whoops! meant to hit post at like 1pm.

[scottobear]

Bright eyed and bushy-tailed this morning. got pleasantly surprised by a little howdy form oneyed, sedefend and assorted family extras on cam this morning. I now have pictures of mom giving daughter noogies and groucho glasses, not to mention a pic of newt broadcast to Saudi Arabia and back. Newt's officially an international video star!

I've been wondering about language this morning... what do folks do when there "isn't a word for that" in their native language? What would folks living in the Amazon jungle call a sandstorm? Would they use a foreign word (like English speakers generally do) or do they make up a whole new word in the native tongue? I suppose it depends, and isn't terribly important, given that most folks don't deal with non-local issues that often.

A piccie of me aboard ship, ported at Alpha.. I dig the mermaid on the bow :) I left in the control panel and overmap to give a sense of what the menu system is like. I'm better at sailing now, but the cannons are still pretty tough. I picked up enough pieces of eight to dress less like a newbie.. red bandanna, green shirt and orange sash... I prefer going barefoot, so that's fine. Being a member of a crew makes it quite a bit more entertaining. I've been thinking of building a Weavers or apocathary on Oyster Island, too.



Via the vampires game - Peacekeepers Mission on Emerald and 67th - Welcome, friend, to Peacekeepers Mission 1. For 10000 coins you can increase your Neutrality. Be aware! If you have any Neutrality, you cannot use Holy Water, and your Scrolls of Turning will do no damage. At the lower levels of Neutrality, you will still be partially vulnerable to such attacks. Sadly, I had less than 2000, so I must continue to seek and suck. so, I did the next best thing, which was to use a scroll of turning in there, and sent about bunch of vampires a-running.

A Canadian company has successfully mimicked nature and produced spider silk, a coveted substance five times stronger - weight for weight - than steel.

KINGS OF AFRICA - Photographs by Daniel LAINÉ It took Daniel Laine, three years 1988 - 1991) of effort and intense diplomatic steps to realize this fantastic work. During this period, he was able to photograph 70 sovereigns, descendants of the great African dynasties.

Difference between airbrush and natural bikini model mouse over to see what they looked like before. The whole portfolio is nifty to look at.

one year ago man killed for playing the banjo, Trek happening a dud, but we discover heroclix, (already thinking customs), rorsach poll

two years ago 3 things poll, deracinate, cormorant, broken newt pic, 25 things to keep in mind, ja da, rate your risk (links now broken)


three years ago spent out, color quiz, looking forward to going to breakfast, Rowlf sings, Beaker sings

Comments

[sedefendendo.livejournal.com]

it was a blast. thank you for adding to our happy day!
newt is definitely an international super star!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and those pics of us, will self destruct in five seconds! hhahahahah, and if they dont, store the evidence for future use!
ahahhahaha NOT!

there are lots of words that there is no word in arabic for, they use the american word! like video!

i like you on your ship, is the mermaid sweet?

i am definitely checking out the links tomorrow, its almost 130am, and tonight i am exhausted.

hope they work for me!

good night to you !

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

thanks to you too! your family is such a hoot!

got to love the mermaid! :) g'nite, and I hope you have a great day upon waking!

[sedefendendo.livejournal.com]

such a gentleman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[argumentplease.livejournal.com]

I think every girl and woman out there should be made to sit down and examine the images of the photographs of the women before and after airbrushing. For some reason people continue to believe that women in the media represent idealized beauty that we should all aspire to, when in fact it's so much light and magic.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

I couldn't agree more. a little reality check can help a lot!

[juliabee.livejournal.com]

Ahh..you always have such neato links. I love the little mermaid. I'll have to check that one out in more detail.

The Kings of Africa link is nice, too...planning on looking there some more.

The airbrush one...jeez. :( I was looking at the model's hands. I was flopped out in the bed tonight, looking at my own hands tonight...how old they look now, and the vein that shows so strongly on the back of both of my hands. I noticed they airbrushed those same veins off of the models hands. And her breast in one of the photos, they actually made it larger! Good grief.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

a pleasure to share the gooney links I find with you!

the skin smoothing and hair/wrinkle removal was so amazing... good to show insecure kids that "nobody's perfect" Some of the other photos in the same collection are as amazing.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

There ya go. I suspect they could make *me* look like a playboy model, given enough time.