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Beware the 13th!

Sick as a very sick dog. Got as far as the Metro station, and turned around and went home as I started hacking like a plague victim. BHK spun me around and home we went. Coughing due to infection blended with poor lungs in the bitter cold and firewood smoke, I think.

Slept most of the day. Ate some noodle soup, saltines, and a lot of ginger ale.

Eyes too tired to read - drained the Tivo remaining Dr. Who episodes. I liked the evil "shadow monster in the library planet" episode - fun, goofy, but spooky and sad, too.

Newton, Pye and BHK are all excellent caretakers while I'm a big sick baby.


1 year ago - frying pan, aardvark, bugah, HL2, not a hardcore gamer anymore

2 years ago - dream ramble - voice post

3 years ago - icon snatching, lost, dr who, flickr tools, books, compusa, meeting of the daves, cool weather, birds ate my brains, prejudice map, findory,

4 years ago - Lost, romainan pop inspires .htaccess, supercar, anonymous statement meme, age act meme

5 years ago - That Stretchy Guy & That Clay Guy.

6 years ago - cops, prezzies, kidthinks

7 years ago - space commies and monkeys, dream, haiku, mothman, tarot

8 years ago - SOS, folk fest, annoyed with collapsing tabs, brian howdy, super friends drinking game

I got to skip shots today! BHK and I pretty much just took it easy. We watched a good bit of TV - The first and second "Librarian" movies - cute for made for TNT flicks. We still have the third on the recorder. I also watched an episode of Freakylinks - forgot how inspired by Blair Witch the show was. I may or may not watch the remaining episodes, depending on how much shaky-cam film style I can take.

Ear ache is really rough today, but the compresses improve matters a *lot*.

Pictures are of a model house burning down at the local motorcylce store's train display (the same one with the squirrels) - not to woory - this model is designed to look like it's burning down, complete with smoke and lights.

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1 year ago - got cold!!, super food!, I am Legend Dog, SP3 disabled file formats, freeware games, long live xp,

2 years ago - Newt & Pye wrestling and toy pics

3 years ago - security psa, hanging out with danny, relationship list, no software for christmas

4 years ago - Started using my paypal to go to charity, carnivore pigeons, Video-time with Mel, newt pics, prosperity gospel

5 years ago - outing review, saw Val & Rhonnie, google specific search, Bollywhat, missing the big mob poll answerers

6 years ago - linky linky, one word, communications breakdown begins, nifty flying guy, Belgians link to me, Dave's clutch breaks, cold mountain movie being made

7 years ago - rumors, comparing haunted house stories, smudge sticks (note to self, get more stuff to make more), defleshing (another news article gone...inspires me to put all my news articles behind lj-cuts for future ref) and naptime (naptime pix overwritten by other archive images)

8 years ago - dead phone, feeling love grow, Viet beer at the mall, lj & IM trouble

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.




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

Got my allergy shots - down to only needing them every other week, now!

Still feeling yucky - took a nap today from 3-6 pm, and my crown feels a little loose. Maybe an infection under there is messing with me? Or maybe it's the big dose of meds today.

In-laws came over, and we had tasty soup and sammiches. I'm still not eating much, but can certainly enjoy what I am eating.

After eats, we finally finished hanging the ornaments on the tree. All that is left now is to set up the train... and maybe a few fun bits of landscape. The green beaded string didn't show up too well on the tree this year, so we strung our holiday cards over the living room window, and it looks sharp. I think we may do this in years to come.

The in-laws headed home a little while ago - they stopped out front of our house with the engine running, and called inside to let us know that Chris lost an earring - while we were looking for it, BHK heard yelling on the phone - it turns out a pedestrian walked up to the truck, opened the door, and then took off when Larry yelled at him.

Chris and Larry went home, but BHK got the guys description and called the police. I suspect it was a drunk looking for a ride - that's still not the sort of thing you want to take place in your front yard. We talked to the sheriff, and they sent prowl cars around, but he didn't turn up.

[EDIT - Later that evening, just up the street (about 5 blocks closer to the bay) -

"Dep. Daniel Deakins investigated a burglary to Nice and Fleazy Antiques on Bay Ave in North Beach on December 19 at 3:27 a.m. The unknown suspect(s) cause $1125 in damage. The business owner is conducting an inventory to determine exactly what was taken. Inquires regarding this burglary should be directed to Lt. Steven R. Jones at 410-535-1600 ext. 2462."
Still fatigued. If this doesn't let up soon, I'm calling the doc to see what can be done.

1 year ago - Tannenbaum cam up, coming movies, found doug wu on friendster, tentacled decor

2 years ago - acim / td interaction, newt and pye begin to blend

3 years ago - new chinese, florida snowman, day 44 of compusa drama, shadowrun, weird food, uncle joe's monkey-man army

4 years ago - I lift mel w/one hand, video hits, anagram santas workshop, john dee's crystal ball stolen, christmas meme, baby theft

5 years ago - considering an upgrade, Nigerian magic is weak vs bullets

6 years ago - Ft. Laud facts, Antarctic Life, Muslim Roundup, Bro at his worst finds a stray cat, make a supervillian desktop

7 years ago - Bodyboarding on lava, McMummies, xp patch

8 years ago - Restless, Special Olympics cheaters, wondering about where my parts were pre-me, palm reading

Thursday...just about done watching the first season of  Dexter. It's interesting, but I think the sister should've worked out the deal, long ago, no matter how well trained he might be, or her lack of curiosity.

Feeling a bit fatigued lately, but getting there. I need to send my brother a card or something, congratulating him on being a father, I guess. Somehow, I'm not feeling too festive about it. Ah well - I don't even know if the little girl will carry his last name or not. Momster is elated about having a grandchild under any circumstances, which is a good attitude, I think. The baby is healthy and happy, as far as I know - can't ask for much more than that!

Got our first holiday prezzies - Oranges and other citrus from folks in Florida, and an amazon box from Kev. BHK made sure that I did'nt see the invoice slip - He sent his gift wrapped, I neglected to put amazon wrap on the stuff we sent him - I hope my stuff makes it to Cuba in a timely way.

Tomorrow is the holiday party at the office - we'll see how the terrible twosome of BHK and Scotto do at party games for gift card winnings!


1 year ago - started my minicity - (still doing ok, though neglected), icy footing, f'ing programming, tell me meme, my snazzy new custom sneakers

2 years ago - Dinner with C&D, Big Brain, xmas card, silly holiday lj toys

3 years ago - xmas card, condo xmas party, calm a llama down

4 years ago - salty seas, Christmas toy, year in review, celebrex, anime fans, con folk

5 years ago - trade invites for play $$, dreams

6 years ago - How to attain old age, got my epidural

7 years ago - Crime & Punishment, heterodox, evil news, HP question, pooter poop, bagpipe, egoboo, giant bee

8 years ago - met tarpo and isis, LJ sea Chantey, AOK-ing, Christmas Blues

Forgotten image taken by BHK on our trip to the Baltimore museum with Alice. I actually rather enjoyed the giant magnetic poetry room.

Still feeling a bit out-of-whack, but getting there. Did walkies today, and we made it to the post office, goodie shop, and candy store - maybe not the most healthy way to go for a nice constitutional, but I do love the sponge candy.

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Adjective

out of whack (comparative more out of whack, superlative most out of whack)

1. (idiomatic) (generally) Wrong, broken; specifically:
1. Not in proper balance; unbalanced.

our priorities have gotten out of whack

2. Not in proper alignment.

the floor is so out of whack that the door hits it when opened

3. Not working or operating properly.

banged up left knee is out of whack

Alternative spellings

* out-of-whack

Usage notes

* The unhyphenated spelling is usually used predicatively, and the hyphenated spelling usually occurs when the phrase appears before the word it modifies.

Feeling better today. Physical Therapy seems to be working out some of the back issues, thankfully. Mentally and physically in a more positive place - also, sundown was at 4:45 today. I certainly suspect that I don't have Seasonal Affective Disorder. I think that the dark and cold weather mostly suits me, even if I try to be a warm and cheery sort of person.

After PT we went to Mexico for supper. I was perversely hungry for Mexican food after seeing a filthy Mexican resaurtant on Kitchen Nightmares yesterday. The food was superb - BHK and I both sussed out that it was the cook that sometimes works in Lusby on the kitchen tonight.

My mom met Shannon and her possible granddaughter - (well, by proxy - Shannon is still pregnant, due in a month or so.) I'm still not sure how that's going to pan out.




Newt is really enjoying the ledge in the loft these days... one of the warmest spots in the house! I hope he shares with Pye, at least a bit. Hm.. somehow I doubt it. Interesting that his winter coat is a bit more visible than usual - likely that he and Pye were running around pretty heavily before naptime.



Physical Therapy today. Leg lifts, stretches, bicycle, and then the stim/heat combo that works so well for me. I needed it - I was really stiff yesterday.

Forgot to mention yesterday that Chris and Larry brought over a couple of preacher cookies for us... much better than the last batch a year ago - see archive below.

While I was fixing BHK's machine, I was multitasking a bit - catching up with scripting, listening to old episodes of Dragnet in the background - The radio show is really superior to the TV series. Additionally - I listened a bit to some of my old time radio broadcasts. OTRcat sent me a nice collection of Richard Diamond not too long ago in exchange for a link on my website - the clarity on them was excellent, especially given that the condition of the original recordings must've been a real problem to fix. I'll be looking to go back to him for more OTR goodies as time goes by. Dick Powell is no slouch as a voice actor, and I'm really pretty glad to have my collection filled out. (5 CDs worth of stuff, I've only begun to begin to listen. (I'm thinking about getting the Edgar Allan Poe Collection next - maybe for road trips through Baltimore)

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1 year ago - black friday not the busiest shopping day, nutshell day - greek fest, new christmas ornaments, preacher cookies, will appears, cyn fall pic

2 years ago - coughing, sickies one day to one month

3 years ago - William Burroughs Thanksgiving, Adam Sandler Counterpoint, I left home at Thanksgiving (1987), collection of questions, Bwain, quiz results, Herm gets snow!, thank you songs, grover smash puny human

4 years ago - toasted orange marmalade sammiches, weather, getting porn spam, Italian vampires must have it rough, comic books, non-net folks, Frost, I want to..., GREG photoplay made by me from secret squirrel episode way back when!, I like bananas

5 years ago - Dr. Who, Mail, Ellies, Pods, mininukes

6 years ago - chores, 7 seas, supah-tofutti, Proverbs 15:1

7 years ago - met with tarpo and isis, tarot, fair-palm synch, LJ-ish quotes

8 years ago - Kids in the Hall bits, things I'm thankful for, what's love?, dream

Left work a bit early today to hit up physical therapy. Got some ultrasound, heat and electrical stim work done.

I think heat and stim combined are the most beneficial to me right now. I'll likely go back to using the TENS box at home more frequently.

The exercises seem to be more beneficial - leg stretches, pelvic tilts, and some mild hip twists. - I did them when I got home, and I feel pretty good about it - let's see how I feel with morning tightness in play. I'm a little concerned about how taut my back is going to be upon waking tomorrow - I'm pretty worn out, and will likely hit the sack shortly. I'm going to continue doing the yoga and just add to my nightly workout.

Watched Big Bang Theory, while eating a nice dose of leftover cabbage soup a la BHK and buttered bread knots - good stuff, perfect for a briskly chilly night. The cats are sure to be in bed with us this evening for the whole of the night, despite Newt and Pye's evening house-run marathon habit.

Today was a good day, all told. My trepidation about going back to PT is fairly unwarranted, thus far.

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1 year ago - voice post - waiting / digging MD, 10 things I really like,

2 years ago - Put in my notice at ACIM, many pictures, helped out at swensons, bruce moose / love cube, laser newt, beach us

• Pictures taken - PF Changs, Curious George, Weapons of Mass Destruction

3 years ago - saw Phoenix, mortgage, broward traffic lights post wilma, smarts quiz, newt fan mail

4 years ago - power out, Danny & the lions, wonder twins, network tools, adp off call, then repeals it, Florida mean to homeless

5 years ago - Comics, Local Events, silly joke. cancer bullet, Sea Monkeys, travels, programming thoughts, virtual schools, werewolf cult, phys therapy, vamp game, how lj works

6 years ago - steal this book, McDonalds Theory of War and Peace, "Big Books"

7 years ago - tortboy, tropicon, ken kesey passes away

8 years ago - fae friend gone

Got epidural (ouch.), appointment with cardio, met with back doc, got spore, Mexican food and maggie moo's.




Wal-mart drew the last straw, and is now on the official boycott list - poor service plus bad business practices in the pharmacy.

While BHK was reading bergdorf blonds, I played spore - somehow I can't use the critter I created in the demo creator in a spore game -still investigating why that is.

Went grocery shopping - Cranberry sierra mist is back and I  got creme de menthe altoids - sad to see the mandarin orange mist gone.

As for walkies - we've laid out a reward plan - we have a bundle of space-critter buttons, and for each goal, we get an additional "merit badge" - after we get up to distance, it'll be repetition. My goal is 5 miles a walk, three walks a week.

So far -

5 badges each--earned

1 after 5x 1 mile walks---Allison got a space piggy, Scott got a red astro-kitty

2 after 4x 2 mile walks

3 after 3x 3 mile walks

4 after 2x 4 mile walks

5 after 1x 5 miles walk!

Recent walkies

Sat - 8/23/08 -1.5968  addl -~1.2mi (total =2.7641 counting whole day )
Sat - 8/31/08 - 1.7333 miles
Sun - 9/1/08 - 2.0166 miles
Sat - 9/6/08 1.2279 miles
Sun - 9/7/08 1.631 miles

Tues - Today - Before going to the doc - 9/9/08 2.0234 miles

Walkabout pics - mostly flowers, fruit/berries and birds along the view from the boardwalk - I really like the little red star flowers - forgive the repetition, dear journal - trying out aspects of macro and zoom.

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Spoke to Brittney about getting serum ready for Saturday, and maybe an EKG at the same time. *please* let it be ready - this'll be the third week out. I think it's likely that we'll get some this go 'round.

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1 year ago - many pictures!, renfest, swami yo, hack & slash, johnny fox, kadon, bhk participation, many boardgames, food sample list, quiz-meme questions

2 years ago - october plans for in-laws meetup, geotagged photos, comedy show, go game

3 years ago - confirmed Deerfield condo, iguanas, wonder woman, pb&h, 2nd life, songs meme, quizzies

4 years ago -future life, fly-eating bot, living in Broward, Maroon, tracking Ivan,Danny's students read my lj, on call all weekend, HIP/Bag lady

5 years ago - Run, Trism-Gollum, Run, robot zoo, dirty-sounding words, palm-day at work, lifetime membership in there, time marks the beginning of the end for prop2

6 years ago - oatmeal, remembrance rant, touch screen voting, flash CAD thingie.

7 years ago - hardscrabble, Daily Life in Chaucer's England, (and other daily life books), good things

8 years ago - saw a black tip shark, conch fritters, everway

Went to go get shots - no serum, still. Annoying, but I was guessing that might happen.

After the doc bottomed out, BHK and I  pretty much just relaxed for the day. TV, rest, etc. Hung out a smidgen with the in-laws.

Overdone political item of the moment - I really think that it's already played out, but that the below was pretty comical. Click to enlarge if the text is tricky.

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Hey - Red Dwarf is coming back for a one-hour special ? Really? I wonder how much older they'll all look?

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1 year ago - gorey's trouble with tribbles , 2 years I liked, cannibal, survey from wendy, I have lived through 105 of 158 things

2 years ago - wedding ring metals, psp stuff, circle/6 hand foot dilemma, BCT out, power out, funnel cloud pics, MD dog clinics need blood, backyard pic pre-ernesto, flickr color select

3 years ago - Katrina updates, firesign theater, PHC movie, a-z meme, cartoon themes, deerfield condo (obviously it worked out), movie plans - cgi a cartoon?, pee-powered battery, pippin

4 years ago - JLU, comparison shopping, bro drama, earache, presidential candidates

5 years ago - art fair, skippy, Danny's Sci-fi club, morning newt pics, snake oil watch, dali, reading hero 5, female gamers outnumber boys, N. Korea Nukes, kim possible

6 years ago - wonka, hypno powers, got my computer desk

7 years ago - stoic, codex seraphinianus, fruit poll

8 years ago - remembering a hard month, work, fl trim, no thai, scrabble