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8655 – spanksgiving eve

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Last Day at the ACIM office… still will help tech-wise from home if needed for a bit. I still have no idea if the office is full or half day today. I’ll assume full, and be pleasantly surprised if it’s otherwise.

bhk and I are off for a bit of an early drive down the beach before the start of the work day – should be fun!

I still haven’t heard from bro.. it’s been months. TG is traditionally pretty dicey for him, see prior years.

It’s A Bully, Charlie Brown! (or whatever the title was) wasn’t very high on my viewing list… that, and the over-edited thanksgiving special on tv made me thankful for dvd players… and bittorrent.


Mr. T says – “Table the Label, and wear your own name.”

1 year ago – chilly for fl, many entries, foot amputee dream, bro in hospital

2 years ago – newtcam button, hercules & newton, bueller thoughts, jam sammiches, g-cans, flu bug, survey, LH quits, bro back in the pokey

3 years ago – DC Earths, Shrunken Heads, Police Cars, mix cds, South park, origin ofRaj KAJ, An awesome Weekly World News Issue, I am DNA, Bro Issues

4 years ago – classic kids audio books, history, forms in LJ work, goodbye to work-Pam, Mojo has a hissy fit vs Bonbon/Kev

5 years ago – beatnik, thanksgiving, harry potter quiz, wandering

6 years ago – thanksgiving

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8645 – meeting and picture linkage

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Off to a lovely start with snuggles and bagles before launch to work… bhk is far superior to me at “punch buggy” , especially in the bleary early morning, where my field of vision seems to be something like fifteen degrees. I think she whomped me about 937 times on the drive to fort lauderdale, but I loved every minute of it. Every day with her seems to shine brighter and have more potential than the one before. It’s truly wonderful to have her in my life.

Found a good seasonal renter for the condo, so mortgage payments won’t be an issue for a few months… that’s a real blessing. (Hooray for laid back family friends that like to tour florida! I know she won’t trash the place, and I can give her a rockin’ deal on the rent.)

Monday meeting went pretty well, BK is still out sick, so I’m not quite sure where things stand on this and that, aside from RS getting the bulk of reporting duties, TD chewing on web / overview text info (no design work, just straight entry), and the training of the new IT guy. Things should be a fairly smooth transition, as everyone is detail oriented, and willing to take things to task… which is a big relief for me.

whoops! I just saved the company a little embarassment –

Original Text –

2-CERTIFICATES
SAFARI ECO TOUR
4-PEOPLE
$100 Value
Seminal Tribe of Florida

Corrected text –

2-CERTIFICATES
SAFARI ECO TOUR
4-PEOPLE
$100 Value
Seminole Tribe of Florida

Important fix. Does nobody actually proofread? Spellcheck is handy, but sometimes a human eye is even better.

for more vizcaya – see craig james white’s pics – he was there about 3 days before bhk amd me.. and was allowed some indoor shots, too. His Miami Pics in general are quite nice, too.

1 year ago – LED clothes, K&K mime, Clavicus loves his pastry, doom patrol, quizzes, x-ing, newt pic, Red knows the score, cybermen, scotto avie

2 years ago – bro call, sammich heartburn, remote control jargon, Eid, promenade in the park, FF movie looks like poop, comic book torrents, CoH sued by Marvel

3 years ago – Butterflies, Christ, Wind and Dexterity, my journal is in popular science, phonepost, back on call

4 years ago – expensive minis, misc whims, wacky news, bob hope

5 years ago – I live near blimps, medicine poll, Bad Elder Caucasian Dudes, marvel misfits

6 years ago – Des tries to take on the hive, whoville test, aok, Robbo’s last weekGeotarget

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8640 –

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Yesterday, I saw a goggle-wearing dog, and some fish.

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At the traffic ticket fixer (read: ambulance chaser) law office on Oakland park blvd.

Putting in my notice at work today. Time to move on… Greener pastures await. They now have folks I can train to take care of business, so no guilt here. I’ll be interested in seeing what the response will be, as they fairly thought I’d stay until removed with a crowbar.

Two weeks from now, I’ll be en route to Maryland, and the condo will be a seasonal rental, and we can vacation there off-season. Bro has no idea I’m leaving the state, as I’ve not really heard from him in a few months.

More pictures from yesterday… bhk in awe of the goodyear blimp, big red the iguana & friend, silly faces, sunset in the back yard

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At swensens, the wait staff asked me to help them with a power issue after we got our ice cream digested.. turned out the circuit breaker was flicked over, but we got ’em up and running in no time. They were very thankful and cut the cost of our meal. still a bit miffed over the lack of spanish peanuts or proper wafers. I think that we might try another swensens later, as one of our waitresses (we had two… it was a slow night in there, and they just traded off) confided in us that there were some items that they had on the menu that never ever got ordered – Wafers and whole peanuts amongst ’em.

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Purse-lipped Canadian Pencil Sharpener’s name is now “Bruce Moose” He is Guardian of the “Love Cube” (the Element)

His voice is pretty dang poncy, but we love him, and he loves us. I may get him to do a voice post for us later on down the line. His South Park-esque eyes and tuque, snazzy orange fur, maple-leaf tattoo and love of pencils where the sun doesn’t necessarily shine has endeared him to us, as well as his super duper cheery outlook and personality… like the uncle Arthur we never had.

1 year ago – saw Phoenix, mortgage, broward traffic lights post wilma, smarts quiz, newt fan mail

2 years ago – power out, Danny & the lions, wonder twins, network tools, adp off call, then repeals it, Florida mean to homeless

3 years ago – Comics, Local Events, silly joke. cancer bullet, Sea Monkeys, travels, programming thoughts, virtual schools, werewolf cult, phys therapy, vamp game, how lj works

4 years ago – steal this book, McDonalds Theory of War and Peace, “Big Books”,

5 years ago – tortboy, tropicon, ken kesey passes away

6 years ago – fae friend gone

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Time with Danny was pretty straightforward and fun.

We:

  • Got together at about 10am, and shot the breeze
  • Decided to catch the 11:45 showing of “Employee of the Month” (entertaining little formula movie – dane cook and jessica simpson vehicle)
  • Grabbed a beer and a chowder at crabby jack’s
  • We were too late to pick up my suit at the store. Lame Sat. hours.
  • Went back to the condo to chat around the pond, and to talk to the iguanas
  • Went upstairs to watch Heroes ep 3. (The show’s getting better, but still too much pointless gore)
  • Dan took a nap while I played some counterstrike
  • we watched some strong bad emails
  • then headed out – he dropped me a the sushi/thai place, and he went off to dance night with the mrs.

Assorted pics from yesterday –

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Danny under the big tree out back

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Outtake – Dan Sneezing under the big tree out back

Danny with a Pink pistol and a dour look

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8598 – Saturday. Mostly pictures and video.

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Getting together with Danny today. Mid-morning, we’ll get a bite to eat, and then goof off. Maybe play some pirates, or Axis and Allies Minis. I slept hard last night – from 11pm to just about 7am, with little a solid sea of black in between.. I don’t recall tossing, turning or dreaming at all.

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Weird Advert-looking version of me for 365 days.
How I envision I’d look on an old newsprint ad for…
oh, I don’t know. Lithium? Monkey Diapers?

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I think I prefer the Sleepy-time picture of Newton and me, instead.

2 non-scotto shots

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8595 – a quickie with a piccie.

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I was very tired last night… working AV/Tech duty for work.. took care of sound system and led projector. during a moment of sillies, I realized that I could probably stitch a few pics together.. over time.. .I see two instances of george – the real photographer, and rhode island, who ducked out midway through.)

The event had only a few attendees – I imagine that the next one will be more populated, because of the forensic aspect of the talk.

I think last night’s speaker (warning, her story can be distressing to folks concerned about violence against women) was quite skilled. It can be quite jarring to see someone good at communications and public speaking, especially if it’s been a while since the last one. She was very eloquent, but down-to-earth heartfelt, and positive. She got the message of victim’s rights across in an effective manner.

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8576 – fun halloweenish pictures

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Moment of Lyric – Nelson Sings Nilsson

In 1969, Harry Nilsson and Randy Newman joined forces to record”Nilsson Sings Newman,” a gorgeous, minimalist collection of Newman songs sung by Nilsson (obviously).

In 2001, as his band, Harvey Danger, broke up, Sean Nelson became deeply enamored of “Nilsson Sings Newman,” and considered that “nelson sings Nilsson” would be a funny title for a record.

Bro woke me up last night, right as I’d hunkered in for sleep. I wished him a happy birthday, and he tried to get me to buy pizza or chinese for his whole crew at the hotel he’s staying. I declined, and suggested some other options. He’s back with Shannon, and thinks that she is probably pregnant. A bad idea, as neither he nor she is able to raise a child in their current mental, physical and financial situation. He turned 34 yesterday, and is still living moment to moment, catching a hotel room here or sleeping in his truck there.

He adds a bitter flavor to the bulk sweetness in my life right now. It figures he’d wake me up on a night that I was trying to get some extra snoozles.

Went with some work crew to outback for feed – it was yummy, as usual… pasta and a bloomin’ onion. Work was discussed only minimally, which is nice.

Heard from Vicki last night – getting together with her and some of the old gang a week from tomorrow for a little supper. Apparently, most have gone on to other non-profits: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, American Lung Association, Kids in Distress, and Boys & Girls Clubs. Nice to see good folks working to help make the world a better place.

Pictures found at – from ghosts, vampires, and werewolves, illustrated by laszlo kubinyi.

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8572 – They’re coming for you, Barbara.

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NOAA, DOT, IRS, SAA

So many acronyms full of potential around me these days!

Here’s a hidden program in Windows Xp, it is a very useful graphics tool for designing your own fonts, logos and icons.

To start the program go to Run in the Start Menu then type eudcedit and click OK.

It will then open the program, and you just select a hexadecimal code for your first character from the grid to start then click OK and you are now ready to begin designing. Using the set of drawing tools on the left you can do your own design. When you have finished you can save your character, either in a particular font, or all fonts. via

I just downloaded Night of the Living Dead down to my PSP. you can d/l it or watch it directly on archive.org or google video. It’s one of my all-time fave scary movies.

Happiness is Roddy MacDowell with silly string on most recent Columbo. I honestly don’t know if I prefer him in protagonist or antagonist roles. It did really put the focus on the dangers of smoking and “modern answering machines”, if nothing else. It seems that Columbo went from drinking bourbon on the job in ’68 to passing on booze entirely in ’72. I wonder if the Mrs. turned him around?

1 year ago – bro rehab issues, fun in 2nd life, riverwalk, 404 fun, spidey song, pinwheels / world peace day pics, reggae

2 years ago – MM issues, water, C-Mon & Kypski’s – Shittybum, Ookla, picture meme.

3 years ago – IHOP with Kev & Bheesh, Rose, Zombie Pinups, Space Art in Kids books, Title caps.

4 years ago – mental fog, Finn & Chupa aren’t loved, sculpey, eraser clay

5 years ago – Fussing sans A/C, Word association poll, KFC Japan

6 years ago – The Laundry event, Newt, Cherry Coke, Quit the Everway GroupGeotarget

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8559 – Sucking on an applehead at 4am

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So much for getting a good night’s sleep… Sometime after 8:15pm, my tech’s phone stopped working. I got my first wake-up missing kid page at 12:15am, and then this latest one out of Sarasota at 4am. I’ve got to launch an expansion at 6, so it seems that a solid 7-8 hours straight is going to be impossible until after Fatima leaves at about 11ish. Maybe I’ll try to nap on the porch while she’s working cleanup. Upside – Taking call Friday night will pay for the cleaning service on Saturday. If ECN doesn’t contact me, I’ll get the funds for working Saturday, too… but I’d rather have the day free to do my walkies or sleepies or whatever in peace.

I sort of fell asleep on autopilot… I somehow managed to take my meds, but neglected to put on my cpap before bed – sort of a poor move, because my throat is a little snore-sore now.

Re-watched Charley Varrick while doing my Friday night putter. Fun flick, and probably one of Walter Matthau’s best non-comedic roles. I like a good caper flick… I’m looking forward to showing it to my sweetie over a big bowl of popcorn on a rainy day sometime soon. On the dvd now is Key Largo. Funny How different Florida looks in the old movies… Men in shirtsleeves and ties, and baking for it, because there’s no A/C and nothing but palm fronds and gin joints… the docks look like something out of a popeye cartoon.

Morningstar vegetarian corn dogs are a *billion* times better tasting when heated in the toaster oven at 350f for 20 minutes, rather than super-nuke in the microwave for six minutes. Absolutely worth the additional 14 minute investment. (plus, you can heat a vegetable or soup in the micro while you wait, to round out the meal)

I’ve subscribed to Matt Kindt’s online strip, Superspy. It’s sort of fun to turn on the PSP and have a fresh bit of art on it to peruse.

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1 year ago – Friday plans?, ignis fatuus, flickr toys, graffiti board

2 years ago – sin city preview, goodbye romania, spambots, team rocket, dark tower, mt dew poo, cej in from the rain, palm doctor trip pics

3 years ago – apple jacks, skulls, orisinal cats, belly dance

4 years ago – fun with fonts.

5 years ago – coloring book, newt pics, drug poll

6 years ago – javamental & mochaGeotarget