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Saw my brother yesterday, briefly. It seems that he will be getting his long-awaited settlement some time next week if all goes well. He says that he'll give me a healthy chunk of it, to go towards the money he owes me, and put the rest toward getting a regular monthly apartment and activate his cell-phone in order to get on track (rather than his current hostel/ floor space/ day labor situation. I want him to get some council on how to handle money, and I may help him to open an account, if only to keep him form pissing it away as soon as he gets it. We'll see where it goes.

I've been drinking a *lot* of water / iced tea these days. I keep a few liters nearby at almost all times. Freeze half a bottle the night before, and fill the rest to keep it cool all day long.

A 3,500-4,000-year old mummified monkey is seen on display in the Egyptian Museum's new section for ancient mummified pets July 6, 2003. Ancient Egyptians loved their pets so much they even wanted to take them into the after life. REUTERS/Aladin Abdel Naby

I'm enjoying playing with these weird Asian monkey mazes

Teen Titans last night wasn't bad, but I was braced for the anime nods and it skewing to a younger crowd. I'm not sure why it's on at 9pm... Perhaps 7 or so is a better slot. I think that they got the vibe right for the core characters, and the music was very appropriate. The Hive kids were good basic villains, too.

Happy 34th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission and moon landing!

On researching with Google, I get so many crank sites that feel the landing was a hoax. NASA has a site to refute those claims. Badastronomy.com has a nice list, too.

Noises from the world's largest archive of animal sounds are being made available for use as ring tones for cell phone users, the British Library said yesterday.

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1 year ago - bike name poll, palm doodles, planning to visit Danny with his busted leg

2 years ago - rough night, slake, ambisinister, voice activated tech, how far would you go poll

3 years ago - counting days, finished first Harry Potter, books I repeat read, abortive attempt to track intake

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His knowing brown eyes held her gaze for a seeming eternity, his powerful arms clasped her slim body in an irresistible embrace, and from his broad, hairy chest a primal smell of "male" tantalized her nostrils; "Looks like another long night in the ape house" thought veterinarian Abigail Brown as she gingerly reached for the constipated gorilla's suppository.

Ok, Snopes has revised the "Undecided" on Hunting for Bambi to a False. I'm very happy that it turned out to be a hoax, but I would like to see some accountability held to folks both failing to properly check facts and reporting outright lies to the news.

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Wow... I must've needed a nap desperately, earlier. I nodded my head for a moment, and woke up like 2 hours later. It was like I had a total system shutdown. Newt woke me up with a couple of swabs and a desire to chase paper wads. There's something to be said to being awakened by a little furball that wants to just play.

Skimming around assorted communities and discovered consumer reports review on condoms.

This spectacular “blue marble” image is the most detailed true-color image of the entire Earth to date. Using a collection of satellite-based observations, scientists and visualizers stitched together months of observations of the land surface, oceans, sea ice, and clouds into a seamless, true-color mosaic of every square kilometer (.386 square mile) of our planet. These images are freely available to educators, scientists, museums, and the public.

The hungry tiger gave me a recipe for sort of a mock uttapam (Indian style pancakes).. Designed primarily as a method to get curry from your plate into your mouth. Claims are that they are "chewy, flavorful, plentiful, and excellent for transporting curry from plate to mouth. They would make a nice snack on their own, too, and I think they would even do well made ahead of time and reheated, so don't be afraid of leftovers."

The proportions below make about 10 pancakes if you make the batter on the thin side and the pancakes about the size of a saucer. ( recipe )