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8351 – Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, a Day of Rest!

Got together with Kev last night, did a classic fart party at my place… pizza, caught up on gossip and family, and watched the extended version of buckaroo banzai. I think that he’ll do quite well to be away from his siblings and in-laws for a year. Newt was pretty talkative…he smelled Kev’s Zoo, and was investigating him the whole time, alternately nuzzling, sniffing, and bipping.


Yesterday morning when I left for work, the smell of ozone was in the air, and thunder in the distance. I put my palm, cell phone and digicam in a sealed plastic bag, and went to the stop with umbrella as a walking-stick. Before I cleared the D building, it was coming down in sheets. By the time I made it to the bus stop, I was soaked through, save for a circle of only semi-wet the size of my bumbershoot coverage. My natural body-heat dried most of me out, save for socks and shoes, which squished throughout the day. Not the most fun feeling, and I really couldn’t take ’em off, because I had some dog & pony shows / trainings to do. I was more than delighted to be free of those foot-bindings once I arrived home.


Moment of Lyric – Instrumental – Can be found at BeaucoupKev’s


Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) told her caucus members during their weekly closed meeting Wednesday that impeachment is off the table; she is not interested in pursuing it.

Dear Ms. Pelosi, kiss my ass. If it’s your job to assist in prosecution of folks that commit crimes, then assist. If they don’t find any crimes, then state that fact, clear their good name and move on to doing your fricking job elsewhere.


American troops have complained that a new armored body suit designed to be worn in Iraq makes them look “goofy”.

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The water-cooled “alien spacesuits” are being handed out to turret gunners in their notoriously vulnerable Humvee vehicles. Continue reading 8351 – Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, a Day of Rest!

8329 –

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.


Rush Limbaugh Arrested, out and done Continue reading 8329 –

8297 – Coming at you like a shark with knees!

Newt was shown in yesterdays Zefrank video news post. Sadly, Zefrank says that animals aren’t allowed in any known League of Awesomeness. It seems I must submit a power move of my own, and thenget Newton into the league’s good graces later.

Maybe I should show my eyestalk yoink power move!

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Yes, no, I, this is


Got together with Kat and Graypumpkin yesterday at lunch. Nice time was had lunch of bagel sammiches and I got gifties of Issues 4 & 5 of The Thing Comic, 1, 2, and 3 of the grant morrison superman comic, and a cool squishy toy.. an awesome replacement for blinky. It was nice visiting with ’em… It’s been over a decade since I’ve seen ’em. ’94, I think. We spoke about the usual.. fmaily, firneds, comics, livejournal, sushi, the appropriateness of naming a flower shop “adam and eve” -quoth kat “I’d like some apple blossoms, please!”, the danger of shrimp trucks.

Squishy octopus is pretty awesome, and he looks more durable than Blinky – hidden inside his swirling, glittery maw, are the two ultimate yin yang of good/evil of the deep… a great white shark and bottle nose dolphin, eternally battling inside the octocosm.

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Unsquished octopus thingie. Added bonus, he’s orange.

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Squished – blue fluid with glitter in mouth.

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Dolphin inside!

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Shark inside!

I didn’t give ’em the Dr. Who dvd, because I didn’t know we were doing lunch until mid-morning. If I was a cool guy, I’d drop it in the mail for them to come home to… or I can try and ge tthe first ep of th enew season on Sat, first.

If I wasn’t a dolt, I’d have taken pictures but I was too busy enjoying their company to remember my camera. Tomorrow they’re off ot tampa, and I doubt I’ll ge tot visit again before they head back to the lone star state. I look forward to seeing them again sometime soon.


Kudos to Mandy on her first day at the Chem lab!


Kev took a job doing programming as a civilian for the DoD at Gitmo. (The same place Hav used to do his gig.) Sounds like a sweet deal.. they’re training him, giving security clearance, paying for his lodging.. (everything but food and phone) great pay too.. only downside is, well.. it’s Cuba. He’ll get time off and such, but he can’t bring the puppies or kitties with him, either. (That’d be a deal breaker for me).. It’s about a 2 hour flight from here, so returning won’t be much of an issue on holiday. (about a month off every year).

I’m really happy for him.. he’s finally doing something worthwhile, well-paying, and for a boss he respects. I suspect he’ll really flourish there. He’s heading out there ein June, so we’ve got to have a few “fart parties” before he’s off to points south. I really would love for him to tell the pilot “TAKE THIS PLANE TO CUBA!”, but that’s probably a bad first impression.


AB was fired yesterday – wasn’t cutting it. RP will be out new agent ni Michigan… I think she’ll do a good job. RI is off to Texas for a week, and I think we’ll all get things done. It’ll be nice to have a new tech outside of the state.


1 year ago – new semagic, video shoot pics, RI calls me mouthy, neon sign, carrot flowers, robot guards

2 years ago – wanting a long weekend, GP mentions a detente, CoH, Butterflies of NA

3 years ago – Power out silence, ut2k3, there.com fun.

4 years ago – angry kid, baha men, freedom force, sniffing around for the girlie, Kidalicious gets a new Baby!

5 years ago – identifying with Sam the Sheepdog, people in your neighborhood poll, livejournal observation, chupacabra sightings upGeotarget

8290 – Bus post – 040606 – 7am

It’s been a little while since I last heard from my brother. I’m hoping that is a good sign. He’s still unaware of my street address, though he could get it with only a modicum of detective work. He’s very clever, despite his best efforts to harm his own faculties. No news frequently translates into good news.


dreams of being pulled like taffy and being planted as a new species of tree. no dryads, will ‘o wisps or wood nymphs came to soothe me. there were peacocks, but fortunately they were mute.

sent via palmtop

8289 – Thursday.

Loki is pretty nifty. Surprisingly, it doesn’t use win2k, only XP sp 1 and greater, but there is a beta for both MSIE and Mozilla, and seems especially useful for laptop or mobile computer users. Lots of nifty local items to check out. It tries to workout where you are and then gives you various tools for doing stuff with that knowledge, including inserting geoTags to any form that takes an input. Unfortunately, Shopping links to already dead cairo.

Current Location


Busy day at work today – fund raiser and setup for the golf tourney will stretch our staff quite a bit. Going to be a skeleton crew. Got an abduction call out of Collier County last night.


33 questions

1) Who is the last person you high-fived?
Not sure… either Rosangel or Gabby at work. Some sort of little victory, but it wasn’t sarcastic.

2) If you were drafted into a war, would you survive?
I doubt that I’d make it through boot without getting 4F. So, I’d probably survive, since I wouldn’t have to fight on the front lines.

3) Do you sleep with the TV on?
No, but I can. I use it to wake me up in the morning.

4) Have you ever drank milk straight out of the carton?
Sure… I’m a bachelor. everything in my house is fair game, unless I’m saving it for a guest.

5) Have you ever won a spelling bee?
Nope… I’ve done well in them, but never had a total victory. I don’t remember any of the words I missed, but I don’t much care for spelling bees. I prefer debate, or other mental bloodsports.

6) Have you ever been stung by a bee?
Yup! I can still picture the ripped out stinger pumping venom into my foot. Glad I’m not allergic!

7) How fast can you type?
About 45 WPM

8) Are you afraid of the dark?
Not if it’s a familiar area. Strange places, I get a bit skittish.

9) Eye color?
Blue, looks anywhere from gray to bright blue depending on the shirt worn.

10) When is the last time you chose a bath over a shower?
about a week ago, when I just wanted a long soak.

11) Do you knock on wood?
I mockingly knock my forehead.

12) Do you floss daily?
No but I really should.

14) Can you hula hoop?
I used to be ok at it, but I’m not sure how well I’d do theses days. I suspect poorly.

15) Are you good at keeping secrets?
Depends on the secret. I make my own judgment calls. best kept secret is one not told to anyone, including me.

16) What do you want for Christmas?
Peace, Love and happiness for all that spread the same

17) Do you talk in your sleep?
Sometimes. I mumble, converse, and have on occasion yelled.

18) Who wrote the book of love?
Elvis Costello… or the Monotones.

19) Have you ever flown a kite?
Last Time I remember flying a kite was with Dan and April sometime in 2000, but I’m pretty sure I have since then. I had an awesome stunt kite that was lost when I lefe no-noes maldanado’s place.

20) Do you wish on your fallen eyelashes?
and Newt Whiskers, and shooting stars, and whatever else is handy. birthday candles and wishbones.

21) Do you consider yourself successful?
I think so. I certainly don’t consider myself a failure. I’ moving forward, albeit slowly.

22) How many people are on your contact list of your cell?
58 people and orgs

23) Have you ever asked for a pony?
Well, I wanted a warhorse for a while as a kid. (as well as armor, and weapons training. Silly German Genes.)

24) Plans for tomorrow?
Work, get home, laundry, visit friends online. tuck in early and sleep late to prepare for a good Saturday.

25) Can you juggle?
tasks better than beanbags.

26) Missing someone now?
Not at the moment, but I was a couple of days ago. I still think about my pop regularly.

27) When was the last time you told someone I Love You?
Last family member I talked to on the phone… bro?

28) How often do you drink?
not too often. St. Patty’s day was the last alcohol imbibed.

29) How are you feeling today?
Just woke up, but I feel ok so far!

30)What are you looking forward to?
The weekend! This week is moving at a good pace.. lots of work makes the time go swiftly.

31) Have you ever eaten dog food?
I’ve tried Milk Bone Dog Biscuits. They’re like really thick, bland wheat thins.

32) Can you handle the truth?
Generally. I prefer it.

33) Any cool scars?
Some surgery ones on my back, one on my bottom lip – stitches, by my right eye – deflected ring from a punch, left ankle – trash bag glass gash, back of my right hand – cigarette burn.


Things seen to and from work yesterday –

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Waiting for the sun to come up at the bus stop en route to work.
Time change returned the walk to in the dark.

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The tree on the road island outside my office.
Green again, but still not as lush as it once was.

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Regrowth on the tree right outside my office window. That was a pleasant sight during lunch.
I’m too jaded.. I think it looks a bit like a triffid.


1 year ago – appointment, bro homeless, electron thoughts, videos, broken umbrellas, space 1999:waka waka, 300 island resort, typo on bus, walkies pictures, beaten barricade,

2 years ago – smelly books, surreal compliments, passover joke, vampire game

3 years ago – sleeveless smock, downloadable toons, bunky kabalarians, colossal squid, CoC props.

4 years ago – landlord visit, green monkey pizza, pop pardoned the knights templar,nazi-looking stamp, Japanese business card etiquette, movies, tubers

5 years ago – Killer noise, looking for a job as a flaneur, Dave & Cathi PreggersGeotarget

8248 – Thursday, is it?

Ramma-frazzin’ ding dang gig. I had to bail on the dinner party last night because of last minute tech issues. I felt like a heel cutting out 5 hours before the scheduled time, especially since I was looking so forward to the get-together. There’s another one next Wednesday… I’m going to do everything I can to make it.


The Grampa poll yesterday yielded some very nifty results and replies!


Tonight I go over to RS’s place and set the computer up so Gabe can burn himself some music safely (on top of making sure RS’s machine is up to snuff for the rest of the office’s duties.)


Friday, I’ll see Mom and Wilton off for their trip to Brazil for a week. I’ll be on call again, so they’ll have to swing by my place, but that works… We’ll do Chinese food to ring in St. Patty’s.


LONDON (Reuters) – Bats, whales and dolphins use it to communicate. Baby rodents call their mothers with it and now a rare Chinese frog has shown it can hear and respond to ultrasounds, scientists said on Wednesday. Continue reading 8248 – Thursday, is it?

8244 – Sexual offender myths

From – CSOM

Myths and Facts About Sex Offenders

There are many misconceptions about sexual offenses, sexual offense victims, and sex offenders in our society. Much has been learned about these behaviors and populations in the past decade and this information is being used to develop more effective criminal justice interventions throughout the country. This document serves to inform citizens, policy makers, and practitioners about sex offenders and their victims, addressing the facts that underlie common assumptions both true and false in this rapidly evolving field.

Some particularly informative ones – Continue reading 8244 – Sexual offender myths

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Was dragging a bit yesterday, I practically fell asleep during apheresis. Workplace has been quite hectic, and some storm cloud vibes, as well. I’m hoping it’s just the fund raising aspect, but a lot of showing of tooth and claw recently. RS has the right idea about working from home. (I doubt she’ll ever come back to the office full time, after moving to the home-office idea.)


Mostly played with Newt and chitty-chatted last night… not a bad way to unwind after a long day. Quite nice, actually.


Leftover palm doodle that time forgot -(from Octoberish, post hurricane)

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Heaven knows I could use some now!

Set up wifi hot sync on my new pooter. works well. (thus the doodle)


Abram, the Safety Ape!


1 year ago – hello tomorrow, Robots movie, found art pictures, alligator sounds /swamp witch, silly putty, pi day, IR webcam hack, free fonts, tally hall, ashes scattered, polar bears, open records, memory meme

2 years ago – subpages broken, Shazam!, Dead Like Me, CS sucks as a tech, vamp game

3 years ago – walkabout pics, lovieness, got unreal server hopping

4 years ago – thoughts of my sweetheart again! Roman tub, dreams of owning a pet grooming store, insurance woes, and palm doodles

5 years ago – Happy b’day kundalinidreams (no longer ljing), Dkmfkmkglklkgbkvbkbv,looking for a job as demagogue…(I’ll still take it, if anyone’swanting), happy unbirthday to me, uck!, edit this page (now dead), aprivate post to my sweetheart alone, a timeline of Scotto history,veggie lo mein, muppet trivia, and Rolf singing you and I and GeorgeGeotarget

8225 –

Nice chitty chat with bhk last night, off and on while I took cases in AR, PA, ND, GA and FL. Most had happy endings and full recoveries. visited qdot briefly in SL, but couldn’t stay long to to the same calls.


Hurricane season in 3 months, and there are still a lot of blue roof, I hope things are gentle this year.

Beautiful day out this morning, so walkabout is imminent. Until later, Dear Journal!


batman and robin - mexico style!
Batman and Robin, Mexico Style

Also, um, what?

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Belated friday 5 via eryx:

  1. What color is your hair? Brown, with sun-blond highlights, and a little gray.
  2. When is the last time you accepted a dare? hmm.. not sure when last I heard “I DARE YOU!”
  3. Do you think you could have an affair? Not likely.. I’m monogamous and very loyal to my mates.
  4. How often do you feel like walking on air? Well, I wouldn’t mind being able to fly.
  5. How about despair? Despair is useless. Assuming everything is bad or will turn out poorly is just defeatist. There’s always hope.

Moment of Lyric (mp3)

Trying to avoid
Being hit in the leg
By the bag that is going
Around and around
In the miniature sidewalk whirlwind

But the crumpled-up bag
Moves exactly as fast
As the speed at which you walk
To avoid being hit in the leg

Aaaah
To the amusement of others
You are hit in the leg
By the bag
And as soon as it touches your leg
It’s completely attached

Trying to pull off a bag while still casually walking
Only increases the merriment
So at first you consider violence against the onlookers
But then on second thoughts
Maybe the bag

La la-la
La-la la-la
La-la la-la
La-la la-la la-la

Buppa-ba ba-ba
Buppa-ba ba-ba
Buppa-ba ba-ba ba
Ba ba ba buppa buppa ba ba
Buppa buppa buppa ba
Buppa-buppa-buppah-buppah-buppah ba

But it’s made out of some kind
Of stretchy new plastic
That cannot be ripped in half

Sadly you walk on in anger and shame
Not considering the fate of the very next one
Who will try to avoid being hit in the leg
By the bag that is going around and around
In the miniature sidewalk whirlwind

Ever and always
Around the world
Everywhere you go
There will always be those
Who will try to avoid being hit in the leg
By the bag that is going around and around
In the miniature sidewalk whirlwind
Miniature sidewalk whirlwind
Miniature sidewalk whirlwind
Miniature sidewalk whirlwind


1 year ago – scottobear.com renew, trip to deerfield, free fonts, chat crash w/bhk, gp puts me on to spidey bible, what? WhaT?, H2GT2G, Chimp attack, giant stepsGeotarget

2 years ago – blogspam treatment, work, serial adder, 7-eared kitty, clown sweater, Ephemera, visited bro

3 years ago – book meme, palm doodles, picture issues

4 years ago – mopey, bro helping out, Dick Hymen – Master of Jazz Piano, super tugboat, Newton’s name, pet name poll, magic ingredients

5 years ago – Perseus tools, loved ones sick, flying monkeys, The 30 Least-Quoted Lines from Shakespeare, nosepilot, 5k comp

8223 – Saturday, on call.

RS dropped from full-time at the office to working part time from home. I think that’ll work out much better for her.


For about 17 cents a minute, SpoofCard lets you send any numeric string as your Caller ID code. It comes with optional voice modification. And you don’t need a computer to use the service.


Joan (the building governor) called me up yesterday, and told me that she needed the key to my condo, “in case of emergencies”. How did she find out that her old key didn’t work? She went up to my place with the super to repair the oprch screens, and got upset that she couldn’t get in.

First of all, I had the screens repaired before I had even moved in, and I documented that to her in no uncertain terms… in December.

Second, there was no notice that she’d be going into my home. It surely wasn’t an emergency.

Third, She couldn’t be bothered to *telephone* before trying to get into my place.

Fourth, Newt’s in there… and she doesn’t have the reaction time to stop him if he decided to bolt.

Needless to say, I got a little hot with her on the phone. I told her that she is under *no* circumstances to enter my place without my permission or presence. She won’t be getting a key anytime soon now. I’m glad I found out before relying on her

Her excuse was “well, I rang your doorbell, and nobody answered, so I figured I’d come in and take care of it”

um, no. What if I was having a shower or sleeping soundly? If I came out of there / work and spotted her in my apartment, I would very likely have tossed her happy ass in jail… or vibrated her carcass into its component atoms by screaming at her at the top of my pongid lungs.

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Time lapse picture of Newtcam yesterday.