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I hate that it always turns out to be the “best of poor choices”, or lesser of evils.

I like Bernie, but doubt he will get anything done with our government. I prefer him because he doesn’t appear to be as sinister or in the pocket of people/corps I dislike as much as Hillary, or especially the repubs.

Hillary is supremely qualified to be president, but I don’t trust her to do the job or back the horses I support. .

• I’m against the Patriot act, (She is pro),
• I’m pro legalization of marijuana. (she’s against)
• I’m Pro-gay rights (She flipflopped)
• I’m Anti Keystone XL pipeline, she’s supported dirty oil
• I’m pro equal pay for equal work (so is she – so that’s one!)
• I’m for a single-payer healthcare system (she really is not)
• I don’t think work should be taxed at a higher rate than investment (she’s against, again)
• I am (and was) against the 2002 gulf war (she was pro, but has changed her tune now.)

That said, I suspect she will win the democrat nomination, and that’s better than anyone on the republican side as far as I can tell.

As for Bernie –

• He’s not a proven leader.
• I wonder why Vermont’s two biggest political leaders, Governor Peter Shumlin and Senator Patrick Leahy, have endorsed Hillary.
• He’s 75. That’s an old dude.  What’s his expiration date in a job like President?

So, his disadvantages seem to rise over Hillary’s (the bullet list above were all items Bernie and I agree on.)

 

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

According to reports the generating plant at Chalk Point is connected to a substation on Ryceville Road in Charles County. The insulator from this line failed and released the power line that connects to the substation which caught on fire when it hit the ground. Reports say the explosion was over 100 feet tall.

SMECO lineman, Kevin Thomas, said PEPCO and SMECO are jointly investigating the explosion, there is no estimate as to how long it will take to repair the substation. The utility companies are in the process of switching the power as a work-around. When asked why this substation was causing such a large outage Thomas said that this transmission line goes over the entire United States.

Power is beginning to be restored throughout the area.

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Update:
Power outages may be linked to a switching station located in Charles County on Ryceville Road. Reports are also being made that 13 metro stations are without power.

There have been reported power outages across the entire Southern Maryland area.

Traffic lights out throughout Southern Maryland – treat intersections as a 4 WAY STOP & PROCEED WITH CAUTION.

Be on lookout for police on foot at intersections controlling traffic.

See the most updated SMECO map here: http://stormcenter.smeco.coop/m.html

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

Commute Conversation:

• More issues w/ Geraldine – she’s done at her gig for sure
• Books read as kids – SF/Fantasy (Madeline L’Engle, Xanth Series.)
• Passing of Terry Pratchett
• Good Omens
• Neil Gaiman (Writing is good! Scientology and Amanda Palmer are blech!)
• Al Gore on his part in the Internet, and his being misquoted

Newton was really grumbly last night – I got quite worried for a bit. He didn’t want to be touched at all. Low growls and stayed on his perch until I put on my CPAP. He settled down soon after, and was fine today. I was seriously considering taking him to the doctor if his issue continued this morning. Fortunately, he was in far better spirits and rambunctious, though I’ll be keeping an eye on him, since he’s had little sneezles off and on since winter came. I worry about my buddy… he’s getting older.

The newton (N) is the SI unit of force. It has dimensions m kg / s^2. My Newton is that integral to my world.

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Mr. Wood went back to the hospital yesterday, right after coming home last night. I’m hoping he’ll be ok, but suspect that he had a stroke, and will need more in-depth care from here on. It’d be a shame if something happened to him on the same day as Sir Terry.

[Update - He passed away at 7pm last night. He was a great guy, a kind neighbor and friend to us.]

“All right,” said Susan, “I’m not stupid. You’re saying humans need … fantasies to make life bearable.”

Nᴏ. Hᴜᴍᴀɴs ɴᴇᴇᴅ ғᴀɴᴛᴀsʏ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ. Tᴏ ʙᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴀʟʟɪɴɢ ᴀɴɢᴇʟ ᴍᴇᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪsɪɴɢ ᴀᴘᴇ.

“Tooth fairies? Hogfathers?”

Yᴇs. As ᴘʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴄᴇ. Yᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ sᴛᴀʀᴛ ᴏᴜᴛ ʟᴇᴀʀɴɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ʟɪᴇs.

“So we can believe the big ones?”

Yᴇs. Jᴜsᴛɪᴄᴇ. Dᴜᴛʏ. Mᴇʀᴄʏ. Tʜᴀᴛ sᴏʀᴛ ᴏғ ᴛʜɪɴɢ.

“They’re not the same at all!”

Rᴇᴀʟʟʏ? Tʜᴇɴ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀsᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɢʀɪɴᴅ ɪᴛ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ғɪɴᴇsᴛ ᴘᴏᴡᴅᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ sɪᴇᴠᴇ ɪᴛ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛʜᴇ ғɪɴᴇsᴛ sɪᴇᴠᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇɴ sʜᴏᴡ ᴍᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴀᴛᴏᴍ ᴏғ ᴊᴜsᴛɪᴄᴇ, ᴏɴᴇ ᴍᴏʟᴇᴄᴜʟᴇ ᴏғ ᴍᴇʀᴄʏ. Aɴᴅ ʏᴇᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀᴄᴛ, ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡᴀs sᴏᴍᴇ sᴏʀᴛ ᴏғ ʀɪɢʜᴛɴᴇss ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀsᴇ ʙʏ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪᴛ ᴍᴀʏ ʙᴇ ᴊᴜᴅɢᴇᴅ.

“Yes. But people have got to believe that or what’s the point?”

Mʏ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ ᴇxᴀᴄᴛʟʏ.

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

24 hours of gaming going to help sick kids.

Please help, if you are able.

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

Owings man arrested after falling asleep on bench with drugs on lap
North Beach, MD – 9/16/2013

By Press Release, Calvert County Sheriff’s Office

On September 13 at 5:43 p.m. Sgt. G. Hollinger responded to the intersection of Bay Avenue and 2nd Street boardwalk in North Beach for the report of an intoxicated person.

He observed a male sitting alone on a boardwalk bench who was asleep.  He had suspected drug and drug paraphernalia material in his lap and on the bench next to him.

Gerald G. Bowen, Jr., 28 of Owings, was arrested and charged with possession of a schedule II drug; Propacet, possession of a schedule II drug; Oxycodone, possession of a schedule II drug; Morphine Sulfate, possession of a schedule IV drug; Alprazolam, possession of a schedule III drug; Hydrocodone, possession of a schedule I drug; Marijuana less than 10 grams, and possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia; a metal smoking device. CDS Violation Case #13-54600

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

So, It's August! Took some walkies up to the bay with BHK... was a little underwhelmed by Blondies beachwich - the service was superb, but the red velvet cupcake and the peanut butter cookie were both bleh.

I feel like a were-gator, all sleepy and a bit grumpy.

• 19:45:53: I just unlocked the "Babysitter" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/bp0oTz
  
• 19:45:54: I'm at North Beach Boardwalk. http://4sq.com/cC0TFq
  
• 19:47:22: nothing but junk mail. (@ US Post Office) http://4sq.com/cr0UNx
  
• 19:47:44: back to hq (@ The Grotto) http://4sq.com/dpq9z0
  
• 20:20:04: I liked a YouTube video -- Static Dog http://youtu.be/HDeFBAT1IEo?a
  

1 year ago - mushroom at cypress swamp
2 years ago - lughnasadh, black magic with Orson Welles, good quote, Christmas wreathes on doors in summer, water on mars, robostool , Transplants, Angie Goff Marathon, shapeways
3 years ago - Pepper pic form the garden, upcoming events, Emily reminds me of Wendy and monkey shenanigans, picture taken from subway ride to work, games, turning heat into electricity using sound, all optical magnetic recording, Kat tells BHK and me to get a room (in comments)
4 years ago - sharks don't have knees, boiled eggs, yoga, map issues, Dave nose-operation, 4-sec frenzy, Theoi project, FOLEDs, grammar rock, man tosses a car, hungry ghost month, TS Chris
5 years ago - peaceful Sunday, Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla, PB-J time, Grizzly Golf Attack is true, "Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave."
6 years ago - Rob Shea Quote, appropriate for E-journals everywhere, I played with mercury, JL meme, music, Dave, Rain, Social entity, first hints at Mike-drama, search shortcuts, albinos of the 19th century, echolocation alarms
7 years ago - crazy dreams, Kate Bush, starmark poops but new gig, writing systems, non-castaways on gilligan's isle
8 years ago - istockphoto, dead links, Shitou Xiqian, smiled at, fortune cookie, walkerbot, Liver Eatin' Johnson
9 years ago - hungrybaby, New Apes movie lame, wiseacre, Champions stats for the Shadow, Dwayne Dibley?, Poul Anderson passes away, LJ moves in space
10 years ago - Everway character- wanders the storm path

out on morning walkies

 

Mostly photos from the polar bear plunge, but some gaming (Valley of the mammoth – warning, cartoon nudity) and Hap-pye New(t) year!

Additional caution – if looked at too closely, you may see Scotto's hair front and or back.

                                                                                                                

1 year ago – jaw a bit better, winter holidays over, Sean, J and Duncan visit

2 years ago - dinner and a movie w/BHK, rotoscope video, friday 5, cold weather - shelter hotline, orexin A vs narcolepsy,

3 years ago - The Library is Open

4 years ago - on call, nice day, rainbow love thingum
5 years ago - Mel lunch, food cravings, b/w picture of Scotto, torture
6 years ago - Henry Earl Likes to Party (he still does!), Glossary of Linguistics and Rhetoric, Tokyo bowl, playing with filters
7 years ago - Ticked at bro, want to try out for LSH
8 years ago - chilly, dream, Miss Cleo in trouble, digi cam shopping, Cinnamon Pecan Bread
9 years ago - super power desire, phoneless

polar bear swim, before - note shaun's borrowing bhk's pink crocs.

1 year ago - danny b-day, amy heads home, crown earache, unique journal hits
2 years ago - Danny bday, Kat, Pam, age thoughts about myself, growing more beard for winter, beast sock monkey, webcomics, meme, polar bear swim

3 years ago - polar bear swim review, polar bears in general

4 years ago - prisoner commentary on my lack of things to say, linkies to cams, mugshots, thumbs up, tiny & affordable computers, ultimate showdown, windows security hole psa

5 years ago - Mel's Gram moves in, Dan doesn't meet her, on call, A&E, smallware, a resolution I fairly succeeded at, curry on the brain

6 years ago - dropload, shoot around corners, I first hear about how capital punishment is a far more expensive system than one whose maximum penalty is life in prison, Urban Exploration Florida

7 years ago - bro/taxi trouble, conquer the world, smoking gun mug shots

8 years ago - Random Name Generator, gunplay dream, family channel, Scotto's head,2001 review, Japanese space shuttle, Afghan sports, pee color

9 years ago - words within words, I disagree with Georgia O'Keeffe, LJ bumpy

met neighborhoot cats mama -

crossed kitty - "squeaker"
black kitty "bat cat"
tigger analogue - "buddy"
mean looking kitty "pain"