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Had a lovely time shopping for Alan's b'day present wrapping after my standard morning's shots. Got a haircut (contrary to photo, I don't plan on gelling it into a faux-hawk regularly), Lunched at Ledo's, but I think the stop off at *$ for a little coffee drink took gave BHK a bit of sourbelly, so we headed home, napped and listened to the gumball-sized hail fall unexpectedly from the sky. (There were also tornado warnings, but no sign of that.)

The weather eased while we waited for the in-laws to get ready for the party... we were aiming for a launch time of about 5pm, and we left circa 6:40. Fortunately, we took Chris's eternal case of time dilation into account, so we got there only about 10 minutes late.

Alan's party was nice - quite a diverse group of people there, drunks and non-drunks - I finally got to meet JC and Mamacita, but Mamacita didn't bring her Chihuahua with - maybe next time. I'd say the little house had about 50 people in it at prime time - they hired a doorman, bartender, and a few waiters - but it was a truly casual and pleasant outing... not a lot of seating, but standing wasn't bad, thanks to my epidural earlier in the week.

He didn't open his goodies - his true b'day is Sunday... I imagine he'll like the blooming tea.

Tina and Matt were there - looks like Matt's losing some weight - Good for him!



Interesting stuff. -(to me, anyhow) Built-in command line windows security tools.



RIP - Bill Elder.



for a quick minute of fun - played in browser. -Robokill.



1 year ago - mortgage, topology, newtcam2, condo issues, firefly and mosquitoes are out, linkdump

2 years ago - may ends, dr octagon, mad now unfunny in color, key west flare vigilante, fragged with bro, blood / allergy sticks, me as jeanbunny, mm flakes back

3 years ago - depth perception, bald oscars, intel drm chips, santana, nice monday, mp3 mashups (new locations here), pros and cons, Lost is Zork (even moreso with the green monitor), connections to people, fish heads, chipmunk stripes

4 years ago - Memorial day, hell in miniature, new mouse, zombie, quiet day, little house

5 years ago - comment screening, monty burns, ch-57, silly newt, matrix reloaded explanation

6 years ago - Prezzies and rain, springer, peanut butter soda, tempestmir introduces Newt to Newt. LRsetup program crashes out, sleeping Friday five

7 years ago - pervicacious, time changes, Mikey passes away, walkies, Hubris and Gnosis, heh yuh dun?, evil news

8 years ago - polytron, country musicGeotargetVisitor Map
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I need never hear the phrase "eyes like gimlets" or variant "gimlet-eyed" again. I like the word gimlet and all, but enough is enough.

Unrelated, I could go for some tasty quiche. Had some blah pad thai at Noodles & Co. in annapolis while we sought out Alan's Birthday prezzie. It didn't do much for me, but the cookies and cream milkshake en route home was quite good.



BHK reminded me of the Geister game... you can play it online at BrittspielWelt ! (If you see scottobear there, come say howdy!) If I can get BHK into the online version, maybe we'll pick up (or make a home version of) the board game... plus... BrittspielWelt has a nice collection of Carcassone w/ expansions, not just Yucata's Hunters and Gatherers. (if you're on yucata, say hi to scottobear there, too!)

Rules to ghost in comments - simple game - but fun.


Dreamt that Tigger taught Pye to smoke, and that he nearly burned down the in-laws house after getting too close to the gas fireplace.

Newton knows that kitties shouldn't smoke! (And so does pip !)



"Hard knocks life" from Annie stuck in my head this morning, and throughout the day.

Just this part: (It's all I know!)

It's the hard-knock life for us!
It's the hard-knock life for us!

'Stead of treated,
We get tricked!

'Stead of kisses,
We get kicked!

It's the hard-knock life!

Got no folks to speak of so,
It's the hard-knock row we hoe!

Cotton blankets,
'Steada wool!

Empty Bellies
'Steada full!

It's the hard-knock life!


Don't know why.. my life is pretty keen, and without want.



May the Great Gazoo rest in peace. Plus, Blazing Saddles and the CB show. Thanks for the fun, Harv. Now go do that voodoo that you do so well.



The international space station's only toilet is broken, leaving the crew with almost no place to go. NASA officials responded, "You should have thought of that before you left home."



This is what happens when I don't mash the strongly agree or strongly disagree buttons. I respond to a few things with "Well, it depends..."

You are a

Social Liberal
(60% permissive)

and an...

Economic Moderate
(43% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Centrist










Link: The Politics Test



1 year ago - hot in the courthouse, shaved ice, adam and jimmy's graduation, more lj spam, move to own domain?

2 years ago - nice time with danny, rocker meme, mm call

3 years ago - memorial day, bhk fridge magnet pic, dr who

4 years ago - spotty notepad frenzy, mood theme editor fixed, General Tao's tofu, My cam catches right before lights out, Newt-bt pic, Nose beeps, streams of thought, sleepy newt wallpaper (or why using arrow keys is hard with the boy on the desk)

5 years ago - google news, kev, easter island, barcode, got a lovely peek-in.

6 years ago - complaining about the weather, disappearing languages, palm piccies that need to be re-uploaded, smoke ring gun

7 years ago - hoi polloi, nice walk, memory stream, super chicken, ask me a question, ostriches

8 years ago - stream of thought re:Newt, Fritz & AprilGeotargetVisitor Map
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Dick Martin died. Why does this make me feel bad or nostalgic? Laugh-in was old hat before I was born, but I loved seeing it on Nick at Nite.



Forgot to mention the awesome sub/pizza shop discovered on Saturday. Selby Sub Shoppe - found when we took a wrong turn looking for Thai food. Best mistake we could've made. Larry was especially happy that he didn't have to consume anything involving curry or green beans. He got chicken wings, while BHK, Chris and I gobbled down some white pizza... with red sauce on the side.

So good. Also good was the lemon coconut cake, lemon pie, chocolate mousse pie and the lemon cookies. We seem to have an inordinate amount of lemon fondness in our desserts.



Random statement - I don't think that Andy Kaufman was very funny, even in a meta-way. Entertainingly random, at best.



Current music - The Way I Am by Ingrid Michaelson
If you were falling, then I would catch you.
You need a light, I'd find a match.

'cause I love the way you say good morning.
And you take me the way I am.
If you are chilly, here take my sweater.
Your head is aching, I'll make it better.

'cause I love the way you call me baby.
And you take me the way I am.

I'd buy you Rogaine if you start losing all your hair.
Sew on patches to all you tear.

'cause I love you more than I could ever promise.
And you take me the way I am.
You take me the way I am.
You take me the way I am.



BHK got her first filling today - her personal tooth-care is far superior to mine.



Dreamt last night of being at the Disney lagoon - BHK and I were swimming with giant sharks, eels - no fish was smaller than half my size, most of them were between 30-40 feet long. At one point I was kidnapped, and was told that if I escaped, my entire family would be killed. I grabbed the person and immobilized him by snapping his arms and legs off like dried twigs - when I went to finish him, the police showed up and told me that his brain shouldn't be damaged, as they needed it to ge tthe information on how he would hurt folks. I didn't care to see him live, but I relented - though only if I could pack his head with salt and ash. That was ok with the police, who decapitated him, and put his noggin in a clear tube for analysis... the head was somehow still alive, but as long as he couldn't speak, he couldn't hurt us... some sort of vampire, or lich, maybe?


Adam is home from Haiti - note form MVW

[...]
I just wanted to say thank you for all of your prayers! Adam returned home safely this past Saturday evening. He did have his Dad take him to the Hospital late Saturday evening because he was not feeling well. He had something called "Acute Pharyngitis" but he is feeling much better now!
I finally was able to catch up with him at our friends home, Sven and Mary Thulin's, last night. He promises to catch up with us soon and let us know some of the highlights of his trip.
A few things he did mention last night were:
Haiti has a 4% employment rate. 80% of the people are under the poverty line. 55% make less then a dollar/ day. He went to a town called Petit Goave for 3 days. They had no bathrooms to use, but only the Caribbean Sea for these 200 people. Adam's team helped build a shelter out of tree branches and metal.
He was impressed with the local church they had in the center of the little town. He said "their faith is very strong and their worship is very intense." One of the most important things I heard him say was that "As poor as they were, they were very content considering their situation".
I guess, sometimes we just need to hear these things to remind ourselves of how blessed we really are.[...]



A small group in Santa Fe, New Mexico is claiming that the city is discriminating against them by having wireless networks in public buildings. How are these buildings discriminatory? Simple. These people are allergic to Wi-Fi.



1 year ago - pepper picture (first harvest from the garden), navicat, website revamp thoughts, sweet sue's secret ingredient, 9 million bicycles

2 years ago - newtcam server down, social kicks up, movies, quizzes, juice newton

3 years ago - power outage, scruffies, grow an armchair, Audry Landers/ woodchuck/ Gene Rayburn, don't step in the cake, swat monkey, em's ink, best quote ever, soap for meth, Man Arrested for Wearing Grinch Mask, letter from mp, bro call, peacekeeping purse

4 years ago - animated newt pic, open courseware, a lovely phone call, athenos reply, name meme

5 years ago - Cross-sections, candy bars and otherwise, panoramas, hut-building, surreal candy, there b3 features, wvum, world as blog

6 years ago - Memorial Day, documentation, Jakushitsu, Animal crackers, flash & the elongated man, sleeping late with a cat, what's better. (First appearance for the Newton-yawn icon)

7 years ago - nice dreams, four legs good, two legs bad, saw Shrek, first mobile entry from the laptop

8 years ago - I'd not yet committed to daily entriesGeotargetVisitor Map
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Gentle day yesterday, for the most part. We had a little trouble at the ol' Subway Sammiches joint... the sandwich-maker had a lot of communication issues. Both BHK and I couldn't get across to him or his partner what was wrong with what they made for her. I ended up getting my sandwich, but BHK went home with nothing... made a turkey sandwich here, instead. I think she came out ahead, but so much for her not having to put something together for dinner.



13 reasons why you should not be a freelance writer .

My weaknesses are certainly in the marketing department - but the big one for me is the need for security. I really don't want a gig that doesn't give me a regular check as my main (or only!) source of income.



In the "News I didn't get on time category: William F Buckley died ?

Also, how come I didn't hear about the Hillary fib on St. Patty's until today?

Clinton's tale of landing at Tuzla airport "under sniper fire" and then running for cover is simply not credible. Photographs and video of the arrival ceremony, combined with contemporaneous news reports, tell a very different story. Four Pinocchios. [edit/update - she admits that she "misspoke".]

I found an interesting list of flip flops from both democratic candidates, too - (and, not to be unfair - McCain's flip flops are whoppers, too.)

Thanks for nobody to vote for, team Democracy!



Note to Self - remember some gym clothes for midday work out.



50 things I've done meme- 10 to go! I...

40.'have portrayed Santa Claus many times in my life, not just when overweight, either. It started in 7th grade, Mrs. Glenning's Class - a organization for mothers of twins asked me if I could do the job - in 7th grade, I was already about 5'9 or 5'10. Later, I did it for the children's reading group at the library and bookstore where I worked... finally, I have been Santa for the 'borgs twice. So.. that's 5 times I've helped Kris Kringle out by being a body double. Kids tend to dig it, and I tihnk I do a pretty good job. I can let out with the HO, HO, HO's, and most kids think it's cool that santa is head and shoulders taller than their mom and dad... I didn't realize that was an issue until one little boy pointed out that I was taller than his mom, voice full of awe.

41.' have tried to be slow, in the Hoss Cartwright manner of slow...


Slow to raise a hand in anger;
Slow to judge a man.
Slow to jump to conclusions.

I have some days that are better than others. I try though, and often succeed. Once I make it to "Succeeds as much as a sane man can" I'll be pretty happy with that.



1 year ago - newt, pye, tigger and a spongebob ice pop in the sun pictures, bro drama, hot fuzz preview, springtime cough

2 years ago - porch entry, newtcam pic, consulting work, zeppelin hotels, hornsuit

3 years ago - dr who leaks out, tree, death as a doodle, in the news, tmbg-bloodmobile, missing a brown-eyed girl, squirrel names, pirate vote

4 years ago - playing with icons, palm doodles, magical flesh fearing saw, bro still in the pokey

5 years ago - throat tickle, possible gig, FMM stuff

6 years ago - yahoo kills pop3, Can Asians Think?, llamas!, spring break, Egyptian musk, cat-recognition flap, rice dreams

7 years ago - Green Eggs & Hamlet, moody, China, Sophomore Uses List Context; Cops Interrogate

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Recently bumped (virtually, via facebook) into Ellen from my days at the library - She and Teresa are the only remaining members of the old guard that I remember. I know what happened to Brent, but I wonder where Bill, Charlotte, Joy, Joyce, Jane and the gang are now... heck, I'd even be curious to know what Farace was up to these days.



Gary Gygax, R.I.P. - thanks for getting the ball rolling on the hobby.

My first thought is of him on Futurama.... "Greetings! It's a (rolls 20-sided die... pause) pleasure to meet you!" and signing his EGG initials into one of the crashed vegepygmy spaceship levels from Expedition to the Barrier peaks.

Oddly enough, the Library above is where I first met most of my fellow D&D players as a community - before that, Kevin Cummins and I sort of played the blue paperback version at Unity School... (7th grade)



To counter the bad news with awesomeness, Mountain Wingsuit! Wile E. Coyote meets a Flying Squirrel outfit that seems to work. Holy Moley.



I blame BHK for the Avril Levine song going through my head. "Hey Hey, You You, I don't like your girlfriend". AIEEGHaba! I fear I may have to consult the big book of earworms to counter this. I forgot that she wanted to buy Pye a bunny-head hat for easter. Ol' Pye dodged a bullet on that one, but can BHK resist the allure of kitty wigs ?



50 things I've done, continued from yesterday. 11-20.

11.'worked as a roofer in South Florida, in August - probably the most physically demanding job I've ever done, or ever will. Tar, mops, gravel, sun, drunken coworkers = some sort of Zenny Hell. I liked it for a while, and then pretty much burned out on it. Fortunately, I got an indoor, air-conditioned gig surrounded by books shortly after.

12.'Used to play in the band in jr. high and high school. Baritone / Sousaphone / Tuba were the primaries, though Alto Sax was there for a short period. I'm very slowly but surely picking up the electric bass, and look forward to getting into the stand-up bass, and going from there to a 6-string. I can read music, and should brush up on my recorder skills, too... a lot more portable than the guitar. Maybe the Ukulele will be a happy medium.

13.'Once scarred my leg as a result of swinging a trash bag in a circle while singing the theme song to the Godzilla cartoon. There was a glass bottle in the trash, and it smacked the ground, shattering as I swing it... it swooped back around and gouged a healthy gash in my shin.

14.'was wrestling with my younger brother after shooting at squirrels with bb guns, and rolled with him off of the roof our house in Boynton. I'm more ashamed of shooting at the squirrels than I am of flinging myself and him bodily into the void, only to come crashing down.

15.'has written and submitted (without an agent) 15 stories of varying lengths to assorted magazines and book companies. I fear that many are doomed to the slush pile forever.... despite this, I have been published in a few different paper-based publications thanks to my livejournal (popular science) and unknown armies 2nd edition,(for flavor text). I keep saying that I want to sit down and get back into actually writing some more, but finding that hour a day just isn't there.... it's much simpler to babble in a journal entry while on the bus than it is to write solid text, even if it's just foolish fluff stuff.

16.'was once so soundly asleep that my charges couldn't wake me up once the parents got home....I was out cold until daylight the next day. I still don't know why they didn't call my parents, but instead chose to have me just sleep over. If you couldn't wake me up, I'd say call a doctor. I never sat for Abra and Tracy again. I was 13 or so.

17.'has seen a UFO, in the truest sense of the word... Just some unknown item flying overhead. I doubt seriously that it was anything extra-terrestrial. A red, slow-moving, cigar shaped cloud, sundog or balloon, maybe.

18.'lived on dry cap'n crunch and water for 3-4 days after Hurricane Wilma... Newton had more palatable food than me! No power for A/c, fridge or light for more than a few days.

19.'called the cops on a guy who was getting beaten up by two other fellows - turned out he was a drug dealer who burned them on a transaction. None of them were arrested. See Frankie the Mooch for a timeline of my encounters with him.

20.'was evacuated by a SWAT team with Newton from apartment, because landlord was despondent over the loss of his nose... was threatening gunfire to himself and others.

I'm beginning to wonder if I can make it to 50 items.



1 year ago - more photos of my new environs. boardwalk, barns, bay, decapitated gnomes and sundry other stuff, dog day at the fire dept, assassination vacation

2 years ago - rs drops to part time, spoofcard, condo issues, newtcam time lapse, spore,

3 years 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

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

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

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

7 years ago - CJ & Herman story 2, dangers of reading in bed, AOK2Geotarget
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Foggy day but it dissolved after dark, somehow. Crossing the bridge, we couldn't even see the barges!

Dentist - got my last filling done, and all that's left is a crown.... and maybe an extraction of a wisdom tooth.

R's Americantina - All you can eat taco night? As the kids might say... "FAIL". We made it there ok, but the food was greasy, poorly portioned, and generally subpar.

All items looked like food service, rather than homemade. Tortillas, and anything from the fryer were especially bad. Greasy, limp onion rings, store-bought tortillas and frozen / re-heated chicken strips. The hard taco shells were cold and greasy - salsa was a poor texture and mediocre flavor.

The diet coke was both flat and low on syrup, effectively brown soda water.

I think we'd have done better to have gone to Taco Bell, feedwise.

Design-wise, it's a beautiful layout, nicely branded, with vibrant colors and nifty wall-hangings. It's a shame about the place settings and worse, the food that is brought out.

We didn't sample the bar... I'd hate to see what the bartender would do to a margarita if they can't get a taco right.



Garfield Minus Garfield is awesome. Remove the cat, and Jon is scary, funny and surreal. Plus, there's this one, which isn't really any of those.



Anonymous coworker on the death industry (especially interesting to me, as AC is a Marylander) Some FAQ

Fairly Related - Writing a Will - I need to update mine! And do my dang taxes, by gum!



1 year ago - BHK and I on a snowy drive video, bass guitar, kitties, joe magnolia, heroes meme

2 years ago - dan bailed, don knotts (Mr Limpet) RIP, what do you want poll, netjaxer, mk12, Darren MCGavin RIP (Kolchak), dipkiss

3 years ago - Splenda downside, Pinkerton's Superman, Geourl back, text to speech test, palm doodles, hiring the a-team

4 years ago - I'm a radioactive zombie, monkey hate clown!, got a $13.86 check, land mine detection flower, action figure art, desires in life poll, barbie prowler

5 years ago - pipe snag, Jim Rockford, Newt Vet, Movie idea, Pravda Headlines, I'm awesome, palm doodles

6 years ago - Star Wars Pants, spy-cow, Reizan, Scientists cross pigs with spinach, 1979

7 years ago - lj comments burpy, Kitty love, monkey-news, Proposed Indian Names for Certain White People, Hatt-Baby, Twist Endings, ineffable, Bozo Matic, Callipygean, cool picture of a grasshopper, poetry is all in the format, In the Skin of the LionGeotarget
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Just realized that I never got a call from my bro on my birthday. I haven't heard from him at all since his phone was reconnected. I hope he's doing ok... I imagine that he is.



Watched Hellboy: Sword of Souls over dinner of corn dogs and tater tots! nom nom nom. The movie was just ok.... I like good ol' Hellboy and Co, but it seemed too rushed and way too much time on the pyrokinetic's whining about "blah blah it'll overtake me blah". If they'd just kept it a bit lighter, I'd have liked it more... the scenes where he's fighting an assortment of bad guys got sort of old, too... not sure what I'd have done to make it better.



We had just a teensy snootch of snow today. It was nice to see some falling flakes... they soon turned to light freezing rain. Not as lovely, but nice, too.



The Postal Service says a first-class stamp will cost 42 cents as of May 12. [AP via USA]



Hm, I was wondering how long it'd take for Leslie Nielson to appear in a superhero movie spoof. March 2008, it seems.

Movies I want to see (off the top of my head... I'm sure I'm forgetting some):

No Country for Old Men
Cloverfield
Sweeney Todd (is it still in theaters?)
Darjeeling Limited (Is it out on DVD yet?)
Spiderwick Chronicles
Indy 4
Jumper
Diary of the Dead
10,000 BC



RIP, Steve Gerber. Thanks for Howard the Duck, and Thundarr the Barbarian. Steve's weblog.



Long overdue pictures of Cake and Cats. As always, clicken to embiggen.

since getting the Kitty DVD for Christmas, Pyewacket has been a regular couch potato, watching the tube with us, even if it doesn't show chirping birds, fish, or rodent-type objects. Newton is a fan of the DVD, because that means his little brother is occupied while big brother can nap in peace upstairs, or use the litter box without having a little furry frined knocking on the door, asking if he can come out and play.

Watching the specialty cat video - fish portion - Taken while the tree and presents were still out... I've been very bad about unloading the camera.

pye likes his birdie dvd

Pye was also attentive watching the Super bowl. He rooted for the Patriots. They lost. It's ok.

pye liked the superbowl..pye liked the superbowl. 2


He also likes to view psych upside down while having his tummy rubbed. Who wouldn't?
pye streeeetching.

as part of the equal-ish time for orange kitties act of 1999 -

Newton Shamelessly diving into the dryer to be warm. We have to be ever vigilant not to put him on a fluff cycle.

newt seeking warm towels.newt looking for warmth


My army man birthday cake. Delicious, and gory.

birthday cake carnage.birthday cake carnage2.birthday cake carnage3.birthday cake carnage4.birthday cake carnage5.birthday cake carnage6




1 year ago - vallies, no 24 with the lads, a little sick, tv watching, acim update from TD

2 year ago - vegan lunch box, Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, American horror, ren-fest, crayons, movies, Neutral Good, colored t's, cowboy gorilla, Val's B'day, newtcam pix,

3 years ago - stretchy dream, journalist fired, cosmic muffin, star wars meme, C&H cartoon fave, baby tosser, don simpson's journal (since deleted?)

4 years ago - goodies from mimi, time out and about, comment time limit, kill the ducky

5 years ago - vallies, stinky outdoors, Drama deck poll

6 years ago - popular colors, nice walkies, cooked palm, Aunt Val's B'day, blessing reminder, I'm put off by nin (child abuse)

7 years ago - vagg, Aesop, Happy, Sleepy, good people in my lifeGeotarget
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Rest in Peace, Dani.

We'll play Big Rock Candy Mountain for you here. She first popped into my journal just shy of 7 years back. She was one of the good ones - I'll miss her.

An example of why.

News article about her - Hemet driver killed when car rolls over


A 27-year-old Hemet woman was killed when the car she was driving on Gilman Springs Road left the roadway and rolled over, the California Highway Patrol reported.


The crash caused massive head injuries and was ejected, said CHP spokesman Chris Blondon.


Several farmworkers discovered the wrecked 1999 Ford Taurus just before 10 a.m. Thursday in a field about 190 feet off Gilman Springs Road, just east of Bridge Street, Blondon said. It appears the accident occurred the night before, Blondon said, but the wreckage could not be seen from the roadway.


The name of the driver is being withheld until her relatives are notified.


Blondon said it appears the woman was traveling east on Gilman and lost control of the car as she tried to negotiate a curve. The vehicle smashed through a chain-link fence and rolled over. Blondon said the driver was partially ejected and sustained massive head injuries as the car rolled again. The woman was ejected from the vehicle as it continued to roll over, Blondon said.

She was not wearing a seat belt, Blondon said.




1 year ago
- fund raiser, ra maguire, hillbilly hare, iguana vs squirrel, Ralphie, journal meme


2 years ago - deerfield test, autumn, d&D, tarrasque, nightstalker, wu-stuff, frigg, batman dolphins, Liz issues


3 years ago - John Edwards looks rather like Jack Tripper. cocktail party, condo poop

4 years ago - snail-men attack, visiting the doc, palm doodle, Wet memories, German festivals kept quiet, site down, Admin tools.

5 years ago - mickey one,*many* palm doodles, mush, cpap, newt pics, cupboard, dead phone dream, bookstore, mk army idea, bro debt

6 years ago - Spider-man, fixing the A/C at my old place, hussites, season opener for prairie home companion, a day for love.

7 years ago - Plunging pirates off the empire state, small, and "warchilds death", a troll visits Geotarget

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Sep. 7th, 2007 11:14 pm
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Tasty Falafel last night, despite BHK not feeling well.

Took her out tonight, glad that she's up to it... maybe a little cheeburger cheeburger and a road time will jump start her to feeling better for the weekend!

After a tasty garden-cheeburger, frings and cherry chocolate shake, we swung by the store and got her some new jeans, before making a very brief visit to eyeball Comics and Games and Stuff. (Courtesy of The Looney Labs store finder )

Dropped 12 for 3 very inexpensive games - Change! , Cosmic Coasters, and The Very Clever Pipe Game. All of which should be wonderful additions to our games closet, and are pretty small and portable, should we decide to take 'em with us somewhere.

Speaking of new, portable games, Eryx wrote us and mentioned that he's sending us a copy of EcoFluxx as a wedding present! Thanks Eryx! We need to steal him from the UK and have him visit sometime. :)

Also the Labs have recently produced Twin Win, an Icehouse game suitable for use while waiting in line.

Glass and a Half Full Productions - fun ad by cadbury (via ze) What can I say? I like apes.

3,000-year-old beehives unearthed in Israel
Archaeologists digging in northern Israel have discovered evidence of a 3,000-year-old beekeeping industry, including remnants of ancient honeycombs, beeswax and what they believe are the oldest intact beehives ever found.

My immediate living area's population has doubled by a person and a cat since a little over a year ago. I like it much better that way, as I adore them.

If want to make myself angry, I picture a pregnant woman smoking.

Author Madeleine L’Engle died last night in Connecticut, at the age of 89. Best known for her 1963 Newbery Award winner A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels, L’Engle was the author of more than 60 books for adults and young readers.

Stolen Catalytic Converter from one of our accountant's truck from our company's parking lot.. . certainly not an isolated issue - seems to be happening all over MD and VA

Doodles... I think that I like flat lines more than pseudo-airbrush textures. .

A Dragon, The Little Prince , and a flurfy tree

The Little Prince reminds me of things I sometimes forget -

"On ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux"
(It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye).

dragon. prince.tree

um, yikes. I'm surprised... not by New Orleans or Detroit... but by the fact that there's no New York or Miami on there. I wonder how many murders go unreported?



1 year ago - jojo again, Chase is a creep, acim scuttlebutt (RS came back and left since then),

2 years ago - First notice of SNAKES ON A PLANE, smokin' with Newt and Firpo, morning pre-work report, interdictor shenanigans, ADP and RI duke it out, second life free

3 years ago - Broward PSA, hurricane doodles, freeware

4 years ago - Harvest moon, auto-cashiers, acim two-level split, lynching, cluster move, gender genie, newt-bounce

5 years ago - Sleestaks and Oatmeal, Sculpey and Fimo, Bewitched, cave photo, bad prefixes, dog snoods

6 years ago - lj drama regarding cheaters,lovely long chat where blackie burped, thescents of rose, lavender, gardenia, violette, and muguet (burts bees),Skeletor, Back in 1997, there was an exorcism performed on MotherTeresa, saints.

7 years ago - poopy day, Suzy, Walt Whitman, American Cannibals, Mush, interests, overheard, jail visits Geotarget
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Fresh Peppers from the Garden!
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Last night's tasty dinner of baked pasta in tomato sauce with cheese and last of our zucchini, baked and parmed just the way I like it. Absolutely delicious. Farewell, dear zucchini... I have new appreciation for you that I didn't before they were grown at home. I look forward to the autumn crop, now.


After I went to bed last night, Amy and BHK played more than a few games of Aquarius and Carcassone - Hunters & Gatherers. From my understanding, Amy won the bulk of them, but BHK wasn't totally skunked. Nifty - There's an online play version of C:H&G at Yucata and a solo self-play of Aquarius on the Aquarius link prior. If anyone wants in on a turn-based game or two, look for me there, or at superdupergames for icehouse -type stuff. I'm username scottobear in both, and try to log in once a night for a move or three. BHK and AMy also turned me on to Tribal Wars , which also looks pretty cool. I'd like to start a community or something to track all the different stuff!

Tonight - Witch Trial was a good time and we played more Aquarius, but we did'nt get a chance to play Chrononauts (All I wanted was a souvenir T-rex named Emily - or a Stegosaurus of any name.)

Ape Lad posted a picture in response to the death kitty: His lolcats cartoons are pretty dang cute variations on an otherwise dead meme.

Oscar the cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up next to them during their final hours. His accuracy, observed in 25 cases, has led the staff to call family members once he has chosen someone. It usually means they have less than four hours to live.


1 year ago
- snakes on a plane burnout, newtcam flipside, still waitin', talking with bhk, old book scans, hal jordan (green lantern) head injuries, 5x$2, gig upgrade, hoff - king of the Internet

2 years ago - M&M bday, there will come soft rains, yahoo widgets, maybe a visit from the lisas, mp bday in 18

3 years ago - Newt hates Mondays, Beaucoupkev nominates me for prez, Solar Filament, Bradbury, Math atlas, P.I.s, Obvious Movie title

4 years ago -Bambi hunt a hoax, online games, lj diversity, comic book/cartoon thoughts, including the doom song.

5 years ago - some missing pictures, wondering about my eyes, watching TV, evil news, some palm pics, Newt pics

6 years ago - senescence, thegosis, arrival as a pod, loving thoughts

7 years ago - Buds for lunch (I'll miss that rare treat), dealing ok with winding down Geotarget
scottobear: (boot hill)

Take my quiz!


BHK got 7 right, but it's a pretty variable thing.. most answers depend on what time of day it is for me.

Mom just received a call from Bro. He is doing as well as can be expected, sounded positive and focusing on the future. He asked how I am and wants me to write. He has mentioned that almost every time he calls. He thinks he is getting transferred tomorrow and that they may forward mail to him.

I think that I'll make a point of sending him a note this week.

Rest in Peace, Charles Nelson Reilly.

My Favorite of his many, varied works.



Regarding Nine Million Bicycles... see the end of this video regarding skeptics, via [livejournal.com profile] fallentoad



1 year ago - johnny dollar, Alex toth RIP, JQ scotto factoid, on call hurts my social life, lj as a graph, old time radio, I'm Elmo?!?, movie guest stars, Juice newton, newtcam back online, ex-boss smells of skimming

2 years ago - weekend plans, green acres in french, rob zombie, to the devil a daughter, mandarin orange salad, haiku, fridge magnet message

3 years ago - random comments, emperors, popes, livestock, Doc Hastor, Buddha finger, jail complaints

4 years ago - rain, bro, bubba ho-tep, expressions I use, MONKFISH, hipster, nasty letter to Danny, compatibility meme

5 years ago - bday, razor, rain, sleeping late with cat, 10 ways to sneak fabric into the house, gollum cabdriver, victrola

6 years ago - I see you, obstreperous, Memorial Day, william gedney, launch, linux,Harmony review, Hank Scorpio, burgundy, Vegan Worcestershire Sauce,freakies

7 years ago - nuffinGeotargetVisitor Map

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Apr. 17th, 2007 07:29 am
scottobear: (boot hill)

doodle041707Yesterday, the power outage after work was a blessing. I didn’t need to hear all of the news time misery over what happened at Virginia Tech. I know the basics, and certainly don’t feel the need for any in-depth analysis just yet.

Due to the heavy winds and rain, the house was without power from about 2pm to right around 11:30pm. There is something to be said for snuggling up with BHK and the kitties in bed to watch a movie (X-men 3) on the last charge of the laptop. Speaking of last night’s power outage, my hand-powered flashlight came in handy for the first time in about a year. We have more than a few items with juice that we can use as a flashlight, as well. Amongst our light-throwing servitors there are a PSP (see doodle at right), a PDA, two cell phones, an unknown quantity of laptops, a GPS, and an Ipod.

This morning was another story. Since BHK’s folks both went to VT, plus the fact I live in DelMarVa in general has me inundated with the story. It’s nice to see the community pull together and support one another, but I’m just withdrawing from the topic as much as I can. Too much junk information out there on TV, too much noise to signal, too many people hurt for me to process this properly just yet. At work, it has been quiet, not too much mention of things non-work related. I figure that I'll soak up more information by osmosis rather than pointless conjecture.

rec'd in my email -

How many copycats are out there thinking, "yeah, I could do that, I could be famous." How much has this wall-to-wall coverage of The Cho Show are you guys going to air? When does the DVD come out? When is the made for TV movie?

By giving Cho his moment in the sun, postmortem, you're just giving the next wacko more motivation to get famous. By declaring it, even on the day it happened the "Deadliest shooting in U.S. History," or "Deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history," and "Deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history," you're setting a mark for the next crazy guy with a gun: "Can you break this record crazy people? The score to beat is 32!"

Report the news. I don't need to know Cho Seung-Hui's shoe size. By "glamorizing" this insane person, you're just egging on the next guy. Report that he left a goofy manifesto and some lame videos, but don't plaster his videos up everywhere for ratings. Don't worry, we'll sit through your damn commercials.
Yeah, that sums my feelings up pretty well. The first person who tries to tie Virginia Tech shooting to violent video games, movies or music is a despicable publicity whore. Anyone willing to exploit this tragedy for media face time, or use it to support their agenda to censor media content is a pathetic excuse for a human being.

Today at work, plans were pretty straightforward. Fix a printer problem with oce’. Migrate some machines for the treasury and Sheriff’s Office. Swap out UPS’s on those that are looking a little threadbare after all of our recent power spikes.



1 year ago - dr who, secret wars, monday, sweet tomatoes, disney vault, keep cool pic

2 years ago - Homeless seen while on walkabout, mzk nearly shoots my eye out, Bo Rhap, Newt pics, mzk pic, robot doodle, lethal injections not painless?, tv interview

3 years ago - odd email, D's bday/vanishment, manatee doodle, sammy's sister syndicated, garlic, moon scarab

4 years ago - egg hunt stats

5 years ago - annoying day, doc trip, search terms

6 years ago - AJ's Bday, Recording freakazoid, dsl, [community profile] menstrualhut fan letter at mum.orgGeotargetVisitor Map

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Dec. 13th, 2006 10:46 pm
scottobear: (boot hill)

Rest in Peace, Pete. I forgive you for Everybody Loves Raymond. Young Frankenstein more than makes up for it. Geotarget



Quite a busy day today... Xmas shopping and visiting with Tina and Doug were the biggest bits. Ended the day watching Grey Gardens, which was amusing at first and then sad, and then just sort of turned into a codependent mother and daughter bickering at one another in a run-down mansion filled with cats and raccoons. I don't think I'll be seeing the movie about them when it's released next year.

Oh, we also went to a comic store that will probably be a new haunt for me - green alien head. Some nice folks, and a few people that are interested in purchasing my heroclix / mage knight doubles. I picked up a few things from the heroclix dollar bin for the christmas tree... wendigo, sasquatch and some others, plus bhk and I split a booster pack of horrorclix. aside from the fact that someone nicked one of the figures and closed it back up (a dire wolf), we got some goodies in there too. A Scarecrow, zombie cop, and an exorcist priest fig that a lot of fun. No Zombie Lawyer.. but maybe I can trade for one. They do gaming there, but I'm not sure if I'm wanting to hop into that scene just yet... might be worth a drop-in visit though. They do play pirates, heroclix and such... I'd like to maybe do a Champions game sometime, just for old times sake, but I suspect the group dynamic wouldn't cut it for me.

Also found a site for LAN parties, world of warcraft and other such stuff. I was pleasantly surprised to see a place like that... I may try to bid on building them a website.. might make some coin and meet some counterstrike teammates for when big brain is reassembled.

It's been rather difficult to shop for the Mrs as yet, given that she and I are joined at the hip (and I like that) - it makes it tricky to buy a surprise for her. I'm going to try to hitch a ride with either Tina or Larry to do some indy shopping, otherwise, it'll have to all be done online.

Tina was amazingly generous with the wedding present, by the way. A huge collection of light green crockery a green vacuum cleaner and a wad of dough to start us on our nuptial way.

I still have to mail Danny's Xmas prezzie - keeping things pretty inexpensive this year, due to the no-job situation. Mostly gifting folks on BHK's side of the family. On my end, it's just Wilt & Momster and Danny. Everyone else is getting at best a card. (not that I usually gift a lot of folks, anyhow)

I'm way behind in reading LJ. Or really writing in it. My new life is both very hectic and domestic at the moment, and I'm loving every frickin' minute of it. Money will be tight but manageable for the next few, while I continue to pursue a gig. Just a numbers game at this point.



1 year ago - sam and max, Atari 2600, favorite things

2 years ago - I discover that Romanian pop tune (OZONE - Dragoste din tei) before the weirdo kid cam sings it around the world, Oceans 11, pollo tropical makes me sick

3 years ago - the secret message, Bro & Danny visit, lizards in the tummy, truck surfing, riddle, some reference

4 years ago - nightmare, balloon hats, fudge and dinosaurs, Danny and I win a Tomato Recipe contest!

5 years ago - nice dreams, flesh eating robots, wacky day, SOP

6 years ago - coffee, hello kitty murders, village blacksmith, books to read, I get a Sigmund and the sea monsters tape!

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Happy Birthday, BeaucoupKevin!

Big gamma-green cheers to you and yours!



Moment of Lyric (via)

... )

Doowop dooby doo doowop doowah doolang
Blue days black nights doowah doolang

... )


See also -


Pink vs ELO - Don't Start Me Down (2005 Booty Von Dralle Mix) [via]



Something wonderful is coming. Good vibes are snowballing and all signs point to yes, to speak in the language of the magic eight-ball.



Rest in peace, Tony Jay - Shere Khan/Megabyte/Baron Mordo... won't be the same without you.



Don’t use your work email for anything other than, well, work. If you want to send private messages over your employer’s servers, set up an encrypted email account with a provider like Hushmail.



Danny had to bail on Friday at the last minute. Kind of annoying, since if I'd known earlier, I could've gone to Britta's game night.



Cityscape window box - pretty spiffy!




Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown
"Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown" on Google Video
Charlie Brown is on the run from the Peanuts Gang after the Great Pumpkin puts a bounty on his head in this animated student short by Jim Reardon.

(A peanuts Tribute to Sam Peckinpah)



How to reset the Administrator password for Windows XP



Sort of tricky getting back into Yoga-habit after skipping a day or two. I must be working hard... I fell asleep on the mat!



1 year ago - spidey villains, jc vampire hunter, smog monster, 10 happy things, aurgasm, firefly, Robert Goulet

2 years ago - A little training trouble, lovely gifties, stormtrooper wedding.

3 years ago - Newtcam pic, me as a geisha, space pop, RIP Nick, ACIM interview, eats, tohru

4 years ago - Mac virus, got a play set, 25mm floorplans, Egyptian law, stickman down stairs, reparations

5 years ago - 51 things learned from playing champions (27 changed?), concinnity. Stuckey’s pecan log rolls, pac-man fevah

6 years ago - no thingGeotarget

scottobear: (boot hill)

Alex Toth has passed away yesterday morning, appropriately enough, drawing at his table.

We've lost one of the greats, but the impact of his work will continue for ages to come, in both animation and illustration. We were very fortunate to have him as long as we did.

Fairly TMI Scotto factoid - I lost my virginity with my first girlfriend while Jonny Quest, a show Toth did both story boards and character design for, was on TV. (Two Episodes back to back: The 'Q' Missile Mystery and Shadow of the Condor, if you must know, dear journal)



Missed out on the Classic Tv at the singing fountain and Wendy's Birthday party due to being on call. I'm free as of 8am Monday Morning, though! Hopefully, I can hang out with Danny and/or Dave then.



My LJ as a graph -



What do the colors mean?
blue: for links (the A tag)
red: for tables (TABLE, TR and TD tags)
green: for the DIV tag
violet: for images (the IMG tag)
yellow: for forms (FORM, INPUT, TEXTAREA, SELECT and OPTION tags)
orange: for linebreaks and blockquotes (BR, P, and BLOCKQUOTE tags)
black: the HTML tag, the root node
gray: all other tags



Sounds like Mandy's having a grand time at the con - talked to her while in the dealer's room... all sorts of nifty loot there (dealer room is probably my fave part of most cons - I suspect that most of the pirate DVD sellers have to be more honest, now with so many portable players available.



Nice collection of OTR resources (something to tune in to while on call...) Zoot and Zombie Astronaut are two longtime faves.



I'm Elmo? ELMO? )

Usurper of Grover's rightful crown, me? The battle cry seems right, but a little long. Hitman name strangely accurate.



I still wonder how you can have a guest star in a movie.



On a bit of a Juice Newton Kick this weekend. - (No, Newt isn't named for her. Or Olvia-n-john. or Wayne.)

Moment of Lyric - Youtube

Midnight,
and I'm a-waiting
on the twelve-oh-five
Hoping it'll take me
just a little farther down the line

Moonlight,
you're just a heartache in disguise;
Won't you keep my heart from breaking
if it's only for a very short time

... )




1 year ago - weekend plans, green acres in french, rob zombie, to the devil a daughter, mandarin orange salad, haiku, fridge magnet message,

2 years ago - random comments, emperors, popes, livestock, Doc Hastor, Buddha finger, jail complaints

3 years ago - rain, bro, bubba ho-tep, expressions I use, MONKFISH, hipster, nasty letter to Danny, compatibility meme

4 years ago - bday, razor, rain, sleeping late with cat, 10 ways to sneak fabric into the house, gollum cabdriver, victrola

5 years ago - I see you, obstreperous, Memorial Day, william gedney, launch, linux,Harmony review, Hank Scorpio, burgundy, Vegan Worcestershire Sauce,freakies

6 years ago - nuffinGeotarget

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I don't mind 'em, but if you wantot avoid LJ's Cprod boxes, check out this post on how to block 'em from your browser.



Walkabout was pleasantly fruitful. I've got a touch of color on my face, put in a solid bout of workout, a comfortable, but long10ish mile meander. I need to get some new shoes. Remembered to wear my ballcap today, so the sun didn't scald me too badly.



Yahoo podcasts now work in Mozilla as well as MSIE!



two blurry newtcam pics )



I love Jack Lemmon's headstone.



Went to see Hoot yesterday. I enjoyed it... doesn't really need to be seen on the big screen. Interesting to see a lot of local color in the film. I give it a straight 6/10. I was going to catch Posieden, but wasn't interested in blobbing around the moviehouse for another 2+ hours. Instead, I opted for a little strawberry sherbet at the ice cream place next door (half off with a movie stub).



Interesting that most people assume that Saucermen Shooting Green Beams at people are just beaming them up rather than disintegration. (Myself included.) I liked Kat's observation regarding angle of strike and beam width.



New Zealand's Exploding Pants. How awesome. Proved on Mythbusters.

Best Phrase - "Remote Pants ignition system". I'm impressed they never whipped out a "Pants on Fire" pun.

brief reprinted here )



1 year ago - MP gift, pabst t, won rum, don lapre's vitamin, personality defect, walkabout pics, monkey at large/safety in numbers, vampire sugar fuel cell, florida medicine is stupid, I smell good

2 years ago - first palm doodle on new palm, wireless sync, pics from houstons (hypno-orb), Library of Alexandria Discovered, Bones Found In Bag At Florida Cemetery

3 years ago - palm doodles, dreams / reflections on the old crew, chicken hawk cards,mailbox mystery, lunar eclipse, first use of publix grocery deliveries,Teen Girl Squad #3

4 years ago - saw waking life, dream thoughts, prep for star wars expedition

5 years ago - evil news, tumor thoughts, astley gives me defective hardware, humors,hunger-poll, Tsarist Russia photos in color, Paid users get fasterservers, Florida Joke, Ornj thoughtsGeotarget

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Feb. 26th, 2006 08:01 am
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Dan bailed yesterday.. has too many tests to make and papers to grade to go out. Advantage was no curfew and more of a workout. Disadvantage of course was less quality friend-time.

I stayed pretty close to HQ… but today, I’ll go for a more extended walkies after taking some call time for EN.


Rest in Peace, Don Knotts.

I know you’ve got the Barney Fife vibe, but I’ll always think of you as The Incredible Mr. Limpet… longtime comfort movie for me as a kid when I was home sick with a flu bug.

The Incredible Mr Limpet

The Incredible Mr Limpet



Netjaxer is an easy way to integrate your favorite web apps into Windows. Create a desktop or quick launch icon.Load any web page when Windows starts and run it as a tray icon.


Current music – mp3


It’s been a while since I’ve visited the site, but mk12 is still producing quality goodies. I still think that 2000′s Man of Action: The Terrible Cosmic Death is my fave, though.


1 year ago – Splenda downside, Pinkerton’s Superman, Geourl back, text to speech test, palm doodles, hiring the a-team

2 years ago – I’m a radioactive zombie, monkey hate clown!, got a $13.86 check, land mine detection flower, action figure art, desires in life poll, barbie prowler

3 years ago – pipe snag, Jim Rockford, Newt Vet, Movie idea, Pravda Headlines, I’m awesome, palm doodles

4 years ago – Star Wars Pants, spy-cow, Reizan, Scientists cross pigs with spinach, 1979

5 years ago – lj comments burpy, Kitty love, monkey-news, Proposed Indian Names for Certain White People, Hatt-Baby, Twist Endings, ineffable, Bozo Matic, Callipygean, cool picture of a grasshopper, poetry is all in the format, In the Skin of the LionGeotarget

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Feb. 26th, 2006 08:01 am
scottobear: (boot hill)


Dan bailed yesterday.. has too many tests to make and papers to grade to go out. Advantage was no curfew and more of a workout. Disadvantage of course was less quality friend-time.

I stayed pretty close to HQ... but today, I'll go for a more extended walkies after taking some call time for EN.



Rest in Peace, Don Knotts.

I know you've got the Barney Fife vibe, but I'll always think of you as The Incredible Mr. Limpet... longtime comfort movie for me as a kid when I was home sick with a flu bug.

The Incredible Mr Limpet




[Poll #680434]



Netjaxer is an easy way to integrate your favorite web apps into Windows. Create a desktop or quick launch icon.Load any web page when Windows starts and run it as a tray icon.



Current music - mp3



It's been a while since I've visited the site, but mk12 is still producing quality goodies. I still think that 2000's Man of Action: The Terrible Cosmic Death is my fave, though.



1 year ago - Splenda downside, Pinkerton's Superman, Geourl back, text to speech test, palm doodles, hiring the a-team

2 years ago - I'm a radioactive zombie, monkey hate clown!, got a $13.86 check, land mine detection flower, action figure art, desires in life poll, barbie prowler

3 years ago - pipe snag, Jim Rockford, Newt Vet, Movie idea, Pravda Headlines, I'm awesome, palm doodles

4 years ago - Star Wars Pants, spy-cow, Reizan, Scientists cross pigs with spinach, 1979

5 years ago - lj comments burpy, Kitty love, monkey-news, Proposed Indian Names for Certain White People, Hatt-Baby, Twist Endings, ineffable, Bozo Matic, Callipygean, cool picture of a grasshopper, poetry is all in the format, In the Skin of the LionGeotarget

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