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Egg-dying tonight! Tina, Adam, possibly in-laws and BHK for coloring chicken ovals! Pictures to follow tomorrow, no doubt. Chris is a bit late picking me up, so I can keyboard away at this for a little bit.

Haiku in my brain -

that piece of paper
covered in doodles and such
where did I put it?

50 things I've done meme continues with item 37. I...

37.'was the data librarian for the Atari computer club, back when Atari actually made a home computer or twelve that were actually useful as office-type gizmo as well as game machines. I had an 800XL with a bank of happy chip modded 1050 floppy drives that I used for a BBS, but I also had an Atari ST, that I learned the bulk of my first usable programming knowledge on. (LOGO on the TI-99/4a notwithstanding - come to think of it, I did some Spirograph stuff on the ST, too.) When the club dissolved, I was left with a huge crate of free software... including some nifty CAD stuff, and a pile of MIDI music software. I dabbled for a while with both, but the programming was more interesting to me at the time. I suspect if you asked me now, I'd be fooling with a keyboard and midi cables. I built my first homebrew sound digitizer on the ST, and used it mostly to do startup, shutdown noises.. not to mention the occasional silly soundboard program.

Chewbacca is quite the dapper Victorian don't you think?

Via sci-fi scanner - Doctor Who Originally Conceived As an Insane, Malevolent LSD Junkie

Everyone knows Doctor Who: He's the malignant alien time-traveler hopping around the galaxy in an invisible UFO, right? With eyes filled with madness and a heart dripping with hate, he constantly pops tabs of LSD to relive the horrors of his immortal past. When he's not under the throes of a hallucinogen-induced bender, he is using his time-traveling UFO to pop into the past and stop the caveman from inventing the wheel, Isaac Newton from discovering gravity and Gutenberg from inventing the printing press... all to consolidate a horrific vision of the future that is entirely of his insane devising. Right? Right?

Well, no, of course not: The good Doctor is a benevolent force who hops around the universe in his TARDIS, trying to do good deeds and help the people he loves whenever possible. But bizarrely, this was not the original idea for Doctor Who, as the notes coming out of the BBC's archives make clear. Rather, he was originally brainstormed to be an insane, malevolent LSD junkie.

"A feature of the new Doctor will be the humour along the lines of the sardonic humour of Sherlock Holmes. The metaphysical change which takes place over 500 years or so is a horrifying experience... in which he relives some of the unendurable moments of his long life..." the archives read. "It's as if he has had the LSD drug and instead of experiencing the kicks, he has the hell and dank horror which can be its effect."

Needless to say, the producer shot this idea down, giving us the good Doctor we've all grown to love. But, my god. I would kill for this vision of the Doctor: an insane, time-traveling Dr. Gregory House.

A reactionary on a bad LSD trip - Doctor Who?

Say what you want about Obama, but that's a heck of a speech right there. No doubt I'm the 1,795,403,543rd news source to mention it this morning.

1 year ago - newt and pye on cam, first day at county, Ze:The Show is over, squid vs yellow submarine,

2 years ago - condo area pic with duck, i don't like cricket

3 years ago - Lunsford, Atlantis, car crash test, voice post

4 years ago - club 977, Wine & Food, itunes, lj spam, Fri-5, nearby donations,First hint of New Dr Who, Newt big-head pic, color associations

5 years ago - heat, bad job recruiter, UT

6 years ago - city relic quiz, got into an argument with Astley, work nonsense, happy ending

7 years ago - awake but paralysed for surgery, com ideas, animal eyes

Current Mood: good
Current Location: 20714
Current Music: the soup presents - in th ebackground.

Went to the in-laws after work for a junk-food delight - veggie chili dogs, fries, and corn. I was totally beat - BHK and I fairly ate and ran. About all I did before going to bed was make a few game moves... didn't even really read before hitting the sack.

Memory Issues- and it's not like I did a lot of drinking, drugs or had blunt head trauma as a kid. That I recall, anyhow.

I don't remember a lot about my childhood. Sometimes, it seems like I only recall stuff from high-school onwards, and it's been that way for a very long time. Sure, there's the odd tv show, or family outing... but the majority is missing without something to spark a memory. Written journals help some.

I don't remember when I first learned to read.

I don't really remember when my parents divorced, or how we were told that they were splitting up.

I don't remember getting to the hospital where my father died...how I got there, who was with me. I remember seeing him on the bed, with the monitors running.

I only vaguely remember moving out of the house at 17, over thanksgiving.

I don't remember much of my time spent at home at age 15-16, outside of working on the old Atari 800 bbs.

I don't remember reading many of my childhood books... I remember the stories, but not the actual running of my eyes over the words.

I only remember a few of my classmates, and the bulk of those were in high school. I do remember my friends in first grade, and my fellow safety patrol members in 5th.

I remember members of my social groups - gaming, music, theater, and so on.

I can't remember my fellow boy scouts, but I vaguely remember Mr Pierce, mostly because I went back to the same troop with BA and SJ during their scout phase.

I can remember a few of the gang from Civil Air Patrol... but I can't recall my flight instructor at all. I know it was a man, but I couldn't pick him out of a lineup.

Stretch!!

Thoughts for Thursday night - The Palace of Wonders

THE WEIRDO SHOW - 9:00 PM

Price: $6

Don't miss this Congress of Curious People, this Circus of the Strange. This month, PROFESSOR SPROCKET presents a true cavalcade of the bizarre as The Weirdo Show makes its triumphant return to the Palace of Wonders!

- Swoon at the Comedic Burlesque of inimitable SHORTSTAXX!
- Be Amazed by the More Than Magic of the celebrated LIES OF BRIAN!
- Gasp at the Fabulous Fire Fans of the incredible MALIBU!
- Laugh at the Variety and Vaudeville Antics of the dynamic duo of DUTCH & DUPP!
- Be Astounded by the Super Hooping of the amazing STRANGE POWERS!
- Thrill to the Fantastic Fire Poi of the incomparable SILVER RAVEN!

Plus the Professor's trademark pitches, ballies and grinds, including The Headless Woman and The Blade Box! At only six measly bucks, you can't afford not to see this one!

1 year ago - rapture index, nice day, rotating apartments, screamin' jay hawkins, app-stick, old family pix, audience participation, eating clown face,

2 years ago - imageshack woes, lj-poll, walkabout pix, smiles, music meme fruitful, super mario world, burning life with hp pics, power spotty

3 years ago - Ivan entry attracts travel tips, El Niño is back, beauty of ahurricane, Big Kahuna Generous, rough case, nice chats, monkey-chants,silly sliders graphic

4 years ago - written missives with bro, newbie likes the doobie, digital clouds,Hurricane Fabian, Stratego, Yoni Yantri, BK snoops, gave frankie the mooch some pasta and a pan.

5 years ago - Great dreams, care-were-bears, Big Bird (IMT) is a thief, Private moon landing. (never took place, sadly.), newtie play

6 years ago - wtc-pentagon 9/11

7 years ago - Tattoo trend, questions memes.. hmm, #4 came true!, Possibility of a Seed donation

Current Mood: blank
Current Location: 20714
Current Music: Backstreet boys/Britney spears leftover soundtrack in my head. ugh!

Well, go figure! I post about Steve J, and he goes and finds my LJ. That makes 4 folks from high school reconnected! ( Clayton Griffin, Jim Goodmon, Steve Mancour and Steve Jacoby.)

It seems that SJ has been quite busy these last two decades or so. (I guess that’d follow!) He is now married, has a beautiful family, and has had broad assortment of careers. He still looks just the same – actually, probably a bit healthier than I remember. I imagine that chasing the little ones around helps a lot as a form of working out (in addition to martial arts training.) I was apparently way off on the Broward county search; He’s now on the opposite side of the continental USA in Seattle . When I got the reply to my last entry, I first thought it was from one of my LJ buddies having a prank on me. I was suspecting that perhaps Robert or some other Seattleite (Is that a word? Must be … spell-check seems to like it.) was pulling my leg. Not so – even though Steve Jacoby is a pretty common name on Google & Yahoo (The name of one of the victims from 9/11, not to mention countless others.) Beau Brumfield is less so – which led to his finding my LJ. Not sure how long he’d been reading it before yesterday when I mentioned that I’d like to hear from him – it’s been quite a while since he came up in online conversation.

Steve and I sort of lost touch after high school… he was focusing primarily on the Arts crowd and I’d slid into a more Technological Track. The last I’d heard, he had headed North to Tennessee (or perhaps Kentucky , as third hand information tends to degrade rapidly) when I was in college, and we never really kept up. He and I both gave up on Brent about the same time – Once BA started hanging out with Jaques and the LWC post-grad crowd, things degraded pretty rapidly. I sort of slid over to the James Dawsey / Robin Tunkel gaming crowd.

Random notes about Steve – both he and Brent were in my first car on the first day I was driving.

He had a VW that seemed to have one headlight perpetually out. My first experience with hearing an air-cooled engine. I can’t even guess at how many rides he gave me to places. I rode to school with Randy Leipzig (who later killed himself over a depression / girlfriend issue) and [whatshisname Justin, maybe? – curly haired guy w/ glasses.]

Horsing around the swimming pool at Lisa Gordon’s house (one of our first meetings with Lisa and Pam M), I went to push him into the water. And missed by about three feet. He got scraped up a bit, and I felt amazingly bad about it. Most likely I was especially guilty due to my being a show-off in front of Pam. Steve was a bit po’ed, but was a pretty dang good sport about it.

Pre-high school, when I went to Congress middle, he frequently helped me with my stuff onto the bus – a heavy book bag (1/3 school stuff, 2/3 reading materials not part of the curriculum D&D, generally) and a Tuba (or Baritone, depending on the day I was bringing stuff home)

Steve and I were both thugs in the LWC movie “The Arthurian Project”, and we made an assortment of goofy movies like “Raiders of the Lost Sock”. We both picked up on some very rudimentary stop motion techniques. I wonder if I still have that video tape in storage at the Deerfield Condo? Might be fun to digital transfer and post those.

All you can eat Po’ folks country fried steak night… Steve passed out and was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance. I thought he was goofing at first.

Steve’s dad always had tastycakes on top of the fridge, and smoked.

Ken Krupowies lived not too far from Steve’s place.

Steve, Scott Clark and I playing impossible mission and eating pizza at Clark ’s place. Clark ’s mom had a gentleman caller, and we could hear them enjoying each other’s company through the wall. I made a little comment about it and Clark turned up the TV volume, and I was never invited back. Steve said it was because I left pizza under Clark ’s bed, but I really think it was my comment. When have I *ever* left pizza behind?

Of the old gang, Steve was the nice guy of the group, and I think probably the most physically durable.

We went on a few road trips here and there – Complete Strategist, other gaming stores, the Xanadu KFC, Kevin Cummin’s Father’s cabin

Steve’s silly recreation of Clayton Griffin’s Print shop obsession

“HE’S SO MAGIC!” – a la Flaming Carrot

Playing D&D with SJ, BA, LG, PM – pre-canned sessions of silly polyhedral stupidity, Arduin grimore dungeon crawl, with day-glo orange covers.

I need to flesh each of these out some more… so BHK knows what I’m talking about, at least.

Today at work, I had First Jolly rancher in about two decades – grape. Yum.

1 year ago – sunrise, newt pic, entry analysis, searching for mp3, newts new doc, mootube, footbrint, danny visit, mighty heroes, quiz meme, RI screws up

2 years ago – EN issues, gabbed with sammy and uber, Kung fu hustle, Newt dream, ‘thulhu toons

3 years ago – I want a rest, CoH beta final night, Tornado, d’s Birthday, screen caps

4 years ago – drugstore screw up, dream, bro issues

5 years ago – chopping block, little-boy voice, I want to be Diplomat to gorilla city, tesselations, z-cardz, morikami

6 years ago – red riding hood, webhits, rear window

Originally published at The Scotto Grotto. You can comment here or there.

Well, go figure! I post about Steve J, and he goes and finds my LJ. That makes 4 folks from high school reconnected! ( Clayton Griffin, Jim Goodmon, Steve Mancour and Steve Jacoby.)

It seems that SJ has been quite busy these last two decades or so. (I guess that’d follow!) He is now married, has a beautiful family, and has had broad assortment of careers. He still looks just the same – actually, probably a bit healthier than I remember. I imagine that chasing the little ones around helps a lot as a form of working out (in addition to martial arts training.) I was apparently way off on the Broward county search; He’s now on the opposite side of the continental USA in Seattle . When I got the reply to my last entry, I first thought it was from one of my LJ buddies having a prank on me. I was suspecting that perhaps Robert or some other Seattleite (Is that a word? Must be … spell-check seems to like it.) was pulling my leg. Not so – even though Steve Jacoby is a pretty common name on Google & Yahoo (The name of one of the victims from 9/11, not to mention countless others.) Beau Brumfield is less so – which led to his finding my LJ. Not sure how long he’d been reading it before yesterday when I mentioned that I’d like to hear from him – it’s been quite a while since he came up in online conversation.

Steve and I sort of lost touch after high school… he was focusing primarily on the Arts crowd and I’d slid into a more Technological Track. The last I’d heard, he had headed North to Tennessee (or perhaps Kentucky , as third hand information tends to degrade rapidly) when I was in college, and we never really kept up. He and I both gave up on Brent about the same time – Once BA started hanging out with Jaques and the LWC post-grad crowd, things degraded pretty rapidly. I sort of slid over to the James Dawsey / Robin Tunkel gaming crowd.

Random notes about Steve – both he and Brent were in my first car on the first day I was driving.

He had a VW that seemed to have one headlight perpetually out. My first experience with hearing an air-cooled engine. I can’t even guess at how many rides he gave me to places. I rode to school with Randy Leipzig (who later killed himself over a depression / girlfriend issue) and [whatshisname Justin, maybe? – curly haired guy w/ glasses.]

Horsing around the swimming pool at Lisa Gordon’s house (one of our first meetings with Lisa and Pam M), I went to push him into the water. And missed by about three feet. He got scraped up a bit, and I felt amazingly bad about it. Most likely I was especially guilty due to my being a show-off in front of Pam. Steve was a bit po’ed, but was a pretty dang good sport about it.

Pre-high school, when I went to Congress middle, he frequently helped me with my stuff onto the bus – a heavy book bag (1/3 school stuff, 2/3 reading materials not part of the curriculum D&D, generally) and a Tuba (or Baritone, depending on the day I was bringing stuff home)

Steve and I were both thugs in the LWC movie “The Arthurian Project”, and we made an assortment of goofy movies like “Raiders of the Lost Sock”. We both picked up on some very rudimentary stop motion techniques. I wonder if I still have that video tape in storage at the Deerfield Condo? Might be fun to digital transfer and post those.

All you can eat Po’ folks country fried steak night… Steve passed out and was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance. I thought he was goofing at first.

Steve’s dad always had tastycakes on top of the fridge, and smoked.

Ken Krupowies lived not too far from Steve’s place.

Steve, Scott Clark and I playing impossible mission and eating pizza at Clark ’s place. Clark ’s mom had a gentleman caller, and we could hear them enjoying each other’s company through the wall. I made a little comment about it and Clark turned up the TV volume, and I was never invited back. Steve said it was because I left pizza under Clark ’s bed, but I really think it was my comment. When have I *ever* left pizza behind?

Of the old gang, Steve was the nice guy of the group, and I think probably the most physically durable.

We went on a few road trips here and there – Complete Strategist, other gaming stores, the Xanadu KFC, Kevin Cummin’s Father’s cabin

Steve's silly recreation of Clayton Griffin’s Print shop obsession

“HE’S SO MAGIC!” – a la Flaming Carrot

Playing D&D with SJ, BA, LG, PM – pre-canned sessions of silly polyhedral stupidity, Arduin grimore dungeon crawl, with day-glo orange covers.

I need to flesh each of these out some more... so BHK knows what I'm talking about, at least.

Today at work, I had First Jolly rancher in about two decades – grape. Yum.

1 year ago - sunrise, newt pic, entry analysis, searching for mp3, newts new doc, mootube, footbrint, danny visit, mighty heroes, quiz meme, RI screws up

2 years ago - EN issues, gabbed with sammy and uber, Kung fu hustle, Newt dream, 'thulhu toons

3 years ago - I want a rest, CoH beta final night, Tornado, d's Birthday, screen caps

4 years ago - drugstore screw up, dream, bro issues

5 years ago - chopping block, little-boy voice, I want to be Diplomat to gorilla city, tesselations, z-cardz, morikami

6 years ago - red riding hood, webhits, rear window

Current Mood: amused
Current Location: 20714

Got some writing accomplished last night. Basic outline, some bits of dialogue. It's not coming together in "freeflow" style I usually go for, but building on a planned skeleton seems to be working for me so far. 6 characters is a bit stereotypical so far... protagonist, romantic interest, street contact, police interface, villain and victim. I've got the method, but some aspects of the implementation aren't quite on the beam. It wa skind of hard ot get rolling, but about 15 minutes in, the flow improved.

(Writing to Linda Ronstadt's unreleased Keeping Out Of Mischief album certainly promotes noir. Got to love a good torch song from a voice like hers. Thank you, internet for obscure, but easy to download, lost vinyl!)

I would really like some of these USB Powered Air conditioned clothes in a Hawaiian print.

Bing, Bang Boing - The bounce-a-dilly whatchamagame with the bingaroony sound. (and the rnifty 70's commercials) My neighbor Jason has the smash-up derby ssp racers, and they were a hoot. (via my my littler big sis,

ldy)

Moment of music - mp3

Rotating head, keeps on the right side
Coiled up and tense remains on the lookout
Expects to be shot or get given the bullet.
Rotating head tries to look on the bright side of things.

( ... )

Keeno statues around the world (some may not be safe for work)

4^th of July events in sofla's tri-county area:

Palm Beach Post's Independence Day Guide

SouthFlorida.com's Fourth of July 2006 Guide

1 year ago - misc bits, deadwood, photos from kites, images from cat brains, 43things, one word, adp cheats on her hubby via company email, bro drama, bedtime newt pics, grammy drama

2 years ago - green flash, CoH, serial killlers, art books, piratey

3 years ago - electronic handgun, gun quiz, rambles, movies, newt pic

4 years ago - faith farm, new place, troll

5 years ago - genuflect, foot binding, broken bow, lj goodies, robot pondering, apartment

6 years ago - on meeting an icon

Current Mood: gettin' there!
Current Music: March of the Swivelheads by The English Beat (Ferris Bueller's Day Off)

Nice to be relieved of on-call by EN yesterday.... I really prefer to have my weekend to myself, if it can be helped. Lovely rain all day Sunday, and I didn't do much in way of walkies, due to the foot boo-boo.

Feeling nostalgic for the mid-late 70s... Remembering imprints from the first decade of life, or thereabouts. Sort of funny...so many of folks I know and talk to regularly weren't even protein yet in 1975. Oh, for the good ol' days of eating Cap'n Crunch in front of the boob tube watching cartoons or whatnot before the sun has even come up, without a care in the world. Bro still just about 2 years old or so... My Dad about a decade younger than I am now, Momster even younger than that. Only responsibilities are not to wake anybody up.. maybe do a little coloring, or read a book about dinosaurs with word searches and connect the dots at the end of each chapter.

Even as a munchkin, I had to have mixed media piped into my skull... tv, reading, writing, coloring, action figures (or tiny ones, like army men/cowboys and indians cast in plastic).. usually all at the same time. I'm the only person I know that drew crayoned outlines on paper of my GI Joe and Hulk Dolls. Not that I was playing coroner, or anything. I just liked filling in the silhouettes in different poses as a kind of multicolored version of Hiroshima shadows, usually in multiple overlays.

I still remember that Hulk doll with the torn purple pants and the left leg repaired with a nut and bolt across the knee by my dad. More flashback-type stuff from that period.

From ZDNet:

The U.S. House of Representatives definitively rejected the concept of Net neutrality on Thursday, dealing a bitter blow to Internet companies like Amazon.com, eBay and Google that had engaged in a last-minute lobbying campaign to support it.

juliabee put me onto heifer.org - Nifty sounding group to help teach folks self-reliance.

Heifer's mission is to end hunger and poverty and care for the earth and they do that by working with communities. Heifer provides families with training and a livestock gift. The family then has hope for a sustainable future and they in turn become donors by passing on the gift of the animal's offspring to another family in need. Take a look at this video to learn more about this organization that helps families all over the world.

Some interesting packages... the honeybees, chicks and the goats, for example. (the other packages)

If we had more Zombies, we wouldn't need to worry about gas prices.

Random Scotto factoid - I like the Smothers Brothers.

Moment of Lyric - (video)

Once I had a love and it was a gas, soon turned out had a heart of glass.
Seemed like the real thing, only to find mucho mistrust.
Love's gone behind.

Once I had a love and it was divine.
Soon found out I was losing my mind.
It seemed like the real thing but I was so blind.
Mucho mistrust.
Love's gone behind.

In between "what I find is pleasing" and "I'm feeling fine", love is so confusing.
It's no peace of mind if I fear I'm losing you.
It's just no good, you teasing like you do.

Once I had a love and it was a gas, soon turned out had a heart of glass.
Seemed like the real thing, only to find mucho mistrust.
Love's gone behind.

Lost inside adorable illusion and I cannot hide.
I'm the one you're using please don't push me aside.
We could make it cruising, yeah.

Yeah, riding high on love's true bluish light
Ooh ooh ooh whoa x4

Once I had a love and it was a gas, soon turned out to be a pain in the ass
Seemed like the real thing, only to find mucho mistrust.
Love's gone behind.

Hurricane Stuff via Infomaniac

A Failure to Communicate: Politics, Scams, and Information Flow During Hurricane Katrina in Searcher. Discussion of Websites, jornals and coverage from two library professionals at Western Washington U.

IbisEYE,hurricane forecasting tool (using Google Maps) from Sarasota herald tribune. Also has tracks of all Florida-landing storms since 1851. (I really dig this)

I had to seach the Far out Space Nuts... Youtube didn't let me down.

Oh man... I forgot about Honky. Even at 6 years old, I put on the "aw, geez" face. Got to love the name "Honky" though.

Opening theme - End Credits theme

See also Dr. Shrinker, Lost Saucer, Electrawoman and Dynagirl (I had a huge crush on Dynagirl... when I was 8.), Land Of The Lost...

That really explains a lot of how I turned out.

Other Disturbing moments of TV history - the evoloution of Three's Company - Pilot credits -

Three's Company Unaired Pilot TV Theme #1- no lyrics, just "do dee do dee doot doo"

Three's Company Unaired Pilot TV Theme #2

The strongest elements were there from the get-go, Jack and the Ropers.

Additional Schmaltz - Courtship of Eddies Father on youtube. At times, I'm a colossal sap.

For later ref - Tomi's Vette

1 year ago - Going postal, free pie, Global Frequency, Who, Kim Possible, writing, JC & fish sammiches, mouse update, UN food force, Hav, Work Sanity, fridge cleanup, Chloe-pup, sweet farm girl mp3, Hunter-Newt face pics (vs. a paper strip),

2 years ago - Astronauts, Hound Dogs, doodles, $0.21, CoH rough, Camels vs Tigers, Hustler Store on its way.

3 years ago - there-music, vampires, Bollywood posters, billy the kid

4 years ago - wondering about hover cars and jetpacks, mad shark, bad tattoos,rainbow in every teardrop, kid at work day, wondering about my own,Freedom force supers, misc bro & Danny get togethers

5 years ago - irenic & potatory, recovering from yuck, idea12, waving, coffeeflavored cereals, evil news, html brad hoax, plucking out a worm, lovestruck

6 years ago - fooling myself, Superman is JC, site poetry via cmdrtaco

Current Mood: BANGS!
Current Music: Blondie - Heart of Glass

Poor Mandy had a devil of a time picking up her house guest from the bus station yesterday. Fortunately, it all worked out in the end.

They upgraded Second life.. light effects are much better.

26 letters about me... today's installment, A, B, C, & D

A - atari 400 - first telecomm 'puter/ bbs /fidonet I actually had a couple of programmable computers before the atari, but that was the one that got me into telecommunications - a stack 6-high of 5 1/4 floppy drives kept messages on the "halls of gladsheim"... Brent had a regular column that'd be considered an 'opinion blog' now. every week he'd type up something a little controversial, and invite comments and debate. more activity came from folks playing turn-based trade wars or star web. back in the day, I only had one phone line, and the first modem was110 bps, soon upgraded to 300/1200/2400 and a phone line for each as I collected a paycheck. (rollover lines meant first open line went to the speediest connection available.... 110 was rough for folks trying to game, even text based. in the time you'd complete one turn, mr 2400 could do 23. perfectly fine for the message boards, though. We tracked old D&D game notes and ran a simple dice server for the heck of it. Brent's Alias there was Loki, mine was Heimdall, Chad was Fenris, and the rest of the crew had fairly non-Norse names. Even my pop had a login as Allfather. 5 way text chat was possible, but usually any chat was just me at the console, warning folks that the bbs was going down for "maintenance", which usually meant I had friends over that wanted to play 4-player M.U.L.E.

The internet has made a lot of things simpler and cheaper, but there is a lot of nostalgia tied up in those times and 8-bit technologies.

B - Books - I love to read, and it shocks me when I hear folks say that they can't stand to do the same. It surprises me even more when someone says 'I like to read, but haven't read a book in years. '

How sad is that? a simple pleasure, easily fulfilled, not done in *years*. Not even a few pages at lunch or before bed? different folks, different priorities, I suppose.

C - Charity - I feel that it's important to help folks that can't help themselves, especially children and animals. so many out there in need, and I can afford to invest a reasonable percentage of time or thought to help make the world a bit better. it makes me more than a little sick to see someone buy a $8000 purse rather than getting a similar one for $50, and giving 7000 healthy meals to the hungry, instead. again, priorities differ.

D - Derek, my brother - I love him, but I don't much like him these days. He can't seem to break out of self-destructive habits, and is willing to take others down into that pit with him. I fear that he's a lost cause, but hope springs eternal.

Many Moons Since Wilma

Building still abandoned, long since last hurricane season. Silence and desolation, windows like the eye pits in bone picked skulls. There are even some small patches of vegetation rooted and growing in pockets wind and rain had carved in the walls. Looks dead.. worse, synthetic, and never lived in.

Note all screens are ripped out, or gone completely, and roofing remnants on the balcony. Class in the windows have been replaced, but that's about it. roof still has a blue tarp... this hurrican season starts in about a week.

"There's Poo-Poo In Your Ice" - A Local 10 Problem Solvers undercover investigation into the cleanliness of ice at various South Florida eating establishments revealed that 70% of those establishments tested were serving ice that was unfit for human consumption and 40% had fecal contamination.

Nifty C-64 emulator - runs in flash

Moment of Lyric - mp3

When you find yourself in danger,
When you're threatened by a stranger,
When it looks like you will take a lickin', (puk, puk, puk)
There is someone waiting who
will hurry up and rescue you,
Just Call for Super Chicken! (puk, ack!)

Fred, if you're afraid you'll have to overlook it,
Besides you knew the job was dangerous when you took it (puk, ack!)

He will drink his super sauce
And throw the bad guys for a loss
And he will bring them in alive and kickin' (puk, puk, puk)
There is one thing you should learn
When there is no one else to turn to
Call for Super Chicken! (puk, puk, puk)
Call for Super Chicken! (puk, ack!)

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

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

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

4 years ago - Gargoyle,

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

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

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

Current Mood: I could use some super sauce
Current Location: 26.307511 -80.099752 (The Scotto Grotto)
Current Music: Super Chicken Theme - Was in my head before I looked it up.

I'm known as Scott von Berg (or searchble by the nickname of scottobear) on 6 degrees if you want to link to me.

I sent a few emails out, but got lazy.

Some old doodles on the palm, recently synched -

doing an inventory of moods after a particularly bad moment. done about 2 weeks ago

Tired, blank. done earlier this week.

Surprising, because usually my doodles are happy-ish.

Well, with the exception of -

When I was little, I wished I could accurately throw a quarter hard enough to explode cinder block. Come to think of it, I wouldn't mind having that ability now. Why did I want to explode cinder block? I don't remember.

Pictures on the camera, one in the waiting room tweaked a bit. ( Pictures behind here )

Reconfigured the CPAP, and last night's sleep made a *world* of difference. Super-good double-plus nicey-nice sleep, and I didn't need as much of it, because it's of a higher quality.

Moment of Hoff & Lyric - The Hoff mp3

(or if you prefer, Willie Nelson, or John Denver, Jancis Harvey.. or my personal fave, Arlo Guthrie.) all via

( ... )

Good morning America how are you?
Don't you know me I'm your native son,
I'm the train they call The City of New Orleans,
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.

( ... )

It's pretty amazing what a guy can do with just sand and an overhead projector. The art itself is keen, but the transitions are pretty inspired, too.

1 year ago - story stuck, food cravings, national ID, locla lj leads to illegal sex, anti-abortion extremist Neal Horsley admitted to engaging in homosexual and bestiality sex.

2 years ago - net out, bro bonds out, walkabout pics, sci-fi cliches, gabbed with sedef, bee vs wasp massacre.

3 years ago - Nature vs Pringles, Dan delivers Groceries, menstrualhut breaks 1000 users (now a bit more than twice that), Bush's Military Record

4 years ago - J-bee points me at CBS Mystery theater, Sat tracking, Newtie yawn icon source, Friday five

5 years ago - swollen uvula (side effect of no cpap, snoring beat me up), dumbass Astley late with his bargain basement hardware

Current Mood: chipper
Current Location: 33441-5482
Current Music: David Hasselhoff - City of New Orleans

http://veganlunchbox.blogspot.com/ - via the weezle! yummy vegan foodies - they put me onto vegan marshmallow fluff! Fluffernutters are a reality once more!

Hey, I got The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe as part of my prezzie from sedef and oneeyed. (the original 15-issue series bound in one "phone book"; this was the original OHOTMU. Issues 13 and 14 were the 'Book of the Dead and Disabled',featuring characters and groups who were, at the time, believed dead or inactive, and issue 15 was the 'Book of Weapons,Hardware, and Paraphernalia', featuring technical drawings of Iron Man's armor,Spider-Man's web-shooters and other notable characters' equipment. The back of each issue in the series features a brief Appendix, giving one-line listings for minor and inactive characters.

Are there any classic, purely USA horrors? Vampires, Werewolves, Witches, Giant Monsters, berserk Animals, Frankenstein, Ghosts... all so classic as to be pre-union.

Maybe it's because the USA is such a young country. Slasher/Psycho predator Films are pretty American, but even Fritz Lang had M, but that's a lot different than "Texas Chainsaw Massacre".

Mad Scientists? Stevenson was Scottish and lived in Samoa, I think. I guess 1950's style Alien Invasion? Sort of HG Wells... who was from the UK.

Zombies are pretty American, even if we've had walking dead stories more than 200 years ago.

Florida ren-fest started yesterday... one of the premiums I got for donating blood at FBC was free passes. (along with $15 for Darden restauants - My odds are best for olive garden.) First time donating at Boca rather than Lauderdale was no different an experience, but they have a lot more fun donation loot.

I wonder if Sammy ever got the manatee shirt I sent?

Did a little doodling followed by coloring with crayons this morning. I think that the smell of the crayons was almost more incentive to color than the drawings themselves. Nothing in particular, mostly flow of wrist doodles.

Anémic Cinéma - Marcel Duchamp’s visual Dada experiment from 1926.

Nosferatu - The original 1922 version of “Nosferatu - Eine Symphonie Des Grauens”, directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. - via wurzeltod

Fashion Freak - Who’d say no to car-washing zombie chicks? (via Bibi)

Getting cold in Florida (for Florida, anyhow) cooling to the upper 50s, low 60s today, and dropping into possibly freezing temps tonight from 32-39?

snagged from

christin - Alignment quiz

I got:

Based on your answers to the quiz, your character’s most likely alignment is Neutral Good.

Neutral Good

A neutral good character does the best that a good person can do. He is devoted to helping others. He works with kings and magistrates but does not feel beholden to them. The common phrase for neutral good is "true good." Neutral good is the best alignment you can be because it means doing what is good without bias toward or against order.

--excerpted from the Player’s Handbook, Chapter 6

Went on walkabout for a bit yesterday afternoon, but before I hoofed it, Mom and Wilt came by to drop off some goodies that they were getting rid of... some nifty hand-painted wine glasses and a veggie steamer / pasta pot. I don't drink... wine.

I've been wearing a lot of colored, but plain t-shirts lately. Before this year, I think that all of my t-shirts (except undershirts) had some kind of picture, logo or saying on it... I rather like having some non-descript clothes. More colors than usual, too, not just sweatshirt gray / black / olive drab. Current mix is forest green, navy blue, light blue, maroon, dark rust, and a (perhaps ill-advised) "happy face" canary yellow.

There was a time years ago when 95% of what I wore outside of work were goofy T-shirts. Favorites were the good ol' comic book ones -- Spidey Duking it out with the Green Goblin (actually, I think I got that one as a birthday present from GP and Kat in the early 90s), Nick Fury, Flaming Carrot, Silver Surfer, A few different Matt Wagner Mage shirts, a Doctor Blasphemy, and a Reid Fleming, world's toughest milkman ensemble. Others were a Miskatonic University Alumnus and plain logo, and weirdly (because I didn't much dig the movie) a "Dick Tracy" opening night ticket shirt.

Hm, This Journal entry is a nice combination of boring and dorky, Scotto! Proof positive that I write primarily for myself, because precious few others could possibly care about my t-shirt preferences. Heck, even I might not care a year from now, but for now, I like having comfy clothes that fit, and don't promote anything at all.

If I'm going to be dorky, I may as well put a random picture of a monkey up -

Cowboy Gorilla! Yee-Haw! Speaking of not drinking wine, I think he was a vampire briefly. Vampire Cowboy Gorilla. Yup. He also fought Yarn Man a lot. also, a Badge pinned directly on his pecs seems a bit rough. Ii admire his ability to shoot and whip at the same time, though.

I've got to call Val up and wish her a happy happy - I think she's 48 today. I owe her and Bobby a hello, even without a b'day involved.

1 year ago - stretchy dream, journalist fired, cosmic muffin, star wars meme, C&H cartoon fave, baby tosser, don simpson's journal (since deleted?)

2 years ago -goodies from mimi, time out and about, comment time limit, kill the ducky

3 years ago - vallies, stinky outdoors, Drama deck poll

4 years ago - popular colors, nice walkies, cooked palm, missing ornj, Aunt Val's B'day, blessing reminder, I'm put off by nin (child abuse)

5 years ago - vagg, Aesop, Happy, Sleepy, good people in my life

Current Mood: star spiral octothorpe bang

Ham the Chimp was the first higher primate launched into outer space by the United States.

In December 1960 the 44-month old chimpanzee was trained to do simple tasks in response to electric lights and sounds, with response being timed. On January 31, 1961, Ham was secured in a Project Mercury capsule labeled MR-2 and launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida into outer space. The capsule suffered a partial loss of pressure during the flight, but Ham's space suit prevented him from suffering any harm. During the flight Ham had to push a lever within five seconds of seeing a flashing blue light; as per pre-flight training, failure would result in an electric shock to the soles of his feet. Ham's performance in space was only a fraction of a second slower than on Earth, demonstrating that tasks could be performed in space. Ham's capsule splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean and was recovered by a rescue ship later that day.

After the flight Ham lived for 17 years in the National Zoo in Washington D.C., then in a zoo in North Carolina before dying at the age of 27 on January 19, 1983. Ham appeared repeatedly on television, and even on film with Evel Knievel. Ham the Chimp is buried at the International Space Hall of Fame in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

Ham's backup, Minnie was the only female chimp trained for the Mercury program. After her role in the Mercury program ended, Minnie became part of an Air Force chimp-breeding program, producing nine offspring and helping raise the offspring of several other members of the chimp colony. She was the last surviving astro-chimp. She died at age 41 on March 14, 1998. Minnie is buried next to Ham at the International Space Hall of Fame in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

The first monkey astronaut was Albert, a rhesus monkey, who on June 11, 1948 rode to over 63 km (39 miles) on a V2 rocket. Albert died of suffocation during the flight.

Albert was followed by Albert II who survived the V2 flight but died on impact on June 14, 1949. Albert II became the first monkey in space as his flight reached 134 km (83 miles). Albert III died at 35,000 feet (10.7 km) in an explosion of his V2 on September 16, 1949. Albert IV on the last monkey V2 flight died on impact on December 8 that year. Albert II and Albert IV were rhesus monkeys while Albert III was a cynomolgus monkey.

Monkeys later flew on Aerobee rockets. On April 18, 1951, a monkey, possibly called Albert V died due to parachute failure. Yorick, also called Albert VI, along with 11 mice crewmates became the first animals to survive spaceflight but he died 2 hours after landing. Patricia and Mike, two Philippine monkeys, flew on May 21, 1952 and survived but their flight was only to 26 kilometers, below the definition of space at 100 kilometers.

On December 13, 1958 Gordo, also called Old Reliable, a squirrel monkey, survived being launched aboard JUPITER AM-13 by the USA Army. He died because of a mechanical failure of the parachute recovery system in the rocket nosecone.

On May 28, 1959 Able, a rhesus monkey, and Baker, a squirrel monkey, became the first living beings to successfully return to Earth after traveling in space aboard the JUPITER AM-18. They travelled in excess of 16,000 km/h, and withstood 38 g (373 m/s²). Able died June 1, 1959 while having surgery to remove electrodes from the mission. Baker lived until 1984.

In 1959, Sam, a rhesus monkey flew on the Little Joe 2 flight in the Mercury program followed in 1960 by Miss Sam, also a rhesus monkey on Little Joe 1B (Ham and Enos also flew in the Mercury program but they were chimpanzees not monkeys).

Goliath, a squirrel monkey died in the explosion of his Atlas rocket on November 10, 1961. A rhesus monkey called Scatback flew a sub-orbital flight on December 20, 1961 but was lost at sea after landing.

Bonny, a pigtailed macaque, flew on Biosatellite 3, a mission which lasted from 29 June to 8 July, 1969. This was the first multi-day monkey flight - but came after longer human spaceflights were common. He died within a day of landing.

Spacelab 3 on the Space Shuttle flight STS-51B featured two squirrel monkeys named No. 3165 and No. 384-80. The flight was from 29 April - 6 May, 1985.

Thanks to Beaucoupkevin for the reminder that January 31 was the 45th anniversary of Ham's Flight.

Current Mood: peaceful

Dreamt that I was reading a comic book about a superhero/villain who wears a bandoleer of syringes fitted with fins so they act as throwing darts - uses the drugs for various effects, knockout, truth serum, hallucinogens. Not nearly as effective as a gas or launched from a dart gun, but I was asleep, and my subconscious mind wasn't interested in any editorial commentary.

He was fighting "The Collective Man", One of my Favorite old riffs on duplication, run backward - Five brothers who could merge into one guy that had 5x the strength and constitution of a normal man. In emergencies, he could also tap into the combined power of the entire Chinese populace, too, though I have no idea how that worked, even in comic book logic. The strength of a billion men, I guess? I don't think all the Chinese people in the world merged into him when he used that ability, though I think that'd be a pretty interesting proposition.

I have no idea what the guy with the syringe-darts thought he was going to do against CM... I guess he could up the dosage by five if he wanted to pull some shenanigans.

Were breakfast burritos invented in the 80s? My brain associates them being popular right around the time blue became associated with raspberry flavoring, for some reason or another. Actually, I associate them with Beavis and Butthead's "I am Cornholio" weirdness. Unreal what lodges itself in your skull.

Hm. Youtube comes through for me again. It really amazes me that B&B were so popular for so long.. and that knuckleheads actually emulated them to the point where a disclaimer was needed. (Later taken up by the gang at the Jackass tv show)

Hey, Old Ren & Stimpy Cartoons on there, too! I truly loved those before they got played out. Sakes... I burn a lot of time playing at both youtube and google video.

So, the new cartoonist meme is Fat Bat Cat??

Ah Well, Newt's more of a Streaky the Super-cat type, but maybe a little creative work with the palm later on.

Also, a meme I missed the first time, but want to take a shot at - draw yourself as a giant monster.... though mine won't be as good as this one.

Herm is being a sweetheart regarding my delayed return to 2nd Life.. She's holding a Clown Nose Vigil until I return. We'll see what lame excuse they have for me today.

Pug in a lucha libre wrestling mask.

The Endless Forest - Freaky human-faced deer roam around a forest and communicate with body language and roaring. I confess that I will check it out and try it once big brain makes it home. The Ename ruin is a neat idea. (found via

peradouro)

Tapey Worm

What Repulsive Parasitic Vermin Are You?
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1 year ago - Chilly, doodle, facial morphs (monkey scotto is still my fave), food, height comparisons, a/b meme, warning labels, toybox mooch, scythes,

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

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

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

5 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: Where is that history eraser button?
Current Music: The Walrus says to call the police.

If you haven't yet, please install this security fix.

The Dan-man and I went out to an all-you-dare-eat buffet for Sushi/Thai/Chinese, and it was actually quite good. Afterward, we swung by Crabby Jacks to solve his caffeine needs and Miranda got a pretty awesome tip ($5 after a bill for $0.69 - the coffee was free and I had a draft) - after we hung out a bit and chitty-chatted. I told him a bit about my beliefs regarding meeting someone for a lifelong commitment at this point (I suspect odds of meeting someone that I have chemistry with, a minimum of emotional baggage, and a mutual appreciation of one another to be very, very, very slim.) Explained to him why Magda wasn't a viable option, though she and I did have a nice time together. I honestly don't know if there are any wedding bells in my future, but If I were a betting man, I know that I'd opt for "not likely." I know good couples are out there... Dave & Cathi / GrayPumpkin & Katt are two of the best examples of two pairings as well-suited for one another for life that I can think of.

In the last decade, I've had the following serious relationships:

Lees - 6 months
Eryn - 3 months
April - 4 months
Rachel - 6 months
CEJ - 2ish years, Almost 3 if you count on and off time
D - A bit over a year
Mel - 3 months
Magda - 5 months (9 minus the months where she was in Columbia)

Come to think of it, I don't have any trouble getting dates... it's the longevity that needs work. Breakups are fairly even, an assortment of reasons, from a lack of trust to a lack of interest.

Hair-wise, we've got a Blond x2, Brown x3, Black x2, and a Redhead
Tattoo-wise - 6 had ink.. some got it while I was with 'em.
Politics/Attitudes - Leftx2, Modx4, Rightx2
Readers - 4 yes, 4 no
eye color - Brown - 5 Hazel -1 Blue - 2
all were fairly chesty

I've been proposed to on two different occasions, and I honestly thought I'd end up with CEJ for life... she was the last one that gave me those sorts of feelings.

Looking back, I do pretty well, for a serial monogamist with no vehicle of his own.

Dan got me a few very nice gifts for Christmas.... No Software this year. A used book on dinosaurs, a new copy of Pratchett's Last Hero, a t-shirt and a zip-up shirt (both too small, unfortunately), a carrying case for a digital camera/palmtop, and some jalepeno peanuts. We tried out the Peking House restauant, but it had a bad vibe, so we went to the one we're more fond of dining at.

Moment of Lyric - mp3 / flash video (Here's his LJ, by the way -

trapezzoid)

( ... )

This is boring... Yes, I'm falling,
but it's taking quite a while.
My destination is impending.
Might as well go out in style.
I put my arms out to the skies,
whistle a tune and close my eyes,
trying to briefly realize perpetual motion.
( ... )

Big Hole Simulator

Uses the Google Maps API to tell you where you'd end up if you started digging a hole through the Earth at a certain geographic point. (thanks, qdot!)

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

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

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

4 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)

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

Current Mood: thoughtful
Current Music: Lemon Demon - I've got some falling to do.

Dr Who Christmas Special was pretty groovy, and I think that I like the new actor as the doc. (I was worried he'd be too much of a pretty boy. The preview for the next episode looks good, too.

Christmas at the 'borgs in '96. (Compare to the 'borgs in '05) Cathi hasn't aged save for longer hair, Elizabeth is a young lady rather than a tot. I've lost weight and some of my beard, Dave's Gained a little weight, and Who knows where Eryn, Brian, Brian, and Bev are... Leisa's a mommy, as is Cathi. I still have that shirt, last worn on walkabout 2 weeks ago. It's still in great shape... amazingly comfy and durable. Only a wee bit faded.

Thursday already! Old man 2005 is going to make way for Baby 2006's stinky diaper very soon!

I called CompUSA yesterday, and requested a progress report on my system, including an ETA on the Graphics card that was due nearly two weeks ago. After being on hold for about 15 minutes, they said that they'd call me back shortly with the answer. They never did.

ADP came by the office yesterday, all sweetness and light. She wants her job back, because she hates her new one. I really don't see *that* happening. She and RS are semi-buds these days, now that ADP is no longer a part of the company.

The Zip+4 33441-5482 contains only 9 addresses, one of which is mine. via the awesome melissadata - found while looking for my city's demographics. (and crime stats, weather

No 2-dimensional reality slices here... 3-dimensional truth nuggets! You'd better watch it, or I'll be all over you like a nun sandwich.

Moment of Lyric MP3

Instrumental - It's a great way to get up and move in the morning.

1 year ago - earache, Newtie-head, GF comparisons, Earthquake/Tsunami, Anne-whashername, another monkey with a gun, Fader eg må be om unskyldning, changing Thomas Jefferson's rules, big show, spell check issues,

2 years ago - Barney Miller in my cereal, FFXI

3 years ago - Harpo Marx, Secert agent. Really. Hungry, Brent Memories, weird auctions, jive turkey

4 years ago - how to diaper a monkey, newt meds, holiday prezzies, hoogerbrugge, midget village, shopping, eclipse.

5 years ago - noodles, sweetie showed me bejeweled, Dan stress, Jell-O flavors, snot production.

Current Mood: It's like wearing cream soda tartan silk shorts
Current Music: Movie Theme to the Saint - Orbital

Deerfield is a sort of buffer zone between Boca Raton (home of the golden girls and polo grounds) and Fort Lauderdale (Wealthy tourists slumming away from South Beach and 20-30something party central for those not up to the gyrations of Miami.)

Boca was my stomping grounds while at FAU and the library... my first solo apartment was a a dinky studio behind Mizner park. It was a pretty laid-back lifestyle, all told. Work at the BBCL, hang out / game with JTD (later, game with graypumpkin and the two squads; Wu's on one day, Pam on the other.) Crushing/hanging out with Sheleah (Sheila) at Liberties, watching quantum leap at the house. Hermit crabs as pets. So broke that I couldn't afford a telephone, let alone the internet. Gaming, school, and reading were my primary hobbies, but I dug playing a wide assortment of pirated Atari ST games when I could wrangle them from Brett. I learned Unix and a lot of CAD at that time, too. (free software and free time begot an education... who knew?)

I didn't much mind being lower class in Boca. I knew a lot of nice people, was safe, and in relatively good health, save for when my back went out. GP & Katt helped me a great deal during that time, which is something that I really appreciate to this day. Also helpful were the Wu's, during my homeless phase, not to mention Danny and his wife pulling my fat out of the fire, too... I get along poorly with friend's wives, save for Katt, but she wasn't a wife of a friend, she actually fell into he friend slot on her own... just happened to be married to another friend (I could hang out with either/or, or both at the same time, it was all good). I miss gabbing with her now and then. Though we cleared the air a few years back, conversation didn't really resume like it did with her hubby.

A lot of things have happened in my life since then. Pompano was quite a paradigm shift. I was pretty depressed from about 6 months before GP & Katt moved west through about '95-96. I met and hung out with the hippies, self-medicated with kind bud, drum circles and actually dancing a bit. They welcomed me and gave me a chance to reboot my brain with mushroom tea, lots of affection and camp outs. That gave me much opportunity to soften my armor and relax a bit.

The thing about Deerfield is that it's to Boca as Pompano is to Fort Lauderdale. or, Delray's equal to the South. I don't know for sure yet, but I think that I might just prefer smaller towns, as long as the cool stuff is still reasonably nearby. Museums, theaters, books are all right around the bend, without as much hubbub.

When I ride the bus from Deerfield, through Pompano to Lauderdale, I feel emotional warm and cold spots. Specific regions make me happier or sadder... and one block sort of makes me feel very, very tired. I'm not sure what sets it off... time of day doesn't seem to enter into the picture. Maybe some kind of subconscious reaction to a building or landscape? Who can say? Maybe certain feelings pool in different areas until other people pick them up or cancel them out? I'm prone to suspect that it's more a weird Scotto thing than an "external emotion projector bombarding me" thing.

sent via palmtop

Current Mood: okay
Current Music: people-sounds, bus noises

yoinked from christin

Ok, are you sick of all these surveys that are obviously made by teenagers, with questions like "Have you ever stayed out all night?" Who cares? Well, I guess when you're 14 that's a big deal. So here is a survey for adults cause there are some of us out there you know.

For the adults: ( Read more... )

New Sam & Max game! I love those guys.. the TV cartoon really did them no justice.

Showing my age... I remember getting the Atari 2600 for Christmas. Combat Rocked, adventure was fun, but not nearly so much as tanks or planes duking it out. 1978 was a good year. I was 9 years old, Star Wars had come out recently, and I was still high off of living in Richmond, VA... Visiting the Smithsonian as well as other museums and and historical monuments was a regular event... maybe twice a month or so. That Atari was durable... lasted a good decade of regular use. Even at 18 I still liked to drag it out and play asteroids or moon patrol. I got into the consoles a bit, but the intellivision and colecovision didn't do it for me. They had better graphics, but worse gameplay. By the time the first nintendo came on the scene, I was more interested in hanging out with my buddies than Mario or Luigi. Probably one of the most durable investments in a holiday present ever.. $200 in 1977... well worth the $20 a year for entertainment, not counting the extra carts. (I tended to buy an additional game every 3 months or so, plus Christmas/Birthday got to be easy for a while.) I'd guess that I had about 50 cartridges by the time I was through, and I'd estimate 47 of them were well-played and loved. (I was not fond of the E.T., Sneak'n Peak or Indiana Jones games... but they were the rare exception to the rule. Yar's Revenge, Ms Pac-man, and Joust more than made up for them.

Moment of Lyric - mp3

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things

Cream colored ponies and crisp apple strudels
Door bells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things

When the dog bites, when the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad

1 year ago - I discover that Romanian pop tune (OZONE - Dragoste din tei) before the weirdo kid cam sings it around the world, Oceans 11, pollo tropical makes me sick

2 years ago - the secret message, Bro & Danny visit, lizards in the tummy, truck surfing, riddle, some reference

3 years ago - nightmare, balloon hats, fudge and dinosaurs, Danny and I win a Tomato Recipe contest!

4 years ago - nice dreams, flesh eating robots, wacky day, SOP

5 years ago - coffee, hello kitty murders, village blacksmith, books to read, I get a Sigmund and the sea monsters tape!

Current Mood: Ma-ia-hii / Ma-ia-huu / Ma-ia-hoo / Ma-ia-haha
Current Music: My Favorite things - Tony Bennett

John Lithgow's new Campbell's Soups commercials are sort of sad.

Apartment got pretty heated again last night... nearly impossible to get any rest... Newt's in great shape, but I was sweating far too much. Not enough voltage to run a tiny box fan.I'm really happy that this didn't happen in July, or it would be a health hazard. Cool Showers work wonders.

Random Memory... whenever a propeller plane would fly overhead, my buddy Jason and I would yell "STUKA!!" and run for cover, as if it might go after us on a strafing run. I was 7 years old, and I think it was a side effect of my pop's fondness for WWII documentaries that inspired the game. It seems sort of weird, looking at it under current context.... 40 years from now, will I see kids play-acting at the trade-center bombing, or other major world event, or will most of my life history fade into a blur? I'm not sure what defines my generation... Movies? Star wars and Star Trek got milked to the point of making them weak jokes. Harry Potter, maybe? Somehow, I suspect those books won't be so much in vogue down the line... but the old standards of playing war have a strong vibe. I doubt kids'll play "Iraq war" any more than I played "Vietnam" or "Korea". WWII and to a lesser degree, WWI both have something very powerful going for them that isn't easy to replicate. Other history-genres that seem timeless are Dinosaurs, Pirates, Knights and the Wild West... Cyberpunk and even pulp seem to be little subsets that'll probably never get rolling again.

( 31% lonely )

Moment of Lyric: mp3

( ... )

I really want to see you
Really want to be with you
Really want to see you lord
But it takes so long, my lord

My sweet lord
Hm, my lord
Hm, my lord

I really want to know you
Really want to go with you
Really want to show you lord
That it won’t take long, my lord (hallelujah)

( ... )

Current Music: George Harrison - My Sweet Lord

It was Arnold Rimmer from Red Dwarf, third season, when he caught Dave Lister burning books to stay warm:

"They say that every society is only three meals away from revolution. Deprive a culture of food for three meals, and you'll have an anarchy.

Sad that I recall the line from an old sci-fi/comedy show, but it seems to be right.

We had sundown curfews and all sorts of looting and crime... and the food hadn't even stopped. I can't even imagine what it would be like here if there was no power, water, or food distribution system right after the storm.

Odd how civilization goes right out the window when it comes down to survival. Yesterday, Dan & I talked (over bottled water and tasty, but overpriced Whole Foods fare - wheat berry salad was quite yummy, must get it again... they didn't have the curried cous cous that I was wanting to try.) about how gangs are self-regulating, and what the plans of action would be should the power go out, and stay out... and food/fuel deliveries were stopped. Grocery stores seemed like the best place to take over with an armed band of men, followed by pawnshops (or other well armored weapon resources) and drugstores/lesser food areas.

We also talked about the "Frito Bandito", as he had the pencil-topper with a top hat, and I had one with a sombrero.

Sung to Cielito Lindo

I, yi, yi yi...
I am the Frito Bandito
I Love Fritos Corn chips
I Love them I do
I Love Fritos Corn chips
I Steal Them from you !

I, yi, yi yi...
I am the Frito Bandito
Give me some Fritos and I'll be your friend
The Frito Bandito you must not offend!

frito bandito

It's the Frito Bandito!!

That was good for a lot of laughs, and segues into discussions about school lunches...he usually got the hot lunch, and I was a box-carrier, generally... until high school. I actually liked the cafeteria food, especially the tostadas with a side of french fries and chocolate milk.

Today, I'm supposed to muddle out the generator for work, but my hopes are that the building will have power by Monday anyhow.

Current Mood: contemplative
Current Music: frito bandito commercial in my head

Schools in my area are closed today, and no bus service.

Assorted weather issues for Broward -

( Closings and Cancellations )

Last night, I created a gun in second life that entangles a person in a large hamster ball, and enjoyed a little pirate-style fun with HP and her pals! Thanks to Moxie who came up with the idea of turning the cages into spheres!

Bulls-eye caramel circles with cream centers are awesome.

I really like that they've been around at least since the old west in pretty much the same format... The idea of getting some in penny candy and picking up a dime novel about Billy the Kid fairly rocks.

Cork Soakers. a bunch of cork soakers.

Also got some more awesome music from Firpo... it has truly been a week of goodies!

( political test )

You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness. loc: (81, -50) modscore: (22, 43)

The Monkey in me loves that the aft deck of a boat is called the poop. Kiss my aft, sit on the poop.

1 year ago - sema photo, Prisoner / Columbo, Brazil / slavery, mirrors, sneaky work pic

2 years ago - Button Men, Cully, on the bridge, jeb, weight loss, scampi, ready for 'ween

3 years ago - mst, ipod, hubzilla, cancer research, newton screen saver, cool paper models, riker vs riaa, palm doodle

4 years ago - annus mirabilis, phoons, nice weather, burger king, WHAT IS GRIMACE poll

5 years ago- UAS, Hodey-ohten-doten-day, 7 deadly sins

Current Mood: Even though it can be cruel, I love rain.
Current Music: cork soakers - snl skit

Unable to schedule much journal-time lately.. just harried at work, for the most part. The memories of teachers are fascinating... I look forward to seeing more of them.

Haven't gotten a single call from bro since he landed in the pokey.. I wonder if there's some sort of call block going on?

The racket in my head is at a dull murmur now. The sounds are at least more synchronized. If only the sounds outside would do that once in a while.

Moment of Lyric:

( ... )

Frankenstein and Dracula have nothing on you
Jekyll and Hyde join the back of the queue
The female of the species is more deadly than the male

Oh she wants to conquer the world completely
But first she'll conquer me discreetly
The female of the species is more deadly than the male

Oh she deals in witchcraft
And one kiss and I'm zapped

( ... )

Positive ape's post reminded me that back in the day, Shogun warriors were super-cool. I had a Mazinga and bro had a Dragun. 2-foot tall action figures were pretty impressive to a little kid... I liked mine, because the pilot's ship could launch from Mazinga's head... as a kid, I didn't realize they were supposed to be manned giant robots.. I thought his brain could eject, and be put in other mechanical devices to control (like my Tonka truck, or GI Joe Copter), while bro's just had all sorts of cool weapons. (we had the second version, because his had the spinning saw blades in his arms.)

1970s Spanish Adult Movie Posters

1 year ago -Alabama, chatty-newt, spiky moods, war ellies, world audit, hijabs, olympic torrents, fake beheading.

2 years ago - vampire monkey dream, programming, puzzle pirates, nicotini, quizzes and kama sutra safe sex, blunt truth, mehndi designs,

3 years ago - istockphoto, emergency day at work early-arrive (I wonder what'd happen if Sappho and Kev were out at the same time, now?), escape form alcatraz w/bro, misc meter quizzes, looking for cave/sea piccies

4 years ago - scud, agon, evil news, Wally out of the loop (he's still awaiting trial for some of his crimes), Thai din din, colon contents, just finding out about bubba-Ho tep

5 years ago - geophagy

Current Mood: sympathetic
Current Music: Space - Female of the Species

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