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Well, Hurricane Isabel is going to be no threat to Florida... hopefully it won't cause folks in the Carolinas and other northern regions any trouble, either.

Built a title image for the homepage, just for the fun of it at Historic Tale Construction Kit. Not in use, but stored for perhaps an airing at Ren-fest times.

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Apparently Frankie has enough money for cigarettes and beer that he didn't have last night. Why does that come as no surprise? He asked to borrow my yellow pages in order to find pawnshops, so he can try to hock his busted DVD player "for food", since the welfare office isn't open today. I gave him the book, reminded him that food was available at the church soup kitchen up the street, and told him not to disturb me, as I was going to lay down for a bit. Ten frickin' minutes later he knocks on my door, and asks to call pawnshops to see if they're open. What did I just tell him? I get to the door and tell him to leave me be, and that I was laying down like I had said. I let him know that he can take a walk to the Eckerd’s up the street when there's a public access phone available for him to use, and for him to not knock on my door to use the phone again unless there is fire or blood involved. It's people like him that make it hard to be charitable to folks that actually can benefit from kindness. I've given him alternate resources, and if he doesn't like that he has to walk a half-mile to make a phone call, perhaps it's time for him to stop using the phone. And no, I won't give him stamps and envelopes, either. However, if he keeps asking, I may provide the spit needed to seal them. Rather than take a walk and be a man, he prefers to sit on his stoop and drink a beer. Apparently Frankie can't be bothered to ask Meredith or Sammy to use their phones, or he's already been told to take a walk by them, too.

About an hour later, the landlord called me regarding the lawn and surrounding area, and I asked him what Frankie's deal was. He told me that an eviction was being put in place, and that Frankie would be issued a notice after he comes back into town. (He's extra interested in kicking freeloaders out, as season's coming, and beach-close apartments can be rented a lot more lucratively at this time. He’s already been quite lenient with Frankie, but now that no rent is coming in and season approaches with big $$, that's the end of that ride.

( Minor Harry potter 5 observations, light spoilers )

The Ugly Bug Home Page, including the Ugliest Bugs of 2002.. I'm not easily creeped out by insects, and find the winner not terribly ugly.

RIAA getting sued over Amnesty Program ( Read more... )

Some fun Paper Miniatures for Gaming, in font form, akin to SPARKS, but free.

a year ago - Bonnie's Boy Steals from FMM, and is caught on video, Newt bawls out a spaniel

2 years ago - music to my ears, LJ observations, handy word reference guide

3 years ago -Sesame Street Day!, Lower-case N song, We are all Earthlings, Ernie questions his existance. Wubba Wubba Song, Joel Reprimanded for surfing porn at work

For a short contribution to the database -

From Encyclopedia of Occultism (OOP, 1920) - (Formatting / spelling retained)

St. John's Wort : St. John’s Wort. In classical mythology the summer solstice was a day dedicated to the sun, and was believed to be a day on which witches held their festivities. St. John's Wort was their symbolical plant, and people were wont to judge from it whether their future would be lucky or unlucky ; as it grew they read in its progressive character their future lot. The Christians dedicated this festive period to St. John's Wort or root, and it became a talisman against evil. In one of the old romantic ballads a young lady falls in love with a demon, who tells her --

"Gin you wish to leman mine
Lay aside the St. John's Wort and the vervain."

When hung up on St. John's Day together with a cross over the doors of houses it kept out the devil and other evil spirits. To gather the root on St John's day morning at sunrise, and retain it in the house, gave luck to the family in their undertakings, especially in those begun on that day.

today's eats - ( Read more... )