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8246 – Ides of March. It feels like it!

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Oh, gross. Papa John’s pizza newest ad campaign is a reworking of the Go-Go’s… singing “We got the Meat”.

There are far too many ways of misconstruing that.

Dinner Party with WM tonight! Stuffed Shells and Vino! Somebody advise me on a wine to bring, please.

Moment of Lyric: mp3

This is the central scrutinizer…
Joe has just worked himself into an imaginary frenzy during the fade- out of his imaginary song
he begins to feel depressed now.
he knows the end is near.
he realized at last that imaginary guitar notes and imaginary vocals exist only in the imagination of the imaginer
and ultimately, who gives a fuck anyway?
so…so…excuse me…so
who gives a fuck anyway?
so he goes back to his ugly little room and quietly dreams his last imaginary guitar solo

Isaac Hayes quits South Park

“This is 100 percent having to do with his faith of Scientology,” Stone told the Associated Press. “He has no problem – and he’s cashed plenty of checks – with our show making fun of Christians.”

Well, yeah… not to mention Jews, Mormons, Atheists, Rednecks, Santa and who knows what else. Funny how he bailed once they picked on his team.

Spent some time in 2nd Life yesterday.. got to meet big brain’s analogue, bought some dragonfly wings, and had fun visiting kitten and rafe with herm.

bigbrain2

bigbrain1

Big Brain’s eyes follow you wherever you go. He’s got a blond on his mind.

You’re 40% Irish

You’re probably less Irish than you think you are…
But you’re still more Irish than most.

1 year ago – free flow, dreams and fragments, night stalker, zombie test, batman new times, pete & pete, cadavers away!, wedgie, autodialer, magnet phrases, beheading, I used to believe…, adp off call, mootpoint praise

2 years ago – strip mall of sin pics, doug made it to Seattle

3 years ago – French toast origin… not invented by “Mr. French”, bus piccies, name game, movies with Dan, pelican poem

4 years ago – grand conversation, love quiz, a good Friday five, odd news, miss Cleo born in LA, of American parents, crossword stuff

5 years ago – first hint of the scooby movie, good vs bad stuff about the day, gnomes on snailback

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8240 – On justice and on friendship, there is no price, but there are established credit limits.

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Walkabout was fun, but uneventful. I wore a ball cap this time, and it’s a good thing… my arms are a lot darker than when I left. I put in just under 10 miles of footwork yesterday, and slept quite well as a result.

Visited another different Thai place nearby for lunch… man, the food was awesome. Bamboo shoot salad served with lime juice, chiles, mint leaves, rice powder and cabbage. Yum woon sen – clear bean thread noodles with browned tofu, chile paste, onions, mushrooms, lemon grass and mint. Tom kah soup – a spicy coconut soy milk concoction with lemon grass, lime leaves and other spices. It was all totally vegan, too! Not one hint of critter in there.

I think that once I confirm my techs are switched over, I’ll do some more walkies as well, and hit that Dali exhibit… maybe take myself out for sushi (or as bhk likes to call it, @). [edit – whoops! the museum is closed on Sunday]

DabbleDB: Online App Building For Everyone

*very* handy little resource… simplifies MS Access or SQL for the average web app nicely.

Speaking of which, I put OpenOffice on my new pc, and had forgotten how keen it is, compared to MS Office. Open Source, all the features, none of the bloat. Win-win. It’s a total MS Office replacement, now that BASE is in there.

the human ton and handy

“Yeah..even now she sulks like Achilles in his tent. Achilles?…It’s the Iliad?…It’s Homer?… Read a book!”

Had a moment of feeling a bit like Handy there yesterday. People get very touchy when opinions differ…. The other side got pretty wound up to the point of hostility and hyper-defensiveness over something amazingly trivial, (a difference of opinion – I feel that Micheal Crichton is an anti-science hack writer, who ends stories with explosions rather than more satisfactory conclusions — She thought “he is awesome”.) and it really could only be settled by having a detente called. I have to make a point of just walking away at the first sign of pointlessness. I can agree to disagree, especially with someone I don’t have to see every day. I’m glad that nonsense is over now.

The Five Love Languages

My primary love languages are probably
Physical Touch and Quality Time.

Complete set of results

Physical Touch: 9
Quality Time: 9
Words of Affirmation: 6
Acts of Service: 5
Receiving Gifts: 1

Information

Unhappiness in relationships, according to Dr. Gary Chapman, is often due to the fact that we speak different love languages. Sometimes we don’t understand our partner’s requirements, or even our own. We all have a “love tank” that needs to be filled in order for us to express love to others, but there are different means by which our tank can be filled, and there are different ways that we can express love to others.

Take the quiz

Moment of Lyric – mp3

There’s a city, draped in net
Fisherman net
And in the half light, in the half light
It looks like every tower
Is covered in webs
Moving and glistening and rocking
Its babies in rhythm
As the spider of time is climbing
Over the ruins

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8234 – All Monkeys like orange kitties!

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Bangs! Thank you, Eryx_uk, for the Axis and Allies Starter set! What a great b’day prezzie! It looked like the postman was playing football with the USPS box, but the contents inside made it without a hitch! Most awesome. I bet Danny’ll have a good time playing counter to me, as well. It’ll have a place of honor next to Zombies!!, Mage Knight and Heroclix.

Some quizzes

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8233 – A return to the land I once knew

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New brain came! Everything looks pretty marvy, except that they forgot to send the external 160 gig drive. Calling them today to find out about that. Frankenbox can go back to rest… but I may leave him alive to act as a newtcam server.

Second life was smooth as silk, and not a reboot in sight, save for system updates.

Having a fresh system is nice… boots up super-quick,and loads of room to maneuver.

Comp usa is also still lagging about getting the backup of my system back to me. I may just torrent the lost / rome, etc shows over again.

Cordless keyboard and mouse are keen, but I fear power outage when I least expect it.

Sunburn, part two has begun. Operation snakeskin.

Man faces jail time for selling crack

A City of Poughkeepsie man faces a stint in jail for dealing crack in the city last year.

Landocalrissan Butler, 25, of Winnikee Avenue, entered a guilty plea Tuesday in Dutchess County Court to attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance, a felony. Butler told Judge Thomas J. Dolan he had five small bags of crack in his pocket Dec. 22 when police arrested him on Morgan Avenue. He said he intended to sell the drugs.

In exchange for his plea, Butler was promised a sentence of six months in jail and five years on probation. He will also be required to forfeit a cell phone and $432 police said he obtained through illegal drug sales.

Butler remains jailed pending his sentencing, scheduled for April 4.

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Current Music – mp3

Thanks, firpo!

Answers to yesterday’s test.

1. The word “snausages!” said the proper way will make me bust a gut laughing. *FIB*

Though, it can make me chuckle. The old commercial of the dog poking his head out, exclaiming “SNAUSAGES!” can make me laugh, albeit briefly.

2. One of best high school friends was killed by a blow to the head from an iron frying pan, as a result of a car accident.

Brent Ashland. Coming back from a camping trip, freak accident. pulled up short behind another driver, slammed on his brakes, and the skillet brained him. That was that. He had a lot of potential, dumb way to exit.

3. I’ve accidentally poured cheetos in a bowl, poured milk over ’em, and ate a spoonful like cereal before realizing my terrible, terrible mistake.

Always pay attention to what’s in the pouch on top of the fridge. even when you’re six years old. Seriously.

4. I say thank you to automatic doors and street lights when they let me pass.

It’s an unconscious response. Preprogrammed manners. Plus, I saw Herbie the love bug as a kid, and Buddy Hackett talked about a street light that didn’t like him. I appreciate robots helping my travels comfortably and easily. When the machines take over, I’ll have a position of authority.

5. I’ve been published in both Popular Science Magazine and the Unknown Armies Hardcover RPG rules.

Yup. Livejournal actually got me in PopSci (11/13/2003), and UA has me in the credits as a rumormonger. (published August, 2002)

Lakini Malich has made a startling discovery that will change the way the world views the brain-rotting laugh vacuum Garfield:

If you remove Garfield’s thought balloons, it goes from an unfunny comic to a rather sad, poignant story about a lonely man who has wasted his life talking to his cat.

He offers a second collection:

here’s some more, chronicling Jon’s spiral into depression and eventually madness. It’s what Jim Davis wanted.- via cruel.com

1 year ago – Millennium Spheres, new dr who, dice quiz, Earth2/We3, Jack benny, Donner party, Karma?, bittorrent

2 years ago – motorcycle Chernobyl tour, led mug, jk to revise hp, dan tech slips, bluto song, haiku

3 years ago – palm pics travel, WWII thoughts, site down

4 years ago – Newtosill, Daffy duck, Morning here, dreams, poem tag, bubblegum alley, cute animals

5 years ago – The bed, Cool old comic books, disclaimer, OJGeotarget

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Sunburn much more manageable today.

Hav pointed out that the Miami International Film Festival is going on right now. I’m going to swing the FLIFF next weekend myself, I think. I want to check out Manderlay.

Cool word of the day-

“Ubuntu” is an ancient African word, meaning “humanity to others”. Ubuntu also means “I am what I am because of who we all are”.

(it’s also an open source linux flavor, but that’s neither here nor there.)

Made plans to go to Uber’s pal Wendy’s place next week with a few of her pals for a little dinner party… stuffed shells! I wonder what I should bring? Bottle of wine? I should probably ask when the time gets closer.

Moment of Lyric (Mp3)

A nice heart and a white suit and a baby blue sedan
And I am doing the best that I can
All the eunuchs, they were standing in rows
singing, “Please stud us out just as fast as you possibly can.”
Sad song, last dance and no one knows who the band was
And Henry, you danced like a wooden Indian
Except this one mattered and I felt it had a spirit
And I shot the story because I didn’t hear it that way
And it’s hard to be a human being
And it’s harder as anything else
And I’m lonesome when you’re around
And I’m never lonesome when I’m by myself
And I miss you when you’re around

Top 10 accidental discoveries

The short list: Viagra, LSD, X-Rays, Penicillin, Artificial sweeteners, Microwave ovens, Brandy, Vulcanized rubber, Silly Putty, Potato chips

nabbed from christin and eryx_uk

Your senior year in High School is supposed to be “the best year of your life.”

Let’s see how much you remember: (Getting close to 20 years back! 1987)

Who was your best friend? I floated between four groups of friends. Kev / Brent-Steve-KevinC / Pam / James-Mark : all were fun folk to hang with. I’d say my best friend of the lot was Kev, and I still hang with him from time to time.

Who did you have a crush on? Man, I was mushy about a bunch of girls my senior year. PamM, PamP, Charlotte, Jane, and Elizabeth all leap to mind immediately, and I’m sure I could extract more with even an iota of effort.

What sports did you play? None my senior year

What kind of car did you drive? Powder Blue Gran Torino, and later, a white grand le mans

It’s Friday night, where were you at? Variable. see compartmented friends above. Best bet was probably Kev, I think.

Were you in the “In Crowd”? Nope, though people liked me.

Ever skip school? my senior year, I skipped an average of one day every two weeks.

Ever smoke? Nah, I tried cigs early on, and didn’t like ’em. I didn’t even like to smoke weed.

Were you a nerd? I had the benefit of looking like a bit of a brute, so folks didn’t really call me a nerd.

Did you get suspended/expelled? I was suspended once for fighting. It was self defense, but policy is to screw everyone involved.

Can you sing the Alma Mater? the first chorus, yes. the whole thing, no

Who was your favorite teacher? Tough.. my senior year was fun. Mr. Berry, Electronics / Mr. Meyhew, Programming (C & Pascal) / Mr. Miezinski , Drafting / Mr. Eck – Marine Biology

Favorite class? Marine Biology – probably the most interesting and educational class I had my whole high school career. Excellent teacher and content.

Beaucoupkev makes an superb point about Luthor’s origins as a Super-enemy. It’s not about being bald.

1 year ago – LDMs, RI high-tails it, elevator prank, screaming turtle, sunburn recovery, doctor d, pelican memory, ghostbusters/gaming, weather tracking, first mention of google video, record bro, freeware alternatives, interaction quiz, Burdines dissolves into Macys, Florida gambling, greyhound rescue

2 years ago – visited with Kev, 12 things meme, bro, CoD, train ride pictures, Newt Healthy

3 years ago – Wakeup, SS card, LAN party, classifieds

4 years ago – groceries, cloud makers, Lj folks, virus PSA, mapmaking

5 years ago – fly me to the moon, edelweiss, web-gamesGeotarget

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Nice chitty chat with bhk last night, off and on while I took cases in AR, PA, ND, GA and FL. Most had happy endings and full recoveries. visited qdot briefly in SL, but couldn’t stay long to to the same calls.

Hurricane season in 3 months, and there are still a lot of blue roof, I hope things are gentle this year.

Beautiful day out this morning, so walkabout is imminent. Until later, Dear Journal!

batman and robin - mexico style!
Batman and Robin, Mexico Style

Also, um, what?

batwoman-mexico

Belated friday 5 via eryx:

  1. What color is your hair? Brown, with sun-blond highlights, and a little gray.
  2. When is the last time you accepted a dare? hmm.. not sure when last I heard “I DARE YOU!”
  3. Do you think you could have an affair? Not likely.. I’m monogamous and very loyal to my mates.
  4. How often do you feel like walking on air? Well, I wouldn’t mind being able to fly.
  5. How about despair? Despair is useless. Assuming everything is bad or will turn out poorly is just defeatist. There’s always hope.

Moment of Lyric (mp3)

Trying to avoid
Being hit in the leg
By the bag that is going
Around and around
In the miniature sidewalk whirlwind

But the crumpled-up bag
Moves exactly as fast
As the speed at which you walk
To avoid being hit in the leg

Aaaah
To the amusement of others
You are hit in the leg
By the bag
And as soon as it touches your leg
It’s completely attached

Trying to pull off a bag while still casually walking
Only increases the merriment
So at first you consider violence against the onlookers
But then on second thoughts
Maybe the bag

La la-la
La-la la-la
La-la la-la
La-la la-la la-la

Buppa-ba ba-ba
Buppa-ba ba-ba
Buppa-ba ba-ba ba
Ba ba ba buppa buppa ba ba
Buppa buppa buppa ba
Buppa-buppa-buppah-buppah-buppah ba

But it’s made out of some kind
Of stretchy new plastic
That cannot be ripped in half

Sadly you walk on in anger and shame
Not considering the fate of the very next one
Who will try to avoid being hit in the leg
By the bag that is going around and around
In the miniature sidewalk whirlwind

Ever and always
Around the world
Everywhere you go
There will always be those
Who will try to avoid being hit in the leg
By the bag that is going around and around
In the miniature sidewalk whirlwind
Miniature sidewalk whirlwind
Miniature sidewalk whirlwind
Miniature sidewalk whirlwind

1 year ago – scottobear.com renew, trip to deerfield, free fonts, chat crash w/bhk, gp puts me on to spidey bible, what? WhaT?, H2GT2G, Chimp attack, giant stepsGeotarget

2 years ago – blogspam treatment, work, serial adder, 7-eared kitty, clown sweater, Ephemera, visited bro

3 years ago – book meme, palm doodles, picture issues

4 years ago – mopey, bro helping out, Dick Hymen – Master of Jazz Piano, super tugboat, Newton’s name, pet name poll, magic ingredients

5 years ago – Perseus tools, loved ones sick, flying monkeys, The 30 Least-Quoted Lines from Shakespeare, nosepilot, 5k comp

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8223 – Saturday, on call.

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RS dropped from full-time at the office to working part time from home. I think that’ll work out much better for her.

For about 17 cents a minute, SpoofCard lets you send any numeric string as your Caller ID code. It comes with optional voice modification. And you don’t need a computer to use the service.

Joan (the building governor) called me up yesterday, and told me that she needed the key to my condo, “in case of emergencies”. How did she find out that her old key didn’t work? She went up to my place with the super to repair the oprch screens, and got upset that she couldn’t get in.

First of all, I had the screens repaired before I had even moved in, and I documented that to her in no uncertain terms… in December.

Second, there was no notice that she’d be going into my home. It surely wasn’t an emergency.

Third, She couldn’t be bothered to *telephone* before trying to get into my place.

Fourth, Newt’s in there… and she doesn’t have the reaction time to stop him if he decided to bolt.

Needless to say, I got a little hot with her on the phone. I told her that she is under *no* circumstances to enter my place without my permission or presence. She won’t be getting a key anytime soon now. I’m glad I found out before relying on her

Her excuse was “well, I rang your doorbell, and nobody answered, so I figured I’d come in and take care of it”

um, no. What if I was having a shower or sleeping soundly? If I came out of there / work and spotted her in my apartment, I would very likely have tossed her happy ass in jail… or vibrated her carcass into its component atoms by screaming at her at the top of my pongid lungs.

scream

Time lapse picture of Newtcam yesterday.

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German Engineering in der haus, ya. Router took a nosedive last night, had to reconfigure it and the modem (took about 30 min of setup and testing.. just pesky)… and hp’s system went kerflooie, too.

cottonelle-for-kids
Kimberly Clark is now offering a new type of toilet paper designed to train kids on how much toilet paper to use.

Cottonelle For Kids has doggie tracks printed on the toilet paper, and at roughly every five sheets is a cartoon drawing of a dog. Parents are instructed to teach their children to follow the tracks and then tear off at the dog.

Your moment of Scotto hippie tree-hugging upset – via flablog

A roundup of recent editorials on the Ocala National Forest part of the sale:

+ Daytona Beach News-Journal: Endangered lands — From almost any public-minded perspective, President Bush’s plan to sell off up to 300,000 acres in the national forest system and 500,000acres within the Bureau of Land Management is a mistake. From some vantage points, it looks like an outright scam.

+ Ocala Star-Banner: Fire sale of forest is reckless — The idea of selling off chunks of our national forests as a one-time budgetary stopgap, as the Bush administration is proposing, is shortsighted fiscal policy that would set a dangerous precedent.Selling off 973 acres of Ocala National Forest land as part of the proposed 306,000-acre dispersal in 41 states, is also environmentally reckless.

+ Orlando Sentinel: A land grab — the bush administration wants to support “rural education” by selling300,000 acres of forestland, including almost 1,000 acres in the Ocala National Forest. Doesn’t this rob the communities of the very thing that defines them as rural? Are we missing something here?

+ St. Pete Times: Taxing our forests — president bush’s disdain for our national forests has hit a new low. First he made it easier for the timber industry to log public forests under a program mockingly named Healthy Forests. Now Bush wants to sell off pieces of national forests in 35 states, including Florida, for development.

For several weeks web journalists have been linking to a compilation page by Paul English, who took it upon himself to put together a list of how to bypass corporations’ voice mail systems to talk to a real person.

The site became extremely popular, so now English has created a new site called gethuman, which lets consumers report how it is to deal with companies.

A major part of this site is the gethuman database,which is the phone number list for stores, utilities, insurance companies, credit card companies, and lots more. In many cases the instructions say to just hit ‘zero’ or say ‘representative’ but for some companies there is an actual phone number that goes straight to a person. There’s also a useful page of tips on how to deal with companies in general.

If you’d run across the phone list before, note you’ll need to change your bookmark to the new gethuman address. (thanks, Liz!)

Moment of Lyric – mp3

Day is ending
Birds are wending
Back to their shelter of
Each little nest they love

Nightshade’s falling
Lovebirds calling
What makes the world go round
Nothing but love

When Whippoorwills call
And evening is nigh
I hurry to my blue heaven
I turn to the right
A little white light
Will lead you to my blue heaven

You’ll see a smiling face
A fireplace, a cozy room
A little nest
That’s nestled where the roses bloom

Just Molly and me
And baby makes three
We’re happy in my blue heaven

You’ll see a smiling face
A fireplace, a cozy room
A little nest
That’s nestled where the roses bloom

Just Molly and me
And baby makes three
We’re happy in my blue heaven

We’re happy in my blue heaven

1 year ago – power out, mark lenard, color wwi pics, free stock photos, 20 ways to say no, knife, razors and laws, vonnegut on writing, newt pictures and doodles, cravings, costume changes, handy freeware,

2 years ago – pondering public entries, nice gab with the Cs, ADP sucks again, Zombie Recipe, Cat w/hands, gov overrides names.

3 years ago – 03/03/03, MRE, rudimentary lj search engine

4 years ago – fake trading floor, Olive Garden screed, Hsien-Yu Pi-Jen

5 years ago – Owls in Myth & Culture, 3-d fax printing, DogenGeotarget

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Newt’s Due for a checkup… I’ve got to call his doc and maybe get him in there on Sat.

That’ll be easy because there’s no getting with Danny this weekend, He’s sounding really burnt out. I’ve been really weary recently too. Maybe it’s time for something specil to recharge my batteries, but I’m not sure what that might be.

Don’t know if the new SL code is more stable but it didn’t crash after the up date… got a nice visit in with HP before beddie bye last night.. not a single reboot!

Well.. it’s Lent, and many folks are giving up something for personal improvement, even if they’re not of a particularly religious persuasion. What would I give up? I’m starting late, but I’m going to try to totally cut out fast food lunches until Easter. Let’s see how I do.

Gallery of Demonic Tots

What two verbs would you like to be known by, dear journal?

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Moment of Lyric: mp3

I don’t want you
But I hate to lose you
You got me in between the devil and the deep blue sea

I forgive you
‘Cause I can’t forget you
You’ve got me in between the devil and the deep blue sea

I want to cross you off my list
But when you come knocking at my door
Fate seems to give my heart a twist
And I come running back for more

I should hate you
But I guess I love you
You’ve got me in between the devil and the deep blue sea

1 year ago – netflix, adp trimming, ann nortons, superhero motivationals, euro-seekers, I scream-you scream, new term, disney fonts, viva broward pix, florida school study, poor applicants,

2 years ago – Newt-clipso, ADP did poorly her first night, Spiders dine on their master, Gators, lj-spam

3 years ago – Newt Better, pc virus, pioneer 10, Balloon v1.0, lotr quizzes, cool motorcycle helmets

4 years ago – Newt at the vet pics, shadow govt, stikfas

5 years ago – CJ adventure (filtered for submissions), up late, newt checkupGeotarget

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8187 – When the lion roars and the wind blows, who knows what might happen?

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The new Lego Factory service “lets you create your very own Lego set. Lego Factory starts with a downloadable 3-D modeling program that lets you design your virtual toy using as many bricks as you want (then) order the kit for your creation, complete with assembly instruction booklet.”

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This is two kittens in a barrel, look at them in there, having a whale of a time. You see the one on the left? He’s called Phillip. Now when you look into Phillip’s eyes your anger will recede like an ocean…..

So, LS left – would prefer to do temp work than stay another day. I wonder how all of this hubbub is hitting our two newest members? I’d hate for them to lose morale the first week in.

Moment of Lyric (mp3 available here, via BcKev’s mother box)

It’s a long way down
We’re leaning over the side
Far beyond now
The days go dark in turn

We’re a long way out
We’re turning in uneven sun
Long after life
This world, still blue, still turns

1 year ago – Movies, backup tech training, miss mcdonald, themed fonts, stinky, fear of physics, captain’s blog

2 years ago – client crapped out, slow awakening, urge to box, comet collisions, Planet Osiris

3 years ago – early to bed, doctor thoughts, Politi-talk

4 years ago – Pym, argument about writing, haiku, I look like jupiter, pink for vboys, blue for girls, they have a word for it

5 years ago – more crazy haiku, profession of love, seeking a new gig, tough dreams, gooterGeotarget

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8183 – Beware the ides of February!

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Both compusa managers are supposedly in today. Let’s see what the latest excuse is! Lately, they’ve just been blocking me be taking a message and not getting back to me. Today, I go in, and corral whatever authority figure I can find, pin him down until I have a reasonable answer to my issue.

Herm sent me some lovely e-valentines. Made my day, to be sure. I’m glad that she’s patient. (Actually I’m quite glad that she is who she is, period!)

Did the Phrase “Holy Moley” exist in common usage before Billy Batson said it as Cap’n Marvel?

New Microchips Shun Transistors – Take that, Tony Stark. (I wonder what a well placed EMP would do to those new chips? High tension power lines? A bulk tape eraser?)

More on Cargo Cults – In John They Trust
I’m fascinated by this stuff.

Moment of lyric –mp3

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8182 – Gimme a noun, I’ll bend it.

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Happy V-Day!

Tell someone you love how you feel today!

Do it again tomorrow. Make it a habit.

I haven’t held a sand dollar for nearly three years. When I was a kid living on Marathon key, we used to pick up sun-bleached ones by the bucketful. I remember painting them and giving them as valentines to some of the folks in the area where we lived… at the time, I had no idea that it was the dessicated skeleton of a five-jawed sea creature related to the sea urchin. That makes me think that they’re even more cool now. I never thought about it, but they’d make a pretty neat sort of decorative scale mail if sewn together.

I’ve been using BANG! as my interjection (mp3) of choice lately, thanks in part to GP’s meddling and Kat’s haircut commentary.

Miami Cloud Art 2.10.2006

temperatures have begun to stabilize and any further falls between now and 800 am will be small. most of the immediate coastal locations will remain in the lower 40s with the suburbs generally
in the upper 30s. – I pity the northern states, if it’s this cold here.

Bro told me his house was robbed, then the story changed to some guy taking all the money for some job he ran, then changed to is girlfriend taking it. Whatever. Upside, he *does* sound a lot sharper.. I’m likely to believe him when he say’s he’s not using.

I got my b’day prezzie from phillykat- cartoon factoids! it’s even nifitier than I’d suspected, and more from sedef and oneeyed – g0dland & 7 soldiers

The most groovy comic-booky birthday ever this year! Thank you!

Moment of Lyric – mp3 – via

If you go away, on this summer day
Then you might as well take the sun away
All the birds that flew in the summer sky
When our love was new and our hearts were high
When the day was young and the night was long
And the moon stood still for the night birds’ song
If you go away, if you go away, if you go away

But if you stay, I’ll make you a day
Like no day has been or will be again
We’ll sail the sun, we’ll ride on the rain
We’ll talk to the trees and worship the wind
Then if you go, I’ll understand
Leave me just enough love to hold in my hand
If you go away, if you go away, if you go away

If you go away, as I know you will
You must tell the world to stop turning ’til
You return again, if you ever do
For what good is love without loving you
Can I tell you now as you turn to go
I’ll be dying slowly till the next hello
If you go away, if you go away, if you go away

But if you stay I’ll make you a night
Like no night has been or will be again
I’ll sail on your smile, I’ll ride on your touch
I’ll talk to your eyes that I love so much
But if you go I won’t cry
Though the good is gone from the word goodbye
If you go away, if you go away, if you go away

If you go away as I know you must
There’ll be nothing left in the world to trust
Just an empty room full of empty space
Like the empty look I see on your face
I’d have been the shadow of your dog
If I thought you might have kept me by your side
If you go away, if you go away, if you go away

1 year ago – dream, wartuning, slacker, torrent tv, gm-ginger kitties, questions meme, christo, newt stalking pic, zefrank’s st. val history, whims-cute card, work peeve

2 years ago – V-day, hippie visit results, Nefertiti documentary mostly drama – not much document, cheese doodle sculpture, anonymous reviewer bug amazon

3 years ago – got the nordis gig, palm pics

4 years ago – rerun V-day poetry, JB figures out about SA & Me, wandering pics

5 years ago – How Do I Love Thee?, I resemble Dan Conner, Men cause the mutations, tea room & old TV, TMBG lyricGeotarget

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It surprises me that I’ve never heard play on words regarding elocution / electrocution regarding Prez GWB.

Swollen uvula this morning… I suspect I’m going to have to use the CPAP again. I was really hoping that I moved past the need to use it.

And now, the negative side of that adjective meme.

The Nohari Window is a challenging inversion of the Johari Window, using antonyms of the original words. By describing your failings from a fixed list of adjectives, then asking your friends and colleagues to describe you from the same list, a grid of perceived and unrecognized weaknesses can be explored.

There’s a lot of opportunity for hurt feeling here, I suspect.

Missed the much preferred, original, positive one? For my positive one – Click here.

Current Music is compliments of Planet Xtabay and saved in a file called Bongomania 2 zip file, good until about March 12, 2006
I found it searching for Xavier Cugat – Cuba Libre – Also has Peter Gunn played on bongos by the legendary Jack Costanzo. I think Call of the Jungle – Preston Epps is the best track on the album.

Cute girl and her son are moving to another condo… I finally got to see what she looks like when not doing laundry. She’s plenty pretty already in just sweats, a t-shirt and hair in a ponytail, sans makeup. It’s very odd to see her withher hair done, in an outfit for going outon the town… still nice looking but it’s a different vibe. I may be lazy, but I think Ilike the sweats and t-shirt cutie more than the “little black dress” hottie look. Either way, she’s out of this building by mid march, moving to a place nearby, so I won’t be chit-chatting with her at the laundry area while one of us waits for the other to unload and fold.

I haven’t seen a hint or a whisper of girl scout cookies yet this year. Where have all the thin mints gone?

T-shirt followup – Benefit of being the jolly green giant – a girlfriend can wear one of my shirts as a long nightgown. (or a 1980’s dress, if they have a wide belt.)

Just for laughs, I tried merging the two pictures I used in yesterday’s entry with autostitch. It did a pretty great job without any fiddling at all.

Yarn man vs cowboy gorilla

I can’t see where anything had to be fudged, even though the images were of two different scales. Golly! That Crazy Gizmo really works!

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