I’ve returned from having the staples out… didn’t hurt a bit, only one even pinched at all on removal. I think that the bandage glue was more irritating to me than the staples were. I now have a row of butterflies there that will come off over time as I wash. I took pictures, but the shots don’t really show anything special, so I won’t bother hosting or posting. But I did get a shot of Newt getting all in the camera, so I’ll throw that in. The sounds of the staples coming out were not unlike someone clipping overly long toenails, and tossing the chaff into a plastic cup.
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#6226 staple pic, cheshire cat
Talked to the brother, and it looks like he likes his new job well enough to stay with it, until he finds one he’s more interested in.
Back is mending reasonably well. (cut to spare those who don’t like staples or cuts or ick.) Portions have filled all the way to the top already. I figure the staples are totally ready to be removed. I’m a pretty fast healer.
#6212 wound update, linkies, etc.
Good Morning and Happy November to you, dear journal!
Breakfast of honeyed toast, earl gray tea and life cereal. yum!
Wound image and description, cut for the squeamish.
Entry #6145 Nice weather, pesky people, squids, space, sea and starburst fruit chews.
Beautiful Morning today… cool, not humid at all, and just about the perfect temperature.
Rhode Island was in a mood… I suspect that she has either too much or not enough on her plate. She’s got micromanagement all over Newbie. Kahuna is out of town for at least the next two days, so we’ll see how that goes.
An organized online aquarium, in 2D and 3D.
“The discovery that they seem to be turning on each other at such a pivotal point in the species’ existence could be unsettling to squid lovers all over the world.”
The violent perils of biomass domination are let loose, exaggerates some journalist, as giant squid cannibalism shadows an inky doom for squidkind. On an octopod message board, however, the quoted scientist despairs.
What’s Really Visible from Space
There is a longstanding myth that the Great Wall of China is the only manmade object visible from space. It and several variations on the theme are great fodder for water cooler arguments. In reality, many human constructs can be seen from Earth orbit.
Continue reading Entry #6145 Nice weather, pesky people, squids, space, sea and starburst fruit chews.
*Happy 4th Birthday, Newt!*
(Link above goes to a pic of him from the first couple of days I had him at work… about Oct 21, 1999, I think)
Most recent shot of Newt to his B-day
AVENGERS #71 – NOW RATED MATURE READERS
This morning, Marvel notified retailers that the next issue of Avengers, #71, originally due to be in stores next Wednesday will be delayed until October 15th, and its normal “PSR” rating changed to “MR” or Mature Readers due to adult content. Continue reading
Random Scotto factoid – I liked Dynamite Magazine when I was in elementary school, but only because of Magic Wanda’s tricks page. DYNAMITE (1974-1992)
ok, I’ve implemented flex points in my system…we’ll see how that works out. Rather than point ranges for each day, 35 flex points are awarded each week. These points may be used as needed during the week. As part of this program Weight Watchers has eliminated point ranges and now assigns a single daily point value for each weight group. Seven days, five points a day, equals 35 points. I’ve done the math, and you still get the exact same number of points per week – it’s just a different psychological way of counting. They’re just modifying the system so that it’s in terms of a week rather than in terms of a day… though I can reserve some for a extra gluttonous day on occasion.
I’ve been craving ice cream cake since Cookie Puss has made a return to Carvel. Though… fudgie the whale seems to be sort of ironic. “To a whale of a dad… Here’s a big chunk of ice cream, tubbo!”
Speaking of which, I sort of like Am I Annoying or Not? of the “Or Not?” trends. Cleopatra’s Entry
Segue into Egypt…
Egyptian Scholar Planning Lawsuit Over Exodus Gold Continue reading
Labor day
I’m looking forward to spending some quality time today… so far, so good. It’s going to get better, too, I’m sure.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on TV last night.. I haven’t seen it in ages, and forgot how fun it was, though I think Benny Hill was underused.
Does it look like the building on the left is leaning to the right? That’s the sun-sentinel cam- From left to right, you are seeing: The edge of a new condo under construction; the Travel Guard building, which is one of the oldest buildings in downtown; Las Olas Boulevard, which is the curving road, and the Museum of Art, the structure on the far right. In the background, you see the Las Olas Riverfront area and the white building in the far distance at the center is the Museum of Discovery and Science. In the immediate foreground is the sales center for the condominium tower under construction.
Haven’t heard from my brother in a few days.. I’m getting a little worried about him. I really don’t like when he doesn’t have an accessible telephone. I’ve already put in an hour of code this morn… Tracy is really putting me to good use.
I need to call workman’s comp and find out about my foot brace and MRI. They’ve had more than ample time to contact me. They’ve got until noon to put things right.
Great that you can type keyword into Google news and get stories directly. “Electrocuted monkey” returns –
“About 40 monkeys went on the rampage in a western Bangladeshi village after one of their young was accidentally electrocuted.
The large monkeys, known as hanumans in Bangladesh, were eating nuts given by the residents of the remote Keshabpur village in Jessore district on Saturday, but ran off when a stone was thrown at them, the Bengali-language Sangbad Daily said, quoting residents.
A baby monkey was electrocuted after being caught in a live wire as they fled, sparking the animals to use sticks to attack several homes and shops in the village, the newspaper said.
They later left, taking the baby monkey’s body.”
Ugh… trolls. Don’t they realize that they serve no purpose, and are always rubbed out in the end?
“Wipe them out… All of them.”
I really wonder sometimes what causes people to lash out, online. Immaturity and some sort of bully complex are probably the biggest reasons. You have to wonder who wasted an authorization code for them, and if it can be tracked back.
There was a great deal of little nit-noids and niggling speedy-code this morning and yesterday… I’m glad, though, because it mixed things up a bit for me, and gave me a chance to cleanse my palate before returning to Niggling code, work reason? I wonder what’s bringing the onrush in, lately? New Clients? CSRs testing to see what they can get? Either way, I’ve done a good job and in record time.
Oh dear… Naughty hulk! (Probably work safe, unless your boss doesn’t like stuffed animals with a little extra felt where it counts.) The expression on Leah’s face is priceless.
At a park in Ohio, all you need to hunt for fossils is a bucket and a willingness to get dirty. Here’s the CNN story. Man, and I thought the peace river was fossil-rich! I want a trilobite!
http://www.wonderwoman-themovie.com/
a year ago – Wave of Husband killings, apple nipple monkey, star trek chairs auctioned, Ashcroft afraid of kitties
two years ago – brackish , some broken links, dancing poll, tried mcD’s yogurt & fruit, Le Petomane, band name poll, bid farewell to some junk,
three years ago – angry beavers, scary movie, don’t look behind you.
My name is Elmer J Fudd, millionaire.. I own a mansion and a yacht.
Well, Newt didn’t mind the fireworks too much, yesterday, though when someone right out back started firing them off, he peered through the window, and Mer’d at each explosion. Fortunately there weren’t too many. *Pop* Mer? *Pop* Mer! *Pop* Mer! He’s been afraid of thunder when it’s right on top of the house, though.
I was going to go out to breakfast this morning, but decided it was nicer to just relax a bit and have a cup of instant General Foods International Coffee, Orange Cappuccino. Yummy, though I’m partial to the Swiss Mocha. I’m overdue for Coffee with Sappho and Ihop with Kev.
My daily spam between my regular mail and my registration mail is rather high, in my opinion. ~90 mails daily in the junk mail account, and about 70 in my regular mail, too. Filters work ok, but some things still fritter through. My bulk mail folder is especially large and I use a disposable addy whenever there’s a chance of it being harvested or traded. It’s not gotten too bad yet, but I might not feel the same way a bit more down the line. I’m wondering if perhaps I should consolidate my addys, and redistribute? I’ll concern myself more with it later on.
Danny spent a long time yesterday working on homework… he had to outline 4 chapters, and when I called him, he’s spent 2 hours outlining a 30 page first chapter. That seems too long to me, but I have no idea what the chapter contained. I figure that it’s a Danny-ism… making more work for himself than is needed. I’m amazed at his current Saturday Schedule… 8-hour cram class and then goes out with the wife for 3 hours dancing that night. He must be fried come Sunday. I’ll give him a call midday tomorrow and see how he’s surviving. He just had a pesky doctor’s visit, too… that can’t be helping matters.
Most of my nearest and dearest are needing repair in some way lately… Hip/back, hand, skin, legs… It seems most folks in my age group are starting to see the warrantee expire. Oh for a super-fixy bacta tank!
In other Star Wars nerdy News, while talking about bellybuttons, *someone* suggested mine was similar to a sarlacc, drawing in lint akin to Boba Fett with my yeti-hair acting as graspers. I’ll have the world know that my navel is generally lint-free.
Extra dork bonue – RPG stats for Sarlaac
Looks like weather station K4VAE was back online, but is down again. Bah.
There’s a guy building a castle out of old printing plates.
archived
Kazaa lite is amazing.. Pluck any music you want (within reason. it has to exist somewhere) and presto, you can draw it down rapidly…most times in less time than the playing length of the song.
Wow. Remember asking for a better vibe? It arrived. 🙂
A day of wonders and good cheer.
I can’t even remotely say how happy I am about the day’s events.
Talked to three cool people today; Danny at lunch, Ray after, and my sweetie after that. So nice!
Lunch with Danny was groovy… we had Thai (I had red curry tofu) , and a long rambling talk about assorted things…. my journal, his church, his 8-hour Saturday class, FAU’s horrible record-keeping and baurocratic system, my brother, gaming, There… and lots more. Gave Danny a stamp to put on his good student’s papers…”Double Happiness”
Ack, photos didn’t come out from today very well. We went past a number of art galleries on Las Olas… some amazing sculptures in the windows there… sadly, the female forms made of chain and coins didn’t come out an auction house with tons of ivory had this cool dragon boat in the window… all hand carved. I don’t even want to know how much that much old ivory is costing.
Goofing around and made a new Icon… We’ll see how long I keep it. I had a lot of trouble resting last night. I couldn’t think straight and was generally anxious. I wish that I had been able to focus rather than just sit and stress. Ah well, today is a new day, and hopefully a better vibe will come.
Talked to Danny last night, and he didn’t get me the Playboy, so I called the magazine up today, and they cancelled the subscription. Apparently it was an unpaid one and they don’t keep phone numbers on file, so if the person made a mistake in writing out the address they’re out of luck. I wonder if it was some sort of prank? If so, a free issue of playboy is a pretty good one! Apparently, they were going to bill the person here.
The Thorns is a new group comprised of Pete Droge, Shawn Mullins, and Matthew Sweet. They’re making music with a focus on vocal harmony that brings back memories of Crosby, Stills, and Nash (some say The Beach Boys, but I don’t feel the “surf vibe”.) Give their song No Blue Sky a listen – it’s one of my current favorites. (the lyrics) You can read this article if you want to know more about the band.
For folks that are too lazy to make hot dogs octopi-style on your own. I first learned about Octodogs in the Tick comic. Be sure and read “So How does it work?” $16.95? (or $23 with S&H) Simpler to cut the bottom twice, and poke eyes with a toothpick.
A wonderful Retrocrush look at King Kong, and his 60th birthday.
I still can’t believe how much trouble it is finding a DVD version. I’d love to get that as a present for myself. (or put it on my wish list.) Something in copyright allows for UK, but not USA?
Random Scotto factoid – I’ve never had a black eye, but have probably received a couple dozen bloody noses. (it’s never been broken)
The Illustrated Catalog of ACME products. Compiler, I salute you!
Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 is out, and it fixes a ton of bugs Imagine that.
Danny just called, and we’re going to have an impromptu lunch together. …Until later, dear journal.
a year ago – settling in, south beach remote cam, Newt-lassie comparisons, power puff/marley
two years ago – Rookie Bodine, good thoughts, crash test dummy plot seeds, redolent, the power of cheese, Ornj goes camping
three years ago– shotgun
I still feel free use the term “fairer sex”, because as a whole, I do find women to be more pleasing to the eye than men. If politically correct monkeys don’t like it, they can lump it. On looking up fair maid, I think definition two is rather comical. I may yet use that in the future.
I’m looking forward to this… Apparently it’s running trailer son Finding Nemo (when you can get there in a timely manner). The Incredibles – Pixar. Oh, you can bet I’m looking forward to it. Pixar supers! I notice that the music is like a slower version of OHMSS.
Also, Columbia Pictures has bought the rights to Marvel Comics’ most famous black superhero, Luke Cage. Ben Ramsey (THE BIG HIT) will write the adaptation of the long-running character. Luke Cage is a former gang member from Harlem that is framed by his best friend and sent to federal prison on drug charges. While in prison, Cage volunteers for a medical experiment that ultimately gives him super strength and bulletproof skin. Using the new powers, Cage escapes and becomes Luke Cage: Hero for Hire. Avi Arad will produce for Marvel Studios. I wonder who could play him well? As long as it’s not Will Smith, I’m cool. What about Iron Fist? Luke Wilson would be horrid, yet well cast, I think.
Sweet Christmas!
There’s a weakness in my heart for zombie movies…I hope 28 days later is good. I’ve heard some positive things already.
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Spreading a meme from who knows where
COMFORT TV OR COMFORT BOOKS?
Comfort books, unless I’m too tired to even read, but unable to get to sleep. (Which happens a lot when I’m in need of comfort.) Cartoon Network, Discovery, and History Channel work wonders.
WHAT COLOR IS YOUR FAVORITE SHIRT?
My current favorite shirt is a black white and red Tie-dyed “Pirates of the Caribbean” shirt I got from Disney world back in 2000. It’s comfy, has hippy and pirate context, and reminds me of a lovely little vacation.
DO YOU WRITE? IF SO, WHAT DO YOU OVERUSE?
I write, and probably rely too much on detail of the area rather than cutting to the point of the story. Too much scenery. (It’s the first thing I start trimming.)
BAND YOU HATE MOST?
Any that’s playing too loud outside my bedroom window. I really like all sorts of music.
PUNK IN DRUBLIC?
Nah, I don’t even drink all that much in private.
DUDE, I CAN’T *BELIEVE* PEOPLE…
Worry so much about the opinions of strangers with no apparent knowledge about what they’re talking about. I’m concerned with opinions of folks that matter to me, and professionals in the field…not Joe Blow off the street. (Even most professionals don’t matter to me, either, honestly.) The opinion of someone I know and respect however is very valuable.
FIRST BOOK I REMEMBER READING ALL BY MYSELF.
I can’t recall much of my very young childhood, but an issue of Spidey Super Stories (a kids comic cross-promoted on The Electric Company television show.) Sometime in the early 70s. Easy Reader was in it, and Spidey was fighting the Lizard, while Spidey teamed up with Easy Reader to fight the Vanisher. (Edit) In fact, after a little googling, I just found a picture. April 1975 issue (so I was about 6 years old), picked up at the grocery store. I’m sure there were books before that, but that one stands out in my mind because I bought it with my own money and made a point of reading it on my own. There was a teenage-girl named “Thumper” who likes to dress like Napoleon Bonaparte and uses a boxing glove she hides in her vest to whack people in the back of their head when they’re not looking. Her origin? “When the Thumper didn’t get a Yellow Pony for her birthday… she got very angry and turned to crime. Dressed as the great French Hero Napoleon, the Thumper looks for someone to Thump.” It was something very close to along those lines.
Hmm. You know, I hear that’s the exact same origin Mysterio originally had. Except replace the line about ‘someone to Thump’ with ‘someone to try desperately to frighten with rubber bats’.
I’ve come to a conclusion. Morgan Freeman must reprise his role as Easy Reader in the next Spidey movie.
I need to go to a comic book store and pick up a copy of this just to have again. Three Villains, Lizard, Thumper, and Vanisher. Pretty good for a kid’s comic. 35¢ well spent.