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9072 – Tuesday
Foggy day but it dissolved after dark, somehow. Crossing the bridge, we couldn’t even see the barges!
Dentist – got my last filling done, and all that’s left is a crown…. and maybe an extraction of a wisdom tooth.
R’s Americantina – All you can eat taco night? As the kids might say… “FAIL”. We made it there ok, but the food was greasy, poorly portioned, and generally subpar.
All items looked like food service, rather than homemade. Tortillas, and anything from the fryer were especially bad. Greasy, limp onion rings, store-bought tortillas and frozen / re-heated chicken strips. The hard taco shells were cold and greasy – salsa was a poor texture and mediocre flavor.
The diet coke was both flat and low on syrup, effectively brown soda water.
I think we’d have done better to have gone to Taco Bell, feedwise.
Design-wise, it’s a beautiful layout, nicely branded, with vibrant colors and nifty wall-hangings. It’s a shame about the place settings and worse, the food that is brought out.
We didn’t sample the bar… I’d hate to see what the bartender would do to a margarita if they can’t get a taco right.
Garfield Minus Garfield is awesome. Remove the cat, and Jon is scary, funny and surreal. Plus, there’s this one, which isn’t really any of those.
Anonymous coworker on the death industry (especially interesting to me, as AC is a Marylander) Some FAQ
Fairly Related – Writing a Will – I need to update mine! And do my dang taxes, by gum!
1 year ago – BHK and I on a snowy drive video, bass guitar, kitties, joe magnolia, heroes meme
2 years ago – dan bailed, don knotts (Mr Limpet) RIP, what do you want poll, netjaxer, mk12, Darren MCGavin RIP (Kolchak), dipkiss
3 years ago – Splenda downside, Pinkerton’s Superman, Geourl back, text to speech test, palm doodles, hiring the a-team
4 years ago – I’m a radioactive zombie, monkey hate clown!, got a $13.86 check, land mine detection flower, action figure art, desires in life poll, barbie prowler
5 years ago – pipe snag, Jim Rockford, Newt Vet, Movie idea, Pravda Headlines, I’m awesome, palm doodles
6 years ago – Star Wars Pants, spy-cow, Reizan, Scientists cross pigs with spinach, 1979
7 years ago – lj comments burpy, Kitty love, monkey-news, Proposed Indian Names for Certain White People, Hatt-Baby, Twist Endings, ineffable, Bozo Matic, Callipygean, cool picture of a grasshopper, poetry is all in the format, In the Skin of the Lion
9067 – Friday
Well, we got plenty of ice… about a quarter-inch on the porch alone, to say nothing of the roads. Forget the salt and sand… send out a fleet of zambonis! Is the plural of zamboni zambonies? Zambonii?
Worked form home today, though there were moments of spotty internet access. I suspect that I got more accomplished at the house, given the lack of sidebar interruptions.
Federal agencies in the Washington, DC, area are OPEN under an UNSCHEDULED LEAVE policy.
This Means . . .
- Employees who cannot report for work may request unscheduled leave for their entire scheduled workday. Employees must notify their supervisors of their intent to take unscheduled leave.
- Emergency employees are expected to report for work on time.
After work was over, BHK made some yummy thai-style spicy/ sour soup – even more awesome than the stuffed peppers made earlier this week.
Larry’s wonder-truck braved the ice and made it over to repair our kitchen light fixture and reap the rewards of Tivo by watching the train crash top gear!
Cool pictures of inside-out stuffed animals.
Jake Shimabukuro Makes His Ukulele Gently Weep For Conan
Something good from W. Bush – on Friday, February 15, 2008, the President signed into law:
H.R. 3541, the “Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007,” which prohibits the automatic removal of telephone numbers registered on the Federal “do-not-call” registry; and
S. 781, the “Do-Not-Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007,” which extends permanently the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to charge fees to telemarketers required to access the Federal “do-not-call” registry and specifies the fees to be charged.
Both measures passed the House on a voice vote and cleared the Senate by unanimous consent.
Statement by the Press Secretary
Do Not Call Registry saved from mandatory reset
1 year ago – hyperdrive, my youtube account collapses, My first moment of unhappiness with Obama and hope vs Clinton, ovid
2 years ago – 2nd life, pics, monkey-sphere, bloodhound gang,
3 years ago – sushi and dan walkies, hunter thompson quits, cadmus jlu, freedom force, community populations, compusa rsolution, blinky explodes,
4 years ago – Monkey-mouse sperm, Alignments
5 years ago – weird news, oddball keywords, Russians link to me, community stats, mermaid art.
6 years ago – booboo’ed, Sally Struthers as soap-opera mind control, man stabbed with a swordfish.
7 years ago – Wanting things, noggin ache, Net use stats
9064 – tues
Getting cooler already… 44 today as opposed to 74 yesterday. Let’s hope this isn’t an even slope into the weekend!
Best bumper sticker seen this weekend – “What would Scooby Do?”
Veggie stir fry with red rice tonight… yummy. broccoli, snap beans, snow peas, and carrots…. nom nom nom.
BHK and I were watching the Chocolate Challenge last night, where one of the contestants goofed up the Statue Of Liberty in Chocolate… fubared the arm, headdress and the tablets were missing (But did pretty well, considering the height of stress that seemed to be going on) – had me thinking of a Cloverfield moment. Apparently this image happens more often than I thought. (found via fark) I knew Planet of the Apes, of course, A.I., and Escape from New York… but look at ’em all. I totally forgota about the way-cool Thundarr the Barbarian one, and the Scene from Superman II.
Noel Kern’s Flickr has some amazing long-open shutter pics. Same with ihveissues.
The Pentagon says it has to shoot down a malfunctioning spy satellite because of the threat of a toxic gas cloud. Space security experts are calling the rationale highly unlikely. “Having the US government spend millions of dollars to destroy a billion-dollar failure to save zero lives is comedic gold,” one tells DANGER ROOM.
There’s going to be a total lunar eclipse Wednesday evening, (February 20th), which should turn the moon deep red as Earth’s shadow passes over it. Maximum eclipse will be at 10:26 PM EST and 7:26 PST. Besides North and South America, the eclipse will be from South America and most of North America (on Feb. 20) as well as Western Europe, Africa, and western Asia (on Feb. 21). The next Lunar Eclipse is due December 2010.
Fidel Castro has formally stepped down as the president of Cuba, ending one of the longest tenures in the world as a head of state. Castro, 81, has been suffering from a long illness associated with a colon infection, and gave temporary power to his brother, Raúl Castro, 76, in 2006. Whether his resignation actually sparks changes in Cuba’s system of government remains to be seen, and many experts appear to be skeptical as to whether Fidel will actually accept a less active role in governing the country. Still, the end of Castro’s reign over Cuba marks a significant day in world history. President Bush has called for the release of Cuba’s political prisoners.
1 year ago – Amy visit ends, truncated thought, Mexican and Chinese food, weak internet
2 years ago – super corkscrew, new video card, pin up girls,
3 years ago – missed my condo, thin man, wall pictures, blue ice, geocache fountain, joker utility belt
4 years ago – CoH preorder, getting a TENS
5 years ago – sleepy and rock-headed
6 years ago – nice dreams, String Cheese Incident, Feng Tzu-Chen, FMM poop, cool swiss mecha-island
7 years ago – placentophagy, haiku, poop on Tampa
9057 – tues
Just realized that I never got a call from my bro on my birthday. I haven’t heard from him at all since his phone was reconnected. I hope he’s doing ok… I imagine that he is.
Watched Hellboy: Sword of Souls over dinner of corn dogs and tater tots! nom nom nom. The movie was just ok…. I like good ol’ Hellboy and Co, but it seemed too rushed and way too much time on the pyrokinetic’s whining about “blah blah it’ll overtake me blah”. If they’d just kept it a bit lighter, I’d have liked it more… the scenes where he’s fighting an assortment of bad guys got sort of old, too… not sure what I’d have done to make it better.
We had just a teensy snootch of snow today. It was nice to see some falling flakes… they soon turned to light freezing rain. Not as lovely, but nice, too.
The Postal Service says a first-class stamp will cost 42 cents as of May 12. [AP via USA]
Hm, I was wondering how long it’d take for Leslie Nielson to appear in a superhero movie spoof. March 2008, it seems.
Movies I want to see (off the top of my head… I’m sure I’m forgetting some):
No Country for Old Men
Cloverfield
Sweeney Todd (is it still in theaters?)
Darjeeling Limited (Is it out on DVD yet?)
Spiderwick Chronicles
Indy 4
Jumper
Diary of the Dead
10,000 BC
RIP, Steve Gerber. Thanks for Howard the Duck, and Thundarr the Barbarian. Steve’s weblog.
Long overdue pictures of Cake and Cats. As always, clicken to embiggen.
since getting the Kitty DVD for Christmas, Pyewacket has been a regular couch potato, watching the tube with us, even if it doesn’t show chirping birds, fish, or rodent-type objects. Newton is a fan of the DVD, because that means his little brother is occupied while big brother can nap in peace upstairs, or use the litter box without having a little furry frined knocking on the door, asking if he can come out and play.
Watching the specialty cat video – fish portion – Taken while the tree and presents were still out… I’ve been very bad about unloading the camera.
Pye was also attentive watching the Super bowl. He rooted for the Patriots. They lost. It’s ok.
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He also likes to view psych upside down while having his tummy rubbed. Who wouldn’t?
as part of the equal-ish time for orange kitties act of 1999 –
Newton Shamelessly diving into the dryer to be warm. We have to be ever vigilant not to put him on a fluff cycle.
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My army man birthday cake. Delicious, and gory.
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1 year ago – vallies, no 24 with the lads, a little sick, tv watching, acim update from TD
2 year ago – vegan lunch box, Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, American horror, ren-fest, crayons, movies, Neutral Good, colored t’s, cowboy gorilla, Val’s B’day, newtcam pix,
3 years ago – stretchy dream, journalist fired, cosmic muffin, star wars meme, C&H cartoon fave, baby tosser, don simpson’s journal (since deleted?)
4 years ago – goodies from mimi, time out and about, comment time limit, kill the ducky
5 years ago – vallies, stinky outdoors, Drama deck poll
6 years ago – popular colors, nice walkies, cooked palm, Aunt Val’s B’day, blessing reminder, I’m put off by nin (child abuse)
7 years ago – vagg, Aesop, Happy, Sleepy, good people in my life
9051 – Wednesday.
Downright Balmy today – 70 degrees! Last year it was snowing.
I have to say that I agree with District Diaries… *many* buses (Especially the C7 and R2, in my experience) are just not very weather tight.
Got my ducks in a row at the doctor today… some cough syrup type stuff, an antibiotic to fight infection due to the irritation, and apparently I can get my pneumonia vaccine (renews every 5-10 years) after I’ve mended up a smidgen.
Dinner at Mexico… BHK got steak flautas, and I got a burrito loco, full of all the veggies BHK isn’t crazy about. (Mushrooms, onions, green peppers)
Got home and watched nat’l geographic special on mountains and one on tidal life…. Snow Leopards / Rams and Surfing snails / Jellyfish!
Gifts from Danny – sort of an acid-washed / tie dye t-shirt with mama gator & piggy back baby gators, a frog pin made in USA from Austrian crystal, and some tasty Tassimo chai tea. Thanks!
Latest comic book sighting – Helen Killer. – “In 1901, twenty-one year old college student Helen Keller, with the aid of a fantastical device invented by her friend and mentor Alexander Graham Bell, regains her sight and hearing as well as near super-human strength and agility. Helen is enlisted by the Secret Service to protect President William McKinley, who has been targeted for assassination by anarchists.”
Well, it’s about time a super-powered ex deaf-mute took on Czolgosz! Coll-gosh is the new Mix-yez-pittle-ick, no doubt!
1 year ago – a ton of walkabout pics, fossil hunting during a Snowy day on the bay, microsoft and openID, kitties
2 years ago – “Chilly” – in the 40s.ha. Today it was less than half that, before wind chill!, best buy wall numbers, absurd inventions, Superbowl. Scientology SP, Black/white vs right/wrong
3 years ago – Beetlejuice thoughts, evergreen boneyard photo-walk, domestic cats stay at adolescent mentality, interactive autopsy, girls sued for being nice
4 years ago – Super-loved ones, 2-headed baby surgery, fox wedding weather, meat eaters, scale, ruins
5 years ago – Nice thoughts, torture, LCD, note to Newt, Latrave b-day card, Class action suit.. I got my $12 check, eventually, Chandlerisms
6 years ago – MP pay delay, tron, #10 tight, naughty work thoughts, Scripts, system lockdowns and short tempers
7 years ago – At Last, first find hero machine (now in my toybox), bug, Dani and Rhonda hook me up!
9037 – thursday
Here’s the full description of what’s up with my back, according to the MRI –
Findings: There is decreased signal density emanating from the disks between the L3 and S1 levels. There are posterior protrusions of the disks between these levels. The vertebrae are normally aligned. The conus is normal.
There are no areas of abnormal contrast within the canal.
Conclusion:
1: L5-S1 level: There is an extruded left sided posterior disk herniation at the L5-S1 level. The disk protrudes 6mm posteriorly. This causes compression at the proximal aspect of the left S1 nerve root. There are also moderate left sided facet hypertrophic changes. This causes mild narrowing of the left neural foramen.
2: L3-L4 level: There is a small left sided posterior disk herniation at the L3-L4 level. This causes a mild flattening of the left anterior thecal sac contour.
Basic breakdown – knee extension (L3), ankle dorsiflexion (L4), long toe extension (L5), and ankle plantar flexion (S1) are issues, in addition to pain/numbness.
More info on Lumbar and Sacral vertebrae.
Chinese food at the in-laws, and 3:10 to Yuma – Not a bad way to spend Thursday night. I Zzzzed off at the end, will have to catch up tonight or tomorrow for the thrilling conclusion.
Remarked with Chris that I’ve not seen many migratory birds this year, but then again, I’ve been working longer hours! More daylight to look during the weekend.
Mo’ Snow today, but nothing stuck. Bah!
Not many folks in wheelchairs in my vicinity, but there are a *lot* of people with white canes / red tips walking around. I wonder if there’s a local lighthouse for the blind nearby, or if DC just has good support for them? It’s rather odd not seeing anyone on wheels… perhaps the metro has a specialized service for them.
Not to be melodramatic or anything, but I’m trying to remember a time when no part of my body was in pain… that sounds so teenager-emo. I guess my physical situation has been “if it’s not one thing, it’s another” for as long as I can remember. I suspect that it’s the status quo for most folks over 30.
Interesting reveal about the Clinton Campaign via insomnia. I’ll be wanting to see how that plays out, if it is true. Most of the source comes from here. Which also mentions counter-behavior by the Obama campaign.
Ugh.. I alternately hate and love it when light is shined on mud… I like to watch the worms writhe.
1 year ago – verizon dsl poop, snow coming, adam swims
2 year ago – eternal double happiness, robot over monkey, today, king of carrot flowers, breakfast cake must be a circle, mind altering virus, toothy bunny, flying dogs, jodie foster sings in french
3 years ago – Purple vibes for sick Mel, convert avi/dvd, pricelessware, wind doodle,watch me shine, Tropical Island Resort:Berlin, Bunny Suicide (now here), Razor Blade Soap, senior in high school meme,
4 years ago – made the Linus icon, professional victim, Cap’n gone, Robert E. Howard 98, clock, van helsing, US army rebuilding schools, Murgatroyd
5 years ago – random knockers, Hippos on an abandoned ranch
6 years ago – Fever, Clothes color survey, Naughty Newtie in the kitchen, a dead photo link, Intel Philanthropic Peer-to-Peer Program, House Resolution 3598
7 years ago – love, 3-d thesaurus, Fun compliment, Robert at work is officially fired for being a dangerous loony, pokename generator, Woodstock by CSN, dead net-radio linkies
9030 – thurs
AM- MRI done… got films, but no record on CD/DVD… I’ll have to scan ’em before I bring them to the doc.
midday – Snow! big, fat flakes. Almost to stormy to go to my mouth appointment.. but not quite. He almost shut down, but things eased up enough. We were running a little early, so we got a pizza hut pit stop… more games of hangman, tater tots and stuffed crust pizza… no choking this time, but we were regaled about our server’s critter collection at home. 2 dogs, 4 cats, birds, fish, and more living outdoors. (and a couple of kiddies, too!) She had a few dental horror stories to get me warmed up for my meeting with the drill and bone saw.
PM – work on my mouth… pain was significant, but not nearly as much as the front work. I’m not going to work tomorrow – doc advised against it. I have another late night appointment on the 28th, but that one should be a walk in the park, comparatively.
Got home, and was OK, save for a swollen mouth and the inability to talk. ATW man still in the same post-christmas hunch position.
Watched some more remainders from the phych-a-thon on the tivo from new year’s day. BHK was very helpful and supportive across the board… I’m lucky to have her in my life!
1 year ago – pic @ papermoon cafe with Alice and BHK
2 years ago – thick head, bro has coin, iguana / scream like a girl / game show, florida homeless beating, sand game, now with stick men, i am god toon, walking ghost
3 years ago – mel day, dick tracy’s alien connection, translations, site search
4 years ago – MM in an arranged wedding, global pals, cow brain burger, celebration(FL) sold, cool supermarket photos
5 years ago – bavarian, Ana at gallery, they wait below, Sappho compliments me, cat piccies, scintillate, firefly
6 years ago – Trimaris, school dream, little suck-a-thumb, James Earl Jones gets called James Earl Ray (Whoops!), Immigrant song, band name poll, Sasha and Misha move away, some silly linkies.
7 years ago – Analog never did print it, Bilbo’s Guide to life, textbooks responsible for stupid teens.
9028 – tues
Beware the ides of January! Oh, how it snowed today! It went for a brief period, stopped, and then came back, all crazy-like.
I heard that it wasn’t going to stick, but it was pretty white out there for a little bit. If it had done its drop after dark, I’d wager there’d have been less sublimation.
Veggie Meatloaf for dinner tonight… nom nom nom.
I’m glad that BHK doesn’t mind my meat-free ways! Larry opted for a fried chicken tv dinner, but Chris was game. I have enough to bring a goodly does for lunch tomorrow, too – with plenty of mixed veggies and peas on the side.
Detour guide to 1970’s TV detectives. This is a pretty good sampling of tv during my formative years.
Random Scotto factoid – For some reason, as a kid, I got Baretta and Columbo mixed up. I got it worked out pretty early, but there was a time that I thought it was the same show.
We took are time eating and talking… after supper, we’re watching a little psych before bed. Stay warm and sleep tight, dear journal.
An animal rights group had sought to have the chimp, Matthew Hiasl Pan, declared a person in hopes of gaining guardianship of the animal.
The shelter where Matthew has lived for 25 years is going bankrupt, threatening to leave him homeless. Donors have offered to help support him, but under Austrian law, only a person can receive personal gifts.
The Vienna-based Association Against Animal Factories sought to have him declared a person and petitioned to be appointed Matthew’s trustee.
But the high court upheld a September ruling by a judge in the town of Wiener Neustadt rejecting the petition, the group said Tuesday.
The rights group said it would take the case to the European Court of Human Rights.
Matthew and another chimp at the shelter, Rosi, were captured as babies in Sierra Leone in 1982 and smuggled to Austria for use in pharmaceutical experiments. Customs officers intercepted the shipment and turned the chimps over to the shelter.
Organizers said they may set up a foundation to collect donations for Matthew, whose life expectancy in captivity is about 60 years.
But they argue that only personhood will ensure that he isn’t sold outside Austria.
1 year ago – moved into the brown house
2 years ago – nudge (I like it now), my latest superpower, electrocution dream, soloing, caribs, pandas make more sense, stardust probe returns,
3 years ago – Jambi back after the great LJ crash of ’05, William Schmidt’s art, film feminism, chemical weapons, mag knight w/Danny, DVDA
4 years ago – DVD cereal, Mars, cluck cluck cluck
5 years ago – smokies, palm sync, empenadas, Malawi Vampires
6 years ago – nice walk, moody, gave sappho a lj code, midnight pooper, newt patrols
7 years ago – pictures of me with 
tarpo at No-nose maldanado’s, company on the rocks, ramble on humanity, temptation island, super-soldiers, link to 100 Scotto-things
9116 – Thursday the 3rd
Yikes. Low hit 17 degrees Fahrenheit after the sun went down – read as “as I was waiting for the bus.”
I’m well-armed against the cold with my super warm jacket and scarf… but tomorrow, I’m bringing gloves, so I don’t have to stuff my paws into my jacket pockets for comfort.
Last night’s supper of left over shepherd’s pie, mac & cheese and veggies was wonderful… but tonight’s falafel is going to be even better. I can smell it cooking right now, and I’ve got some serious hungries going on.
I can’t say it enough… BHK is an awesome cook. Heck, she’s awesome, period.
I wonder if anyone I know has caught I am Legend yet? We want to see it, but BHK is afraid that the dog will die in a bad way. From the preview, it looks like it probably does – that means I’ll end up watching it on the PSP on the way to work. I get mushy about animals, too.
“In Service Pack 3 for Office 2003, Microsoft disabled support for many older file formats. If you have old Word, Excel, 1-2-3, Quattro, or Corel Draw documents, watch out! They did this because the old formats are ‘less secure’, which actually makes some sense, but only if you got the files from some untrustworthy source. Naturally, they did this by default, and then documented a mind-bogglingly complex workaround (KB 938810) rather than providing a user interface for adjusting it, or even a set of awkward ‘Do you really want to do this?’ dialog boxes to click through. And of course because these are, after all, old file formats … many users will encounter the problem only months or years after the software change, while groping around in dusty and now-inaccessible archives.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Best Freeware games of 2007 – yum! Thanks, Andy! See also, some spiffy freeware FPS.
After reviewing more than a few elements of the OS, I am in agreement with
That’s a pretty sad market share… no offense to mac folks.
1 year ago – Newt & Pye wrestling and toy pics
2 years ago – security psa, hanging out with danny, relationship list, no software for christmas
3 years ago – Started using my paypal to go to charity, carnivore pigeons, Video-time with Mel, newt pics, prosperity gospel
4 years ago – outing review, saw Val & Rhonnie, google specific search, Bollywhat, missing the big mob poll answerers
5 years ago – linky linky, one word, communications breakdown begins, nifty flying guy, Belgians link to me, Dave’s clutch breaks, cold mountain movie being made
6 years ago – rumors, comparing haunted house stories, smudge sticks (note to self, get more stuff to make more), defleshing (another news article gone…inspires me to put all my news articles behind lj-cuts for future ref) and naptime (naptime pix overwritten by other archive images)
7 years ago – dead phone, feeling love grow, Viet beer at the mall, lj & IM trouble
9097 – sun
Snow… where is my precious snow? None fell today… just wet ol’ rain.
I don’t mind… I like gray days just fine. All sunshine makes a desert, right?
Bulk of the day was spent doing holiday decorations and prep for my Mother and Wilton coming up for the holidays. I like that tree is all gussied up and has the train underneath. Officially Yuletide now.
Larry and Chris came over and we all slurped some veggie soup. BHK also made a Cheese ball and Chef Boyardee Pizza that was really quite good. The in-laws bugged out early, but we got a little Adam visit for an hour before bedtime. He found the pickle on the Christmas tree in about 3 minutes. I suspect Bugah will find it more rapidly.
The robot is now packing the moniker “Pickle”, at least as a nickname.
We played Wii for a bit – Mario brothers is older than Adam… and he’s going to College. That’s sort of frightening.
Christmas lights, Pye in a Wreath, Newt and the train, Pretzel Walruses, our two favorite new ornaments… robot and ship in a bottle.
Tannenbaum Express-cam will be set up online shortly… probably by midweek.
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1 year ago – more xmas lights… and travel video
2 years ago – 10 gigs on lj, mighty boosh, newton ashamed of Chinese food photoshopping, Hawaiian Christmas song, friday 5, survey
3 years ago – Pasta with Mel, Jill at work (she’s since quit), Making fiends 14, Great out of context line for Eric and Mona
4 years ago – food, thinking, 12 days
5 years ago – deep sleeps, gender benders, doodle cartoon
6 years ago – Modern ruins, Goethe, misc
7 years ago – Michael Peter’s Rules, dreams, cryptozoo, boat parade
9093 – Wednesday
Downright warm today at 61F. I really didn’t even need to wear a jacket today.
I like the word folderol.
I still have a little trouble understanding how Aflac or similar programs could be beneficial to me over and above my other health insurance… it doesn’t seem like it’s of much utility to my situation, but perhaps I’m mistaken. I don’t know it it’s me, or if the folks explaining it sort of missed my personal buttons. (Most of the talk sounded a bit like standard insurance fear-mongering.) The whole medical / insurance system really gets my goat sometimes – there’s always a feel of a protection racket itching in the back of my skull.
Heard through the grapevine that my ex’s home went into foreclosure. I pity her, but I don’t know the whole situation. I hope that she and her family find a good place to crash and get cover… seems like a heck of a thing to happen at Christmas.
Thinking good thoughts about BHK today. She has been working very hard for quite some time on multiple difficult projects. Digging up old records is tough … the chain of information is full of weak links. I remember how annoying it was just to shift information between Comcast and Verizon – slip that same information between state and federal agencies, and it only adds to the mountain of paperwork, receipt of careless service and red tape.
I have the urge to map out my office building (at least the floor I’m on), our house in North Beach, and maybe some of WMATA in a fps engine like counterstrike or half-life, just to do it. Home wouldn’t be a huge undertaking, and I have the layout of the tower… but the subway might be tricky. Given the huge number of mods out there already, it wouldn’t surprise me if it already existed in some rippable form.
I wanted my own radio station when I was in High school… call letters WMBT – wombat radio.
After work, we visited the in-laws for a bit…. watched The Santa Clause. It’s sort of nice to have fun family nearby. Nobody else had seen the film, which was received well enough.
1 year ago – christin reviews eragon, my Xmas stocking, got a train to put under the tree. (Larry gave me some track extension this year!)
pictures taken – more xmas tree
2 years ago – pizza and narnia, santa poll, lenses, feliz navidad, cousin billy, clydee card, walkies pix
3 years ago – damned don’t dance, Mel’s Gramma, shopping, vote switch software, Hardee’s Monster thickburger, UFO theme popular, Gigantor
4 years ago – sleepyhead , mugger caught on lj audio, Epipelagic and Mesopelagic Animals, misc
5 years ago – Newt with his feet up, Froogle gets rolling, VB memos, given serious sam by msk
6 years ago – Linus Recounts the reason for Christmas, segway thoughts
7 years ago – Hell week day 2, the psychic, longfellow
9086 – Snow!
It’s a-snowin’ today! Not sure why images are currently unavailable, but clickthroughs should work fine.
It started about 6am, and continued throughout the day.
View from the office, about midday 
View at the ground view of the circle, around dusk.
Pretty nifty stuff… flickr now has a halfway decent photo editor built in! The freebies are all I really want, so it’s golden. (I suspect that I’ll use color fixing and cropping the most.)
Writer’s Strike has finally hit us in the recorder… looks like all of our shows are in repeats already. I guess Netflix will start earning its keep for a while!
I’ll be missing House and The Office the most – I suspect BHK is feeling it most from Ugly Betty.
BHK picked up Big Brain Academy and Elebits from the rental place… I really dig BBA… Elebits, not so much. I’m glad that we get a chance to “try before you buy” on the Wii, as Elebits might’ve gotten snapped up due to the very cutesy aspect of the game.
I suspect that BBA will be purchased sometime soon… I like the little brain-stretching minigames.
So far my strengths and weaknesses are:
- Identify (Visual-themed questions) – ok
- Memorize (Memory-themed questions) – worst
- Analyze (Reason-based questions) – ok
- Compute (Math-themed questions) – ok
- Visualize (Logic-themed questions) best
Which seems to follow with my other games of a similar ilk for the psp.
1 year ago – weezies grapefruit, newt window-licker pix, Bush & family unplanning
pictures taken – sleepy people and christmas lights, newt licks.
2 years ago – santa meme, nibbly, cathy strip funny for once, crazy, agnostic human – religious characters, newt hunter, crabby jacks cheap beer
3 years ago – Mel tells me she’s a born-again after we get a bit serious (Funny how that turned out, considering), chicken-neck newt piccie, no gloves for taco bell, dead bodies tell stories, 9/11 missile rumor passed around again, South Florida maps and stats, K-mart (I still haven’t been in one), who named that disease?, workin’ the mojo, Liver Eatin’ Johnson
4 years ago – spinach, d20. new landlord, nail clippings, cannibals
5 years ago – more finny-drama, yurt, mini-painting, mouse genome, snacks
6 years ago – Turbid, McNoggin Memories, levitated .net, and the pond poem.
7 years ago – HB vs McNoggin, lovey reasons, supergun, holiday confession
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it’s snowing!
9083 – it’s going to snow today!!
Snow’s A Comin’!
Day
High: 39°F RealFeel®: 36°F
Cloudy and cold with snow, accumulating a coating to an inch
| Winds: | SSE at 6mph |
| Wind Gusts: | 9 mph |
| Max UV Index: | Low (1) |
| Thunderstorm Probability: | 1% |
| Amount of Precipitation: | 0.05in |
| Amount of Rain: | 0.00in |
| Amount of Snow: | 0.5in |
| Hours of Precipitation: | 3 Hrs |
| Hours of Rain: | 0 Hrs |
| Hours of Daylight: | 9.6 Hrs |
National Weather Service Zone – MDZ018
LWXWSWLWX
WWUS41 KLWX 050749
WSWLWX
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
249 AM EST WED DEC 5 2007
MDZ005>007-010-011-014-016>018-VAZ050-055>057-051600-
/O.EXB.KLWX.SN.Y.0017.071205T1300Z-071206T0100Z/
CARROLL-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-
ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT-ORANGE-STAFFORD-
SPOTSYLVANIA-KING GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WESTMINSTER…COLUMBIA…BALTIMORE…
ANNAPOLIS…WALDORF…ST MARYS CITY…FREDERICKSBURG
249 AM EST WED DEC 5 2007
SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST
THIS EVENING.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
SNOW ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM
EST THIS EVENING.
LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MIDWEST EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE SOUTH
OF THE MID ATLANTIC THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LIGHT SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 8 AM AND 10 AM. THE
SNOW MAY INTENSIFY FOR A PERIOD DURING THE AFTERNOON…BEFORE
ENDING EARLY THIS EVENING. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS
EXPECTED…EXCEPT PERHAPS LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN LOWER SOUTHERN
MARYLAND.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.