Scotto's Wall Scrawls

weird dream about the old days at IMT - doing certs with Fred & Chrissy, Kevin was off in Afghanistan for some reason. The print room was hidden behind an Addams family pinball machine - I wonder if that was because of the time we watched "the hearse" on channel 29 during dinner hour way back when?

Had dinner at the in-laws house, tilapia, mac & cheese, cornbread, baked potato, salad apple pie. lots of shades of tan/gold/ beige!

I had a terrible nightmare last night. I can't recall all of the details now, but it involved living at home, my father still being alive and stealing stuff from my room, my mom letting Newton escape the house, having some crazy guy with a huge afro performing oral surgery that he learned in prison on my lower gums to synchronize heartbeats, Paul McCartney telling me to forgive people for doing stupid things.

In addition, look out! It's BHK, and she's got a giant fork!

1 year ago - Obama / Spidey Team-up, ack to work, Dreamed about Bagel the cat, Obama suspends Guantanamo Trials

2 years ago - MLK/R.E.Lee day, Back info about Disc, LOC flickr, TMBG, KFC, randy rogers at madd, tv

3 years ago - snowstorm ends, snowballs, eggplant and french toast.
Pictures - snow & love notes

4 years ago - compusa bah, acim gang out and about, float on, sacrifice & wrath, chastity belts for 21st century
pictures - ACIM gang

5 years ago - Strep, Jill is like 30, Greek Grotto, Weather, The woods, urinals, Mrs G team pic, Romanian Girl returns from the grave, poli-sci

6 years ago - Palm doodles, band names, sinister ducks, Cheddar Cheesus, water bus trip home, Orange Cat, walkies pics

7 years ago - zcardz (precursor to the pirates game), LL fooled with my bro, vanishing finn, meds

8 years ago - Dream, Walkies with fog, Worked MLK, ear pressure relief then a return, ordered my digicam, got a keeno book off my wish list, siege engines, lego cube solver.

9 years ago -Bro pic, garam masala, patty hearst pardoned, DNA police

Today I spent most of the day inside - cold out there, and my back is tricking up. I'm glad tomorrow is physical therapy! BHK and the inlaws did some yardwork in the chill while I did repairs in the heat, with the kitties inside.

Speaking of the kitties, I dreamt that we were in the green truck, returning form taking Newton and Pye somewhere - I had just off-loaded Newt in the house, when the truck drove off - Someone had made off with the vehicle and Pye! ... it made it about a block and a half before BHK and I caught up with it - turned out that Pye was driving, a la Toonces. I was dumbfounded, but BHK just snatched him up and brought him inside the house, scolding him fiercely. I remember looking at the cabin of the truck, and trying to muddle out how he accomplished it - BHK was more interested in telling him "NO! BAD KITTY! You're too young to drive!"(and this is true, as he is only 4.)

Picture taken on the way home last night - Christmas is in the air, already. Normally, I like to wait until after thanksgiving, but I love the more basic stuff... Lit up trees and misty nights.





and for the David Deboy fans out there - Crabs for Christmas.



I spent some time fixing BHK's laptop - the boot volume was toasted somehow. Fortunately, it was just a job for chkdsk /r and a little patience for the cleanup.

After the folks left, bhk made a mighty salad - garbonzos, spinache, cabbage, and whatever other good things in the house (pumpkin seeds and meatless baco-things on mine!), served with some beans and rice for bulk. It felt really good.

1 year ago - I love traveling with BHK, train set at motorcycle shop, festival of trees (Hospice), getting my head in order

2 years ago - gobble gobble - turkey day

3 years ago - talked to bro in hospital, local music, reader quiz

4 years ago - good counters bad, beard, heroin traffic in sofla, Melissa not Alyssa, evo vs creationism beliefs in the usa, googlewhacked, crimes against children task force

5 years ago - Whatever comes to mind, kid memory, cent sign, elephants

6 years ago - Mayah's Birthday with pics, mage knight, cosplayers, Newtpics, ACCExpo, Lemmiwinks song

7 years ago - Superpowers, assoil, holiday icon musing

8 years ago - Golden Rice, survey, myths over Miami

I haven't been recalling my dreams lately. Less fitful sleep, but I wake up with a cough and some nausea most mornings. BHK made some yummy soup last night, but I wasn't up to much eating for one reason or another. Maybe I'm getting a little cold or something?

Watched the last two episodes of house... the finale was pretty sad stuff... but I dn't know how much I go in for the pseudo-surreal hypnoscapes and memory retrieval elements... and the fact that nobody checked out the jane doe was a pretty weak plot point, given the other in-depth review of the case.

Put an order in for Hive and the Mosquito expansion at Aardvark - it should be in by June 12 (a little under a week)! A little expensive, but the bakelite pieces will endure a long time.

Maybe I'll make some out of glow in the dark fimo... or do variant pieces with other bugs. How would a ladybug move... or what might a lightning bug be able to do to switch up the game?

I already fear BHK will toast me at the game... she's got a good mind for some of these logic puzzle hex territory things.. like hazienda.

Playing it online is fun, but I love the feedback of face to face and handling the game pieces. Plus, if the power goes out, you're still set. (With the exception of pente and go I prefer most all games offline.) I first coded a version of pente for my good ol' atari ST back in the day... the AI was weak, but not terrible. I think that I've learned a few more strategies since then, but there is no lack of humans to play with... and there are better AIs out there, too.

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These free paper foldables are pretty keen. The cat in the vet collar is particularly inspired.

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Bambi II: Oh yes... there will be blood. (thank theweaselking)

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L. Ron Hubbard's 5 Most Impressive Lies (Besides Scientology)

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1 year ago - 150 questions meme

2 years ago - tuesday like buddy holly, poetry, long phone talk, csi project, under cold blue stars, 3 girl rhumba,

3 years ago - Org of American States, South America, Local Journals, burlesque, rain to sun, icons, journey to the center of the earth, I don't much like Cap'n Jack, PO CHU-I, florida slave labor, rose garden, the Way-Outs, Spanish mixup at work.

4 years ago - D-Day / Normandy, Cold Reading, plague cookies, shockwave, meme, chill out, first appearance of eryx_uk in my comments.

5 years ago - Hobbit Pub w/danny pics, DARPA

6 years ago - Troublesome evacuation issues for fumigation

7 years ago - evil news, laconic, hobbit names, aimbot, hungry, lj DDos, glow text abuse, misc wacky html, Scotto quirk, COPS, long chat with CEJ, Rudy-fibber, poo-health chart.

8 years ago - no-thang

 

Dick Martin died. Why does this make me feel bad or nostalgic? Laugh-in was old hat before I was born, but I loved seeing it on Nick at Nite.

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Forgot to mention the awesome sub/pizza shop discovered on Saturday. Selby Sub Shoppe - found when we took a wrong turn looking for Thai food. Best mistake we could've made. Larry was especially happy that he didn't have to consume anything involving curry or green beans. He got chicken wings, while BHK, Chris and I gobbled down some white pizza... with red sauce on the side.

So good. Also good was the lemon coconut cake, lemon pie, chocolate mousse pie and the lemon cookies. We seem to have an inordinate amount of lemon fondness in our desserts.

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Random statement - I don't think that Andy Kaufman was very funny, even in a meta-way. Entertainingly random, at best.

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Current music - The Way I Am by Ingrid Michaelson

If you were falling, then I would catch you.
You need a light, I'd find a match.

'cause I love the way you say good morning.
And you take me the way I am.

If you are chilly, here take my sweater.
Your head is aching, I'll make it better.

'cause I love the way you call me baby.
And you take me the way I am.

I'd buy you Rogaine if you start losing all your hair.
Sew on patches to all you tear.

'cause I love you more than I could ever promise.
And you take me the way I am.
You take me the way I am.
You take me the way I am.

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BHK got her first filling today - her personal tooth-care is far superior to mine.

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Dreamt last night of being at the Disney lagoon - BHK and I were swimming with giant sharks, eels - no fish was smaller than half my size, most of them were between 30-40 feet long. At one point I was kidnapped, and was told that if I escaped, my entire family would be killed. I grabbed the person and immobilized him by snapping his arms and legs off like dried twigs - when I went to finish him, the police showed up and told me that his brain shouldn't be damaged, as they needed it to ge tthe information on how he would hurt folks. I didn't care to see him live, but I relented - though only if I could pack his head with salt and ash. That was ok with the police, who decapitated him, and put his noggin in a clear tube for analysis... the head was somehow still alive, but as long as he couldn't speak, he couldn't hurt us... some sort of vampire, or lich, maybe?

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Adam is home from Haiti - note form MVW

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1 year ago - pepper picture (first harvest from the garden), navicat, website revamp thoughts, sweet sue's secret ingredient, 9 million bicycles

2 years ago - newtcam server down, social kicks up, movies, quizzes, juice newton

3 years ago - power outage, scruffies, grow an armchair, Audry Landers/ woodchuck/ Gene Rayburn, don't step in the cake, swat monkey, em's ink, best quote ever, soap for meth, Man Arrested for Wearing Grinch Mask, letter from mp, bro call, peacekeeping purse

4 years ago - animated newt pic, open courseware, a lovely phone call, athenos reply, name meme

5 years ago - Cross-sections, candy bars and otherwise, panoramas, hut-building, surreal candy, there b3 features, wvum, world as blog

6 years ago - Memorial Day, documentation, Jakushitsu, Animal crackers, flash & the elongated man, sleeping late with a cat, what's better. (First appearance for the Newton-yawn icon)

7 years ago - nice dreams, four legs good, two legs bad, saw Shrek, first mobile entry from the laptop

8 years ago - I'd not yet committed to daily entries

Back is feeling much better today. Not great, but only a low-level ache and tightness at the moment. The pills best used before bed as they make me sleepy and thus not suitable for work or any sharp thought-based activity during the day.

Still haven't heard from brother since he was released from jail. I imagine that no news is good news.... I think I'll call him tonight, though.

Yesterday afternoon while I was taking care of some issues, BHK ran to the nursery and picked up some veggies for us - Flowers : Ranunculus (look mostly like the Heart of Gold ), Some Red Cat Tails, a dozen ears of corn, and a big bag of zucchini. Local food for supper the next few days!

Also after work, BHK and I went to see The Forbidden Kingdom. I'd say that we both liked it - the settings and fight choreography were lovely, but I would really have loved to see what they'd have done in the 80's, when they were both at physical prime. It was also a bit too... American, I guess. The bookends of "bullies chase kid with no 'fu", to "kid, now trained, defeats bullies" weakened the picture a bit. Overall, I was more than pleased, but it wasn't as fantastic as I'd have hoped. Not in the same league as othe rcurrent wire fu flicks, but seeing Li and Chan together was pretty nifty... Plus, The Monkey King!

After the movie's popcorn, we were ready for some serious supper time, and headed to Red Robin... we were seated between an old man who had a fragrance of tomato soup in a baby diaper and an adorable down's syndrome baby.

That was ok, save for the distracting scent... but after waiting for about 10 minutes without seeing a server, I took it as a sign of possible things to come, and we left.

We made a beeline for Cheeburger² and were seated immediately... placed our order, and chitty-chatted. The Trivial Pursuit cards at the table were ones we'd already done before, but that's the risk we take by going there so often. Our server was seemingly inexperienced at her job... a little while after we placed our order, she came back to tell us that they were all out of veggie burgers. Apparently, neither BHK or I were slotted for the meal we were looking for tonight. We got ready to go, and the girl pleaded with us to stay - free milkshakes were offered. (Reasonable, since they were already made, waiting for our non-present main course to come to us.) We said that it was ok, but she begged us to stick around while she got her boss to make things right. Bogdan was there, acting as manager... we really can't say no to him. He's been our burger buddy since I first moved here, and BHK has known him longer than that. He gave us some other options, which worked out fine. I got a grilled portobello sammich and BHK did a cow-burger, both had the same toppings and treatment we wanted on the veggie-burgers.

The shakes were tasty, though not as thick, since they had time to melt while we waited... I got a chocolate mint (not as good as chocolate cherry), and BHK had a standard ol' fashioned chocolate malt.

We made it home at about 9ish, BHK checked her email while I played a little TF2 (polishing my Heavy and Demoman skills) and Counterstrike.

Naughty Newt wouldn't let BHK's water alone... first he stuck his face close to it, and sneezed into the surface.... insuring that BHK wouldn't be drinking any. With that, he lapped the contents until he wasn't comfortable sticking his face inside the cup... so he put a paw in and pulled it over to drink from the puddle. BHK didn't know that he's fond of that little procedure. I guess she knows now. We went to bed shortly thereafter... reading turned swiftly to sleep.

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Best thing about Gordon Ramsay is his insult factor. calling someone a doughnut, a pelican and a donkey.

I'm surely going to call someone a "silly pelican" sometime soon.

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This morning, I remember a dream of disease outbreak - lots of panic - BHK and I were separated, don't know where the cats went.

I was put on a bus to Schenectady (why Schenectady?), with one small carry-on bag. I was forbidden to bring any money, books, cell phone / electronics or shoes, with the understanding that I'd be subject to robbery and worse if I did so. I don't remember what I did pack.. clothes and toiletries of some sort. I specifically recall bringing a roll of toilet paper and some pens and pencils. There was considerable fear and panic on the bus, but it wasn't overcrowded. I had my own seat, and behind me was the skinny guy from The Big Bang Theory.

The skinny guy and I talked for a bit... more like he spoke and I tossed in a comment here and there in support of what he was saying. I don't recall the exact nature of the conversation but there were certainly aspects of survival involved - something about safe water and how to make a solar oven was part of it. I was thirsty, and did not pack any water - there was a screeching or whooshing of air in my ears as we drove to our destination. Actor guy moved from the chair behind to sit next to me as there were two other fellows on his bench, pushing and shoving each other aggressively.

After our talk, skinny guy showed me that he was wearing an earring shaped like two horseshoes that were open, but closed enough that the second didn't fall from the first. the beads were black. He took it out and stuck it in my ear, piercing it when he did... and put in another one back in his own ear... the only difference was that his now had gray beads instead. He said that it was protection for the area ahead, and also gave me a compass and a powerful magnet (that didn't affect the compass, somehow) as a way to thank me because I wasn't annoying. The men behind us had been listening wanted thier own, but he refused. "Sorry - you were annoying me. Anyway, I don't have any more." and then was killed - I couldn't help him because I was back on the bus again, and he was in the parking lot, left far behind, shrieking as the two men tore him to pieces. I guess one of the men got the earring he had.

We stopped in Montana (must've been the long way, since we were going to NY from MD), where men in gas masks and carrying clipboards came on and took us outside one by one. We were lined up, and then everyone n the bus was killed except for me - deemed contagious, I suppose.

I was given food and water, and then told to walk from there. A broad expanse of grassy hills and green trees were ahead of me, with no path to be seen... but I walked, a deep sense of sadness hitting me with every step. I noted that the land was stunning, but empty without BHK and the boys with me... I began to wonder if I'd ever see them again- if somehow I'd been tricked and that this was a way of putting me in isolation.

I pulled a walking stick from a nearby branch and hit each tree, hoping to knock unseen fruit and to let nearby wildlife know I was coming... for whatever reason, I thought there were mountain lions in the woods.

Then I woke up to the alarm clock playing BHK's IPOD, and I was snuggled in with her, the boys on the bed as well. So that's a happy ending, anyhow.

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1 year ago - garden work / computer work, one word meme, shorpy

2 year ago - rough day, socialist apes

3 years ago - droopy dan, mlm scam, petroglyphs, wifi via airship, science fiction, local graffiti pics, newt on kittenbreak and kittenwar

4 years ago - Team Laser Explosion Secret Fan club, Eels, ADP sassmouth, php nuke is el-sucko

5 years ago - Travel plans, work, finn's karma, Saw Murray

6 years ago - May Day Coming, Snuggles Newt, Super power, Chupa Blabs

7 years ago- web poll, dj poll, bit o' fiction, My pet Skeleton, naughty news - lots of breasts, a bunghole, creed and a mime, mum.org letter for menstrualhut

Happy Valentines Day!

Got a lovely Kermit the frog card from BHK. Words can't even begin to describe how much love I have for her. I hold her dearly in my heart. She makes every day a valentiney sort of day. Hard to get too worked up about a day that's all about love and affection when I'm immersed in it all the time.

That's a good thing!

As ol' Bill Shakespeare put it,

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

Tonight, we exchanged chocolates, and BHK made tasty mexican bake for me and the in-laws. (well, Chris... Larry had Hot dogs.) Dessert was 3-chocolate ice cream and orange cake with milk chocolate icing. nom nom nom.  More fun din  din news to follow, I'm sure.

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The most awesome collection of superhero toys in one blister pack.

Movie Spidey 3 with a baseball bat!
Superman with a crossbow and terrible chest logo, riding a roaring dinosaur!
Bare-booty Hulk!
Pretty Decent Design Batman!

I would so totally pay three dollars for that. (But then again, I'd dig a Han Solo in Carbonite mini-fridge, too)

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Metro says there were 84 assaults against Metrobus drivers in 2007, an increase of more than 50 from 2002. Now they're talking about putting protective shields in for the drivers.... what about the other passengers? via WTOP

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via Scheiner - Offshore oil rig evacuated after someone dreamed of a bomb.

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I heard waterboarding referred to as a "mild form of torture" today.

The words torture and mild don't go together in my book - not a gray area, as far as I'm concerned. Like "slightly excruciating".

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I just discovered SourceTV - pretty keen for game spectators. Not a bad way to develop strategy, either. (Learned about it per the huge Team Fortress 2 update - including a map with a train! - Nice of them to give gamers with no significant other something to do on valentine's day.)

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List of Famous (and kinda-sorta famous, maybe) Scientologists. I still can't believe I missed hearing about Jason Lee.

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1 year ago - stayed in for ice storm smashes our fence, ice pictures

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

3 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

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

5 years ago - got the nordis gig, palm pics

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

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

Dreamt of the boardwalk coming to life like a Japanese Umbrella Monster. Why? Now I wonder how many 100-year old things are in the house. I'm guessing not much, save for a few books and coins.

BHK made a tasty pseudo-chicken / broccoli / alfredo noodle dish... I scarfed down two full bowls of the stuff... and they were not little bowls. The in-laws invited us to chinese food, but I think that I came out way ahead with what I got.

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Nifty Iron Man art meme, reminds me a bit of the batgirl one done way back when... I wonder if GP and/ or Kat will do one? I dig Paul Conrad's stuff.. and all of 'em are groovy. See Also the Stan Lee Tribute page.

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Meme from eryx by way of count marius

1. What bill do you hate paying the most?
Condo side-stuff

2. Where was the last place you had a romantic dinner?
With BHK, every dinner is pretty dang romantic! Out, I'd say the greek restaurant before golden compass.

3. Do you regret losing your virginity to who you lost it to?
No.

4. If you could go back and change one thing what would it be?
I don't know... maybe get better results on my back operations.

5. Name of your first grade teacher?
Mr Adams

6. What do you really want to be doing right now?
Chilling with the Mrs.

7. What did you want to be when you were growing up?
Super hero, Cowboy, pirate, army man... the usual. First career choice was tech-guy.

8. How many colleges did you attend?
PBCC, FAU, and Miami - three!

9. Why did you choose the shirt that you have on right now?
BHK handed it to me as I got out of the shower!

10. What are your thoughts on gas prices?
It seems people will pay anything rather than investigate alternate modes of energy and transport.

11. If you could move anywhere and take someone with you where would it be?
BHK and I to a comfy cottage in vermont, maybe? Or even someplace closer to work, but further from fallout.

12. First thought when the alarm went off this morning?
Where's the snooze button?

13. Last thought before going to sleep last night?
Where's Pye?

14. Do you miss being a child?
Some parts yes, but mostly no.

and where is 15?

16. What errand/chore do you despise?
Well, not despise, but anything that involves me on my hands and knees, or bending too much... scrubbing floors or ironing is yucky.

17. If you didn't have to work, would you volunteer?
I would volunteer at a charity (or charities) of my choice, sure!

18. Get up early or sleep in?
Sleep in, usually!

19. What is your favorite cartoon character?
Hm. I dig classic cartoons, like Daffy Duck a lot.

20. Favorite thing to do at night with a girl?
Depends on my mood and the girl!

21. Have you found real love yet?
Absolutely.

22. When did you start feeling old?
I've gotten creaky in the back since my teens... but I don't feel really old.

no 23?

24. Your favorite lunch meat?
Cheeeeeese! Cheddar is always nice.

25. What do you get every time you go into Wal-Mart?
I don't think that there's a regular thing... chips and soda, maybe?

26. Beach or lake?
I like lakes a trifle more than the sea... but both are nice. The bay is a happy medium.

27. Do you think marriage is an outdated ritual?
Depends on how you define it. I'm certainly in favor of my marriage!

28. Do you own property?
Me and the bank.

29. Favorite guilty pleasure?
Guilty, not so much, but I do like lounging indoors and having a personal day here and again.

30. Favorite movie you wouldn't want anyone to find out about?
I'm not easily embarrassed.. I do like Adventures in Babysitting, and that could be classified as sort of feeble.

31. What's your drink?
Diet Cream Soda is tasty! I'll go for diet cherry pepsi, diet mountian dew or diet grape giant, too.

32. Cowboys or Indians?
In general, Cowboys.

33. Cops or Robbers?
In general, Cops.

34. Who from high school would you like to run in to?
Steve Jacoby, Cameron Scott, Larry Barnes, Mr. Cornell, Driana Maher

35. What radio station is your car radio tuned to right now?
Hard to say, but I'd guess XM radio U-pop, 1940's or Motown.

36. Norm or Cliff?
Cliff is pretty hard to beat, but I think I'd prefer Norm.

37. Grey's or 'The Office?
The Office... never seen Grey's

38. Worst relationship mistake that you wish you could take back?
Poor behavior around friends in general back in the 90s.

39. Do you like the person that sits directly across from you at work?
Nobody really sits across from me... I guess if I drew an imaginary line from my facing through the office, I'd hit Donna.. she's cool, I like her.

40. What famous person would you like to have dinner with?
Hmm... Tony Shaloub? Who's buying?

41. Indoors or Outdoors?
Both, please!

42. Have you ever crashed your vehicle?
i've been in a few crashes, and yes, I've bumped into another car way back when.

43. Have you ever had to use a fire extinguisher for its intended purpose?
Yup! outdoor fire out of control.

44. Last book you read?
If Chins could kill. Currently reading Soon I Will Be Invincible and Storm Front depending on if I'm carrying the hardcover or just my palmtop.

45. Do you have a teddy bear?
There's one in a little bomber jacket and goggles around here somewhere!

46. Strangest place you have ever brushed your teeth?
Camping along the peace river... not that strange!

47. Somewhere in California you've never been and would like to go?
The Tar Pits

48. Do you go to church?
Not religiously, no.

49. At this point in your life would you rather start a new career or a new relationship?
Well, I'm happily married, so the career gets the reboot!

50. How old are you?
38

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1 year ago - voice post - pretzels and candy corn

2 years ago - mr t happy dance, stayed in watched kong, hobbit house, MLK day, falling sand toy, palm doodle, deadly sins meme

3 years ago - Rainy lazy mel-day, bonnet house, literati with resilience, fictional substances, fooling around with image searches

4 years ago - Cycloptic Goat, Fontifier, Aesop, etc

5 years ago - Newt Pic, Manatees, Harry potter, palm wait at doc, sanctity of life

6 years ago - cool invention poll, thoughts about human rights progressing, magic spell over Taiwan, books read, How to take a punch, and my first notification that I was being published in UA2.

7 years ago - Custard the Dragon, Beautiful and Not-so-beautiful Words, Botticelli reminding me of mah sweetie, Michelanglo on Censorship, and a few dead links.

8 years ago - Newt was Neutered!

transcribed and backdated for catch up.

Holy cow - Last night was nuts. Fever dreams of being compressed and spread out over a latticework of red and purple circles - I felt like I was a wad of pizza dough, being roasted and smashed... stretched and smeared while being roasted from inside. Combine suffocation with the feeling of having your joints twisted.

It sucked. Sure, not so bad now that it's passed, but heck... that may've been the worst fever/fever dream I've ever had.

BHK and the boys have been sweethearts and help immensely.

Caught up with out Tivo'ed Kitchen Nightmares - both British and USA versions. Also bagged some Eureka, the new House, too. There are benefits of being so wrecked that you can't read a book or surf the web properly, after all!

I'm still of the opinion that UK's Ramsey is far different than the USA one, but the American gross-out factor is winning me over a bit. Cripes... I don't know why they don't just shut a place down entirely if they get caught serving food that could kill a person.

Turning Points is dangerously similar to my concept for Pumpkin... I may need to revise my maze-y aspect to the game. Worse yet, it may be a better game! Pumpkin may go into a fundamental rethink at this point.

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1 year ago - I want to be Dr. Killenger, late night bro call, pancakes,

2 years ago - bro, bullfighting - with milk, peas, newt pic, king tut

3 years ago - elbo room with fembots, publicity, metaVNC, Nushu dies, retro, 939,000people are without power, Asian Soul, electoral votes, Anne Ricelambastes on amazon / gaiman's reply

4 years ago - Tree, Dr. Who, work, man eating plants, fairy tales, tarot, schizophrenia

5 years ago - cat/dog mummies, color illusion, headache, palm doodles

6 years ago - battle of New Orleans, enemies, grumbly, Cathi & me at the beach

7 years ago - pv entries

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Random notes on my lj, and communites maintained

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

7 years ago - zoe's bday and loverlips adds