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6906 – Turn Lemons into lemonade.

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Well, bro bailed on his birthday bash a full 5 minutes before he was going to be picked up. That’s got to be some kind of record. I’m thinking that odds favor the theory that he got a better offer and wasn’t even calling from home. The “I’m going to lay down, and sleep… I probably won’t hear if Mom knocks on the door” line is what makes me think so.

So, instead of getting together with the family, I was suddenly free. What to do?

Simple answer? Make beefaroni! (vegetarian style, natch)

I had macaroni, veggie burger crumbles, and some awesome oniony-garlic tomato sauce… works for me!

I’ve never mentioned things that my mother was good at preparing for dinner…. beefaroni reminds me of her stuffed peppers, which was probably her specialty. I should try to reproduce that sometime.

Went through, and flushed out some old games that were taking up HD space. (I can always reinstall if the urge returns) – I’m getting the itch to put on a few fat new games. (Sims 2, Doom 3, Battlefront, and that tasty looking Warhammer Dawn of War game. Orks in Goggles!– related:Translate English to Ork )

Bye bye for now to –

  • Grand Theft Auto – Vice City (That’ll come back, as soon as I get the itch to bash someone’s skull in with a bat)
  • Final Fantasy XI – 5+ GIG??!
  • Call of Duty
  • The Hulk
  • There Beta (I kept the “real” version)
  • America’s Army (2-some gig right there)
  • Warcraft III (and Frozen Throne)
  • Simpsons Hit & Run
  • Tron 2.0
  • Army Men (How long was that rattling around in there?)

That, and killing some old movies freed up about 23 gig. Amazing. (About of 53 gig free on the drive, now)

A nice defrag after, and Big Brain should spin like a top, now.

While Big Brain got his head together, I took a little walk to the local zebbin-lebbin, and got a nice diet -pepsi slushie for dessert.

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out and about on bro’s b’day – may as well do something! nice to look at the bright lights and take in the night air.
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Home of the uber-slushie… better for me than ice cream, more flavorful than celery.

railroads in the sky – Visionary Designs in Transportation Engineering:
A virtual exhibit to accompany the Bernice Layne Brown Gallery installation in Doe Library, July 6th to September 29th, 2004

Tonight is the full moon…. and I smile every time I see the halo surrounding her.

Yesterday’s Worth1000 photoshopping challenge is to create the ruins of cities that are still standing. Some tasty post-apocalyptic visions here

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6905 – undifferentiated tissue process (ts-77ix)

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Today is my bro’s 32nd birthday. I’ll be getting together with him after work tonight for supper and presents. No giving him cash or easily swapped out items this year… I’m going to help him fix up his truck so he can make some money doing post-hurricane cleanup around the tri-county area. Help him to help himself.

Samples of the courtyard before and after Jeanne came through. Who knew so many leaves were left after the first two ‘canes? All the old leaves were just raked out, too. Ah well!

2 small piccies

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6898 – Status report

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Ok, let’s see.

All the Libras in the house go “whoop-whoop!”

In the days and weeks ahead I’ve got some biggies in my life- (in order of bdays)

Kev, Bro, Newt, Hala.

Kev’s Easy. Sci-fi, Pizza, and good wishes. Maybe some emulated Atari ST games. Star Glider, and Battle of Britain are sure to please.

I’ll probably get Bro a game or two to play on his X-Box, and take him to a movie/dinner.

Newt… every day is that little goober’s birthday. A cardboard box filled with paperwads will make him a happy-happy camper.

Not telling what Hala’s getting, in case of snoop-a-doop.

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6881 – Humpty-hump

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Now that the hurricane’s gone … get ready for the mosquitoesSite Meter

Like hurricanes aren’t scary enough… West Nile Virus and St. Louis Encephalitis! Eep.

I’ve been asked to participate in two elaborate net-hoaxes, set to launch in the distant future. I can’t go into details here, but I’m still deciding if I should participate or not. One is probably pretty useful to mankind, while the other is just sort of fun. Both are a little work, though, so it’ll have to bypass my naturally lazy streak.

Imagine, if you will, that Enron’s cadre of lying, cheating, stealing executives weren’t living it up in Dallas while bleeding granny dry in Fresno, but instead were taking advantage of grandmothers in Peking. What do you think the Chinese government would do to punish them?

Apparently, they’d kill them. Four employees of the nation’s Big Four state-owned banks were executed for fraud totaling $15 million. China didn’t disclose how they executed the men, but generally they either shoot them in the back of the head or inject them with poison.

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Bro’s still a dumbass

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6877 – Monday the Thirteenth!

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meme from all over (found lately at calamity‘s):

If you wish, please reply to this post and write something you would like to do with me someday.

Then post this in your journal to find out what people want to do with you.

September is going to bring a lot of things, I think. Bro’s Birthday coming up, as well.

I feel isolated and a little out of whack today. A few possible remedies, though I suspect the most likely one is tincture of time. Autumn is nearly here, and I hope that the recharge it brings will bring more light, less glare. Drugstores are doing the Halloween thing, already. Part of it is probably due to the number of cases last night.. the most recent was at 3:30 am.

I’m mildly peeved that I had much of the weekend off, but still just spent it inside, reading. I probably could’ve done more, but really wasn’t too motivated. Got the basics covered.

Come to think of it… a good case against Voodoo actually working is Papa & Baby Doc’s long-term existence.

I miss arcades… back when there was a big room full of pac man and centipede-type games.

Wal-Mart at Mexico Ruins Sparks Protest

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6857 – update

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I’m going to stay with Danny and Janet’s place if things continue to be bad. Poor Danny’s allergic to Newt, but he’s willing to sacrifice for me and the little orange guy. Newtie-boy will be banned from the bedrooms, is all. I’m sure he’ll be more than happy to spend time in the living room with me. I’ll bring some Heroclix with me to play to while away the time in a more analog style.

Janet’s rather allergic to me, too, in a different sense. Our beliefs and ideals are fairly different, but she has been nothing but very gracious to me in times of need. I’m thankful for that.

My mother is going to be fine where she is, and if bro needs a place to stay, he can go be with her and Wilt.

To be on the safe side, I’ll be unpacking my PC later tonight, so I’ll be on and off-line as things happen. Danny’s only got dial-up, so I won’t have my DSL perma-connect that I do here. I’m tempted to lave my pc covered in plastic, and have the cam pointed inside for a Hurricane-view. I figure I’ll point it at the windows without wood on ’em to scan for alien invaders or flying coconuts.

Speaking of the cam, here’s the Newt pic of the day:

Current Cam pic – (will change over time)

What do you see?

Currently, you should be able to see my front door, South and East Windows, and bike. I’ll be taking the headlight with me as my personal flashlight when I go. You may also catch me running back and forth to the oven in order to retrieve lunchtime veggie taquitos.

Wilt’s coming by with a lovely bit of 5 x 6 wood to protect my most vulnerable window… the others should be fairly safe, and wood is very rare right now, as could be expected. My landlord claims there’s none to be found… I think that there probably could’ve been some if he was better prepared. I’m also happy to uproot the broad wooden fence outside, and use it as a side-barricade if need be.

current meme – (nicked from bubbles3563)

Leave a comment with your name if you want to know what I really think of you, and I’ll reply and tell you. No lies, all honesty. [I think most people already have a good idea of how I feel about ’em, but I’m happy to reinforce / surprise them.]

Post it in your journal after I do yours so I can see the reverse. (it may take a while, as checking email might get spotty.)

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6850 – Monday, like a bean burrito, has returned.

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Hmm, last night’s JLU was cute, but I wasn’t crazy about B’wana Beast’s or Zatanna’s portrayal, though it was cute to see Red Tornado, Ralph Dibney and the Crimson Avenger in cameos. (Oddly, I have no problem with the #2 detective in the DC universe plastering up flyers for a missing pig.)

The Music was excellent, but poorly placed… I’ll give the episode a 5/10. (Spiked high and low to a fair average.)

It amazes me about cost comparisons. If you get a pack of smokes at a club, it’s $8. That’s more than crack… I don’t smoke, but it amazes me how much people can get away with charging, because they know people will buy ’em. I’m glad I never got hooked on that particular vice.

Bro told me that he got into a car accident this past weekend, as a passenger. I’ve already gotten conflicting stories of who he was with, and how it happened. Last night it was a guy driving, today it was a she. My guess is that was with some of his dumbass friends and doesn’t want to ‘fess up.

Still have my earache this morning (since Midday Sat), stretching from ear canal to jaw-hinge on my right side. I’m waiting for a tech to get to work, so I can remove myself from being on call, and head to my doc. I think there might be some sort of blockage after the cold I had last week. Fortunately, Tylenol is keeping the edge off of the pain-factor.

I’m tired of Bush *and* Kerry. Both seem to suck like a reverse hurricane and neither appear big on platforms I’m fond of… specifically business, education and the environment. The only reason I’m a bit more for the Dem is that it’ll mix up the political soup a bit, and Bush has a history of not following up on the good promises. Make no mistake, I don’t like either of ’em. They’re both on the same page for a lot of things. Kerry’s ahead in that he’s pro-choice, and for gay marriage. I don’t think it’s anyone’s right to legislate that behavior, even if neither apply to me.

Article here for reference- Political comparison crap

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6836 – In that big rock candy mountain…

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Haven’t heard much from bro lately. I assume that he’s up to trouble with his band of no-goods. (or was that Noodles Romanoff?) I’m not currently stressing about it.

It seems that There isn’t as dead as I thought it might be. Another major update is coming shortly, and the world still seems to have a lot of activity. I’ve gone from living in a house there to being a squatter, just setting up wherever I decide to relogin. I haven’t spent a therebuck since the top of this year, if that. I don’t foresee needing any for the rest of my life in There.

It was H.P. Lovecraft‘s Birthday yesterday… still haven’t decided where to go on walkabout. Maybe I’ll do the cemetery thing after all. Supposedly haunted by Rocky Marciano, too.

FOREST LAWN Memorial Gardens Central
499 NW 27 Avenue
Ft. Lauderdale, FL. 33311
(954) 581-9033

If anyone cares to join me, I’ll be bringing a thermos of lemonade, a bit of pound cake, and A mix of White Zombie (it is not heresy… and I will not recant.), They Might Be Giants, and 60’s TV show themes as mp3s on the palm.

For the Record: I’m sort of in Kevin Matchstick / Silent Bob mode, sans baseball bat and overcoat.

red/white and black stripe-dyed T-shirt, long black cargo shorts, white socks, black sneakers. Hair down, 24-hour stubble on cheeks and jaw.

Blog of a guy walking form Nebraska to the East Coast. He prefers to do that rather than look for work.

Personally, I think he’s got some serious dysfunction issues, but it’s interesting to see progress. current post Looks like a lot of folks are considering him a vagrant.. people feeding him, and cops giving him a ride to jurisdictional lines. He certainly is homeless and a transient.

Speaking of which, It’s time for me to go a hikin’… until later, dear journal.

Cloak of levitation optional.

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6829 – snippets and bites

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Well, no dice getting together with the oneeyed and the gang… one of their number wanted to return home once the power was on, so it’ll have to be next time. Maybe I’ll take a day-trip north to see the Edison / Ford Estates and lunch their neck of the woods! I’m glad they made it home ok, and that there was very little personal damage waiting for them.

Bro scammed the Mother out of about $150, claiming it was court costs. Lawyer said there were none, and Bro claims there wasn’t any receipt. Liar. That dumbass burned that bridge, now, too.

I convinced the PR department to not do Donkey Basketball as a fund raiser. Plenty of other fun ways to bring people together and donate money… no need to bring any animal cruelty or PETA picketers to the table.

Apparently T-Mobile was giving away free service all hurricane weekend. Good for you guys! You deserve some praise for that!

I fell asleep far too early last night, something like seven or so… I think I was fatigued from all of the stress over the missing Alabama boy. We were really scrambling the whole time I was at the office

I woke up at about 2:30am, got a drink of water and puttered for about an hour before trying to go back to bed. I really am a night person at heart… That was one of the nice things about IMT – the 4pm to midnight schedule.

how to make a scale model of a city

*really* nice tutorial on how to write tile-based games in flash. via

I’m in the mood for some really good Tandoori Indian food lately… something better than . This bears some research. I’ll have to sniff out my local sources and see what they prefer.

I’ve got to focus more on more than just these little bits and pieces… the journal’s been scattered lately, and I could stand more writing practice. flying_blind‘s recent excellent entry reminded me of this.

Dear Lenny Kravitz – Don’t help the gap. You don’t want to be in there with SJP.

My entry about the Lumbee Indians is still getting activity, over two years after the first casting about for information about Roanoke. Until that research arc, I thought that the colonists had been massacred.

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I still have the itch to do a cemetery stroll and look up Miguelito Loveless.

It’s true, I live inside the spread of one of the corners of the Bermuda Triangle. (Usually, the points are Bermuda, Puerto Rico and Miami, but they’ve been known to vary.) I wonder what major areas of supernatural repute are near folks on my friend’s list? Transylvanians? Amity? I know there’s a “stonehenger” or two.

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6821 Friday, Friday… Friday the 13th.

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The closer the time comes for the big kahuna to leave town, the more irritable and stressed she becomes. She bites off more than she can chew inside the time frame allotted to her,

Looks like non-pierce tech is doing a fadeout. He hasn’t called all week. He didn’t seem like a big hit, so no big whoop.

20,000 leagues under the sea – The ride. I really dig the quicktime video of the ride.. very nostalgic. I remember sitting on the fold down seats and being inside on my own, while my dad and mom went to get some ice cream or the like for my brother, who was perhaps four at the time. (that’d put me at eight-ish.) The last time I got to ride it was the summer of ’87. (when I was 18, almost a decade later.) After that, the ride was closed for renovations every time I visited. I still remember the pseudo Disney squeezebox music waiting on line… It was in my top three rides with the Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean.

Speaking of that fellow, my Bro got 2 years probation, despite the fact that he showed up at court with beer on his breath, and was saying idiot phrases like “if I’m convicted, I can’t have a gun”. I don’t know where his brains went, but they’ve long since been disbursed. I know in my heart that if his probation officer is worth anything at all, my bro will be jailed before the year is done.

I really don’t like it when reanimated corpses vomit on me, and even less so when the explosive charges inside them go off afterwards. (dang supervillains in CoH!)

Well, it looks like Chuck the Storm is going to miss my neck of the woods entirely. Power went out last night at about 1:30m, and heavy rain woke me up before knocking me back to sleep. Sorry Charlie. (how many times will I hear that in the days to come?) I hope it cuts everyone else some decent slack, too!

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Red vs. Blue cover the Internet. (foul language, and mentions escrow) – via sammykun (more RvB here.)

The Horny toad is not a toad. It’s a Lizard.

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6818 – Bro update, and etcetera

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Bro’s scheduled for 1:30 on Thursday. I imagine that unless something comes up that he’ll get two years probation. if he stays out of trouble, I imagine that would even be cut down a bit. The last few times I’ve spoken with him, he seemed to be fairly clear of mind and in good spirits.

Pierced new guy seems to be ok… has a quirky sense of humor, and seems to get it when I crack a joke about the Knights Templar. Unpunctured one seems less likely to make it as a tech. He reminds me a lot of bad-luck Schleprock.

So many changes on the company website… it boggles the mind how big it has grown. Hundreds and hundreds of pages… something for all 50 states, news reports, bios, etc. A real learning curve, but it’s definitely worth it. I wish that I could devote more time to the site, but so many other elements sneak up on me…. maybe when more new folks are trained, and I get the telephony server happy.

Why didn’t Daredevil ever have a seeing-eye dog super-sidekick?

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6811 – Balloons?

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Wow… Friday already. this week was nuts. I’m on call much of the weekend, but I managed to hand a good chunk of Sunday off, though 4-7 I have to be on top of things. No major walkabout, it seems. I think I’ll do the Wolfsonian, the week after.

It’s been over a year since the last episode of Skeletor and Gang was made. I’ve always been partial to #14… That’s a pretty good approximation of South Florida nightlife.

I want to be with Mi Hala, holding hands, and sharing her space right now. Best, closest thing is to just join energy across boundless space and time… all hippy-like.

Bro’s case yesterday was just a calendar call. he’s on one hour notice for a hearing that should take place sometime next week. Apparently Andy was there, smelling of beer and looking rough, bro was clean and in a tie.

We’ll see what that week brings. He hasn’t been terribly communicative lately.

Looking at my hit logs, I found a few things.

threads swiping my bandwidth –

http://forums.anandtech.com – newt (talking about pink toes)

http://www.penny-arcade.com – palm pic of a pirate (talking about doom3)

best search phrase so far? – “the dwarf skill massacre of 1908”

top keywords, as always –

melons – 31% of my hits for August. (30% of July)
wench – 26% (12% of July)

The new Batmobile in action

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6801 – Rock over New York, rock on Chicago.

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Interesting quote that applies to many blogs out here…

“You will just have to accept being addressed by a disembodied voice just as I accept the compulsion to speak out even though I am painfully aware that I am talking to an invisible, perhaps nonexistent audience.”
–Robert Shea, The Eye in the Pyramid

I wonder how much my intelligence and personality has been altered as a result of playing with mercury when I was in high school?Site Meter

How many IQ points were lost? Any added paranoia? Dementia? What aspects were opened and closed?

I won’t even venture into other chemical changes.

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6741 – Melange.

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Pick up the phone. dialing takes you to different places.

Implosion world – Watch buildings get demolished.

Virtual Frog dissection.

A Reminder from dictionary.com

Q. What is the plural of virus?

A. Viruses.

It is not viri, or (worse) virii. True, the word comes directly from Latin, but not all Latin words ending in -us have -i as their plural. Besides, viri is the Latin word for ‘men’ (plural of vir, “man,” the root of English virile). There is in fact no written attestation of a Latin plural of virus.

If you have some knowledge of linguistics and Latin, you might be interested in the morphological analysis of the word from the Perseus Project.

When you have more than one bus, it’s not a fleet of bi. Buses.

I *really* like my new clothes. Losing weight is a good thing… I figured it out – Garganticus and Foomy got shorts from George Foreman’s collection at the “Big and Tall” (or Looming and Vast, depending on how far you go… You could put a sharp dress suit on the Hulk right off the rack.)… my new pants and shorts are comfy, and I’m not “lost” in them anymore. It’s nice to have some shorts that fit properly. I picked up a nice linen tunic-looking jersey, too. (For days that I’d like to dress like Barney Rubble) I held back on the Hawaiian shirts…a bit expensive, and wasn’t what I was really there for. Maybe next time. It seems sort of feminine or at least “metrosexual” to be this happy about new clothes, but that’s what’s up. Small pleasures. Man, the prices online are horrid… either that or I stumbled into a lot of good sales.

Bro came by and borrowed a few DVDs. I hope I see them again. Five Deadly Venoms, Tank Girl, Titan AE, MechaGodzilla, and a few others. The only ones I’ll really miss are the badly dubbed kung fu and giant rubber monster movies. Upside, he was clean and pressed… either looking for work, or doing something where he’d have to look non-scrubby, anyhow. I’m happy to see him looking sharp and attentive to detail.

I would really like a multiplayer computer version of Car Wars online, akin to City of Heroes. It’d look a bit like CoH’s Boomtown, I think.

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