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7730 – 2nd life is getting pretty awesome.

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Imageshack keeps thumbnails, but kills the large images? doesn’t seem right!

Interesting that most people on my last lj-poll (including myself) want to be physically unharmed/physically healthy. I wonder if it’s because most of the people I read are more mentally/emotionally resilient, or if it’s because there aren’t any nerve endings involved?

Lovely Walkabout during the early evening… Didn’t hit the water bus or galleria, but I got some prime hoofing in up and down riverwalk and to the beach before heading home. Only one photo… a positive graffito –

smilesgraf

Smiles! Mr. Roark is tagging these days!

Um, what was that, Hal? Icon of the day.

http://www.livejournal.com/userpic/34129560/8110611

That poll-meme has put me on the trail of some really great music! Thanks!

Java – super Mario world. Impressive!

Spent a boatload of time in 2nd Life yesterday… HP and I had a grand time in the “Burning Life” (Burning Man simulation realm), including areas that was a giant bounce house and assorted science experiments / art projects. A lot like There, all over again, but this seems to have more opportunity to really shine.

Some pictures from 2nd life

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7703 – Saturday Morning

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Due to Eric’s Comcast internet service sucking yet again, I had to take call last night, and again this morning. So, no movie with Dan though we did have sushi and hang out at my apartment of a few hours. I may get a reprieve today… we’ll see.

We spent most of our time talking about fluff. Lost, Discworld, etc. A little about current events, too, of course. The topic of martial law came up, and I was surprised that we basically agreed that it was a slippery slope.

Working with missing children is especially hard at this time, but we’re doing everything we can. The situation is really too large for any and all agencies in existence to handle… National Center / Clearinghouses are processing quite a lot of information and I fear weakened accuracy and utility due to burnout, overburdens and fatigue.

Even though most of what we handle is telephony and the phones are out in the worst areas, the outlying regions as far as Texas, Georgia and Florida have significant bleed over.

color/citizen test

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7695 – August Behind, September Ahead.

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So long, August! Hopefully September promises good things in the coming weeks ahead.

I was given revised paid links last night… maybe the mystery of the phantom July payment will be solved.

I know for sure which entry of mine has the longest ongoing comment conversation at least across time, if not in sheer numbers. An entry posted back in July of 2002 about Roanoke and the Lumbee Indians (Long before those two wiki articles) still has people dropping in now and again, more than three years later, including a couple die-hard regulars. I come up as entry #30 on a google search regarding the tribe, and I’m not sure that any of the sites before mine have an area to post personal commentary. The biggest discussion seems to be whether or not there is African American blood in the tribe as a result of escaped slaves assimilated into the group. There doesn’t seem to be a clear answer, and neither side of the discussion seems to be showing signs of backing down.

That said, there are only 50 comments in that entry as of this writing… I have two or three entries that have sparked off into long comment trails of 500+, but those discussions peter out about a week or two after being posted. That’s a case of seven people just talking back and forth… it turned into sort of a chat room, rather than a discussion forum near the end.

Doodles drawn on the palm while in the waiting area of the doctor’s office.

Allergy Shots today - Cute girl named Angela always sits across from me, always has a book
Angela seems nice, despite the fact that I’ve never talked to her.
Books I’ve seen her reading – Great Gatsby and A few Tony Hillermans.

Harry the head
Slightly Wall-eyed guy…
reminded me a little of the seedy pawnbroker in MIB

water plants
Thinking about getting an aquarium again.

Scotto Thoughts
Random stuff bouncing off of my brain…
Manatees, Newt, Global Disasters…

Also, Photos of heads taken yesterday. (Bus Guy & Newt)

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6956 –

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Walkabout was nice.. I got some needed chores done, and eyeballed some notebooks, as lappie’s feeling his age. 256 meg is lappie’s max, and the OS is getting too fat, and the HD too small.

I may get myself an early Christmas present sometime in the next month or so. The Averatec 3500 is looking like a winner. I’d prefer the pen to be mounted in a silo, rather than just on the side of the screen, but that’s a trivial concern next to it being a tablet-notebook that’s under $1000 after rebate.

I’ll see how I feel in a week or two.

Do any new cars have that little triangular window in the door? Strange nostalgia, seeing one recently.

Best line I’ve heard lately…

“A SUV with an American flag on it is like a whore wearing a rosary.”

Random scotto factoid: Lately, when I say the word nice, is sounds to me like “noice”.

via danigolden – Ashlee Simpson caught lip-synching on SNL. See also this directory

Top-Earning Fictional Characters Quick list

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6932 – 2s-dee

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Nice out, so I’m considering early-morning walkies before work.

Knowing how much I enjoy morning sleep, I suspect that my walks will end up in the evening.

Talked to Danny last night about unexplored areas of land on Earth. He thinks that pretty much every square mile of land has been physically touched by humans in some way or another, but I disagree.

I want to find a map or something of areas never touched.. Areas in Alaska, Africa, etc. Just to get an idea of what’s small pieces are left for explorers to uncover. I wonder.. there are some theories that say that 2-3 thousand years ago that the Congo was mostly grasslands.

Speaking of which – WASHINGTON (AP) — From lines scratched in ancient dirt to Medieval charts with drawings of monsters in unknown parts of the ocean to modern computer printouts, maps have served a vital role throughout human history.

Now, one of the nation’s most venerable mapmakers, the National Geographic Society, is updating its massive Atlas of the World. Continue reading 6932 – 2s-dee →

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6931 – roaming

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My mind is at last free of clutter… the coolness of the weather permits me to amble gently and at great length.

Despite my outings recently, I feel that only just now has a season truly arrived where both creative and physical comfort can be attained. Gravity doesn’t seem to maintain such a grasp on my form… I wonder how much more at home in the colder places I’d be, or if I’m just inside an optimal climate window. I suspect the latter to be most probable.

Today is just Monday… a whole week ahead.

ouch! sign-smash
ouch! sign-smash
Signs twisted and bent by the pharmacy – someone had trouble avoiding the no u-turn… or the tree for that matter

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6925 – Walkies pictures

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Newt Profile - 10/9/04
Newt Profile – 10/9/04
Can’t go too long without taking his picture! He was hyp-mo-tized by a light outside.
Transformers
Transformers
Not robots in disguise.

Scary, humming crackling things that probably toss off white and blue sparks when I’m not looking.
Transformers 2
Transformers 2
A bit further back on the walk. Humming is all but imperceptible here.
Alleyway, the other side
Alleyway, the other side
I usually apporach the riverwalk from the other side, but the alleyway was well-lit and unoccupied so I figured I’d travel the backroad a bit. Everything in this neck of the woods is barred off or locked tight… it’s rather intimidating after nightfall.
Take/ Basi?
Take/ Basi?
I have no idea what this graffito means.
A&E Trolley
A&E Trolley
Starting on October 8th, there’s a trolly that will take you up and down the art & science district, free of charge. Friday nights, and all day saturday, running every 10-15 minutes. I may take more advantage of them next week… but for now, it was just cute to ride along. I got an unforseen shortcut home (saved me a 9 block walk, and I talked to the conductor who was from Quincy, MA. Nice Guy, though he hasn’t broken the New England mindset to the more bohemian South Florida, yet.
singer
singer
random snap of a gal singing at latin fest. She was really belting out some number I never heard before, but wouldn’t mind hearing again. Halfway between torch song and rhythm-pop.
AOL Latino
AOL Latino
Wow! If you thought AOL “en Ingles” was lousy, just wait until you try AOL LATINO!!

MUY ETHNICO!

MUY PEYO!!

Seriously, I got free wireless access while standing next to the aol booth. If the commercial network isn’t secure… how much do you think they care about customer security?

They had some deal if you promised to use aol latino for a year, you could have a fair bare-bones system with a 17 inch monitor and color printer (dial-up) for $300. I could see where that would make a lot of people happy.

but still.

AOL. THOU ART DE DEBBIL!

Erm

EL DIABLO!
Newsroom Cafe.
Newsroom Cafe.
Mostly for scale. note the 3′ tall bird graffiti on the left.
Birdie graffiti
Birdie graffiti
Kind of cool. Somone drew a picture on glue-backed paper, and posted this doorknob-height bird on the side of the building. I’ve been seeing more and more of these style postings around town… I guess it’s easier than doing it on site, and getting caught?

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6923 – Bus Ride – about 4:30

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route 40 – Crowded
Ride home, step 1 – route 40.

Large crowd today.. I wonder if the bus prior broke down. Standing room only! We actually had to turn down riders near the end of the path.

route 40 - Crowded
Propaganda Man
This is what the guy played by Mel Gibson in conspiracy theory actually looks like. An old man, backpack full of carefully folded photocopies of his screed of the week. It’s generally typed, and then edited with pen afterwards. Adding to the spooky-factor, he refuses to make eye contact with anyone.
Propaganda Man
Paranoid man, part 2
Whistling while he works, he takes his stack of semi-political, but mostly misc-rant fliers, and sets to placing them in the bus-route maps…. for reinsertion into the holder. I’ve found his screeds in the local free newspapers, too.
Paranoid man, part 2

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6906 – Turn Lemons into lemonade.

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Well, bro bailed on his birthday bash a full 5 minutes before he was going to be picked up. That’s got to be some kind of record. I’m thinking that odds favor the theory that he got a better offer and wasn’t even calling from home. The “I’m going to lay down, and sleep… I probably won’t hear if Mom knocks on the door” line is what makes me think so.

So, instead of getting together with the family, I was suddenly free. What to do?

Simple answer? Make beefaroni! (vegetarian style, natch)

I had macaroni, veggie burger crumbles, and some awesome oniony-garlic tomato sauce… works for me!

I’ve never mentioned things that my mother was good at preparing for dinner…. beefaroni reminds me of her stuffed peppers, which was probably her specialty. I should try to reproduce that sometime.

Went through, and flushed out some old games that were taking up HD space. (I can always reinstall if the urge returns) – I’m getting the itch to put on a few fat new games. (Sims 2, Doom 3, Battlefront, and that tasty looking Warhammer Dawn of War game. Orks in Goggles!– related:Translate English to Ork )

Bye bye for now to –

  • Grand Theft Auto – Vice City (That’ll come back, as soon as I get the itch to bash someone’s skull in with a bat)
  • Final Fantasy XI – 5+ GIG??!
  • Call of Duty
  • The Hulk
  • There Beta (I kept the “real” version)
  • America’s Army (2-some gig right there)
  • Warcraft III (and Frozen Throne)
  • Simpsons Hit & Run
  • Tron 2.0
  • Army Men (How long was that rattling around in there?)

That, and killing some old movies freed up about 23 gig. Amazing. (About of 53 gig free on the drive, now)

A nice defrag after, and Big Brain should spin like a top, now.

While Big Brain got his head together, I took a little walk to the local zebbin-lebbin, and got a nice diet -pepsi slushie for dessert.

walkies walkies
out and about on bro’s b’day – may as well do something! nice to look at the bright lights and take in the night air.
zebbin-lebbin zebbin-lebbin
Home of the uber-slushie… better for me than ice cream, more flavorful than celery.

railroads in the sky – Visionary Designs in Transportation Engineering:
A virtual exhibit to accompany the Bernice Layne Brown Gallery installation in Doe Library, July 6th to September 29th, 2004

Tonight is the full moon…. and I smile every time I see the halo surrounding her.

Yesterday’s Worth1000 photoshopping challenge is to create the ruins of cities that are still standing. Some tasty post-apocalyptic visions here

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6895 – Equinox Is Here.

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Good morning, and welcome to Autumn, at last! Traditionally a time for change, Autumn has always signaled the beginning of a renewal of life to me.

Though I live in a land where seasons are divided by how moist things are; a place where you can find seas of both brine and concrete, my heart resides elsewhere. Wide open spaces, with tame deer that like to nibble on rosebushes and enjoy a nice salt lick. Trees colored with every warm hue possible… golds, oranges and deep rust-reds. Someday I’ll be there, content in a room lit by purest moonlight, the sounds of acorns tapping the roof, randomly.

Here’s hoping that everyone enjoys the coming season, the changing of colors, Hallowe’en, new scents and the cooling, snuggly times ahead.

The last night of summer was a nearly perfect one for a walk. The 7-11 had the Diet Pepsi Slushie machine working just right, and the air was balmy, but not hot. It could be my mind playing tricks, but Autumn is on its way, for honest and true. I sat by the new river for a few, and looked into the water, just thinking… it amazes me that there are so many quiet, natural places in the city. Things laid out in strips and pieces.. it didn’t feel landscaped at all, but very natural. I think that I prefer to visit the river over the ocean, for whatever reason, despite the sea’s wonderful breezes. The river is more serene, relaxed.

Today’s Moment of Voodoo: The Soul.

In the Voudoun religion of Haiti, one’s existence is made up of five parts: n’ame, the spirit of the flesh; z’etoile, the star of destiny; corps cadavre, the mortal flesh; gros bon ange, a general life force that is recycled and not unique to each person, and ti bon ange (or petit bon ange), one’s personal essence and the source of one’s aura. Only the gros bon ange and ti bon ange are seen as being part of the soul, but all five parts are regarded as important in both life and death, so the distinction is somewhat blurred. The corps cadavre can be made into a zombi (zombie), while the ti bon ange can be captured to create a kind of spectral undead called a zombi astral (spirit zombie).

The CDC reports on who died of what during Hurricane Charley. A total of 31 deaths of which 17 “involved blunt trauma caused by injuries from falling trees, flying debris, and destroyed physical structures” and one drowning.

What Are the Odds of a Ghost Closing Your School? Continue reading 6895 – Equinox Is Here. →