Scotto's Wall Scrawls

Third of July. The twin beaches always celebrate a day early, because everyone likes to go to DC or someplace else for the 4th.

Andrew was looking dapper, and the fireworks were a-ok by me. we spent the day grilling - thankfully, it was cool and comfy at windward key. I grilled the dogs and etc, while bhk made a funfetti cake.

We played some Can't stop, Huggermugger and of course, apples to apples. I was hoping for a little try at dictionary dabble  (aka Balderdash, but dabble has much cooler pawns)

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BHK took most of the Dock pics, I experimented a bit with the camera settings for the fireworks.

happy 4th of july from the atw man - watch your fingers!
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note - seen after we went out too catch the Land of the Lost Movie today - I rather liked it, and I'm a fan of the original show.

cookout at in-laws for mom's day - pictures worth a thousand words, right? I hope so, because I don't have much to post, otherwise.

1 year ago - plants for the garden, agression cookies, episcopal church, shakespeare n the boardwalk, Kim Martucci, deck chair whale skeleton, friday 5

2 years ago - Elephant escape doodle, payday, Calvert County work info, dream fragments, books: both digital and paper, weather love, shaved ice / "dumb ol' cherry", railway museum trip

3 years ago - red mood doodle, super power desire as a lad, waiting room pic, newton and I on the porch pics, sand art

4 years ago - story stuck, food cravings, national ID, locla lj leads to illegal sex, anti-abortion extremist Neal Horsley admitted to engaging in homosexual and bestiality sex.

5 years ago - net out, bro bonds out, walkabout pics, sci-fi cliches, gabbed with sedef, bee vs wasp massacre.

6 years ago - Nature vs Pringles, Dan delivers Groceries, menstrualhut breaks 1000 users (now a bit more than twice that), Bush's Military Record

7 years ago - J-bee points me at CBS Mystery theater, Sat tracking, Newtie yawn icon source, Friday five

8 years ago - swollen uvula (side effect of no cpap, snoring beat me up), dumbass Astley late with his bargain basement hardware

Cinco De Mayo... Cheers! We had ratatouille and baked potato for supper. (But the bagel I ate had jalapenos on it!)

Contemplating going to Bengie's Drive-in this weekend. Triple feature of Fanboys, Monsters vs. Aliens and Star Trek a fun, dorky night.
I'm not sure though - I'd prefer to see MvsA in 3-d.

Talked to Danny on the phone tonight - he might be jumping into a game of Champions at his local game store this summer. 150 points - the store used to be the Dragon's Lair, but it's now Adventure something or another.

Bro sent me a text from his new phone - I'll call him tomorrow and see how he sounds. I'm sure he's happy to be out and about.

No Franklin again this morning - I noticed that the lawn was treated with chemicals - hopefully that kept him away, along with the cold, drizzly rain.

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Pull in your tum,
stick out your tush,
wiggle your hips,
now give 'em a push

Godspeed, Captain Chaos

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As I was starting to say, I'm glad it's staying a bit rainy and cool outside... I'm probably the only one who is loving a little soft, cool rain over sun and heat. I'm a hairy, big beast... hm, an excuse for another old Ditko picture, I think, dear journal.




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Freeware Eurorails game  -  Thanks, Rock, paper, shotgun!

also discovered OpenTTD for a freeware version of Transport Tycoon, and SimuTrans .

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1 year ago - stern face pic, best public potties in somd, thinky-doodle, FPS games, never say hopeless

2 years ago - Cinco de mayo - extended description

3 years ago - fleet week, cinco de mayo, network neutrality, kitten & rooster, mega m&ms, options, friday 5, dr who, prisoner, lj drama

4 years ago - 555, fishbone & dose pics, reference librarian scotto, oops-i did it again (30's style), questions asked

5 years ago - not loving the phone, porno bob cut ? (it took until last month), amy's diary, iconners, cookies, Florida state rock

6 years ago - ortho, There-folks giving me cool virtual clothes, WMD, star wars kid

7 years ago - I'm a sexy cusser, pop vs soda, digger mole, puppyfrog, maps, bad show, verisign, a date with destiny that was doomedCinco de Mayo, panda killer, Man Imprisoned 30 Years for Crime FBI knew he Didn't Commit, other evil news, what's your sign poll (Gemini won again!), C&I nightmare, smart sweater

8 years ago - Cinco de Mayo, panda killer, Man Imprisoned 30 Years for Crime FBI knew he Didn't Commit, other evil news, what's your sign poll (Gemini won again!), C&I nightmare, smart sweater

My access pass made it to work, but too late for me to get there at a reasonable hour - I'm back on Monday.

Meanwhile, I can catch up with old emails, and go see Wolverine with BHK! Not a bad flick, but I suspect fans of wolvie might not dig it.

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via shoebox - President Obama says he does not want to run auto companies, hoping they can recover soon.  He does, however, want to keep the giant inflatable gorilla because it’s awesome and really draws attention to the White House.

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1 year ago - may day, mama lucias, no ghosts, reassembling robot, scottobear vs owlbear, she's just bein' miley, artomatic, cute overload elephant, palm doodle, waiting for the bus

2 years ago - May day thoughts, newt and pye sharing, my zombie eyes, chimney cleaners, Walpurgisnacht

3 years ago - charmed and dr who, bob ross, 20% , houses and kitties, tummy ache, lennon quote, i like monkeys, may day

4 years ago - family factoids, mail forwarding booboo, skipped air show, costco cremation urns, Classic Cheesy Comics, Minneapolis Beggars Guild?,Burrito Weapon

5 years ago - rough night on call, may day, Spanish channel family feud answers,budget assist, air and sea, Dan's students put up a site, Newt-parrot,mum issue, memories, cam pics

6 years ago - There, mayday, top40 drop, ortho, on Workmans comp

7 years ago - free scoop, invaders, stuff meme

8 years ago - buck rogers, geography and climate, nightclub, trundle, lj-cut ponder, misc evil news, organ donor poll, wild party

Book fair in Annapolis - taking it slow and easy though. Yard sale, and sat in on a panel of writers. Saw the Wayne Alan - writer of Magical Meatless Meals. More in-depth reviews to follow.

Scholastic was there - lots of flashbacks to the days when filling out a little strip of paper and ordering books through school came back. 

Book fair was at the Keys school private education pre-k - 12- the mascot is the obezegs (Gazebo backwards)

Also shown - Easter egg tree, gazebo roof, and some video of the local color.

Happy St. Patty's, All you Irish!
(And I think everyone is Irish today.)



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In-laws and Adam came over tonight - BHK made wonderful Thai Curry soup, and it was a meal fit for a king!

Added Bonus of the day - she got a food processor for $13 - price must've been marked wrong, as it said $26 (on sale from $40ish)

It's a school night - just enough time to fix Adam's mac and hit the sack! G'nite, dear journal!

I'm a little out of whack today - hopefully tomorrow will be better.
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Quiz-meme -


1 year ago - St. Pat's, dinner with family, ww info, goat robot - needs lasers

2 years ago - St. Pat's, the ikea nightmare begins, newtcam returns to 24/7

3 years ago - st pats, snake son a plane, 4 things poll, lighter elements

4 years ago - Irish stuff, work, dog, hippie, writing

5 years ago - St Pats, Ordered CoH, email fixed, bro rant, work issues

6 years ago - St Pats, Purim, post #5490

7 years ago - many now-dead links, last sentence quiz, doctor, newt fetch

8 years ago - St Pats

Still getting used to the time change - I'm a sleepy bear today.

Brought Donna some Irish Potato Candy for St. Patty's Day - (Sort of like this ) - It went over well - Cinnamon sugar and coconut make a lovely combo and look like potatoes!

Love cube is at the car doctor, to check out his headlight, tires, and frame issues. Let's see if insurance likes what the mechanic has to say.

via dcist -  This looks like a fun project for history and photography buffs alike. Flickr user jasonepowell is taking old photos and finding the location at which they were shot and, as you can see, overlaying them for a whole new image. You can see the original photo he's using in the Library of Congress' Flickrstream.


1 year ago - time change, book sale, Aardvark, shamrock shake, chicken stalker, egg shopping

2 years ago - David and Gill visit, movies and feed.

3 years ago - New brain arrives, peel, crack sellin', swing on a star

4 years ago - banana man, dindin with mom, hollow men, voted, did a good deed, renewed domain until 3/11/2008

5 years ago - cool snail mail, Best commentary on "the Passion", star trek on ice, Spalding Gray found, lj spam, SOP

6 years ago - Laundry w/bro, flaming justice, birds with arms, hulk dance

7 years ago - Who are you quiz, seven wonders, breakfast for dinner, Bfast poll

8 years ago - declaration of love, celeb pet names, payday, tmbg, yeti-scotto

I really like the Prince George's Plaza Metro station, even if it is in a fairly rough neck of the woods.



The whole place is just a neat design... lots of concrete, textures and angles hidden everywhere. I have half a mind to design a Counterstrike level for it. (Like I have that kind of time - Too many other things occupying my life to spend 30 hours building a level that will never get any play.

A pity it wasn't one of the locations used in Fallout 3.

After work today, it was off to get our overdue weekly luxury of soda pop and two $1 scratch off tickets - results were the standard "we didn't win anything, let's drown our sorrows in a diet cherry dr pepper"

So.. What did I give up for lent? Just a bit of sloth, I think. I'm going to shoot for more vigorous walkies and getting back on my regular exercise regimen.

BHK made some tasty noodles w/ peas, broccoli and "meatballs" in a cream sauce. Good hearty stuff - Enough to take some with me to work tomorrow for lunch!

1 year ago - lots of asian elements, Prisoner Inn, steam games, chinese and tuscan sweatshops make prada, recently eaten silly named food, cat lovers and haters through history

2 years ago - we build a snowman (with pics), birds, lots of snow, king kong, pasta

3 years ago - sad endings for sea cows, compusa fruitful, movie server, out with danny, newtcam action pics, tortoise herd

4 years ago - ten things meme, cute newt pic, liberated games

5 years ago - Bro drama, free music

6 years ago - fates, evil idea, doc trip, sorghum

7 years ago - mail, fonts, Celtic Religion - Knowledge base

8 years ago - Haiku, thoughts, flatus, dream fragment

Hooray for Having the Day off! Thanks, Presidents!

Slept in for a bit, but not too long. Up at about 9am and then we frittered around until about 1 - played more indiana jones lego, and hung out. We decided to hit the 4pm showing of Coraline in 3-D - but before we left, Larry swung by - he needed me to reset the password on an old laptop he had. Found a great utility to do that - boot from CD, run a little line of code, and presto- reset. I'm keeping the CD in my library in case I'll need it again - I have little doubt that it's a one-shot item, given the number of computer users in my life.

Anyhow, we went to Annapolis to catch Coroline [corrected form Caraline!]- it was a great movie, very immersive, and the story was nicely spooky, but kid-ish. I wouldn't have trouble taking my neice and nephew to go see it - they're 11 and 6. BHK and I noshed on a big tub of corn and diet-soda, so we weren't too hungry for dinner after the flick. We headed home, waved to the ATW man (skiing at the moment) and got comfy on the couch.

A couple of last-minute chores to do - folding laundry and such, and we watched the season finale of Dr. Who... not bad. I liked seeing the army of companions / spinoff folks all working together.

Dinner was tasty remainder of the matzo ball Soup and pair of quorn patties with munster cheese for dinner. After the Who, we caught up with an episode or two of Ugly Betty.

It's a "school night", so off to bed early for me! until later, dear journal.


1 year ago - grab a bagel and go, Baltimore Trip to B&O museum w/inlaws - pic link, lolcats bible, annapolis

2 years ago - Amy visit, mac & cheese, fluxx and movie

3 years ago - eye close poll, work bail, boosh, canal discovery, compusa check?, gg

4 years ago - Jill Gone, BK & GO, JLU, Newt's treat, mel-fade begins

5 years ago - Scotto on the enchanted path, bigfoot conference, Florida photos, Newt on his back

6 years ago - mickey gas mask, donkey kong jr, google bought blogger, mere-vallie, Scotto shop-palm, palm pic of the SG building, odd news

7 years ago - bloody mary mythos, feel poll, newt ill, rainy day, movie poll, fu-style, alphebetica cyberia

8 years ago - Haiku arena, weird al's wishlist