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Funny.. SoFlaChris and I discovered Plazes within about 5 minutes of one another. Newtcam was added.

On the way to the meeting yesterday, a 16-wheeler ran over a piece of steel, which spun off to the right, and caused Elsie’s window to explode into the cab of the car. She was lucky… it took a big divot out of her doorframe. If it had hit an inch earlier, she’d probably be at least in the hospital right now. Fortunately, she’s unhurt. I got a spray of tiny glass fragments in my lap, too. I think this’ll be a good opportunity to clean out her car.

Brush fire caused me to bail out of SL unceremoniously. Launched an evac, and looks like folks are all ok.

Kat and GP have been so quiet since returning from vacation… only a post and a couple of comments from Kat. I hope they return to regular lj’ing soon!

These mustache tattoos made me think of GP & Kat. I admit that I was a tempted a smidgen by the idea, m’self.

Bibliochaise, is a literal armchair library “for those who like to be immersed in deep reading.”. The chair can house up to five linear meters of books.

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8324 – So, this is a Thursday, is it?

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Wendy pointed me to this… how cool!

Adopt Sea Turtles for Mother’s Day!

A mother sea turtle will travel thousands of miles to move from feeding areas to mating areas and then to her preferred beach to lay her eggs.

It is a long crawl up the sandy beach where she makes her nest before she swims back to sea. Wouldn’t your mom travel such great lengths for you as well? This Mother’s Day, show her how much you appreciate all she’s done for you with an adoption of a sea turtle from WWF’s Online Adoption Center.

Second life has been running slow as molasses lately.. no packet loss so I’m a bit befuddled about the slowdown.

Moment of Lyric – mp3

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8315 – Saturday.

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Meeting with the momster after Fatima cleans up the joint this morning. Maybe do lunch together and gab more about the current familial hubbub.

Another morning on the porch to come. I may need to get a box fan to put out there, before the summertime hits in full.

Moment of lyric (youtube video)

When I was surrounded by the world you were the only one who came
And you were the only one astounded who has kept me grounded
As the other girls thrashed my very name

Then I looked over just in time to see her smiling back at me
And saying everything’s OK as long as you’re inside my blue veins
Your blue veins

Yeah and the feeling that you gave me no matter what I do or where I go
It always will remain
And those who would enslave me to get to me must get past you and will have no luck
Cause you’ll protect me from all pain (that’s true, yeah, but)

The most beautiful, yeah the most beautiful thing cause anything else can’t compare?
Must be the blood that’s running through your blue veins
Your blue veins

Your blue veins

And I know you won’t deceive me like the rest and there’s nothing you need to explain
You always were the first one to believe me when I said to you girl
I think it’s gonna rain
But I could be wrong

Yeah but all of these things all these things they’re all truly nice
but ain’t nothing ain’t nothing compared to the love that’s running through your little blue veins

Full day today. Possible trip to dentist, chores, mom visit, maybe dinner with the crew at W’s if the timing works? Speaking of Dinner… I could stand a little breakfast. Time to forage. Until later, dear journal. As always, Newtcam should be live.

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1 year ago – Bettie Page’s bday, MJ & vaseline, bus ride pics, newt and a space monkey, air show, ramscan, banana tree herb, exoskeleton, taco bell, email kills iq more than pot

2 years ago – Eucharist toss, RI peeves me, there, vamps, CS mail-skim

3 years ago – country meme, there-crew, battle-imp

4 years ago – dreams, make out places in Ft Lauderdale, lone gunmen gone, chupa vs tia

5 years ago – ljwhores, undulant, Earth Day, international kite fest, 10 reasons sex is good for you, Peru shoots down US planesGeotarget

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8305 – Which brings us back to d’oh!

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New Dr. Who was ok.. I liked the semi-zombie goodness despite the weak ending, but I look more forward to next week’s episode… Werewolves and Queen Victoria!

Secret Wars Re-Enactment Society – Well, it makes as much sense as those Civil War guys.

Aw, phooey… Monday again, eh? Weekend evaporated like fog on a hot day. Had lunch with the Mom and her gang at Sweet Tomatoes, and came home to an overlong nap… Sunday was completely wiped off the map as a result. Danny tried to call me from the Atlanta arport, but both phones he was using were wrecked, microphone-wise. Good to know he made it in ok, however.

I’m not a big fan of recent SNL, but the video bits, and smigel’s tv funhouse animation segments still can shock and awe a bit. Last weekend’s “Disney Vault” bit was pretty awesomely horrid.

1 year ago – Homeless seen while on walkabout, mzk nearly shoots my eye out, Bo Rhap, Newt pics, mzk pic, robot doodle, lethal injections not painless?, tv interview

2 years ago – odd email, D’s bday/vanishment, manatee doodle, sammy’s sister syndicated, garlic, moon scarab

3 years ago – egg hunt stats

4 years ago – annoying day, doc trip, search terms

5 years ago – AJ’s Bday, Recording freakazoid, dsl, fan letter at mum.orgGeotarget

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8291 – And… it’s a Friday.

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Devo – Live on “Fridays” Girl U Want & Gates of Steel

Hey, so it’s Friday! It’s been a long week, even with Tuesday off. I’m looking forward to getting some rest this weekend.

Made myself a new icon, testing lj’s auto resize images. looks ok. I’ll wear it for a bit.

Lost was the best one in a while last Wednesday. Some decent acting, and set pieces.

Designed a mega-trampoline for 2nd Life, and it seemed to go over well with the 3 Sirens crowd. Launch and sound works well, but you still land with a heck of a thump. version 2.5 will be a bit more gentle. Timmy Turtle’s pursuit mode is more realistic, too. (if you outrun him, and another person is closer, he’ll home in on them.)

Viruses “trained” to build tiny batteries

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8282 – festival of Hilaria

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Well, I went and got a Nikon coolpix l2 (the 6 megapixel version)at office depot on sale.. got a 1 gig memory card to go with it. I’m no pro, so this should hold me for quite some time.

Sometime this weekend, I’m going to hit the tree zoo, or do some camera-safari-type action. not sure if I’ll do it today or tomorrow, depending on which way the wind blows.

Camera also has a video making capability, see Newt Chase a paper wad here. (Kindly ignore the pile of socks visible at the end… I was preparing laundry piles when I got distracted and decided to play with Newt instead.

Please, no overly mean or dangerous April fool’s jokes on or around me today. thanks. Instead, of me pranking other folks, have the Origin of April Fool’s Day, via how stuff works, and wikipedia has a nice entry as well. Some Hoaxes taking place this year.

Coding4fun! – Randomly Opening CD Tray would drive me nuts.

My Scotto utility belt now contains a pda, a gps, a beeper, a cell phone, and a digital camera. Every one of them has a built in way to check what time it is. Why on earth would I want to wear a watch?

Moment of Lyric (mp3)

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8253 – quick recap

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Samuel L Jackson on Ellen on SNAKES ON A PLANE (youtube)

St. Patty’s plans got sacked for me at the last minute, this time, Mom and Wilt just had far too much to handle before launching this morning for parts south. Instead, I opted to go to Bonefish Mac’s, a place run by one of RR’s pals. IT was pretty festive and fun, though it wasn’t terribly Irish…. no green beer, though I did have a couple of Heinekins in green bottles with my grilled cheese and veggie-wich. Met some friendly folk there, and Bethany gave me her digits. (Ulterior motives, though – she needs her computer updated. Still, she’s nice, and fun to talk to, so it’d be good to get a buddy that’s a local.)

Was reminded that I can get tossed into a crew of random-folk and come out of it with a lot of comfortable conversation. That was a big win, and there were no real jerky-types at all… only one downer guy, Robert, a tile-worker / carpenter from Pennsylvania, having trouble finding work. I cave him Wilt’s card for renovations, etc… maybe he’s worth a shot as labor. He’ll have to wait a week for Wilt to return, but aside from that, I think Robert’s chances are good for finding a basic gig.

1 year ago – much work, webjay, Danny invite, George, potential condo piccies (many mock the pre-move decor)

2 years ago – Astronaut Jones, Square Bear, speak and spell, Frank R paul, I create an fdle syndicated lj

3 years ago – iwo jima in the rock garden, I start using jarhead, wish for peace

4 years ago – facemaker, cab stacking, poem tag, timeline, roles I’ve filled, cool bunker

5 years ago – cartoon logic that works, alice, I want tasty snack food, lone gunmen, workplace desiresGeotarget

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8251 – There’s some snakes, and they’re on a plane.

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View the Trailer for

SNAKES ON A PLANE!

here – http://www.tagworld.com/snakesonaplane.

Four jobs I’ve had:

Taco Viva Cook
City Library Cataloguer / Page
Bouncer
Child Advocate

Four movies I can watch over and over:

The Thin Man
Time Bandits
Planet of the Apes (old school)
12 monkeys

Four places I have lived:

Boston, MA
Alexandria, VA
Marathon Key, FL
Bangor, ME

Four TV shows I love to watch:

Red Dwarf
Kim Possible
Mythbusters
Mst3k

Four places I have been on vacation:

Yucatan, Mexico
The Hospital (for my Back Surgery)
Walt Disney World
Bremen, Germany

Four of my favorite dishes:

General Tso’s Tofu
Cinnamon Life Cereal
French Toast
Riblets

Four websites I visit daily:

Livejournal
WebMail
Google.com
Yahoo.com

Four places I would rather be right now:

Home in bed.
soaking in a whirlpool
getting a backrub
playing with Newtski
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8227 – Good walkies yesterday!

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Pictures from walkabout yesterday… St. Ambrose was having a carnival.

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Found a little carnival on walkabout Sunday – clicking icons makes ’em bigger

53 photos

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Three videos at youtube, too. you may want to mute the sound.

Tilt-o-whirl Bears

POV Pirateship ride

POV Flying Bobs

Honestly, none of the videos thrill me, but I had fun taking pictures. I autostitched a few just for grins. I’m surprised my piecemeal feris wheel didn’t work out, but others seemed to blend pretty well.

While on walkabout yesterday, I ambled north on federal Highway, just to see what I might see. As I passed the IHOP (30 minute wait…Sunday morning pancake crowd is thick.) I saw a ferris wheel rising up over the steeple of the St. Ambrose Church. Nothing was moving yet, but as I drew near, more goodies came into view. Hungry from lack of flapjacks, and with visions of funnel cake dancing in my head, I sauntered over to take a closer look.

The guy doing parking informed me that the fair wasn’t going to get rolling until 1pm, but I was welcome to roam around. (The time at that point was 11am) I took advantage by walking the grounds, and taking some pictures of all the rides and stuff before anyone was around, queued up, or whatnot.

I was bad, food-wise.

  • Roasted ear of corn. $2
  • Funnel cake $2
  • French Fries mit der cheese $3
  • a bake sale brownie $1
  • about 2 liters of soda pop.(a $1 can at a time) $5

I did not eat the deep fried snickers bar that one stand was selling. I mean, I have my limits.

Highlights of the day was playing bingo (I spent $18, and won $12 of it back), Winning the 4pm 50/50 raffle – spent $6 for 5 tickets, got $148 back.

Entertainment was mediocre, an overly loud dj, and some stage band.

Let’s see, other money spent – $15 for a all day ride wristband.
$5 for another 6 raffle tickets (chance to win $2500.. they’ll call if the winner isn’t present)
$5 for a basketball hoop shooting carny game.. I won Newt a stuffed tiger (on Newtcam, at the moment) Sunk 5 balls out of 7. ($1 a toss, or $5 for 7)

So.. Amount spent – $48. / Amount brought in – $160.

Net profit for walkabout – $112, a stuffed tiger, some color on my nose and cheeks, lighter hair, and probably about 4 lbs before walking calorie burn-off. Not a bad day!

Moment of Lyric (mp3)

First I learned to crawl
Then some other strokes
I can never remember any real good jokes
Do you feel like swimming?
Yes right now yes right now
I know a way to swim all the way downtown
It’s a lot like swimming first time over your head
It gets easier when you move your arms & legs
And for air you lift your head
Why don’t we try it right now?
Yes right now Yes right now
We’ll go by way of the garden fat with tomatoes and beans on the vine
Sweet like the way it was like swimming for the very first time…

1 year ago – ren-fest trip w/pictures, Things Other People Accomplished When They Were Your Age

2 years ago – Newt-vet pics, Carpathian undead, radar on chip, Aerial Recon Archives, exorcist in 30 secs (by bunnies), punctuation meme

3 years ago – Gali sends me fan mail from Israel, ape music in my mind

4 years ago – playing the numbers, the bolters, euphemism generator, lj-ref link-list. (including 6 degrees), being romantic, superman 2, magic item poll, street signs of the world

5 years ago – filepile, interview, SQL issues, Kung fu Oz, CJ & Herman – part 2Geotarget

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8224 – Spore

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Why didn’t anyone tell me about Spore sooner? veblefetzer hosted this gameplay video, and I’m pretty dang impressed. Now *that*’s my kind of sandbox.

The game allows the player to begin with developing a creature as a cellular entity and eventually creating a creature with more sophisticated brain functions, which will change the nature of the game to a more RTS-type game (he cited a particular favorite of his, Populous), where players will control herds of creatures. Once you upgrade the “hut” around which the creatures centralize, the game changes into what he called “a simple version of SimCity” where the player manages technology and interacts with other cities that have sprung up around the world.

The creature creation tool is quite simply amazing, not to mention the programming that regulates (automatically!) how the creatures walk, run and move

He demonstrated how the player can eventually purchase a UFO to travel between planets–and eventually star systems–to populate, conquer, or simply observe. Particularly impressive was the game’s emergent gameplay and seemingly infinite possibilities for playing creatively

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Definitely worth a BANGS!

[edit – more info on Spore here, at wikipedia. sharp!]

  • SporeWiki – A wiki dedicated to all things Spore.
  • Spore Portal – Spore fansite.
  • Spore Monsters – Spore news and rumours site.
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    8215 – memes and links, memes and links, I’m gonna get me some memes and links.

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    Argh, try as I may, I missed free pancake day. I made ’em for dinner last night, out of spite.

    Hey, I rhymed!

    The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674 to 1834

    A fully searchable online edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing accounts of over 100,000 criminal trials held at London’s central criminal court.

    Now complete! Contains 101,102 trials, from April 1674 to October 1834

    Things seen out and about yesterday.

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    Dinosaurs at the grocery store (across from the crunchberries)

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    Body in the back of a truck (sleeping, not dead, I assume)

    Moment of Lyric – (video on band’s webpage– found via qdot)


    Seeed – “Ding”

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    8171 – Scotto hears a Who!

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    I saw an owl on the school fence, walking home from the bus stop last night. It was super cute… a tiny thing, maybe the size of a can of soda-pop… I was a little shocked, because I think of Owls as big birds of prey The bird looked like a brown and white feathered capsule, with huge yellow eyes and long skinny legs. I stopped in my tracks and admired it for a moment and then went to take a picture. It took off before I could snag him, but I found a very close approximation… it was a burrowing owl! (The mascot of my old university) Apparently they don’t get very large, so I doubt what I saw was a baby though it looked babyish to me at the time.

    burrow owl

    He flew off into this tree, outside of my view. The creepy yellow light looked nifty and I had the palmtop out, so I took a picture.

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    It’s odd… I think of owls as these huge predators, but this guy would’ve had trouble with a rat, I think. Maybe an anole or a mouse is more his speed. I’ll be coming back to see if I can spot him again. I really love living close to this sort of wildlife.

    That Space piggy picture got well over 3500 hits over the course of 12 hours yesterday…that’s more hits than my coverage of the hurricane back in October, and I thought that was nuts. I wonder if someone else linked to it, because only a couple of dozen bounced through my journal-site to that page.

    Made plans to go see Wicked with Danny some time in the weeks ahead. I’m looking quite forward to it, though I wonder how much he’ll like it. It was his idea, so groovy. Yikes.. I wonder how much he’ll balk when he finds out they’re between $109 and $225 per seat? I suspect I might be flying solo. A bit more expensive than the $5 seats for Arsenic and Old Lace at his school.

    Pretty Keen – estimate to price of any address.

    Floating wind turbines

    The Magenn Power Air Rotor System (MARS) is an innovative lighter-than-air tethered device that rotates about a horizontal axis in response to wind, efficiently generating clean renewable electrical energy at a lower cost than all competing systems.

    magenn wind turbine

    The magenn flying wind turbine is held up by helium generating 4Kw,enough to power your needs. It costs around $10,000, but it could pay for itself in about 6 years depending on how you use it. It’s anchored by a tether that can extend up to 1,000 feet above ground. Generally, 400 feet is enough to catch the minimum 3 meters/sec wind speed needed to sustain a nice supply of electricity. No towers or heavy foundations are necessary and sizes range from small “backpack” models to large megawatt generating devices.

    Moment of lyric (take your pick – mov, or youtube)

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    8165 – Monday, here again. 5 day week ahead.

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    Kind of funny, Hav chit-chatted with Kev about the FP, and mentioned Die Hard to him before I even had a chance to do so. Hopefully we can get together more often, now that I’m a bit more north.

    Woo. Chilly out this morning! 40s Fahrenheit. No wonder Newt was under the covers with me!

    Best Buy wall numbers explained.

    Totally Absurd Inventions – Featuring Real, USA Patented Inventions – Updated Weekly

    I rather dig the flying turtle safety suit.

    Today, I get to explain to everyone again that I didn’t watch the Super Bowl.

    Moment of Lyric: mp3

    I’m not content to be with you in the daytime
    Girl I want to be with you all of the time
    The only time I feel alright is by your side
    Girl I want to be with you all of the time
    All day and all of the night
    All day and all of the night
    All day and all of the night

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