8171 - Scotto hears a Who!
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scottobearI saw an owl on the school fence, walking home from the bus stop last night. It was super cute... a tiny thing, maybe the size of a can of soda-pop... I was a little shocked, because I think of Owls as big birds of prey The bird looked like a brown and white feathered capsule, with huge yellow eyes and long skinny legs. I stopped in my tracks and admired it for a moment and then went to take a picture. It took off before I could snag him, but I found a very close approximation... it was a burrowing owl! (The mascot of my old university) Apparently they don't get very large, so I doubt what I saw was a baby though it looked babyish to me at the time.
He flew off into this tree, outside of my view. The creepy yellow light looked nifty and I had the palmtop out, so I took a picture.
It's odd... I think of owls as these huge predators, but this guy would've had trouble with a rat, I think. Maybe an anole or a mouse is more his speed. I'll be coming back to see if I can spot him again. I really love living close to this sort of wildlife.
That Space piggy picture got well over 3500 hits over the course of 12 hours yesterday...that's more hits than my coverage of the hurricane back in October, and I thought that was nuts. I wonder if someone else linked to it, because only a couple of dozen bounced through my journal-site to that page.
Made plans to go see Wicked with Danny some time in the weeks ahead. I'm looking quite forward to it, though I wonder how much he'll like it. It was his idea, so groovy. Yikes.. I wonder how much he'll balk when he finds out they're between $109 and $225 per seat? I suspect I might be flying solo. A bit more expensive than the $5 seats for Arsenic and Old Lace at his school.
Pretty Keen - estimate to price of any address.
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Moment of lyric (take your pick - mov, or youtube)
Is dexter ill, is dexter ill, is dexter ill
Is dexter ill today, mr kirk, dexter’s in school
I’m afraid he’s not, miss fishborne
Dexter’s truancy problem is way out of hand
The baltimore county school board have decided to expel
Dexter from the entire public school system
Oh mr kirk, I’m as upset as you to learn of dexter’s truancy
But surely, expulsion is not the answer!
I’m afraid expulsion is the only answer
It’s the opinion of the entire staff that dexter is criminally insane
That boy needs therapy, psychosomatic,
That boy needs therapy, purely psychosomatic
That boy needs therapy
Lie down on the couch! what does that mean?
You’re a nut! you’re crazy in the coconut!
What does that mean? that boy needs therapy
I’m gonna kill you, that boy needs therapy
Ranagazoo, let’s have it to you
On the count of three
That, that, that, that, that boy.. boy needs therapy
He was white as a sheet
And he also made false teeth
Avalanches is above, business continues below
Did I ever tell you the story about
Cowboys! bit , bit bitches and the indians and, fron, frontier psychiatrist
I... I felt strangely hypnotised
I was in another world, a world of 20,000 girls
And milk! rectangles, to an optometrist, the man with the golden eyeball
And tighten your buttocks, pour juice on your chin
I promise my girlfriend i’d... the violin, violin, violin ...
Frontier psychiatrist
Frontier, frontier, frontier, frontier
Frontier, frontier, frontier, frontier
Frontier, frontier, frontier, frontier
That boy needs therapy, psychosomatic
That boy needs therapy, purely psychosomatic
That boy needs therapy
Lie down on the couch, what does that mean?
You’re a nut! you’re crazy in the coconut!
What does that mean? that boy needs therapy
I’m gonna kill you, that boy needs therapy
Ranagazoo, let’s have a tune
Now when I count three
That, that, that, that, that boy.. boy needs therapy
He was white as a sheet
And he also made false teeth
Frontier psychiatrist
Can you think of anything else that talks, other than a person?
Uh ohh... uh oh, a bird! yeah!
Sometimes a parrot talks
Ha ha ha ha ha !!!!
Yes, some birds are funny when they talk
Can you think of anything else
A record, record, record !
1 year ago - Rooster year, Kerby, palm doodle, nifty dolls, web-flowers, ljers who kill, machine gun vs katana, google maps, living with a corpse
2 years ago - RIP, J.S. , meme, Long distance , layers, GA success
3 years ago - tittles, palm pics, Pondering Newt getting pooch bro, incubus
4 years ago - bro email, morty the cylon, Emily Dickinson, Tulpas, links
5 years ago - More love issues, lj drama, lonelies
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Date: 2006-02-09 12:48 pm (UTC)Have you read the book?
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Date: 2006-02-09 02:19 pm (UTC)they did get the square footage wrong on a *lot* of condos in my buiilding, marking 2 bedrooms as 1, and vice versa.
hooray for blimps and wind power! I'm sure J will dig it. :D
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Date: 2006-02-09 02:21 pm (UTC)I hope your time out of town was a good one!
My b'day was muted, but I enjoyed it. Most of my plans went up in a cloud of other people's germs, but that' sok, too.
my owlie was teensy-weensy, and it was the first tim I'd seen one in about 15 years, too.. the last one was a barn owl!
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Date: 2006-02-09 02:17 pm (UTC)Hey, I can't think of a better person that his party could run! Pimping his book, or alterior motives?
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Date: 2006-02-10 01:00 am (UTC)I recently saw Hilary sitting in an audience shaking her head with her usual disapproving look, and I imagined (imagination ONLY!) popping her in the nose. If she runs, I promise to hear her out more (though I've heard enough of her as it is), rather than wanting to flatten her first. ;)
Powell or McCain for pres! ::begs:: Or someone like them in the Dem party!
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Date: 2006-02-10 01:02 am (UTC)I'm with you... an intelligent moderate who won't pander to either right or left loonies, please!
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Date: 2006-02-09 02:04 pm (UTC)And I love Frontier Psychiatrist! I'd never seen the video, before, though. It's uncannily close to what I imagined it'd be. I keep meaning to search up some other Avalanches stuff, to see if they've done anything else I'd like.
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Date: 2006-02-09 02:14 pm (UTC)Pigwidgeon indeed! I was calling him Archie, but he was so teensy.
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Date: 2006-02-10 02:15 am (UTC)that video is great, too.
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Date: 2006-02-09 06:23 pm (UTC)Your Soul is Orange (yes I realize that there is no
orange in this picture) - Happy, hyper,
optimistic. You know life isn't perfect, but
that won't stop you from enjoying it! There
is so much beauty, and so much fun to be had,
and you understand that perfectly. You are
like a little sun, bright, warm, and intense.
Keep it up and you'll improve someone's day.
However, try not to be too pushy and
over-exited . . .
What Color is Your Soul? {8 results + artsitic pics}
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Date: 2006-02-10 12:37 am (UTC)Your Soul is Purple - Artist, dreamer, creative. You are lost in your thoughts, and have a dislike of reality (probably finding it boring). You have to remeber that every idea is based off the reality you know. Magic is everyware, you just have to see it. Thinking, and creating things, are your top priorities (not to mention what your best at). Keep at it, a little imagination can take you far.
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Date: 2006-02-10 01:42 pm (UTC)fie on 'em!
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Date: 2006-02-10 07:36 pm (UTC)thought of you...
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Date: 2006-02-10 05:34 pm (UTC)You've been at your current place for about 3-4 years now? I wonder if maybe he's far away / high up and his hooting travels?
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Date: 2006-02-11 01:45 am (UTC)I kinda dig that you have a phantom owl.