scottobear | Entries tagged with games

Well, Back to life as a couple, rather than a trio- Bugah made it home safe and sound yesterday morning, We had the Nailles over last night for a little game night - mario party 8 and pizza. We went to their place today - played some Can't Stop (you can get the computer version here) Had some tasty grilled food with them tonight - dogs and burgers with corn on the cob a la BHK, and some awesome potatoes. We're going to have to recreate those once our garden gives us a few spuds.

Twisted my back a bit more yesterday, just carrying the pizza to the table... hopefully some stretching today will iron it out.

1 year ago- yahtzee @ docs, mexico, aardvark- with Sean's d&D figures, Tsuro, netflix - machine girl / sisterhood of traveling pants, newt and pye nose kiss

2 years ago - peppers from the garden, polishing off our garden's bounty, Amy and BHK Gaming, Death kitty LOLcats Apelad

3 years ago - snakes on a plane burnout, newtcam flipside, still waitin', talking with bhk, old book scans, hal jordan (green lantern) head injuries, 5x$2, gig upgrade, hoff - king of the Internet

4 years ago - M&M bday, there will come soft rains, yahoo widgets, maybe a visit from the lisas, mp bday in 18

5 years ago - Newt hates Mondays, Beaucoupkev nominates me for prez, Solar Filament, Bradbury, Math atlas, P.I.s, Obvious Movie title

6 years ago -Bambi hunt a hoax, online games, lj diversity, comic book/cartoon thoughts, including the doom song.

7 years ago - some missing pictures, wondering about my eyes, watching TV, evil news, some palm pics, Newt pics

8 years ago - senescence, thegosis, arrival as a pod, loving thoughts

9 years ago - Buds for lunch , dealing ok with winding down

Current Mood: sore
Current Location: 20714
Current Music: peter gabriel - Passion Soundrack - track 1

job fair - some possible hits there!

After, we visited twilite zone comics and then games and stuff - got micro mutants. Wargame with a tiddlywinks mechanic. looks fun!

Lunch/ Dinner at Gina's Cantina - then off to Sam's club - It turns out that my card from work got understandably canceled - semi annoying since it took a year to get the thing, but it was deactivated withing a week of departing. trouble of a yearly schedule, I suppose.

Tomorrow I do a callback for Georgetown gig? Wish me luck, dear journal!

Nokia developing phone that recharges itself without mains electricity

A new prototype charging system from the company is able to power itself on nothing more than ambient radio waves - the weak TV, radio and mobile phone signals that permanently surround us. The power harvested is small but it is almost enough to power a mobile in standby mode indefinitely without ever needing to plug it into the mains, according to Markku Rouvala, one of the researchers who developed the device at the Nokia Research Centre in Cambridge, UK.
The difference with Nokia's prototype is that instead of harvesting tiny amounts of power (a few microwatts) from dedicated transmitters, Nokia claims it is able to scavenge relatively large amounts of power -- around a thousand times as much -- from signals coming from miles away. Individually the energy available in each of these signals is miniscule. But by harvesting radio waves across a wide range of frequencies it all adds up, said Rouvala.
The trick here is to ensure that these circuits use less power than is being received, said Rouvala. So far they have been able to harvest up to 5 milliwatts. Their short-term goal is to get in excess of 20 milliwatts, enough power to keep a phone in standby mode indefinitely without having to recharge it. But this would not be enough to actually use the phone to make or receive a call, he says. So ultimately the hope is to be able to get as much as 50 milliwatts which would be sufficient to slowly recharge the battery.

1 year ago - element gets hit with a tree branch, missed artomatic, missed trolley, hive, wishes were fishes, labyrinth, sex and indiana jones, giant movie monsters

2 years ago - Bugah and Neil Arrive, summertime fun, godzilla cheats, newtcam pics, courthouse artist

3 years ago - website gig, writing, newtcam, sleestak sounds,

4 years ago - Sleepy, lj tags, couscous w/Danny, high voltage, questions

5 years ago - audio blog test, bluetooth virus, Sue Dibney Croaks, Dreams of the old gang, Bloomsday, When the zombies take over, how long until the electricity fails?

6 years ago - paranoid dream (has since come true at least once), silly RP in There, sleepy newt pic, Abbie the Cat Blog

7 years ago - Navajo Talkers, Barbie collectors, I learn about this apartment, palm doodles

8 years ago - IMT becomes FMM, paying by the word, slaver, funeral-cast.com, photo poll

9 years ago - Taco bell folding & Whitesnake

Current Mood: hopeful
Current Location: 20714

Danny sent me a solar powered robot frog, and a game - infernal contraption.

BHK is currently making some awesome-smelling supper - something involving tortilla wrappers, hot sauce, potatoes, zucchini, teriyaki sauce, and vegetarian meat called "veat"

Tomorrow - going to a job fair

1 year ago - vamps or werewolves, Father's Day, pancakes, hot dogs, pictures of graffiti, weird road name, geese in bikinis, fireworks on newtcam

2 years ago - last day of county gig, hot brain, DC living costs, hero machine sponsored, neil and bugah coming for sleepover, danny visit upcoming, iana gig on monday

3 years ago - payday, mango fest, Phoenix uncomfy, Nonja the rude ape, elvis costello green shirt, chess piece poll,

4 years ago - David Sutherland RIP, trunk turtles, Easter walkies, chimp pics, paper toys, gCensus, Mothra Song, superhero TV themes, vet mixup, menstrual superstitions, 250 questions

5 years ago - Queequeg, Lizard (a knight anole) pictures, fixed calamity's icon,Mycoprotein, Sammy doodle, sites for positive change, yahoo goes fromsix meg to 100meg (now at 1 gig vs gmail's 2+gig)

6 years ago - Father's Day, vampire game, wondering about a world free of psychoactive drugs

7 years ago - lovely long talk, South Park Scotto, Tea room, Replacement parts, star trek breast insignia

8 years ago - Predators of man, Apt seeking, Nothing sacred, sql/ado. pet quiz, pizza parlor, writing urge, Big Guy and rusty.

9 years ago - Nothing in particular

Current Mood: chipper
Current Location: 20714

Valve releases plugin to import Sketchup 3D models into Source maps - bring any object from Google's 3D Warehouse into a first-person game = I wonder how long it will take to import all of Miami into a Zombie level?

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You know, I’ve never actually really believed that death is inevitable. I just think it’s a rumor.

- David Carradine

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1 year ago - more tornado pix, mis-belief it is Friday, Milky Way missing Arms, BHK feeling ill, viva calaca!, mechanical employees only

2 years ago - bhk cooks yum stuff, Putin believes in Giant Russian war robots and Cthulhu, plastic choking the oceans, tinfoil hats prevent cancer, abduction lamp best lamp ever, pie chart meme

3 years ago - monday, random words, africa, hudson hawk, wireless router config can be tricky, agape, bumper sticker

4 years ago - Blinky arrives and is celebrated, on my path, MP pictures, google thing meme, swingset, sockamagee, Shaq, writing group slacking, SMART BOY..."Jones" CLEANS EVERYTHING BUT THE.."Baby", MI:3 rumors and Scientology powers, meetro, rainy

5 years ago - Laundry done, moribund, hungries, celeb-alikes, mindmap, google-search journal, work issue, radio.blog, pain-ray, newt-yawn pics

6 years ago - bollywood, gay days/ Disney, marketing spongebob cereal

7 years ago - Moscow Tunnel system, fumigation

8 years ago - Paterfamilias , living on bread alone / scurvy, hobos, secret Scotto factoid re:barbershops

9 years ago - nuffin, muffin

Current Mood: blah
Current Location: 20714

Never did make it to Surrat house - Instead, we watched My Name is Bruce with Sean and Duncan. Teddy Grahams, hummus and hot dogs w/ kraut for all! Jay missed out, because he was sick at home.

Today was another stay at home day - took a hard walk around the neighborhood, and some chitty-chats with William Callas and Chris.

Visited Coffee Tea and Whimsy, and got some crabber crackers, a keychain giftie for BHK and caramel sauce for all!

Chris won her first-played game of Can't Stop vs BHK and me, while Larry mowed the yard.

Later, the in-laws came back over for quiche with peas & broccoli from the garden, and we watched some ocean documntaries and ate vanilla ice cream with the aforementioned sauce... and blueberries!

Did I mention that BHK and I went to see Star Trek last Tuesday, dear journal? I seem to have skipped over it. I liked it just fine, thinking it's #3 on my list of favorite star Trek movies, after #1 (Galaxy Quest) and #2 (Wrath of Khan). BHK enjoyed it, too, probably more than I did! We may be taking William to see UP on Tuesday matinee. (Which I've been looking more forward to than Trek, actually!)

1 year ago - haircut for alan's party, blooming tea, tina & matt, epidural, robokill, RIP Bill Elder

2 years ago - mortgage, topology, newtcam2, condo issues, firefly and mosquitoes are out, linkdump

3 years ago - may ends, dr octagon, mad now unfunny in color, key west flare vigilante, fragged with bro, blood / allergy sticks, me as jeanbunny, mm flakes back

4 years ago - depth perception, bald oscars, intel drm chips, santana, nice monday, mp3 mashups (new locations here), pros and cons, Lost is Zork (even moreso with the green monitor), connections to people, fish heads, chipmunk stripes

5 years ago - Memorial day, hell in miniature, new mouse, zombie, quiet day, little house

6 years ago - comment screening, monty burns, ch-57, silly newt, matrix reloaded explanation

7 years ago - Prezzies and rain, springer, peanut butter soda, tempestmir introduces Newt to Newt. LRsetup program crashes out, sleeping Friday five

8 years ago - pervicacious, time changes, Mikey passes away, walkies, Hubris and Gnosis, heh yuh dun?, evil news

9 years ago - polytron, country music

Current Mood: sleepy
Current Location: 20714

Later today, we're heading to the Surratt House today with BHK, Jay, Sean and Duncan.

note -

http://www.surratt.org/mudd/muddcase.html
http://www.surratt.org/events/manhunt_movie.html
http://www.surratt.org/

Last night BHK and I had a lights out night - no power, just played boardgames and cards by rechargeable "candlelight" lamps.

Can't stop bhk won 1, I won one

Probe - bhk won *

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Canasta Caliente - bhk won one, I won one

Charge it! - I won one

All were fun - I recommend a family game night to anyone!

more to follow when we return, dear journal!

1 year ago - poitics test, Great Gazoo, RIP, Hard knocks life, tigger/pye smoking dream, geister and other fun online games, gimlet, alan's bday prezzie

2 years ago - hot in the courthouse, shaved ice, adam and jimmy's graduation, more lj spam, move to own domain?

3 years ago - nice time with danny, rocker meme, mm call

4 years ago - memorial day, bhk fridge magnet pic, dr who

5 years ago - spotty notepad frenzy, mood theme editor fixed, General Tao's tofu, My cam catches right before lights out, Newt-bt pic, Nose beeps, streams of thought, sleepy newt wallpaper (or why using arrow keys is hard with the boy on the desk)

6 years ago - google news, kev, easter island, barcode, got a lovely peek-in.

7 years ago - complaining about the weather, disappearing languages, palm piccies that need to be re-uploaded, smoke ring gun

8 years ago - hoi polloi, nice walk, memory stream, super chicken, ask me a question, ostriches

9 years ago - stream of thought re:Newt, Fritz & April

Current Mood: sleepy
Current Location: 20714

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our first cauliflour of the new garden blooms!

Also, Free comic book day... third since we've been married. :)

Cosmic Encounter at Aardvark - maybe we'll pick it up sometime? We got an apples to apples expansion set.

1 year ago - technology make us ruder?, 27 dresses, massive

2 years ago - freeciv / freecol, lj posts turned to audio posts, annmarie garden

3 years ago - 8333, palm diet, catagoriz, meanface, bro drama, stupid math tricks, tales to astonish

4 years ago - Cyberman cameo, all caps, bush mashup, best way to fight a vampire, Spanish frog, near-noggin hit, bus-cam pics, pulp book covers, zombie raccoon pic, geek/travel, interview meme

5 years ago - nuptials, 5/5, bad dream, vanishment poll, quizzes

6 years ago - highlander badgers, 20q, misc news stories, Newton at Rate my kitten, CJ issues

7 years ago - lovey day, PBJ time, remote rats, plant caregiving

8 years ago - misc news, sleep station with newt, TCUP

Current Location: 20714

wii games from the library -

carnival games - summer sports paradise island Cute, but not great. I'd say that carnival games is worth a quick rental from the library, but summer sports was hardly worth the loading into the wii.

We surfed the machine's wiiware collection and dropped $10 on bonsai barber - much fun and superior to both the others.

Back's doing a little bit better - but sciatica is pretty rough.

Catching up with Apache, Old issues of Giffen's Dr. Fate, and books made of paper. (focusing on history, tech, sci-fi, and silliness)

Jason Fortuny ordered to pay $74k for Craigslist sex baiting prank - (see waxy's recap)

1 year ago - personality test, earth day, emergency supply trapdoor, brown and green, Thomas Jefferson, BHK Hexxagon

2 years ago - got Steve Jacoby's website, earth day, roto-tilled garden, pye and newton on boxes, mr rogers breakdances, Steve Mancour, high school meme

3 years ago - meeting mom, newtcam, silly pic, coconut and the lizard

4 years ago - Bettie Page's bday, MJ & vaseline, bus ride pics, newt and a space monkey, air show, ramscan, banana tree herb, exoskeleton, taco bell, email kills iq more than pot

5 years ago - Eucharist toss, RI peeves me, there, vamps, CS mail-skim

6 years ago - country meme, there-crew, battle-imp

7 years ago - dreams, make out places in Ft Lauderdale, lone gunmen gone, chupa vs tia

8 years ago - ljwhores, undulant, Earth Day, international kite fest, 10 reasons sex is good for you, Peru shoots down US plane

Current Mood: sleepy
Current Location: 20714
Current Music: Bonsai Barber - BHK cutting shrubbery

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, sperm

Current Mood: sciatical
Current Location: 20714
Current Music: tears for fears, playing somewhere out there

No Franklin this morning, but his opposite number, (a skittish and dirty gray tabby with white socks) said hello from a distance... ran when I greeted her, but I put some treats down in the field where she was hanging out. Hopefully she'll have a little snack later.

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Set up my bookmooch account - I'm scottobear there , (avonberg is also there, far more active!)

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buffalo shrimp salads with the in-laws tonight - postponed - in-laws were busy, so we did buffalo-pseudo-chicken-patty salads, instead.

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Playing hangman with BHK earlier. Occupation: --DD-NG M-N-STER

My bad, I thought it was Pudding Monster. BHK got it right with Wedding Minister. I would love to have a job as a pudding monster, at least for a bit.

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Meme via Bubbles!

The longest survey you'll ever fill out! Do the world a favor: fill it out and post it for all your friends.... Do this because the person who did this didn't sit here for ages for nothing. Answer all the questions honestly, no lying to avoid stuff.

If you've been tagged its because the person who tagged you wants to know your answers!

Shoe size: 15
Height: 6'5-6ish
What are you wearing right now? Friday work clothes - (filling this out on the bus ride home) - black shoes, black socks, dark blue pants, maroon and dark blue striped polo shirt, gray and light blue jacket.
Righty or lefty: Lefty
Can you make a£1 in change? nope I've got american Money.. however, I cannot even do $1 in change. I have about 45 cents in my pocket.
Best place to go for a date? I'm a fan of the classic dinner and a movie.
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FAVORITES

Number: 5/14/23
Animal: monkey/bear/sasquatch
Favorite drink: diet cherry dr pepper (not diet cherry VANILLA dr pepper)

Month: October
Juice: Orange
Favorite cartoon: venture brothers

HAVE YOU EVER
Given anyone a bath: yes (younger brother when he was little)
Bungee Jumped? nope
Made yourself throw up? nope... I've vomited on my own, though
Gone skinny dipping? yup
Eaten a dog? Nope!
Played truth or dare? back in high school maybe
Came close to dying? here and there
Been in a sauna? yes
Been in a hot tub? Yes
Broken someone's heart? hopefully not
Cried when someone died? Yes
Fell off your chair? yes - fainted!
Sat by the phone all night waiting for someone to call? yes - worried about bro again
Saved e-mails? Yes
Ever used someone? not intentionally, but I imagine I have
Been cheated on? I believe so.

WHAT IS
Your good luck charm? Newton whisker and a Sacagawea dollar
Fav. song? This will be our year
What is beside you? an empty lunch bag and my laptop bag
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EVER HAD
Chicken pox: yup - when I was 8
Sore Throat: yes - every year or three
Stitches: yes - many times
Broken a bone? collarbone

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DO YOU
Believe in love at first sight? I'm sure it happens all the time.
Believe in long distance relationships? they can work, but both people really need to want to make it work.
Who was the last person that called you? BHK
Who was the last person you slow danced with? BHK
Who makes you smile the most? BHK
Who knows you the best? Newton and/or BHK
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Do you like filling these out: when they show me something new, yes
Do you wear contact lenses or glasses? nope
Do you like yourself? I'm an ok guy.
Do you get along with your family? I can get along with anyone, for at least a little while.

ARE YOU
Obsessive Compulsive? Maybe neurotic at times.
Suicidal? no

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FINAL QUESTIONS
What did you do yesterday? see yesterday's journal entry!
Hated someone in your family? yes, but now it's down to a mild dislike
Gotten any awards? sure - stiff from florida dept of law enforcement, trophies as a kid, the usual stuff
What car/truck do you wish to have? the love cube, fully repaired.
Where do you want to get married? been and done! worked for me!
Good driver? I'm long out of practice.
Good Singer? I do a pretty decent fake of some songs
Have a lava lamp? not for years
How many remote controls are in your house? about 5 I think
What was your last dream about: I was eating a sandwich covered in sesame seeds - they turned out to be hair follicles and the top of a football.
When you last showered? this morning
Scary or Funny Movies? Funny - it's hard to scare me, but easy to make me laugh.
Chocolate or Vanilla? Chocolate
Root beer or Dr.Pepper? Dr. P.
Water skiing or wake boarding? wake boarding... my feet are too big for water skis.
Summer or winter? I prefer cold to hot, but summer has fireflies.
Silver or Gold? Silver
Diamond or pearl? pearl
Sprite or 7up? sprite
Coffee or sweet tea? sweet tea
Phone or in person? in person. I really dislike using the phone!
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TODAY DID YOU
1. Talk to someone you liked: yes
2. Buy something: soda pop and some chips
3. Get sick?: No
4. Talked to an ex? no
5. Miss someone: yes - bro back when he was younger.
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LAST PERSON WHO
6. Slept in your bed?: Probably Newton, if not, BHK and me

no 7?

8. Made you cry? me. body aches
9. Went to the movies with? BHK
10. Said "I Love You"?: BHK

no 11?

12. Last Hug? Pyewacket
13. Been to Mexico? last person been to mexico?? I have.
14. Been to Canada? I've been to the border, not sure if I've been inside.
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RANDOM
15. Do you have a crush on someone right now? I love someone right now!
16. What book are you reading now? a few, depending where in the house I am. most recently touched was a MySQL programming guide
17. Best feeling in the world? making someone you love happy
18. Future kids' names? Changes with the wind. I sort of like Penelope and William right now, but I'd have to see the kid first.
19. Do you sleep with a stuffed animal? only when Newton, Pyewacket or BHK are very well fed!
20. Whats under your bed? dust bunnies, stray cat toys, stray books
21. Favorite sport to watch? Football isn't terrible, or Martial Arts
22. Favorite location? Home
23. Piercings/Tattoos: Really depends on the situation. I don't have either, but don't mind either on someone else.
24. What are you most scared of right now? Fear itself
25. Who do you really hate? The stupidly dangerous
26. Do you have a job? Yes
27. Have you ever liked someone you didn't have a chance with? Sure, I think everyone has.
28. Are you lonely right now? nope!
29. Song that's stuck in your head right now? Blue Bayou - Linda Ronstadt
30. Have you ever played strip poker? no
31. Have you ever gotten beat up? yes
32. Have you ever been on radio/TV?: yes - as a spokesman for assorted things, child advocacy mostly.
33.Have you ever been in a "mosh-pit"? yes
34. Ever liked someone, but thought they never noticed you? yes and I was right!
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RANDOM
Whats the first things you notice about the opposite sex (visual)? posture / body language
Are you too shy to ask someone out? I can be bold or shy - moot now, I can easily ask BHK out!
Dogs or Cats? I'm more allergic to dogs, but I love critters! More partial to cats, because they are a bit more self-cleaning.
Favorite Flower? I vary - right now I rather like honeysuckle.
Have you ever fired a gun? several times

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1 year ago - documentation weirdness, daffodil central, young scotto & bro pics, safety patrol, Miami police drones

2 years ago - back mending, bhk cold fading, mission impossible squirrel video, blogger death threats, larry and tigger vet trip picture

3 years ago - V movie, political ramble / revolution, boca/popular comics, pictures from walkabout, newt playing fetch pics

4 years ago - Easter, Deadbolt, Danny recap, K, piccies, personality test, heard from everway gamers, kitties video, walking octopus, waterbus

5 years ago - Procrastination, Henchman, search warrants/LA, booger eaters, vacuum cleaners, Brian Blessed, heroclix, zombie pinups

6 years ago - jkg, TAG, souls, Bahá'í, soul & body, leaving FMM

7 years ago - dream, dented the door with my mitt, sleepy and grumpy, how I sleep w/newt, small hands=rude, army men, Dan Bfast, lab grown meat, dali museum, secret fun spot, 2 dead celebs

8 years ago - lj bump, baby newt pic, one ring, mush, thebot, palm doodle-art, John Denver

Current Mood: calm
Current Location: 20714
Current Music: bananman - tally hall (in my head)

I am both amused and a little dismayed that our town uses a very similar font as The Prisoner for all of their emailed town announcements. Mostly Amused.

North Beach

Planning Commission

February 26, 2009

7:00 p.m.

North Beach Town Hall

1) Minutes from the January 22, 2009 Meeting

2) Board of Appeals Case: Recommendation for 9201 Annapolis Avenue, variance request.

Firsts Meme (snagged from Kat)

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Repost from a few years back - Free, Legal games for download.

http://www.liberatedgames.com/gamelisting.php

1 year ago - voice post - general gripes about americantina, foggy day, dentist, Garf-garf, death industry, will writing

2 years ago - BHK and I on a snowy drive video, bass guitar, kitties, joe magnolia, heroes meme

3 years ago - dan bailed, don knotts (Mr Limpet) RIP, what do you want poll, netjaxer, mk12, Darren MCGavin RIP (Kolchak), dipkiss

4 years ago - Splenda downside, Pinkerton's Superman, Geourl back, text to speech test, palm doodles, hiring the a-team

5 years ago - I'm a radioactive zombie, monkey hate clown!, got a $13.86 check, land mine detection flower, action figure art, desires in life poll, barbie prowler

6 years ago - pipe snag, Jim Rockford, Newt Vet, Movie idea, Pravda Headlines, I'm awesome, palm doodles

7 years ago - Star Wars Pants, spy-cow, Reizan, Scientists cross pigs with spinach, 1979

8 years ago - lj comments burpy, Kitty love, monkey-news, Proposed Indian Names for Certain White People, Hatt-Baby, Twist Endings, ineffable, Bozo Matic, Callipygean, cool picture of a grasshopper, poetry is all in the format, In the Skin of the Lion

Current Mood: amused
Current Location: 20714
Current Music: prisoner theme in my head

Valentine's Day! BHK got peanut butter chocolates and a couple of cards from me... I got a wonderful couple of cards, a dragon kite with a wingspan is as wide as I am tall, [edit- added a spiffy sea monster video game for the wii] and some very spiffy coupons.

BHK and I curled up on the couch and played a little lego indiana jones on the wii (checked out form the library), but then the in-laws rang us up - No time for love, Dr. Jones!

We went with the in-laws to get a spot of lunch at Clarke's Landing (Great view, and the best seafood place we've been to - plus, it was free - Valentine's gift from the in-laws) and then onward to Leonardtown (home of ol' Witches Rock ), and visited a local gallery and used bookstore before heading back to headquarters. BHK got a couple of cookbooks, a pair of green cylindrical earrings, black-eyed susan seeds and some Chick-lit. We got Larry a book on Southern Pacific Railroad, and a Lou Reid CD. I just enjoyed roaming aorund with my sweetie, drinking a hot cup of Earl Gray tea and taking in some nifty stenciled graffiti.

When we (in-laws and all) got home, we watched the Nancy Drew Movie (BHK loved it, and I thought it was cute, too.)

Now we're watching the Lost in Austen miniseries, and I'm about ready for bed. BHK and Larry are already out cold, and Chris is not long to follow.

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So, Yelp sells review placement?

"Stoppelman said Yelp doesn't strong-arm merchants and that the site's sponsorship program -- its main source of revenue -- doesn't offer "pay for play" to advertisers.

Tell that to Tom Mulvihill, owner of Thai Issan restaurant in Cerritos. He received a letter from Yelp last summer informing him that his business had earned a rating of four stars out of five.

Shortly afterward, Mulvihill said he received a call from a Yelp saleswoman urging him to pay a minimum of $150 a month for sponsorship.

"She said sponsorship would allow us to hide the negative reviews and elevate the positive ones," he recalled.

Well, if that's the case, how can they be considered even remotely valid? I've removed links from my site, and am considering what my alternatives are in the review arena.
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1 year ago - V-day, awesome superhero toy collection in one blister pack, metro assaults, 2 new dinos, waterboarding underestimated, sourcetv, list of famous $cientologists

2 years ago - stayed in for ice storm smashes our fence, ice pictures

3 years ago - Sand dollar, interjection poll, Miami cloud art, bro drama, Bang!

4 years ago - dream, war tuning, slacker, torrent tv, gm-ginger kitties, questions meme, christo, newt stalking pic, zefrank's st. val history, whims-cute card, work peeve

5 years ago - V-day, hippie visit results, Nefertiti documentary mostly drama - not much document, cheese doodle sculpture, anonymous reviewer bug amazon

6 years ago - got the nordis gig, palm pics

7 years ago - n V-day poetry, JB figures out about SA & Me, wandering pics

8 years ago - How Do I Love Thee?, I resemble Dan Conner, Men cause the mutations, tea room & old TV, TMBG lyric

Current Mood: calm
Current Location: 20714
Current Music: Lost in Austen vs EEE clicks on my laptop, vs gentle snores from the family.

Fasted since 8pm last night through this morning - got my sonogram done, but I have to reschedule my upper GI. I got copies for myself, may photograph 'em, and show images of my spleen / liver and assorted guts as shown by echo. The technician was unimpressed when I asked if I was having a boy or a girl.... probably has heard it a million times.

Possible issues could be gastritis, ulcer, gallstones, kidney stones, or the all-encompassing "OTHER".

BHK made some scones - blueberry/ginger and maple/oatmeal/pecan. Both were quite good, but contrary to my usual, I'll have to go with the maple being just slightly superior to the blueberry ones.

Spent part of the day playing Fallout 3 on the PC, and BHK played more Boom Blox on the Wii.

The Element has some issues - likely due to the tree falling on it back in June. It seems that the Frame is bent, and that's causing a lot of wear on the tires. instead of being | | they skew slightly like this / \ . Insurance is resistant to taking care of it, since it's been a while, but we're trying to get it ironed out - looks like about $1000 to $3000 to repair, so I may not be going to Punxy next weekend - Due to both the cost, and the time it will take to repair the love cube.

The in-laws took us out to Selby bay - I'm still eating light, but I could do a 1/2 veggie sub and fries.

I forgot to mention that the grocery lady Patricia asked me where my "nutty wife" was - BHK got a kick out of it, and I'm starting to be recognized a bit by the locals after having been in the region for two years and change. It doesn't hurt to have a charismatic and outspoken wife, either.

1 year ago - back issues, 3:10 to yuma, migratory birds, snow, local blind, pain, obama/clinton writhing worms

2 years ago - verizon dsl poop, snow coming, adam swims

3 year ago - eternal double happiness, robot over monkey, today, king of carrot flowers, breakfast cake must be a circle, mind altering virus, toothy bunny, flying dogs, jodie foster sings in french

4 years ago - Purple vibes for sick Mel, convert avi/dvd, pricelessware, wind doodle,watch me shine, Tropical Island Resort:Berlin, Bunny Suicide (now here), Razor Blade Soap, senior in high school meme,

5 years ago - made the Linus icon, professional victim, Cap'n gone, Robert E. Howard 98, clock, van helsing, US army rebuilding schools, Murgatroyd

6 years ago - random knockers, Hippos on an abandoned ranch

7 years ago - Fever, Clothes color survey, Naughty Newtie in the kitchen, a dead photo link, Intel Philanthropic Peer-to-Peer Program, House Resolution 3598

8 years ago - love, 3-d thesaurus, Fun compliment, Robert at work is officially fired for being a dangerous loony, pokename generator, Woodstock by CSN, dead net-radio linkies

Current Mood: okay
Current Location: 20714
Current Music: I like Monkeys

Went to hospital for a gut - check - Doc gave me meds, and prescribed an Upper GI / sonogram. Digestive tract is treating me mean - but now I have some meds to tide me over. Sonogram tomorrow, Upper GI next week. Also got Allergy shots today, since I was in the area, and work told me that I didn't have to come in.

Stopped at the library - got boom blox for the wii- cute, but not a purchase. one night was enough.

BHK made some tasty soup! pot pie squares (noodles), broccolii, cabbage, peas, carrots, celery veggie "beef" stock. really good.

To make up for a lack of content - have a picture of Newton sunning in the window, watching the starlings outside

1 year ago - pye on cam, bhk and Cathy, paper ballot in MD, walker nightmare, self-portrait (see yesterday for same place), stinging hands memory, pueblo zip, punch a tyrannosaurus in the face, Human sacrifice by General Butt naked

2 years ago - zombie astronaut, gun runner dream, paper moon pix

3 years ago - missing cj, superhero dream, youtube b&B, fat bat cat, herm patient, pug in lucha mask, endless forest, birthday counter.

4 years ago - Chilly, doodle, facial morphs (monkey scotto is still my fave), food, height comparisons, a/b meme, warning labels, toybox mooch, scythes

5 years ago - happy Newt, nipples off, palm post - bus stop, tummy ache. penguin poop, giant nostril

6 years ago - Tests, truth, rumor, links and history, lj spam, Kev in court

7 years ago - I got my camera, Alvin gets fired from work for stealing overtime, unsolved mysteries, snap club, mcd's employees, nifty moon site.

8 years ago - Reflections on the old regime, The Litter Box Song *snerk*, Cow Saliva, "parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme", rehiring some of the fire-ees

Current Mood: still pretty ill
Current Location: 20714
Current Music: Dragon's Den on TV

Learned a little bit about Rescue Ink - tough guys helping out animals.

This morning we headed over to the first day of the Annapolis Winter farmer's market - not a lot of vendors yet, but I'm guessing it'll grow. We picked up some turnips, soap, coffee for cheap and a localvore mag for free of note was the spiffy alpaca stuff.

On the way home, we swung by 3rd eye comics and I caught up on my ambush bug - also got the Munchkin Quest boardgame & an Obama comic for BHK.

Visited Best Buy to peek at the eee netbooks, and the acer one - maybe a goodie for us later on this year (not purchasing at BB, though - online has better deals). $200 for a laptop with internet isn't too shabby.

After that we came home - watched die monster die (boris karloff flick loosely based on "the colour out of space"), the soup, mr meaty, and corpse bride, sanctuary... tried to soak up as much rest as we could, but I still ending up pooped, so I took apart train set under the Christmas Tree, and now we're tucking in to bed.

Goodnight, dear journal.

1 year ago - baby polar bear, different route to work, friday 5, gizmodo tv-b-gone

2 years ago - newt and pye pics / video, off to marion

3 years ago - hijinks, top 10 questions, hieroglyphic names, system still out for repair, doodling

4 years ago - turtle thought, dinero, illumination, tv torrents, vampire hunting with a stand up bass, metasearch, mucho folks fired for keeping online journals, iraqi abuse cheerleaders, server location, flying_blind introduces me to the term blague which is a perfect alternate to blog.

5 years ago - drama flakes, bad taste, Dentsu, Tintin, Sandalwood and walkabout

6 years ago - LotR, Nipple scarves, vax-d, UBER-PEA!, Newt piccies

7 years ago - Colostomy bag thief, D&D stats, monkey god baby

8 years ago - looking to the future, all the words

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: 20714
Current Music: sanctuary end titles

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

Current Mood: sleepy
Current Location: 20714
Current Music: last of the tru calling episodes we have on the tivo

Hap-Pye New(t) Year!

Something I post at the top of every new year, and I appreciate the words more with every additional trip around the sun.

Love is
is not rude,
it is not self seeking,
it is not easily angered,
it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil
but rejoices in truth.
It always protects,
always trusts,
always hopes,
always perseveres.

-1 Corinthians 13:5&6

453 entries in 2008. (417 in '07,618 in '06, 975 in '05, 716 in '04)

At this rate, I'll break 10,000 entries by this time next year... of course, some entries are beefier than others.. I've been cheating a bit with the picture posts - still haven't done a breakdown of my holiday loot yet!

But for now, a recap of recent history -

BHK took Amy to Urgent care last night, as her dog bite was getting more infected - worried about swelling and red marks. While they were at the doc's, Shaun and I played Easter Island (I won!), and watched Bones on TV with my in-laws. The girls got back about 45 minutes later, and Amy's wound was freshly cleaned and re-wrapped with gauze.

After the ball dropped, the in-laws headed off, and the rest of us played witch trial into the wee hours. (BHK took that one, but Amy wasn't far behind. I really thought I would win! d'oh!)

Amy, Shaun W, BHK, the in-laws and I rose at about 10am, (after staying up until 3ish) and headed off to Gina's Cantina for a nibble on some tasty brunch. No sign of Tyson or Gina, but the food was tasty and abundant, as usual.

BHK napped a bit and then did some work while Amy & I play Lego star wars / Mario Land 8 on the wii for about 4 hours. I feel pretty guilty about that - I wish we had another controller, or could have played something amongst the three of us.

Amy grew concerned about her issue - BHK went out to get some fresh bandages for her, and if she doesn't feel significantly better by tomorrow morning, she'll probably head home.

My earache also started kicking up - could not eat dinner tonight as it hurt to chew. Going to the doc tomorrow, so my appointment timing is good.

1 year ago - HNY, Hairspray, New pyecam laptop

2 years ago - HNY, newt and pye pics, 618 entries, sucky movies

3 years ago - HNY, modis, counts, PD movies, new day in sofla

4 years ago - Transformer guy, paleoclimatology, Tony Danza Has a TV show, Sri Lanka refuses aid because they are military, element, music, monkey entry links, unpopular baby names, pet names, Scotty's Stores sinking, B-to-the-E, 1-2-3-go vs 1-2-go-on-3 poll

5 years ago - ninja turtles, FFXI w/Sammy & D, film finding, Newt age progression, missing kid

6 years ago - law of 5s, ageless project, wishes that didn't come true, edbook's llamas, sofla ice age, rain, slow day, Danny stubborn, finished Barnum / started agony & ecstasy, Newt pic

7 years ago - TZ marathon, people requesting money for reading their journal, country specific euros, 2nd instance of 1 Corinthians 13:5&6 and Happy Newt Year!

8 years ago - Resolutions, some dead news links, good links to marbles, bejeweled,alchemy, etc, 1st instance of 1 Corinthians 13:5&6, reflections on old games, Norman bates, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and a new writing style

Current Mood: sore
Current Location: 20714
Current Music: misc hoo-ha on tv

Not much today - BHK sick and sleeps, I play fallout 3 and do net-research.

Fallout-wise, I'm doing my best not to get slaughtered by "centaurs" and super mutants at the base of the now "heavily weathered" washington monument. Brotherhood of steel there.

Perhaps more to follow once BHK wakes up. I hope she feels better soon!

Charlie Brown Xmas on tonight, I think!

1 year ago - giant vs nazi robot dinosaur, sputnik cafe, driver 8, quiz-meme, wifi sensing t-shirt, bhk *$ and presents

2 years ago - General dynamics, watched barbarella, prep for directv

3 years ago - big brain waiting on repair, foggy morning pics

4 years ago - mel's new place, zombie survival, what's a hoe, 8/20/2000 last day without a post

5 years ago - JL, cllo, newt food, Jupiter and Thetis, COH sayings, poo chart

6 years ago - Got cookie bars, CDC/Promedmail (Zoonoses), Bigfoot links.

7 years ago - I got spooked by a phantom voice, prep for bear vs. man-armor, Mexican vanilla, KPMG sucks.

8 years ago - Globetrotters (Afro of holding), Myths of pearl harbor, Sigmund and the sea monster, chaos postcards, two sweet anonymous quotes.

Current Mood: cold
Current Location: 20714
Current Music: wastland radio - fallout 3

Friday!

Date night! Where are we off to? Christmas Lights in Annapolis, I think. I'm looking forward to a nice weekend with BHK - it seem slong overdue.

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I suspect that JJ Abrams will make it tough for me to interest BHK in the new star Trek movie. (She wasn't too crazy about Cloverfield... or Lost. or Fringe... or.. ) For that matter, I gave up on Season 2 of Lost, episode 1 of Fringe, and Swarm of the Snakehead is more my idea of a fun monster movie than Cloverfield. - all of which fairly split me from most of the Science Fiction fans out there.

However, I still want to see the new trek, even if it is 90210 in outer space, with Winona Ryder, and Bana as a Romulan with a Scottish Accent. I think I've got her sold on the gal who plays uhura and the guy from Harold and kumar.
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per Kat - Google is hosting LIFE photo archives, free to view & print (as long as you're not trying to making money at it.) http://images.google.com/hosted/lif e
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If the translation to English is to be trusted, Egypt's strongest man generates 240 horsepower, is medically exempt from working because he might hurt someone in the workplace, and, well, it just gets better from there. Oh, and HE'S NEVER SLEPT. (via delicious ghost)
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misc thoughts recently, most from today -

Scott is ready for date night!

Scott is impressed by sublimation. (It is a common experience to observe the disappearance of snow from the ground even though the temperature is below the freezing point and liquid water is never present.)

Scott believes that any tool is a weapon if you hold it right. (and vice versa).

Scott frequently prefers leftovers to the first time "put on the plate" food.

Scott loves working on the 11th floor. Snow is falling UP past my window.

Scott wouldn't bother with silver bullets to fight werewolves. Silver buckshot, maybe.

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Valve was offering Half-Life for just 98¢ in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the company's debut title - I had to pick it up - I'm only a decade behind for not playing it! Even my brother had it for about 2 years, and I just never got around to it.
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1 year ago - bro out of jail and in seemingly good condition, date night with BHK, movie reviews / possibilities,

2 years ago - pirate scotto pic

3 years ago - red lobster, class struggle, black friday, chubby checker

Pictures - 7942 posts!

4 years ago - pirates, giraffes, incredibles, bro

5 years ago - Marvel Family, Countdown meme, garden pictures

6 years ago - Free audio books, hubcap monsters, discover empanadas nearby, GIMP

7 years ago - cloture, pocketlj, single card tarot spreads, meeting lj folks confirmed

8 years ago - air cools, Young Frankenstein poetry, sleepyhead, country bear jamboree

9 years ago - very basic Newt stats

Current Mood: calm
Current Location: 20714
Current Music: holly on xm!

Friday- nice to see it back again. It was foggy beyond belief yesterday, and continues today.

Last night's supper of Chinese food from the Octagon was pretty good - I only wish they hadn't packaged the general tso's tofu in such a way that I got it all over my work pants and jacket while driving home.

Back was tweaking up something fierce - I wonder if the barometric pressure was a factor, or all that fog?

BHK is using her super legal-powers to help with the condo issues - looks like we might get this thing ironed out after all!

While she looked up condo legal-ese, I did some back stretches, overdue computer stuff, and checked out the demo of Left4Dead... that's a beautiful game right there. The artwork is pretty top notch, and I really like the team play aspect. That'll probably be my next purchase afte rI swim through Fallout 3 some more. Maybe someday I'll get around to finishing the later episodes of HL2.

In other gaming news, BHK picked me up a new gaming joystick via freecycle. Can't beat free hardware!

This weekend, we are likely to skip JohnCon, and instead go to Geppi's Entertainment Museum. (I wonder if my metropass will count for $2 OFF GO GREEN! Show your ticket stub for public transportation for that day and receive $2 off admission to Geppi’s Entertainment Museum.)

Lunch today of "chicken" nuggets and mac&cheese was dang tasty. perfect for a cool, misty day

Got off work, and the Element has recovered from the hit we took from the deer. It still smells a bit of paint, but looks good as new.

Traffic was HORRID today. It took us forever to get anywhere!

BHK, Larry, Chris and I went to Selby - I guess the owners are looking to retire, sadly. I guess we had better get the pizza while we can!

Scholar finds Mayans' buried highway through hell

The Washington Post is reporting that the shutdown of one hosting company has caused the total volume of spam to drop by 2/3rds. The company in question is McColo Corp. Both Hurricane Electric and Global Crossing pulled the plug today after a damning report revealed a number of illegal activities happening on McColo’s servers.

1 year ago - more fog, falafel, blog2blog, The Ghost of Foghorn Leghorn Speaks of Unrequited Love,

2 years ago - road pix, graffiti, spider girl gang, test vox crosspost
pictures - BHK doodle-writes on my pda, cartoon pic

3 years ago - moon cake, doom patrol, politics, Life Pref, butt jokes and political statements preferred
pictures - recent visits over 24 hours

4 years ago - monet's b'day, comment/entry stats, america's age, torrenting shows via rss, vouchers unconstitutional, prednisone, taking falluja, work vacation, newt pics

5 years ago - bollywood, pt, hooray for adhesives!

6 years ago - Male contraceptive, Dan met OJ Simpson, Newt-spoon Wrestling, peephenge, eating on the cheap.

7 years ago - evil news, gallimaufry , happiness machine recycled, writing apache modules

8 years ago - Bee-man lives, lucha, schizo-masons, Brian comment

Current Mood: calm
Current Location: 20714
Current Music: how can it be super windy, and super foggy??

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