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9034 – mon

Back to work, MLK day 0121 Or R.E.LEE day for folks too racist to even take a day off to say thanks to a black guy. (Well, Virginia’s state Motto is what John Wilkes Booth shouted in the theater.)

BHK and Bug lifted me into work this morning… I said my goodbyes, as he was back in VA by the time I made it home. We had a nice time – lots of stuff to do, and good goofing off periods.


MRI came back, and I have a herniated disk – S1 level, pressing to the left {pic via gray’s anatomy} – (S1 nerve impingement from a herniated disc may cause loss of the ankle reflex and/or weakness in ankle push off (e.g. patients cannot do toe rises). Numbness and pain can radiate down to the sole or outside of the foot.

I’d like this to mean that I can get repairs done to a previously thought dead area. I suspect that I may have to have surgery down the line – Still early to tell.


To counter flying_blind’s wtf flickr moment – I don’t know how old the news is, but I just learned that the library of congress has a flickr account. Cool, neat stuff like this made me add ’em.


I’ve had music by TMBG in my head all week… I Palendrome I and Birdhouse especially. Sakes, but Jay Leno has gotten gray.


KFC dinner and an omelet at the in-laws tonight… BHK made it there about 10 minutes after I arrived. Nice time, gabbing with family about this and that – got to talk to Em on the phone a bit, too! Caught Danny on Skype, too… he was watching the debate feed on CNN. Me, I’m not caring much for any of the current batch of politicos, but it looks like he’s going to vote for Hillary, based on her platform.


1 year ago – snowstorm ends, snowballs, eggplant and french toast.
Pictures – snow & love notes

2 years ago – compusa bah, acim gang out and about, float on, sacrifice & wrath, chastity belts for 21st century
pictures – ACIM gang

3 years ago – Strep, Jill is like 30, Greek Grotto, Weather, The woods, urinals, Mrs G team pic, Romanian Girl returns from the grave, poli-sci

4 years ago – Palm doodles, band names, sinister ducks, Cheddar Cheesus, water bus trip home, Orange Cat, walkies pics

5 years ago – zcardz (precursor to the pirates game), LL fooled with my bro, vanishing finn, meds

6 years ago – Dream, Walkies with fog, Worked MLK, ear pressure relief then a return, ordered my digicam, got a keeno book off my wish list, siege engines, lego cube solver.

7 years ago -Bro pic, garam masala, patty hearst pardoned, DNA police Geotarget

9032 – sat

More nutshelling.

Slept in a bit – 8:30ish

Had a blueberry bagel, chewed on left side.

Played a little rayman and more Mario Galaxy with Bugah

Went to get allergy shots – started reading Making Money

Bugah did his reading – Tales of a 4th grade nothing / superfudge.

Headed up to Annapolis with BHK and Bug for movies

Bought Bug’s present – Lego Star Wars Saga, vans from Larry & Chris

Picked up Marvel Ultimate Alliance for m’self  – $18 used!

Went to see National Treasure 2 again… bugah and bhk dug it, I thought it was ok, but not fantastic. I thought it was ok, but it really didn’t hold together very well… the end was loose and free to say the least. It was a fun ride, and I didn’t fall asleep like I dad last time.

Dinner at Cheeburger Cheeburger – Bug ate the 1/2 lb’r and is on the wall now.

Came home and played some family fluxx and then surprise hit polarity. (We may have to get it for him next present-time – we got him family fluxx as part of his stocking this year) Reminds me that I’m woefully behind on sending Eryx his goodies.


1 year ago – waiting on net, quiz-memes

2 years ago – cool icon, late work, palm doodle, mozilla, Lost, bite pic, lj-abuse

3 years ago – Lots of family drama, weather, link sponsor, classic C&H, 10 truths – 5 fibs poll, boxer vs rice, monkey king’s tomb

4 years ago – Happy b’day, FB!, MLK, Big Fish with Danny, hair in soy sauce, cotton candy autopsy

5 years ago – music and food for bro, silly sound bites

6 years ago – nice dreams, biochemical weapons and parking meters, I enjoyed Fellowship, poor choice in names

7 years ago – Massive layoffs, cartoon bird gender, misc writing, digging Jenny Lee’s singing Geotarget

9031 – fri

Nutshelling.

Mario Party 8.

Swift cleanup – mostly BHK’s doing. She’s a member of the reverse-hurricane school of speed-tidiness.

Watched psych and held my poor, sore jaw.

Straightened the office a bit, mostly clearing my desk, dealing with paperwork and holding my jaw.

Picked up Bugah in the early evening (~7:30ish)

Went to Bert’s diner w/in-laws – Milkshake was soothing and delicious.

Got Bugah back to our place, and played video games until the wee hours. Preferred titles were Guitar Hero 3 and Transformers (brought with him), but we also got some other bits in here and there.


1 year ago – voice post – newton’s first snow

2 years ago – homeless thoughts, bb vid card broken, newt buries my dinner, jimi, auto-dl tv shows,

3 years ago – mushroms and eggplant, barefoot craving, acronym cursing, Panama city teens, prozac suicides

4 years ago – popeye is 75, duckburg, powerskip, santa cluster maint, hybrids, beach-dweller picture that will make you shriek, brain sammiches, cam pics, cap’n strong

5 years ago – tan me hide, kartoo, SOP, coloring book entry

6 years ago – Accessory animals. Enron & GWB/pretzel, watching Lone Gunmen, Newt came to work, skate porn

7 years ago – Hot outside! Metallica sues Victoria’s Secret, the weather the cuckoo likes, my first LJ flame attack (and my rebuttal) Geotarget

9030 – thurs

AM- MRI done… got films, but no record on CD/DVD… I’ll have to scan ’em before I bring them to the doc.

midday – Snow! big, fat flakes. Almost to stormy to go to my mouth appointment.. but not quite. He almost shut down, but things eased up enough. We were running a little early, so we got a pizza hut pit stop… more games of hangman, tater tots and stuffed crust pizza… no choking this time, but we were regaled about our server’s critter collection at home. 2 dogs, 4 cats, birds, fish, and more living outdoors. (and a couple of kiddies, too!) She had a few dental horror stories to get me warmed up for my meeting with the drill and bone saw.

PM – work on my mouth… pain was significant, but not nearly as much as the front work. I’m not going to work tomorrow – doc advised against it. I have another late night appointment on the 28th, but that one should be a walk in the park, comparatively.

Got home, and was OK, save for a swollen mouth and the inability to talk. ATW man still in the same post-christmas hunch position.

Watched some more remainders from the phych-a-thon on the tivo from new year’s day. BHK was very helpful and supportive across the board… I’m lucky to have her in my life!

1 year ago – pic @ papermoon cafe with Alice and BHK

2 years ago – thick head, bro has coin, iguana / scream like a girl / game show, florida homeless beating, sand game, now with stick men, i am god toon, walking ghost

3 years ago – mel day, dick tracy’s alien connection, translations, site search

4 years ago – MM in an arranged wedding, global pals, cow brain burger, celebration(FL) sold, cool supermarket photos

5 years ago – bavarian, Ana at gallery, they wait below, Sappho compliments me, cat piccies, scintillate, firefly

6 years ago – Trimaris, school dream, little suck-a-thumb, James Earl Jones gets called James Earl Ray (Whoops!), Immigrant song, band name poll, Sasha and Misha move away, some silly linkies.

7 years ago – Analog never did print it, Bilbo’s Guide to life, textbooks responsible for stupid teens. Geotarget

9120 – Monday

Called in sick to work – made a trip to the dentist to deal with that cracked tooth.

Before my root canal, we stopped for stuffed crust pie at pizza hut – bhk and I didn’t figure I’d be in the mood to eat after having my choppers done… fate was not on my side.

Unfortunately, I ordered a quepapa appetizer – one of those little tater tot things got caught in my throat, and seared the back of my esophagus. Our server tried to administer the Heimlich maneuver by grabbing me around my neck… so while I was busy trying to expel the spud that had grafted itself to my windpipe, I got to fight off a caring, yet misguided attempt at stopping me from choking by strangulation.

Hit the dentist, and he had a lot of trouble.. abscess. I got a perscription for penecillin (I didn’t know that they still did that, rather than all the alternates these days…) and filled it a tthe local walgreens. BHK – not one to be outdone by my accident prone-ness, got her finger caught in a shiatzu machine there.. nothing broken, just a nasty pinch.

Bah, says we… she was fine, and we zipped past the ATW man (see below) on the way home.

got home, played a little HL2, and am now watching psych with BHK.


atw man took his tree down, and is just sort of taking in the stars tonight.
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1 year ago – laundry with newt pics, bros grimm, dream away, major spam hits in anony comments due to the word “panty”

2 years ago – RS suspicious, fdle meeting, sleepy, cheap electric, laser pointer in fog, fabiform, windows update, yahoo ads

3 years ago – pics of Danny and I playing pirates at twistyland, sickly mel, hippo and tortoise are pals, how infectious are dead bodies

4 years ago – Goodies, bad phone, long meeting

5 years ago – waiting for doc, HMOs suck, Autopsy, memories

6 years ago – freesco, horked my arm, make smudges, culture bound syndromes, stinky, live in the present, salt sticks

7 years ago – vagg, movies, napster

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9119 – Sunday

Discombobulated and out of sorts today. Maybe I’m coming down with something? All BHK and I (mostly just me) did today was sleep and slug about.

Caught up with Alien in America… still have to polish off a few more tivo shows getting caught up due to writers strike and previously mentioned sluggishness.

Capsule TV reviews:

Alien in America – Good stuff, and got better at the end. I’m really surprised that something that has the potential to be a one-trick pony turned out as pleasant as this. I hope that they can stay on top of it, but still fear it’ll lose steam.

Bionic Woman – Just isn’t ringing my bell. Another case of “Buffy / Firefly” for me, maybe. I just can’t get too enthused about it. Keeping it on the Tivo for when we have a rainy day and I’m willing to give the show another chance. Hasn’t hit my “3 strikes” rule yet.

Chuck – (seen 2 eps including pilot) Failed so far where Alien in America has succeeded. I think it could improve once it gets some momentum.

Reaper (seen 2 eps, including pilot) – I like this more than BHK, but it also suffers from Chuck syndrome so far, but I think it could get better, too.

Journeyman (seen pilot) – so far, so good. I suspect this’ll be then next one to be gobbled up, viewing-wise. Sadly, I think it has been cancelled.

I’m not sure where my energy went. I suspect it’s post holiday fatigue.

Babysat Tigger again… she’s a little love rag… doesn’t seem to miss the in-laws much, as long as she’s fed and petted now and again… not like clingy newt at all.


1 year ago – newt and pye pix, saw night at the museum

2 years ago – 2 week delay on big brain, skipper chuck, cool for Florida, movie meme

3 years ago – Bonded bro, lj 6a, comment spam from south of the border

4 years ago – enjoying 2-monitors, PT working

5 years ago – bad day, the ice cube defense, SOP, sexual predator data

6 years ago – Telefutura, game show network, newt shenanigans, my first recorded post on the Usenet, meemee deleted, wonka

7 years ago – Pix quit, Victorian love, spongebob, angry beavers, sweetalyssm’s art, Chinese zodiac, Cold Mountain (Everyone I’ve talked to about it has loved the book, but hated the ending.), peanut butter and nanner sammiches, mother gooseGeotarget

9096 – sat –

Today seemed both brief and extended at the same time, somehow.

Took off early this morning to snag a few allergy shots, and then we swung by Maerten’s to check out plans for BHK’s ring. I was going to have it be a surprise, but when design considerations came up, I opted for her input… she’s the one that’ll be wearing it after all.

I wonder how many people buy an engagement ring for their spouse, 14 months after the wedding day?

We hashed out a few designs with Heather, and I think that the one that was finalized will be lovely. I’m looking forward to the CAD images sometime this week before the casting. If this one works out well, I think a Mexican Day of the Dead “skull ring” could be next on the list.

Later, we went to the local farm grocer, grabbed lunch and a broad assortment of candy-type stuff to put in X-mas stockings.

The chocolate drops intended for Larry were not destined to survive.

They were, however, delicious. He’ll get other candy, love it and never be the wiser. We’re not bad people.

The in-laws had a little trouble finding the train store, so we met with them for a little bit… Larry and I talked trains while BHK and Chris went to the kids bookstore and got a little treat or two for Em and maybe Bugah.

We parted company – BHK got a flash of brilliance – and we stopped and got the final piece of Chris’s prezzie…. not mentioned in case she’s reading this. (I don’t think she is, but better safe than sorry.)

Following that, we hit our favorite friendly neighborhood gaming store, Aardvark’s – got some goodies for Louise, Cathy and Dave. Added bonus, Mike gave us the Fluxx Party pack and a Larry the Zombie to go with our Looney Labs purchases. Score! I’ve been wanting a radioactive potato, and now we have two! (Larry {the card, not the father-in-law} is the zombie equivalent.)

I think we’ve got everyone covered for presents except for Adam and Matt. That shouldn’t be too traumatic.

I ran out of juice by the end of the day… not sure where all my energy went, unless it was the sugar blues post about 1000 chocolate drops.

1 year ago – huge number of Christmas lights pictures from Solomon’s Island and more. Snow!

2 years ago – monkey day, kong, slow lj, dsl issues, santa question

3 years ago – Mel & Scotto facts, Gorilla Girl, Monkey Day, Massive Frog eats 3-legged dog, Beatles Christmas Records, 7070, Santa hates damn contemporary, bullshit architecture!, I break Christmas bonuses to ADP

4 years ago – spelling poll, pandas, turtles, and a bed of fresh noodles

5 years ago – keywords, Newt likes Broccoli!, Lauderdale cams, bah on bush, gore and grover Cleveland, mh trim, J-lo nose picker, shoe-doodle

6 years ago – holiday shopping, good advice, winter depression folk

7 years ago – moment of RAW, Santa Claus – geek, holidays, donations Geotarget

9087 – thursday

A study from Mental Health America ranks the most depressed states in America. Here they are, ranked from happiest to saddest. (via fallentoad)

The study ranks the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on rates of depression and suicide. Researchers found that states with easier access to mental health resources had lower suicide rates. (see also – Smaller babies grow up to be sadder adults / Study links low birth rate to depression, anxiety later in life)

Highlighted below are places I’ve spent the majority of my formative years, plus my current setting of Maryland.

1. South Dakota

2. Hawaii

3. New Jersey

4. Iowa

5. Maryland

 

6. Minnesota

7. Louisiana

8. Illinois

9. North Dakota

10. Texas

11. Georgia

12. Vermont

13. Nebraska

14. Florida

15. California

16. Massachusetts

17. Pennsylvania

18. Virginia

19. New York

20. New Hampshire

 

21. Alaska

22. Michigan

23. District of Columbia

24. Delaware

25. Arizona

26. Alabama

27. North Carolina

28. South Carolina

29. Kansas

30. Wisconsin

31. Tennessee

32. Montana

33. Mississippi

34. Colorado

35. Washington

36. New Mexico

37. Oregon

38. Connecticut

39. Indiana

40. Arkansas

41. Maine

42. Wyoming

43. Ohio

44. Missouri

45. Idaho

46. Oklahoma

Lowest

 

47. Nevada

48. Rhode Island

49. Kentucky

50. West Virginia

51. Utah

We’re number 5!

I know I’m a lot happier in Maryland than I was in Florida, but that environment could travel with me anywhere, and I’d feel better…. just as long as I have BHK, Pye and Newt along for the ride.

Depression is a serious medical illness that comes in many forms with a variety of symptoms.
If you have any of the following symptoms for a prolonged period, it may be time to seek help.

  1. Persistent sad or anxious mood
  2. Feelings of hopelessness or pessimism
  3. Feelings of guilt or worthlessness
  4. Loss of interest in hobbies or activities
  5. Fatigue or decreased energy
  6. Difficulty concentrating or making decisions
  7. Insomnia or oversleeping
  8. Changes in appetite or weight
  9. Thoughts of death or suicide
  10. Restlessness or irritability
  11. Headaches or chronic pain

Of the above, I tend meet the qualifications from number 6 (not so much), 10 and 11, though I don’t think that I suffer from depression, rather, physical issues are causing them.

Speaking of which, I went to the doc for a reviewing of the back situation. Aside from the standard “eat better, exercise more” bit, there wasn’t much else to report just yet. I make an appointment for an MRI tomorrow.


First (publicly posted) Sentences of the month in 2007 –

  1. Jan – Something I post at the top of every new year, and I appreciate the words more with every additional trip around the sun.
  2. Feb – Gentle day, all told – Went out to Jerry’s for lunch, shopped for party food, got a haircut ( short, but I think it looks good.)
  3. Mar – Chatted a bit with graypumpkin online about gaming, road trips and whatnot while I was doing online research about gigs and following up on resumes (not to mention found info about MCSE server 2003).
  4. Apr – Rode with Tina and BHK to urgent care over chest congestion – seems like sinus infections related to allergies is the rule of the day.
  5. May – BHK and I might do something special for May Day.
  6. Jun – They offered me the gig!
  7. Jul – We spent most of the day out and about, Geocaching with the Newsoms.
  8. Aug – So, it’s August… only a couple of weeks until BHK’s birthday, Father in-laws birthday, and we’re looking to have Emily over in a weekend – and then the all of the Newsoms over perhaps two weeks after that.
  9. Sep – Rennfest was a hoot! Much larger venue than South Florida’s, and more professionally done.
  10. Oct – Cathy and Dave over tonight for Lasagna, conversation (they’re moving to Colorado once the house is sold) and a couple of games of apples to apples.
  11. Nov – Skipped the jacket on the commute to and from work today – 55-65F isn’t too bad with a long sleeved shirt.
  12. Dec – Nice morning, until I got out of bed and pulled my back.


An assortment of recent keywords locating my site – Surprisingly, Melons isn’t there!

hero machine
mothra
beatnik
freaky
boners
freaky gif
prettygirl
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a ding don dandy christmas three suns download
batgirl
bill cosby picture pages mortimer ichabod marker
bittorrent chaos nipple removal
chlorophyll man
french chef.wav
godzilla vs destroyer downloads
healthy%20poo
hydroevacuator
james demedicis
kitty hawk
freaky pictures
keen
prison stripes
newtcam
jail uniforms
weiners

Added bonus tonight – went with in-laws to Ledo’s, and BHK finally got to hear crabs for christmas this season!


1 year ago – chinese at in-laws (some things haven’t changed much!), first sentences, potential snow, hannibal review, krampus, ir refer to home as North Bay, not North Beach.
Pictures taken – undercover newton

2 years ago – uggs, xmas trees, gp surgery, backlogged email notes
pictures taken – foggy morning

3 years ago – Movie with Mel goes poop, nice night out anyway, metro freefi, zombie song, fire butter coats Minnesota town, Freudian inventory, $$$ issue

4 years ago – Rainy-day wakeup, old LL passes the torch, aces & eights, oldest penis, trampled shopper

5 years ago – Danny and I send dopey “Sven” emails to companies for no good reason, bro brings me eggnog, I scare the living tar out of a lippy kid

6 years ago – gestapo gives c’s pal grief about aiming, reptile people, lj bump, world tour, Toliken Movie desire

7 years ago – Sims, accused of being an alien, dead milkmen, cannibal the musical lyrics, I’m a warmerGeotarget

9079 – Sat

Nice morning, until I got out of bed, and pulled my back. At that point, I was in extreme pain and after much shrieking and frightening BHK, I took a shower to loosen up a little bit and went to urgent care. I’d say it took me about 45 minutes to work out how to walk from bed to the shower…the pain was pretty significant. Agony is a good word, that sounds about right.

Needless to say, I missed my allergy shots. I get to call on Monday to see what I can do about rescheduling.

After getting looked at, I was given a ‘scrip for an anti-inflammatory and a narcotic to knock me out for when I got home. The 800 mg of Ibuprofen given to me took quite a bit of the edge off, as did the change in position from sitting to standing. I was feeling good enough to grab a bite to eat and a haircut… Ledo’s calzone for me, and BHK nom nom’ed on some tortellini. We shared the spicy ravioli appetizer… probably the highlight of the meal.


Seen in the parking lot, after my trip to ouchie-land: if clicked and embiggened – License plate reads “Sons Confederate Veterans
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How do those folks rate a plate? I guess money talks. It is interesting to note that they don’t want any connection to the KKK around the Confederacy… The sad fact is that when I see a confederate southern cross “battle flag“, whatever else has happened, I assume the worst. Despite the wealth of history and culture… it just smacks of white supremacist behavior to me. I have to wonder if the owners of such plates get into or out of more scrapes with other people… Is a police officer more or less likely to give a ticket instead of a warning? If they drive through different parts of town, do folks cheer or give him the finger?

I wonder the same about pro-life or pro-choice bumper stickers and plates, too.


First Christmas Present arrived… From Kev, via Amazon (His isn’t due to arrive in Guantanamo until after his item is released on the 18th… not telling what it is here, in case he reads this. I haven’t peeked at the invoice, so my present is a surprise, too.


Rested at the in-laws – Chinese food and we watched Flyboys. Not a bad flick. It fed my desire to see biplanes vs triplanes in arial combat, so there you go. I was pleased to see a zeppelin, disappointed that they took a huge pile of liberties with history. (I didn’t mind that so many “Red Barons” were there… but it was pretty goofy from a historical context)


1 year ago – first whole day in MD, unpacking and prep.

2 years ago – icon choices, my links help a local, cake and cartoons

3 years ago – shrimp allergy, mercy lackey writes something good, bro upsets me, drugs on bodies, gozilla on star walk of fame

4 years ago – Cutie-newt, Dale back at FMM, Dreams, First heard the term Sheeple, ancient d20, holly, World AIDS day, bro drama

5 years ago – Ebay Army men, coloringbook, action-figure cam, good guys/bad guys, MH spammer removal

6 years agocoloringbook started… pretty slow community now.

7 years ago – stream of thought, scotophobin, two guys walk into a bar Geotarget

9072 – Saturday

Again, for any who care – “Black Friday” is *not* the busiest shopping day of the year. (Though it is generally in the top 10)


Today in a nutshell:

Allergy shots – quick like a wink.

Greek Festival – crafts were interesting – more art glass and felting.

  • More nifty to me was the interior of the church.
  • Jesus has a little smudge on his face.
  • Gold Bells
  • Augustine and Helen Mosaic.
  • Devil and Squid.
  • Merman and angels? No answer from guide. Photos to follow. Squid says “I don’t care! I don’t care!”. Satan is balding, but has braided pigtails.
  • Marble vs Ivory.

Homestead Gardens – 3 new ornaments.

  • robot – retrobot reminds BHK of me.
  • love bugs – BHK and I all snuggly.
  • popcorn – our fondness for movies.

Preacher cookies at the in-laws. (Chocolate cookie, made with oats. yummy.)

nap, no sleep, just rest.

Picked up dinner for the crew, and we saw will at the Chinese food place.. is he making a resurgence? He seemed to have seen us, and appeared to hide out in the Roland’s while we got our food. We saw him head back to the Chinese food place as we were driving off.

Back at in laws for General Tso’s Tofu and a viewing of Christmas Vacation – I dozed off a few times.

Home again, and deep sleeps.


Fire on Friday’s Creek, originally uploaded by cynroux.

Beautiful capture of local color by Cyn! Amazing grab of local autumn colors.


1 year ago – coughing, sickies one day to one month

2 years ago – William Burroughs Thanksgiving, Adam Sandler Counterpoint, I left home at Thanksgiving (1987), collection of questions, Bwain, quiz results, Herm gets snow!, thank you songs, grover smash puny human

3 years ago – toasted orange marmalade sammiches, weather, getting porn spam, Italian vampires must have it rough, comic books, non-net folks, Frost, I want to…, GREG photoplay made by me from secret squirrel episode way back when!, I like bananas

4 years ago – Dr. Who, Mail, Ellies, Pods, mininukes

5 years ago – chores, 7 seas, supah-tofutti, Proverbs 15:1

6 years ago – met with tarpo and isis, tarot, fair-palm synch, LJ-ish quotes

7 years agoKids in the Hall bits, things I’m thankful for, what’s love?, dream Geotarget

9068 – Tuesday

Got my last filling (and the broken filling repaired) last night – On our way home, The ATW man had shed his Spidey Costume, and is now preparing for winter! BHK thought he was killing a turkey, but it turns out that he’s just chopping some wood.

Full size is the best way to catch any detail. I rather like the amorphous white blob the light makes… I pretend it’s The Man’s alien friend, blinky.

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Since he didn’t numb me very effectively, the anesthetic wore off in under 20 minutes. I was able to enjoy a little stuffed crust pie… and a few quepapas (tasty glorified tater tots) for a lead-in.


I’m about done with Penguin Soccer… it just doesn’t stand up to 4-player, and 2-playerwise… I think that the novelty has worn off. Even with a few tweaks, it just needs more work. I’m leaning more towards Binary Homeworlds and Martian Chess as far as icehouse / pyramid games of choice stand out. A few games of Zamboni Wars might bump that into the running, too.

Game design on Pumpkin has come to a standstill… I need to pick up the pen and get back on working the crimps out of a few sticky elements. (Not to Mention Giants and Dwarfs / Brier Patch )

For a lot of Playable games (and more than a few not-so-playable ones) , icehouse.org is still pretty handy. I’m not doing the competition this winter, as I prefer to try and design a good game first, and then worry about what pieces are needed – rather than the other way around. Heck, you can play Martian chess with pennies, nickels and quarters if you wanted to.

Homeworlds seems a lot simpler to play in person than on superdupergames, but it is nice having the hard-coded rules keeping track of what can and can’t be done.


BHK made a tasty cake for the gang’s thanksgiving at work… orange cake with a cranberry drizzle on top. Yummy… vaguely reminded me of fruit loops.


Newton and Pyewacket are getting to be quite the little chums… perhaps it’s due to the colder weather, but they’re downright affectionate with one another these days. Newt lovingly headbutted Pye the other night – that’s something totally unanticipated.


Kindle looks nifty, but $400 is way too much to spend. I’d probably totally snag it for $200, so maybe next year. I’ll be very interested to see where the next version of the technology goes… but it’d be worth it for just free rss reading and wikipedia on the fly, along with whatever books I put on there myself. Throw in some basic PDA functionality, and you’ve got me, but good. EV-DO could work wonders, too. It reads prc files, so all of my palm ebooks would be just fine, too.


Two interesting links, especially for around thanksgiving – Sent to me by BHK Both give food to the needy by asking for a story from you or just improving your vocabulary.

Click here: Tell Story | Spread The Sharing
Click here: FreeRice


1 year ago – more sanibel pictures and talking a bit about the trip

2 years ago – arsenic & old lace, book fair, gamma passes, newt pics, missed uber, NYPL Digital Gallery, broward #1 for AIDS

Pictures – junk shop pictures – lots of crazy statuary / monkey / eagle / chandeliers

3 years ago – torrenting, Brisco’s Pete, theme music, dictionareoke, flash games, cosplayers, mel

4 years ago – bro responsored by viper, GP stuff, palm art

5 years ago – accexpo, gossamer and gollum (later Jinx and Felix), Christmas specials

6 years ago – Cranberry Sauce, walkies, haiku, wacky news

7 years ago – Bob Marley, Roy likes to destroy, danigolden asks if she can add me to her friends list. (I say sure!)Geotarget Geotarget

9067 – monday

From the office this morning – I thought I heard a bird hit the window…I’m on the 11th story, not used to outdoor noises, let alone a loud *SPACK* against the glass behind me. As always, clicks embiggen.

Not a bird.. the window washer guy rappelling down at great speed.

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I thought he was falling for a moment, but he was quite safe.

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Another -rama… last week’s Ham-a-rama is supplanted by Ring-o-rama!

It’s better because it’s on a balloon.

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Current music. A Knight Rider Christmas • Full Length Recording

Heaven Help me.


Well, BHK and I have arrived at the dentist! Fillings, recovery and pizza to follow. Short entry today, dear journal!


1 year ago – Visiting Weez & Boop @ Sanibel
Pictures – Sanibel Island

2 years ago – grammy hospice, moving, ts gamma
Pictures – Storm Path

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

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

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

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

7 years ago – gloating, monkey brains, Alton brown Geotarget

8 years ago – Newt breaks 2 lbsGeotarget

9018 – tues

Starting to feel a bit like October!


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


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


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


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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9017 – mon

Woke up with a sore throat – I was a little panicked that my infection had come back post-antibiotics. Not a big deal, I only had to visit a zillion doctors today.

Pretty much a 50,000 mile warranty checkup –

I got the following done:

Visited Allergist
– got ‘scrip for a new inhaler, one that should stop the need for the old one. a puff before bed.
– Going back on shots once a week. Saturdays, I suspect, due to me working and all.
– trying a new med for my “stigmata”. rash on wrists and ankles.
– Doctor was pretty amusing. “Any animals at home, aside from your wife?”
– I’ve lost about 16 lbs since the start of September.
– I’m allergic to red meat! good thing I don’t eat the stuff anymore. So much for me being a zombie, werewolf, ghoul or other carni-beasite, though.
– Once on my shots, I should be doing a lot better, especially with Newt and Pye in the house.

Got a Flu Shot
– Didn’t feel a thing. The Nurse at the Allergist is *good*. Note to self – get my next one there, too.

Picked up the mail, and saw TM and Matt hanging out on the boardwalk. They seem to be getting along pretty well, thus far! I’m happy that

Went to Cheeburger Cheeburger, but my throat was too sore to gulp down a veggie burger… (Lunch tomorrow!), but the Milkshake and diet pepsi soothed nicely.

Went to Michaels, to look for fun game-making supplies and Halloween crafts. BHK found a lot of fun items, but my fave was the LED candles… we can finally have some luminaries / candle effects without flame to hurt kitties, or smoke to choke Scotto. I didn’t see anything that I had to have right away.. maybe further into development.

Went to Dentist for a few more fillings. No numbness issues this time, but he was pretty rough. The right side of my jaw is fairly sore, due to him dinging a nerve with the anesthetic needle. I also chewed my tongue a bit, due to my not feeling it. On the upside, the fillings feel great and I’m about done. BHK got her mouth guard, thanks to a cancellation on the bridge at the last minute… saves her from having to come back later this week!

ATW man is still in Oktoberfest mode.

Other things that Happened recently – Went to Target – got a few “game tins” for $1 each. I now own tiny versions of Chess, Snakes and Ladders, and another game that I can’t remember the name of, but looks like Sorry.

BHK makes awesome Lasagna, which is even better the next day.

The autumn colors are really starting to pop!

1 year ago – more about BHK in VT, congestion issues, quick photoshop colorize, canspidersfart.com, Halloween meme, pride quiz, first computer

2 years ago – newt pic, random one liners, newtcam time lapse, crazy man Michael, palm post, wallace and gromit, aventura pics

3 years ago – Kiwanis bust, shirt pocket shotgun, bus observations

4 years ago – went article submission crazy at sa.com, linkies, and hairball dinosaur

5 years ago – Frankenstein, Manchurian Candidate, MD sniper, walk at about 3mph

6 years ago – distance poll, evil news, cecity

7 years agotroll, Saw Psycho Beach party with the bro, Pinky Tuscadero violates probation Geotarget

9011 – tues

I want a pumpkin and chocolate doughnut.

Attention Christmas Decorations… BACK OFF! It’s just barely October! Let me have pumpkins and harvest stuff for a while, why don’t ya? Sakes. Lots of neighbors have purple and orange fairy lights out… pretty keen to be in a region with folks in the seasonal spirit…. a “haunted house” is being rigged up at two blocks over, and another at the local fire station… looking forward to that, too.

Speaking of which: I just remembered and trotted out the Halloween background for the website. I really need to work on that some more.


Got another set of fillings today. Front teeth look a lot better now, though the doc couldn’t seem to numb one of them… I had a distinct Dustin Hoffman / Marathon Man vibe going for a about 15 minutes.

Is it safe?

Ow.

That said, he did a great job aside from the pain, and I’m very happy now that there are no open nerves with easy air access in my head.


On the way home, we visited “the man” at ATW – see prior entry for photo. He’s Oktoberfesting!


Hire Me Direct

Trying something out – not sure if it’ll be a regular thing or not. Depending on what the subject is, I may get paid to do a post or two. Any items written about in this way will be clearly marked as such.


via dcist –

Ahh, rise and shine, Washington! It’s another beautiful fall day, so stretch and breathe in deep … but not too deep, unless you enjoy inhaling some of the worst air in the nation. Scientists are putting numbers on information our lungs already knew: the D.C. area “produces more carbon dioxide than several medium-size European countries,” the Post reports. This is due primarily to Maryland’s coal-burning power plants and our stand-still traffic, though the study notes that this doesn’t include other greenhouse gases, like methane. Still, seems like investing in asthma inhalers isn’t a bad bet.


1 year ago – several pictures from MD, ponytail damage in shipping

2 years ago – bloody foot, gp quiet, video mem shot, silly youtube video, flow-er, rainbow raider, Alternate supernatural, animal cams, fortune cookie, cowboy dog joke, lost

3 years ago – weekend working, sketch-a-move toy, brain transport, y’all, VS and I debate hooters girls training, Andy-coma, skin-theft dream

4 years ago – prop2 losing cred, I’m going to be in Popular Science, Deep thought, hand shadows, lj-drama, lj-gender

5 years ago – MH maint, flatworm sex, missv engaged, Pacifists to head for Baghdad, work drama, palm doodles, coworkers in the box

6 years ago – dishabille, Kipling, writing freeflow, SA poll, lj-bounce, moving out poll, love

7 years ago – cpap, bumper sticker, cybersitter filtration, people think I’m DT Geotarget