note - these are all based on superheroes I've seen...yes, even the halibut.

Good Morning!

[Poll #2692]

In the Superhero mindset -The Museum of Black Superheroes. (Who Had the cooler costume, anyhow... Luke Cage, or Black panther?)

Note To Chris - Zanzibar image search - maybe here is a good place to start?

word of the day - remonstrate

remonstrate \rih-MAHN-strayt; REH-mun-strayt\, intransitive
verb:
To present and urge reasons in opposition to an act, measure, or any course of proceedings -- usually used with 'with'.

transitive verb:
To say or plead in protest, opposition, or reproof.

If a hailstorm starts, surely instead of remonstrating with it, you try to take shelter. --Victor Pelevin, A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia and Other Stories

Remonstrate comes from Medieval Latin remonstrare, "to show again, to point back to, as a fault," from re- + monstrare, "to show."

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Here's a little about the town I live in, rather than just Fort Lauderdale - http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/us/A0839631.html

Pompano Beach , city (1990 pop. 72,411), Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast and the Intracoastal Waterway; inc. 1908. It is a resort city with ocean beaches, excellent fishing, and a harness-racing track. More than 60% of the city's economy is based on tourism. Manufactures include precision and electronic equipment and various technological supplies. The raising of citrus fruit and winter vegetables has long been important. Pompano Beach has many miles of small canals that are lined with homes. A U.S. coast guard station is there. Of interest are a lighthouse, built in 1906, and a Native American mound park.

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Called in a mental health day.

a good thing. I was needing more brain-rest.

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I like to wash,
By way of experiment,
The dust of the world
In the droplets of dew.
- Basho

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re- the current downtime -

from Brad -

New servers
Yeah, it's slow, I know. We've been waiting for the new servers to arrive and they finally have. Now Dormando, Evan, and I are going to set them up and install them tonight.

Paid users will get double or triple credit for the time it was down. Paid users are also going to be getting their own database server now too, just like they already have their own webserver. In another month or two we'll have to get the paid users another webserver but for now the 3% paid users of the active users are doing fine on 16% of the web serving hardware. It just seems like they're not working because they're sharing the same 3 databases with the free users. Well, tonight we should have 5 database servers, one for use only by paid users.

I'll keep you updated, but please stop mailing me.

I hope that fixes any troubles...

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[Poll #2720]

MmmM.... comfy and relaxed... the day off is just what I needed. Caught Newt on cam, and fooled around with filters. the orange is his true color. I like the shoulder-stretch escpecially, with the ears down and the eyes squinkied up.

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does anyone else use http://www.droaidarena.com ? it looks interesting. battlebots online?

if you want to whomp on me or my 'bot (The Newton, v.01), feel free to seek out Scottobear there, too.

I hate ICQ. Apparently my wonderful girl was on a half hour ago, and I didn't get any messages until I messaged her just now.

Stupid tech has been a bane all day. LJ crapping out, ICQ. :( My day started out so nice, too.