Back from my morning walk.. just in time, I think… the skies are ominous, threatening to open up at any moment.

I was thinking of a saying that came from who knows where… “Wishes are identical triplets; regrets are the legions of the damned”.. and have been thinking about that. I have very few regrets. Certainly not a legion of ’em. As for wishes, (not counting the meta-wish of asking for more wishes) I like the idea of people having peace of mind, comfort, and just enough challenges to keep things from being dull.

Maybe that’s my poddishness coming out. I certainly don’t want fame, and fortune… I only really would like it for the security blanket side of it. There are troubles that come with too much funding, as well.

http://www.1800autopsy.com/

“1-800-AUTOPSY provides the following services:

Forensic autopsies
Private, full & complete autopsies
Partial, limited & re-autopsies
Exhumation & disinterment autopsies
Toxicology & serology analysis
Med. mal. prac. & wrongful Death Specialist
Tissue & organ procurement/retrieval
Post-mortem neurological diagnosis (e.g. Alzheimer’s, Multiple Sclerosis, Lou Gehrig’s (ALS) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis disease, Down syndrome, Tourette’s disease, Schizophrenia, (AIDS) acquired immune deficiency syndrome, etc.)
Post-mortem HIV & AIDS diagnosis
Post-mortem Genetic DNA (deoxyrlbonucleic acid) banking
Post-mortem Asbestos procurement/analysis
Post-mortem DNA (Paternity) analysis
Hospital autopsy support (diener) services
Contract autopsy services available
Medical photography & video services
Medical appliance recycling (e.g. eyeglasses, hearing aids, pacemakers, wheelchairs, prosthesis, etc.) See also Wheels for Humanity and Lions Eyeglass Recycling Centers.
Autopsy report and medical records reviews.
Production (script/writing, television, movie) consulting
Post-traumatic (Decomposition) clean-up services
Consultations available

“These services are offered, as necessary, to families (next-of-kin), Funeral directors, Cremationists, hospitals, attorneys, transplant institutions, cadaver-tissue research investigators, and other related
organizations.”

With an attorney as a front, that’s a lot of services that are available to investigators… plus they have a fun gift shop. Is it real, or a gag? I don’t know.. there’s got to be some unusual legal matters there.

quiz mania!

Rainy day outside… gathering my laundry together… slacking, so I thought I’d do one of those quiz things that used to fly around lj back before the little “what sort of cloud are you” tests became popular.

quiz swiped from pserv who got it from who knows where:
100 questions. I don’t know what’s up with 76.

I AM 53% GEEK.

Nerd, Freak, Geek, Dweeb. Sound familiar?

That’s okay, cause I will be the richest person at my 15th year high-school reunion.

If a “con” isn’t happening that weekend.

Take the GEEK Test at Fuali.com!

is going to cons to play anthropologist count?

if I knew more 733t, I’d have scored even worse. (better?)

I AM 34% PUNK.

Well, I may know what punk is, but… Okay maybe some people think I am punk, but is that enough? Nope.

Take the PUNK/POSER Test at Fuali.com!

And for Newton –

Philosophy – my 100% – Thanks for pointing me to it.

Plato (427-347)

There is reason to act justly even if one can get away with acting unjustly.
There is a single, general, pure idea of goodness that all good things possess.
There is only one model of the just person.
Justice is a harmony of the soul: intellect, emotion, and desire.
The best activity is intellectual stimulation and the most important quality is a strong intellect.
The just person is pleased, not in a state of discord.
The conflict between one’s own good and the good of the community is NOT irresolvable.

I don’t know that I agree 100% with the statements made, but they’re pretty close.I do believe in emotional and spiritual fulfillment, too.

Memes don’t exist. Go tell your friends.

obtained from here, my comments will be in italics.

Otter

Birth dates: 20 January – 18 February mine is Feb 2. groundhogs day. candlemas. imbolc. you know the drill.

Earth influence: The Cleansing Time
Influencing wind: The North Winds. Totem:Buffalo.
Direction: North. True north or magnetic?
Predominant element: Air. Odd, too… I seem to lean to earth?
Elemental clan: Butterfly (Air) Clan. Function:to carry through. Hmmm.. this and the above are too vague for me to comment on, other than this statement.
Birth and animal totem: Otter. Otter. hm. I’m pretty Bearish, but otters are nice. Tool Users.
Plant totem: Fern.I do like ferns.
Mineral totem: Turquoise. A pretty stone, I don’t know what it means, but my preference is for opaques to transparent stones.
Polarity totem: Salmon. ???
Affinity color: Silver.I do like silver.
Musical vibration: E natural – an octave above Deer.E Nat is a great tone. I’ll buy that.
Personality: Friendly. Unconventional. Independent. Dynamic.I’d like to agree with these.
Feelings: Detached.Sad, but true. I’m pretty unconnected to those I don’t really know or have invested emotion into. hard for me to relate to some types of thought.
Intention: Imagination. Intention?
Nature: Humanitarian. Um, sorta kinda I guess.
Positive traits: Inventive. Reforming. Perceptive. Have to be inventive to program or to write, I hope. reforming? to a point. Perceptive.. I like to think I’m observant.
Negative traits: Unpredictable. Rebellious. Tactless. Eccentric. oh, all of the above are true. I can show a little tact if I have to, but I prefer to be blunt.
Sex-drive: Hot and cold. hmm.. I think it depends on the partner. been hot for the last year.
Compatibilities: Crows, Falcons and Deer. see the above comment. gives ‘eating crow’ a good connotation
Conscious aim: Knowledge. absolutely.
Subconscious desire: Wisdom.I think to have one, the other will follow. I prefer wisdom to knowledge, but desire both.
Life-path: Creative strength.I hope so!
I Ching trigram: Sun. The Gentle Wind. Flexible vision.
Must cultivate: Inventiveness. Tolerance. Courage.I think I’ve got 2 out of 3 in the bag. Tolerance, I’m working on.
Must avoid: Rebelliousness. Eccentricity. avoid? I sort of enjoy them
Spiritual alchemy: Yin predominates. So I’m a girly-man? I’ll assume that means nurturing. 🙂
Starting totems: Otter. Buffalo. Butterfly. Fern. Turquoise. Salmon.

Scotto, your pirate name is: Mad John Read

Every pirate is a little bit crazy. You, though, are more than just a little bit. Even through many pirates have a reputation for not being the brightest souls on earth, you defy the sterotypes. You’ve got taste and education. Arr!

Take that, mateys!