#6228 Stream of thought.

Began catching up with my sleep solidly last night. Drifted off about 11pm, and woke up about 9:30am.

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I got Manatee and matinee mixed up in my brain. Wondering what cute, fat canal-creatures have to do with early movie seating.

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Diet 7-up is delicious, and feels great in my throat.

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Wizkids Sportsclix Interesting. I wonder how ballplayers might do vs The Joker or Magneto?

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I heard a great quote about work and ethics - "Do not eat your soul to fill your belly" I like that. A pity that it's not always feasible.

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It's the hard knock life for us
It's the hard knock life for us
Instead of treated we get tricked
Instead of kisses we get kicked
It's the hard knock life

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I haven't shaved for a little over a week, and I already look like an escaped wild man from Borneo. I'm glad that I'm clean, anyhow... but I won't be shaving until I can rinse whiskers off properly in the shower.

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Life-size Gundam! Holy Moley!

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My "friend's page" is giving me trouble...doesn't want to load, and nothing is mentioned on the status page. A mild peeve. Heck, even my primary page isn't loading. I wonder what the post-"new feature/maintenance" hubbub is this time.

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I could go for some nachos. Also, my Cupboard is thinning. I may have some sushi for dinner tonight.

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It's official. Gaming pioneer Microprose, bought by Hasbro and then Infogrames (which became Atari), is dead. The final office in Hunt Valley, MD, was closed today and 35 people laid off.

Another piece of gaming history is laid to rest. Civilization... Colonization. Some of my fave games in the 90s. Ones I liked so much that I *bought* during my dirtiest pirate phase. (Well, ok, Colonization was gifted to me for Christmas by Kev... Gave me something to do when I was holding down the fort on Christmas at work for a Jewish Cruise data thingum. As far as Civ goes... Nothing quite reflects the pure comedy of Mohatmas Ghandi saying "Our Threats are backed with NUCLEAR WEAPONS!" to you in negotiations.

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I hope that folks are feeling better today than yesterday.

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Fortean Times Paranormal Gallery

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Physical Therapist Comes over at 2ish, Clean-Nurse at 3, vitals and dressing-changer some unknown time this afternoon.. expected about 1. It's getting to be like grand central station.

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I haven't needed a pain pill for three days. Not bad. I don't foresee requiring any more for the duration of this mend.

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Faces and Figures found in nature.

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Fish on Prozac? How depressing!

Antidepressant ingredient detected in Texas lake water ( Read more... )

#6229 Buggy LJ, About Nice / friendly people

Sakes. Lj was *really* out of whack this morning.

I go to edit my last entry (#6228), and get

"Edit Journal Entries

Error

Could not find selected journal entry."

Then it blinks in and out of existence on my page or friend's pages. Some synchronization trouble with Santa, perhaps. I wonder how connected to earlier issues it is.

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I still get comments on the most trivial entries that are *years* old. See also - http://www.livejournal.com/users/jackhammer/4059.html

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I've been pretty blessed about meeting and getting along with a wide variety of folks.

Some things that I've found that start folks off on the right foot with...Even if I'm a scary, hairy beast to some.

• Affinity with children and animals. Both tend to gravitate toward me, and it's reciprocated. The kids thing can backfire if the parents are exceptionally paranoid. (Sort of a Caspar the Ghost syndrome) That can be bypassed by being introduced to the adults, first.



• Willingness to talk about pretty much any topic, or openness in general. People can sense when "shields" are up, and respond in kind.



• Promote the "Gentle Giant" stereotype. When Folks aren't scared to death of me, they are generally put at ease because I'm soft-spoken.



• A good pre-emptive press. The hippies I know are especially good at that.. Most people I meet via those friends say "Oh, I've heard so much about you!" and that bypasses the whole first impression thing, usually. I have sort of a reputation for being the "Phineas J Whoopee" (Of Tennessee Tuxedo fame) of that group. (Dingo already had the Commander McBragg all wrapped up.) Instead of the 3-D BB, I've got the palmtop and a drawing program.

I can usually hold up my end of a conversation, and usually help the other side out too. If a person is totally dead in the water, I cut 'em a break, let them be quiet, and I move on.