Some photos taken recently… still small, but cut for politeness.
of course, newt’s on first.
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plans for this morning
Off to visit Dan, as soon as I get my hair brushed, and get some Newtie loves.
Watched a little SNL with my sweetie last night… laughed at gay Hitler on ice and botox.
Until this afternoon!
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(picture stolen smallvic, who stole it from phineas who stole it from jima. I don’t want to know what Jima was doing when he found this)
Check out GM’s new experimental car. Electric power. Motors in each wheel. Configurable body. This looks so much like Car Wars it isn’t even funny. They’re not showing weapon mountings, though . . . yet.
Back from the lab.. What a bucket of hassle that was! I had to wait two hours to take a five hour exam.. Draw blood, wait a half hour, draw blood, wait a half hour, draw blood, wait an hour, ad infenitem until about 2. Caught the bus to the drugstore, picked up my scrips for the back, and am now, finally, at home.
Newt seems delighted to see me, so I’m off to play with him for a bit, and maybe have a nap.
Until later, dear journal!
Oh, launch.yahoo.com can be reached at just launch.com, too.
“Gangland spent much of its time either trying to escape from or to do away with its worst enemy, Dick Tracy, the ace detective of the Elton police force…” The Adventures of Dick Tracy, Detective by Chester Gould (1932, Whitman Publishing Company, Racine, Wisconsin). The first Big Little Book. From the Big Little Books Price Guide.
(a great source of fun clip art)
Called the landlord, re: screens, bathroom, and window cranks. I’m also having him check the AC… it seems to be running warm today.
I’m pretty disappointed at his response time so far…I’ve been here two weeks and he only responds to my calls if I hunt him down and keep on him. I don’t know if he’s slacking, or just disorganized, but I don’t think any repair or minor fix should take any longer than a week to get to.
[update] – he came over to replace the screen, and stuff, but said to see if the ac dies entirely… he’ll be back tomorrow am.
How close are you to a nuclear waste hauling route?
from EH-
You probably know about the Wayback Machine, where you can surf older versions of Websites. But before that site hosted the Wayback Machine, it had (and still has) a serious collection of free films!
The Internet Moving Images Archive is a huge collection (1,254 so far) of old short films that have fallen out of copyright. The majority of the films fall into the “mental hygiene” category, and are probably similar to plenty of films that you saw in high school (if you went to high school before, say, 1960). You can peruse such titles as “Brooklyn Goes To San Francisco”, “How to Keep A Job”, and “You and Your Bicycle”. They’re free for the downloading, too! But unless you have a high-speed connection, you might want to simply stream the movies (most of the films give you the option of downloading or streaming).
Cool stuff: Some of the films will be familiar to viewers of MST3K. You can find such titles as “Body Care and Grooming”, “The Chicken of Tomorrow”, and “Hired!” Why not screen them in your own personal movie theatre and make snide comments about the action, just like on TV?
There’s even an example of the infamous musical productions that large companies used to put on for their annual conventions. You can check out a Chevrolet sales convention musical, and get an idea of how Big Business used to motivate its sales staff.
Representative quote: “As far as we know, this is the only site that presents high-quality downloadable movie data files practically free of use restrictions.”
A clear day! I could finally go for a little walk! I went to a nearby canal park, and roamed along the edge for a little bit
Now, fresh from the shower, I rise like the phoenix covered in steam, and I’m ready for today.
I dreamt about the wilderness near the coast last night. I think it was due to a photograph my sweetie showed me of the Lake Conoy. For some reason, I was charged with clearing an area for comfort… raking pine needles, and putting up some sort of tripod gizmo in the trees every so many yards…. I think it was to monitor wildlife (or tourists?) because they had to be hidden so that nobody would see them, but still have a clear line of sight to the sky. The dream took place during the day, but there was a soft yellow haze everywhere. Zombie Mist, again? I don’t think so. Maybe an echo of the Canada smoke I’ve been reading about lately.
Something that makes me giggle and lovey at the same time, from my beloved- is it any wonder that I’m smit by her brand of sugar?
*beso de dulce
mwah mwah mwah
oops, careful of my possum fangs
A man in the wilderness
Asked this of me,
“How many strawberries
Grow in the sea?”
I answered him
As I thought good,
“As many red herrings
As swim in the wood.”
Monster Island, pets and design, a programmable hat, and my local region for bookcrossing.
As soon as I get some labels printed up, I’m going to release Dandelion Wine and It’s Raining Frogs And Fish (I have multiple copies of each)
Where are Newt’s hind legs?
Protected: lj-cut for your protection, Ashcroft and Calicos
I have the 4th and 5th off from work… I have to call Newtie’s doctor and let him know about our change of address.
Cut the heel and the top of my left foot during walkies… twisted my foot in a funny way… surface scrapes, but they’re going to be tricky heals. Gauze and tape it is, and maybe *gasp* shoes with socks?
Friday might be the day to swing by the bicycle shop.
Reading enthusiasts across the globe have taken to leaving books laying around in public with a web address inside. The idea is that whoever picks up the book may find it a good read, register the book’s current location on the website, then leave it out to begin the cycle anew. A pretty cool idea, if you ask me, and much in the flavor of tracking George Washington – and to think it was all made possible by helium balloon technology, although sadly the romance of the message in a balloon has cynically given way to email indistinguishable from spam.
Newtcam is on, and pointing at his foodies today.
the morning came with a soft rain this morning… waking up in the same bed in a new place.
Newt dealt well with the first night… alternating between laying with me and hopping around the room, settling atop the TV or the windowsills.
here’s the latest newtcam piccie – I may need to make some new icons… my peace and newt ina circle are from no-nose’s… the others are from the last place. I should update. 🙂
words of the day, guest starring Tor Johnson!
dulcet (DUHL-sit), adjective:
1. Pleasing to the ear; melodious; harmonious.
2. Generally pleasing, soothing, or agreeable.
3. (Archaic) Sweet to the taste.
Dulcet comes from Old French doucet, diminutive of dous, “sweet,” from Latin dulcis, “sweet.”
brown study (broun STUD-ee) noun
A state of deep absorption in thought.
[Apparently from brown in the sense of gloomy.]
Tor, is indeed a brown study in the bestial, mindless beastly side of man. Raaaahhhr!
Meanwhile my most beloved is purely dulcet in all her ways. 🙂
in the news of the stupid –
Morons Sue bin Laden
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Two South Florida men filed a $1.1 trillion federal lawsuit against Osama bin Laden on Monday, alleging that as U.S. citizens the terrorist leader has threatened them with personal injury. According to the suit, the plaintiffs had to build and refortify their bomb shelters because of bin Laden’s threats. They say the threats also inflicted personal injuries on them, including high blood pressure and stomach disorders.
“Basically, he’s threatened myself and every American in this country,” Pitchford said. ”It’s against the law to threaten anybody in Florida. Based on that, he’s intentionally inflicted emotional distress.”
*rahhhhhr* Tor smash stupid sue-happy morons for slowing down the court system…. *rahhhhr*
RahhhR!
thanks to
Art Nouveau photos , thank for the great link,
Great architecture, too.
Why Scotto gets nightmares
That’s not popcorn….that’s a human BRAIN!
AIEEEIEEEE! I can hear them laughing..smacking lips and staring… Who’s next? You know Chimps have the strength of a dozen men. And these guys are eeeeeeevil.