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8613 –
Say! Speaking of the UK, My keyword auto-downloader picked up episodes one and two of torchwood! Does that mean I’ll be getting dr who episodes soon? That’ll make up for the ended season of Venture Brothers.
Got to thinking about my old superhero concept for Stigmata yesterday… then Billy Crystal / Bruno Kirby with blackhellkat… Which invited the Burger King / Burger Christ comparison via initials.
Burger Christ. What a great, blasphemous name for a fast food joint.
Many terrible biblical puns came up for foodstuffs afterward.
“The Flood” – Jumbo Drink, served with a toy ark for the kiddies.
“Pound of Flesh” burger
Gadzooks – french fries shaped like nails. (ketchup or graypumpkin‘s sacred dipping sauce on the side)
Garden of eden apple/walnut salad – you can only order it once, then you’re barred from the restaurant. bhk added the idea of a snakey crouton.
The others aren’t leaping immediately to mind.. oh! “Lot’s Wife” Salt shakers and Noah’s Animal Crackers (comes in pairs)
Just terrible.
It seems I’m not the first to think of Burger Christ.
Watched Open Season yesterday, as it got a trifle too hot at Viva Broward. (I did get my Arepa, so the journey was worth it.) The movie was *a lot* more funny than I’d thought a vehicle featuring the voices of Ashton Kutchner and Martin Lawrence could be.
Walkabout pics from yesterday. Mostly construction and the Mexican place at riverwalk. (Compare Saturday’s walkies pic with Sunday’s… pretty dang similar.)
Our tree’s face lost an eye. I like him better as a cyclops.
Sneaky guy in sunglasses found his way into my wacky statuary picture. I like it better with a friendly wave. He offered to take my picture with stuff, but I politely declined – he seemed a little off-kilter, and I didn’t want him to break or steal my camera. When he walked away, he yelled over his shoulder “We’re the people our parents warned us about!”.
1 year ago – wilma approaching, pirate scotto, chakra poll, Terry in Cancun, newt-wiggle pic, torchwood arcticle, newt grump-sphynx pic
2 years ago – Newt entry, voted, bittorrent, 33 questions, randomness
3 years ago – German Dukes of Hazzard, the finger, vanishing penises, prepping for the doctor, spidey-doodle, SA.com gets PMing!
4 years ago – Paper Airplane sim, freebie movies, Dave got a hill giant, Newt head-waggy, Where’s George bill comes back, belarc
5 years ago – Walkin’ Pneumonia, chat proggies poopin out, 5 hours in ER/pharmacy.. waiting, mostly. palm-stream post
6 years ago – First use of GIANT-SIZE MAN-THING as a joke, Summertime, heavy work day
8612 – 2 days to trip!
I didn’t get to hit ¡Viva Broward! yesterday… I ran out of time. Today, however is a new day… I think I’ll trundle down there for a midday bit of entertainment.
Got a mild interrogation from someone at the pool on the way back from grocery shopping yesterday. I was toting a double armload of groceries, heading to my place; when a guy at the pool area calls over to me.
Guy:”Hey, you!”
Me:”Hi! Can I help you?”
G:”Do you live here?”
M:”Yup!”
G:”Which unit?”
(*note* – at no time did he ask my name, or say anything in a non-interrogatory style. )
M:”323D… can I help you?”
G:”No, I just wanted to know.”
(*note* – Did he think I was a hoodlum of some sort? That I was going to use packages of peanut butter crackers, deodorant, light bulbs, and a half-dozen liters of Diet Doctor Pepper to do some crazy MacGuyver evil on the complex?)
M:”Oh. What unit do you live in?”
G:”304A”
M:”Nice place. Have a good one.”
And I walked away.
He didn’t reply.
Wacky.
I didn’t look shabby or anything… wearing a nice clean Hawaiian style golf shirt, short hair, clean shaved, maybe perspiring a bit, due to toting the barge.
I figure I can look him up in the condo directory later… I’ll get the lowdown from Jesus-bread lady and/or the Condo Superhero sometime today, I’m sure.
Via Jordon –
What would happen if everyone on Earth suddenly vanished without a trace? Although that’s totally impossible, of course, a new article speculates on how long it would take for all traces of today’s human civilization to be reclaimed by the earth’s natural processes.
eyeslikesugar has me wanting to play work time fun.
Moment of Lyric – mp3 (Via X-entertainment’s great halloween jukebox)
In the afterlife
You could be headed for the serious strife
Now you make the scene all day
But tomorrow there’ll be hell to pay
People listen attentively
I mean about future calamity
I used to think the idea was obsolete
Until I heard the old man stamping his feet.
This is a place where eternally
Fire is applied to the body
Teeth are extruded and bones are ground
Then baked into cakes which are passed around.
Beauty, talent, fame, money, refinement
Top skill and brain
But all the things you try to hide
Will be revealed on the other side.
Now the d and the a and the m
And the n and the a
And the t and the i-o-n
Lose your face, lose your name
Then get fitted for a suit of flame
Baginski – Fallen Art – video powered by Metacafe
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Beautifully done, if disturbing. via zefrank
1 year ago – rs promoted to “office manager”, existential supplies, on call, mcd’s veggie Indian fare, gp bday, sketchplanet, tightrope bear, weather rough, creepy doll pic, zodiac killer poll
2 years ago – GP b’day, more office bricolage, image searches, friendy-meme, crime-scene creepy crawlies
3 years ago – RSP poll, Gamma World Memories, How to shave a cat’s nose, FCC shenanigans
4 years ago – Sniper strikes again, weird news, Cool Rubik’s Cube, Bookworm (it’s on my palm, as I type), Nice thoughts, Painting minis, AW community gets uppity. it’s now deleted. Rote 560 with my bike in front, bathy-Newt
5 years ago – Colloidal silver, geek test, memories of my first adrenaline rush, Los Dias de los Muertos, pieces of eight
6 years ago – met agent orange, lite brite, 2am french toast run, painted desert dreams
8508 – tee gee eye eff
Giraffe graffiti on a traffic post near my old apartment – taken en route home yesterday. Aw. Giraffes!
Danny talked to Doug Wu yesterday… they’re playing telephone tag right now, but it’ll be interesting to hear what new in Dougsville. Dan’s also officially back to school now. The kids start next Monday, but he’s got meetings and classroom setup to perform this week.
Gabbed a bit with graypumpkin – It was good to chit-chat a bit. He pointed out to me that Giganta is actually more than just a hot, evil, size-changing redhead.
She’s a a hot, evil, size-changing redhead that used to be a Gorilla. How awesome is that, really? Forget Lesbian Batwoman… give me a foxy ex-ape in a leopard-ish bikini.
Yeah, baby.. that’s right.
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moment of lyric – windows media file
8504 – So, it’s midweek!
Although this summer is going swimmingly, and there are great things in my immediate future, I’m looking quite forward to autumn. There was a rainstorm on my walk home yesterday, and it was a beautiful thing. Winds whipping cool air around, taking the leaves off of the trees and spraying a collection of raindrops of varying mass and density against my face. There’s something to be said for feeling fat splashes and mist at the same time. I was possessed of an energy I haven’t felt in quite a span, and that was certainly most welcome.
I was reminded a bit of the cool period after hurricane Wilma last year. Post-storm, the cool breezes and only the lightest of rains came – a kindness in an area without power to run air conditioning. Of course, that was in October, rather than August. A time for pumpkins, rather than watermelon. Halloween and Thanksgiving are looking especially spiffy.
I prefer pumpkins. I can think of three that are especially important. A gray one, an orange one, and a freckled one.
“Marrakesh. It sounds like a drink.” – Hank McKenna
“It sure does.” – Dr. Ben McKenna
I had that film playing in the background last night… forgot how good the movie is. Gave me a bit of homesickness for Butters and Oneeyed, even if I’ve never been to their home. I like this remake more than his version in the 30s.
Moment of Lyric – mp3
Protected: 8481 –
8413 – Happy B-day juliabee and spacshangalangshang!
I thought I’d be missing my dad more than I did yesterday… but I did fine. Thought about him quite a bit, but didn’t get overly misty. I trundled to the beach, and then the Mango Festival for a bit of lunch – it was a pretty soggy Sunday, so I bailed early on the Mango Festival, but I benefited from some lovely chit-chat with BHK instead.
Dan and I will likely hit the movies after work today, barring anything unforseen. I wonder if I’ll be able to keep awake throughout? Monday is usually fairly taxing due to morning meetnigs and midday catch-up.
Rest in Peace, Weaver the Weatherman. I always thought that Bob Weaver was a really great name. A weatherman for over 50 years, he was a very real institution in Florida TV.
graypumpkin mentioned something about chocolate dice sold at his local game store, so I sniffed ’em out. Both in high quality 6d6 (probably best suited for GURPS, and skill test rolling) and the more multicolored 75d6 foil-wrapped dice (More for Champions team of energy-blasts, I’d expect. Every time you roll low, eat it.) see also – 24 red d6 of hazelnut fudge
Like gamers need another way to put on weight!
Moment of Lyric – mp3
Close your eyes and look at me
I’ll be standing by your side
In between the deep blue sea
And the sheltering sky
If we find no words to say
To the rhythm of the waves
Then we’ll both surrender there
Walking on air
And the worries of the day lie down
Under cover of the fading clouds
The secrets of the night
Come alive in your eyes
You don’t have to hurry
You don’t have to try
Cause you don’t have a care
You’re walking on air
1 year ago – pictures(motorcycle and newt), tut, lj interests, jbee b-day, gp dream, severe thunder, ft laud evacuation info for hurricanes, UFO tv losses
2 years ago – palm vnc, Newt Chroma key, paypal spoof warning
3 years ago – doctor’s appointment, time-traveler micronaut, lizard!, clear sky clock, baby dolphin beached
4 years ago – packing, location thoughts, bicycle, brushing newt-teeth
5 years ago – evil news, Jb’s bday, gadabout, lj-topology, time for timer, crown of crap, sambo’s
6 years ago – roadwork
Voice Post: 8399 – “No”
8390 – Porch entry
Warm, still air on the balcony this morning. Newt’s lazing on the edge of the table, and we’re both enjoying sounds of the outdoors. The fountain in center of the lake, a light variety of birdsong, and Blackie having an argument with Faraday while I type on lappie’s mushy keyboard.
Slacking by spending far too long on lj, catching up with my reading and commenting hither and yon, where applicable. Graypumpkin had a moment of synchronization with one of the artists for Teen Titans (and The Coming Legion of Super Heroes cartoon) over a third-rate Marvel villain by the name of Gamecock.
Well, looks like money talks… X-men 4 was greenlit.
Reined into the condo all day tomorrow – on call. Won’t have to do it next week, as EN should have all items needed in place by then
podcasts.yahoo.com has a dandy search engine…I’m glad it works with all browsers, now.
I could sure go for a sugary snack right about now.. a fruit pie (cherry or apple) would be tops. Hulk? Spidey? You know that sharing is important… help me out, would ya?
8351 – Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, a Day of Rest!
Got together with Kev last night, did a classic fart party at my place… pizza, caught up on gossip and family, and watched the extended version of buckaroo banzai. I think that he’ll do quite well to be away from his siblings and in-laws for a year. Newt was pretty talkative…he smelled Kev’s Zoo, and was investigating him the whole time, alternately nuzzling, sniffing, and bipping.
Yesterday morning when I left for work, the smell of ozone was in the air, and thunder in the distance. I put my palm, cell phone and digicam in a sealed plastic bag, and went to the stop with umbrella as a walking-stick. Before I cleared the D building, it was coming down in sheets. By the time I made it to the bus stop, I was soaked through, save for a circle of only semi-wet the size of my bumbershoot coverage. My natural body-heat dried most of me out, save for socks and shoes, which squished throughout the day. Not the most fun feeling, and I really couldn’t take ’em off, because I had some dog & pony shows / trainings to do. I was more than delighted to be free of those foot-bindings once I arrived home.
Moment of Lyric – Instrumental – Can be found at BeaucoupKev’s
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) told her caucus members during their weekly closed meeting Wednesday that impeachment is off the table; she is not interested in pursuing it.
Dear Ms. Pelosi, kiss my ass. If it’s your job to assist in prosecution of folks that commit crimes, then assist. If they don’t find any crimes, then state that fact, clear their good name and move on to doing your fricking job elsewhere.
The water-cooled “alien spacesuits” are being handed out to turret gunners in their notoriously vulnerable Humvee vehicles. Continue reading 8351 – Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, a Day of Rest!
8297 – Coming at you like a shark with knees!
Newt was shown in yesterdays Zefrank video news post. Sadly, Zefrank says that animals aren’t allowed in any known League of Awesomeness. It seems I must submit a power move of my own, and thenget Newton into the league’s good graces later.
Maybe I should show my eyestalk yoink power move!
Yes, no, I, this is
Got together with Kat and Graypumpkin yesterday at lunch. Nice time was had lunch of bagel sammiches and I got gifties of Issues 4 & 5 of The Thing Comic, 1, 2, and 3 of the grant morrison superman comic, and a cool squishy toy.. an awesome replacement for blinky. It was nice visiting with ’em… It’s been over a decade since I’ve seen ’em. ’94, I think. We spoke about the usual.. fmaily, firneds, comics, livejournal, sushi, the appropriateness of naming a flower shop “adam and eve” -quoth kat “I’d like some apple blossoms, please!”, the danger of shrimp trucks.
Squishy octopus is pretty awesome, and he looks more durable than Blinky – hidden inside his swirling, glittery maw, are the two ultimate yin yang of good/evil of the deep… a great white shark and bottle nose dolphin, eternally battling inside the octocosm.
Unsquished octopus thingie. Added bonus, he’s orange.
Squished – blue fluid with glitter in mouth.
Dolphin inside!
Shark inside!
I didn’t give ’em the Dr. Who dvd, because I didn’t know we were doing lunch until mid-morning. If I was a cool guy, I’d drop it in the mail for them to come home to… or I can try and ge tthe first ep of th enew season on Sat, first.
If I wasn’t a dolt, I’d have taken pictures but I was too busy enjoying their company to remember my camera. Tomorrow they’re off ot tampa, and I doubt I’ll ge tot visit again before they head back to the lone star state. I look forward to seeing them again sometime soon.
Kudos to Mandy on her first day at the Chem lab!
Kev took a job doing programming as a civilian for the DoD at Gitmo. (The same place Hav used to do his gig.) Sounds like a sweet deal.. they’re training him, giving security clearance, paying for his lodging.. (everything but food and phone) great pay too.. only downside is, well.. it’s Cuba. He’ll get time off and such, but he can’t bring the puppies or kitties with him, either. (That’d be a deal breaker for me).. It’s about a 2 hour flight from here, so returning won’t be much of an issue on holiday. (about a month off every year).
I’m really happy for him.. he’s finally doing something worthwhile, well-paying, and for a boss he respects. I suspect he’ll really flourish there. He’s heading out there ein June, so we’ve got to have a few “fart parties” before he’s off to points south. I really would love for him to tell the pilot “TAKE THIS PLANE TO CUBA!”, but that’s probably a bad first impression.
AB was fired yesterday – wasn’t cutting it. RP will be out new agent ni Michigan… I think she’ll do a good job. RI is off to Texas for a week, and I think we’ll all get things done. It’ll be nice to have a new tech outside of the state.
1 year ago – new semagic, video shoot pics, RI calls me mouthy, neon sign, carrot flowers, robot guards
2 years ago – wanting a long weekend, GP mentions a detente, CoH, Butterflies of NA
3 years ago – Power out silence, ut2k3, there.com fun.
4 years ago – angry kid, baha men, freedom force, sniffing around for the girlie, Kidalicious gets a new Baby!
5 years ago – identifying with Sam the Sheepdog, people in your neighborhood poll, livejournal observation, chupacabra sightings up
8296 –
8295 – And we’re back. Again. Monday. Yes.
GP and Kat are in Florida for the next week or so, arrived Saturday sometime. May get together with ’em either tonight or tomorrow, if the stars are right. (They have a very demanding schedule when in town, and understandably so… both sets of parents live down here, and they want ’em as much as they can get ’em.), got to talk to GP yesterday on the phone for a while, and it was a fine time – mentions were made of the insanity of genius, and how people can breed for a longer period now, and family politics. (The youngest child will be the baby, even if they have children of their own. Interesting that both GP and Kat are both last-borns to older parents. My Folks had me when my dad was 23, and Mom was 21.)
(Though it seems other vacationers are Killer bees)
Wonderful rain today… classic Florida big drops in wind that causes it to fall at about a 45 degree angle. I’m glad my porch has enough of a roof overhang to stop things from getting soaked… nice to sit out there, soak up the ozone smell from the thunderstorm, and just soak up the sights and sounds around me. Not a bad time to do laundry… made everything smell sort of rainy-fresh that was hung up out back, though it took forever to dry.
Finally finished re-downloading Dr. Who 2005 season and the Christmas special; Burned the dvd. Hopefully, I’ll remember to hand them off to GP and Kat. (and another set to Danny when I see him next week). They look even better in High Def.
Next series, HBO’s Rome. I need to get that to a few people on my reading list.
More free fonts to fill up your computer with!
I’m kind of partial to ogrejuice and Deanna.
Perversely fascinating. Bad Talk radio.. mostly folks trying to update from the road. Some folks a little drunk… it’s fun to her folks monologue in varying degrees of skill. Surprisingly, nobody singing. odd – some seem to be from quite a while ago… I guess it’s based on when the journal was scraped. random dates from a week ago to two months ago. Spiffy to see user names in my mp3 player… gives me misc journals to eyeball if they seem interesting. via brad’s journal
Listen to public LiveJournal voice posts, non-stop:
http://radio.bradfitz.com/ljcalls.m
Enjoy, while it lasts. Brad may take it down if it takes up too much bandwidth.
This is not an official LiveJournal feature (yet?). This is all done on my brad’s server, using public data,
as anybody else could.
Well, I’m running late.. suffice to say it’s a nice 60’s-ish electro-organ/harmony groovy/haunting sort of song. It’s a good walkabout tune, especially when on one’s own.
from an old Marvel Super heroes activity book – I colored it a bit, but just to clean up a photograph used as a scan. That’s the original quote, looking weird in a square voice “balloon”.
8285 – Hey! I’m wearing purple!
Dan mentioned that maybe Friday the 14th will be a good day to hang out after I get off of work (he’s a teacher and will be enjoying spring break) … we haven’t done anything since January, so there’s a lot of lost time to cover.
Axis and Allies is certainly on the list. Maybe go out and get an ethical massage, too.
Bug inspectors coming by the apartment today, and then a trip to the doc. Didn’t get to sleep in, because my on-call tech had to wake me for verification of a launch in California at 6:30am (2:30 their time)
Ah well, I’ll be able to take a midday nap as a treat, anyhow.
Had the blues a bit yesterday, but they’ve pretty much faded out for now. Probably a spring thing. I’m still a bit miffed about the unsolved mystery, but I’m just chalking it up to laziness for now.
Moment of Lyric: MP3 (many thanks again, Firpo!) [Hear more of them here]
There’s something Graypumpkin won’t hear on Bob!
Start wearing purple wearing purple
start wearing purple, for me now
all your sanity and wits, they will all vanish
I promise, it’s just a matter of time…
I know you since you were a twenty and i was twenty,
but thought that some years from now
a purple little little lady will be perfect
for dirty old and useless clown…
I know it all from Diogenes to Foucault
from Lozgechkin to Paspartu
I ja kljanus obostzav dva paltza
schto muzika poshla ot Zvukov Mu!…
Party!
So Fio-Fio-Fioletta! Etta! Va-va-va-vaja dama ti moja!
Eh podayte nam karetu, votetu, i mi poedem k ebenjam!
So yeah, start wearing purple wearing purple!
Start wearing purple for me now!
All your sanity and wits, they will all vanish,
I promise, it’s just a matter of time!…
Translation of the Russian portion: (via)
And I swear, having pissed on two fingers,
That the music originated in Sounds of MooSo Violetta! My lady!
Hey, get ready a coach, this one,
We will go to nowhere.
1 year ago – apology-but, making fiends in bulgarian, free photos, broken people, TSiC
2 years ago – 22 questions, DST, Ft. Laud Mellowed, 4-4-4
3 years ago – Met with Meter Made, don’t confuse courtesy with subservience, pics for the day, Speedy off CN, Sample McDougald house letter
4 years ago – walkies, dream, taking stuff poll, Moment of Waponi, Killian’s, bkveggie (the old one), long music ramble, production meeting at IMT
5 years ago – Slander-drama / resolution (Honestly, I think that part of the issue started from here.) I wonder how that “FBI Investigation” turned out.