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8992 – sat

September 15, 2007 scottobear Leave a comment

Bluegrass festival was fun, save for some folks seated in front of us that preferred to have a loud, beer-fueled discussion about the bands on stage rather than just drinking and listening.

Highlights were – Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain – Carrie has some crazy windswept hair going on, and is sponsored by Moon Pies ! Free Moon Pie at Bluegrass fest? How was there not a riot? Most everyone (save for the drunkie mentioned earlier)

Blue Highway put on the best performance, I think, though Larry says (and I’ll buy his expertise on this) that Mountainheart was the most technically able.

Country Gentlemen and Good Deale put on a fine show, as well. Lots of fantastic dobro work, especially.

There’s something to be said for groups not big enough for a massive following to team up and bring a whole day of music to the area. A pity Alison Krauss wasn’t there – if she had been, I think it’d have just been icing on the cake. I guess that’s the price of fame… you can tour on your own.

BHK caught this fellow on camera – a true fan.

The chucklehed below was the aforementioned drunkie talker

Assorted unfiled – will come back to mention sprite lady, delmarva guy, and so on.

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Moon pies.. nom nom nom. Other foodies the gang and/or I had were french fries, crabby pretzel, diet mt dew and hot dogs.
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last but not least, the kitties, for anyone missing orange and black. 🙂

1 year ago – wedding announcement, hacking the psp, skybar, justice

2 years ago – choco chippie cookies from the great mazinga, 2nd life, python quiz, newt and I horseplay pic, gave RS the smoking image, lj security issues, ADP vs RI, morning picture

3 years ago – skeeters are coming, Approached to hoax, enron should be glad it’s not Chinese, bro’s gf in jail, Colee contacts me

4 years ago – cej gab, goober and nims, Bottle Imps, Napellus, Salamander’s Feather, Screech Owl, Sycomancy, Tiromancy, sex x-rays, pass this on, first night of 24 hour call, universe POVs, super leaping dancers (my standing leap is now about a foot, guinness, anti-spam

5 years ago – rave, dave, mageknight

6 years ago – Ziito, Vulkon, and helpful hints re: gremlins

7 years ago – applelard comes out of the Bon Jovi closet, present reminder, and federal spending thoughts

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8989- wednesday.

September 12, 2007 scottobear Leave a comment

Newt looks for useful or insightful content in today’s entry.

Sorry, little buddy. Just a day to work at work, and come home, eat dinner with bhk, and turn in early to read and snuggle in bed.

Not a bad day at all… I needed the rest.

1 year ago – venture bros, house, matt starts halloween, mention of 10/25/06 – 2pm, vade mecum, pretty vids

2 years ago – 2nd life, raccoon icon, newt sleepies pic, halloween jukebox, condo doesn’t like newt, ADP ship-out prep

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

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

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

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

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

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8986- sun

September 9, 2007 scottobear Leave a comment

They set up the hay-bale spider at the pumpkin patch!!

Slept in until about 10, and then we toddled off to the Renfaire. Highlights of the day were Johnny Fox, Hack & Slash, Swami Yohmahmi, Horsemen, Bear-baiting and Witch Trial, and time at the Kadon games building again. BHK and I swapped off on taking pictures with the new camera – viewable here.

BHK got pulled into participation on two shows, as well – As Hack’s Mom in the Cruel and Unusual Show, and face-spike examiner (she got to keep the spike – eww) at the Swami’s. Also obtained was a Swami Yo sticker.

We looked at quite a few boardgames, but none grabbed us hard enough for an immediate purchase. I was a little disappointed in Y, (it seemed a bit limited) but Star may have some longer-term potential – maybe a bit too much like go, though. I’d say that my favorite of the wooden games so far is still Quintillions– I’m tempted to make my own set as well as purchase the original from the source. The Kadon people have some nifty plastic art/ game boards… I wouldn’t mind commissioning a custom 8×8 volcano-type one with a frosted transparent bottom for playing sleestak/pylon icehouse games.

Food Sampled at the Fair by BHK and/or me –

Mac & Cheese on a stick.
BBQ Turkey on a bun (BHK only)
Deep-fried Oreos (I wonder how many days-worth of calories *that* was?)
Broccoli Cheese Soup in a bread bowl
[edit: Chocolate covered cheesecake on a stick!]
A ton of water / diet pepsi

Went right from the Rennfest to the in-laws for supper… like we could eat anything after all of that stuff… still, I managed a plate, sans seconds.

snagged from all over-

1. Whats something thats heavily weighing on your mind?
Solidification of current programming tasks overseas. taking time, doing it right.

2. Whats one thing you’ve learned from a good friendship gone bad?
Communication is key.

3. Whats one thing you’ve learned lately from love?
There’s a time to lead, and a time to follow… mostly though, it’s a time to walk side by side.

4. Is there anyone special in your life in general at the moment?
Dern tootin’!

5. Whats a happy time you’ve had in the past week?
I’ve had quite a few! Review the last 7 days in the journal for more info. Overall, I just love being with BHK.

6. Is there anything in your past that you’d like to try again?
I don’t want one of those weird time-travel paradox things to break my current existance, which is pretty dang keen. a simulation viewer, sure, I wouldn’t mind seeing a few revisions on key events in school, socialization, and so on.

7. Who do/did you like to spend your nights with?
BHK, Newt, Pye.

8. Are you an emotional person?
I certainly can be.

9. Are you self conscious?
I can be shy at times, or concerned about “bull in a china shop” syndrome.

10. Do you think of others before yourself?
Generally so, but I have lapses.

11. What’s something that can always make you feel better?
BHK hugs, Newt Headbutts, Pye flurfies.

THERE IS NO NUMBER 12. Why do people remove questions?!?!

13. Where do you see yourself this time next year?
Pretty much the same, only more stable financially and physically.

14. Do you tend to make relationships complicated?
I try to simplify them.

15. Who do you feel the most comfortable around?
BHK

16. Is there something that you’re waiting for?
I tend to take things as they come – But I’m looking forward to October.

17. One thing you’re not looking forward to?
Getting my fillings next week. I am looking forward to *after* getting them, though.

18. How do you feel about change?
It can be good, it can be bad. Take ’em both and there you have… the facts of life.

19. What are you most looking forward to?
The rest of my life.

20. What are your plans for your next birthday?
That’s in February… I don’t know just yet, but I imagine it’ll involve family, cake and a buttered nose.

21. Do you even care about your birthday?
Not really… I like the social gathering, cake and presents, though!!

22. Do you think anyone in general out there loves you?
I feel certain that it’s so.

23. When do you think the world will end?
My world, humanity as a whole, or planet earth? I think that Earth will be a round a long time, Man, not as long. Me, not as long as that. I suspect that the end of mankind will be the result of either a terrible disease or accident beyond our control. I fear no zombies, aliens or plastics.

24. Whats the most expensive piece of clothing you own?
One of my business suits, I think. A single piece? A jacket, I guess. Not too expensive.

25. Why do you drive the car you have right now?
Our car was a gift to BHK for graduation Law school… and/or a wedding present, depending on who you ask/time of day.

26. Do you still talk to the person you LAST kissed?
Well, yes.

27. Have you ever seen your best friend cry?
Yes.

28. What kind of vitamins did you take as a kid?
Variable – we didn’t take ’em regularly, but Flintstones, and generic kids stuff from the GNC.

There is no 29, either.

30. Did you get any compliments today?
Yes, BHK was very complimentary to me all day today.

31. Are you friends with your neighbors?
We’re friendly, but not friends. Most are nice folks, I’d like to get to know ’em better.

32. What were you just thinking about?
How to develop a lightbox board for multiple game use – fun to play in the dark!

33 disappeared, too!

34. When was the last time you drove more than 15 minutes?
Drove? A long time. Rode? The In-laws from the renfest

35. Have you ever had a crush your on your sister’s/brother’s friend?
Nah, too broad a age difference.

36. What’s your favorite smell?
Tough call. I like baking bread, pine (natural, not synthetic), BHK and Newt. Pye when he’s been in the sun.

37. Have you ever been on a roller coaster?
Yes, many… but not for ages.

38. Do you care what others think about you?
As a whole, not really. Some others are more important than other others.

39 went away as well

40. What do you do all the time in a car?
play punchbuggy with BHK

41. Do you trust people easily?
Not really. I like people easily, though.

Dude, no 42 either

43. Do you think you’ll be married in 10 months?
I hope so, since I am now!

44. What do you look forward to in the next 3 months?
Christmastime, cool weather.

45. Who was the last person you called?
Larry

46. What happened at 10:00 am today?
A shower.

47. What’s your ring tone?
The loudest, most annoying ring in the deault set. (I almost always set it to vibe only, however)

48. Do you have any pets?
Newton (cat), Pyewacket (cat), and any assorted outdoor nature we can feed.

49. What were you doing at 9 pm last night?
Playing Fluxx with the Annapolis Chapter of GCoM.

50. Are your parents married/divorced/separated?
Divorced. Mother remarried over a decade ago.

1 year ago – october plans for in-laws meetup, geotagged photos, comedy show, go game

2 years ago – confirmed Deerfield condo, iguanas, wonder woman, pb&h, 2nd life, songs meme, quizzies

3 years 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

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

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

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

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

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8981 – Lobotomies

September 6, 2007 scottobear Leave a comment

Lobotomies, originally uploaded by osuzu & izumi.

I love it when thought bears fruit.

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8978 – mon

September 3, 2007 scottobear Leave a comment

Some more Enchanted forest pics –

tiny purple boot in distance

entrance to the forest

Alt entrance, with petco

Follow the king to FUN! Or Groceries… or pet supplies. He’s got a cool halo.

no doubt some more choice ones were available beyond the locked gate.

Opted out of the game convention, as we were slow to rise, and it was shutting down at 2pm. If it had been going until 6 or later, maybe we’d have tagged it. One Car wars game does not a journey validate!

BHK got a new camera, as her old one has pretty much bought the farm. Not bad, $99 Samsung – if it works well for us, I’ll pick up another for myself. I’m just delighted that you can get 2 gig SP cards for about $17, too. about 1200 pictures if taken at 6 mega-pixels… more than enough for casual snaps and fun photos.

Had lunch at Mexico, but we opted out of the road trip to WV… both of us were feeling sort of out of it. Instead, we went to the in-laws for a bit, to review the recently jellied grapes, and just say hi.

After our stop off at the in-laws, to look at jelly, we returned home to eat leftovers from the week (italian, mexican, chinese) and watch The Host. It was a good movie, but not what either of us was expecting. There was certainly a strong amount of allegory there. The CGI was very impressive for the most part, and I liked the basic story, even without the deeper-level tale reflected throughout. I’m pretty impressed with the beastie’s design and acrobatic-style feats. furthermore, I really dug that there was no direct setup for a sequel… it was a self-contained tale, and nothing more has to be done with it… that said, I’m sure that since it’s been so successful that a sequel or two will be made. I wonder that if so, will there be more political type stuf fin the wash, or will it give way to a plain monster movie?

The director, Bong Joon-ho, commented on the issue: “It’s a stretch to simplify The Host as an anti-American film, but there is certainly a metaphor and political commentary about the U.S.”

14780 unique people have taken this test.

Based on these unique user’s answers…

63.1% of test takers are gals,
34.4% are guys,
…the rest are confused.

16.8% of test takers get aroused by “iPhone,” while
39.2% get utterly ill.

41.2% of all test takers would choose the Internet over sex, and
32.5% of married test takers prefer the Internet over sex.

_____ Average “dork percentile” for ______
Mac lovers: 51%
Windows users: 63%
*NIX lovers: 51%

bhk got –

1 year ago – yub nub, Manger scenes with skittles, Godzilla and baby-llama Jesus on the brain, old time radio, silly quizzes,

2 years ago – had to take call, dan and I gabbed, missing kids, color/citizen test, suzy bday, walkabout map plan, wetlands commercial well before hurricane

3 years ago – evac to Danny’s

4 years ago – bad toon rising, international supers, Turkish accidents

5 years ago – flock of seagulls, speed racer custom cars, newt steals sabretooth, Plato, custom clix

6 years ago – location quiz, feelings, dead picture links

7 years ago – Norman and the walnut, old school observational junk

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8977 sun

September 2, 2007 scottobear Leave a comment

Still in a Rennie sort of mood, we plopped Gamerz into the DVD player, and started with a movie. I think the film was good, but the shadowplay gaming sequences and the fact that they all had actual Scottish accents probably raised it up from three and a half to four stars out of five. I think that they fairly pegged a few of the internal workings of a game group pretty darn well – Perhaps more like EMAGE [the group with AP, RI, HI, BG, and RobbC more than the 90’s group with GP, Kat, PM or alternates DougW, KathyW & DanC – with short termers of Kelly, DonM, Ed, RikL, RickC and Tony.]

HI (or now HG, I guess since she divorced RI married BG after becoming preggo with BG’s kid *DRaaaahmaaaah*) –

The elf chick in the movie was a pretty entertaining blend of the more negative sides of H’s flittery “look at me, I’m full of BS” and KathyW’s “Look at my Character! It’s me! I’m full of insanity” personality-wise. I could draw pretty solid connective lines to the others in that group, too, including myself.

Went on a fun drive hither and yon today… Went no place in particular, but discovered some new lands North and West of Baltimore. Nice time tooling around the Enchanted forest, where we took some photos (to follow later ) and I got a haircut at the Enchanted forest haircuttery… followed by a grilled cheese and pancakes for BHK and me at the Enchanted forest diner. Interesting place… I look forward to our follow up road trip to Elioak Farm, to see the refurbished elements. The food was good, but I suspect the grill hadn’t been scraped since opening in 1957.

If you look carefully, you can see the sugar-cone cottage deep in the middle of kudzu forest.

We forgot to hit the DC game night – And they were playing Apples to Apples, Lunch Money and Zendo! I would really like to go to the next one, if it fits into our work / play schedule. It’s a bit of a journey… Maybe 90 minutes or so – But for a Saturday of games and meeting a few new folks, it could be good!

I still need to swing by and check out the Maryland Gamers Annapolis location, too.

Swung by the in-laws and watched Hot Fuzz, and started Night at the Museum .. Bhk and I lost steam about 20 minutes into it, and headed home.

1 year ago – iguana mob pics, saw Accepted, impersonating liberace, nice weather for ducks

2 years ago – holiday countdown, teensy manatees, npr podcasts, disney quiz, underdog, trammel , new orleans psa, “I Don’t Wanna See Anybody Give Any More Goddamn Press Conferences”

3 years ago – hurricane frances, CoH, sweet revenge, strange brew, superhero costumes, sequels, Syncretism, retreat to Danny’s, newtcam pic, second thoughts, twinkie sushi, evil genius, zim and gaimajin, DCL’s bday.(HAPPY B’day!)

4 years ago – nostalgia central, general upkeep, nice chatty

5 years ago – John Walker Lindh, Old Maid, debian, red flags, my tarot card, underdog

6 years ago – Reading location poll, start page, bat-music, Amazon dreams, JH Noir

7 years ago – Empathy Rating, me, and the bionic woman

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8976 – sat

September 1, 2007 scottobear Leave a comment

Rennfest was a hoot! Much larger venue than South Florida’s, and more professionally done.

Highlights –

Kadon’s Game Tent (I lost two games of Quint, and BHK picked up a deck of Fluxx 3.0) – they’re the guys that make Volcano boards!
Hack & Slash – I got a long-sleeved Action Hero t-shirt, autographed by the guys.
(Good fellows and funny as all get out – They’ll be there all weekends except 10/20-21)
Swami Yohmahmi
Museum of Unnatural History
Coin Mashing Stand… Thinking of a Hare and a Bear for either side of one.

Not to mention soft pretzels, saw assorted foods on a stick (but only ate aforementioned pretzel and a lot of water) and a beautiful wooded location.

I think I especially liked it because it was just BHK and me, having fun. No herding cats, no phone calls, nothing… just grabbed a bagel and go!

After, we hit Susquido’s for white pizza, extra garlic with a Caesar salad and fried Zucchini. Yum. (Zukes were not nearly as good as BHK’s homemade recipe)

assorted recent kitty cuteness

Renfest pics – taken with BHK’s rapidly expiring camera.

Most from Hack & Slash
note beat rennie behind BHK and me on the bench.

1 year ago – the tick / pajama police, Zoom, car projections

2 years ago – Got fresh paid links, July 2002 Lumbee Entry (Active just 2 days ago!), Palm doodles, head photos and newt, foamy, Mind controlling death parasites, help Katrina critter

3 years ago – dream cartoon linker, The Forgotten, sample email from a stranger,Mountain Dew: Pitch Black, First Grade, Reiger resigning as chief of DCF, Stream of thought alphabet

4 years ago – Chitty-Chitty Bang Bang, Red Haired Barbarians, Aunt Jemima, $100K fart, esteem meme, dynamite magazine, Newt pic, flex points, cookie puss, annoying or not, bro stuff, blogshares, earthquakes, toontown, Frankie bugs me

5 years ago – heroclix, art fair, jellybath, skyscrapers (here’s Maryland), Ambient Findability, web hits, bike in the meter room

6 years ago – adultery, lj, rollercoaster

7 years ago – playing with html, long day at work, September b’days, Sacrifice to the Horned Goat, pesky work poop, coffee, bearded sadness, road trip, headache

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8971 – tues

August 28, 2007 scottobear Leave a comment

Extra-Random very rough draft entry. Read at own risk, dear journal.

Current health issues – getting corrected a little at a time

Allergies – need to get blood work done in top of October for shots
Teeth – Bridge for broken tooth, and 2 fillings. Floss, kids!
Back-leg ortho workup.

Monday night after our appointments, BHK, Chris, Larry and I all met at the Lebanese Taverna for Half-price Mondays… yum on the falafel!

I also got a new shirt for work at good ol’ Value City – White with blue pinstripes.

Tonight after work there was a big traffic slowdown…Suitland was a parking lot, and all of i-4 was shut by police and helicopters. A cursory search online mentioned no specifics, and the traffic radio was of little detail as well. I wonder what was up? Chris speculated terrorist stuff, but there was really no hint as to what it might be at all. I made it to Tina’s about 30 minutes later than usual. When I realized I wasn’t going to be there by 7:15, I called and they ate ahead of me.. I got there in time to watch the last half of Gilmore Girls – BHK and Tina set tentative plans for a girls trip sometime in the near future.

This weekend, BHK and I will be taking a little day trip somewhere… maybe West Virginia to see the mountains, maybe Outpost Games, possibly both on different days.

We still haven’t been back to the Compleat Strategist… I want to give ’em a second chance, but it might be a while… too many other places to go and see.

Graffiti seen when we went to the movies last weekend –

Robot of love – says hate
(he cannot be fully erased!)

Boy says bait?

That rhymes!

1 year ago – pom, apples and limeade, GP ahooga, close to the edit, burrito/screech butt, god lj, more ernesto a-comin’!

2 years ago – katrina track, toyota safe vs falling knives, brothers grimm, eco footprint, The Outbursts of Everett True , caffeinated death quiz, cat toy, superheroes and goats, office has no juice

3 years ago – on call all weekend, cej packet returned, super hero movies, charities, spectral analysis

4 years ago – begging for freebies, cases, frankie, wifi, paper toys

5 years ago – comic book ads, genetic ID card, lifegems, happy tree friends, Bheesh got a vette, free fonts, and Pynchon paper dolls

6 years ago – sci-fi dorkness (pity enterprise is so bad), red headed wildcat, bacchanalia, ultima Thule, stinky cab driver, lj “post limit hububb”

7 years ago – zoo day, de-compartmentalized some pals, Brown, turtle

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8968 – sunday funday!

August 26, 2007 scottobear Leave a comment

Still too hot to do much of anything out and about in the Crisco soup-like atmosphere, so we opted to take in lunch at the Sbarro’s in the Annapolis Mall and then hit a movie. Who knows why we woke up at 7:30 on a Sunday, but it gave us a solid head start.

We finally caught the Simpsons Movie on the big screen… I was surprised – it was a lot better than I was expecting… pretty solid TV episode from back when it was funny. We only saw 3 bits that would make it warrant a PG-13 rating – an instance of nudity, a curse word (or two) and some drinking / drug use. I could see them showing all of it after 10pm on network tv unedited, or without those three instances any time at all.

On the way home, we noticed that ATW has changed the sign again, as the search for “the man” continues. (atw is now a tag just for my ease of searching the story thread and pictures, now.)

Click to view larger

ATW NEWSROOM
‘THE MAN’
BOOT RECOVERED
FINGERS POINTED
Police say ‘NO Statement – NO case’
Meanwhile, Man Sightings run rampant
Psychic to be called.

It was a good thing we caught an early show as the later part of the day was comprised of –

BHK Birthday Part II: Electric boogaloo!

Party at Tina’s place… Mexican food! Both Meat and veggie protein varieties – Tina’s not a big carnivore, either. Matt (her new boy) seems like a nice enough fellow and I hope they have maximum fun / minimum glum together. He’s certainly more social and generally conversational than DR or W. Dessert was yellow birthday cake with chocolate icing, compared favorably to yesterday’s lemon cake with lemon icing. Added bonus, BHK’s mom didn’t absent-mindedly start slurping the frosting off of the removed candles like last night, rather than giving them to the b’day girl to taste.

Aside from Tina and Matt, Adam, Jimmy, Louise, Chris and Larry all made it to celebrate. We fit pretty comfortably at Tina’s townhouse… I wasn’t sure if we’d all be able to manage, but it worked out quite well.

BHK’s Loot received:

from Louise : Necklace and bracelet of multi-colored pearls.
from Tina : A pair of Peridot Earrings / Hello Kitty purse (which looks like ms. kitty is making a gesture I’m sure wasn’t intentional)
from Larry & Chris – Red Coral necklace and Earrings / and some lovely crockery
from Danny – A swell looking green-stoned ring in gold. (and he got Tina some yellow-stoned earrings, too!)
from my Mom and Wilt – Turquoise and silver necklace, Halloween Snow globe, a little cornucopia and a really lovely card.
from me – a lot of knickknacks – Grease & Grease 2, a pair of pink pseudo-crocks, some stripy socks that mismatch/match, a pink headband with little jolly rogers, bath scrubbie, black cat bowl, a green wire basket, some fuzzy slippers and a gift cert to scalped.

I’m the only person that didn’t get her any jewelry… she told me specifically *not* to get her any. Now, I understand why.

May’ve recruited Adam and Jimmy into a parlor game night. Who knows, maybe they’ll lure Kendall and Amanda into it, too, and we’ll have a big night of it sometime!

I don’t know if Matt is into parlor games… I do know he digs the Redskins and is willing to put up with chick flicks. come to think of it, I don’t know for sure if Tina is interested in boardgames or not… I suspect that she, like the in-laws aren’t really into abstract games. Louise is a good candidate, but is harder to reel in to a date or time than the teens. The last time we saw her was her birthday, about 6 weeks ago.

Poor Danny has students in his classes now – he’s back to running the Sci-fi club, and is incorporating Pirates into the after school program. I should send him a bucket of heroclix or mage knight commons/doubles as a donation. He really liked the Superhero stamps and Lord of the Rings Risk game we shot off to him a little while back.

1 year ago – back from an all too brief visit, nose buttering, bunny suicides, events of the day, liberty city psp homebrew hack, jojo the cannibal kid, maple cookies, folks, met Adam / Future In-laws

2 years ago – power out phone post, hurricane katrina aftermath pictures (and Newt), Bro out, Techs unavailable

3 years ago – BK heads north, random visit to a 2001 entry, behavior variances, quiet-please

4 years ago – sleep schedule, zombie game (poor thing aborted), monkey helpers, first lost child.

5 years ago – Deer Hunter, Apache, Equality/freedom Poll, Emerson, flying saucer, heroclix 200 point armies, McD hot dogs, wpoison

6 years ago – that piercing woman , lj vibe change, many links (not all work anymore)

7 years ago – Godzilla, quizzes, leftyrok added me, IMT threatens to move all operations north to Tampa, dean martin

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8965 – Thursday – brok brok brok

August 23, 2007 scottobear Leave a comment

Random spastic doodle of a chicken walking –

Much work today… full day, lots of stuff accomplished. Budgety, programmy, webby goodness.

After much work, came home and took BHK out to eat at the Calypso Bar. Jean, our server was helpful and guided us to some tasty treats- The chocolate-chip banana cake was a lot better than I might’ve guessed, otherwise.

One side effect of dinner was that we were both prone to chittering after supper… too much caffeine, mayhap.

After supper, we headed back home and hit the sack pretty rapidly.

1 year ago – won psp, happiness, It’s hot in Topeka, mental jasmine,

2 years ago –

graypumpkin

lj-ing, google desktop, gutter sniping the net, Whiums and sammy-talk, music meme mark II, paper toys, medicines to fight the sickies, carrot top bulks up, bill shatner, billy batson

3 years ago – more travel pix, Coconut Curry Tofu, coulrophagy, scream stolen, updated on JTD, pic of my workplace

4 years ago – broken photoshop friday, wanting to put a transmitter on bro, tidemarker, comic art, yawns, women in spacesuits

5 years ago – moonlight movies, a li’l grumpy

6 years ago – vertiginous, steganography, word association poll

7 years ago – smelly BK, political mailings cost the same

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8963 – wed

August 22, 2007 scottobear Leave a comment

Recent pictures from the Grotto local –

They tore down the neighbor’s house,
and are putting up a new single family home!

FIL got a warning for running a stop sign
in his riding mower… good thing it wasn’t a ticket!

BHK made fantastic stuffed peppers, broccoli/caulifower salad and mac & cheese – we then went to bed, after watching about 1/3 of Mrs. Pollifax – Spy. (Good movie so far! Night Stalker, Mame, MacGuyver’s boss and Exidor all in the same movie!)

Two good quotes heard recently (from a locked post, so they’ll remain anonymous unless they want to be otherwise identified.)

Whosoever is out of patience, is out of possession of his mind, body and soul. —Sir Francis Bacon

We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts… I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it. —Patrick Henry

Pretty wiped out, so I’ll catch up more tomorrow, dear journal!

1 year ago – tweaking web page, radioactive volcanoes?, wooley imbibe, venture bros, voice post burgers

2 years ago – forgotten nightmares, laughing puppets, sickies, gov rss feeds, paycheck to paycheck, audio hidden, i loves me some waffles, music, otr, 25 food hacks, smarts

3 years ago – no dwarf dice, swap shop instead, I live in a pulp universe, walkabout pictures, froggies, gorillas in comics, email post – image host

4 years ago – ACIM invites me back, new sound card, “don’t go there” is gone, DSA, keywords, gil gerard ages, commanding my minions, publix cancels home delivery

5 years ago – run tel dat, newt playing, gaming, cow teeth, trivia cookies!

6 years ago – ichnology, phantom blot, no-so-evil news

7 years ago – Newtcam, replicating interests

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8962 – Tues

August 21, 2007 scottobear Leave a comment

Chewing through a very solid work week – A lot of items on the desk to weed through. SQL is taking top priority, given our release date, but there are a lot of items to deal with from various aspects of the web site to planning budgets.

It’s a pretty challenging gig, and I like it like that. Not a lot of time to learn, but learn-as-you-go seems to be the rule for any tech thing nowadays.

Not enough code to worry about at work? Here’s some icehouse game java in the works, too. I’m not even going to look at that stuff until sometime in 2008, most likely – after crunch time at the office.

Taco night with the in-laws and BHK’s longtime pal Lucas (edit – LUKE! NOT LUC!) – he’s in town for a span before going off to NY or CA for work. I hope we get to have him over a few more nights before he launches – perhaps he’ll be interested in playing some parlor games in addition to any chick flicks that he and BHK both seem to dig.

I am very weary tonight – hitting the sack early. I don’t know if it’s the rainy weather, or what, but I’ve been feeling a need to snooze. I’m all for cool, misty days, and if a little sleepiness is a result, that’s ok, too. I think that I may be a bit tired due to a lack of unwinding when I first got home… I’ll try to kick off my shoes and change into some play clothes a bit sooner tomorrow.

Saw our “whatever” sort of bird of prey in our backyard… still sans camera, so a animated drawing will have to suffice.

‘Serial killer marked victims on a chessboard’ Continue reading →

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8955 – sat

August 18, 2007 scottobear Leave a comment

Things of note – when getting an ekg or a stress test, I was stuck on a stretcher for about 8 hours straight. Do it again? thank you, no.

Off on a date to see Stardust – Double dated: Bhk and Me / Kendall & Adam. We all enjoyed it – a nice combination of humor, mild violence, and general purpose fairy tale.

Played 4 games of polarity with BHK – won 3 – Also won 1 game of martian coasters.

Center of hardware store’s quirky display is stolen

ATW Hardware and Supply owner Ted Kramer wipes a tear away from one of the ladies on his rooftop display. The figure known as The Man was recently stolen from the Edgewater store.

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August 16, 2007 scottobear Leave a comment

0816071032.jpg, originally uploaded by scottobear.

I’m ok, first time in ER since the honeymoon. Had chest and throat issues. Advised a stay for 24-48 hours.

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8950 – mon

August 13, 2007 scottobear Leave a comment

So… Amazon does groceries, now? Nice idea, especially if they don’t charge shipping on bills more than $25. That’s good to know, in the event of some rare items going missing… I wonder if there’s a way to order stuff that’s very local?

I totally agree with MightyGodKing – If more history books were like Warren Ellis’ and Raulo Caceres’ Crêcy, this would not be a problem. At all.
(Warning, language.. as if I have to tell you, dear journal.)

Yesterday was a beautiful day, even though we spent the majority of it indoors. I think the weather is just about perfect for kayaking now… not too hot, but nice, clear and sunny. 88 degrees is doable – 112… not so much.

BHK and TM pulled potatoes today!

From our garden – that’s a big ol’ spud!

After such a long, hot week, that was some beautiful weekend, wasn’t it? And apparently, the beauty of the weekend is spilling out on to Monday morning: Karl Rove, President Bush’s controversial deputy chief of staff and senior political adviser, will resign at the end of August. After he packs up his Palisades home and heads back to the Texas Hill Country, Rove will reportedly leave politics and plans to write a book about the Bush years — do you still get to claim executive privilege when your job involves working in your slippers?

1 year ago – pics from britta’s birthday and walkabout, ocean movies

2 years ago – strawberry shortcake, silas stingy, bus ride video, video watching, about me meme, errors at work

3 years ago – np tech fizzed out, disney rides, bro gets 2 years probation, CoH, hurricane Charley, RvsB-internet, Horny Toad

4 years ago – Gelatinous Cube, Chimera / Mosaics, Schwarzenegger, I work with fools blog, David Carlson, wonder woman, cockroaches/dominoes, AAA vs speed traps, director, google calc, teen titans theme cracked

5 years ago – cheaters, fartlek, Gamera, Nation of Victims, Nimoy sings about Bilbo

6 years ago – random journal reading, suasion, hobson, pancake bunny, misc news, super powers/poll

7 years ago – went for sleep study

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