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7790 – Webster Lake is not where they drowned Emmanuel Lewis.

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eryx reminded me (indirectly) of another great crazy-long word, weezle & the dBfly inspired me to record the instructional mp3.

Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg is an unofficial name of Lake Chaubunagungamaug east of Webster, Massachusetts. The Nipmucks and other tribes gave it a variety of similar names. Most people call it Webster Lake, because they can’t pronounce the Nipmuck name, but others, including many residents of Webster, take pride in reeling off the Nipmuck version.

It’s pronounced like this:

Char-gogg-a-gogg-man-chaugg-a-gogg-chau-bun-a-gun-ga-maugg (mp3 of me saying it slowly.)

Slip it into conversation!

Newt is *six* years old today! He’s still a little babyhead to me. Here’s to my favorite red-fuzzed libran quadruped. Video of Newt a few days ago

Aww! Regal-Noot

Here are some baby pictures… it still seems like it was only yesterday.

Newton pic! 2 3 4 5

See also, Newt lays the smack down on Tarpo

I think he’ll get the same gift as last year.. a big cardboard box filled with paper wads and milk rings.

Happy Ramadan!

Blackmail Boxes. -I wonder how much trouble he could get into for defacing government property?

I’ve had the Beatles (sort of a medley alternating) stuck in my head all morning. CCR is a good blotter, but it’s still playing in the background.

Moment of Lyric (mp3 – via)

Long as I remember the rain been comin’ down.
Clouds of myst’ry pourin’ confusion on the ground.
Good men through the ages, tryin’ to find the sun;
And I wonder, still I wonder, who’ll stop the rain.

I went down Virginia, seekin’ shelter from the storm.
Caught up in the fable, I watched the tower grow.
Five year plans and new deals, wrapped in golden chains.
And I wonder, still I wonder who’ll stop the rain.

Heard the singers playin’, how we cheered for more.
The crowd had rushed together, tryin’ to keep warm.
Still the rain kept pourin’, fallin’ on my ears.
And I wonder, still I wonder who’ll stop the rain.

1 year ago – American date, zoomquilt, prowlies at the river, tiny plaid ninjas, pompano condo, WiT gender mislead, 3 things, penis tragedy, Newt 5

2 years ago – Newt pics (4!), Avengers adult-themed?, 400-million year old spider genitals, factoids, laundry, displacer beast, rick sanchez, tiger attack, tree octopus, DC atlas, Marvel directory, identity theft of a sex pred, under water vehicle, jack johnson, mouse taxidermy

3 years ago – cpap broke, newt 3, chattie colors, dumbass Falwell, Harper Lee, condiments, blonds not fading out, Chirac witchcraft, verisign sucks

4 years ago – Newt 2, epicene, robot meme, religion, disney poop, Lilly passes away, pet quiz, motto quiz, age of kings, perl and quilting

5 years ago – newt 1, pee-bags, cats guarding the dead, autistic taters, hunters get flooded, movies and walkies

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7785 – 10-4, good buddy!

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Installed new Nvidia drivers (9/2/05 ones) and my system is looking *great*. Second life at a higher resolution and less crash issues. I’m going to reinstall farcry, and see how that does, next.

The higher res desktop frees a lot of real estate up, too. I’m impressed.. it’s like I’ve got a new system. 1280 x 1024 x 2 monitors (so it’s actually 1280 x 2048, if you want to get technical) it makes it pretty hard to revert to the 1024 x 768 single screen at work.

Big boss in Maryland today, opening the state with a press conference… If things were different with cej, I’d probably be going along as well. Oh well, it was a good run, for the most part.

This is the case peer-to-peer file sharers have been waiting for. Tanya Andersen, a 41 year old disabled single mother living in Oregon, has counter sued the RIAA for Oregon RICO violations, fraud, invasion of privacy, abuse of process, electronic trespass, violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, negligent misrepresentation, the tort of “outrage”, and deceptive business practices.

If you can only watch one Kafkaesque Flash animation about the ennui of being a giant fat chicken-juggling bear on a unicycle in a German circus with dreams of freedom, make it this one.

Evil dictator meme

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7350 – Monday, yet again. Misc thoughts.

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Avast! It be Talk like a pirate day! Well, shave me belly with a rusty razor! I tell ya true!

Ye scurvy swabs! Batten down your poop-decks!

Happy 77th B-day, Adam West!

My first direct impact with gas prices. I took a taxi just up the street to do laundry (my load being too large to frog-march), and to prices have gone up considerably since my last use… before, the haul was $2.50 for the entire trip, but with the new pricing, it cost $3.70. The new cost is $2.50 just to get into the vehicle, and the first 1/6 mile. $.40 each additional 1/6 mile after that.

Time for me to price out a new wheel-cart. Heaven help anyone that actually has to go a considerable distance, like the airport or the like.

I was reflecting on times that were less prosperous for me. When at my worst, I had no place to live, and couldn’t afford to eat my fill, even at taco bell. If it wasn’t for food stamps for that month, I probably would’ve had to steal to survive.

That brought to mind all of these false charities, designed to take money meant to feed children and line the pockets of someone taking advantage of the disaster and the kinder natures of the human heart.

If I ever meet someone driving a Cadillac fueled by children he killed, I will use my imagination to its fullest extent to make that person suffer like no other. I have a very good imagination. Those thoughts fanned my more angry side for a bit, making me brew methods of pain on all levels against another person, in all four rooms of his house ( A physical, a mental, an emotional and a spiritual.) That upset me a bit, because I like to consider myself a kind and merciful person.

I have no kind or merciful thoughts for someone who hurts children for personal gain. I don’t feel forgiveness in my heart for them… I just want to hurt them in every way possible, and to make an example for anyone else who might think to do such stuff.

Not a terribly Christian attitude, and that saddens me on another level. My anger outweighs my sadness, however.

My teeth feel sharp against my tongue. The funny thing is that I feel pretty good in most other respects. more friendly-folk recently, a bit of an ease in workplace issues (just a bit).

Just found some folks speaking about me in a kind way during a random google update… how nice!

had a good time at qdot’s with uber and the gang, but I logged out a bit early, to prep for mondays’ hubbub.. prep the office for possible storm issues.

“Fiat Lux” is a 3-D movie by Paul Debevec, who pioneered HDRI and image-based lighting and rendering for realistic and stunning 3-D imagery.

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Hurricane Rita. Here we go again!

Tropical storm watch

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7348 – brief recap, electric man

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Nice day with Dan yesterday.. did lunch and hung out for a few hours. We talked about a few ideas for second life designs, and I think some have real potential… not much beats the bee-gun however.

I think Tater tots and sushi are a natural combo. I may be the only person to feel that way.

Got to spend some lovely time on a pirate quest in 2nd L with HP, too. Always a pleasure to hang out with her. We won some awesome snow globe trophies.

New GROW game

Three animated lj cat icons –

Moment of Lyric (quicktime movie here – via)

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7346 –

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Well, that was an uneventful Friday night. I got home about 5pm, showered to go out, and had a “quick lay down” to charge my batteries up. I awoke at 5am, when EN called me about a missing Alz case.

Looks like I’m getting together with Danny today instead.

I was trying to figure a way to be nice to Liz a the office… She’s all by herself in town right now, with no pals locally. I’d like to ask her out as a friend, not on a date. I think the only social time she gets is lunch with us. Maybe get a couple of folks as a mob to go to the voodoo lounge.

Yahoo! launches new Web-based mail… currently in beta, but it looks good.

Moment of Lyric: (mp3– via oddtodd)

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7334 – Nice day for Presents in the mail!

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I got a lovely red thread from the Lisa2 It now adorns my palmtop case, which never leaves my side.

“An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but never break.”

I also got a received a groovy postcard from bubbles3563! A lovely shot of a mole sailor on a clipper ship near a curvy lighthouse. Thank you! It now has a revered spot on my fridge.

The walking weather is getting superb. The air is just a little cool in the early morning, prime for walkies, without all the eye-fry of the city of glass/disco ball dawn effect. I’m looking forward to more brisk weather soon.

2 new employees at work… Accounting assistant and A fund-raiser-type. Both seem to be quite friendly, and ready to play. BK has been quite generous to me again lately… good thing, because a number of other folks have been ticking her off, big time.

2nd life continues to impress, as do the people contained therein.

Moment of Lyric: (MP3)

battersea – how it is
it’s over – forget
memories full of chocolate
got to get over it – forget
your world is different than mine
got to get over it – got to forget
and sigurd is the one i don’t like
I’m afraid of him – I’ve got to forget
knocking on the blue water
it’s over – forget
praline and chocolate ice
got to get over it – forget
your world doesn’t match with mine
got to get over it – got to forget
and sigurd rules your friend’s life
I’m afraid of him – got to forget

Dude digs it

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7731 –

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Went over luminosity and particle physic in 2nd life. I think any programmer with some fundamental skill in C and a little history of level design n Doom would clean up in there. I’ve only been there since the weekend, and putting stuff together is mostly a snap. As always, friendly faces and good times. I got to visit a bit with qdot, uber and HP… as well as meet some friendly new faces.

I am disappointed that it can’t grab outside file sources for clothing, (thought it can for static locations, like on your property)… so much for the streaming NewtCam real time T-shirt… for now. We’ll see what future revisions bring. I *can* make a billboard with a big ol’ Newtcam flow on it, just nothing that’s worn and moves.

Groovy icons of the day – http://www.livejournal.com/userpic/28105558/7167http://www.livejournal.com/userpic/34786211/1656602
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Newt Chilling in front of the computer. He looks a little sinister here.. I think it’s the sunbeam.

Halloween Jukebox is running at X-entertainment. don’t let the X fool you, he’s only pg-13 at the worst of cases. The king of 80s flashbacks / Halloween and the like.

Moment of Lyric- (mp3 – Thanks Dani!)

Just got home from Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy!
Got to sit down, take a rest on the porch.
Imagination sets in, pretty soon I’m singing,

Doo, doo, doo, Looking out my back door.

There’s a giant doing cartwheels,
A statue wearing high heels.
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
A dinosaur Victrola listening to Buck Owens.

Doo, doo, doo, Looking out my back door.

Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band.
Won’t you take a ride on the flying spoon?
Doo, doo doo.
Wond’rous apparition provided by magician.

Doo, doo, doo, Looking out my back door.

Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band.
Won’t you take a ride on the flying spoon?
Doo, doo doo.
Bother me tomorrow, today, I’ll buy no sorrows.

Doo, doo, doo, Looking out my back door.

Forward troubles Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy!
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
Bother me tomorrow, today, I’ll buy no sorrows.

Doo, doo, doo, Looking out my back door.

Of course, I sing it “Newt, Newt, Newt, Lookin’ out my Back door”.

Actually, that about sums up how surreal 2nd life is, too. Or my first one, for that matter.

1 year ago – Ivan raises the dead, BK covers call, Shaun of the dead, JLU, Weather pictures, Safe!

2 years ago – Photo Friday – faith, I have a cell phone, soundless music, skunk ape

3 years ago – nice dreams, wargaming terrain tips, $25 benefit for being a non-litterbug, Tony gave me Ants, Brains, Cities and Software

4 years ago – Helping, act more – gripe less, Rant about people who say “we deserved it”, Long chat with Hala, Worried about DelMarVa, chickenpoo dream

5 years ago – looking for things to do, Newtcam reactivated

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7725 – Friday, at last.

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Well, I liked what I saw, and if the bank agrees with me, I’ll be living there come the end of October. If not, well, it was a good try. Finances will be a little tight, because a lot of my cushion will be expended in the down payment.

It’s a large one-bedroom with a huge screened porch on the third floor. The place was built in ’69, and is in very good shape. Cinder block construction, seems nice and quiet and fairly hurricane safe. It’s about 4 miles North of my old place (and Newton’s first home – No Nose Maldonado‘s) in Pompano.. and the Strip Mall of Sin, and the Mall of the Dead.

Random cool factoid – a family of about 15 iguanas (including one HUGE yellow-orange male, must weigh about 40-50 lbs), and a few non-ugly (read – non aggressive or loud) ducks live by the fountain.

I may go to the club tonight and chomp the buffet there to celebrate. We’ll see how I’m doing.

Moment of Lyric – mp3 – via

Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman!

All the world’s waiting for you… and the power you possess.
In your satin tights, fighting for your rights
And the old Red, White and Blue.

Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman.
Now the world is ready for you and the wonders you can do.
Make a hawk a dove, stop a war with love, make a liar tell the truth!

Wonder Woman, get us out from under, Wonder Woman.
All our hopes are pinned on you and the magic that you do.

Stop a bullet cold, make the Axis fold,
Change their minds, and change the world.
Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman.

You’re a wonder, Wonder Woman!

Peanut Butter and Honey on whole wheat toast is good breakfast eats!

I’m *really* digging second life. Nice folks. thanks, qdot!

1 year ago – future life, fly-eating bot, living in Broward, Maroon, tracking Ivan, Danny’s students read my lj, on call all weekend, HIP/Bag lady

2 years ago – Run, Trism-Gollum, Run, robot zoo, dirty-sounding words, palm-day at work, lifetime membership in there, time marks the beginning of the end for prop2

3 years ago – oatmeal, remembrance rant, touch screen voting, flash CAD thingie.

4 years ago – hardscrabble, Daily Life in Chaucer’s England, (and other daily life books), good things

5 years ago – saw a black tip shark, conch fritters, everway

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7721 – House check day!

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Well second life is fun, but I guess it doesn’t support dial-up users so much. Still free to join, though for any high-speeders out there. Look up Scottobear Bergson if you’re out and about!

Checking out the Deerfield place today after work. I’m pretty enthused… as long as the walls don’t drip blood, I’m probably in.

Copied from annina_writes

Pass it on!!! Fake Red Cross Solicitations!
ABC news just ran a story that spoof email solicitations for donations to the Red Cross are being emailed to people all over the world. They look just like the Red Cross, right down the to secure site verify logo. If you fill your personal info into the form, which was ripped from the genuine Red Cross site, and then click on the donate button, you’ve been had; the bad guys have your credit card information. To make it worse, victims are then forwarded to the real Red Cross site, which makes it look even more genuine.

The bottom line? The Red Cross has stated categorically that they NEVER send email solicitations. Never! If you get something like described above, delete it. You may want to forward it first to the FTC’s spoof address [UCE@ftc.gov]. If the crooks are in the U.S. they can be prosecuted, and others turned into the authorities in their respective governments. Thus far spoofs have been traced to third parties in Brazil, Korea, China, and the US. Note: If you forward the emails to the authorities, please copy the addressing information (found in the Message Options in Outlook…click on View, then Message Options, then copy and paste the Internet Headers area).

Please take a moment to pass this on to people in your flist! Thanks!

You may have time to download ’em all before Halloween. I suppose I should switch to the October website colors and background soon.

The Voice of Vince – Selected OTR shows starring Vincent Price (Including classic episodes of Suspense!). There is a boatload of ’em. (Presented by The Crime in your Coffee [Not work safe])

Moment of Lyric (mp3 – via)

Dedicated to all the teachers that read my journal… Danny, Firpo, Kerby, The Turtle Whisperer, Pilar, Huertero, and the rest. Careful of the Johnny’s out there!

No time to transcribe, but suffice to say that Jordan’s precocious and swingin’ ode to apple-polishing one ups Van Halen in every way. “Can you take what I can shake”? Indeed!

1 year ago – Work power out, disco-hitler, Ivan, WoW, Chocolate 3-d printer, making fiends, America’s army, Giant strip-miner of dooom,

2 years ago – Meredith moves out, Frankie mooch’s wank machine, saw Ray-I, Dubai-mail, some cool links

3 years ago – Got dave into mage knight, Saw Mark Archilla, 12 dragons smells of cat pee, I got some perfect pre-dyed sheets.

4 years ago – If I were, nice night, purple monkey dishwasher

5 years ago – rant and UB-X

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7715- Hope there’s no SNAKES ON MY BUS!

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Bus dreams about driving into the ocean. Glass-bottomed boat taken to a new level.

Sam Jackson to star in: SNAKES ON A PLANE. No, really. It’s about snakes planted by the mob to kill an FBI agent on an aircraft.

“In the middle of the ocean, this crate time-releases and there’s 500 poisonous snakes in there and they scatter out all over the plane,” he added. “So it’s us battling snakes to LA. I get to spend six and a half weeks going to set every day going ‘Ah! Ah! Ow! Ow!’ I don’t have to go in every day and figure out the dramatic purpose of this particular scene.” – via

It’s like a SNL skit.

Moment of Lyric: (Mp3 – Thanks again, firpo!)

Now I’m a fella with a heart of gold
With the ways of a gentleman, I’ve been told
The kind of a fella that wouldn’t even harm a flea
But if me and a certain character met
That guy that invented the cigarette
I’d murder that son-of-a-gun in the first degree.

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7711 – Music, how I love thee.

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Last night’s fortune cookie –

“Pride is a good thing to have, but don’t overdose on it”
Lucky numbers 12,20,25,30,31,49
Learn Chinese – Pot sticker – Guo-tie

Hmm.. So far, I’ve mostly learned words for food, and baseball. I like the cookies at the China Panda, because they have a faint citrus taste to ’em.

Dinner was a splurge, because I’m under house arrest for the who weekend. I got General Tso’s Tofu (extra crispy and spicy). Yum… also, the broccoli was plentiful and super-fresh.

Talked to bro briefly last night, and he sounds a little congested. He’s taking sleep meds and stuff for depression, and I’m concerned that there will be abuse of one or both of those. He seems quite lucid at the moment.

“There is an Indian Belief that everyone is in a house of four rooms: A physical, a mental, an emotional and a spiritual. Most of us tend to live in one room most of the time, but unless we go into every room everyday, even if only to keep it aired, we are not complete.” – Rumer Godden

Moment of Lyric – The Allen Brothers – Jake Walk Blues (m4a file)

I can’t eat, I can’t talk
Been drinkin’ mean jake, Lord, now can’t walk
Ain’t got nothin’ now to lose
Cause I’m a jake walkin’ papa with the jake walk blues.

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7709 – still awake.

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Still awake. My sleep patterns are more disrupted by this situation than the whole 9/11 thing, probably because it’s an ongoing struggle, not so much of a “flash and crash” disaster.

Fats Domino – Helping Hand: (mp3 – via)

I’m a thousand miles away from home, sleeping in the rain
A thousand miles away from home, waiting for a train
Nobody seems to want me or give me a helping hand
I nevermore will roam again if I ever get home again

Glad to have you found, sir.

Wind chimes outside are over-sounding the noises inside… just key-clicks, and computer fans at the moment.

I’m in a mood to go out and walk in the dark, but can’t, because I’m still tethered to the home-office due to call. It’s been a surprisingly quiet night for missing people. I suspect that the phone will be rather tricky in a few hours, because the office is closed for the holiday, but people will still call.

We’ve been getting a lot of calls for the Florida Marine Patrol.. I think someone’s telephone directory has us listed there by mistake, or on a line just above or below where the other one should be.

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7708 – The Buzzin’ of the Bees

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Google created a special satellite view of New Orleans using imagery taken on Wednesday, August 31st. Search Google Maps for New Orleans to see it (you can then switch between “Map”, “Satellite”, “Hybrid”, and “Katrina”).

I thought that I got my reprieve at 8pm last night, but lost it again at 9pm, when En’s cable went out. So much for walkabout, or checking out that property in Deerfield after all. I’m guessing I’m in for the long haul for the holiday weekend. I’m not going to let it tick me off… just going to accept the situation and move on.

Weezle was trying to negotiate a trade of baked goods for genetic goods, and made me eep. I got to gab with Lisa-Lisa over google talk, and they got it set up without Naser-Guru’s assistance, which is pretty impressive.

Two versions of the current music. I love ’em both, for different reasons.

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7699 – Holiday Countdown

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Right on, I got my ducats for July’s links today. Just as quickly, off they go to the Red Cross and the Critter fund.

Only 5 more Months to my birthday! Only 4 Months until Christmas/ New Years! only 3 Months to Thanksgiving! Only 2 Months to Halloween! Only One Month until Newtie’s B’Day! Long Weekend this Weekend! Yay!

Moment of Holiday spazdom, over. For Now.

Kelliebellie has me wanting little genetically-engineered manatees small enough to live in a home aquarium.

NPR podcast directory

Valiant with Danny, if he doesn’t bail, and isn’t still very sick.

Disney and Booze quiz