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Anyhow, I’m off for now.
Until later, dear journal.
Originally published at The Scotto Grotto. You can comment here or there.
When I’m feeling right.
May. 8th, 2014 12:31 pmObstruction detected.
Composition: titanium alloy supplemented by photonic resonance barrier.
Probability of mission hindrance: zero percent.
And on days I’m not… well…
“Catastrophic… system… failure… Initiating core shutdown as per emergency initiative 2682209… I die, so that democracy may… live…” *boom*
I’d prefer to be somewhere in the middle, just happy, loving, kind and positive.
Maybe not *too* positive. Throw in a little MODOK for progression.
Perhaps not so much, though. Less of the K. Possibly closer to MODORD?
Current Reality Settings – Better than last Friday, but I’d like to get to 4-color, wacky, full.
Spectra-Analyzer (Monochrome / 4-Color / True-Color /Thermograph / X-Ray )
MPAA Rating (G / PG / R / NC-17)
Kill switch (Off / On / Wanton Murderous Rage)
Weirdness Tank (Empty / Low / Half / High / Full)
Laugh-O-Matic (Serious / Satirical / Witty / Wacky / Insane)
Cliche Blender (Pulse / Blend / Puree / Oh, Ugh!)
Global Soundtrack Volume (off, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11!)
Personal Soundtrack Volume (off, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11!)
Batteries (Empty / Low / Half / High / Full)
Most important gauges seem to be aligned in a positive way right now… head, heart and gut all have a common goal of doing well and good for myself, my family and surroundings.
Originally published at The Scotto Grotto. You can comment here or there.
9767 - Monday
Jun. 15th, 2009 08:33 pmDanny sent me a solar powered robot frog, and a game - infernal contraption.
BHK is currently making some awesome-smelling supper - something involving tortilla wrappers, hot sauce, potatoes, zucchini, teriyaki sauce, and vegetarian meat called "veat"
Tomorrow - going to a job fair
1 year ago - vamps or werewolves, Father's Day, pancakes, hot dogs, pictures of graffiti, weird road name, geese in bikinis, fireworks on newtcam
2 years ago - last day of county gig, hot brain, DC living costs, hero machine sponsored, neil and bugah coming for sleepover, danny visit upcoming, iana gig on monday
3 years ago - payday, mango fest, Phoenix uncomfy, Nonja the rude ape, elvis costello green shirt, chess piece poll,
4 years ago - David Sutherland RIP, trunk turtles, Easter walkies, chimp pics, paper toys, gCensus, Mothra Song, superhero TV themes, vet mixup, menstrual superstitions, 250 questions
5 years ago - Queequeg, Lizard (a knight anole) pictures, fixed calamity's icon,Mycoprotein, Sammy doodle, sites for positive change, yahoo goes fromsix meg to 100meg (now at 1 gig vs gmail's 2+gig)
6 years ago - Father's Day, vampire game, wondering about a world free of psychoactive drugs
7 years ago - lovely long talk, South Park Scotto, Tea room, Replacement parts, star trek breast insignia
8 years ago - Predators of man, Apt seeking, Nothing sacred, sql/ado. pet quiz, pizza parlor, writing urge, Big Guy and rusty.
9 years ago - Nothing in particular
BHK is currently making some awesome-smelling supper - something involving tortilla wrappers, hot sauce, potatoes, zucchini, teriyaki sauce, and vegetarian meat called "veat"
Tomorrow - going to a job fair
1 year ago - vamps or werewolves, Father's Day, pancakes, hot dogs, pictures of graffiti, weird road name, geese in bikinis, fireworks on newtcam
2 years ago - last day of county gig, hot brain, DC living costs, hero machine sponsored, neil and bugah coming for sleepover, danny visit upcoming, iana gig on monday
3 years ago - payday, mango fest, Phoenix uncomfy, Nonja the rude ape, elvis costello green shirt, chess piece poll,
4 years ago - David Sutherland RIP, trunk turtles, Easter walkies, chimp pics, paper toys, gCensus, Mothra Song, superhero TV themes, vet mixup, menstrual superstitions, 250 questions
5 years ago - Queequeg, Lizard (a knight anole) pictures, fixed calamity's icon,Mycoprotein, Sammy doodle, sites for positive change, yahoo goes fromsix meg to 100meg (now at 1 gig vs gmail's 2+gig)
6 years ago - Father's Day, vampire game, wondering about a world free of psychoactive drugs
7 years ago - lovely long talk, South Park Scotto, Tea room, Replacement parts, star trek breast insignia
8 years ago - Predators of man, Apt seeking, Nothing sacred, sql/ado. pet quiz, pizza parlor, writing urge, Big Guy and rusty.
9 years ago - Nothing in particular
9417 - Monday
Sep. 1st, 2008 09:31 pmPictures from today - Robots, fire, symmetrical homes, bay life.
clicks embiggen. Fire is a video. Of Fire. in a ring. where we made s'mores.
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Here is my labor day in reverse
off to bed early
opted not to labor too hard on lj entry
made smores in the fire ring
Mexico for dinner
Played some portal - finished bonus levels.
napped and lazed
2 mile walk, including the bay and a robot backyard
woke up early
According to identity management firm Cyber-Ark's annual 'Trust, Security & Passwords' survey, a whopping 88% of IT administrators would steal CEO passwords, customer database, research and development plans, financial reports, M&A plans and the company's list of privileged passwords if they were suddenly laid off. The survey also found that one third of IT staff admitted to snooping around the network, looking at highly confidential information, such as salary details and people's personal emails.
1 year ago - went to rennfest (bullet points and pics), pictures of pye and newt kitty
2 years ago - the tick / pajama police, Zoom, car projections
3 years ago - Got fresh paid links, July 2002 Lumbee Entry (Active just 2 days ago!), Palm doodles, head photos and newt, foamy, Mind controlling death parasites, help Katrina critter
4 years ago - dream cartoon linker, The Forgotten, sample email from a stranger,Mountain Dew: Pitch Black, First Grade, Reiger resigning as chief of DCF, Stream of thought alphabet
5 years ago - Chitty-Chitty Bang Bang, Red Haired Barbarians, Aunt Jemima, $100K fart, esteem meme, dynamite magazine, Newt pic, flex points, cookie puss, annoying or not, bro stuff, blogshares, earthquakes, toontown, Frankie bugs me
6 years ago - heroclix, art fair, jellybath, skyscrapers (here's Maryland), Ambient Findability, web hits, bike in the meter room
7 years ago - adultery, lj, rollercoaster
8 years ago - playing with html, long day at work, September b'days, Sacrifice to the Horned Goat, pesky work poop, coffee, bearded sadness, road trip, headache
clicks embiggen. Fire is a video. Of Fire. in a ring. where we made s'mores.
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.... ..Here is my labor day in reverse
off to bed early
opted not to labor too hard on lj entry
made smores in the fire ring
Mexico for dinner
Played some portal - finished bonus levels.
napped and lazed
2 mile walk, including the bay and a robot backyard
woke up early
According to identity management firm Cyber-Ark's annual 'Trust, Security & Passwords' survey, a whopping 88% of IT administrators would steal CEO passwords, customer database, research and development plans, financial reports, M&A plans and the company's list of privileged passwords if they were suddenly laid off. The survey also found that one third of IT staff admitted to snooping around the network, looking at highly confidential information, such as salary details and people's personal emails.
1 year ago - went to rennfest (bullet points and pics), pictures of pye and newt kitty
2 years ago - the tick / pajama police, Zoom, car projections
3 years ago - Got fresh paid links, July 2002 Lumbee Entry (Active just 2 days ago!), Palm doodles, head photos and newt, foamy, Mind controlling death parasites, help Katrina critter
4 years ago - dream cartoon linker, The Forgotten, sample email from a stranger,Mountain Dew: Pitch Black, First Grade, Reiger resigning as chief of DCF, Stream of thought alphabet
5 years ago - Chitty-Chitty Bang Bang, Red Haired Barbarians, Aunt Jemima, $100K fart, esteem meme, dynamite magazine, Newt pic, flex points, cookie puss, annoying or not, bro stuff, blogshares, earthquakes, toontown, Frankie bugs me
6 years ago - heroclix, art fair, jellybath, skyscrapers (here's Maryland), Ambient Findability, web hits, bike in the meter room
7 years ago - adultery, lj, rollercoaster
8 years ago - playing with html, long day at work, September b'days, Sacrifice to the Horned Goat, pesky work poop, coffee, bearded sadness, road trip, headache
9389 - Thursday
Aug. 7th, 2008 09:31 pmWent the dentist - got a temp filling and I need a crown. Later at dinner, the temp filling fell out, but it's aok for now.
Went to the Walgreens and I got BHK a pedegg - foot callous remover and orange zester, apparently. I think it's a pretty surreal device, and is more surreal to me en espanol.
Watched latest Psych and Dragon's Den... that's about it!
Hey, Thanks, Knife-wielding robot! You're not as dangerous as you sound, I guess!
crazy robot doodle by me, article via
I just realized something about German boardgames. Seldom do you see dice. Cards are drawn and are sometimes used as randomizers, but you can still play the odds a bit - it's rare to roll the ol' bones. I wonder why?
Bengie's is showing Wall-E, Dark knight and step brothers... I don't think that I care to see Dark knight again, so it looks like we'll wait another week or so before our return trip to the drive-in.
Follow up on the mayor's "drug raid / dog shooting" indecent. He's completely innocent, it seems. Prince George's County Police really fouled up, in my opinion. That and the armed car chase through my neighborhood (well outside PG county jurisdiction) only adds to my problem with that organization. Some sort of Internal Affairs review needs to be done... but it seems unlikely.
As someone that's been at swat team gunpoint more than once... (06/02/2001 when my landlord went loopy with his guns over his face cancer and 02/24/2004 once when my bro committed "grand theft boat".) - I can honestly say that sometimes the police has good reason to hold someone under potential deadly force. I'm thankful that neither I nor Newton were shot
Well, bro is right on the border of the 44 violation points rule. (he has exactly 44 points)(pdf info ) If convicted of all of his charges, he could either do under a year in county jail, or over a year in state prison.
from here -
For his Faces of Evil project, Hans Weishäupl made composite photographs of the world's worst dictators by photographing hundreds of people in each dictator's country and stitching them together. The results are a bit disturbing, particularly when viewing very large, clear, vibrant color photos of long-dead monsters like Stalin or Hitler. (via conscientious)
1 year ago - dc to nyc bus, pg county car chase update, chocolate gum, ex debt, louise fadeout, ljopoly, cruel 2 b kind assassination game
2 years ago - finished pride & pred / monkey politics, Newt pic, kid rolling ajoint on the bus, solar powered sun bricks, firkin, 8500, flying model plane in miami, flight plans to maryland
3 years ago - deepest sender, jumping pictures, walkabout autostitch, mangrove tunnels
4 years ago - tmbg thoughts, sugar water vid, space issues, Rick James dead, Burpin' at Newt, Magical Trevor, cocktail demons, nifty charts, Newt Videos, CoH Pix
5 years ago - Zombies, Army Men, mean cannibal pudding, time travel spam, vampire game, celeb phone calls, cej chat, bro request
6 years ago - Earth and Beyond Playtest, Kev & Bailey, fat parrots, french fry girl palm doodle
7 years ago - harried, inculpate, plane lands just down the road on andrews as a makeshift runway and kits my regular bus, wondering about lj's image server (still not ready!), happy thoughts, magic can of soda
8 years ago - grumping, Space cowboys shows old man butts
Went to the Walgreens and I got BHK a pedegg - foot callous remover and orange zester, apparently. I think it's a pretty surreal device, and is more surreal to me en espanol.
Watched latest Psych and Dragon's Den... that's about it!
Hey, Thanks, Knife-wielding robot! You're not as dangerous as you sound, I guess!
crazy robot doodle by me, article via
I just realized something about German boardgames. Seldom do you see dice. Cards are drawn and are sometimes used as randomizers, but you can still play the odds a bit - it's rare to roll the ol' bones. I wonder why?
Bengie's is showing Wall-E, Dark knight and step brothers... I don't think that I care to see Dark knight again, so it looks like we'll wait another week or so before our return trip to the drive-in.
Follow up on the mayor's "drug raid / dog shooting" indecent. He's completely innocent, it seems. Prince George's County Police really fouled up, in my opinion. That and the armed car chase through my neighborhood (well outside PG county jurisdiction) only adds to my problem with that organization. Some sort of Internal Affairs review needs to be done... but it seems unlikely.
"The mayor's counsel also disputes authorities claims that they killed the dogs, Chase and Payton, because one of the dogs was coming at officers. Maloney says one dog was running away and the other was shot some distance from the front door.
Still, county law enforcement officials say they do not owe the Calvo's an apology. Chief High defended the officers actions, but expressed regret over the death of the dogs."
Still, county law enforcement officials say they do not owe the Calvo's an apology. Chief High defended the officers actions, but expressed regret over the death of the dogs."
As someone that's been at swat team gunpoint more than once... (06/02/2001 when my landlord went loopy with his guns over his face cancer and 02/24/2004 once when my bro committed "grand theft boat".) - I can honestly say that sometimes the police has good reason to hold someone under potential deadly force. I'm thankful that neither I nor Newton were shot
Well, bro is right on the border of the 44 violation points rule. (he has exactly 44 points)(pdf info ) If convicted of all of his charges, he could either do under a year in county jail, or over a year in state prison.
from here -
If total points are equal to or less than 44, the lowest permissible sentence is a non-state prison sanction (however state prison up to the statutory maximum can be imposed).
If total points exceed 44, the minimum sentence is established by taking the total point value subtracting 28 and decreasing the remaining value by 25%. This end result value is the lowest permissible prison sentence in months.
This means than only those offenders scoring 44 or less points may receive a non- state prison sanction under the code. All others must receive a state prison sanction, absent downward departure from this structure. The threshold under the guidelines for mandatory prison incarceration was 52 points.
If total points exceed 44, the minimum sentence is established by taking the total point value subtracting 28 and decreasing the remaining value by 25%. This end result value is the lowest permissible prison sentence in months.
This means than only those offenders scoring 44 or less points may receive a non- state prison sanction under the code. All others must receive a state prison sanction, absent downward departure from this structure. The threshold under the guidelines for mandatory prison incarceration was 52 points.
and from here
The magic number is 44: Anyone scoring above 44 points "must" be sentenced to state prison under the Code. However, the plea bargaining process can a) reduce the number of counts charged, b) have an agreement not to score certain items, c) substitute charges, d) reduce the actual count charged, or e) several other creative techniques can be used to get someone sentenced to a non-incarcerative sentence. Note the departure grounds under Rule 3.992(b), but also note the actual language of the "Sentence Computation" because someone charged with a felony can be sentenced to state prison even if the score fewer than 44 points. For this reason, felony cases are always very serious legal matters.
The magic number is 44: Anyone scoring above 44 points "must" be sentenced to state prison under the Code. However, the plea bargaining process can a) reduce the number of counts charged, b) have an agreement not to score certain items, c) substitute charges, d) reduce the actual count charged, or e) several other creative techniques can be used to get someone sentenced to a non-incarcerative sentence. Note the departure grounds under Rule 3.992(b), but also note the actual language of the "Sentence Computation" because someone charged with a felony can be sentenced to state prison even if the score fewer than 44 points. For this reason, felony cases are always very serious legal matters.
For his Faces of Evil project, Hans Weishäupl made composite photographs of the world's worst dictators by photographing hundreds of people in each dictator's country and stitching them together. The results are a bit disturbing, particularly when viewing very large, clear, vibrant color photos of long-dead monsters like Stalin or Hitler. (via conscientious)
1 year ago - dc to nyc bus, pg county car chase update, chocolate gum, ex debt, louise fadeout, ljopoly, cruel 2 b kind assassination game
2 years ago - finished pride & pred / monkey politics, Newt pic, kid rolling ajoint on the bus, solar powered sun bricks, firkin, 8500, flying model plane in miami, flight plans to maryland
3 years ago - deepest sender, jumping pictures, walkabout autostitch, mangrove tunnels
4 years ago - tmbg thoughts, sugar water vid, space issues, Rick James dead, Burpin' at Newt, Magical Trevor, cocktail demons, nifty charts, Newt Videos, CoH Pix
5 years ago - Zombies, Army Men, mean cannibal pudding, time travel spam, vampire game, celeb phone calls, cej chat, bro request
6 years ago - Earth and Beyond Playtest, Kev & Bailey, fat parrots, french fry girl palm doodle
7 years ago - harried, inculpate, plane lands just down the road on andrews as a makeshift runway and kits my regular bus, wondering about lj's image server (still not ready!), happy thoughts, magic can of soda
8 years ago - grumping, Space cowboys shows old man butts
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9383 - Friday
Aug. 1st, 2008 10:39 pm8/1 - Lughnasadh, the holy day of Lludd, Samhain, next! My next birthday is 6 months from now - and the last is six months in the past, give or take a few hours.
Dagwood night with the in-laws and BHK! Tooth was bugging me a bit, so I didn't consume too much.
Watched more of Black Magic with Raymond burr and Orson Welles. Not a terribly excellent film. A lot of scenery chewing, and a good excues to cuddle on the couch.
Quote of the moment - "Everything you think affects your spirit, your mood, and your ability to contribute to others."
I think of a home ready to be robbed when it's August and I see a Christmas Wreath on the door... or one that's open to squatters.
I want a robostool. (No, not robot poop, dear journal.) See also:“Take a seat” is a robotic chair that follows you around
PSA of the moment -
1 year 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)
2 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
3 years ago - peaceful Sunday, Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla, PB-J time, Grizzly Golf Attack is true, "Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave."
4 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
5 years ago - crazy dreams, Kate Bush, starmark poops but new gig, writing systems, non-castaways on gilligan's isle
6 years ago - istockphoto, dead links, Shitou Xiqian, smiled at, fortune cookie, walkerbot, Liver Eatin' Johnson
7 years ago - hungrybaby, New Apes movie lame, wiseacre, Champions stats for the Shadow, Dwayne Dibley?, Poul Anderson passes away, LJ moves in space
8 years ago - Everway character- wanders the storm path
Dagwood night with the in-laws and BHK! Tooth was bugging me a bit, so I didn't consume too much.
Watched more of Black Magic with Raymond burr and Orson Welles. Not a terribly excellent film. A lot of scenery chewing, and a good excues to cuddle on the couch.
Quote of the moment - "Everything you think affects your spirit, your mood, and your ability to contribute to others."
I think of a home ready to be robbed when it's August and I see a Christmas Wreath on the door... or one that's open to squatters.
Water on Mars: confirmed.
Laboratory tests aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander have identified water in a soil sample. The lander's robotic arm delivered the sample Wednesday to an instrument that identifies vapors produced by the heating of samples.
The lander itself added, on Twitter, "FTW!" (I imagine and hope that's "for the win", not the other one... "f*** the world".)
I want a robostool. (No, not robot poop, dear journal.) See also:“Take a seat” is a robotic chair that follows you around
Yeah, so I want a pet chair.
Sam Raimi plans to do a superhero series with Disney called The Transplants.
PSA of the moment -
ANGIE GOFF IS RUNNING THE:
for Charity GroupVISIT HER RACE PAGE BY CLICKING HERE
It's a great cause (The Carefree Foundation and Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children), and her first marathon... if you can spare it, help the kids out by pledging some funds on her race page.
"Technology Review has up an article about Shapeways, a new online rapid-prototyping service that allows users to upload digital designs which are then printed on 3-D printers and shipped back. A spinoff from Philips Research, the service gives small businesses, designers, artists, and hobbyists access to prototyping tools that were once available only to the largest corporations. The fee for a typical printed object is $50-$150. Their video shows the steps behind the process."
Oh boy... custom stuff never had it so good.
"Technology Review has up an article about Shapeways, a new online rapid-prototyping service that allows users to upload digital designs which are then printed on 3-D printers and shipped back. A spinoff from Philips Research, the service gives small businesses, designers, artists, and hobbyists access to prototyping tools that were once available only to the largest corporations. The fee for a typical printed object is $50-$150. Their video shows the steps behind the process."
Oh boy... custom stuff never had it so good.
1 year 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)
2 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
3 years ago - peaceful Sunday, Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla, PB-J time, Grizzly Golf Attack is true, "Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave."
4 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
5 years ago - crazy dreams, Kate Bush, starmark poops but new gig, writing systems, non-castaways on gilligan's isle
6 years ago - istockphoto, dead links, Shitou Xiqian, smiled at, fortune cookie, walkerbot, Liver Eatin' Johnson
7 years ago - hungrybaby, New Apes movie lame, wiseacre, Champions stats for the Shadow, Dwayne Dibley?, Poul Anderson passes away, LJ moves in space
8 years ago - Everway character- wanders the storm path
9306 - Thursday
Jun. 5th, 2008 06:30 amMore photos' from yesterday's tornado! - Chesapeake Beach Storm Damage - Photos - WRC | Washington
Folks here are really excited about it - After Hurricane Andrew, I'm glad it wasn't as bad as it might've been. Big issue here was that it came out of nowhere, in a matter of moments - hurricanes you get a solid warning. THe roof that was blown off may finally allow for the smokey stink to fade from traders. 12 people were hospitalized, but no major injuries that I know of.
Chris and Larry lost some roof flashing, had a cracked window pane, and some broken tree limbs about the place, but thankfully nothing too devastating.
Most fascinating to me is the marble-sized hail that hit us on the way home... I really thought the truck's windshield (already cracked, from an ancient wound) was going to shatter at one point.
I don't know why I keep thinking today is Friday.. I've got to cut that foolishness out.
BHK hasn't been feeling very well lately - Allergies, I think. I hope she mends up quickly! She made tasty stuffed peppers for supper last night - Chris joined us, as her house hadn't cooled back down yet after losing power.
Viva Calaca!! is a personal project by the young Art Director and Digital Designer Ritxi Ostáriz with music by Voltaire.
1 year ago - bhk cooks yum stuff, Putin believes in Giant Russian war robots and Cthulhu, plastic choking the oceans, tinfoil hats prevent cancer, abduction lamp best lamp ever, pie chart meme
2 years ago - monday, random words, africa, hudson hawk, wireless router config can be tricky, agape, bumper sticker
3 years ago - Blinky arrives and is celebrated, on my path, MP pictures, google thing meme, swingset, sockamagee, Shaq, writing group slacking, SMART BOY..."Jones" CLEANS EVERYTHING BUT THE.."Baby", MI:3 rumors and Scientology powers, meetro, rainy
4 years ago - Laundry done, moribund, hungries, celeb-alikes, mindmap, google-search journal, work issue, radio.blog, pain-ray, newt-yawn pics
5 years ago - bollywood, gay days/ Disney, marketing spongebob cereal
6 years ago - Moscow Tunnel system, fumigation
7 years ago - Paterfamilias , living on bread alone / scurvy, hobos, secret Scotto factoid re:barbershops
8 years ago - nuffin, muffin
Folks here are really excited about it - After Hurricane Andrew, I'm glad it wasn't as bad as it might've been. Big issue here was that it came out of nowhere, in a matter of moments - hurricanes you get a solid warning. THe roof that was blown off may finally allow for the smokey stink to fade from traders. 12 people were hospitalized, but no major injuries that I know of.
Chris and Larry lost some roof flashing, had a cracked window pane, and some broken tree limbs about the place, but thankfully nothing too devastating.
Most fascinating to me is the marble-sized hail that hit us on the way home... I really thought the truck's windshield (already cracked, from an ancient wound) was going to shatter at one point.
I don't know why I keep thinking today is Friday.. I've got to cut that foolishness out.
BHK hasn't been feeling very well lately - Allergies, I think. I hope she mends up quickly! She made tasty stuffed peppers for supper last night - Chris joined us, as her house hadn't cooled back down yet after losing power.
Two of the Milky Way's arms have gone missing.- Don't look at me! I haven't got 'em! I suspect venus de milo - jealousy.
Viva Calaca!! is a personal project by the young Art Director and Digital Designer Ritxi Ostáriz with music by Voltaire.
It is a 3 minute animation video, based on the Day of the Dead.
1 year ago - bhk cooks yum stuff, Putin believes in Giant Russian war robots and Cthulhu, plastic choking the oceans, tinfoil hats prevent cancer, abduction lamp best lamp ever, pie chart meme
2 years ago - monday, random words, africa, hudson hawk, wireless router config can be tricky, agape, bumper sticker
3 years ago - Blinky arrives and is celebrated, on my path, MP pictures, google thing meme, swingset, sockamagee, Shaq, writing group slacking, SMART BOY..."Jones" CLEANS EVERYTHING BUT THE.."Baby", MI:3 rumors and Scientology powers, meetro, rainy
4 years ago - Laundry done, moribund, hungries, celeb-alikes, mindmap, google-search journal, work issue, radio.blog, pain-ray, newt-yawn pics
5 years ago - bollywood, gay days/ Disney, marketing spongebob cereal
6 years ago - Moscow Tunnel system, fumigation
7 years ago - Paterfamilias , living on bread alone / scurvy, hobos, secret Scotto factoid re:barbershops
8 years ago - nuffin, muffin
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9297 - Thursday
May. 29th, 2008 10:11 pmAdam's grandfather is in a bad way - he was sent to the hospital last weekend, was looking better on Tuesday, not as good yesterday. I hope he hangs in there, and mends up... at his age and level of health, I suspect he may be about done.
Was a bit sick this morning - nervous about the epidural , maybe... or low blood sugar. No food after 8am, minimal sips of water if needed. Still pretty sore afterward, but I should feel a lot bette rni the next few days.
BHK made Thai for me last night - make my last meal before the fast a good one. Green Curry veggies over rice, with a side of tofu in peanut sauce. The lady knows what I like to eat. After the epidural, we got Mexican - it was good, but I couldn't finish my plate. Leftovers lasted until about 9pm.
Why the kitties like the windowsill - .
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. Clicks embiggen, as always.
Side note - Newt and Pyecam were down part of the day last monday - ftp server was broken, but it booted back up once I let the provider know.
Creepypasta - are short stories designed to unnerve, disturb or scare the readers of a Creepy Thread on 4chan. (could be upsetting to some viewers / nsfw, etc - it is on encyclopedia dramatica and 4chan after all.)
Coverage at the BBC - This of course brings significant hope to amputees and other other people with physical disabilities.
(Note that this research has been going on for quite some time.)
1 year ago - outline of the day in reverse, pictures, annapolis, iana, tasty food, gastric psa from BHK,
2 years ago - weather, doodles, network, nat'l drivers test, why can't we be friends,
3 years ago - out and about with with Danny, pics, palm doodles, Lost season 2 trailer, web screenplay, classic story role - wayfarer, year of the monkey, fridge magnet piccies, work senora, kalpa
4 years ago - beekeeping, silly rainbow, day after tomorrow palm review, COH, Danny pic at sushi, D&B, feeling sickie, bro issues
5 years ago - ljmatch, checkup, wet out, bob hope 100, letter from Rachel, banning superman as a baby name, dr doom sued.
6 years ago - bookstore, Viking ships, braids, Underoos, bad Iran Barbie grammar,people watching, photogenic folks, brothel/church/bowling memory
7 years ago - - evil news, phaster search, music poll, first sighting of the man-monkeyin Delhi, The Gambler, meemee sent me a colored picture of bubbles, candid newt pic (one red eye, one green eye!), south of the border, story about my brother and myself when I was 8, space movies.
8 years ago - thankful for memorial day
Was a bit sick this morning - nervous about the epidural , maybe... or low blood sugar. No food after 8am, minimal sips of water if needed. Still pretty sore afterward, but I should feel a lot bette rni the next few days.
BHK made Thai for me last night - make my last meal before the fast a good one. Green Curry veggies over rice, with a side of tofu in peanut sauce. The lady knows what I like to eat. After the epidural, we got Mexican - it was good, but I couldn't finish my plate. Leftovers lasted until about 9pm.
Why the kitties like the windowsill - .
.. Clicks embiggen, as always.Side note - Newt and Pyecam were down part of the day last monday - ftp server was broken, but it booted back up once I let the provider know.
Creepypasta - are short stories designed to unnerve, disturb or scare the readers of a Creepy Thread on 4chan. (could be upsetting to some viewers / nsfw, etc - it is on encyclopedia dramatica and 4chan after all.)
"A team at the university of Pittsburgh has finally advanced a 2002 technology enough for use in prosthetic limbs, the targeted application all along. Training computer models to the firing patterns of the neurons in the parts of the brain that control motion, they are able to project the intentions of a monkey to a robotic arm, which follows the will of the animal. The sad thing about the articles is that the beauty of the mathematics used to create and train the models is totally ignored."
Coverage at the BBC - This of course brings significant hope to amputees and other other people with physical disabilities.
(Note that this research has been going on for quite some time.)
1 year ago - outline of the day in reverse, pictures, annapolis, iana, tasty food, gastric psa from BHK,
2 years ago - weather, doodles, network, nat'l drivers test, why can't we be friends,
3 years ago - out and about with with Danny, pics, palm doodles, Lost season 2 trailer, web screenplay, classic story role - wayfarer, year of the monkey, fridge magnet piccies, work senora, kalpa
4 years ago - beekeeping, silly rainbow, day after tomorrow palm review, COH, Danny pic at sushi, D&B, feeling sickie, bro issues
5 years ago - ljmatch, checkup, wet out, bob hope 100, letter from Rachel, banning superman as a baby name, dr doom sued.
6 years ago - bookstore, Viking ships, braids, Underoos, bad Iran Barbie grammar,people watching, photogenic folks, brothel/church/bowling memory
7 years ago - - evil news, phaster search, music poll, first sighting of the man-monkeyin Delhi, The Gambler, meemee sent me a colored picture of bubbles, candid newt pic (one red eye, one green eye!), south of the border, story about my brother and myself when I was 8, space movies.
8 years ago - thankful for memorial day
9259 - Wednesday
Apr. 30th, 2008 06:00 amAnd so, April comes to an end. Seeya next year, April! Wasn't too bad of one this year, all told. Some stresses, some solutions... it seems to have come and gone fairly rapidly.
Was I just doing taxes 2 weeks ago? It seems like months. I'm still getting the occasional treat at http://drop.io/scottobear , feel free to drop something off, or pick something up. I removed the m4ps, but the mp3 music is still out there.
Had the in-laws over - BHk made pseudo-beef stroganoff, baked zucchini and corn on the cob - a fine dinner which caused me to consume with gusto... and too much.
Back was doing pretty well until I hit the sack - laying straight caused some medium discomfort. I think I'll take my night meds a half hour before bed for maximum ease.
Recent photos -
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ATW man is just sitting on the roof.. waiting for the owner to come up with a new plan, I guess... Mother's Day is coming... maybe we'll get to see his mama!
Also shown, our dancing robots, captured in the wee hours of the morning. I think that the designers gave the girl a lot more personality, but I think that they're both very cute.
there's a heart on the seat - Wall-E + Eve
A google search for scottobear homebrew gives about 86 results. So, BHK - I do use the term homebrew every here and there! neener neener. Funny thing is that BHK did a search independent of mine, and got a more valid result of about 31. She just thinks it's a funny word for me to use.
A male orangutan, clinging precariously to overhanging branches, flails the water with a pole, trying desperately to spear a passing fish.
It is the first time one has been seen using a tool to hunt.
The extraordinary image, a world exclusive, was taken in Borneo on the island of Kaja, where apes are rehabilitated into the wild after being rescued from zoos, private homes or even butchers' shops.
"Orang hutan" means "forest man" in one of Indonesia's many languages and our long-armed cousins do indeed show a remarkable ability to mimic our behaviour.
This individual had seen locals fishing with spears on the Gohong River.
Although the method required too much skill for him to master, he was later able to improvise by using the pole to catch fish already trapped in the locals' fishing lines.
The image is part of a series taken for a new book, The Thinkers Of The Jungle, which also includes the first photograph of an orangutan swimming.
Thinkers Of The Jungle, by Gerd Schuster, Willie Smits and Jay Ullal, is published by Ullmann Publishing on May 5.
1 year ago - TM sullen, gardening, ohio offer, heroes, rpg supers, free software
2 years ago - plazes, car accident, mustache finger tattoos, bibliochaise, rush arrested, barking kitty, orbit cam, Guten Drudennacht! Time for der Hexen-Orgie!, greathatsby
3 years ago - Hitchhiker's, Dr. Who, Dont Cry Kitty, torrents, ebay victory, front pages, walkies pix, key/class quiz
4 years ago - Drudennacht (Walpurgisnacht), email dopes, gmail auction, gamedevelopers, Mod a disposable cam into a stun-gun, Chickens like to eat scorpions, T2 espanol question
5 years ago - Where the hell meme, boobah, timetable entry, tripped and went to the hospital on my back, slow trip home
6 years ago - a day in the life doodle, Osbournes, Chupa/tia fight, Star Map (Awesome! I forgot about this!), give bro some DVD-fu, broken pic links I have to fix
7 years ago - music confession, bug farts, fiction, wrote a encryption toy for CEJ and me to chit chat, underwear poll, AL Amarjan Slang, McCafe, lederhosen,SOP - "you forgot the gravy"
Was I just doing taxes 2 weeks ago? It seems like months. I'm still getting the occasional treat at http://drop.io/scottobear , feel free to drop something off, or pick something up. I removed the m4ps, but the mp3 music is still out there.
Had the in-laws over - BHk made pseudo-beef stroganoff, baked zucchini and corn on the cob - a fine dinner which caused me to consume with gusto... and too much.
Back was doing pretty well until I hit the sack - laying straight caused some medium discomfort. I think I'll take my night meds a half hour before bed for maximum ease.
Recent photos -
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. . ATW man is just sitting on the roof.. waiting for the owner to come up with a new plan, I guess... Mother's Day is coming... maybe we'll get to see his mama!
Also shown, our dancing robots, captured in the wee hours of the morning. I think that the designers gave the girl a lot more personality, but I think that they're both very cute.
Oh, I forgot one - speaking of robots - the Wall-E bench.
there's a heart on the seat - Wall-E + Eve
A google search for scottobear homebrew gives about 86 results. So, BHK - I do use the term homebrew every here and there! neener neener. Funny thing is that BHK did a search independent of mine, and got a more valid result of about 31. She just thinks it's a funny word for me to use.
A male orangutan, clinging precariously to overhanging branches, flails the water with a pole, trying desperately to spear a passing fish.
It is the first time one has been seen using a tool to hunt.
The extraordinary image, a world exclusive, was taken in Borneo on the island of Kaja, where apes are rehabilitated into the wild after being rescued from zoos, private homes or even butchers' shops.
"Orang hutan" means "forest man" in one of Indonesia's many languages and our long-armed cousins do indeed show a remarkable ability to mimic our behaviour.
This individual had seen locals fishing with spears on the Gohong River.
Although the method required too much skill for him to master, he was later able to improvise by using the pole to catch fish already trapped in the locals' fishing lines.
The image is part of a series taken for a new book, The Thinkers Of The Jungle, which also includes the first photograph of an orangutan swimming.
Thinkers Of The Jungle, by Gerd Schuster, Willie Smits and Jay Ullal, is published by Ullmann Publishing on May 5.
1 year ago - TM sullen, gardening, ohio offer, heroes, rpg supers, free software
2 years ago - plazes, car accident, mustache finger tattoos, bibliochaise, rush arrested, barking kitty, orbit cam, Guten Drudennacht! Time for der Hexen-Orgie!, greathatsby
3 years ago - Hitchhiker's, Dr. Who, Dont Cry Kitty, torrents, ebay victory, front pages, walkies pix, key/class quiz
4 years ago - Drudennacht (Walpurgisnacht), email dopes, gmail auction, gamedevelopers, Mod a disposable cam into a stun-gun, Chickens like to eat scorpions, T2 espanol question
5 years ago - Where the hell meme, boobah, timetable entry, tripped and went to the hospital on my back, slow trip home
6 years ago - a day in the life doodle, Osbournes, Chupa/tia fight, Star Map (Awesome! I forgot about this!), give bro some DVD-fu, broken pic links I have to fix
7 years ago - music confession, bug farts, fiction, wrote a encryption toy for CEJ and me to chit chat, underwear poll, AL Amarjan Slang, McCafe, lederhosen,SOP - "you forgot the gravy"
9255 - Saturday
Apr. 26th, 2008 11:46 pmGarage sale across the down today after shots... Our first blush on the way to the doctor wasn't that successful.. saw old clothes and lots of little bits of junk here and there. Quickie lunch at Mexico and then back to the town to shop.
Our hope was to find some good furniture - nothing amazing really stood out. BHK asked what I'd want to see at my ideal yard sale... my response was a mummified monkey head, some old heathkit robots maybe, and maybe a retired super-scientist's collection of prototype death rays and forcefield belts.
Our hope was to find some good furniture - nothing amazing really stood out. BHK asked what I'd want to see at my ideal yard sale... my response was a mummified monkey head, some old heathkit robots maybe, and maybe a retired super-scientist's collection of prototype death rays and forcefield belts.
What we did was pick up a few dvds, more than a couple of "chick lit" books, wall art, a teaching chess set, two toy robots and A ROBOT MONKEY !
We didn't spend more than $20 total for the lot - The 'bots were the bulk of the cost, at $4.50 each. Puzzles were a quarter, dvds a buck a pop, and books were a big bundle for $3.
Came home, chilled out and enjoyed BHK's nom nom nommy thai cabbage soup.
Forgot to mention that yesterday also heralded the arrival of our blue robot boy to pair up with our pink robot hula girl. The girl is cuter, but they make a fine little dancing pair.
1 year ago - calvert coworkers, 6 months thoughts, palm doodles, mr mind, pollen
2 years ago - world history, folkvine, pocket charger, jw cordon
3 years ago - Egyptian origins, clown confession, big brown bear, trix returns to simplicity, hugs, fleet week, chitchat w myid8myego, kind entry, country bears movie, human gene in rice, funeral dance, FL gun law self defense, energy crisis, Cheney & Abadullah
4 years ago - Godchecker's Mythology Encyclopedia, Andy Griffith factoid, CS out, Cute Newt Pic
5 years ago - seafood fest, gift exchange
6 years ago - Foomy goes poof, nifty human tricks, Quick little story, full moon thoughts, Prof. Eben Norton Horsford.
7 years ago - bricolage, misc news, email tags, lj burp, uck, how to catch a polar bear, prezzies
9213 - Thursday
Mar. 27th, 2008 05:58 amHall of Technical Documentation Weirdness You've got to dig proper arrow placement.
Where did all the daffodils come from? One minute, it's all brown grass and stick trees, the next... *DAFFODIL CENTRAL* - and tons o' ducks. Geese before, but now there are mallards en masse.
So, there's a new B-52s record out? Are they still called records, even on CDs and mp3 players? I guess they're all recordings. I'm looking forward to hearing it. They're going to be at the 930 club in April, and DAR in June... I'll have to see who the openers are... Cyndi Lauper is opening for 'em in June.
Per Ze's Request in colorwars (i'm still teamorange!)
A picture of when I was a little Scotto - Age 9 -
I'm on the right, Bro on the left at about age 7. Even then, I didn't like to wear ties. To keep in that vein, I'll mention something about that age in the meme below.
More pictures below the cut.
MIAMI -- The Miami-Dade police department will begin experimenting with high-tech drones as law enforcement tools beginning next year.
I can easily see a well-placed weapon mount on that thing. My first thought was of those flying combine drones in HL2, taking your picture, and later attacking you with saw blades. See: Scanner / Manhack. The video link above is very cool... I'd be interested in seeing how long it would take to automate.
Where did all the daffodils come from? One minute, it's all brown grass and stick trees, the next... *DAFFODIL CENTRAL* - and tons o' ducks. Geese before, but now there are mallards en masse.
So, there's a new B-52s record out? Are they still called records, even on CDs and mp3 players? I guess they're all recordings. I'm looking forward to hearing it. They're going to be at the 930 club in April, and DAR in June... I'll have to see who the openers are... Cyndi Lauper is opening for 'em in June.
Per Ze's Request in colorwars (i'm still teamorange!)
A picture of when I was a little Scotto - Age 9 -
I'm on the right, Bro on the left at about age 7. Even then, I didn't like to wear ties. To keep in that vein, I'll mention something about that age in the meme below.
More pictures below the cut.
( Read more... )
50 things you've done meme continues at 43 - I...
43.'was a sergeant in the safety patrol in elementary school. The big trip to Washington DC was no big whoop to me back then, as I was living in Richmond or Alexandria, VA at the time. I'm back in that boat now that I'm living in Maryland... but I don't have the cool reflective orange belt and shoulder sash with a badge anymore.. I had to turn it in at the end of the school year. My duties were to assist the crossing guard with kids in front of the school.. .holding the stop sign and making sure that everyone made it over OK. The guard was a soccer mom, and gave me my first taste of coffee that I liked. I think that she put 3x sugar and 3x cream in it. I got her a Santa coffee mug for Christmas that year, and she gave me some cupcakes with red and green sprinkles on 'em. I don't remember her name, but she had a cool van... all earth tones of brown and tan... could probably tote 12 people comfortably. I can proudly say that there were no accidents on my watch, despite some nutty drivers.
MIAMI -- The Miami-Dade police department will begin experimenting with high-tech drones as law enforcement tools beginning next year.
Although the military has been using unmanned aircraft systems for years, this will be the first time they are used in law enforcement.
"We are aware it is a great responsibility. The FAA is looking at us to see if we can professionally manage this program," said Lt. Cliff Nelson of the police department's aviation unit.The flying camera is called a Micro Air Vehicle made by Honeywell. The MAV is remote controlled, unarmed and unmanned and can soar over 10,000 feet. (See the Micro Air Vehicle here.)
Miami-Dade police said only licensed pilots with the aviation unit will operate the devices because the airspace in the county is so busy. Only the Miami-Dade police department and the Houston police department were given permission by the FAA to experiment with the drones. "The capability of the unit is phenomenal," said Miami-Dade Detective Juan Villalba.
The unmanned aircraft will be used during SWAT team and tactical operations, especially when officers need video of a heavily armed suspect.
The Miami-Dade police department has not yet taken possession on its drone, but the Houston police department has and is already conducting tests. Miami-Dade hopes to use grant money to pay for the MAV. Officials said the units are pricey. Depending on the complexity of the system, they can cost several thousand dollars to more than a million.
"We are aware it is a great responsibility. The FAA is looking at us to see if we can professionally manage this program," said Lt. Cliff Nelson of the police department's aviation unit.The flying camera is called a Micro Air Vehicle made by Honeywell. The MAV is remote controlled, unarmed and unmanned and can soar over 10,000 feet. (See the Micro Air Vehicle here.)
Miami-Dade police said only licensed pilots with the aviation unit will operate the devices because the airspace in the county is so busy. Only the Miami-Dade police department and the Houston police department were given permission by the FAA to experiment with the drones. "The capability of the unit is phenomenal," said Miami-Dade Detective Juan Villalba.
The unmanned aircraft will be used during SWAT team and tactical operations, especially when officers need video of a heavily armed suspect.
The Miami-Dade police department has not yet taken possession on its drone, but the Houston police department has and is already conducting tests. Miami-Dade hopes to use grant money to pay for the MAV. Officials said the units are pricey. Depending on the complexity of the system, they can cost several thousand dollars to more than a million.
I can easily see a well-placed weapon mount on that thing. My first thought was of those flying combine drones in HL2, taking your picture, and later attacking you with saw blades. See: Scanner / Manhack. The video link above is very cool... I'd be interested in seeing how long it would take to automate.
1 year ago - back mending, bhk cold fading, mission impossible squirrel video, blogger death threats, larry and tigger vet trip picture
2 years ago - V movie, political ramble / revolution, boca/popular comics, pictures from walkabout, newt playing fetch pics
3 years ago - Easter, Deadbolt, Danny recap, K, piccies, personality test, heard from everway gamers, kitties video, walking octopus, waterbus
4 years ago - Procrastination, Henchman, search warrants/LA, booger eaters, vacuum cleaners, Brian Blessed, heroclix, zombie pinups
5 years ago - jkg, TAG, souls, Bahá'í, soul & body, leaving FMM
6 years ago - dream, dented the door with my mitt, sleepy and grumpy, how I sleep w/newt, small hands=rude, army men, Dan Bfast, lab grown meat, dali museum, secret fun spot, 2 dead celebs
7 years ago - lj bump, baby newt pic, one ring, mush, thebot, palm art, John Denver
9190 - monday
Mar. 10th, 2008 09:20 pmForgot to note the Transformer we saw at Mexico last night-
Full size shows the Autobot logo, and stenciled "interceptor"
Somebody remind me to take the camera proper when I go out!
BHK made some awesome veggie pocket-pies and a sort of paella with rice, veg broth, broccoli, green pepper, peas and a smidge of garlic and onion powder... brand new, and tasted great!
50 things I've done (or, the meme that would not die... ) meme continues with item 30. I...
30.' had surgery for my back a couple of times now - the first was over a decade ago when I was working for the library - the next was in October 2003 to deal with scar tissue built up from the first, and deal with other issues. Depending on what happens on wednesday, I may be getting another operation.... I'd like to hope that a simple shot of muscle relaxer will do, but I'm feeling that this is a serious issue, unfortunately.
1 year ago - bhk takes a pic of Newt and I snoozin'
2 years ago - bday via eryx, monkeys and kitties, compusa fails me, quizzes, morrisey vs van halen
3 years ago - apheresis skip, cocktail party, banana man snippet, netflix queue,Ultima 4 Virtue Quiz, system tweaking, ethiopian skellie, dr. who shipping, health and family review, Broward slots, SCI
4 years ago - food, gator bus ride, Voting, business cards, spammed again, MONKEY POPS!
5 years ago - prepared to pee in a cup for TAG, after Nordis tried to toss mysalad... Painted minis in the haunted tunnel... Rockford Scientist
6 years ago - bro came by apt, multi-journal quiz, fear vs love, Fire and Ice, Pliny the Younger
7 years ago - brad Mentions adding a photo server and chat to live journal.... speed hasn't been a real priority on that dev. Meat-eating robots, top atrocities... and the return of a hero
Full size shows the Autobot logo, and stenciled "interceptor"
Somebody remind me to take the camera proper when I go out!
BHK made some awesome veggie pocket-pies and a sort of paella with rice, veg broth, broccoli, green pepper, peas and a smidge of garlic and onion powder... brand new, and tasted great!
50 things I've done (or, the meme that would not die... ) meme continues with item 30. I...
30.' had surgery for my back a couple of times now - the first was over a decade ago when I was working for the library - the next was in October 2003 to deal with scar tissue built up from the first, and deal with other issues. Depending on what happens on wednesday, I may be getting another operation.... I'd like to hope that a simple shot of muscle relaxer will do, but I'm feeling that this is a serious issue, unfortunately.
1 year ago - bhk takes a pic of Newt and I snoozin'
2 years ago - bday via eryx, monkeys and kitties, compusa fails me, quizzes, morrisey vs van halen
3 years ago - apheresis skip, cocktail party, banana man snippet, netflix queue,Ultima 4 Virtue Quiz, system tweaking, ethiopian skellie, dr. who shipping, health and family review, Broward slots, SCI
4 years ago - food, gator bus ride, Voting, business cards, spammed again, MONKEY POPS!
5 years ago - prepared to pee in a cup for TAG, after Nordis tried to toss mysalad... Painted minis in the haunted tunnel... Rockford Scientist
6 years ago - bro came by apt, multi-journal quiz, fear vs love, Fire and Ice, Pliny the Younger
7 years ago - brad Mentions adding a photo server and chat to live journal.... speed hasn't been a real priority on that dev. Meat-eating robots, top atrocities... and the return of a hero
9062 - Thursday
Nov. 15th, 2007 08:35 pm
I need a trim. Maybe a haircut this weekend, too? I feel more than a little shaggy.
I found out today that ol’ RobbChar got engaged! I’m really glad to hear he’s got a partner and a happy life! I may be going to the wedding, in a year’s time or so.
BHK made tasty Tacos / Taco salad… good eats! I've been spoiled this week food-wise!
That silly letter meme:Guidelines for propagation: Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the preceding…they have to be actual places, names, things… nothing you fabricate! You must use a name other than your own for the boy and/or girl name prompt(s).What is your name? ScottoFirst word you think of -
4 letter word: Stop
Vehicle: Sputnik
TV Show: Six Million Dollar Man
City: SPARTA!!!
Boy Name: Steve
Girl Name: Sandy
Drink: Sprite
Occupation: Special Olympian (I thought of this before Spy? and Super-hero??)
Something you wear: Socks
Celebrity: Suzanne Somers
Food: Spuds
Something found in a bathroom: Soap (My second answer, actually… translate last answer to English for my first thought)
Reason for Being Late: Sniper (Hey, I do live in DelMarVa now.)
Cartoon Character: Spongebob Squarepants
Something You Shout: Scheisse!
Abandoned laboratory of studying a human brain - Via Ectomo.
Three pictures from recent walkabout. Click to embiggen
Two homeless guys from the other day - The PG station on the green line is a pretty sad place. these two had enough resources to stagger on and shamble to a seat…. both were massively out of it, due to disabilities either ingrained or added with outside substances. Possibly both. The next sop, a policeman came aboard and lurked next to them for the bulk of the trip… as soon as he left, they began slap-fist fighting. Nothing serious, but I’m glad I got off at the following stop… it’s just sort of depressing to see folks like that.
Ham-A-Rama! - First sighting of Hickory Farms product…. and it’s called HAM-A-RAMA… contains “cheese food” called Chub, “Beef Stick”, and those little strawberry candies in addition to the aforementioned Ham (with water added).
Flyball - When we went to visit with Amy, I snagged a quick snap of the pooches running… there are some pretty speedy critters that like to play fetch! It was good to see her and her family, however briefly.
I hate it when Ty is right about stuff like this. I’m pretty sure I’d throw in with robot overlords, too. (Also, Zod in 2008 might work.)From his entry -
We’re already giving up our freedoms — our right to privacy, gone. Warrant-less arrest, gone. Right to have your vote counted is super-gone depending on the state you live in, right to stand trial, gone — we have torture. We already have all the downsides of a supposed robotic takeover, but we’re being cheated of the upside! I say, if this is the world we’re gonna live in anyway, at least let the robot overlords have their shot. World peace, technological utopia — and no crime! The robot overlords’ crime control is swift and merciless.
1 year ago - little hellcat via ltms, walkabout pics
2 years ago - linen suit, hospital-b’day, no hurricane wilma pay, king kong marketing, olympic mascots, carl douglas, bebop, bus lady pics
pictures taken - bus lady
3 years ago - sleepy, book fair, mcD toys, Mr’s 5 & 11, $ meme, mozilla, NH child sacrifice
4 years ago - GP mails me about glued things, National hits, vampire duck of death, reverse dictionary, top 10 scientific hoaxes.
5 years ago - Judge Newt-pic, average debt, boo-bees, elephant veggie burgers
6 years ago - Mongo, EOWM, frugivore, folivore
7 years ago - 
bare feet, clowns, in your eyes, DB swipes laptop from IMT 
8868 - tues
Jun. 5th, 2007 10:10 pmBHK made some lovely lunch for herself and Cathy - stir fried veggies over brown rice. I snarfed that down for supper as soon as I got home - she opted instead to have leftover hot dogs grilled yesterday.
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I wonder if Gorbachev would have gone through with Glasnost if he knew it'd lead to this:( ... )
After wrapping up an online conference last Thursday, Putin took a few minutes to answer several of the most-popular questions sent in by Russian Internet users ( ... )
when reporters asked him after the conference whether Russia planned to use “gigantic, humanoid war robots” to defend itself.
Asked to elaborate about what he meant, Putin said: “These are unmanned aerial vehicles. And maybe the time will come for gigantic robots. ( ... )
Asked about the possible awakening of the giant mythical octopus Cthulhu, the fourth-most popular question among the more than 150,000 sent to Putin, he said that he believed something more serious was behind the question. Cthulhu was invented by novelist H.P. Lovecraft and was said to be sleeping beneath the Pacific Ocean.
Putin said he viewed mysterious forces with suspicion and advised those who took them seriously to read the Bible, Koran or other religious books.( ... )
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Yesterday
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jwz posted a link to an article about how plastics are choking the oceans. It talks about the North Pacific subtropical gyre, a swirling mass of water between California and Hawaii that's slowly been collecting various plastics for years. This mass of plastic is now twice the size of the state of Texas and just sort of hanging out, slowly swirling around like a giant toilet bowl.
Also found via jwz, good news about tinfoil hats. They prevent cancer. Researchers have used low-intensity, intermediate-frequency electric fields to combat an aggressive brain cancer known as glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). The strategy pinpoints tumors without invasive brain surgery and has more than doubled survival time in preliminary studies.
The new approach exploits a cog in the cell-division pathway. When cells divide, a molecular motor called the microtubule spindle helps segregate chromosomes into the resulting daughter cells. Resembling a set of strings, the spindle is made of electrically polar macromolecules that are sensitive to electric fields. Previous work has shown that if a 200-kHz field is applied to these macromolecules, the spindle can't form properly. As a result, cells stop dividing and eventually die.
The device is ideal for those with GBM because it only acts on the brain and lacks chemotherapy's systemic side effects, says Eric Wong, a neuro-oncologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston , Massachusetts . Because tumor cells in the brain frequently divide, normal brain cells would remain unaffected by the electric fields.
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They took JD to the hospital – he’s been very sick, and can’t get his fever any lower than 101 (it’s right at 103 now) - I hope he's ok by now.
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Lasse Klein has designed the coolest lamp ever. I would like one, please.
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( pie chart meme )
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1 year ago - monday, random words, africa, hudson hawk, wireless router config can be tricky, agape, bumper sticker
2 years ago - Blinky arrives and is celebrated, on my path, MP pictures, google thing meme, swingset, sockamagee, Shaq, writing group slacking, SMART BOY..."Jones" CLEANS EVERYTHING BUT THE.."Baby", MI:3 rumors and Scientology powers, meetro, rainy
3 years ago - Laundry done, moribund, hungries, celeb-alikes, mindmap, google-search journal, work issue, radio.blog, pain-ray, newt-yawn pics
4 years ago - bollywood, gay days/ Disney, marketing spongebob cereal
5 years ago - Moscow Tunnel system, fumigation
6 years ago - Paterfamilias , living on bread alone / scurvy, hobos, secret Scotto factoid re:barbershops
7 years ago - nuffin, muffin
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8101 - More spidey for you.
Jan. 10th, 2006 09:12 am
here's the full fansubbed first episode of the spiderman tv show - I've hosted it on youtube for ease of viewing and bandwidth issues. (The fans have taken a lot of liberties with the translation, but it's all for fun.)
My gift to GrayPumpkin, Kat, and BeauCoupKev.
Silly quizzes ( Read more... )
Transferred phones over to MP in Fort Worth, Texas, so the office can be officially closed for the weather while we run missing calls 24/7. Given the wind situation, I expect power to at least flick off and on during the next couple of hours. My big hope is that I can keep electricity throughout the passage of the storm and beyond. Last major event had power out in some areas for up to 3-5 days.
Somebody buy me this Animatronic Monkey-head. I would love to have this in my office. (it would drive Newt bonkers at home, so it'd have to live at work.)
DEMON ROBOT CHIMP!
The Alive Chimpanzee has 4 distinct moods: curious, fearful, angry and happy. The moods can be changed through user interaction. If he's feeling curious he may blink, frown and raise his eyebrows making for one inquisitive primate. Just don't make him angry as he will snarl, growl and scream. He can be calmed down by stroking or patting his head; but use caution when touching his ears or the back of his head, for that might make for one ferocious creature. If the chimpanzee is feeling fearful he will whimper or whine, and he might shake and close his eyes shut tightly.
Only $149.
Dangerous time-waster... not pr0n.. I guess this was a well -kept secret from me, since there's a lj community for help (but not spoilers)
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notpron. It's a pretty fun puzzle, so far, I'm at 10. San Fran in Jello. (not to mention these super non-jello train sets... nice detail!)
Moment of Lyric: mp3
Instrumental, so have some visual interpretations by the Disney gang from Fantasia. Nice for the Halloween Season, and the storm outside.
( Hooray for Chernabog! )
The Wiki entry about the musical piece, natch.
10 things you should do to every Windows PC at the very least, put in cleartype and set up backup points.
A moment of Dr. Who / Roman Catholic Humor
Thank you for your indulgence.
Thank you for your indulgence.
1 year ago - walkabout, considering a tablet, nostalgia, "A SUV with an American flag on it is like a whore wearing a rosary.", Ashlee Simpson snl, Top-Earning Fictional Characters, nuptial ghost,
2 years ago - big booty nurse says no, hospital pictures, Flesh-Eating Infection hits fishermen
3 years ago - sniper is caught, Dreamt I was a professional shopper, Picture of Hala & I work on a battle tank, chocolate frosted apple-filled doughnut, Salem PD, Scarecrows
4 years ago - created my palm sync icon, pneumonia, cooking with Bigfoot, Library Dream, scroll lock
5 years ago - Toy Story 2 recall, Utburds
