8223 - Saturday, on call.

RS dropped from full-time at the office to working part time from home. I think that'll work out much better for her.

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For about 17 cents a minute, SpoofCard lets you send any numeric string as your Caller ID code. It comes with optional voice modification. And you don’t need a computer to use the service.

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Joan (the building governor) called me up yesterday, and told me that she needed the key to my condo, "in case of emergencies". How did she find out that her old key didn't work? She went up to my place with the super to repair the oprch screens, and got upset that she couldn't get in.

First of all, I had the screens repaired before I had even moved in, and I documented that to her in no uncertain terms... in December.

Second, there was no notice that she'd be going into my home. It surely wasn't an emergency.

Third, She couldn't be bothered to *telephone* before trying to get into my place.

Fourth, Newt's in there... and she doesn't have the reaction time to stop him if he decided to bolt.

Needless to say, I got a little hot with her on the phone. I told her that she is under *no* circumstances to enter my place without my permission or presence. She won't be getting a key anytime soon now. I'm glad I found out before relying on her

Her excuse was "well, I rang your doorbell, and nobody answered, so I figured I'd come in and take care of it"

um, no. What if I was having a shower or sleeping soundly? If I came out of there / work and spotted her in my apartment, I would very likely have tossed her happy ass in jail... or vibrated her carcass into its component atoms by screaming at her at the top of my pongid lungs.

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( Time lapse picture of Newtcam yesterday. )

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Moment of lyric (mp3)

( ... )

so many tears i've cried
so much pain inside
but baby it ain't over 'til it's over

( ... )

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1 year ago - pomade, numbers, lumbee talk going strong, rat flies a f-22, ifbot, secutiry, scotto pic, zombie quiz, miami bridge, New York Public Library Digital Gallery , hurley episode of lost, mile markers

2 years ago - stress, bro, god wishes, font music, audio books, tofu "chicken parm", he-man, owie-back

3 years ago - stupidity genetic?, pulp-it, sick folks, history of eating utensils, tree like, riblets are great

4 years ago - fiddled with tulpa, dream, oxycontin, naproxen, oxycodone, Domesday

5 years ago - CJ & Herman story 2, dangers of reading in bed, AOK2

8224 - Spore

Why didn't anyone tell me about Spore sooner? veblefetzer hosted this gameplay video, and I'm pretty dang impressed. Now *that*'s my kind of sandbox.

The game allows the player to begin with developing a creature as a cellular entity and eventually creating a creature with more sophisticated brain functions, which will change the nature of the game to a more RTS-type game (he cited a particular favorite of his, Populous), where players will control herds of creatures. Once you upgrade the "hut" around which the creatures centralize, the game changes into what he called "a simple version of SimCity" where the player manages technology and interacts with other cities that have sprung up around the world.

The creature creation tool is quite simply amazing, not to mention the programming that regulates (automatically!) how the creatures walk, run and move

He demonstrated how the player can eventually purchase a UFO to travel between planets--and eventually star systems--to populate, conquer, or simply observe. Particularly impressive was the game's emergent gameplay and seemingly infinite possibilities for playing creatively

Definitely worth a BANGS!

[edit - more info on Spore here, at wikipedia. sharp!]

SporeWiki - A wiki dedicated to all things Spore.

Spore Portal - Spore fansite.

Spore Monsters - Spore news and rumours site.