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On the road home from work, I got a call from bro... he wanted me to go with him to pay his fine at the courthouse. We met at the library, and we walked to the courthouse from there.... arrived at 4:35, and the payment area closed at 4:30. A helpful information desk person told me I could pay it online, or go to a nearby DMV location, that was open until 6. Seeing as we were a long march from any DMV, we hoofed it back to the library, and I paid it online. I printed up a receipt, and he was good to go. I was a little peeved that we didn't just go online at the library and do it, but it gave me a chance to gab with bro, and stretch my legs a bit. He's talking about maybe going to Belize to live. I think he'd survive fairly well there, and I can guess why he'd like to leave the USA for a span... plus, English is the official language over there, so he'd manage. It's funny... Danny did missionary work teaching in Guatemala ages ago, too.

Last night was the 2-year birthday party for the club.. it was a huge cattle call of people looking for free booze and food. We had a nice time, but as it was standing room only for a good part of the night, we high-tailed it up the road, once we said hi to the crew, got some dinner and cake.

Magda played Newtie, and they got along very well. Newt was a bit shy, and didn't attack.. he got cuddly with her after a few minutes of lovies (Like father like son, I guess). I think he figured out she's the scent I've been bringing home.

Random Magda Factoid - In Columbia, there are some butterflies that are *HUGE*, black-wings things that scare the devil out of her.. she likes the little, colorful ones just fine, but if they're as big as two hands together, all black, with long bug legs and wings that get in your face when you go to a storage room, no go. Here's a picture (of the bug, not Magda being scared).

I still think Palmetto bugs are the ookiest of insects. Like regular cockroaches, except they're dinosaur-huge, and can fly. I've heard them referred to as the only bug that requires license plates.

That may be from the time in the mid-80s when I was sleeping over at Brent's house after working on a long session of gaming on his Apple ][...I woke up in the middle of the night, because I heard a clicking... didn't know what it was. I looked around the room (still lit up, everyone was just strewn around, zonked out) and saw Brent, laying on his stomach... his back was peeling from a sunburn. Sitting on his left shoulder blade was a roach, gnawing on some of the peeled up skin.

So, Yeah, that was about as ookie an encounter with a Bug I've ever had. I think the fact that it was just sort of sitting there, pulling flaps of crispy friend-skin with his front legs, and making those clicky noises was about all my freshly awakened brain could handle. Unthinking, I took a magazine, rolled it up, and smacked him hard.

Brent was not too crazy about being awakened at 4am by me slapping his burn with a magazine, either.

I missed the roach, too... he scuttled off, but was integrated with the wall shortly thereafter. I suspect Brent wouldn't have believed me if there wasn't a body to be found, so that's just as well.

I searched my journal for "brent" and "roach" and even "sunburn"... I'm surprised I haven't mentioned it before now.



[livejournal.com profile] rosin_dubh pointed me to eNature, a guide to regional critters. (you can put a dud email address in when it asks for one)

Sample sub-article is a Manatee Link for Kellie.



When you're smashing megalomaniac villains hellbent on world domination, the theft of Fort Knox's gold reserves, or interrupting the morning newspaper delivery, you naturally don't want to get your hands soiled or injured while fighting for truth, justice and the (insert name of your country here) way. That's why so many denizens of the comics wear gloves - which, for superheroines, often means opera gloves.
via beaucoupkev

I guess there's a fetish for everyone.



Ok, I'm caught up for now... off to do my blood donation (I missed my earlier appointment this week due to hubbub.) Until later, dear journal.



1 year ago - spidey 2 was keen, samoflange, table test, republican confession, Angry Ghost Rips Worker's Arm Off

2 years ago - Netmeeting, riblets, GP/Austin, cej-chat

3 years ago - wonderful dreams, learning the neighborhood, notes never followed up on.

4 years ago - saw Ornj off on her trip, bro's got a win 95 box, monkey fishing a fib, due amici sub, leaves of grass, database link access to web, Kneel before zod!

5 years ago - nuthin'.

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Well, I just don't get it... I've trimmed back MM's hours, and *still* she bails on Saturday, the day before. Very disappointing, and I feel taken advantage has been taken, especially since Sat is Kev's b'day, too. I'm glad I've got an auxiliary on call person that can do some weekends, now.... but I'm going to put my foot down about schedule ditching at the last minute. This stuff has got to be trimmed back.



It's Friday. Not much planned for the weekend, as can be seen from above. I'm going to shoot for some personal Scotto-time Sunday, I think. I'm in a better mood than my entry seems to show.



To a big ol' beast like me, 12oz. bottles of water are laughable and wasteful. Just give me a few gallon jugs, and be done with it. 12 oz doesn't even make a proper-sized spill when kicked over.



C-Mon & Kypski's - Shittybum - Very cool video... Reminds me a bit of my trip to Vizcaya.



1 year ago - IHOP with Kev & Bheesh, Rose, Zombie Pinups, Space Art in Kids books, Title caps.

2 years ago - mental fog, Finn & Chupa aren't loved, sculpey, eraser clay

3 years ago - Fussing sans A/C, Word association poll, KFC Japan

4 years ago - The Laundry event, Newt, Cherry Coke, Quit the Everway Group, one day until I meet Hala.



Current Mood: Bob Ross talking about happy little trees makes me laugh.

Current Music: Ookla the Mok - Super Powers )Site Meter

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Good thoughts this morning. High hopes for the future.Site Meter

My shelves are crowded. Is there ever enough room for books? Do they always breed, and spread out to fill any shelving to contain them?



Sin City preview. Interesting. They got a *lot* of names.



Goodbye Romania - By visiting this gallery, you will destroy it. Each visit will remove one pixel from these photographs.



Dang... spambots again and again. They still haven't worked out that I screen anony-comments. I always remove them right away, and mark 'em as spam.

It seems LJ isn't the only victim... Bloggers Declare War on Comment Spam, but Can They Win?

As long as I can filter-preview, I figure I'm good.. it's a minor issue.



Why is this stuck in my head?

Prepare for trouble!
Make it double!
To protect the world from devastation!
To unite all peoples within our nation!
To denounce the evils of truth and love!
To extend our reach to the stars above!
Jessie! James!
Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light!
Surrender now, or prepare to fight!
Meowth! That's right!

Get it out!!



Play Dark Tower online!

The sounds are a real kick back to the old days. To be honest, I don't think we ever quite played it right back then. We used to associate the "tomb" sound with flatus.



Doo The Dew: The Great Mountain Dew Pitch Black Green Poo Experiment - Mountain Dew Pitch Black contains Blue Dye #1. PoopReport's resident poop-color expert says that many kinds of blue dye (his experience was with Blue Dye #5 in Kool-Aid Purplesaurus Rex) "combine with bile, and form a brilliant green."

Hm. Dark purple-black soda pop makes your poo bright green. Innnnteresting.

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meme from all over (found lately at [livejournal.com profile] calamity's):

If you wish, please reply to this post and write something you would like to do with me someday.

Then post this in your journal to find out what people want to do with you.



September is going to bring a lot of things, I think. Bro's Birthday coming up, as well.

I feel isolated and a little out of whack today. A few possible remedies, though I suspect the most likely one is tincture of time. Autumn is nearly here, and I hope that the recharge it brings will bring more light, less glare. Drugstores are doing the Halloween thing, already. Part of it is probably due to the number of cases last night.. the most recent was at 3:30 am.

I'm mildly peeved that I had much of the weekend off, but still just spent it inside, reading. I probably could've done more, but really wasn't too motivated. Got the basics covered.



Come to think of it... a good case against Voodoo actually working is Papa & Baby Doc's long-term existence.



I miss arcades... back when there was a big room full of pac man and centipede-type games.



Wal-Mart at Mexico Ruins Sparks Protest

Read more... )



Archives -

1 year ago - Newt-vet, shoutcast, tiny cities, Why I dislike leiberman, Frankie mooches again, Turkish Hairballs

2 years ago - Lots of robots, World Affairs, palm art

3 years ago - Shocked awake, Nostia, folks scamming relief, weather, programming, lovely chat

4 years ago - Pompano Weather, Warghetz, Suzy News, Censorship, Loved.

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Hurricane update -

going into work early to make sure everything is backed up, easily tarped over and stowed for the long weekend. The gang at work, while needy, is very good about pulling together and getting stuff lined up.

tracking map )



Let's just hope it keeps on going North. The storm is plenty wide enough to get us all wet and blown. Heck, The thing is taller and wider than the whole state. I don't want floods or evac.

Handy-dandy sun-sentinel hurricane tracking map

I'm hoping it leaves Broward the heck alone. I don't want to relocate. I'm ready to, if I have to, but I'd really rather not. Especially for some storm named "Frances". Reminds me of the guy in the movie Stripes. "Call me Psycho!"

The supermarket was crazy yesterday, people snatching up water as fast as the pallets were laid out.

The gals at work were very giving and expressed the desire to help me get stuff for the coming storm, but I was already prepared. It was a lot of nice gestures.

Evacuation orders were posted for 300,000 residents in coastal areas of Palm Beach County, and 192,500 were told to leave mobile homes and low-lying areas of Brevard and Martin counties. The evacuation orders were set to take effect Thursday afternoon.

Frances was about 700 miles southeast of Florida on Wednesday afternoon, heading northwest on a course that would take it to the central portion of Florida's eastern coast. Residents of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina watched the forecast closely in case Frances took a sharper turn to the north.

All I know is that I have water, some cash, a carrier for Newt and my palmtop.... I can travel light. I talked to the landlord about plywooding the apartment windows tomorrow or Friday morning. I remember how dark it got in my old place with all the shutters drawn, like being sealed in a mine. I rather liked it for the short time it was there, though I expect I'd have gotten a little punchy if I was sealed in for a week.

At this point, it really is still far too early to say *where* it might go. No worries.



Speaking of the mobbed market... whimsy was kind enough to hook me up with the screenie from CoH's test server... everyone and their cape was there.

most heroes I've seen in one place, since the invasion. )



Researchers at the University of Zurich have shown that revenge is, well, sweet. Their experiment, described in Scientific American, was based on a game where one player was given the opportunity to punish another player for financially screwing him. PET scans revealed that when a player contemplated revenge, his striatum, a "reward center" in the brain, became energized.

This sort of causal relationship may explain why people are willing to discipline a stranger even when there is no immediate gain in it for them. "Emotions play a proactive as well as reactive role," remarks Brian Knutson of Stanford University who penned an accompanying commentary (to a paper about the study in the journal Science). He notes that "passionate" forces may need to be included in economic models because, as this research shows, “people show systematic deviations from rationality."
I wonder how long before someone uses this as a defense in court? "I couldn't help it, that behavior is hard-wired into my system!"



Got a decent reply from playNC re: my unsent comics -

followup letter )

Not bad. They got back to me within 12 hours.



If I was a wise-ass or melodramatic, I'd write something here about we'll all survive after this apocalypse, do a couple of riffs on The Road Warrior, Six-string Samurai, or A Boy and his Dog (though I'd not rename Newt to Blood.)

Or maybe Mutants of 2051 AD...

"Fleshy-headed mutant! Are you friendly?"
- Space Cadet R.M. McKenzie

"Now way, eh! Radiation has made me an enemy of civilization!"
- The Fleshy-Headed Mutant
If I lose power or post-ability, I'll still be keeping a journal and a photographic record of anything that happens, to be uploaded and backdated... as long as I'm not eaten by cannibal zombie-ghouls or shot by gorillas on horseback, mistaking me for one of the sad, mute nomads in the fields.



It's the Google Superhero Costume Parade!



Anacondas? Baby Geniuses 2? Didn't the first ones tank? Why Sequels?

And a better question, is Why is the bad guy from Anaconda (Jon Voight) the bad guy in Baby Geniuses 2? Does that Mean Kathleen Turner and Christopher Lloys be the Bad guys in Anacondas? (I'd rather see then return to Roger Rabbit.) I'm guessing all of the babies sin that movie are twins, like Mary Kate and Ashley? Is that still a rule in Hollywood?

Whatever happened to Angela Anaconda?



A moment of Voodoo - Syncretism:

Syncretism may occur wherever two different cultures come into contact. It is an attempt to reconcile and mix together several different religious beliefs. Voodoo is one such attempt, combining Christian and African beliefs with a small dose of native American animism. It is far from the only one. Most religions in the ancient world never claimed to be the “only” or the “true” way (Judaism, Christianity and Islam are the three notable exceptions), and thinkers and mystics often tried to mix and match elements of religions to get the best of all possible worlds.

Even the rise of Christianity did not stop syncretism. Faced with the might of Christianity (which at first was backed by the Roman Empire), many pagans adopted it as their religion — but added a few pieces of their own for good measure. Many pre-Christian altars and shrines became churches. The cult of the saints that is part and parcel of Catholicism was the perfect vehicle of syncretism: many of the old gods were thinly disguised as saints, with their attributes (and mystical powers) remaining unchanged. “Saint Bridget” of Ireland, for example, used to be the fire goddess Brigit, until she was syncretized into the Christian canon as the saint of fire.

The same thing happened to the religions African slaves brought to America. They saw the Catholic priests praying to a complex “pantheon” of saints, each representing different attributes or elements — in a way, not very different from their beliefs. While the Europeans punished any slave who clung to the old ways, they accepted acts of devotion to Christian symbols. African sorcerer-priests decided that there was power in these saints; the statues that the Christians prayed to seemed no different from their own idols. Christian prayers became powerful spells, cast under the unsuspecting eyes of colonial slave masters.



Random Scotto/Dan factoid: When I told Danny that my beliefs are basically Agnostic (a person who believes that, at my present level of knowledge, that I cannot know whether or not a God exists - I can get feelings one way or the other, but really have no proof on the matter), he thought I said Gnostic (A person whose world view embraces Gnosticism, the thought and practice of various cults of late pre-Christian and early Christian centuries distinguished by the conviction that matter is evil and that emancipation comes through gnosis [passing down of knowledge, perhaps secret knowledge].), and ran with it for quite a while, until he confronted me with something that he thought was conflict with my belief. Two pretty different stances, all told.

Now, I do believe that there is great power in knowledge, and that the flesh undriven by the mind is by necessity basically a selfish thing.

It would probably please and frighten me a great deal to *know* definitively that a deity exists. This may sound like it conflicts with faith, but I feel that faith is the substance of things hoped for... you can be an agnostic and still have faith. Faith is a tether between you and your belief... stronger than hope. Belief and knowledge don't always go hand in hand.



Until later, dear journal! I'll be back before the storm hits.Site Meter

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Heh, somebody linked to my dream cartoon, drawn ages ago. It's nice that I still have dreams like that.

dreams


One of the comments is wacky... "Wha? is that Jesus?"



The Forgotten could be cool, could be poo.

synopsis )

I like Julainne Moore, and Anthony Edwards.



Sample Email I get as a result of this journal - )



Mountain Dew : Pitch black? I've heard it tastes great, but naming something for pitch is no way to make me buy it.

Pitch -
  1. a black or dark viscous substance obtained as a residue in the distillation of organic materials and especially tars


  2. any of various bituminous substances


  3. resin obtained from various conifers and often used medicinally


  4. any of various artificial mixtures resembling resinous or bituminous pitches
None too tasty sounding to me! (it's a grapey-grape grape soda, too, which isn't my fave...but I'd try it.)

It will, however go nicely at a Halloween party, if you also serve Orange Crush, and those little cupcakes dressed up to look like jack-o-lanterns.




I remember first grade really well. Teacher was Mr. Adams, tall, skinny guy who wore red sweaters that made me think of Gilligan, was an Aquarius. Pointed out that you could tell if it was raining by looking for concentric rings in puddles.

Second & Third Grade - I don't remember much, except that one of my teachers was named Mrs. Scott, and that I hated writing in cursive. Reading and Math were exceptionally easy (throughout school, really, except when it came to having to memories trig stuff... it bored me to tears.)



More links about Reiger resigning as chief of DCF

DCF Departure Demands Governor's Undivided Attention

Mr. Regier's failure to recognize that he needed to demonstrate a bit more contrition to restore his credibility is precisely the reason the agency hasn't recovered.


Best synopsis of all, an entry by [livejournal.com profile] jmhm



Stream of thought alphabet - Won't mean much unless you're me, or have known me a long time. (Even that won't help with all of 'em) Shows where my brain is at this moment.

a - is for apple, J is for jacks, cinnamon toasty apple jacks!
b - chocolate bees buzzing around the hives, Bingo the Cow.
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y - Y-not Computers, my source for all of my ST goodies back in the 80s
z - Going back to bed. Until later, dear journal.

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More than a little peeved that my tech on call last night (ADP) lacked the skill or interest in calling tech support over a computer issue last night. If she's not careful, her hours will drop to one night a week, or less. For whatever reason, she lacks the ability to follow procedures written down for her.



Creepy thing about Kal-El . Robot Doubles )



Random Scotto Halloween costumes of years past:


  • Red Death - (twice) (I wore a skull-mask with the robe)


  • Psychedelic Man - Homebrew, Pam Helped me spike all my hair up with a ton of Aqua-net. Orange Unitard under huge tie-dyed trunks.


  • Flaming Carrot


  • Guerrilla Gorilla (Gorilla Costume with a bandoleer of bullets and a Thompson machine gun.) If I'd had a beret and a brain in a baby carriage, I could've been Mallah.


  • Zombies, a few times, complete with plastic flies.


  • Santa


  • Viking


  • Bunny (age 2)


  • Pirate! Arr! (Age 28)


  • Hobo


Costumes I've wanted to do, but haven't gotten around to it-


  • God (with Jesus puppet on my Right Hand, and Satan Puppet on my Left)


  • Scary Tooth Fairy (White Linen Suit, Tutu, and a bloodied pair of pliers)


Bro gets honorary mention for being the Hulk, using green body paint, and a life preserver under a tattered white shirt.



Bear guzzles 36 beers, passes out at campground Read more... )



Back to the work front today...Until Later, Dear Journal. Site Meter

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The closer the time comes for the big kahuna to leave town, the more irritable and stressed she becomes. She bites off more than she can chew inside the time frame allotted to her,

Looks like non-pierce tech is doing a fadeout. He hasn't called all week. He didn't seem like a big hit, so no big whoop.

20,000 leagues under the sea - The ride. I really dig the quicktime video of the ride.. very nostalgic. I remember sitting on the fold down seats and being inside on my own, while my dad and mom went to get some ice cream or the like for my brother, who was perhaps four at the time. (that'd put me at eight-ish.) The last time I got to ride it was the summer of '87. (when I was 18, almost a decade later.) After that, the ride was closed for renovations every time I visited. I still remember the pseudo Disney squeezebox music waiting on line... It was in my top three rides with the Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean.

Speaking of that fellow, my Bro got 2 years probation, despite the fact that he showed up at court with beer on his breath, and was saying idiot phrases like "if I'm convicted, I can't have a gun". I don't know where his brains went, but they've long since been disbursed. I know in my heart that if his probation officer is worth anything at all, my bro will be jailed before the year is done.

I really don't like it when reanimated corpses vomit on me, and even less so when the explosive charges inside them go off afterwards. (dang supervillains in CoH!)

Well, it looks like Chuck the Storm is going to miss my neck of the woods entirely. Power went out last night at about 1:30m, and heavy rain woke me up before knocking me back to sleep. Sorry Charlie. (how many times will I hear that in the days to come?) I hope it cuts everyone else some decent slack, too!

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Red vs. Blue cover the Internet. (foul language, and mentions escrow) - via [livejournal.com profile] sammykun (more RvB here.)



The Horny toad is not a toad. It's a Lizard.


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Well, I broke a c-note on my adsense account... we'll see how quickly google decides to send me my check. (they have until the end of September to do it, because I rolled right on the first of august... they get 30 days from the end of any month ending with >$100.

A German company offered me another $20 to put a "sponsoren" link on my main page, too It's small and unobtrusive... and links to text, no graphics, no pop ups and no porn. So far, my ad-links are paying about $90-100 a month on average, all told. I'm amazed... this is almost as good as what designers in there were making about six months ago. I don't know how long it'll last, but I'll happily take the money until they decide to stop paying me.

I notice that all of my adsense links are for public service items today... a result of the hundred dollar hump?




With comics like these, I can't help but vote redemopublicratican. Godzilla has my vote all over Morgan Freeman. warning, some potty-mouthage.



Elitist Meme )



Interesting... David Keith might be a spokesperson for us in Tennessee. (He's already helped with the PROTECT Advisory Board)



Piehole!Site Meter



I remember a time on the bus in ninth grade. My friends Brent and Beau were in the bench seat in front of me horsing around, when a girl stumbled and slammed into the side of Beau, knocking his books to the floor... he spouted off with: "Damn, what are you, crippled?"

Right before he saw the crutches.

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Assorted Wildlife, in the middle of Miami. I'm not sure where I want to go on my next trip.


Home of Ol' Flipper.


More Things with scales, shells or feathers. )Site Meter

And of course, at HQ well guarded by rather fuzzy, but ever vigilant webcam -



Newt!



Just so you know.... When my species comes to enslave this planet, your name will be on the protected rolls, and you will come to no harm.



Nearly 60% of the people living in Miami are foreign-born. The next highest city, Toronto, has 44% of its population foreign-born. The first five cities on the list are all in North America. Following Miami and Toronto are Los Angeles (41%), Vancouver (37%) and New York (36%).



I've been digging picasa since Google's now giving it away. It meshes wonderfully with whatever else I'm doing, and it's a good app, now that it's a gimme. It's probably the best image management system I've used yet.



Summary of colors. I really like the movies - door 32.(flash with sound) Interesting associations with each.



Comparison thought - anything you can put through 1/4" plywood will probably penetrate the temple of the head.



current adsense breakdown - 14 clicks a day, (or about $1.60). total since June 10 - $62.46

I foresee a $100 check by mid-August.



Man Allegedly Attacks Woman With Alligator

41-Year-Old Charged With Battery, Possession Of Alligator Read more... )



Extensive Flash code Resources



The Spine / Experimental Film - directed by Strong Sad & The Cheat. See also Puppet stuff.



July 19, 1870 - Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia. For those without much recollection of history.... The French suffered greatly for it, and it united Germany under Prussia.


Random Scotto factoid... I'm the only person I know that used the "thumbs-up" gesture with any frequency at all. I don't know anyone else that says something is "aces" either.


I think it's funny that the new Justice League promos say "Every hero worth cheering for, and then some" with the frame on Hawk and Dove during the "and then some". That's true.. I can't think of anyone that ever leapt up and went... "ALL RIGHT! HAWK AND DOVE! YEEEE-HAW!" I am looking quite forward to the new episodes.



Tropical Laser Beams.

Tropical Lima Beans.

I want a pop-tart. Or Chik-fil-a fries. Somebody hook me up. I don't want Lima beans.

Take your vitamins, dear journal.
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Once upon a time a little old lady was on a bus, who ever so slowly bought a transit ticket from a bus conductor. She fretted and fussed with her gigantic purse for the correct change... After 15 minutes of impatient waiting, the conductor became so enraged that he hit her on the head with the ticket-dispenser, and the poor old dear died instantly.

Not surprisingly, he was convicted and put on death row. Just before he was to be electrocuted, his last request was for 12 pounds of bananas, which he devoured.

They strapped him into the chair, flipped the switch, and he just sat there, smiling. According to tradition, this was considered a reprieve from God and he was freed.

Somehow he got his old job back, and he was happily dispensing tickets when he saw a girl stick her gum on the back of a seat on the bus. Furious, he lunged out with the ticket dispenser, broke the offender's neck and killed her.

Again, he is convicted and sent to death row. He again ate the 12 pounds of bananas, and lo and behold, the electricity did not harm him. This time the executioner cleaned the contacts, made him sit in a bucket of water, he tried everything - but still the guy wouldn't die. So again, he was set free.

Amazingly, he regained his job. It took him 1 day to lose his temper and beat to death a young boy who started to chew his bus ticket. He returned to death row, ate the bananas, and survived the electrocution.

At this point, the executioner can take no more - his professional pride has been hurt. Before setting the fiend free again, he asked him his secret - "What is it with the bananas?"

"Oh, the bananas have nothing to do with it", replied the man. "I'm just a bad conductor."



The Worms )



My first memory of Marlon Brando - A Mad Magazine digest's Parody of The Wild One.

Note, July 31st's free double-feature in the park at 100 East Las Olas Blvd. 8 p.m. Blackboard Jungle and 10 p.m. The Wild One.

I wonder How much more of a turnout there'll be as a result? Delinquency Special!

My second memory of him was Jor-El in Superman. I can still quote him in that. "This is no fantasy - no careless product of wild imagination." I suspect Zod has bittersweet tears...just a bit, this week.

My Most Recent? The Doctor in The Island of Doctor Moreau; not such a great finale. (great book, however)



Don't Forget! Today Is FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!

Want to know where to go to get your free comic book?



My long weekend is kind of stinky, primarily due to the fact that I'm on call from 8am Sunday Morning to 5pm Monday Night. If I want to do walkabout, it'll have to be today. That's why laundry got done last night. Let's see what walkabout brings me today.

Until Later, Dear Journal!

scottobear: (1 - travels - where the road leads)

Saw Spider Man 2: Electric Boogaloo last night with Dave; the 9 pm showing at Riverfront.

By Jaga!

The guy in line in front of me sounded just like Panthro. I half-expected him to ask me to take my foot off of the blasted samoflange.

Others seen were a large number of the mentally challenged... Lots of women with breast augmentation, too. Par for the course in Ft. Lauderdale. If I tried harder, I could probably make some sort of snarky comments using the term boobs to refer to both groups, but the brain is disengaged right now. Make up your own, dear journal.

Some young republicans promoting W and his team... well-to-do kids that don't seem old enough to vote. I worked with Bush Sr.'s campaign in the 80s, so there's hope that they'll grow out of it too. How's that for a dirty little secret?

So, the lightweight review: I liked the movie better than the first one... more my kind of villain, and they covered a *lot* of ground in two hours, without it getting sleepy or having "filler". They got brutal with Doc's arms, and I think it was very well done. They even got Doc's brain boo-boo mentioned. Decent story, characters and action scenes. Very loyal to the source stuff, though the "force of will" dilemma isn't my fave. I don't want to see too much of Harry Osbourne in the next one, unless he's teaming with someone else. I'm ready for Mysterio now, or more likely, the Lizard. plenty of potential baddies... but I have no need to see Venom or his ilk. In fact, I'd rather see any of the Sinister Six (the classic group of - Electro, Ock, Kraven, Sandman, Vulture, and Mysterio) than that guy. I still think that Morgan Freeman needs to reprise his role as Easy Reader in the next movie.

I hear that they're going to rip those theaters down soon, because they're not making any money... the supposed "new" arcade has long since been removed, but is still mentioned on the site. Right now they have a skee-ball machine, about a dozen out of date arcade games, and an air-hockey table. I can't say as I recall the last time they showed foreign or indy films, either, for that matter. The best Sunrise theater for that is the Gateway. A far older venue... no stadium seats or anything, but a fun, musty vibe. That's the last place I had shrooms, ages ago, and where I met April. Two experiences that started off well, and turned ugly after I thought things had just been great. Note - Shooms; 1998. April; 2000.


table test, cut to prevent breakage. )

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What to do this weekend?

This Saturday, I'd like to go on a little expedition... take my camera, enjoy a nice personal walkabout someplace new.

I'm thinking about going on a little journey to Vizcaya, or maybe the Fairchild Tropical Botanical Gardens, if it's not too sweltering outside. If it *is* overly hot for an outdoor trip, maybe a little journey on the metro rail so someplace indoors with air conditioning.



Big Rock Candy Mountains )



The Las Olas Chemist is pretty nice, starting slow, but building itself up into a fairly nifty old-style drugstore. I look forward to when the soda fountain is installed...though I'm still not going to pay $1 for a cow tale I can pick them up 4 blocks down the road at the 7-11 for a little over two bits. (Or get 'em straight from the source for like 16¢ each.)



This Entry from a couple of years back is getting a lot of scribble-spam. Different sources... one from (California State University Network) , the other from 4.41.139.185 (Level 3 Communications Inc) Not porn or any sort of adverts, just random characters... within a few hours of each other.

Also, not all of my LJ comments are making it back to me.. at least not in a timely fashion. [edit - I don't seem to be the only one with this problem today]



1 year ago - Heroclix Icon, Playboy Mystery, The Thorns, Octopus hot dogs, King Kong, Acme Illustrated Catalog, Newtcam pic (see the day prior for one of his gut sticking out), Lunch with Danny, Las Olas Walkies, ... and the best of all - a wonderful surprise beloved-chat.

2 years ago - settling in, south beach remote cam, Newt-lassie comparisons, power puff/marley

3 years ago - Rookie Bodine, good thoughts, crash test dummy plot seeds, redolent, the power of cheese, Ornj goes camping

4 years ago - shotgun Site Meter


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Hmm. My web server is down. I wonder what's happening there. I'll give it an hour and they start to rattle some chains. [update: it's up again! yay! but I can't ftp for some reason! Boo! the scribble of my dreamself holding a squirming, plucked tentacle eye will have to wait.]

{Update to the update...FTP is back!} Snail-eyed guy dreams

I'm on call this week... and need to find another person or two we can hire to help take up the slack when the Kahuna's out of town.

Doc agreed with the specialist... I called to start the wheels in motion for a time for my surgery. I've also been discussing the idea seriously about buying a condo. I figure that even if I don't keep it, I'm all for putting my rent toward equity rather than just in some other person's pocket. The consultant I talked to said that I can comfortably work out a regional one at about $125k on my income and credit. If I decide to turn it around and sell it later, I should make a tidy profit, too.

Random mental wandering.

I've almost always dwelled near a large body of water, usually the shore of Atlantic Ocean. Between growing up near Cape Cod (note to self, write about the cranberry bogs sometime) and the summering in Florida Keys, I'd say that the furthest I've lived from the ocean was when we were in Alexandria, Virginia. (Even then, we were right on the Potomac, a *DANG COLD* river, even in the summer, if memory isn't exaggerating over time.) Contrary to popular belief, I've never had a residence under a bridge, in order to eat passing goats or unwary travelers unwilling to pay a toll.

I remember folks being really afraid of the beach when Jaws came out. I was only about six years old, but the killer-shark hysteria was amazingly high. All of those shore-bound places where I've lived naturally had a significant amount of tourism by the beach, and the year that movie was released, the visitors began acting even more irrational than usual. Lots of folks were too frightened to even walk along the water... somehow, some way, a ravenous, blood-lustful, twenty-foot man-eating fish with triple rows of pearly white and razor sharp teeth was going to leap onto shore, grab them, emit a long, deep, haunting laugh of pure aquatic evil, and finally bite 'em in half, twelve feet away from where the water stops and the sand begins. The real telling element was how you could see people scanning the surface of the water, looking for that one dorsal fin that spelled total carnage for the poor victim splashing, flailing and generally having fun fooling in the "deep end."

I figured they were *looking* for a monster to get them. Having spent enough time by the water, I was pretty aware of sharks, and knew something about their behaviors and mannerisms. I knew there was the merest likelihood of being attacked by a shark, even smaller by a colossal great white. Even in recent years, when there's been a notable increase in the number of attacks along the East coast, the amount of them is still tiny. I had no fear of being attacked by a shark when I went into the water. Sure, if I saw them, I'd get out, but it's not something that gave me pause. I had more immediate things to worry about: man-o-war stings, and mean ol' crabs that pinched your toes if you stepped on them by accident Most worrisome was the undertow.. my brother's surfing drove that point home one time when I was about sixteen, and he got pulled out really fast. I'm glad that my dad was a strong swimmer and was able to recover him quickly. I didn't even realize he'd gone that far until dad was out there calling to him.

That said, I can't remember the last time I went diving, surfing, or swimming in water more than chest deep. Perhaps that's overdue. I'd like to float out and around Red Reef Park for a bit. I'd like to see some stuff from the snorkel perspective.

Again, this year, It's October, and I've heard nothing about Oktoberfest (which generally starts in the last half of September). On researching, it looks like I missed it this past weekend. Ah well, there's always Bavarian Village.

Handy dandy Admin tools recently discovered -

F.I.R.E. is the Forensic & Incident Response Environment Bootable CD. Its a downloadable ISO that allows you to gathers tons of information on dead and alive machines.

Offline NT Password & Reg Editor Bootdisk is a very simple bootable CD that lets you change passwords on a machine you have physical access to. The bootable CD version includes support for some SCSI cards.

Other handy ones -

Free IP Subnet Calculator from solarwinds.net

Free TFTP Server from solarwinds.net

Free GFI LANguard NS Scanner 3 (non-commercial)

Ethereal Protocol Analyzer

Free SSH Client

Free SSH/Terminal Client (Nags)

Free Angry IP Scanner
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Just got newest semagic client (1.3.3.2 )for lj... looks pretty solid, so far.

Outtakes of Tom Baker (probably the most famous Dr. Who) doing a voice spot for an item called Symphony. It's amazing to me to hear the good doctor cuss like a sailor.

It's hard to write my brother tonight. I can't think of anything to say. I don't want to just rehash the day, as little happened but that seems to be the way I'm going. I'm going to have to think of something to reminisce about.

Collectable Pogs. Those guys didn't last long at all, did they? I'm happy to say I never bought any, but some showed up in cereal boxes and whatnot. I remember that those "pog tubes" were good for holding dice.

Mind Flayer (illithid) The were the first annoying psionic "teleporting telepathic mind-blasters" I'd ever encountered in gaming, but they're dear to my heart because of the squiddy-faces and cerebrophagic (is that a word?) tendencies.

Look out! There goes one now!

RahhhhERR! Fear my monochrome coloring and simpsons-like art style!

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tingleScotto Senses Tingling!tingle!


Some folks at the University of Florida have digitized a bunch of insect sounds for your listening pleasure. Maybe your ears can be your spider-senses if you're looking to eat some male Anastrepha suspensa (Caribbean fruit fly) in the midst of his mate calling song.

I learned a new word today. Stridulous. (via Stridulation), and I plan on using the term the next time I meet someone who fits the bill.

Also, they changed the "Bosley" guy on She-Spies. The New fellow is more of a drill-sgt type, and doesn't deliver a straight line like the last one.

RSVP is a fun little matching game.

Monkeys! Monkeys! Monkeys! Aye-ayes, apes, baboons, bonobos, chimpanzees, galagos tarsiers, gibbons, gorillas, great apes, indris, lemurs, lorises, macaque, marmosets, monkeys, orang-utans, pottos, siamang, sifakas and tamarins, oh my!

Ukuleles can help make you smarter! Read more... )

Heck, I've known music can help me remember history and math since Schoolhouse rock! I *still* sing the preamble to the constitution if I have to recall it.

Oh... and I'm still ready for Halloween....
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Sakes, the rain is coming down hard... beautiful sound, and the scent of ozone and sky-water is intoxicating.
Rainy day picture )

I'm getting envious of all the northern talk of the temperatures going down to the 50s... I guess turnabout's fair play, since I don't freeze in the winter or totally melt in the summer. I've had quite an appetite this week... I think the body’s adapting to me not having just one lump meal a day.

The Gallery of Monster Toys. I had, or at least got to play with a lot of these over the years.

When I was little (Maybe 6?), I had this Wolfman... I wonder if that's part of the reason why I like earth tones? I would've loved to have the Bionic Bigfoot too.

We were living in Richmond, VA when Sally and Bill Brunot got my brother The Glow-faced Dracula, and I got the Wolfman again... I remember being especially happy, the old one was missed terribly. The newer one was even better, because my brother was old enough to play monsters with me, and they had "monster action" sort of a hug move when you pressed the back... plus, glow in the dark is always better. (I was maybe 11 at the time)

Picked up the Predator vs. Aliens set for Kev's sis, Karen, and she really loved it. I almost kept the alien for myself. (This was well after graduation from college)

Managing a movie theater that had a ton of Nightmare before Christmas stuff left over from about a year or so before. ... I hooked Pam, Rik and a few other pals up with all sorts of movie stuff at that time... It cost my very little, and went over well. I still can't believe that was almost a decade ago.

I eventually gave away my Creature from the Black Lagoon that I got on a whim at Suncoast Video... they were always selling goodies for next to nothing when they were tired of storing it... sort of like Kay Bee. Some great new action figure comes out, wait six months, and get 'em 3/$10, or less. I had all of the burger king monsters, too. That Creature was the basis for my "Aquatic Elf" character in the Wu's multi-genre game. He was great... you could squeeze his chest and spit water at things. I should've gotten a bit of white string for Wolfman to use as a belt, but never did. I think those guys are still in the old IMT building at 910... more likely, they got chucked when the company moved to 760.

Two Lives of Nepal's Child Goddesses Read more... )
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Up and at 'em, Atom Ant!

Well, I've got a fair amount of sleep under my belt (about 5 hours... I prefer at least 6) so I think I've got a decent amount of Scotto-fuel to get me through the day.

I've got the things I'm going to mail off today, and my bank deposit. Hopefully, I can get that stuff taken care of sometime midday. It’s raining and thundering out right now... I'm in a decent mood.

Nostalgia Central - A one stop reference guide through three decades of music, movies, television, pop culture and social history.

Until later, dear journal.

a year ago - John Walker Lindh, Old Maid, debian, red flags, my tarot card, underdog

2 years ago - Reading location poll, start page, bat-music, Amazon dreams, JH Noir

3 years ago - Empathy Rating, me, and the bionic woman
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Random Scotto factoid - I liked Dynamite Magazine when I was in elementary school, but only because of Magic Wanda's tricks page. DYNAMITE (1974-1992)

The Rain stopped!

Enough looking out the window... time to chill out.

ok, I've implemented flex points in my system...we'll see how that works out. Rather than point ranges for each day, 35 flex points are awarded each week. These points may be used as needed during the week. As part of this program Weight Watchers has eliminated point ranges and now assigns a single daily point value for each weight group. Seven days, five points a day, equals 35 points. I've done the math, and you still get the exact same number of points per week - it's just a different psychological way of counting. They're just modifying the system so that it's in terms of a week rather than in terms of a day... though I can reserve some for a extra gluttonous day on occasion.

I've been craving ice cream cake since Cookie Puss has made a return to Carvel. Though... fudgie the whale seems to be sort of ironic. "To a whale of a dad... Here's a big chunk of ice cream, tubbo!"

Speaking of which, I sort of like Am I Annoying or Not? of the "Or Not?" trends. Cleopatra's Entry

Segue into Egypt...

Egyptian Scholar Planning Lawsuit Over Exodus GoldRead more... )

Image quest marine - beautiful shots of marine life.
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I received a lovely, sweet sound card in the mail yesterday, and when I went to open the case on big brain, I discovered that my dinky little phillips-head driver isn't up to opening up the pneumatically drilled in screws from last upgrade… sort of like having an Easter basket wrapped in titanium cellophane. Sometime this weekend I'll see what I can do about rectifying that situation. For now, it's just taunting me, though. I'll have to ask Sappho if I should expect any special songs and dances I need to do for this motherboard, too... she's dealt with a bunch of these systems.

Mid-90s expression I don't miss hearing... "Don't go there"

Wasting a little time between coding and writing some letters… always fun to putter a bit.

Some of us find old sofas by the side of the road and refurbish our apartments with them. The Disposal Services Agency in the United Kingdom is a lot like that except they sell the stuff they pick up. If you're in the market for an old warship or a helicopter, they want to hear from you.

Keywords that hit my website today via Google - cut to stop later indexing )

A year ago I was burning a copy of Runteldat for Dale. Now neither of us works there. He, curiously enough, is at Nordis... the place that ran afoul of me in February. I see him on AIM every now again, and he's working with Tuan over there. I'll have to make a point of pinging him soon and saying hi.

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