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So... a nice little reprieve from Gustav for New Orleans. I hope everyone (Louisiana, Florida, and everywhere else) continues to dodge Hanna, Ike and Josephine. Note 3 years ago today, below.

The DNC homepage makes no mention of John McCain. The RNC page has a ton of attacks on Obama and Biden. That's something. Not sure what, but it's something.

BHK put me on to Disaster Dioramas - I'm partial to the Hindenburg, but I suspect that she's more into the Titanic.

Tonight we went to Ledos, and got the greasiest white pizza ever. Tummy trouble is likely to follow. we didn't bother keeping half of it. I hate wasting money and food - I suspect it'll take a lot for us to return there. Got maggie moo's as a after yuck treat - I got mint chocolate chip with chocolate sprinkles and brownie bits - BHK got carrot cake ice cream with peanut butter sauce. It was pretty good, if odd. I've got a love-creeped out relationship with cake-batter flavored ice cream.

Added bonus was at the photography center next door - we saw an orange kitten (about 3 mos) named Charlie playing with his humans... it was very adorable, and we got to talk to the family a bit. BHK thinks it might be time to get a portrait with the lads... though I'm not sure how well-behaved Newton would be for sit-down pictures. Pye is mellow enough, but it is a strange and new environment.

I forgot to mention that on Saturday we went to Leonardtown - skipped witch rock this time, and instead visited a few nifty bookstores - including one made from an old bar. I can't remember the name but it was a nifty old-school mass of books just reaching back into the far back - also went back to White rabbit and got BHK a Raven Puppet to go with her Edgar Allan Poe, a yarn store (Crazy for Ewe ) with a hostess who was very nice and kept staring at BHK's lime-vanilla ice, a model train shop and the do-dah deli... later, we went to Aardvark to pick up Pentago - BHK beat me 5-2... a sound victory indeed.

1 year ago - gamerz, gamers, enchanted forest w / pictures, hot fuzz, night at the museum

2 years ago - iguana mob pics, saw Accepted, impersonating liberace, nice weather for ducks

3 years ago - holiday countdown, teensy manatees, npr podcasts, disney quiz, underdog, trammel , new orleans psa, "I Don't Wanna See Anybody Give Any More Goddamn Press Conferences"

4 years ago - hurricane frances, CoH, sweet revenge, strange brew, superhero costumes, sequels, Syncretism, retreat to Danny's, newtcam pic, second thoughts, twinkie sushi, evil genius, zim and gaimajin, DCL's bday.(HAPPY B'day!)

5 years ago - nostalgia central, general upkeep, nice chatty

6 years ago - John Walker Lindh, Old Maid, debian, red flags, my tarot card, underdog

7 years ago - Reading location poll, start page, bat-music, Amazon dreams, JH Noir

8 years ago - Empathy Rating, me, and the bionic woman

Current Mood: stressed
Current Location: 20714
Current Music: Middleman TV theme! - though we haven't watched the finale yet.

The future looks bright and shiny. I'm pretty dang giddy about the whole thing. Stayed up late last night talking out plans and reflecting on possibilities. I'm ready to get rolling with it fairly immediately.

Metals to consider -

Titanium / Tungsten / Palladium / Zirconium

I'd still really like it if there was a hardy green metal, (not just weathered copper) but I don't suppose the GLC is going to help me there.

Hmm.. the new toy has some potential.

PSP gets price cut, GPS, camera, VoIP and future media download service

Use the psp as a stealth cam / internet phone and geocache toy? All of those are something worth sniffing out. I seem to like it for everything (multimedia/web-surfing) *but* gaming, which is just gravy.

While sitting at your desk make clockwise circles with your right foot.

While doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand.

Your foot will change direction.

All bus and train service is out today, so I get to work from home! (Broward County Transit (BCT) will resume service at Noon weather permitting. Buses will operate on their Sunday/holiday schedule. Paratransit services will also resume at Noon. Tri-Rail trains will not be operating on Wednesday. Regular Tri-Rail passenger service is expected to resume service tomorrow morning) I wonder how many folks are staying in?

Big Kahuna is going into the office, and I'm taking call from the house... everyone else is free as a bird today.

2,905 Broward county folks lost power (as of 11pm) but I was unaffected. (total of about 6800 in miami 7,862 customers without electricity as of noon Wednesday, most of them in the tri-county area)

At 5 a.m. ET, Ernesto was about about 45 miles southwest of Miami and was moving north-northwest near 8 mph.

Ernesto's top winds remain near 45 mph, and it could be downgraded to a tropical depression later in the day. The storm is expected to remain over Florida for a day, weakening but still producing rainbands containing strong, gusty winds.

Though weather was calm, we did get funnel clouds in Deerfield - via local10

Hurricane Katrina Anniversary Tree Planting Ceremony - Due to the impending approach of TS Ernesto, this meeting has been canceled.

Ok, I think that's sort of funny.

MARYLAND DOG CLINICS IN NEED OF BLOOD

According to Maryland veterinarians, there is currently a shortage of canine blood at the Eastern Veterinary Blood Bank (EVBB). The number of blood donations tends to drop in the summer, although dogs still have accidents and illnesses that require transfusions. In order to get inventory levels back above safe available levels, vets are putting out the call to Maryland's dog owners for donations. Canine donors must be healthy, between nine months and eight years old, and weigh at least 35 pounds; the entire procedure takes about 10 to 20 minutes. And it's great to know that donations go to good use—last year, donations made in Maryland were used to help dogs who were injured during Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.

Last night's view of the back yard as the wet bits of Ernesto rolled in. I hope the iguanas are doing ok.

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

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

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

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

5 years ago - stoic, codex seraphinianus, fruit poll

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

Current Mood: loved
Current Location: in the grotto, safe as can be.
Current Music: Zombies -

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Originally uploaded by sandrino.

Here you can see that tropical storm Ernesto is in the Florida Straits. You can see that it is looking more organized. It is beginning to have the classic shape of a cyclone. As it becomes more organized, the storm should stengthen somewhat. It is not expected to go beyond category one

Buses will be running until 3pm today, so I'll cruise in to work at normal time, but will probably high-tail it a bit early. I'm guessing that the office will be closed tomorrow due to the storm. Hurricane Ernesto looks to be now downgraded to a tropical storm status for us. Not a bad "fire drill" warning.

Lots of lines at the gas stations, but everyone still seems fairly civil.

Sounds like Kev did ok at Gitmo - 40 mph winds is all that whooshed by there.

Back to yoga.. I lazed off for a bit, but I'm really wanting to make this work. I'd just as soon not get too slacker-y about it just yet.

Newt loves his Williams-Sonoma Grande Cuisine bag.

Prosecutor drops case against JonBenet murder suspect after DNA turns up no match

1 year ago - On the Waterfront, The Specials, gaming, once upon a time in the west, lisas, 20 facts, katrina a mess, PSA new orleans, newt pics, 10 most popular pics

2 years ago - Laundry blech, great quote, gutter-sniping, olive sings, Portugal

3 years ago - zombies, Tony Randall - Serial Killer, palm update, Newtcam pic

4 years ago - wetness out, protest, scotophobia, programming, doodling, cyndi lauper

5 years ago - codeburn, personal beliefs, pirate name, poetry, lj-poll, oversleep

6 years ago - Sleep study, personal vibe, my name, TERN

Current Mood: optimistic
Current Location: 33441

Devo - Live on "Fridays" Girl U Want & Gates of Steel

Hey, so it's Friday! It's been a long week, even with Tuesday off. I'm looking forward to getting some rest this weekend.

Made myself a new icon, testing lj's auto resize images. looks ok. I'll wear it for a bit.

Lost was the best one in a while last Wednesday. Some decent acting, and set pieces.

Designed a mega-trampoline for 2nd Life, and it seemed to go over well with the 3 Sirens crowd. Launch and sound works well, but you still land with a heck of a thump. version 2.5 will be a bit more gentle. Timmy Turtle's pursuit mode is more realistic, too. (if you outrun him, and another person is closer, he'll home in on them.)

Viruses "trained" to build tiny batteries

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Reported abduction a false alarm (well, better that than an actual kidnapping)

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Starting this paycheck, I'm slowly, but surely building up a minor stockpile for hurricane season. a wee bit at a time, in the storage closet.

My current plan -

Plenty of food (that doesn't need to be refrigerated or heated) for Newt and me. (shoot for 2 months worth of everything)
Plenty of fresh Water to drink and bathe with.
Extra batteries for the charger for the radio, laptop, desktop and cell phone
Soap, toothpaste, two full first-aid kits
paper towels/paper plates/plastic utensils
garbage bags
hand sanitizer / wet naps
spare medicine / antihistamine
extra candles, 2 of those "shake flashlights"
lots of extra t-shirts, underwear and socks.
extra litter for newt
extra tp for me
spending cash in case of dead ATMs

more to follow as I think of it

I'm glad I'm on the third floor and fairly contained from flooding.

I took over ownership of the

haikuarena since Chrissy isn't really active in lj anymore (over 2 years since her last post). I think I'll see if I can't get it active again.

Moment of Lyric - mp3 - via

Oh, yeah

There's a red house over yonder
That's where my baby stays
Lord, there's a red house over yonder
Lord, that's where my baby stays
I ain't been home to see my baby
In ninety-nine and one half days

( ... )

1 year ago - Dr Russell, MASS, undercover brother, kitty cuteness, meet force with force, walkabout pictures, America we stand as one, BCT commercial

2 years ago - +20 min, underage girl charged with child pornography, LSD

3 years ago - creaky, PotC, Bro

4 years ago - put all of oz on my palm, boat name poll, vending machines, Newt activities

5 years ago - laundry, Herb Kornfeld

Current Mood: hopeful
Current Music: Jimi Hendrix - Red House (Live)

Last entry pushed the number of received comments to over 48000. (out of 8259 entries, or just under 6 comments per entry.)

Is Whole Foods Wholesome? The dark secrets of the organic-food movement.

Working Rocket boots!

Gadsby is a story of over 50,000 words without using the letter "e." (well, not counting the byline.)

2006 Hurricane Names

Alberto
Beryl - How many folks will mispronounce it?
Chris - Too informal
Debby - too informal, ending in Y.
Ernesto -
Florence - not bad... but seems odd. better than just "Flo". I fear news puns like "go with the flo".
Gordon - Reminds me of the cool neighbor on sesame street, or Batman's Commish.
Helene
Isaac - Biblical. Sounds dangerous.
Joyce - reminds me of a whiny ex-coworker.
Kirk
Leslie
Michael
Nadine
Oscar
Patty
Rafael
Sandy
Tony
Valerie
William

I don't know. Hurricane Nadine? Too many N-A sounds. Hurricadine? I have similar issues with Helene. Also, Chris, not Christopher?
Bold ones, I like, Italics I think need rethinking.

Update Ape / Kitty picture

regarding this article about Tondalayo and her kitty.

1 year ago - superhero idea, prvt brokentoy on pavement, bandwidth pull, eclipse, DOJ presentation, Digicam RIP

2 years ago - Bubba Ho-Tep, Bro info, RI annoying

3 years ago - Season poll, spring rains

4 years ago - Newtie Mer, grabby bunny, text-m's, Pirate disfigurement poll, clever robber, outside reading sources online

5 years ago - sql, free pulp novels online

Current Mood: Transfixus sed non mortuus.

Danny was a *huge* help when it came to the move. I couldn't have done it without him. He is truly master of all things. (according to his fortune cookie, anyhow.)

Breakfast of blueberry muffins and cold water this morning. Nice christening of the house.

No DSL yet at the new place, and my repair shop told me what I already knew... dead IDE and drives on Bigger brain. Thank goodness for warranty, as I need a new motherboard and pair of Hard drives. Downside is that the parts will take about a week, and all old data on there is toast. A lot of movies that hadn't been yet burned to DVD were lost, but easily recovered. I'm thankful that most of my sentimental pictures and movies are saved online as well as locally. I've got a lot of stuff to reinstall, Newtcam and etc once it gets back home.

Lucky for me Lappie works fine, even on dialup! I just called Bellsouth, and it looks like I'm without DSL until 12/16 "thanks to the hurricane". I call shenanigans on that, but it's not a big deal until I get bigger brain up and running anyhow.

Newt is enjoying all of the new surfaces, and already know how to use the bathroom. Nice comfy evening on the new bed.

No pictures until I find a wireless point to toss images from the palm, but I'm taking before and after shots as the place comes together.

John Lennon - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - mp3 format

( lyrics )

Found out the my last living Grandmother (Momster's Momster) is in hospice now. She's deteriorated quite rapidly, and they don't know if it'll be two months or two weeks. She's not in any pain, and seems to be at peace. Her lucidity is variable.. she was sounding good last week, and recognized her son and granddaughter... she gets her hair and nails done, and appears to enjoy that.

Not moving *all the way* in today, just getting the bulk of stuff over. Mr. N and I will remain at the old place for another week while the bathroom gets finished...I'd rather kick back ion a realm with running water and a potty. So, I'm going to have to put Newt in bathroom lockup while the truck gets loaded...he's not going to be too keen on that, but the boy'll cope. I like the idea of sliding into the new place gently.

Tropical Storm Gamma... it's following Wilma's track. hopefully it'll ease up before it gets worse. Nice Thanksgiving gift! The upside... not nearly as much loose stuff to blow around this time!

Fortunately Sandrino says "Its only a tropical storm and it will be moving very fast. I wouldn't worry too much. It's not going to ge in the Gulf of Mexico and even if, the ocean is not as hot as it was four weeks ago. Relax."

I'd like a comfy linen/cotton blend suit, and a snappy gray fedora. Not sure where that urge for a summer suit in November came from.

I can't watch TV shows that place in hospitals, at least not around the anniversary of my father's death or his birthday. I had an extended crying jag last night when I remembered that his birthday is coming up in about 2 weeks. First time I've really cried for quite a while. Ultimately cleansing, but think I hurt my side a little bit as a result. Newt was a great comfort to me.

I miss my dad. I miss the way my brother was when he was 12. I think that I get along with my mother better these days than I ever had as a kid.

The office has decided not to pay salaried folks for time away from work due to Hurricane Wilma... I'm going to point them to Hurricane Wilma Disaster Unemployment Assistance. To determine eligibility for Wilma DUA (or standard unemployment benefits), start by contacting the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation (Florida unemployment office) or filing an unemployment claim through same by 11/28/2005. For information about other types of Hurricane Wilma disaster assistance, browse the FEMA and FDEM sites.

I'm safe... I worked every day save for 2, and those two days I gave training and tech walk-through to our rep in Texas. I think that everyone else save for ECN and myself will end up getting docked a little more than week's pay. (I wonder if the Big Kahuna will cut herself, too?)

I am a member of 1 clique of size 7

boopydoodle, acoolsecretary, scottobear, oneeyedcat, ilenebook, weezeroni, sedefendendo

Good News / Bad News, dear journal.

Good News: I have full power at my apartment. Air Conditioning and Lights, TV, etc.

Bad News: Big Brain's Hard Drive is crapping out... I can't seem to keep him awake for more than a moment or two before he cycles through and reboots... I'm going to estimate he needs about $400 worth of repairs... mirror the giant drives over to new drives, basically. He had started to die earlier.. I thought it was a power issue, but I see now that it's even worse.

Good News: I dropped it off and it's still covered under the extended warranty.. (this big brain was bought 12/21/03, and he's got 2 years parts and labor covered - a little over a month left to freshen up - I'm also having them do a full system peek, just in case the video card is starting to crap out)

I expect to have it back at HQ within 7 working days. Meanwhile, lappie is a handy backup, just word processing and the like... no major gaming for a week or so.

I've begun sorting the apartment out... packing things into boxes and skimming down to the very basics. All of my books should be ready for transport by the end of the weekend.

Phoenix is going to get some training today after lunch... I think that she has some solid tech potential.

Moment of Lyric: mp3

( ... )

Reach out your hand if your cup be empty
If your cup is full may it be again
Let it be known there is a fountain
That was not made by the hands of men

There is a road, no simple highway
Between the dawn and the dark of night
And if you go no one may follow
That path is for your steps alone

( ... )

Combined all of my assorted Scotto feeds on a suprglu page - Scotto's Combo Grotto. nice find, mike!

Current Mood: Psalm 23
Current Music: Ripple - Grateful Dead

Saw Phoenix as I was leaving work today... she's currently jobless - apparently some club drama caused her to bail. We had a hug and got caught up with things. She might be preggers, too. I still don't know what happened with Gil and co. She has a lot more freckles than I realized... I gave her a business card and offered to see if we could find her a gig as a tech (which the company needs).

Amazing how a $100,000 loan can turn into $250,000 when paid back over 30 years. The power of interest.

Broward Traffic Light update -

Total number of Signals:1326
Total number of Signals on Flash:40
Total number of Signals on Full Color:835
Total number of signals on Generator:87
Total number of signals Out:451

Lots of 4-way stops going on until late December, it seems.

State utility regulators Wednesday approved an fuel-cost increase for Florida Power & Light Co. that will hike an average customer bill by 19 percent starting Jan. 1. The increase would drive an average 1,000 kilowatt hour monthly bill up by $16.99 to $108.61, up from $91.62.

I'm on day 17 of having no A/C, no Fridge, no Big-brain computer and no stove or microwave oven. Not really a tragedy. I do fine since I have hot showers, some lights and some internet resources. Students have to make up 6 of the 11 missed school days. (shortened Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, mostly.)

Moment of Lyric: mp3

( ... )

Hey, theres a monkey in my bed said ed
And the universe is turning red
I dont know what it was she said
Something like 'ed is dead'
ohhhhh no

You're a wicked woman

Under my shoes everything will crawl
The places i tread will crumble and fall
You never take heed to anything at all
Your head's too big but your minds to small
Sounds running through my head

( ... )

Other 80s m B-L D -

Celebrate Your Mothers
I Rejection
Migrate Migraine
Mister Mental

Current Mood: okay
Current Music: The Eighties matchbox B-Line Disaster - Chicken