7114 - Sunday.... Saturday burned like a paraffin wick.

[scottobear]

Mel's middle fingernail came off... I think she overused it in traffic, and it spontaneously combusted.

We just flopped around on Saturday, as both of us are broke after the holiday. A quick lunch and a trip to the cd exchange to swap out old CDs, and look for fun new music and movies. I got a lot of store credit for future ref, and got rid of a pile of media that I don't listen to anymore.

We spent the evening reading up on mental illness, watching assorted weather specials about tsunamis, earthquakes and meteor strikes, and talking for hours and hours about all manner of stuff.

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Trucker missing; so is cargo of 3.6 million nickels

MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- A truck driver has disappeared with the 3.6 million nickels he was hauling to the Federal Reserve Bank in New Orleans, police said Friday.

Angel Ricardo Mendoza, 43, picked up the coins, worth $180,000, December 17 from the Federal Reserve in New Jersey and was supposed to haul the cargo -- weighing 45,000 pounds -- to New Orleans for a trucking company subcontracted by the Federal Reserve, police said.

On December 21, Mendoza's empty truck and trailer turned up at a truck stop in Fort Pierce, Florida.

Miami-Dade police, the FBI and the Federal Reserve police are investigating.

"We are concerned for his safety because he's missing," Miami-Dade Detective Randy Rossman said. "We suspect foul play. We are concerned and we are still investigating."

Mendoza lives in Miami-Dade County but has no family in the area. Police said he has a wife in Cuba.

Time to check coinstar activity.

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I would like a nearby comic book store with a quarter bin.

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1. Go To Mapquest.com
2. Click on Directions
3. Enter your Current Address and the Address of your Childhood Home (or at least the town if you don't remember the exact address)
4. Put the time and distance in a post like this.
5. Don't forget to repost these directions. (Not the door to door ones!)

Ft. Lauderdale,FL to Brockton, MA -
Total Est. Time: 23 hours, 48 minutes Total Est. Distance: 1497.16 miles

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A gallery of nostrums

Patent medicines have had a long and ignominious history in the U. S., reaching their zenith in the late 19th century. As the population became more urban and somewhat more capitalized, a ripe target emerged for some post-industrial entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs who would thrive in a marketplace best characterized by the dictum, 'caveat emptor'.

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I didn't do it... I swear.

I didn't know the monkey was allergic to crackers.

If this is about the power outage, I promise not to play at the hydroelectric plant anymore.

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Current Music's Lyrics:

Happy feet!
I've got those happy feet!
Give them a lowdown beat
And they begin dancing!
I've got those
Ten little tapping toes,
And when I hear a tune
I can't control my dancing heels,
To save my soul!
Weary blues
Can't get into my shoes,
Because my shoes refuse
To ever grow weary!
I keep cheerful on an earful
Of music sweet;
'Cause I got those happy la-de-da-da!

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1 year ago - dynamic address assigning, Artist under the influence of LSD, My Messy Office

2 years ago - prisoner on the brain, Names, Antarctica, EO-letters

3 years ago - paper models, walkies, coming events, EO-mashnote

4 years ago - paranoia, recorder, odigo

Comments

[ex-dcl.livejournal.com]

I love Coinstar.....

It's such a "damn I wish I'd thought of it" idea.....

I think it's completely reasonable, too....for the convenience.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

sure... 9% of the take is certainly worth the cost of rolling those things up. I bet that they make money hand over fist, too.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

I'd imagine there are a few... finding one that's not an hour's commute away with traffic is the trick.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Most groovy!

Odds sound good... I weep for a future where no comic stores have quarter bins.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

How long were his toenails on those happy feet?

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

That's what happens when you're wacky, and have more money than any third-world country.

It's a pity that brilliance and madness have such close borders to one another.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

although... I've seen some amazingly intelligent people stay fully far away from lunacy.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

mmm.. well, he was reportedly learning disabled, and his son was schizophrenic.

Perhaps he was just a lot more "functionally disabled"?