scottobear: (Default)
I’ve been cheating quite a bit – I prefer to post verbal over visual content. I’ll admit that I like to see pictures of Christmas, family and the kitties as much as the next guy, but to me, a photograph with just a small caption is strangely silent, especially coming from me.

What have I been up to lately, dear journal? Let’s see.

On Wednesday, I went to a job fair in Northern Virginia… I’m thankful that my background allows me to qualify for a good clearance ranking. DC area seems to prefer folks with an ability to do so.

Yesterday, BHK, Chris and I went to the Mexico restaurant for supper – aside from that, I went to physical therapy and rested in bed with the boys. Tonight we’re scheduled to visit the Manspergers for some baked Ziti and good conversation – Sean has been very helpful, in helping me to seek out opportunities in this region.

I’m looking forward to a snowy day tomorrow. Supposed to be 12-20 inches in my neck of the woods!

Amy is coming to visit from the 26th to the 30th! Right on!

I’m digging the new statistics page for livejournal. Makes it easier to track hits than by hiding little sensors in each post, certainly. The “my guests” feature is especially engrossing – I never know so many flyby’s happened to old entries!

I’m glad the tv show lost is in it’s final season. I don’t hate the show… but I am tired of the hype. I watched the first season or so, and then stopped, when it occurred to me that they’d keep making shows as long as advertisers would pay to keep ‘em on the air, and not because there’s a solid plot going from beginning to end. I feel the same about Heroes, sadly.  If there had been something more engaging than “what is the answer” and one I’d never get, I’d probably dig both of those shows.

Also, I think Blade should’ve been in Twilight, not Buffy.

New Years, I’m planning on doing the Polar bear plunge, unless my health isn’t into it. Current holiday loot breakdown – all of it wonderful!
  • Mom and Wilton – Oranges, Honey and assorted grove goodness from Florida.
  • Ish & company –  a tin of yummy cookies, a picture of Newt drawn by Li’l bit, two wonderful tree ornaments – one says “we <3 u infinity”, and a pair of sea stars in beach gear and a great hand-done card, complete with glitter!
  • Karen (Kev’s sis)– super friends Cartoon DVD (via Amazon… BHK and I didn’t recognize her married name, so it took me a sec to figure out who it was!)
  • Cathy and Dave – Cookies! and three wrapped gifts to put under the tree!
Just a reminder to folks on Steam or Windows live gaming – I’m user Scottobear there (and just about everywhere else, too) – If you want to friend me there, please do! I’d love to do a little left 4 dead or borderlands with a pal. My official new year’s resolution for 2010 – do the yearly countdown daily again, if possible.
 
1 year ago – Dexter season 1, gifts from Kev, and the folks in Florida, tired but getting better,
2 years ago - started my minicity - (still doing ok, though neglected), icy footing, f'ing programming, tell me meme, my snazzy new custom sneakers
3 years ago - Dinner with C&D, Big Brain, Xmas card, silly holiday lj toys
4 years ago - Xmas card, condo Xmas party, calm a llama down
5 years ago - salty seas, Christmas toy, year in review, Celebrex, anime fans, con folk
6 years ago - trade invites for play $$, dreams
7 years ago - How to attain old age, got my epidural
8 years ago - Crime & Punishment, heterodox, evil news, HP question, pooter poop, bagpipe, egoboo, giant bee
9 years ago - met Tarpo (I still have the holiday mix cd) and Isis, LJ sea Chantey, AOK-ing, Christmas BluesGeotarget
10 years ago – heat miser / snow miser song.
scottobear: (Default)
Slept in to about 11:30 this morning… good grief! Rainy day is good for snoozles.
LightingMore Rain and gloomy skies makes things lovely outside, at least to my eyes. Umbrella
Random awesome sign -
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Spent the evening at the Nailles, more Jungle Speed!
1 year ago – Friday night date night, JJ Abrams losing streak with me and BHK, google’s life photos, misc thoughts, half-life for less than a buck

2 years ago - bro out of jail and in seemingly good condition, date night with BHK, movie reviews / possibilities,
3 years ago - pirate scotto pic
4 years ago - red lobster, class struggle, black friday, chubby checker

Pictures - 7942 posts!

5 years ago - pirates, giraffes, incredibles, bro
6 years ago - Marvel Family, Countdown meme, garden pictures
7 years ago - Free audio books, hubcap monsters, discover empanadas nearby, GIMP
8 years ago - cloture, pocketlj, single card tarot spreads, meeting lj folks confirmed
9 years ago - air cools, Young Frankenstein poetry, sleepyhead, country bear jamboree
10 years ago - very basic Newt statsGeotarget

scottobear: (scotto - beardless)

This morning, We all made a dunkin’ donuts run and then saw Adam off to school. Got more than our share of “DD car / firdge magnets” – I may do some crafts with them later.

Adjusted Newtcam for a bigger pic – 640 x 480 now, rather than half that. . Just looked at the cam- I’m reflected in the window.

newtcam-pointing

Interview for a system administrator gig tomorrow – If it goes well, I’ll get some good clearance as well as a good job. We’ll see. In any event, since it’s a government gig I shaved off the beard and ‘stache.

Stormy Cloud A little bit rainy today… best time to do my work research.

1 year ago – newtcam pyecam pix

2 years ago – office bird/window washer, ring o rama, knight rider xmas, dentist

3 years ago - Visiting Weez & Boop @ Sanibel
Pictures - Sanibel Island

4 years ago - grammy hospice, moving, ts gamma
Pictures - Storm Path

5 years ago - time goes, visitors, beard, music, walkies thoughts, gd on archive, weekend check-'em-outs

6 years ago - memes, rubber monsters, super heroes, pestered by CS, whistles, newtcam by skylight, mild MD drama

7 years ago - Haiku, Robert Culp, projects, bro lies to me

8 years ago - walking, TG pressures, Astley and his grey market goods, abc meme, morning move poll, misc news

9 years ago - gloating, monkey brains, Alton brown Geotarget

10 years ago - Newt breaks 2 lbsGeotarget

scottobear: (scotto - fedora)
Adam, BHK & Jungle Speed – played about 10 games, Adam pretty much dominated. I want to play it as an actual card game, now, though I like the jungle animal animations.



Test #1 – picture – Scotto as mr potato head
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Testing pic links to flickr via windows live writer -
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1 year ago – snowing – with pic5tr
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2 years ago – lucky and unlucky stones, pye on a leash, hot peppers, newt and pye on video, autumn pix, honesty is, underbay bikes

3 years ago - frigate bird, fishing trip
pictures taken - fishing trip

4 years ago - prep to move in, newtie, tortie
pictures - hurricane pate
5 years ago - doodles, first penny, sodium party, fussy danny, BCfair, harry lampert RIP, journal fine, diana a celebration


6 years ago - Coffee, ghost towns, Grunt, growl & Tear, local cams, Zombie survival guide, Lego source, fun linkies, city stats, frankie wheedling, thai smiles


7 years ago - got a spine sucker after getting an epi, Freemasons, fezzes, slogans, first clues to undoing w/bro


8 years ago - meteors, taliban, mrblowup, broward county fair, Martian Manhunter Rehashed, sv tarot


9 years ago - Limb lopping, wonka, new ljstuff, hunter thompson, aok Geotarget

scottobear: (spaghetti cat)


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Saw Chris Naille on TV yesterday morning - forgot to mention what a great job he does on the weather. I wouldn't mind seeing him go full-time on either 7 or 8 !
scottobear: (danny gaming)
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.


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

Godspeed, Captain Chaos
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.

IceMonster1


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Freeware Eurorails game Thanks, Rock, paper, shotgun!

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


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 sweaterGeotarget
scottobear: (add insult to injury)
Rough day, got walkies in - saw a wet puffball kitty, and cross-eyed orange under an awning. 

Dinner with the in-laws - they brought over creamy peas and ziti, plus lettuce wedges and chocolate silk pie!

Picture - clicks embiggen.

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1 year ago - napkin hangman, bhk pic, got pyecam at a yard sale, many games, Oshi, (Did I ever send Ray & Kat the Larry the Zombie for Fluxx??), mid-air dolphin collision, naked gardening.

2 years ago - Bro arrested, 40 lb cat, freecol

3 years ago - lj bumps, free legal streaming shows, mail form ilene and bubbles, superman returns, ad-free lyrics, wooden pc case mods,

4 years ago - no goat butter, hotmail down, mongolian deathworm, mzk pimps maressa, music quiz, snl conspiracy theory rock, orlando hooker mugshots, religio-quiz, Kamandi song

5 years ago - teacher appreciation week, rockfish, locals, time travel, discworld 15, Rainy day, clues, silly photos

6 years ago - words, artificial hippocampus, scavenger hunt, stupid cheese, word ties

7 years ago - entry loss, how newtie was adopted, bus and such

8 years ago - diastema, baba yaga, lamprey eel brain in a robot, clue-by-four, pococurante, deadly sin pollGeotarget
scottobear: (family)
Cookout on the porch with in-laws - burgers on the grill, baked potato, Brussels sprouts, lemon meringue pie

Very nice night - warm, a few lightning bugs are making appearances already.

Getting a wee bit tired of all the hype that twitter is getting. (Mine is usually just a link relocator or an automated alert mechanism for larger journal posts)

Lilacs are booming and are fragrant.

UPS battery needs to be replaced on the main computer.

Jonah Hex movie info.

Sex Attacks based on Bat Demon.

Men in parts of Tanzania's main city, Dar es Salaam, are living in fear of a night-time sex attacker.

A BBC correspondent says the attacks are being blamed by some on a demon called "Popo Bawa" meaning winged bat.

Some men are staying awake or sleeping in groups outside their homes. Others are smearing themselves with pig's oil, believing this repels attacks.

Reports of the demon's existence have been common for many years in Zanzibar, where locals claim it originated.

The BBC's John Ngahyoma in Dar es Salaam says not many people actually believe that the demon exists and there have been no sightings.

But Mbaruku Ibrahim, who hails from Zanzibar, says the story of the demon is common there and people in his village on Pemba island sleep beside a huge fire outside their houses whenever it is said to appear.

The story goes that the bat is able to transform itself into a man at night and it has also been blamed for rapes of women.

Sheikh Yahya Hussein, a prominent astrologer in Tanzania, claims that the demon is a spirit that is unleashed by witches to torment their opponents.

Belief in witchcraft and superstitions is widespread in Tanzania, especially in rural areas. 


1 year ago - lego robot monkey, puzzles, cabbage soup, wind up robots

2 years ago - calvert coworkers, 6 months thoughts, palm doodles, mr mind, pollen

3 years ago - world history, folkvine, pocket charger, jw cordon 

4 years ago - Egyptian origins, clown confession, big brown bear, trix returns to simplicity, hugs, fleet week, chitchat w myid8myego, kind entry, country bears movie, human gene in rice, funeral dance, FL gun law self defense, energy crisis, Cheney & Abadullah

5 years ago - Godchecker's Mythology Encyclopedia, Andy Griffith factoid, CS out, Cute Newt Pic

6 years ago - seafood fest, gift exchange

7 years ago - Foomy goes poof, nifty human tricks, Quick little story, full moon thoughts, Prof. Eben Norton Horsford. 

8 years ago - bricolage, misc news, email tags, lj burp, uck, how to catch a polar bear, prezziesGeotargetVisitor Map
scottobear: (1 - time goes by)
Rainy day this morning - took the raincoat rather than the overcoat. Slipped a bit in the mud at the station - kept balance, but my shoes and my back are paying the price.

Saw the "Truth Truck " at L'enfant Plaza (note - link can be easily considered offensive)

Reading the first book from the Nightside series BHK found for me off of bookmooch - . Fantasy Noir stuff... first 30 pages are entertaining so far. I got the fourth book at a B.I.G. booksale about a year ago, and hadn't opened it yet.

Need to play munchkin, or one of our other games - nice to have a no tv night.

Feeling pretty sore - hitting the sack early. g'nite, dear journal.

1 year ago - drop.io (gimme something!), creaky, taxes, body/health issues, NPPR cookie monster interview, IE7 only sites bleah, writers block quiz answer

2 years ago - Pictures of Llamas!, Slugs, video game goodies for BHK and me, booksale, BHK invades my journal caveman-style

3 years ago - hanging out at murphy's, dan plans, music sharing, quizzes, good friday, commander usa

4 years ago - work, club visit, poorhouse, Tomi visit, mai kai tiki torch night, figa, aliases, admiration meme (999 entries ago)

5 years ago - memory sparks, adp issues with new hire

6 years ago - jkg, stikfas, pictures

7 years ago - library cats, vending machine art, The Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures, Signs, & Body Language Cues, plants, middle earth poll, poop

8 years ago - touch of evil, dsl, love, spermGeotarget
scottobear: (bhk and scotto sleepy day)
Yikes, it's the Ides of March! Sorry, Ceasar! Reminds me that it's Dave's Birthday yesterday.. I wonder how old he is now?

Sleepy day today - no walkies,too rainy. did some chores and took a midday nap upstairs. Lunch was pretzels and TV - last of alien in america - I'm kind of glad to see it go out on top, rather than fizzling.

We meandered downstairs, did some more chores, and then watched the pilot for  Castle (has potential, but suffered from "pilot-itis) and caught up with Ugly Betty and House.

Note - Dutch from the Shield Showing up all over the place - Burn notice, CSI and House, most recently - And this guy who was on House, CSI, and Psych all in the same week. (The in-laws do the CSI thing) - They must have good managers!

Supper was what we meant to have yesterday - spaghetti and meatballs - pasta was good, but the sauce was just ok - not worth $6... can get better or at least similar for less than half that at safeway.

We didn't leave the house all day... rather a blessing.

1 year ago - went to St. Michael's, flea market, Tanuki's, stikfas, wind-up toys, In Bruges, frou-frou mason pic, 1800 year old skull, eats

2 years ago - my chicken stalker pic, david and gil visit pics, shamrock shake

3 years ago - papa johns meat, almost a dinner party, mp3 zappa, 2nd life pics, irish quiz, grandparents quiz

4 years ago - free flow, dreams and fragments, night stalker, zombie test, batman newtimes, pete & pete, cadavers away!, wedgie, autodialer, magnetphrases, beheading, I used to believe..., adp off call, mootpoint praise

5 years ago - strip mall of sin pics, doug made it to Seattle

6 years ago - French toast origin... not invented by "Mr. French", bus piccies, name game, movies with Dan, pelican poem

7 years ago - grand conversation, love quiz, a good Friday five, odd news, miss Cleo born in LA, of American parents, crossword stuff

8 years ago - first hint of the scooby movie, good vs bad stuff about the day, gnomes on snailbackGeotarget
scottobear: (monkey xray -(monkey inside-palm))
HAPPY 9TH BIRTHDAY, Li'L BIT!

It freaks me out a little that I've been keeping a journal here since before she was a year old.

Fat flakes of Snow today! Turned to rain later on, but at least I got a little touch of white all over the landscape for an hour or so.

A World Without Chocolate? Without Conservation Efforts, Cacao Could One Day Be in Short Supply


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Newt gets around for a sleepyhead.

Veggie-style frito pie for dinner tonight! Played scratch -offs - we got two $1 tickets, won a $1.

1 year ago - Li'l Bit 8, reading harry dresden, shots, lemongrass, best buy, xmas lights down, resting

2 years ago - tracks in the snow pic, ghost rider, synchronicity with GP and Kat.

3 years ago - compusa saga continues, C&C generals, Li'l Bit 6!, song meme, newtcam up,

4 years ago - Lil Bit #5!, basketball w/danny, netflix du jour, loonatics 2.0

5 years ago - There 2.0, stress

6 years ago - expected last day at FMM, web-subscribers, barbie sex, Nordis hoses me.

7 years ago - Newt wakies, proxo, palm entry, haiku/ D&D class alignment

8 years ago - SOP, Territorial, haiku combatGeotarget
scottobear: (cave painting)
Got up, ready to head out for morning constitutional.

Stopped walkies, due to bad back

Stretched while BHK worked on the computer - watched Batman B&B. (Atom & Aquaman / Chemo & Brain ep)

Comfy stretch so went on walkabout - Back much better.

Watched a bald eagle circle overhead for about 15 minutes

amazing weather! like spring!

Burning house from fri night - has a fresh fire in chimney

Installed the new router - named mr meaty (bending hurts back some more)

Last of the outside christmas lights are taken off of the house - (they haven't been lit since the first week in jan)

I grill hot dogs for in-laws and bhk - good baked beans courtesy of Chris

1 year ago - Jane Austen Book club, bushed, yahoo live (now gone), mogulus, veodia, pvk2, Zombie Cyborg Bugs!, WiFi attractive nuisance

2 years ago - picnic in the loft, local interests, interview meme, rpg class quiz

3 years ago - 1-year breakup, newt monkey, flavor crave poll, haiku, 3-d painted rooms, pigs in space, phone-post fog walking, guilt meme

4 years ago - jb gives me filth for my birthday, cable out, bad juju, taco ninja viagp, superman jerk, river walkabout pics, Mel and I are done.

5 years ago - Residence / Faire / 'Zilla / Shapes , Memory Fragment, Z-squad, Money

6 years ago - playing with palm-modem, dream of hot applesauce vendor & snuggling up at a basketball game.

7 years ago - bro hit on his bike by a cop, bibles in hotels, walkies, FMM lost use of the Net during working hours, Talk about Chupa / small hands,tiffany in playboy.

8 years ago - 100 monkeys debunked, FMM sold Tampa, fending off the end of a flu (history repeats itself, I guess!), Suzy's crappy computerGeotarget

9605 - 2/4

Feb. 4th, 2009 10:40 pm
scottobear: (ape and kitty)
Back to work! Light dusting of big fat flakes of powdery snow which was pretty in the morning, but melted away before noon came.

Larry and Chris came over for dinner of potluck leftovers - and made fresh hot dogs. Well, it was nice having them over, in any event!

BHK is worried about neighborhood kitty - she's already named it Priscilla. I think Pris will be ok - she's very healthy and clean... If we keep seeing her, we'll make her a little bed and give her some food.

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"Google is adding the option to Google Maps to track your position based on your cell phone's proximity to towers, or internal gps.. Think 'locator beacon.' Paraphrased: This would be good for people wanting to let their friends know where they are or for parents wanting to know where their children are at all times."

I'm scottobear@gmail.com there if you want to add me and try to track where I'm going. :)
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Men's Health has a listing of the 20 worst foods of 2009, all of which fit the description of "calorie bombs". For instance, the worst "healthy" sandwich is the Blimpie Veggie Supreme, which contains 1100 calories, and 33 grams of saturated fat. The worst food is a shake from Baskin Robbins that has 2600 calories.
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1 year ago - coughing, eggplant lasagna, black diamond question, blue crab harvest worst

2 years ago - planning the garden w/pix, DRYER FIRE, pomonkey, updated bio, newt and pye touching in the loft pix (this is still one of my faves )

3 years 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,

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

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

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

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

8 years ago - Snorks vs. Smurfs, recovering from sickies, lovey-loves, butch or femmeGeotarget
scottobear: (40 years old. 40 cakes.)

Phil's official forecast as read February 2nd, 2009 at sunrise at Gobbler's Knob:

Hear Ye Hear Ye

On Gobbler's Knob this glorious Groundhog Day, February 2nd, 2009

Punxsutawney Phil, Seer of Seers, Prognosticator of all Prognosticators

Awoke to the call of President Bill Cooper

And greeted his handlers, Ben Hughes and John Griffiths

After casting a joyful eye towards thousands of his faithful followers,

Phil proclaimed that his beloved Pittsburgh Steelers were World Champions one more time

And a bright sky above me

Showed my shadow beside me.

So 6 more weeks of winter it will be.
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Also, Happy 40th Birthday to me!
scottobear: (1 - time goes by)
Taken on Walkabout with BHK - beautiful day - it's like spring outside. I hear snow is coming for my birthday, though.
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I slept late - gut was bugging me well into the night. We did our "morning walk" at about 1pm. Spent much of the day taking it easy, reading.


1 year ago - ejector seat chair, stone pillows, international race and gender political thoughts, waxy monkey frogs, rain, M$ to buy Y!, nose buttering,

2 years ago - party planning, haircut, TV

3 years ago - The Matador, rock the casbah, bday card, fp with kev, Superman, Batman, Jesus-man and the problem of the corpse on Hollywood Blvd.

4 years ago - no new drama, eryx b'day giftie, sick day, tea-orisinal, nifty mashups, musical mel, movie meme, oddest book titles, be a prostitute or lose your benefits

5 years ago - word association poll, top 100 movies, Trapping Jehovah's Witnesses in forcefields, Division of Forestry, Farewell KB!

6 years ago - Happy New Year!, palm-cam pics, e-texts

7 years ago - moon/Menstruation connection(or not), dreamy-dreams, elephant talk, pictures, including Newt in a box. Man lives in an airport for 11 years, cousin stuff

8 years ago - Got Birthday arranged to be off, dreams of ancient rome, schedule, shrunken head apples, my first b-day cardGeotarget
scottobear: (pyewacket shenanigans doodle)
Snow! The neighborhood, Pye playing, and Pye & Newt watching from inside on cam. Pye just loves the snow, but it confuses poor Newt. Clicks embiggen.

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A wave of low pressure will continue to bring snow and sleet to the area today. A brief lull in the precipitation is expected this afternoon... before a second  stronger low pressure wave will bring a wintry mix of precipitation tonight and Wednesday. Precipitation will be mainly in the form of snow and sleet this evening... but a change over to freezing rain and rain is expected overnight as warmer air is drawn into the system. Temperatures will remain in the lower 30s Wednesday  allowing for the rain to freeze on some surfaces.

Total snow and sleet accumulations through Tuesday night will be 2 to 4 inches and total ice accumulations for Tuesday night through Wednesday morning will be one to two tenths of an inch.

Didn't get together with Todd today - the weather was too bad to drive to meet him. We made it home ok - all of the soft poweder of the morning had a layer of slick ice over the top of it. I'm glad that we managed to see him yesterday! It sounds like he had a good time checking out the monuments - I'm sure that they were extra nifty-looking with the layers of snow everywhere.

Had Pigs in Blankets for dinner, with string beans on the side. pretty nummy!

Watched some Psych (Sort of lackluster episode about firemen/arsonists) and part of The Beast before hitting the sack - until later, dear journal!


1 year ago - recharging, watching tv, finished first harry dresden, rat levels CS, pencil brushes for photoshop

2 years ago - new commode, marine museum on solomon's pix, fresnel, tinkle pig in the love cube, danny gets a hula girl

3 years ago - Celebrated Vicki's last day, spectral analysis, history lesson, book meme, on call

4 years ago - rte 55 pic, newt and scotto wake up, song title meme, post secret

5 years ago - baby dragon, cheesecake trip, QM2, fever doodles

6 years ago - bebop cola poll, boney church, sql slammer, evil ideas

7 years ago - week plans, bob ross posse, freaky gator-in-a-dress, mr mole, biography tax loophole?

8 years ago - journal look update, evil news, hotel california Geotarget
scottobear: (out-of-whack)
Back to work today - Still plenty sick, but I need to get things taken care of, and I'm not dying or anything.

Snow falling as I hopped aboard the train - and it stuck to the ground, crunching underfoot as I walked the last bit from the bus to the office door. It stuck until about midday. It's about 14 degrees tonight, got up to 32 with the sun out.

Confirmation on Feb 2 off - looks like I'm going to see Punxy Phil after all! Also got the 19th off, so nice long weekend - 20th is off for all in dc - inauguration traffic nightmare averted!

Christmas Tree is outside, drying by the fire pit. I suspect we'll use it to heat the ring, or cover it in suet and feed the little birdies. We still have fairy lights on the gutter of the house, but they are unlit - probably will come down this weekend.

BHK and I have been listening to old Time radio on XM - She seemed to really enjoy Lucy Ball in "my favorite Husband" on the ride home.

Picked up $4 worth of scratch offs of our weekly gambling habit - won $6! a $2 profit quickly absorbed by her craving for slim jims.

1 year ago - ides of January, snow, sublimation, veggie meatloaf yum!, 1970's tv detectives, chimp declared a person, psych

2 years ago - moved into the brown house

3 years ago - nudge (I like it now), my latest superpower, electrocution dream, soloing, caribs, pandas make more sense, stardust probe returns,

4 years ago - Jambi back after the great LJ crash of '05, William Schmidt's art, film feminism, chemical weapons, mag knight w/Danny, DVDA

5 years ago - DVD cereal, Mars, cluck cluck cluck

6 years ago - smokies, palm sync, empenadas, Malawi Vampires

7 years ago - nice walk, moody, gave sappho a lj code, midnight pooper, newt patrols

8 years ago - pictures of me with [personal profile] tarpo at No-nose maldanado's, company on the rocks, ramble on humanity, temptation island, super-soldiers, link to 100 Scotto-things Geotarget
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Regular day in ol' Scottoville, dear journal.

Icy, cold rain all day - bhk and I came home, and she had some tasty quiche for us to munch for dinner.

We both chatted a bit with Angie Goff last night via mogulus - I'm not sure if it's what I want ot use to strema newtcam, but it is a good little website, once you work out the kinks. Also so Kim Martucci on video as well - it was fun chatting with both of 'em!

It occurs to me that I haven't yet mentioned my Christmas loot. here is a brief list, likely in need of more detail later.

Here are some of the goodies I got this year, in no particular order, just off the top of my head:

  • Some wonderful coupons - BHK's undying love, homemade fudge and dinner of my choice!
  • Battery charger - runs on usb or wall plug
  • book on playing the bass guitar
  • bananagrams game - I love the bag and the pieces - can't wait to play
  • scrabble poker game
  • a bubble-balance (on a keyring)
  • a snakehead fish plushie (in orange and green)
  • Several books - Some Steven Fry, The Twelve, a book of goofy letters sent to companies, National Musueum, assorted super-hero, and other keen tomes
  • a shoeshine sponge
  • Wings of War - Balloon-Busting Biplane combat game from Danny
  • $200 coupon good for cash transfer into the bank
  • A boatload of candy, cookies and such! Including homemade haystacks from BHK - crunchies, butterscotch and peanut held together with chocolate. yum!
  • Baked goods of many varieties
  • a tea towel
  • Oranges & assorted citrus (also a chocolate orange)
  • A lovely blue striped sweater, that actually fits
  • 2 new train cars for my engine - a flat freight and a yellow grain container
  • A miniature Stonehenge kit (will look good by the train)
  • a laser-pointer/flashlight gizmo
  • best of the Thunderbirds on dvd (the puppet tv show, not the rock band)
  • a tissue box cover made of scrapbook paisley and clip art frogs
  • a martha stewart pie cutter/server

Did I forget anything? Sure I did... but I'll mention them as they pop up either in use or conversation.


1 year ago - cracked tooth, sick to work, atw man, quepapa (tater-tot) clog at pizza-hut, bhk finger-pinch, hl2 and psych

2 years ago - laundry with newt pics, bros grimm, dream away, major spam hits in anony comments due to the word "panty"

3 years ago - RS suspicious, fdle meeting, sleepy, cheap electric, laser pointer in fog, fabiform, windows update, yahoo ads

4 years ago - pics of Danny and I playing pirates at twistyland, sickly mel, hippo and tortoise are pals, how infectious are dead bodies

5 years ago - Goodies, bad phone, long meeting

6 years ago - waiting for doc, HMOs suck, Autopsy, memories

7 years ago - freesco, horked my arm, make smudges, culture bound syndromes, stinky, live in the present, salt sticks

8 years ago - vagg, movies, napster Geotarget
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Still pretty darned psyched about going to see Punxatawney Phil on my B'day. I am concerned a bit about the weather, though. Last year, it was 27 degrees, not horrid, but pretty dang cold.

It's been snowing there all this week, and it's only going to get chillier!

We should stock up the love cube with some hot cocoa, cider, and plenty of blankets, too. Oh, and plenty of Polka Music for the 5 hour drive. :)

Using one word for each letter of the alphabet, make a list of the words you most associate with yourself or that you feel best describe you.

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Best? I'll just go with first that comes to mind. Maybe I'll come back and fill in more detail - maybe not.

Allison - my love.
Barefoot
Creaky - Back, hip, jaw... a little work around the joints would be nice.
Determined - not much of a quitter here.
Eyesight - one of my better physical traits, at least as far as viewing the surface of things. No x-ray vision, sadly.
Food - When food is prepared to my liking, I get a sense of comfort. BHK is an amazing cook. MD has far better food than FL, too.
Goofy
Helpful
Intelligent
Journal-y
Kind
Large. (I'm fairly close to Bluto's not as mean Twin - tall and overweight both)
Monkeys!
Newton
Orcs
Pyewacket
Queries (both SQL, and everyday life)
Reading
Sleepy 
Telephone-hater
Ubuntu
Vegetarian - (Not too severe - I'll do eggs/diary, and the occasional sea creature with more than 4 legs)
Wombat
Xorn. Why? Because I have a soft spot in my heart for tripod creatures... the mouth-on-top eating precious metals and gems is a bonus. What was I going to say? X-ray? Xylophone? I nearly went with XXXL, but I figure it's covered at L.
Yeti
Zombies (though they are getting a trifle passe')



1 year ago - discombobulated, capsule tv reviews, tigger love

2 years ago - newt and pye pix, saw night at the museum

3 years ago - 2 week delay on big brain, skipper chuck, cool for Florida, movie meme

4 years ago - Bonded bro, lj 6a, comment spam from south of the border

5 years ago - enjoying 2-monitors, PT working

6 years ago - bad day, the ice cube defense, SOP, sexual predator data

7 years ago - Telefutura, game show network, newt shenanigans, my first recorded post on the Usenet, meemee deleted, wonka

8 years ago - Pix quit, Victorian love, spongebob, angry beavers, sweetalyssm's art, Chinese zodiac, Cold Mountain (Everyone I've talked to about it has loved the book, but hated the ending.), peanut butter and nanner sammiches, mother gooseGeotarget


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Back to Work! Didn't kill the beard for now, but it's still pretty close to the face. Not quite the "wild man from borneo"

I think I bit my lip while sleeping the other night - probably the ear thing again. Pain is mostly gone now, just a little irritant here and again.

Looks like snow outside - very gray day.

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My jaw still looks a little out of whack and swollen... but it's a lot better than before.

After work, BHK and I had Chinese food with In-laws, and discussed birthday plans for me - BHK has an idea for us to go to Puxatawney, PA for Groundhog's day -

a few links for me to peruse before the trip - http://www.punxsutawney.com/calendar/ and http://www.groundhog.org

It'll be the 123rd anniversary of the event - and my first time there, though I've wanted to go for some time.

Item of note - Phil's Birthday Celebration, Punxsutawney Community Center, Peterson Room, Come and celebrate your February 2nd birthday Phil's way. Cake and punch served. Free gift with proof of birth date.

Zonking out early .. poor BHK has had too much holiday excitement, I tihnk!

G'nite, dear journal.

1 year ago - political views quiz, armored polar bears and zeppelins disappoint, babysitting tigger

2 years ago - visiting the "News" in VA, BCK on ape equality


3 years ago - National Bird Day, Religio-founder quiz, Mr. Potato Head, open camera streams, I helped to recover Tabitha lively, newt picture with my feet,

4 years ago - 12th night, Mel stuff, job hunting helps, 6 apart/lj rumor, lj optout, geek meme, Eisner dies, latest memo, tried tracking LSW.

5 years ago - 4 gamers best, gaming memories Mars Exploration, I'm an Earth Monkey

6 years ago - Internet born, origami cameras, ouch!

7 years ago - SOP, insomniac theme, My Lady by J. G. Whittier, tech trouble, newt in nightshirt, stupidfly abuse, dead image and flash links, deleted journals actually get deleted

8 years ago - vagg (dead link), internal server error (not much)Geotarget

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