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8660

Last day of packing before venture north… Newt seems to dig his little riding house, and we’ve got most of the supplies we need. Now it’s just a matter of sorting and storing today. BHK and I had a nice time at danny’s yesterday – I cleaned up at balderdash. Janet was pretty good at the fake out definitions, but I won with psychology and knowledge of what a howdah was.


phone is being turned off on 11/30, so if you need my number, email me or post here for it. I still need ot get a book or two from folks I lent to, and so on, but I imagine I’ll pick ’em up on my next visit down, if I don’t get them before I leave.


Bhk’s perspective on our trip north, with pictures. (originally posted in a dear friend’s private entry post, but this portion is suitable for public consumption.)

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8631 –

A little poetry I’ve been composing for a week now:

I’m a doodiehead. I wet the bed. I love baboons so my butt is red.

That was in my lj client this morning. Hmmm… Was it Newt, or Bhk? Neither are owning up to it.


Dindin at the momsters went pretty well, but at about 8:30, I just totally ran out of energy and we bid the folks adieu. Hit the sack after doing some last minute chores… I hardly remember ’em, as I was a zombie.


I want to write something else, but I’m drawing a little bit of a blank. I’m having a wonderful home life lately, and look forward to it continuing for many a moon to come, even if I suffer from a little lj vandalism from cohabitants from time to time. I still have to post some more doodles and piccies. Walkabout or just more outdoor time this weekend!


edit:see comments for Newt piccies


I’m off! until later, dear journal!


1 year ago – Roger Ramjet, Underdog, and “Tick-tock” Tyler. Super Drugs, away!, great icon, work woes, condo stuff, power outage map,

2 years ago – bush “wins”, monkey attacks, kerchiefs, hillary ahnold,

3 years ago – lots of lj “coming soon”, AIM costumes, got a pointless commode, , nice chat, Awesome music, eye placement, 50 icons available, Pellucidar, City of Dead girls

4 years ago – Smitty-chat, bunnies, SOP, heroclix painting, ghost busters toons online

5 years ago – trogs, color-poll, hurricane, Hateful things

6 years ago – R&J

7 years ago – Newt moves to kibble from liquid foodGeotarget

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8601 – 8 days.

Pumpkins are the only living organism with triangle eyes.


Want to Read the story?

Or just watch it in lego format?


Random Scotto factoid – I have always possessed an odd fondness for windmills. When I see them in movies, or as cookies, it just makes me happy… especially the old-style 4-sailed sorts, though the weird farm-propeller ones are also keen. Long before I ever read Don Quixote de la Mancha.

I like water-driven mills too, for that matter.


365 days of scotto – day 7

8598 – Saturday. Mostly pictures and video.

Getting together with Danny today. Mid-morning, we’ll get a bite to eat, and then goof off. Maybe play some pirates, or Axis and Allies Minis. I slept hard last night – from 11pm to just about 7am, with little a solid sea of black in between.. I don’t recall tossing, turning or dreaming at all.


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Weird Advert-looking version of me for 365 days.
How I envision I’d look on an old newsprint ad for…
oh, I don’t know. Lithium? Monkey Diapers?

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I think I prefer the Sleepy-time picture of Newton and me, instead.

2 non-scotto shots

8594 – these are the life-forms in my neighborhood.

Moment of Lyric – youtube

When I wake up in de mornin’ I’m still asleep.
I really don’t a want no toast.
I want no OJ, no tea, and no cereal.
It be a yogurt drink I’m wantin’ first.
Whoa, gimme YOP me mamma, smooooth,
YOP me mamma.
Gimme YOP me mamma, when de mornin’ come.
Gimme YOP me mamma.
YOP me mamma.
YOP for when de mornin’ come.


A few things that live where I work and play, and a more fronty-view pic of the haircut for those who’ve been asking.

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haircut / porch newt / porch squirrel / mold1 / mold2 / spider1 / spider2

Random pic taken of m’self in the office. I was working on paperwork, and was feeling a little beetle-browed – so I figured I’d take a peek at m’self. I’m a little rougher than usual, due to the raw nose and tired eyes.

Of course, the first critter in question likely to be photographed is Newt. He’s a cutie, and always available for pictures. His tail always seems a trifle short for a cat his size. Maybe he sees a carp in the pond.

Squirrels use the porch banister as a little bridge to run from point to point… I’m glad it’s there, because I figure they’d be climbing the screens otherwise.

Two different types of mold or algae growing at work. I wonder if that’s why so many folks have coughs?

Also at work, a little further up the evolutionary scale, spiders. One was behind the server, and the other was in the ol’ office. Both got escorted outside, and released alive. I fear that I broke one of server-spidey’s legs.


Tussionex + Walgreens Mouth-breathers+ Neighborhood Health Insurance = a real hassle to get my ‘scrip. finally picked it up last night…. I had to wrestle with the pharmacy to prove that my insurance would pay for it. 40 minutes later, I paid $28 rather than $150 for the same bottle of ‘cough syrup’ if I didn’t have any insurance. It’s a crying shame when the consumer has to do all the legwork and arm-twisting, especially when they’re not feeling so hot to begin with.


1 year ago – mopey, monkey-children in danger on bikes, herm boo-boo ankle, M*A*S*H during bloodwork,

2 years ago – mr skelly, grocer, cheap CDs, eye of the storm, mass e-mail, Trolley, Dad’s Home,Reefer man, Herc/Xena ‘toon, Halloween clip art, Doom, Giant ape,subterranean hawk men dance, Hats, bro, context, walkabout pictures

3 years ago – Bewitched name revelation, surgery dream, pumpkin stencils, Joker Poll,Bro shenanigans, misc cool linkies, dia de los muertos, book of sand

4 years ago – PB&J otter, saw Ray Iglesias, worldwar, magic pebble, Made a DanHeroclix, Hot shower, Beekeeping, Zombie – alert, boogie man poll

5 years ago – Jiffy-pop monkeys, chimera / tantivy, evil news, haiku, bus ride, brain edibility probe, DB wrecks work surfing at IMT

6 years ago – Morning walkies, back when I worked the noon-8 shift, grumps, worddetective, post 509, god’s wheel, million monkeys, missed debatesGeotarget

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8587 – Newt is Seven today!

Happy Bornday Newtie! Feel free to peek in on him and say howdy!


Free rides on tri-rail today notification was a bit late, and on a poorly chosen day… but why look a gift ticket in the mouth?

Just go to Tri-Rail’s Website at www.tri-rail.com, then print out a voucher that will let you ride the commuter train anywhere between Miami and West Palm Beach for free all day today, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2006.

The giveaway is designed to mark national Communities in Motion Day, an annual promotion mounted by the American Public Transportation Association to promote the use of mass transit and to educate the public about its benefits.


Watched Ultimate Avengers wasn’t too bad, but I really prefer JLU. I never did see season 5, and I’m pretty impressed! Deadman episode, Warlord Episode, redone Carter Hall, Legion of Doom, a Flash Rogues Gallery episode… pretty nice way to exit with a bang.


Most enlightening quote overheard yesterday – “libertarians — people who think roads just happen”

Of course, that’s a bottled way of saying what Brooke Shelbey Biggs says… “Libertarianism is uninformed capitalist greed in civil-rights clothing” and that there are “a few issues libertarians tend to ignore when talking about the promise of a future without government interference: inherent cultural disadvantage and affirmative action; public-works projects like freeways for all those new-money Jags around Silicon Valley; funding for the arts; child-abuse prevention and intervention; medical care for the elderly; and too many more to list”.

A lot of criticism… especially since I go along with the basic premise of “be nice, let people do what they want for the most part, as long as they don’t hurt someone else that doesn’t want to be hurt.”


Feeling the beginnings of a case of bronchitis, I think. Coughing is getting worse, as is muscle soreness and increased tiredness – possibly a minor fever, too? CC at work sighed, tsked or clucked with maximum histrionics every time I cough, which makes me laugh… and made me cough a bit more as a result. I had a pretty bad jag at about 10pm last night, so I’m heading to the doctor if I can get in this morning.


via bckevTop 10 Lies told to Naive Artists and Designers (including web site folks)

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8585 – Midweek!

Note to self – doodle a green couch in the woods.


Newton *really* likes the smell of Twizzlers rainbow twists.


All caught up on House, now, psp tv duty is Justice League and Arrested Development. (Thanks, Podtropolis!) – useful for folks with iPods or other portable video gizmos.


If I don’t have your snail-mail address (or, even if you think I do) please email it to me. (to scottobear@gmail.com is fine ) I’m getting warmed up for a snail-mail session.


Film Threat has a 24-minute promo version of the 1997 Justice League of America pilot available for download.


Not too keen on most the recent venture brothers. Scooby parody wasn’t my fave, though Brock’s “tapestry of quiet desperation” was ok, I guess. “We Shut your third GD eye for a reason!”


Pictures that Always make me smile –

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Allison

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Newton

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Monkey and Duck


Get a first look at the trailer for Martin Scorsese’s remake of the children’s classic. – Sesame Streets. audio content not worksafe.


From Mick Foley:

America,

I’m not a pedophile. I’m pro-wrestler. You’re thinking of Mark Foley. Please stop sending me nasty emails. I don’t even have AIM. Thank you for understanding.

Sincerely,

Mick Foley, a.k.a. Mankind, a.k.a. Cactus Jack, a.k.a. Dude Love

P.s. Don’t read into the Dude Love thing. It’s just a nickname, I swear.



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1 year ago – new nvidia, bk in md, peer-to-peer good, chicken juggling bear, evil dictator, Dynamite mag, halloween recipes, smile poll, death test, Mehrzweckflugzeugausschreibung, Odysseus’s House found

2 years ago – I prefer Orks to Eldar, corn craving, Tentacle-boy loves laundry

3 years ago – famous funerals, locusts good to eat – pelicans bad, Tickle me Elmo fur coat, mind flayers

4 years ago – Bad dog dreams, 2250 on vanity search (now about 12,000), shoes

5 years ago – magic toenails, submarines, posting politeness, big brain fixmeup, lovely chat about goetta, eyes

6 years ago – Naughty Newt, Tight funds, DT rumor almost gets started again, Newt’s b-day minus 1.

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8578 – Friday, at last! 0s make poor Letter Os.

I’ve been waiting for this weekend for the last month or so.

Haircut on Saturday! Bye-bye, Fabio mane! Sending the longer bits to Locks of Love.

Also getting some new threads, and maybe a piece of jewelry. Pictures will follow upon my return.


Meme filler via eryx_uk, kat78731 and mental_circles

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8571 –

Crashed out hard last night. One minute I was active and wakeful on the phone, the next, ZZZzzZZZ. Pretty solid sleep through the night, with the exception of a mild break (I was maybe only 1/3 awake) to take medicine and put on the CPAP for official sleeps.


Met with Newt’s catsitter this morning – She’s a nice older lady that will be coming up twice a day to say hello, give him some loving, and make sure his food, water and litter are properly tended to while I’m away. She knows not to let Newt out of the house, and that he’s a crafty little guy… I’m glad that I have this alternative, because I really didn’t want to have him boarded somewhere… I know he’s going to be bummed that I’m gone for a bit already. I’ve seen her around the complex before… she feeds the turtles and some of the ibis around the pond out back.

Apparently, there are more than a few kitties in the building, despite official rules ot the contrary. I only knew of 2 others, but I’m thinking that I’ve only scratched the surface.

Random bit – It is said that Mohammad once cut a portion of his cloak away so that he would not disturb a cat sleeping on the remaining cloth.


Hey, keen! Free wifi on Tri-rail, now. I think that’ll make for a lot of happy commuters (myself included).


Cat Head Theatre – Hamlet.


Steve Irwin How I’d Like to be Remembered – Video


Moment of lyric – (remixed mp3 at ze’s page. original)


If someone asks you to guess what they are thinking, say “elephants.” Odds are good that you’ll be right. Why is it almost always elephants?


1 year ago – tech stuff, lj adds schools, where’s george, batman macaron chacarron, life poll, cute animals, comfort eagle

2 years ago – doodle of eyeball-yoink!, Egyptian soul-view, farting dog, comfort eagle, libras.(librans?)

3 years ago – monkey-pops/injustice, free movies, more on Ohio case, Nosy coworkers, lovely chat

4 years ago – Peace Corps dream, Conan O’Brien smells bad, palm doodles

5 years ago – fisher King, Flag treatment, cyborg roaches, bring back art nouveau

6 years ago – lots of private thoughts and writing, dispatchGeotarget

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8569 –

Dear Journal,

Doesn’t that look official! Too hard on the eyes, for me, though. A more standard font is what I prefer.


One of the few truly selfish things you can do that doesn’t make you an asshole is to make yourself happy by making someone else happy.

Right you are, Ze.


Charge your AAs over USB


Aw! Hulk have 2 kitties! (See Icon)


Moment of Lyric is – Track 23 on X-entertainment’s halloween jukebox. (mp3)


Postal Goodie Basket is an Awesome Halloween Score!

One, first and foremost – A lovely Headless Horseman card, complete with bonus commentary

On the candy side of things –

  • Two more Skybars
  • a fistful of Caramel Apple Chews
  • 5 mini packs of Necco Wafers
  • A Chocolate Marshmallow Vulture egg
  • a chocolate vulture’s nest
  • 3 Reeses Peanut Butter Pumpkins
  • A marshmallow ghostie

MmmMmMM Sugar Shock.


Peektures –

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Crane, Newt at Night, Blown out windows and Caution below

The Crane was in the parking lot outside of the Grotto – took birdie’s pic right as I got to the bottom of the stairs.

Newt is just chillin’ with my psp and some small denomination currency, wedged comfortably between my monitors.

Last Two – The Wachovia Building (or whichever, now that a Nation’s Bank took it over) – top windows blown out of the tower, and someone put danger tape all around the breakout area. No visible glass or debris, so I guess they cleaned it all up before I got there. Fortunately, no chalk outline. One of the poles marking off the danger zone is my bus stop to work.

For Glass and Debris pictures, feel free to look at my post hurricane wilma shots, instead. I can’t believe it will only be a year ago in October.. it feels like it was ages since it happened.


Quiz type stuff

8504 – So, it’s midweek!

autumn

Although this summer is going swimmingly, and there are great things in my immediate future, I’m looking quite forward to autumn. There was a rainstorm on my walk home yesterday, and it was a beautiful thing. Winds whipping cool air around, taking the leaves off of the trees and spraying a collection of raindrops of varying mass and density against my face. There’s something to be said for feeling fat splashes and mist at the same time. I was possessed of an energy I haven’t felt in quite a span, and that was certainly most welcome.

I was reminded a bit of the cool period after hurricane Wilma last year. Post-storm, the cool breezes and only the lightest of rains came – a kindness in an area without power to run air conditioning. Of course, that was in October, rather than August. A time for pumpkins, rather than watermelon. Halloween and Thanksgiving are looking especially spiffy.

I prefer pumpkins. I can think of three that are especially important. A gray one, an orange one, and a freckled one.


“Marrakesh. It sounds like a drink.” – Hank McKenna

“It sure does.” – Dr. Ben McKenna

The Man Who Knew Too Much

I had that film playing in the background last night… forgot how good the movie is. Gave me a bit of homesickness for Butters and Oneeyed, even if I’ve never been to their home. I like this remake more than his version in the 30s.

Moment of Lyric – mp3

8487 – Good Morning, Dear Journal!

Lovely talk on the phone last night, that went well into the wee hours. I simply didn’t want to hang up, but fatigue eventually drew me to snooze-ville. I woke up about an hour later and stumbled upon an interesting lj, and ended up engaged in some interesting conversation there, too.

I’m not feeling fatigued this morning, and I got my first pente defeat at the hands of bhk, trying to sink The Dreaded Pirate Greybeard’s Pente-ship Barkin’ Lotus!


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newt and friend on the porch yesterday.


Dice Wars – very simple, but addictive. I think proximity is a lot of fun, too. It has a revered place on my pda.


I heard a great quote the other day – “True nobility is not about being better than anyone else, but being better than you used to be.”

Beautiful thought, and I’m all for it.


Video: Microsoft Vista speech recognition demo gone bad

Dear aunt, let’s set so double the killer delete select all.

The XP recognition works reasonably well for me, save for some of the more esoteric phrases.


Animated movie from 787 clip art samples. I really like it.


Mighty Illegal Wireless Hotspot Hacks – the most useful thing for me was showing how to make my laptop a hot spot. Some very interesting info that can be reapplied a few different ways, but mostly importantly, insure the validity of where you connect.


Still unsure what I’m up to today – no word on putt-putt or movies or whatnot, but I’m off to get ready for my day. Shower, Yoga and morning walkies. Until later, dear journal.

Today’s Music has no lyrics – a sample of gamelan. Flying Goldfish Flower by Christine Southworth (mp3, 7 MB)via


1 year ago – entry loss, sky high good, Danny wins prizes, calls while not on-call, 10k superballs, Newtcam Law and Order, meme stuff, pics of lisas, and autostitch garage

2 years ago – museum pics, slippery, Loveless

3 years ago – tv shows, comic fonts, paper money, sound resource, gay high, starmark, CA2, tunnel walkies pix, Dan visit, toys

4 years ago – random voog glimpse, infrasound, dinner timeline, GRASP, hate group mapping, Jen plans on being wed, FMM steals paid time from me, mach 8 jets

5 years ago – animal traits poll, Museum of Black Superheroes, remonstrate, Pompano info, evil news, mental health day, rainbow newt poll, icq/lj tech trouble

6 years ago – April stress, New everway group review, Babel fish translations, green lantern, Jerrys Birthday bash, Discover marquee, Bev Preggers, Bro working at Amici’s, We Like Pie, 29th Scroll, 6th VerseGeotarget

8486 – from the “south wing”

First morning of Yoga went well, though I think I prefer the evening program so far. Taking things slow and easy, but I’ll be bendy as gumby in a bit.

Newt’s already started practicing, too. I dig the time stamp, 04:44:40.

On the Porch now – Newt got pretty excited about a little black squirrel on the outside balcony, but other than that, I’m just lounging outside and soaking up the humidity and enjoying the peace and quiet. Only real sounds are the fountain burbling and an odd rumble in the distance. Newt has since calmed down

Odd to watch Kids in the Hall unbleeped. Recorded back in the day when you could say “shit” on Canadian TV, but not on the Comedy Channel.

I haven’t planned a walkabout yet, but I think maybe a little journey to points west. Possibly doing putt-putt with mental_circles, home_grown_cl, and hedache tomorrow, if they recover from the Bowling for Soup concert tonight.

Forgot to mention that I went with Danny to a little comic book store in Boca Raton on Thursday. Quarter bins have given way to dollar bins. I picked up a few 1963 comics that had fallen by the wayside a move or two ago. A shame the Annual never made it to print. I was saddened to see that the Thing Series has come to an end. graypumpkin and kat78731 brought me a two or three issues when they were last in town, and I filled up to get all eight. The store’s Comic Book Guy(tm) said it was a fan favorite, but sales just weren’t enough to keep it alive.


Looks like a few of my flickr pictures are being published in schmap’s fort lauderdale guide!


Your Wrestler Name Is…

Bloodstained Adonis

Under the Pines by Jonathan Coulton is a Sad Love song about Bigfoot and Leonard Nimoy. Poor Leonard.


Spiffy Pirate movie! – Pretty entertaining French cartoon.


http://tvm.phpnet.us/

When you enter a number to dial and select a voice this program will dial that number and then read the message to them. The caller ID number can be made up. I’m bookmarking it…that has some nifty potential.


1 year ago – met the Lisas, strawberry shortcake, Kamandi, cat cartoons, I remind JL of Rob from High Fidelity, meme-y thing, out with Dan

2 years ago – turtlenecks, skinbags, touchscreen, firestarter, recent tunes, oomiaq, walkies, manatees

3 years ago – tour guides, politics, bollywood, starmark, windows psa

4 years ago – swastika, dreams, newt, birds of prey, lizard droppings, zebrelle

5 years ago – WoG III, Chai, bro, coloring book, lj down

6 years ago – nuffinGeotarget

8470 –

Lets see how today goes. Prepare for the worst, hope for the best. I imagine it’ll fall somewhere in between.


Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody. – Mark Twain, Following the Equator, Pudd’nhead Wilson’s New Calendar


If Vox is good for nothing else, it’s a decent resource for hosting pictures that everyone can see (Flickr and Saudi don’t seem to mix)

Also hosted here at flickr

From Left to Right – Original Newt pic, Black and white makes him look like a kitten, and two “Bleached” Newts, by playing with filter settings.
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More Newt lounging in the water closet… plus his vandalistic shenanigans against the end of the TP roll.
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Went on a surprise trip to outback with GG. It was nice to vent, and just commiserate for a bit.. and better, to talk about other stuff entirely over tasty pasta w/ cheese.


Some think toes are ugly
Some think toes are sweet
I think toes
Are little rows
Of fingers for your feet.


1 year ago – RIP Scotty, bleeder likes my eyes, thumbdrive apps, paper rocket, logo toy, taters, london transport

2 years ago – politics, monster poll, last time meme, job market

3 years ago – mahjong, zombie movies

4 years ago – Visiting Danny, played Pokemon, orcs n the hood, reign of fire with Dave, beef recall

5 years ago – eremite, watched the sun come up, poll creation, why I trim, cooking poll

6 years ago – got the first LJ client, movie ponderingGeotarget