rollin' rollin' rollin'...

Holy cow.. a new game shop (Twistyland) opened up right across the street from the galleria. (via an ad on cartoon network.) Maybe I can swap out some of my redundant heroclix / mage knight for other goodies..Like the New Sandman series, perhaps.

So... I'm the most googlebotted guy in all of livejournal-land? (at least yesterday) I wonder what factors lead to that sort of thing? I also wonder what being listed on lj_nifty will do to my hits, for that matter. I'm very surprised that I'm more popular than brad. I've already gotten a few friendly hellos as a result.

Thought I'd see my brother yesterday with the Vitas, but it looks like that's not going to happen before I go in tomorrow.

eventual to do - Move the sound card down a slot, see if that helps IRQ-wise, and removes some of the contention there.

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In honor of the Nov. 4 release of Robert Plant's Sixty Six to Timbuktu two-CD solo compilation, VH1 Classic will air a Plant special Nov 1 and 4.

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Some questions I'd like to see answers to (maybe a new meme?) in comments, or LJs -

What was the last time you said something that you later (or immediately) regretted?

What was the last time you regretted *not* saying anything?

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Clear Sky Clock's old webhost went weirdly, and as a result, the old bookmarks and links don't work. you can get revised links from the link listed at the front of this sentence.

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Florida agribusiness develops a hollow celery you can drink through like a straw. The Bloody Mary has been revolutionized!( Read more... )

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A New Dawn of the Dead film
Interesting... but one of those ones I go "uh... why bother?"

I always have room for zombie pictures. But I have to wonder why they chose to remake Dawn of the Dead. I would even go so far as to say that there is room for more than one zombie-in-a-mall film so they could have even created another one. Why remake it? Just for the title, I guess. Though, it has Zombies... I'll probably see it. Plus, Ving Rhames... he's always good at what he does. Hopefully, it won't be stripped of a lot of the subtext that was in the original. (The mall as a comment about the stupidity of consumerism, for example.)

Speaking of commercialism... I'm looking forward to the original's multi-disc deluxe edition DVD early next year, too. I've heard that they are including three cuts of DOTD: The Argento Cut (which is the most popular cut of the film amongst fans), the Canne Workprint Cut (which is often mislabeled as being Romero's "Director's Cut" version of DOTD), and the George Romero/US Theatrical Cut (which Romero considers to be his definitive version of DOTD).

Other Classic Horror Movies that got remade and that I liked quite a lot both times- The Fly, The Thing, Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

Random thought - I wonder if Zombies would prefer hydrocephalic victims?

Other movie thoughts - Jim Carrey as the Bionic Man? Um.. wasn't inspector gadget already made?

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Very Nifty set of web-statistics / Hulk- Halloween lights webcam page. Measures local precipitation, outside activity and electrical draw, and you can pan / Zoom the camera around to get a better look at stuff.

It tells you all sorts of crazy statistics, and you can flick off and on the lights around the house.

Well,I'm off... until later, dear journal.

#6199 - prelims, Frankie boot, shoppers for real estate

Frankie got served eviction notice on Saturday. 5 days from that point, he should be gone.

Landlord walked 2 potential building buyers through my apartment today right as I got back from the doc's... Sort of a peeve, but since he just sort of showed up and asked nicely, I let them take the tour. one of the potential buyers loves Newt to pieces. (He was doing his lawnmower purr and friendly hello swabbing.)

start palm updates

10/27/03 12:22 pm

12:15 pm Dreams last night of an axe to the spine by way of an angry Indian..."chuk"-sound not unlike that I hear when a bite is taken out of a fresh, crisp apple. Not the best mental visual a day before surgery. Ride is due any minute.

12:22 pm Uruguay picked me up just now... En route to confirmation at last. He is morbidly obese, with labored breathing and has a distinctive BO. What is that? Bacon and cheese? Armpits and feet? Something stinky this way comes. I feel bad for him, and wonder if he knows he's as smelly as he is.

1:21 pm forms filled out... I'm feeling tired. Frasier on TV whining about $2 parking fees. Lots of canned laughter. bleh.

1:23 I bet Newton would like one of those orange spider-rings the little girl next to me is wearing.

1:37 pm ride home comes at 2. Haven't seen the doc yet. King of the Hill on TV. Having a York Peppermint Patty, a baby bag of pretzels and diet coke for lunch. (Not good, but there isn't a Tofu vend-o-mat in the office, and I'm hungry.)


1:57 pm after being weighed for the first time since I started WWcalc, I have lost at the very least3 1 lbs. a more probable estimate is about 45. Not bad. I'll hit my goal in another 3-4 months if this continues at speed.

end palm updates

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juliabee pointed me to this really keen pumpkin carved via a robot arm.

Other Linkies gleaned from all over -

"A model presents a creation of Portuguese designers 'Sangue Novo,' at the Lisbon Fashion show October 24, 2003. Younger fashion designers grouped on 'Sangue Novos' presentation worked on a collection with themes about soccer for the next Spring/Summer collection. Portuguese fashion designers present their creations this weekend at the Lisbon Fashion Show. REUTERS/Jose Manuel Ribeiro "

Phonecam images of the California fires

The Camera Van - One night In the fall of 1993, Harrod Blank had a dream in which he covered his car with cameras and then drove around and took pictures of people on the streets. The public, unaware that the cameras worked, reacted naturally. At the end of the dream, Harrod looked at pictures taken with the van of faces frozen in the moment of awe, pictures so powerful that the next morning he decided to attempt to build such a vehicle in reality.

Dick, the Albino Bowler. (action Figure) ...and he's come to bowl.

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Time for a hot shower.. got to enjoy them while I can. 8-10 days worth of birdbaths lie ahead. Be back after the steamer.