Scotto's Wall Scrawls

Bro's pal Andy was arrested today. He's under wraps until September 26 for that grand theft charge and "resisting a merchant"... I'll have to look that one up.

See mugshot gallery to compare, or entries on 2/24/04, 2/25/04, 11/21/04, 1/30/05, 6/7/05, somewhere in 7/2005, 8/3/05.

I really hope that means bro will keep his nose clean for a little while.

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Dr Who Christmas Special was pretty groovy, and I think that I like the new actor as the doc. (I was worried he'd be too much of a pretty boy. The preview for the next episode looks good, too.

Bro woke me at 2am on Christmas morning by calling me on the phone and asking me to look up some woman on the police blotters for Broward and palm beach counties. He claimed that they were going to hit midnight mass and she doesn't have a phone. She supposedly has outstanding warrants, but I didn't see any. When I told him that he was calling and waking me up at 2 f'ing in the morning, he barely apologized. I told him to call the police the next time he wanted to do a criminal search, or at least wait until a civil hour to ring me for a non-emergency.

Someone remind me to kick his keister when I wake back up.

Talked with Val yesterday... Rhonnie (22) is dating her paramedic instructor (38). Kind of gross, but I don't know the whole story. I'm just glad that she's happy and having a good time. Russ is doing well, looking for places to do his residency. Grew a beard so that he wouldn't look so "doogie houser". $15,000 just in flights around the USA looking for a place to set up his gig. He's going to have to be a doctor to pay off all of the debt he's accrued, it seems.

Kreuger gets out of jail this weekend, but the sex offender thing is going to follow him until he gets cleared. I honestly wonder if he's innocent.

Police called me up, looking for my bro to act as state's witness... I was right about my guess regarding my brother's "accident". He was badly beaten up by someone that didn't like his smart mouth. I contacted the office in charge of the case, (who left a subpoena at my old address) and passed along my bro's phone information. I suspect this might be why he's moving north, too... it's probably just not safe for him to be in this neck of the woods anymore. Maybe a severe beating is what it took to get him the hell out of Dodge. I hope he can keep his stuff together.

• The most poisonous jellyfish is the Australian sea wasp, or box jellyfish, with enough venom to kill 60 people. Wearing tights is an effective defense


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RS at work was promoted to office manager, including managing me on the state expansion side of things. RI is stepping over to fund raising and more out of office type stuff. RR and MW both told me about "that's unfair" and etc.. but I have no interest in managing the office.. I just want to be in charge of technology issues and R&D.

graypumpkin

Well, his time out wasn't too long, bro was picked up by the police on a warrant. I hope the morning and afternoon out of jail was worth it to him. Well, he's now where folks can keep an eye on him. Hopefully the warders will show more responsibility than he has. He's not listed on the basic arrest record yet.

Visit with Danny was cut cruelly short... I had to return home to help get the network in order and to take call for a bit. We had time for a drink and some dinner, but no pirate-ship battles. Mushroom pizza, Greek salads, he had a Manhattan, I had a rum & coke. Bonus bummer is that it was his last summer day. He's telling the sci-fi club that Fridays are out, so maybe we can spend time every few Fridays during the school year.

I really would rather not be tethered to the cell phone sometimes. It's been quite a hassle lately.

But, enough tales of woe. It's Friday. The Weekend is nearly here. Free buffet at the club. Time to breathe.

There was a lovely Koi river running through the regency where I had dinner last night and a couple of cute little ducks, too.

malam

Talked to Bro just now more about what happened last night and he's got conflicting stories. Called up the mom to get her input, and she told me he called and told her that he was robbed last week, not last night. Pissed, I called bro back, and he waffled some more, claimed he was robbed both times, and couldn't produce a single case number when I offered to track stuff for him with the police.

I told him to let his landlord and parole officer know what was up, and that if he *is* in fact getting robbed regularly, both by people he knows and doesn't know, (no breaking and entering, stuff just "goes missing") and he hasn't changed the locks...then it's time for him to move.

I can tell that most of his robbery talk is BS, because his precious xbox is still around. I can't think of him owning a more easily grabbed, pawnable, object of opportunity.

He's also certainly into shady stuff again... whenever anyone knocks on his door, he calls out that he's on the phone with his brother, or his family, and for folks to pipe down.

I told him that if he hangs out with shady folks, he's going to lose a lot more than his stuff... his life and his freedom will come next.

If he wants to spend the rest of his life in jail, that's his choice. He knows damn well what he's getting into or what he's gotten himself into. My family has tried helping him time and time again, but we know full well now that only he can help himself. I'm sorry that he turned out the way he did, but there's nothing I can do for him. I won't give him anything except advice, and that's something he already knows.

The guy just turned 32, and he's still got the social skills and attitudes of a 13-year-old, and shows no signs of change, even after hitting rock bottom, earlier this year. He still won't get a regular job, preferring instead to get money by hustling, or playing games.

He is the greatest disappointment in my life. Whenever he even starts to look like he's getting his act together, it turns out that it's all a lie.

On the upside, he has managed to pay his rent so far, and hasn't copped the "landlord won't do X, so I won't pay rent" line yet. Let's see how this month goes.

Well, aside from a few power spikes that caused a reboot or seventeen, I seem to have come through the front end of the storm just fine. It's mighty moist outside, but wind has settled way down.

Here's some pictures of the empty streets around the Elbo Room yesterday (as opposed to the first day of the Hurricane season, which featured fembots.)

( 3 images of Las Olas and A1A / Ghost Town, pre-storm )

When you publish a book -- when you make art -- people are free to say what they want about it. You can't tell people they liked a book they didn't like, and there is, in the end, no arguing with personal taste. Different people like different things. Best to move on and make good art as best you can, instead of arguing.

I think Anne Rice going on Amazon and lambasting her critics was undoubtedly a very brave and satisfying thing for her to do, was every bit as sensible as kicking a tar baby, and, if ever I do something like that, please shoot me.

My counter to "the squeaky wheel gets the grease" is "the nail that sticks out gets hammered down".

One of my techs needs to watch their step and mouth... too much flapping lip and attitude.

Got something to say? Fair enough. Make yourself heard in a proper venue and suggestion area! If the idea's a thought to be a good one and presented well, it'll probably get implemented.

If it's *not* considered to be a good idea, and you're given perfectly valid reasons why... shut yer piehole, and be done with it. Please don't piss and moan about it, and don't keep resubmitting the idea once it's been shot down multiple times.

Mug shot enlarges if clicked on. Good Job, bro. You've finally gotten yourself into a situation that nobody can extract you from. I wonder if he realises what he's done to himself. A thief and a junkie. Want to know what else hurts, dear journal? Through the layers of his face and bone, I can see my father there. His name dragged through the dirt by the actions of his son. I feel so bad for my brother that it's a physical pain, and I'm so angry with him, if he were here right now, I don't know if I'd cry or beat the living shit out of him. Maybe do both.

Here's the rest of the story that I got from the police via mother. He and Andy were arrested for attempted theft of a boat from the marina down at lauderdale-by-the-sea. The owner caught them with bolt cutters, trying to put it on his trailer hitch. When confronted, (one holding a bolt cutter, the other, the broken lock,) they claimed that they were looking to buy the boat and wanted to see if it would fit on the back of the truck.

When they showed up at his apartment, andy was there, and there was an assortment of needles on the table. Also, his recently filled prescription (2/23/04) of Xanax, 60 count had only 27 pills inside. I don't know if he took the rest, or sold them, or some combination. He told me he was swapping over to zoloft, but apparently even that was a lie.

It's expected that his bond will be $5000, taking into account his prior record. Neither my Mother nor will I provide it to him. He can sit in jail and wait on his court date. Maybe it'll give him time to detox, and think about what a complete fucking idiot he's been. I only hope that Andy isn't too close by while all this is happening.. he took a trip to the pokey, too.(It's harder to buy junk in jail than it is in prison, from what I understand.) Apparently Andy confessed to trying to steal the boat, while bro is going to stick to his guns, and plead moron, but not guilty.

I don't know why a boat thief warrants six guys in unmarked cars or me having to look at a hole where bullets come out to kill people, but whatever. At least the Alpha-male cop was kind enough to bring those pills to my mother's house, and didn't require her to come out to the station. That's surely appreciated.

3am - brother calls me to get him out of jail. I can't, I'm on call, and the bail bondsman stil has my last fee... he says he'll call Mike to pay $150 to get him out. we'll see if his bail is actually that low.

Einstein's bagels are yummy, but the ultimate toasted cheese w/tomato on 12 grain is 21 frickin' points...That's way too high for what you get. Heck, that's nearly as much as three pumpernickel bagels with veggie cream cheese on it.... (and I like pump-bagels a lot more, too.)

1 goblin-fart bagel - 6 points
2 tblsp veggie cream cheese - 1.5 points.

one little sammich taking up 2/3 of my daily intake...dang. (at least the pickle was 0 points.)

crschmidt

Some people might ask "What's the point?" The point of FOAF is to allow machines to look through people, find information that you might be interested in about that person, and deliver it to you.

Perhaps I'm interested in other people that are friends of my friends who live near O'Hare airport - I'm looking for a ride. So, I put in my FOAF file, which defines my friends, and tell it to search for "basedNear" codes of O'Hare airport. By using FOAF, it could expand out, find friends of friends, and give you back contact information for them.

The tools to do this thing need larger base data to advance. We need to be able to describe ourselves in a way that computers can understand in order to make better our interactions. This is the purpose of the semantic web - and LiveJournal is working to start it off.