Scotto's Wall Scrawls

Netforum 2006/01 or /02? Upgrade is looking pretty essential. That's been part of my work lately, reviewing the next build and how well it'll get into place. I just want it to be as seamless as possible... minimise any growing pains.

Being a giant guy has the side effect of being used as a mobile landmark. I've had folks tell their kids that if the get lost, look for me in a crowd. Not for me to babysit 'em, just that my head and shoulders tend to bob above other folks nearby. Also, it appears that I'm one of those "hey, I know you" types. I look both kind and trustworthy as well as looming and scary. I guess it depends on if I've shaved around the goatee and am more awake than walking dead. (In that case, folks cross the street to get away from me.) I've been in Maryland for about eight months now, and my newest gig just one. I've already been invited to a lot of picnics, parties, etc.... I don't think it'll be too long before the combination of North Beach's small-townishness and other friendlies at work spirals it back up to a broader friends base. Right now I'm still a bit of "BHK's Hubby" or "Larry's Son-in-law".

Back in the old days (when I was in high school and thereabouts) I was Mr. connected. Everyone knew me, or knew of me through someone else. I'm not sure how that happened, but I suspect it's a side effect of the landmark issue above. I seldom bothered anyone, and folks rarely gave me any guff. I'm not as connected anymore - living in a new state, new job, etc. This came up during a little message exchange with Sirenity... regarding people who get talked to or "hey do I know you"ed a lot.

Dreamt of a white panel van with the word destruction on it. - BHK and I were hunting down somebody who sold us a faulty bed. We were pretty mad.... I wonder what we were going to do once we got the guy? That has no relation to the sailboat dream where all we had to eat was trader joes snacks that had gone stale. We were trapped on a catamaran with a big bag of stale crisps and candy-coated sunflower seeds... and no clean water.

Picked up a pair of new shirts, and two new ties. I never thought I'd ever own a purple shirt I could wear to work. I *really* never thought I'd ever wear a tie to work. Who knew? I actually enjoy putting on a corporate noose every here and again, even though it's not required wear in the office. It makes me feel a bit more professional and has the sense of a "uniform" to keep me a bit more focused on my tasks.

Sting from the Macaroni Grill wasp has completely faded.. .it really didn't feel like a sting so much as a very brief electrical shock followed by swelling.

Chore Wars lets you claim experience points for household chores. By getting a few people in your house or workplace to sign up, you can assign experience point rewards to individual chores, and see how quickly each of you levels up. Experience points are tracked both as weekly high-score charts, and as ongoing character sheets - every time you rack up 200XP of chores, your character gains a “level”, and their class changes to match the type of chores that they’ve been doing. (here's my character, if you want to invite me to your party )

Random notes on my lj, and communites maintained

scottobear- 239 lj readers - Journal entries:8,920 / Comments Posted: 57,182 - Received: 57,141
menstrualhut- 2362 members - Journal entries:8,104 / Comments:Posted: 0 - Received: 42,699
fishstories- 3 members -Journal entries:36 / Posted: 0 - Received: 181
haikuarena- 106 members - Journal entries:484 Posted: 0 - Received: 1,114
coloringbook- 174 members - Journal entries:154 Posted: 251 - Received: 688 (How does the community comment, or was that pre-conversion?)
live_journalia - 10 members - Journal entries:72 Comments:Posted: 0 - Received: 168

pseudofic accounts are all long dormant. Maybe it's time to start up the fish stories account again?

1 year ago - day moving fast, stop motion video, minimum wage variances, pumpernickel, 2-word meme, a-z meme, dvd decrypter, World Party - Ship Of Fools,

2 years ago - danny, bro, top40, riverwalk autostitched, farcry, sneak peak at Pirates of the Carib2: Davy Jones

3 years ago - Pictures, Newtcam, flipper, Miami population, picasa, alligator as weapon, flash, TMBG, Franco-Prussian war, TU, amber alert/web, php rant, meat hooking, ADP uppity

4 years ago - freeflow, dream, Superman, heart in hand, bear attacks sub

5 years ago - caving dreams, piracy, anagram server, no-longer newt-time icon, irrational deodorant mixing fear, fun hidden camera show, monopoly variants, true porn clerk stories, phobias, paperback cover gallery, 100 years of jell-o ads, missing scary link pic

6 years ago - carom, evil news, fave monopoly token poll, rude awakening, OTR, impressed with flash, and feelin' romantic

7 years ago - zoe's bday and loverlips adds

Took care of bills and had a nap while BHK ran to the store for last minute provisions - guest feeding is important. I was really bushed after last week's Danny-visit, and was needing the makeup sleep.

Misc cool stuff - Earth and Jupiter as seen from Mars picture and Desktop Tower Defense game. The latter is fairly addictive.

First major foray as a handyman-hubby looks to be repainting / doing some tile in the #1 bathroom. The former owner painted over wallpaper, and the steam heat of showering has slowly started to curl and peel... not to mention get a little bit of mildew underneath... time to peel it up, put down some grout and tile that bad boy. (After our guests leave - BHK and I will probably start next weekend.)

I wonder why so many people update their journals primarily when they're annoyed - is it more cathartic to just get peeves out on paper (or on screen) than it is to write about more enjoyable pursuits? Maybe that's why so many people kill off journals periodically, too.

I'm enjoying revver more than youtube... primarily because the compression isn't as foul.

Newsoms got here without a hitch - it's always good to see 'em. The boys are planning on doing a little fishing while here, and the girls are looking forward to some non-fishing related fun.

Played some Godzilla Melee and Rampage with Bugah, who is always up for some city-stomping fun while other folks hung out. Good folks, nice times.

Tonight we had some hot dogs on the grill (giant ones BHK found, and some jumbo veggie-doggies for me), took a walk on the boardwalk and beach, picked up a bottle of wine or two and some chocolate, and returned home to play a little Hunter & Gatherers. Bugah won handily, despite saving his river-huts until near the very end. I think Carcassone H&G plays better with more than two players.

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Latest pictures from the garden. Starting to show progress on the potatoes, hot peppers, grapes, sunflowers, lettuce and so on.








Latest Newtcam Assortment... where's Pye?


Ordinary Jesus fish? I think not! note the upside-down cross! Spotted while looking for work clothes with BHK on Sunday.


Also, my dapper new hat.


Today, for your reading enjoyment, I give you Thaumaturgic Border Protection (355KB PDF), an apparent DHS presentation on the employment of witches, Wiccans, and neopagans to defend America against magickal threats both foreign and domestic. It’s an entertaining read, if you’re into such things. Link

Making a fresh toolkit for my new gig - good to get my updated software in order, etc.

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1 year ago - monkey chow diaries, food charities, tip jar, desires, quizzes, code monkey, podcasting

2 years ago - On Call, Rainy, mouse ni the house, drop foot, audio books, Santana, house info

3 years ago - full call weekend, 3-bean salad, adsense, monkey-money, exchange, canceled comics, Saw Ray Iglesias

4 years ago - D issues, sim camera, RIP TG, poem, North Korean Cannibals, rental warnings - things seen, minimizing pain, evil intersection, there -quest

5 years ago - MS Linux? Got my new office chair, fun day out with Dan, Tia's angry Email, anatomically correct teddy, what's better

6 years ago - evil news, computer problems, love boat theme, haiku,got lovely post cards, speculate on a fellow journalist's sexuality, not so evil news, body hot, breakfast cereal poll

7 years ago - Privacy, web cam ftp issues, just figuring out it's over with April

$150.96 pending in my yahoo account. I wonder how long it’ll take to arrive.

Information about zip code 20714

On Thursday, BHK and I discussed Diabetes with the shaved ice man – after a bit of discourse on how he was told to stop smoking and got fat (and therefore pre-diabetic) was a scam perpetrated by his doctor; we got tasty sugar free ices. (Well, mostly. I got sugar free black cherry with sugar-full vanilla, and BHK got sf both regular grape and cherry mixed) This is after I hit a bake sale outside of the court house, and bought the network team some peanut butter & chocolate chip cookies. Network peeps like cookies. $4 well spent.

Friday was pretty uneventful, save that it is my 7th month anniversary! Looking forward to the 7th year and seventh decade if I live that long.

Received this from Matt in the mail... too true -

There are those moments when you come to that rude awareness of your own sentience. Hey, you say. I am not a rock or a piece of PVC pipe. I am not a tree or a dust mop. I am a sentient being! I am aware of my own existence! And how utterly kick-ass that moment truly is.

You may carry this thought even further and say to yourself: what a magnificent, truly remarkable thing it is to be a living being, to even exist in the first place! How majestic the Universe and how large!

We were not owed a life, or a Universe. They just sort of happened, without our advice or consent.

And then you say: Oh, holy crap. I forgot to do the thing, and pay the bill, and call what’s-his-face. And there’s that moment of satori done with. And you better believe that the next one’ll be a long time coming, my friend.

I don't know how long the next one will be... I get little nudges here and there.


1 year ago - 2nd life upgrade, mm pickup issues, 26 letters about me a-d, wilma buiding, poo-poo ice, c-64 emu, super chicken, robot caveman

2 years ago - slack, WEP cracking in 10 min, forget me not panties, sithy meme, wiktrivia, Nosferatu download, writing assignment, how to fake fingerprints, sat maps make me think of people as ants

3 years ago - put motion detection on newtcam, last done meme, life on venus, AFMBE - Zombie Smackdown, FL Drugs, hummus

4 years ago - Memorial Day, freaky wind, There, superhero factoid, castrati, Skeletor and Gang, Chipotle, Joan Cusack crush

5 years ago - Gargoyle, menstrualhut troll, comparison poll, memory from DC (my evil twin), yeti @ home, monster's inc good

6 years ago - monad of John Dee, Morikami, Shrek good, Pearl Harbor bad, lj-death hoax, icky stuff, good stuff, o Mousewheel event, flash ponderings

7 years ago - subject lines, Hunter thinks that my first icon looks like I'm in the phantom zone, age difference, I have done all but the car on that list, 125 things about me

Welp, it's the 7th year of this thing, officially. I won't have started regularly, uninterrupted daily posts until August 2000, but there you go.

Had lunch with in-laws, so they've gotten us two meals in a row after last night's trip to mama lucias.

I was totally tired and fragged out for the first half of today - I took a desperately needed nap, and felt much better. Did some light housework (bhk did the bulk of the heavy lifting) - She's out now taking care of TM's kitties as I write this.

Heard from her cousin David - He and Gill are moving to Charlotte today. I wish 'em the best of luck, and hope to see more of them in the future - possibly over this summer? The've got to be closer than where they were in Salem.

Milk and Cheese figures are coming!

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1 year ago - 6th anniversary, clothes shopping, busy recovery week, Don't ask for directions in Baltimore

2 years ago - Star Wars, Dead Riddler, PETA kills animals, Newt @ kittenwar, neobrara, hong kong bun-snatching, sex offender sweep

3 years ago - wet week, duckling videos, lots of wander-pics, you're so vain (odd couple sing), using wifi for plausible deniability, Feast Day of St. Dunstan, Florida Black Bear

4 years ago - bro fishing, Eh.net, asteroid probe, bookhenge in There, Drunk Man Hurt After Running Into Elephant, PT, severe weather, #21 in top 40, ljer ages, compat quiz

5 years ago - no cpap, broken pic links for me to fix later, grocery,waste to energy, Mayan symbols, ginger orange tofu, hot mail copying yahoo jerkiness

6 years ago - Iron Chef, Family Guy, Lj troublesome, feeling coarse, gals system down, astley hoses me over.

7 years ago - Scottobear's LJ is Born

Nice day today... BHK and I initially wanted to make some coffee and sip it on the boardwalk in North Beach, but the wind quickly put the kibosh on that... My two caffeinated crack monkey companions soon decided that perhaps a nice drive through Deale might make for a more comfortable Sunday morning activity. (Thanks to the Love Cube's swell environmental controls and roomy tour vehicle status, no doubt.)

Peekatures from the drive (the very last is the boardwalk bay view, before we iced over)- some broken down/abandoned housing and barns, a nifty little food joint, etc. the 'Fabulous brew coffee shop" was a nice little joint to stop and get some scones and a caffeine recharge. Good (bad?) news is that they're opening another Fabulous Brew about 3 minutes away from our house. Will our tassimo survive? as always, hover for a minor description, or clicken to embiggen.



On the way to dropping Tina off, we noticed a lot of activity at the volunteer fire department. (the semi-decapitated gnome: is on Tina's neighbor's steps, as it has for a year. Each neighbor is supposed to take turns and pass the gnome off to the next person in line to mow as a bait to get him off the porch, but this neighbor would rather keep a broken lawn ornament than do his part.)

The admission to the dog show was free, but there were all sorts of opportunities to help support the local SPCA, no chains, disabled animals and adoptions... though I confess that the primary allure was wiener dog races (videos to follow once uploaded to google). Oddly, there were belly dancers, as well... but I didn't grasp the connection between them and animal assists.

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I've been enjoying Assassination Vacation Vowell's writing is good, but I don't know if I could listen to her read the whole thing in audio format. - Next on the list is Gasp

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1 year ago - rs drops to part time, spoofcard, condo issues, newtcam time lapse, spore,

2 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

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

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

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

6 years ago - CJ & Herman story 2, dangers of reading in bed, AOK2

Tigger's collar has a phone number that's disconnected. He's very affectionate, and I played with him for a while, hoping that his owner would come around looking for him. No dice, so I've put out a little bowl of food for him and am calling around to the local animal people to see if anyone knows who he is, and where he belongs.

[edit-update: Tigger's a neighborhood cat, who lives mostly out in the woods. Apparently he makes a good living visiting folks and eating food set out for him, and the occasional mouse and mole. I hate that he's an outside cat, but this region is moderately safe... I guess he'll continue to live out and about, unless someone adopts him. I'm a huge softie, and am liable to do it myself, if another family doesn't come by soon.. I don't know how Pye and Newt would deal with a third brother in the house.]

Friday in a Nutshell -

Amy Visited tonight - late and waited a long time... Tina and the folks couldn't catch up but we had yummy mac and cheese, made with basil ziti and mixed stuff (spinach and tomato) I highly recommended eating bhk's mac & cheese. it's goo-ood! After supper, we played fluxx and watched Shark Boy & Lava girl.

Good excuse to clean house. (BHK is a whirlwind of soap and suds!)

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1 year ago - eye close poll, work bail, boosh, canal discovery, compusa check?, gg

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

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

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

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

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

Yesterday, at the regional home show, there was a huge display regarding "DRYER FIRE" - it turned out to be a $1 bottle brush renamed "Dryer lint safety brush", and selling for $20.

I say, "bah, a mostly synthetic danger cooked up by lint brush salesmen... if you clean the lint trap, how can can it be?"

If I were a more superstitious fellow, I'd fear cruel irony, as we're doing laundry.

That said, I got the idea for a new item.. the smoke detector smoke detector... to detect if your other smoke detector is on fire... because you know that more than nine out of every ten smoke detector fires is started inside a smoke detector. (I wonder how many house fires have started from an electrical short in a smoke detector?)

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Pomonkey - best local Amerindian word / Town name ever. Aww.. Po'Monkey got no nanners! Possibly a place to get a gig re:security and etc, too.

Pomonkey had a dryer fire!

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Garden plan -

Tina, the In-Laws, BHK and I have a garden planned for our back yard - planting begins in March for the first crop.


It'll be in our back yard... Larry's going to bring in a few truckloads of topsoil and rototill by the end of this month... BHK and I will be working the section with broccoli, peas and parsley in March, and then continuing to pumpkin, watermelon, cantaloupe, cilantro, sunflowers, green beans and garlic at the top of may.

Other crops tended by the gang will include potato, onion, carrot, radishes, a few varieties of tomatoes, grapes, blueberries and all sorts of others. I expect it'll be a fun and educational experience... I haven't grown anything on this scale before, but we've got a master gardener, an engineer and a farm boy on our side to help keep things a-rollin'.

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Finally Added Pye and BHK to my bio page... sakes! Pokey puppy Scotto.

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Pictures for the kitties getting along in the loft.

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1 year ago - childhood goat trauma foundation, sleepless in seattle (stalker),
Wasp performs roach-brain-surgery to make zombie slave-roaches, deerfield has a different sort of fauna than ftl, rainy, quizzes,

2 years ago - smoother sailing, sleeping in airports, Bigfoot 911, weather, Trism lyric

3 years ago - 7 sins meme, hand-foot coordination, stood up for b-day dinner

4 years ago - dreams, haiku, Irish curses, random politeness factoid, more palm-cam pics, nice cards!

5 years ago - Moonflower haiku, bus rides, tulpa-folk, what do people see quiz, miss cleo got in trubbah, quiet apartments

6 years ago - Snorks vs. Smurfs, recovering from sickies, lovey-loves, butch or femme

still no dsl, but there is a little wifi hanging about. :)

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YOU'RE ON MY FRIENDS LIST, I WANNA KNOW YOU...I want to know 26 things about you. I don't care if we never talk, never liked each other, or if we already know everything about each other. You're on my list, so let me know who I am friends with.


1. Can you cook?
2. What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator?
3. What talent do you wish you had?
4. Favorite place?
5. Favorite vegetable?
6. What was the last book you read?
7. Are you Dirty or Clean?
8. Any Tattoos and/or Piercings?
9. Worst Habit?

HERE COMES THE FUN ... ... ...




1. Do we know each other outside of LJ/Myspace?
2. What's your philosophy on life?
3. Negative or Optimistic?
4. What was your dream growing up?
5. Worst thing to ever happen to you?
6. Would you give me money or a slap in the face?
7. Tell me one weird fact about you:
8. Would you have my back or kick me when I'm down?
9. Do you Trust me?
10. Have you ever kept anything from me?
11. What do you think of me as a Person?
12. Do you think I'm sane or insane?
13. Would you cry for me if I died?
14. Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
15. If you could change anything about me, would you?
16. How do you fall asleep?
17. Would you come over to yell at me or just call?
18. Would you go on a blind date if I set you up?
19. If I only had one day to live would you be honest or lie?
20. A million bucks.. what would you do with it?
21. What is your worst fear?
22. Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
23. How many times did you curse at me while filling out this thing?
24. Can you sing or dance?
25. In one word, how would you describe me? Be honest....
26. Will you repost this so I can fill it out?