9248 - tuesday

[scottobear]

It's Earth Day! I didn't do much special to reduce my footprint... but I did eat leftovers (stuffed cabbage - nom ) cooked in an energy efficient microwave for lunch, took mass transit to and from work, and kept the lights in my office dimmed since I get plenty of lovely sunlight during the day. BHK made me a lovely big salad... next one might be from our own garden!

Brief entry yesterday - Chris Picked me up directly from work - no time spent writing on the way home.

Went to bed at a reasonable hour last night, but I'm very worn out today - I need some positive juice to get the blood pumping... or hit the sack early tonight.

I wonder if my back would feel better or worse in the event that I grow a prehensile monkey-tail? Maybe find other methods of lower back support?

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via

In this video, a camera crew follows a city official to a trapdoor hidden in a Tokyo sidewalk, which opens to a narrow stairway leading to a giant underground warehouse stocked with emergency supplies.

Located 20 meters (65 ft) underground, the 1,480 square meter (16,000 sq ft) space contains emergency supplies to be distributed to the public in the event of a major earthquake. Items include 5,000 blankets, 8,000 rugs, 4,000 candles, 300 cooking pots, 200 t-shirts, and emergency medical supplies. A conveyor belt system is installed to help transport the supplies up to street level.

The underground warehouse is connected to an unnamed station on the Oedo line, Tokyo’s deepest subway. Apparently, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government maintains more than one of these warehouses, but the locations are kept secret.

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I'm sorry, but naming a restaurant "Brown and Green" just makes me laugh and laugh and not think of anything I want to consume, despite my fondness for those two colors.

I do think that the Twins seem the most likely to win (and should do so, even if BHK prefers Lloyd and Adawa), but my gut is telling me that TM's ex-Doug -looking guy and his wife are going to win. How bad is that? I can't even remember their names... the bald jerky and his wife. I guess I shouldn't feel too bad... I can't think of the names of the twins now, either. Those guys argue too much for me, and don't seem to have a sense of pleasure doing ther job they're given. Even the not so bright couple seemed to be looking to have a good time of it - and they were told not to go into the business at all.

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"I hope that we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country."
- Thomas Jefferson

Sorry, TJ, guess that one didn't work out so well. (via)

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Good job, BHK! Hexxagon: You played the ranking game against Novice blackhellkat a tie (29:29). The game earned you 2 ranking points.

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1 year ago - got steve jacoby's website, earth day, roto-tilled garden, pye and newton on boxes, mr rogers breakdances, steve mancour, high school meme

2 years ago - meeting mom, newtcam, silly pic, coconut and the lizard

3 years ago - Bettie Page's bday, MJ & vaseline, bus ride pics, newt and a space monkey, air show, ramscan, banana tree herb, exoskeleton, taco bell, email kills iq more than pot

4 years ago - Eucharist toss, RI peeves me, there, vamps, CS mail-skim

5 years ago - country meme, there-crew, battle-imp

6 years ago - dreams, make out places in Ft Lauderdale, lone gunmen gone, chupa vs tia

7 years ago - ljwhores, undulant, Earth Day, international kite fest, 10 reasons sex is good for you, Peru shoots down US plane 

Comments

Re: Mother Earth thanks you.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

post earth day hugs right back! :D

[rhyyss.livejournal.com]

I think the tail would help. How many monkeys with bad backs have you seen? Plus you could hang upside down like Richard Gere in that movie where he hung upside down in the funny boots. Except you wouldn't need the boots. But I think even better than a tail would be really long, strong toes. Like an orangutan. But a good one, not a stuck up one like Dr. Zaius. Because Zaius walked with a bit of a stoop, probably because his people had let their toes atrophy and could no longer hang by them. Of course in the novel, sometimes unfortunately translated "Monkey World", (which sounds like a retro zoo exhibit), anyway, in the book the apes could still use their feet just fine. Crosswalks in busy cities were more like a horizontal ladder on a human playground. Cars didn't have pedals, but they had more levers. Taylor had a hell of time getting around Ape City. They made a lot of changes from the book to the movie. And the book didn't have any sequels. But the movie sure did. Four of 'em. They used to run them on television once a year during "Ape Week". It was much anticipated by all the kids when I was growing up. 3:00-5:00 PM every day for a week. Rush home from school - plop your butt down on the floor and zone out until dinner time. Monday was Planet of the Apes, Tuesday was Beneath, etc... Sitting on the floor would not be good for your back, so if they ever do this where you live, go ahead and sit in a good chair, or couch. Or hang by your toes if you ever get that worked out. (And turn the TV upside down first, of course).

[graypumpkin.livejournal.com]

Dr. Zaius might have been stuck up, but he had a snappy theme song.
http://www.theforbidden-zone.com/video/simpsons_pota.mpg

[rhyyss.livejournal.com]

I hate very ape I see
From Chimpan-A to Chimpanzee...

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

I love you Dr. Zaius!

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

The funny thing is, I was singing this to BHK last weekend!

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

I have pretty capable ape-toes... maybe not strong enough to hang from, but dexterous enough to grab the shampoo bottle and pass it to my mitts in the shower without bending over.

No Shoes in Ape City! My kind of place.

I love me some POTA.