Scotto's Wall Scrawls

Amy's mom passed away today after battling with lung cancer for quite some time.  I didn't know her, but my heart goes out to Amy and her family. I need to call her tomorrow and express my condolences. We knew it was coming, but it's still a shock.

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Found Object - Newton and I surfing the web about 6 years ago. I think it was the African Peanut Soup recipe.



BHK and I had a lovely taco salad for supper... huge enough for tomorrow's leftovers, methinks.

1 year ago - me as gene wilder pic, lowe's, honemoon, MAN OF IRON... 1504, cherry blossom picture tips, $5, eats

2 years ago - got the Calvert County gig, more shamrock shake, Louise & in-laws, monkey cap, Raines, The Riches, The Microscopic trout and the Machiavellian Fisherman

3 years ago - grampa poll results, RS taught to burn and forgets, folks go to brazil, ultrasound critters, Marvel Florida, gg winding up for an exit,

4 years ago - Freedom force, Thumbkin, Josie Conell, moot back (he's been gone awhile again), regional wifi scan, netflix queue, account locations,making fiends, Lumbee updates, pinecone

5 years ago - Danny Solo, Devilfinder, Paper toys, elephants-Yeah!, pages back up, COH

6 years ago - lovey, storms

7 years ago - palm-doodle dreams, guest map, location poll, Bert's Love Song, decent left, menstrual hut memo page

8 years ago - evil news, got a permanent account

Forgot to mention that I got a little TF2 in last night (about 45 min), while BHK checked her mail... My stats are still terrible, but I had a good time. I thought I'd gotten some achievements, but I'm not seeing 'em here... probably too few folks on the server for it to count.

My fave Classes are still the Engineer and the Scout, with medic going further back since folks are busy using him for all the unlockable stuff. Gold Rush is a great addition, too.

A new Portal map pack was just released from We Create Stuff. This map pack are actual Portal maps based off of the flash version of Portal, a 2D title that features 40 levels.

The pack places you in the role of a new test subject before the events of Portal. You can download the pack directly from this link, or visit the map pack page for a list of mirrors.

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Substitute teacher does stage magic trick for middle school class, is fired for "practicing witchcraft"

Florida? Not Tennessee or Arkansas?

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Hey!! Reboot is coming back? Possibly more info here, but who knows the rumor level.

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The recipe - Steamed catfish in Banana Leaves sounds really tasty... but is even better as an expletive. Something Perry White might utter.

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Proof that we've been working too hard, yet eating well - we're too tired for ice cream! We have 2 gallons in the fridge that have been untouched since at least Monday.

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1 year ago - mortgage, lileks transfer, change, Altiris skills, Aardvark's Ice Cream, Adam's last HS sports, chat catch-up, good use of dead dibneys, dream, summer coming, kite flying pix

2 years ago - flickr issues, getting a trifle ill, security video feed, dawn of the dead, free streaming video, winamp tracks, star trek cribs

3 years ago - bro search, strongman stunts, blood, mark of beast=50 less, monsters inc, day in the life, fishstories born (long since made dormant), unique id, Chlamydia Outbreak Kills Penguins, tv cars, voice post

4 years ago - quorn, sunset, mean newt face, pet stroller, entertainment pondering, jail hubbub

5 years ago - There pirate quest (still no beards, but eye patches!), first PT, Being D's spokesmodel, orange cat fan club

6 years ago - Slept in, Star Wars Field trip, getting into php/MySQL, brush your cat's teeth, pix of me working on bro's computer, haiku, classic tv

7 years ago - embedding is verboten (back, now!), apartment desc, Mateo's Josie is born!, good stuff, all around

Last Night's Din-din is even better as breakfast (due to it self-marinating) Lazy bachelor recipe, but here it is.

Tasty bean salad

3 cans black beans
2 cans of corn
1 can garbanzo beans
red and green onion, chopped
fresh cilantro to taste
sliced mushrooms
1/2 tsp. cumin
pinch of cinnamon
pepper to season
juice from a lemon
1/2 to 1 cup balsamic vinegar
1/4 to 1/2 cup olive oil
salt
pepper
cayenne

Drain everything that comes in a can and put it in a big bowl. Chop all of the veggies and add them in. Mix the olive oil, vinegar and lemon juice in a separate bowl, then stir it in. Add the seasonings and adjust to taste.

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How they reworked Brando into the new Superman movie. Pretty nifty!

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Free Movies, Cartoons & Documentaries

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Keen perspective art in the subway

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Japanese War Tubas only a few decades ago were the very pinnacle of modern technology and your best bet for locating an enemy in the distance or in the dark (that's Hirohito on the right).



Brings Overture to "Die schöne Galathee" by Franz von Suppé (mp3) to mind, for some reason.(I really like the Pygmalion scene)


Acoustic location was used from mid-WW1 to the early years of WW2 for the passive detection of aircraft by picking up the noise of the engines. It was rendered obsolete before and during WW2 by the introduction of radar, which was far more effective.

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via graypumpkin -

Pre-eminent scientist, inventor, and respected mixologist Doctor Bunsen Honeydew reveals and demonstrates (with the help of his trusted assistant, Beaker) the amazing combinant power hidden behind movie theater concessions stands across the globe.

Regardless of the very real threat that terrorists might find a way to use this frighteningly accessible technology against us on our own soil, it gives us some comfort to know that when we find ourselves trapped and alone, fighting for our lives against the Gorn on a desolate alien planet made of nothing but Diet Coke and Mentos, by god, we'll know what to do.

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I'm back to playing turn-based pente online. Anyone who'd like to challenge me, the name's scottobear there.

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Keeno druid pocketwatch.

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1 year ago - GP & Batman, magic waffle pixies, yubnub, google maps, Lore, grasshoppers, awesomedome, journal scraped

2 years ago - Summertime, silliness, doodleboard, rage icon (since added), extreme heat warning, wifi bike, earbags, pudding pop poll

3 years ago - newt pic, dialects, sacred texts, monkfish, fold up robots, William Marshall RIP

4 years ago - Tope/taupe, cookie puss rap, Francesco ups the rent due to tile, bigbrother time clock installed at FMM, bird pee, random 5, lj virus

5 years ago - Bateman’s smoking cat, communion with dip, W's approval rating (pre 9/11) & quiz, languor, evil news, mushy thoughts

6 years ago - time poem

Training went well.. a good number of concerned parents showed up, and everything rolled smoothly. Big Kahuna was a surprise visitor... must've come right over after getting off of the plane. The School staff was wonderfully courteous and very helpful... the media center brought back many memories as a page, cataloger and bookstore employee. I always did like the kid's books the most.

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Tech trouble seems to be simmered down now. Hopefully it'll stay that way.

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I've been getting into the habit of picking up a little dinner once a week or so on the way home from work at this little carribean diner over by the bus stop. I've become rather well-liked there, because I appreciate good food, and take a moment to talk to the folks during the slow times. Lots of Veggie, even Vegan options to eat, which surprised me, and is what keeps me coming back. Good food, lots of it, inexpensive and a friendly atmosphere. What's not to like? There are advantages to not looking like a suit... I think folks there are a lot more comfortable talking with a "clean cut" hippie-type guy, at least at first. They make a Veggie-mango stir-fry sort of thing that is awesome, and the plantains are decadent.

( Found these veggie recipies to try when Auntie's isn't open )

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I bought myself Dawn of War Last night as a personal reward for attending the meeting. I look forward to losing many hours playing it. I think it'd be fun to get eryx, sammy, GP and whoever else wants to join in as part of a massive death match! I'm limiting myself to one mission a night on weeknights, though. don't want to blink and have it be 4am, like age of empires!

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PES - Kaboom groovy 1 minute movie.

The Entrance to the Swap Shop. There's a drive-in theater, the only one in good repair within several miles that I know about.  Despite the incoming vehicles, it wasn't uncomfortably crowded.

( Indian Market )

To market, to market... There was a lot of West Indian food available... Got some curry, but left the gum arabic, cheese balls and spicy dried chick peas for another day. (By the way, the Bin Laden / Gum Arabic connection seems to be false.)  This was my last spot to visit for ingredients for ( Coconut Curry Tofu. )

( Veggie Row )

Yum... row after row of fresh veggies. Man, pineapple was expensive, though everything else was very reasonable. The row behind this one was fresh flowers. Bright, tropical orchids seem to be the flavor of the day. Prices were good and I was tempted to get some. If I wasn't limited by two arms to carry, I would've picked some up for the office. There was a guy with a grinder for sugarcane juice, but I have no idea how many points that'd be worth on WW.

( Veggie Row, again )

The folks shopping (as well as selling) were primarily black (generally Haitian) or Hispanic.I don't know why there are so few white folk shopping for fresh produce...I think it's so much better than packaged stuff at Publix. You can inspect the food more readily, it's cheaper, and so many more varieties to choose from. Maybe folks from other countries are more used to open air markets, and city-types aren't into venturing far from the florescent lighting.

( Wall to wall stuff for sale )

The closer you get to the building proper, there's a tent city full of sales-folk offering all kinds of wares. Shoes, watches, towels and perfume seemed to take up the largest share. As usual, everything is marked in at least three languages. There was a "martial arts weapon" store, that had a huge sign forbidding sales to anyone under 18... I suspect that anyone over 18 buying a Rambo knife or throwing stars might be more dangerous than any kid doing so.

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After getting past the tents and pushcarts, it was time to enter a region built out of concrete and steel, rather than canvas and wood.

( Steps leading up )

Lit stairs leading up to the arcade, and indoor go-cart track. (electric...but they're fast.) It was a lot darker, but the camera compensated for me by leaving the shutter open. There was a lot of space inside, but it was cluttered and chaotic. I can only imagine how hard it'd have been on my father, who lacked depth perception. One odd thing about my pop was that he couldn't appreciate 3-D movies or the Viewmaster I had as a kid.

( Too Much Stuff! )

Seriously... look at this. That's just a random shot I took because I was shocked by just how convoluted everything was.There were more mirrored columns, neon and little round light bulbs to be found than the South Florida fair. I look forward to hitting the Seminole Casino later on to compare and contrast. I suspect the casino will be a little more "tasteful", as far as that word can apply to Casino/Circus-type decor.

( Blues Brothers, Flash )

For comparison - Blues Brothers - taken with flash, regular shutter. I really should reread my manual again to see what cool built-in stuff I'm not using. What I really need is to make a bottle-cap monopod, to help me take steady shots.

( Blues Brothers, Shutter )

Taken with no flash - Shutter auto-opened for compensation. I've been seeing Jake a lot lately. Last weekend at Riverwalk in a car, and now up the road. I wonder how many castings of these guys have been made? I've heard it said that things come in threes... I wonder where or if he'll pop up next weekend?

( Some kind of circus Yard sale / open-air storage )

Frozen Band Clowns. Presumably waiting in suspended animation to be batter-fried and served up as carnival food...or maybe to come to life after the building closes down, to hunt lost little kids (or any Coulrophobes left behind to fend for themselves). Why do clowns and machetes go so well together?

I wonder if anyone has used the term coulrophage yet, to describe a clown-eater? I may be the first... it's not coming up on google, m-w, or anywhere else I've chosen to look so far. Considering the root word koulon also means limb, it might be too general. A person who likes drumsticks off the chicken might not like eating Bozo the clown... and vice versa.

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On another note, I'm curious about the Marianist (Society of Mary) beliefs. That's the doctrine of the school where Danny teaches. I oversimplify, but it seems to me that to most Christians, Mary's position is sort of secondary to either that of the creator or Jesus. Most versions of Christianity that I know of view Mary seems to be more of a delivery system for Jesus, rather than someone to focus on instead... The Marianists don't seem to deify her, but instead she is used as an example of how to live in faith.

In my mind, the closest analogy is that of God being a fire-fighter, Mary's the Bucket, and Jesus is the water. Marianists want people to learn how to be better buckets. (Yeah, that's much better than my first thought, of a God : policeman, Mary : .38 special, Jesus : Bullet.)

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The Justice League seems to be doing ok with the 30 minute format... I liked the Hawk and Dove episode, and I think that Ditko wouldn't mind the treatment of the characters. The "Wonder Woman in her civvies" was nice to see, too, but does every gal have to wear belly-shirts? I don't really mind much, but a little variety would be nice... and cloaked shuttle looks like her transparent plane.

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I didn't realize that the Hero that's being released in theaters is the same Hero I've had on DVD for over a year. (Thanks for pointing it out, Kevin.) I don't think it needs to be recut or remixed at all... so I think that I'll just kick back, and enjoy the original in the comfort of my own home. Thank goodness for the local Chinese market! I honestly thought it was a coincidence in name. So many tales with Hero/Hiro in the title, and I don't normally follow Miramax Drama.

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Jaws in 30 Seconds (and Re-enacted by bunnies)

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This guy playing doom 3 sounds like some kind of spastic howler monkey. I'm going to feel bad for laughing if it turns out this kid has some sort of mental disorder, instead of just being a Scandinavian. (windows media file, about 7.5 meg)

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The Lj-crush meme makes me nuts. (only because I don't know who they are, or how they personally define crush.)

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Munch's `The Scream,' `Madonna' Stolen at Oslo Museum ( (Update1) )

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Caught up with James Dawsey's mom online. Apparently, James stays busy working in a Dive shop, and doing his art. Jeremy works for Target (unhappily) and a guitar shop (happily, but only 1 day a week), but is looking to open a "Fantastic, Mystic & Celtic" shop somewhere in Helen, GA, perhaps with James selling his art there, too. I was beginning to wonder, considering that his Shadowchasers site hasn't been updated in over a year. Dr. D sounds quite happy, now that he's retired from medicine.

( Yesterday's eats - Thanks to WWCalc and Philbo )

Going to try this for tonight, if all goes well:

Mexican Casserole

Serves 6

The Filling:

• 2 green peppers, diced


• 2 garlic cloves, crushed


• 1 medium onion, chopped


• 1 can (28 oz.) diced tomatoes (I prefer the Muir Glen brand)


• 1 1/2 cups frozen corn


• 2 cans kidney beans (3 cups)


• 2 T chipotle en adobo paste (Canned chile chipotles / and puree in the blender. It stays good in the fridge for several weeks, or in the freezer for at least 6 months)

The Crust

• 1 tablespoon flour


• 3/4 cup cornmeal


• 1/2 teaspoon salt


• 2 teaspoons baking powder


• 1 egg, beaten


• 6 tablespoons milk, (I'll use 1%)


• 1 tablespoon corn oil


• 3 ounces cheddar cheese


• 3 tbsp chopped green Mexican chilies

Preheat the oven to 425. Sautee the onions with the green pepper until the onion starts to color, about five minutes. Pour in the rest of the filling ingredients, and simmer for 10 minutes, while you make the crust.

Mix the flour, cornmeal, flour, salt, and baking powder together in a medium sized bowl. Mix together the milk, egg and corn oil, and add to the cornmeal mixture, and stir until it comes together. Fold in the chilies, and half of the cheese.

Pour the filling in a medium casserole dish, and spoon the topping over the top. Sprinkle on the remaining cheese.

Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until the top is set, and the cheese has turned golden.

Calories 344, 9g Fat, 10g Fiber. Points per serving: 7

a year ago - cool comics, broken links, memories from 1981, hump-day

2 years ago - good feelings, abusive employee/employer relations, wonder tomato condiment poll, evil news, taught chmod

3 years ago - sleep study follow-up, peace

Random bit of Curiosity -

[Poll #163716]
I wonder why that never caught on in the states?

The Newest Cereal... Monopoly, Based on the board game. Basically Cinnamon toast crunch with marshmallows. That's too sickly-sweet even for me.

Random Scotto Recipe- ( How to make fun putty )

( M*A*S*H meme )

Added a silly little tagboard to the toybox section. We'll see how long it lasts. The Toybox is going to be something of a lab for a while.

Carnivore client is a pretty fascinating way to gather data. The interpretation of cnn.com is rather pretty, to boot.

For any Vampires - Discount magic shop between Gibbon & 28th, and Gum & 29th. Great prices!
Scroll of Turning (350), Vial of Holy Water (1400), Scroll of Teleportation (3500)

a year ago - talked to rob (we never got together), baron von bludd, strange black blobs

2 years ago - rainy, Owen Ng, broken drug war link, Thunderstorm, code red, lord humongous

3 years ago - Finished HP2, started hp3, foodies, moved to the 12-8 shift at IMT

ew... who makes a chocolate frosted apple-filled doughnut? I just ate it for breakfast...my bro brought me the doughnut last night... he went on a goodie run, and dropped it off late. Another perq of having him next door, to be sure! :)

I thought it'd be Bavarian cream or something. It's an unusual combination of flavors. not bad, just unexpected. it was a glazed, filled doughnut, with chocolate icing on top... you figure... custard or cream, right?

Wrong-o... Apple-cinnamon.

Nice sugar rush to follow, though, I'm sure. :)

Ok... off to work, Mr. Scotto, chocolate/apple gizzard guy.

A year ago today - dreams of my sweetheart and I, sex, and giant ants in the old west, nipguards, random aims.

Two years ago today - spirals, tom jones, crazy drunk link, newt's crinkle flea, dr t and the women, and a cool, dream-comic strip.

This is what I'm going to make for supper this weekend (after I get the ingredients)

( Recipe inside. Yum! )

I go to work at noon tomorrow! I bet it'll be nice to be back on Scotto-schedule. Hopping in the bath for a few. until later, dear journal!