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6808 – um. It wasn't time to head out yet?
What was I doing at five-thirty in the morning? My body woke up, and I just assumed it was time to get moving. I’m not used to hopping out of bed early like that.
Maybe I can slip in some memes and linkies, after all.
6808 – um. It wasn’t time to head out yet?
What was I doing at five-thirty in the morning? My body woke up, and I just assumed it was time to get moving. I’m not used to hopping out of bed early like that.
Maybe I can slip in some memes and linkies, after all.
6805 – pieholes and crutches
Well, I broke a c-note on my adsense account… we’ll see how quickly google decides to send me my check. (they have until the end of September to do it, because I rolled right on the first of august… they get 30 days from the end of any month ending with >$100.
A German company offered me another $20 to put a “sponsoren” link on my main page, too It’s small and unobtrusive… and links to text, no graphics, no pop ups and no porn. So far, my ad-links are paying about $90-100 a month on average, all told. I’m amazed… this is almost as good as what designers in there were making about six months ago. I don’t know how long it’ll last, but I’ll happily take the money until they decide to stop paying me.
I notice that all of my adsense links are for public service items today… a result of the hundred dollar hump?
With comics like these, I can’t help but vote redemopublicratican. Godzilla has my vote all over Morgan Freeman. warning, some potty-mouthage.
6801 – Rock over New York, rock on Chicago.
Interesting quote that applies to many blogs out here…
“You will just have to accept being addressed by a disembodied voice just as I accept the compulsion to speak out even though I am painfully aware that I am talking to an invisible, perhaps nonexistent audience.”
–Robert Shea, The Eye in the Pyramid
I wonder how much my intelligence and personality has been altered as a result of playing with mercury when I was in high school?
How many IQ points were lost? Any added paranoia? Dementia? What aspects were opened and closed?
I won’t even venture into other chemical changes.
6786 – politics, monsters, training
Brother, can you spare a job? A cartoon in classic old style, featuring narrative audio by GWB.
Want to know where I currently stand, politically, dear journal? Well, it’s like this.
The “anyone but Bush” mindset is one I can’t support. I know that I certainly don’t much care for the man… But is Kerry any better? Every time I hear him speak, my opinion of him drops. His only selling point to my mind right now is “well, he’s not Bush”. That’s not valid enough. Is he going to do anything for the environment? I haven’t heard. Stance on big business? I don’t know, for sure. Is he really the lesser of two evils… I don’t have enough quantitative evidence to know. If I played the odds and was forced to pick, it’s *likely* that Kerry’s a better guy, just because Bush’s policies are horrid to my mind… but likely isn’t good enough. I’d like to know one way or the other.
All I’ve seen so far is “Nyah-nyah” crap debate, and it makes me unhappy with any choice that can be made.
Will I vote? Oh yeah. Will I adore who I vote for? Oh, no.
New Citizens Say GOP Took Away Their Right To Choose
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Dario Cruz has lived in the United States for 16 years, but just became a citizen last week as he and about 200 other immigrants were naturalized.
One of the things he had always wanted to was register to vote, but when he was offered the chance to do that right outside the ceremony, he knew something wasn’t right — the place on the form where you’re asked to choose Democrat, Republican or independent was already filled out. Continue reading 6786 – politics, monsters, training
6741 – Melange.
Pick up the phone. dialing takes you to different places.
Implosion world – Watch buildings get demolished.
A Reminder from dictionary.com
Q. What is the plural of virus?
A. Viruses.
It is not viri, or (worse) virii. True, the word comes directly from Latin, but not all Latin words ending in -us have -i as their plural. Besides, viri is the Latin word for ‘men’ (plural of vir, “man,” the root of English virile). There is in fact no written attestation of a Latin plural of virus.
If you have some knowledge of linguistics and Latin, you might be interested in the morphological analysis of the word from the Perseus Project.
When you have more than one bus, it’s not a fleet of bi. Buses.
I *really* like my new clothes. Losing weight is a good thing… I figured it out – Garganticus and Foomy got shorts from George Foreman’s collection at the “Big and Tall” (or Looming and Vast, depending on how far you go… You could put a sharp dress suit on the Hulk right off the rack.)… my new pants and shorts are comfy, and I’m not “lost” in them anymore. It’s nice to have some shorts that fit properly. I picked up a nice linen tunic-looking jersey, too. (For days that I’d like to dress like Barney Rubble) I held back on the Hawaiian shirts…a bit expensive, and wasn’t what I was really there for. Maybe next time. It seems sort of feminine or at least “metrosexual” to be this happy about new clothes, but that’s what’s up. Small pleasures. Man, the prices online are horrid… either that or I stumbled into a lot of good sales.
Bro came by and borrowed a few DVDs. I hope I see them again. Five Deadly Venoms, Tank Girl, Titan AE, MechaGodzilla, and a few others. The only ones I’ll really miss are the badly dubbed kung fu and giant rubber monster movies. Upside, he was clean and pressed… either looking for work, or doing something where he’d have to look non-scrubby, anyhow. I’m happy to see him looking sharp and attentive to detail.
I would really like a multiplayer computer version of Car Wars online, akin to City of Heroes. It’d look a bit like CoH’s Boomtown, I think.
#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.
Well, prop2 is losing a lot of her sympathy credit in the office. She called at 9am this morning (she was due in at 8) and said that the power was out, and that she was waiting to hear back from FPL as to whether or not it was an inside the house thing or something else. What she *didn’t* say was why her jobless husband was not available to do that while she got to work… She never called back to even say she’s stuck at home for some nonsense reason… FPL seldom takes more than a half hour to get on the stick… I can’t say as I remember any time short of a Hurricane that has caused interrupted service for more than an hour. Tomorrow, I visit the neurologist and hopefully get some good, progressive news to counter the lightening strike that’s going to hit at work. I still feel bad for her, and sincerely hope that she finds another gig soon, preferably better suited to her.
I’m going to be in the print issue of December’s Popular Science Magazine! (Well, the letters page.) Continue reading
Today was supposed to be a day of rest and comfort. From 3PM on, that simply wasn’t the case. Tomorrow will be a better day… I’ll be able to focus on other issues. There were a few positives about the day… Fortunately, I have some good anchors to keep me grounded. Added bonus, short week ahead.
I get to be a piglet for dessert snack tonight, because I need to catch up on my points, and I’m not in the mood for orange juice.
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.
a crate full of sea lions and some hand lotion
Random bit of Curiosity –
I wonder why that never caught on in the states?
The Newest Cereal… Monopoly, Based on the board game. Basically Cinnamon toast crunch with marshmallows. That’s too sickly-sweet even for me.
Random Scotto Recipe- How to make fun putty
I don’t know why I made this mini-movie.
I feel bad that there’s no Linda Hamilton in the new Terminator movie… and Ed Furlong is replaced because of his drug problems. (Even after his horrid rendition of the Doors “People are Strange”.
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.
Scottobear’s Weekly Fotolog Stats/Reminder
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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.