big storms in md and dc this afternoon !
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9299 – Saturday
Had a lovely time shopping for Alan’s b’day present wrapping after my standard morning’s shots. Got a haircut (contrary to photo, I don’t plan on gelling it into a faux-hawk regularly), Lunched at Ledo’s, but I think the stop off at *$ for a little coffee drink took gave BHK a bit of sourbelly, so we headed home, napped and listened to the gumball-sized hail fall unexpectedly from the sky. (There were also tornado warnings, but no sign of that.)
The weather eased while we waited for the in-laws to get ready for the party… we were aiming for a launch time of about 5pm, and we left circa 6:40. Fortunately, we took Chris’s eternal case of time dilation into account, so we got there only about 10 minutes late.
Alan’s party was nice – quite a diverse group of people there, drunks and non-drunks – I finally got to meet JC and Mamacita, but Mamacita didn’t bring her Chihuahua with – maybe next time. I’d say the little house had about 50 people in it at prime time – they hired a doorman, bartender, and a few waiters – but it was a truly casual and pleasant outing… not a lot of seating, but standing wasn’t bad, thanks to my epidural earlier in the week.
He didn’t open his goodies – his true b’day is Sunday… I imagine he’ll like the blooming tea.
Tina and Matt were there – looks like Matt’s losing some weight – Good for him!
Interesting stuff. -(to me, anyhow) Built-in command line windows security tools.
RIP – Bill Elder.
for a quick minute of fun – played in browser. –Robokill.
1 year ago – mortgage, topology, newtcam2, condo issues, firefly and mosquitoes are out, linkdump
2 years ago – may ends, dr octagon, mad now unfunny in color, key west flare vigilante, fragged with bro, blood / allergy sticks, me as jeanbunny, mm flakes back
3 years ago – depth perception, bald oscars, intel drm chips, santana, nice monday, mp3 mashups (new locations here), pros and cons, Lost is Zork (even moreso with the green monitor), connections to people, fish heads, chipmunk stripes
4 years ago – Memorial day, hell in miniature, new mouse, zombie, quiet day, little house
5 years ago – comment screening, monty burns, ch-57, silly newt, matrix reloaded explanation
6 years ago – Prezzies and rain, springer, peanut butter soda, tempestmir introduces Newt to Newt. LRsetup program crashes out, sleeping Friday five
7 years ago – pervicacious, time changes, Mikey passes away, walkies, Hubris and Gnosis, heh yuh dun?, evil news
8 years ago – polytron, country music
9296 – weds
BHK got me a 2 new bathing suits – long-knee Hawaiian-style jams, one in blue print, the other red. I have never before owned more than one bathing suit… This is what marriage does to a fellow.
I can dig it.
The Homebrew Channel, elegant homebrew launcher for the Wii (new from the creators of the Twilight Hack; don’t miss the video) [via]
Also, Dr. Mario on the Wii is a hoot.
On the TF2 front – I want to try the steel map. It looks like it’d be a hoot with a large crew. noclip has launched a 24/7 steel server – The IP is 71.126.150.164.
Vacuation Card Game [Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Cary Playing Cards Database] : Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities
Bare Food Cupboards More Common in So. Md. – Southern Maryland Headline News
Most surprising and saddening to me was the following –
Brenda DiCarlo of the Southern Maryland Food Bank said she has noticed people making between $30,000 and $50,000 a year having to rely on grocery assistance from their local food pantries. Her statistics show the number of families seeking assistance has topped 10,000 this year, and that is only for the pantries she supplies.
“There’s been a huge increase…our pantries have had a 40 percent increase in new families needing food, and a 50 percent increase for returning families…there just isn’t enough money to put gas in the car and keep the lights on…a lot of people now just can’t make ends meet.”
DiCarlo’s first recommendation to people is that they call the Department of Social Services. Those who do not qualify for food stamps can still get a complete listing of pantries and programs in their area.
“There’s been a huge increase…our pantries have had a 40 percent increase in new families needing food, and a 50 percent increase for returning families…there just isn’t enough money to put gas in the car and keep the lights on…a lot of people now just can’t make ends meet.”
DiCarlo’s first recommendation to people is that they call the Department of Social Services. Those who do not qualify for food stamps can still get a complete listing of pantries and programs in their area.
Blogging – It’s Good for You. Research shows that it improves memory and sleep, boosts immune cell activity and reduces viral load in AIDS patients, and even speeds healing after surgery. (I’m a little doubtful, but the numbers are there, at the moment.)
1 year ago – CNR RIP, bro doing ok, skeptics on 9 million bicycles,
2 years ago – johnny dollar, Alex toth RIP, JQ scotto factoid, on call hurts my social life, lj as a graph, old time radio, I’m Elmo?!?, movie guest stars, Juice newton, newtcam back online, ex-boss smells of skimming
3 years ago – weekend plans, green acres in french, rob zombie, to the devil a daughter, mandarin orange salad, haiku, fridge magnet message
4 years ago – random comments, emperors, popes, livestock, Doc Hastor, Buddha finger, jail complaints
5 years ago – rain, bro, bubba ho-tep, expressions I use, MONKFISH, hipster, nasty letter to Danny, compatibility meme
6 years ago – bday, razor, rain, sleeping late with cat, 10 ways to sneak fabric into the house, gollum cabdriver, victrola
7 years ago – I see you, obstreperous, Memorial Day, william gedney, launch, linux,Harmony review, Hank Scorpio, burgundy, Vegan Worcestershire Sauce,freakies
8 years ago – nuffin
9294 – Memorial Day – Monday
Thank you to all the people that worked so hard to make my life as free as it is.
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.pictures – ATW man salutes our fallen heroes, and I complain about the heat. (Not nearly as hot as it was in other locales, so I hear!)
Slept well on the new bed – I wasn’t feeling so hot earlier, but a nap helped my back and headache quite a bit. Still a little nauseated, but not too terrible.
We had the in-laws over again and made more franks and beans for dinner, and this time, the bonfire and s’mores were a reality. Added bonus was blowing bubbles.
Opted out of the new town trolley to Pete Green’s – The route is cute, and could be a lot of fun – two bits to ride can’t be beat. I wouldn’t mind just taking it for a little day-tour out and about where BHK and I can relax and take in the scenery. I suspect that the trolley’s primary use will be for drinkers getting home safe… I’m all for it if it keeps the drunkies from behind the wheel.
I want to pick up a bike – the in-laws cycled up the beach for breakfast this morning, and I thought it sounded like a fun way to ge tout of the house for a bit.
I still haven’t decided what new e-books to put on the PDA – maybe I’ll take a breather and stick to pulp-books for a bit.
1 year ago – info about 20714, shaved ice man and diabetes, bake sale!, things going smoothly, satori quote
2 years ago – 2nd life upgrade, mm pickup issues, 26 letters about me a-d, wilma buiding, poo-poo ice, c-64 emu, super chicken, robot caveman
3 years ago – slack, WEP cracking in 10 min, forget me not panties, sithy meme, wiktrivia, Nosferatu download, writing assignment, how to fake fingerprints, sat maps make me think of people as ants
4 years ago – put motion detection on newtcam, last done meme, life on venus, AFMBE – Zombie Smackdown, FL Drugs, hummus
5 years ago – Memorial Day, freaky wind, There, superhero factoid, castrati, Skeletor and Gang, Chipotle, Joan Cusack crush
6 years ago – Gargoyle,
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menstrualhut troll, comparison poll, memory from DC (my evil twin), yeti @ home, monster’s inc good7 years ago – monad of John Dee, Morikami, Shrek good, Pearl Harbor bad, lj-death hoax, icky stuff, good stuff, o Mousewheel event, flash ponderings
8 years ago – subject lines, Hunter thinks that my first icon looks like I’m in the phantom zone, age difference, I have done all but the car on that list, 125 things about me
9290 – Thursday
I think tonight is Thai night or is that tomorrow? Or did we decide to go with zucchini? Ah well, it’ll be a winner of a night, no matter what.
Had tasty leftover thai soup for lunch… maybe leftover pizza from last night for dinner? I guess I’ll know once I get home… I imagine my ride’ll be here soon! [edit: had a huge salad for dinner, and rounded it out with the remainder of the Thai soup. Pizza in box for tomorrow!]
Serious cough this morning – pollen? Faded as we left North Beach. [edit: didn’t return when I got back home – woodsmoke, perhaps?]
Watched House and Hell’s Kitchen – we’re about 3 episodes from the end on each. I can’t get over how abusive Ramsey is on that show – I’ve seen him far nicer to other folks, so I’m guessing it’s mostly an act. House wasn’t up to usual snuff… (the sopa opera star one) I guess ever season has to have the weak episode here and again.
It seems as though LifeLock isn’t as secure as Todd Davis makes it out. According to a LifeLock spokesman, his identity has been stolen. For two years, Davis has been daring hackers to steal his ID. Looks like he got what he wanted. CNN reports: ‘Now, LifeLock customers in Maryland, New Jersey and West Virginia are suing Davis, claiming his service didn’t work as promised and he knew it wouldn’t, because the service had failed even him.’
Whenever I think of James Garner, I think of three things. (usually in this order)
1. Rockford Files
2. Maverick
3. A Chevy Tahoe Commercial he did a voiceover for:
“Nobody Knows It But Me” written by Patrick O’Leary
The words of the poem are as follows:
There’s a place that I travel
When I want to roam
And nobody knows it but me.
The roads don’t go there
And the signs stay home
And nobody knows it but me.
It’s far far away
And way way afar
It’s over the moon and the sea
And whenever you’re going
that’s wherever you are
And nobody knows it but me.
I love that poem, but if pressed, prefer the Rockford files.
Best News Reporter name ever – Opheera McDoom followed closely by my old local Cinnamon Stouffer .
Discovered a few of the likely many benefits of the SQL UNION command. I’m surprised I’ve never used it until this week. I am also surprised that it defaults to DISTINCT, rather than ALL that seems counter-intuitive, but I’ll take it.
Newton tackles Pye again. Asserting Dominance? Pye gives as much as he gets and nobody ever hurts anyone else.
Insane highway cloverleaf –
Pictures of highways by photographer Ken Ohyama, link via pinktentacle.com.
1 year ago – acceptable in the 80s, shrek 3, pictures of otters, fireplugs and dressed up geese.
2 years ago – black adder / house, play-doh perfume, historical sounds, marco polo, a mouthful of crabs, paul anka, ninja name meme
3 years ago – breakdancing bodybuilding, bus trip with mzk pics, no magda, ear whispers
4 years ago – tman & pix, Confucius, there ‘closing’, wireless at the ‘mat, warchalking
5 years ago – PT, hoverbikes, rain, laundry video
6 years ago – more LJ reflecting (I averaged 3 posts a day back then), “VanityDeleters” and keeping LJ for the future, broken pic links to repair,awesome cd from sholanda
7 years ago – Life improved for me, LJ has gained more features, egress, rubber trackconversion, ramen noodles, kumbaya, answer to the woodchuck question.
8 years ago – Fritz gave Newt a parasite, my first actual entry
9277 – tuesday the 13th!
BHK made delicious pea soup! The perfect thing after a long day at work. Nomnommy. We supped over Ugly betty and the new TV Show King trivia game for the wii. I beat Abraham Lincoln, BHK and Bughah’s Kitty Puddy (random computer players plucked from our Mii farm). I like it, but the wheel is a bit too random for me.
WorldWide Telescope, developed by Microsoft’s research arm, knits together images from the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory Center, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, and others. Windows users (only) can browse through the galaxy on their own or take guided tours of different outer-space destinations developed by astronomers and academics. The application allows viewing from different wavelengths such as X-ray, visible light, and hydrogen-alpha radiation. Business Week has a review and some background on the project, which has been in development for years. Google Sky beat them to the punch but Business Week opines that WWT’s interface is superior.
Albert Einstein’s True Religious Beliefs Revealed
(he rejects it as “childish superstition,” but also disliked the hubris of atheism)
In the letter, he states: “The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this.”
Pictures of our town flooding from yesterday and before.
highlights from the slideshow provided by North Beach – reproduced here, but not taken by me.
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I’m really digging the combination of Pyecam and Newtcam. I just have to update my internal pages with Pye-links now. The cams are really mis-named, since either of the boys can land on either cam… the Newtcam is more permanently affixed in the sunny office, while Pyecam is on the more mobile, but less frequently live laptop
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Newt seems to be the most interested in playing in front of the cams… Pye prefers the living room, I suspect.
I’ve upped the resolution on both… I’m also considering making one or both live streaming video.
Who said polar bears are carnivores? That must be some tasty watermelon, is all I’m saying. Some great photos.
Forgot to mention the ATW man -He and his monkey-faced pal were pregnant with baby bumps for mother’s day. Clicks embiggen, as always.
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“Burn Notice” returns on July 10 – so is it a summer filler?
1 year ago – mother’s day w/ family, gaia hypothesis, gavagan’s, jd’s party
2 years ago – fp with kev, rain, Pelosi kma, goofy armor, stairway to heaven backwards
3 years ago – work related, friday 13th, mood poll, zombie hunting, phone-sleeping, book meme, mp3, scientology vs fictionology
4 years ago – fam stuff, toe socks
5 years ago – recycling into fuel oil, kitty quiz, PT, Apathetic Online Journal Entry Generator, potty poll, perfect toast
6 years ago – answer to oil dependency, iespell, memory of being a little kid w/ vampires, goofing around, dani postcard, 334, rain week
7 years ago – nonpareil, “hamburger helper, antibacterial”, family hangout, old coversheet, daydream, dead guy in living room, watermelons, a basic truth, lj-smell poll, cleaning up oil using human hair (and you don’t even need Superman to do it!)
9275 – Sunday
Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers out there!
We took Chris out to breakfast at Whitman’s (South County Cafe), and then wandered about the area – scoped out a local hardware store, and then hit the major garden supply place to load up on botanical-type loot. My take of the haul is a big blueberry bush, completely pre-loaded with full berries… they’ll be blue in another 60 days or so. A peanut plant, just because. BHK got Okra, patchouli, lemon eucalyptus, creeping jenny, and… some other goodies that don’t come immediately to mind.
It’s raining like gangbusters now… setting my alarm via the cell phone, because I have my doubts that the evening will go by without a power loss.
Set up Pyecam to go along with Newtcam. About time he got equal treatment video-wise. Pyecam won’t be 24/7 though, until we work out a pye-intensive, but safe place to put the laptop unattended for long periods.
1 year ago – guessing c gets the gig, suspecting my temp gig will dry up, hot chips, palm doodle, time dilation
2 years ago – 8m of water flood sim, 12 hours at air and sea, bunny-newt, brush fire sunset, dolphins use names,
3 years ago – bro on my list, sickies, quiz, why’s it called a fly?, summer holidays
4 years ago – Bear Armor on ebay, smile, Man Fatally Bitten by Sexually Aroused Horse, random lj poems
5 years ago – first incident of Frankie the mooch, I win my 4th There-buggy, Newt Brings me a Lizard for Mom’s Day, Condompillars, I join friendster (and never really do anything with it.)
6 years ago – saw Robb online, Saw Spidey with Jenjen, playing a lot of computer games, a tattoo that is lost, and I don’t remember.
7 years ago – evil world news, nice evening at home
9274 – Saturday
Shots, and off to southern states to grab a couple of pepper plants – saw an adorable pair of kids. Little girl in riding pants and very friendly, and her little brother who reminded me of JD at 6 years old. We also picked up some thistle seed for the finches (so Pye and Newt have a little outside wildlife to watch)
After that a lovely church wine and craft show… We got a Christmas ornament with a pair of origami cranes (cherry blossom pattern paper) inside of a rounded cube…. and a lovely packet of bake sale goodies. Aggression cookies (oatmeal), molasses and chocolate chip.
Episcopal church had the following on the bulletin board:
The comedian Robin Williams is an Episcopalian, and he has created a funny “Top Ten” List of reasons to be an Episcopalian.
10. No snake handling.
9. You can believe in dinosaurs.
8. Male and female, God created them; male and female, we ordain them.
7. You don’t have to check your brains at the door.
6. Pew aerobics.
5. Church year is color coded!
4. Free wine on Sunday.
3. All of the pageantry, none of the guilt.
2. You don’t have to know how to swim to get baptized.
And the number one reason for being an Episcopalian:
1. No matter what you believe, there’s bound to be at least one other Episcopalian who agrees with you.
I can dig that.
After the Church shindig, we Shakespeare on the Boardwalk – Much ado about nothing. TM’s neighbor Kevin was in it, as was Guppy (twin beach players )
after a bit of local and classic culture, we headed home to catch up with The Office and My Name is Earl.
Added a syndicated feed of BHK’s favorite meteorolgist – Kim Martucci – I should notify Kim that she’s being syndicated here, just so she knows to check. It’s not a full feed, just a clip and a link to the main site – which is *quite* active and colorful, if you follow my fonts. Her journal gave BHK a quickie girl-crush on Kim.
also via BHK –
“Artist made a plastic whale skeleton from plastic deck chairs! Also made recreations of native ceremonial masks out of Nike shoes—-pretty cool art!”
Friday Five on a Saturday –
1. Who do you adore?
BHK, Newton and Pye
2. Who adores you?
BHK, Newton and Pye
3. What’s in your pockets?
Wallet holding a red thread, trinkets, petty cash and ID, inhaler, keys
4. Who can you talk with for hours?
BHK, Danny, GP and Kat (haven’t in a long time, though), Dave, Kev… most nice people with common interests, I guess!
5. What sounds great today?
Playtime with the family!
1 year ago – Elephant escape doodle, payday, Calvert County work info, dream fragments, books: both digital and paper, weather love, shaved ice / “dumb ol’ cherry”, railway museum trip
2 years ago – red mood doodle, super power desire as a lad, waiting room pic, newton and I on the porch pics, sand art
3 years ago – story stuck, food cravings, national ID, locla lj leads to illegal sex, anti-abortion extremist Neal Horsley admitted to engaging in homosexual and bestiality sex.
4 years ago – net out, bro bonds out, walkabout pics, sci-fi cliches, gabbed with sedef, bee vs wasp massacre.
5 years ago – Nature vs Pringles, Dan delivers Groceries, menstrualhut breaks 1000 users (now a bit more than twice that), Bush’s Military Record
6 years ago – J-bee points me at CBS Mystery theater, Sat tracking, Newtie yawn icon source, Friday five
7 years ago – swollen uvula (side effect of no cpap, snoring beat me up), dumbass Astley late with his bargain basement hardware
9269 – Monday
Happy Cinco de Mayo! see last year’s entry for more info on the holiday. I hope we have Mexican food for supper! [edit – BHK made Fajitas!! delicious, but my gut wasn’t happy after a suspect lunch.]
Unrelated to my feelings on Mexican food – After Saturday’s little tummy trouble, BHK and I are considering a “best public potties in SOMD” site, unless something like that is already available. For the record – The Giant supermarket in Lusby has potties that are *very* clean and easy to access.
Hm, a quick google search brought up this. (with this being the Maryland section – no Lusby… I tried to add it and the page hung. I’ll try again from a non-phone browser when I get home from my commute.)
Picture from said commute – It looks more monday-ish than it feels.
I prefer the doodle further below.
I can’t believe I’ve been playing FPS games for over 20 years. My first multi-player LAN party experience was MIDI Maze at Sun Atari ’87, where I gunned Tom Hudson down repeatedly as an orange smiley face. (remembrance due to Wolfenstein 3D being released 16 years ago today.)
First solo FPS on the PC for me was Rise of The Triad – given to me by Kevin, Christmas of ’95, after playing the freeware beforehand, and we played Unreal Tournament in ’99 as the first regularly played FPS LAN game for about a decade after MIDI Maze.
I still have trouble with the translocator, 9 years later.
Never say “hopeless”. My prior back doctor could use a copy of this article. Thankfully, he will be retiring in the next year.
Well, officially back to the goatee – It does feel a lot less warm than the full beard. Last doodle made was on Saturday – I won’t have to draw the jawline for a bit, I guess! playing with the idea of colors mixing through transparencies. I forgot to make the white background transparent for the doodle, though.
1 year ago – Cinco de mayo – extended description
2 years ago – fleet week, cinco de mayo, network neutrality, kitten & rooster, mega m&ms, options, friday 5, dr who, prisoner, lj drama
3 years ago – 555, fishbone & dose pics, reference librarian scotto, oops-i did it again (30’s style), questions asked
4 years ago – not loving the phone, porno bob cut ? (it took until last month), amy’s diary, iconners, cookies, Florida state rock
5 years ago – ortho, There-folks giving me cool virtual clothes, WMD, star wars kid
6 years ago – I’m a sexy cusser, pop vs soda, digger mole, puppyfrog, maps, bad show, verisign, a date with destiny that was doomedCinco de Mayo, panda killer, Man Imprisoned 30 Years for Crime FBI knew he Didn’t Commit, other evil news, what’s your sign poll (Gemini won again!), C&I nightmare, smart sweater
7 years ago – Cinco de Mayo, panda killer, Man Imprisoned 30 Years for Crime FBI knew he Didn’t Commit, other evil news, what’s your sign poll (Gemini won again!), C&I nightmare, smart sweater
9256 – sunday
In considerable pain today, the ol’ back is acting up, and meds are making me sleepy, but not soothing much… possible making me more irritable, as well. I’m glad tomorrow at work will have the bulk of senior staff off site, depending on my mood. I suspect some of the fresh pain might be due to the changing weather… lots of rain tonight and last.
BHK took great care of me today – we watched Sweeney Todd over leftover cabbage soup and toasted cheese bagels (bhk opted for leftover Mexican food), prior to that, we did a little pre-planting of our garden – seeds of broccoli, bell pepper, zucchini and pumpkin are in small covered racks under our bench in the living room… hopefully away from prying kitty paws.
Last night’s episode of SNL noted some pretty glaring aspects of Greased Lightning (click link at own risk) – look up the lyrics to it, if you’re wondering why so few schools perform it.
BHK is making some surprise supper… smells good, but I have no idea what it is yet. [Update – it was veggie brats, kraut and green peppers! victory is mine!]
Closed the night watching a special on Pixar – how they got started, Disney issues, etc… pretty good! I knew the bulk of the tale, but it was interesting to see clips of the animations and add faces to the names I knew. BHK pointed out that Brad Bird does look a lot like the bad guy in the Incredibles – I doubt that was a coincidence.
We missed Maryland day on Saturday… so much for one of 50,000 cupcakes ! I bet Adam had a grand time, though.
Random silver spring pictures from the pda – I should’ve used this on the get-together!
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1 year ago – silver surfer pics, hot fuzz good, cheeseburger cheeseburger, wtf psp, highland festival, fabfeaux,
2 years ago – mother’s day turtles, 2nd life, weeki watchee, newtcam advert, fox on a trampoline, 4 things, poem for me, (8324)
3 years ago – time machine desires, sun and moon, shatner video, famous last words,cute icon, Rosie O’Donnell & Andie MacDowell together in a TV show(urk), I talk to Kenny Rogers, palm doodle, tattered flag, dreadlocktopknot, bus pics, brain meme, Lake City was the Promised Land, (7334)
4 years ago – vanity, knotts kids, memory meme (6625)
5 years ago – free ice cream, X-men promotion, new nickel, Tron 2.0, corpse teeth in new dentures, juliabee research tree
6 years ago – cracking corn, cannibal science, subliminal ads don’t work, Russians doing laundry, seafood fest, mall of the dead origin photo, be a superhero, bottomless pit, learning through disagreement, Grand Funk Railroad
7 years ago – big bug, Freedom city story chunks, acknowledgment of an R-rating, net issues, car meme
9254 – Friday –
18 month anniversary today. After work, BHK and I headed out to Silver Spring to meet up with Sirenity, Leagle_beagle555 and Chrishaas. Friendly folks and meeting was long overdue.
I forgot my camera, so I’m depending on Sirenity for picture documentation later on. We had a nice time and conversation over supper – more to follow as I think of it.
Ultraportable / subnotebook comparisons
New back drugs are – Lyrica, Cyclobenzaprine and Nabumetone. I want to do a bit more research on ’em before I take them. Nabumetone in particular had a lot of nasty, scary warnings in the information text.
I am glad that they’re not habit-forming, and have a lot of pretty decent write-ups so far.
Dell will be offering Windows XP pre-installed on their computers past the June 30 cut-off date. Computers purchased with Vista Business or Vista Ultimate past June 30 will come with a copy of XP Pro. Dell plans to simply install that copy upon request to save users a step. Perhaps this will help Microsoft officials make up their minds about another extension.
According to F-Secure, over 500,000 webservers across the world, including some from the United Nations and UK government, have been victims of a SQL injection. The attack uses an SQL injection to reroute clients to a malicious javascript at nmidahena.com, aspder.com or nihaorr1.com, which use another set of exploits to install a Trojan on the client’s computer. As per usual, Firefox users with NoScript should be safe from the client exploit, but server admins should be alert for the server-side injection. Brian Krebs has a decent writeup on his Washington Post Security Blog, Dynamoo has a list of some of the high-profile sites that has been hacked, and for fun you can watch some of the IIS admins run around in circles at one of the many IIS forums on the ‘net.
I need to remember that free comic book day is coming May 3… next weekend! Will I forget? Probably. But it’s exciting to not write it down anywhere else and then rediscover. I wonder what loot Aardvark will have for us? I hope issues of Gumby and Hellboy (and maybe an Iron Man heroclix figure?) will be left.
I should scope out umbrella academy – probably my fave freebie book from last time – I could go for a trade paperback, if available.
Just so you know – I have never, ever pistol-whipped anyone, dear journal. Please don’t make me change that situation.
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9245 – Saturday
Extremely tentative plans for a little yard-sale review (sale-sailing?) after my shots today. Hopefully we’ll find just stuff that’s awesome… the whole town of North Beach is having a village-sized yard sale next weekend. Maybe I’ll put out my old computer monitor for some lucky strong-backed mule to cart off the property.
Potential other things post needle-stick are the Eastern Shore, Marine Museum and maybe General Tanuki’s.
Or Maybe something different! It got to 87 degrees yesterday.. we might have to find a place to play in the shade!
Evening update-
Saw a yard sale on the way to shots – Neighborhood cul-de-sac family collection on Limerick Lane. BHK got a spiffy cap for 50 cents – another Mao-meets surfer girl type cap. Not much else out there for us.
Got Stuck for allergies. Hardly a soul there, so it went quickly.
Skipped the Eastern shore – Decided to hit the Vegetable Garden in Rockville, by way of a long, meandering tour through DC. Flew through Chinatown and some of the more seedy parts of town en route.
From there, a bit of an extended shopping trip. Eyeballed some workout equipment, picked up some ram for my laptop at Micro Center, (checked out the EEE pc – cute, and maybe in a month, once the 900 model is out) – Bought the father in law a e-tuner keychain, bhk an ipod clock-radio dock alarm clock, and myself an evil universal remote keychan.
Continuing on – Dream Wizards for Balloon Cup and Gloom (and a ten in ten die – opaque d10 inside a transparent one. pretty nifty.)
Casual Male XL for a few pairs of work pants, some v-neck shirts, and a new pair of shoes.
Back home the short way, for supper of pb&j on rice cakes. (sideline – made hot dogs for in-laws and BHK last night – both dinners were dandy)
Watched some TV, and now, it’s time for bed. g’nite dear journal.
Hey, WotC have a bunch of classic D&D modules available for download – Including White plume mountain ! Probably the third commercial module I ever played after Keep on the Borderlands and Isle of Dread – certainly the first one I played that wasn’t included with a set of the game rules itself…
Wiki info on White Plume Mountain here.
Of the three, White Plume was the most fun.. I had characters that had a decent skill set and abilities, but it was still tricky – held a goodly dose of puzzles and challenges. All of the S-modules were fun, but I liked plume more than tomb of horrors, and Barrier Peaks. (Peaks was cool – great setting, but just too deadly for my lower level guys to deal with. It could be nicely reworked into something a bit more survivable and plotted, I think.)
If I had to pick my favorite low-level module, I’d have to go with Against the Cult of the Reptile God – I think the setting was a lot more fun than any of the other 1-3 level modules we played back in the day, and it was the first one I successfully ran for the library group as a DM. Sort of funny to see them listed as classic – I remember picking them up when they came out – still wrapped in plastic, most of them 3-hole punched at the factory.
Larry’s coming along nicely with the electric guitar. He’s got the body just about done… needs holes for the pickups in the back, and then some stain and coat next. This is the first time in a while that he’s taken time to work on it – it’s a beautiful bit of craftsmanship thus far, and I look forward to hearing how it sounds. There’s talk of him making me a bass after this one is finished, too. (Made from the maple that’s growing far to close to our house’s foundation… not to mention the branches that could take out the roof in a bad storm.
I wonder how his projects will be affected when they rent out the blue house? The workshop half of the two-car garage there… not sure how tenants would feel about him running power tools here and there. Of course, that also begs the question of where I’ll run off and hide to wrap Christmas presents, come next Yuletide season.
Ah well, no big fears either way. I expect he’ll continue to do projects for many, many years to come. This weekend, we’re tilling the garden – and hopefully planting my blueberry seedling. BHK has already potted the daisies and put them outside – I’m looking more forward to plants that produce food items, and the possibility of keeping a beehive.
1 year ago – falafel with the gang, adapting to a higher house-population, personality test results,
2 years ago – how to glue 2 things, sketch-it, mgum, moonies and sushi
3 years ago – on call techs, residence addresses, 45,800 scottobear entries [now 84,100], flickr letter gizmo, krypto cartoon, Tomi says hi, speech recog test, luxie_loo, pics from tv interview, monkey swat team, new Sophocles, Euripides and Hesiod, new pope
4 years ago – using lappie (broken big brain), teleconference prep
5 years ago – got all 30 eggs, there folks, palm pictures and more doodles, bro n upswing, SQ/EQ, brain chart
6 years ago – Vampires around the world and how to snuff ’em, mushiness, good, simple food.
7 years ago – mix CD, flying capybara quote, missing girl
9243 – Thursdsay
Presents sent in the mail, when taxes were launched on Tuesday – Eryx’s Christmas Prezzie is only about 4 months late! Ah well, we got it sent out.. .and Danny’s treat will get to him shortly too. hopefully the loot will brighten their days.
Sending good thoughts to all friends in the dumps, too. If you’re not feeling so hot… cheery thoughts to you.
I’m tempted to get BHK and / or Chris Pink T-shirts that read “HYPERBOLE IS THE BEST THING EVER!”
BHK made tasty, tasty meatball-type substance in bbq sauce, with sides of garlic-y yum broccoli.
The Tiki Bar in Solomons Island will be opening this weekend for 2008. I guess pope traffic wasn’t enough! I guess we’ll stick to less congested realms… maybe we can hit the eastern shore and lurk around the marine museum after my shots on Saturday.
Maybe check out some local farmers markets? (now that it’s season.. thanks for the hint, DCist!)
I just remembered to look this up – Sarcastic vs Sardonic
sarcastic = a cutting or ironic remark
sardonic = scornful or mocking
Speaking of DCist – want to see the pope’s snappy red shoes ? ( I also dig the “We Love Our German Shepherd” sign.)
I didn’t realise that the rerelease of Tally Hall’s album has a few new tracks on it – I’ll have to see if I can chase down Mucka Blucka and Dream as MP3s, or snag ’em from Itunes.
[edit – THANK YOU for the drop of the music! :D]
1 year ago – palm doodle, power outage, VT info arrives to me late, blackout house-fun
2 year ago – dr who, secret wars, monday, sweet tomatoes, disney vault, keep cool pic
3 years ago – Homeless seen while on walkabout, mzk nearly shoots my eye out, Bo Rhap, Newt pics, mzk pic, robot doodle, lethal injections not painless?, tv interview
4 years ago – odd email, D’s bday/vanishment, manatee doodle, sammy’s sister syndicated, garlic, moon scarab, blu-ray dvd tech developing, froggie super pic
5 years ago – egg hunt stats
6 years ago – annoying day, doc trip, search terms
7 years ago – AJ’s Bday, Recording freakazoid, dsl, menstrualhut fan letter at mum.org
The Tiki Bar in Solomons Island will be opening this weekend for 2008. I guess pope traffic wasn’t enough! I guess we’ll stick to less congested realms… maybe we can hit the eastern shore and lurk around the marine museum after my shots on Saturday.
Maybe check out some local farmers markets? (now that it’s season.. thanks for the hint, DCist!)
I just remembered to look this up – Sarcastic vs Sardonic
sarcastic = a cutting or ironic remark
sardonic = scornful or mocking
Trees– Vandalised trees reoriented, creating new landscapes and giving the trees a new reality.
Speaking of DCist – want to see the pope’s snappy red shoes ? ( I also dig the “We Love Our German Shepherd” sign.)
I didn’t realise that the rerelease of Tally Hall’s album has a few new tracks on it – I’ll have to see if I can chase down Mucka Blucka and Dream as MP3s, or snag ’em from Itunes.
[edit – THANK YOU for the drop of the music! :D]
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Two 19th century rhino horns stolen from a South African museum could be deadly if sold as a popular aphrodisiac because they are drenched in poison, a museum official said on Monday.
The “priceless” horns were snatched from a display at the historic mammal gallery in Cape Town on Saturday evening, said Jatti Bredekamp, chief executive of Iziko Museums.
“Unknowingly, the thieves have exposed themselves to more than the danger of arrest and prosecution,” Bredekamp said in a statement.
“Before the mid-twentieth century, taxidermy mounts were prepared by being soaked in arsenic and preserved from insect infestation through regular applications of DDT, both highly toxic poisons that retain their toxicity over time,” he said.
Bredekamp said the horns were deliberately targeted in a carefully planned robbery, and might be destined for Asia, where ground rhino horns are a prized aphrodisiac.
“This could have unforeseen consequences,” he said.
Rhino populations have fallen dramatically over the last few decades as poaching decimated the animals across Africa.
Bredekamp said museums worldwide were being targeted by organized crime to help supply lucrative markets with a wide range of artifacts. After a previous robbery attempt, South African museum officials removed several other specimens of rhino horn from public display, he said.
1 year ago – palm doodle, power outage, VT info arrives to me late, blackout house-fun
2 year ago – dr who, secret wars, monday, sweet tomatoes, disney vault, keep cool pic
3 years ago – Homeless seen while on walkabout, mzk nearly shoots my eye out, Bo Rhap, Newt pics, mzk pic, robot doodle, lethal injections not painless?, tv interview
4 years ago – odd email, D’s bday/vanishment, manatee doodle, sammy’s sister syndicated, garlic, moon scarab, blu-ray dvd tech developing, froggie super pic
5 years ago – egg hunt stats
6 years ago – annoying day, doc trip, search terms
7 years ago – AJ’s Bday, Recording freakazoid, dsl, menstrualhut fan letter at mum.org
9238 – monday
Work went well… not too bad for a Monday. I’m still feeling a little creaky, and tired, but I’m doing better than I was yesterday. It’s good to take some time and charge the ol’ batteries.
we’re looking at a nice return on our taxes, MD state and Fed combined with the gimme from the fed this year into something quite pleasant.
50 things I’ve done meme nearly concludes with #49 – I…
49.’hurt my back when I was about 16… and I’ve been fighting the after-effects since. Did I cover this topic already? Probably, but this is a variation on the theme.
Sometimes I wonder what it’d be like to have less mobility than I have now… I’ve got / had more than a couple of friends here and there that are more disadvantaged than I am… Bound to a wheelchair, amputee with an artificial leg, a couple of folks dealing with achondroplasia or the like.When I went to the FDR memorial, I got a bit frightened – fairly irrationally. My back and leg problems have followed me throughout my life – FDR ended up in a wheelchair at 38, due to polio. I began wondering how I’d react and adapt to that situation; it’s a very real possibility that could be the result after I have my spine worked on. I don’t think that I’d adapt very well, at least at first.
There have been times where I’ve needed a cane to get around… that’s not too bad, but you lose a hand for common day’s use, which seems to be needed a lot, even if it’s just your off-hand. Upside, it’s easier to wield a sword cane or umbrella. That said, you can carry a sword umbrella with you, even if you don’t have a limp.
Ah well… at least I fit more comfortably into a crowd than an otter in a monocle. Sure, he’s cute, but he’s got limitations, too… Needs to be kept moistened all the time, and can only communicate via a series of barks and grunts.
Come to think of it… I know a lot of people that prefer to communicate that way… he might be ahead of the game if you got him some moisturiser and a polite pair of pants. (preferable on a belt – he doesn’t have the shoulders for suspenders.)
Anyway, I hope I don’t lose any more of my mobility or become reliant on a prosthetic / device assist. That really scares the hell out of me.
I wonder how much of my body will be patches / fixes / upgrades, by the time I die? How many bits of plastic, surgical steel, cadaver bits, and titanium? I kind of dig the fact that if I’m ashed, there’s already a few pins to be found in the powder… or I could wreck the blade on a mulcher, should I get tossed into one for whatever reason.
Let’s see… currently, I have a pin, and a little mesh in my back, some fillings in my teeth… and that’s about it, save for scars where I’ve been sewn up.
On a lighter note… (than otters?) This week looks beautiful. I wonder how hard it would be to lure BHK to the office for a little lunch while it’s so sunny and warm? Wednesday-Friday are all set to be in the low 70s and without clouds.
Cookie Monster recently interviewed on NPR.
It cracks me up when I see a web designer’s site that doesn’t work anywhere but IE7. How do those people still exist?
1 year ago – Pictures of Llamas!, Slugs, video game goodies for BHK and me, booksale, BHK invades my journal caveman-style
2 years ago – hanging out at murphy’s, dan plans, music sharing, quizzes, good friday, commander usa
3 years ago – work, club visit, poorhouse, Tomi visit, mai kai tiki torch night, figa, aliases, admiration meme (999 entries ago)
4 years ago – memory sparks, adp issues with new hire
5 years ago – jkg, stikfas, pictures
6 years ago – library cats, vending machine art, The Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures, Signs, & Body Language Cues, plants, middle earth poll, poop
7 years ago – touch of evil, dsl, love, sperm
9218 – Monday
Some pictures to help me catch up –
Baltimore aquarium / Barnes and noble / walkabout after work Friday – taken with palmtop – low quality when embiggened, mostly.
After work on Friday, BHK picked me up, and had a great idea… to hit Baltimore and go to the aquarium.. it’s open late on Friday, and much less likely to be crowded as it is on the weekends. I was all for it, so off we went. After the Aquarium, we had supper at Blu Bamboo… a pretty decent little Asian fusion joint. They were getting ready to close, but we managed to sneak in for some Pad Thai, cucumber sushi, cream cheese wontons and more… I think we crossed every type of Asian food short of Mother Russia. After supper, we hit a converted power plant that’s now a Barnes and Noble – very cool design – smokestacks are still there, everything is very clean and metal-riveted or industrial brick looking. I like the escalator… the sides are transparent, so you can see the gears and belts working. Favorite fish – still the skates and rays.
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Better pictures taken with the cell phone – enlarge to better photos of Baltimore, frog exhibit, and the marine research building.
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On Sunday, we went to Alice’s party.. she has a lot of nice folks surrounding her…. and her son is becoming a giant! at 14, he’s grown about a head taller than when I’d last seen him (about 14 months prior.)
Rainy, cool morning today.. was our spring weekend just a glimpse of the future?
1 year ago – cherry tree pic, dinner with cyn & bhk at mexico
2 years ago – payday, mortgage day, cases run at last minute, sams, first pic of newt with new cam, grumpy newt pic
3 years ago – collections, sick call excuse, palm doodles of ape-o-naut and we’re ants guy, famous monkeys through history, fatcats, newt pic, lost seeding, cell phone abuse, vampires taste like corn, poop thief, doctor vs cop
4 years ago – sensory experiment, propeller island lodge, privacy/recording laws, newsmap, viral spam
5 years ago – insider trading time traveler, gigs
6 years ago – nice morning, honey, clowns, bentons, google bombs, methadone to wean criminals *on* to heroin, interest index, radioactive beans, Chuck Heston
7 years ago – No-nose’s gf, hanging out with bro, new pooter