)

DSCF0155 Bubba and Squirrel Girl Take some Peektures.

DSCN2017DSCN2180DSCN2175DSCN2174
DSCN2173DSCN2169DSCN2165DSCN2158
DSCN2157DSCN2151DSCN2150DSCN2149
DSCN2147DSCN2129DSCN2116DSCN2115
DSCN2114DSCN2113DSCN2111DSCN2103
DSCN2102DSCN2189DSCN2188DSCN2185
DSCN2184DSCN2183DSCN2066DSCN2064DSCN2052

Green Dome, Pelican, red wall, stone boat, grotesques, stone boobies,spanish moss, pictures of a stalker european, sneaking into a secret door, quinteanos, swimming pools, fountains and foo dogs

highlights of the day were seeing a manatee in the wild by the stone boat, and holding hands with my beloved on the bench by the east gardens.

After vizcaya, we toured around and ultimately went to the swap-shop drive-in to see flushed away… very cute, but I think that I enjoyed the novelty of the drive-in even more than the movie. Very easy to sneak drinks and smooches in without an usher giving us any grief… we’ll be going back again before sauntering to points north, I suspect.

I was pretty impressed by flushed away… they kept the look and feel of aardman, despite it being all cgi rather than claymation. cute moments and lots of fun bits, though I think that the setup for a sequel was a bit over-telegraphed.

1 year ago – poorhouse w/liz, monkey beer, gg mood theme,newt pics

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

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

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

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

6 years ago – Rush, Bee-manGeotarget

Uncategorized

8636 –

Leave a comment

Is it only Tuesday? It seems like it should be at least Wednesday, by the feeling in my gut.

I’ve got to remember to vote today… Governor race isn’t very promising, but other items need coverage.

Bhk made a yummy broccoli and sunflower seed pizza for dinner, but I really didn’t have a huge appetite last night. Ah, well, just means a tasty lunch today!

Registered letter came in the mail yesterday… I’m curious to see if it’s something for me, or more for my bro. I seriously suspect it’s bro, and a billing issue. (another side effect of him having no forwarding address, and my living in the same building a while back)

DSCN1784
More flutterby action

DSCN1766
dios de muerte due at el torito… the food was not nearly as good as celieto lindo dos, but the atmosphere was fun

This might be a superior alternative to autostitch, though maybe all the extras could be more daunting than helpful. http://hugin.sourceforge.net/

1 year ago – thc is sandman, caramel corn, web switch, mooch protection, UF bugs, pinkerton on TG, robot poll, sensualism, jetpack doodle, monster island

2 years ago – renfaire, newt butt pic, incredibles great, 46 freeware, super dictionary, end of a world notes

3 years ago – Enty, Gum, Staples out!, Big Newt Face, palm doodle, haiku, book fair, stick a finger in your ear for cell phone

4 years ago – Haunted ft. Lauderdale, Suzy at LOA, Doggies at IMT

5 years ago – Evil News, SS-cam, Sparticus, Poem Poll, Pay-surf poll, Read this

6 years ago – Lorax, I voted, factoids (that may be false!)Geotarget

Uncategorized

8592 – t-minus 16 days.

Leave a comment

I’m really glad that it’s October.

I sort of miss the days when 7-11s and grocery stores had comics on spinner racks. I think it’d be pretty keen if they at least carried annuals… did they quit doing so because of the “library factor” of kids coming in and reading and manhandling ’em but not buying, or is it that comics cost a couple of bucks now rather than 35¢?

Somehow, it seems like a comic book shouldn’t cost more than a king-sized candy bar. (Which is what, $1.25ish now, at the convenience store?)

I’ve heard rumors that Giant still carries comics, but Publix & Winn-Dixie surely don’t anymore.

To X.0.4.
Ref. your query via Bizet record.
No. 2’s instability confirmed.
Detailed report follows.
D.6.

My Lj reading list is suddenly full of women that are pregnant! (well, full in the sense of “four of them”) Congratulations to each and every one of ’em.

Watched Identity last night. Rather a tricky twist in there, but it was pretty interestingly done… I really didn’t see it coming. The journal aspect was pretty interesting.. and I wonder about how different the theatrical release is over the extended version I watched. Intuiting who the killer wasn’t too tough after that specific plot element was revealed, due to a noticeable absence after that point. I’m not too fond of the solution, but that’s just my politics about pleading insanity. Also, I’ve never liked that jiggly-eyed actor.

Matt pointed out to me that Monsters in My Pocket are back! I’ll have to see if any are banging around the local shops. The site’s out of the uk, so I’m not sure how good my odds are – the “Where to buy” section on the website says “coming soon”, but in Australia, it mentions k-mart and toys r us. Sort of like hero/horror clix without the fun bases. (warning, page is slow loading, and has sound)

I rather dig the monkey man (listed under maniacs)

Sounds like bhk and Tina had a great time in Quebec! I’m looking forward to pictures of mounties and beavers and moose and French street signs (“Rue d’ escargot” or whatnot) and the gals just havin’ fun.

I didn’t watch last night’s venture brothers.. I’m going to wait until the 2nd part of the finale airs next week.

1 year ago – autostitch picture, with us / against us, hukilau, hp returns

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

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

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

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

6 years ago – Salty dog, slushies for lunch, CTD song, boycottsGeotarget

Listen to this article Listen to this article

Uncategorized

8591 – Sunday Morning

Leave a comment

Sweetie was digging all kinds of Vermont yesterday – Teddy bear factory, Mount Equinox, *pancakes*, lake champlain, maple everywhere from leaves to syrup! I wish I could be along for the ride, but I’d be a coughy-yucko addition this time, anyhow. We’re making plans to go again over the summer, maybe with Chris, Larry and Tina.

Chest / Nasal congestion was at its worst last night, but as dawn broke, I believe so did the fever. Cough is better and nose isn’t running so much. Slept most of the day away yesterday, and plan on doing the same today, in the hopes that I’ll be good to go back to work on Monday. Making lots of soup and garlic toast to keep fluids up and the more vampiric elements away while I doze on the futon, watching old movies on DVD, and swigging gallons of water.

Quick colorization in photoshop

Best silly domain name found today – http://www.canspidersfart.com/

from yahoo answers, a solution – Most spiders inject a digestive fluid into their prey and as a consequence, consume most of their meals as a liquid diet with little or no solids being ingested.

What very little gas is produced in their digestive tract seems to diffuse out of the alimentary canal without “flatulence.”

Meme – Flickr search for “Halloween” + your birth year. Mine is Halloween 1969, and my favorite is a toss-up between these two:

Halloween 40 halloween crowd on the boston common

quiz- pride

Uncategorized

8576 – fun halloweenish pictures

Leave a comment

Moment of Lyric – Nelson Sings Nilsson

In 1969, Harry Nilsson and Randy Newman joined forces to record”Nilsson Sings Newman,” a gorgeous, minimalist collection of Newman songs sung by Nilsson (obviously).

In 2001, as his band, Harvey Danger, broke up, Sean Nelson became deeply enamored of “Nilsson Sings Newman,” and considered that “nelson sings Nilsson” would be a funny title for a record.

Bro woke me up last night, right as I’d hunkered in for sleep. I wished him a happy birthday, and he tried to get me to buy pizza or chinese for his whole crew at the hotel he’s staying. I declined, and suggested some other options. He’s back with Shannon, and thinks that she is probably pregnant. A bad idea, as neither he nor she is able to raise a child in their current mental, physical and financial situation. He turned 34 yesterday, and is still living moment to moment, catching a hotel room here or sleeping in his truck there.

He adds a bitter flavor to the bulk sweetness in my life right now. It figures he’d wake me up on a night that I was trying to get some extra snoozles.

Went with some work crew to outback for feed – it was yummy, as usual… pasta and a bloomin’ onion. Work was discussed only minimally, which is nice.

Heard from Vicki last night – getting together with her and some of the old gang a week from tomorrow for a little supper. Apparently, most have gone on to other non-profits: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, American Lung Association, Kids in Distress, and Boys & Girls Clubs. Nice to see good folks working to help make the world a better place.

Pictures found at – from ghosts, vampires, and werewolves, illustrated by laszlo kubinyi.