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I am so ready for the weekend.
Aug. 7th, 2015 06:37 amI am so ready for the weekend.
Originally published at The Scotto Grotto. You can comment here or there.
#10820 – Monday the 20th.
Dec. 20th, 2010 08:24 pmDr. D passed away last week. You'll be fondly remembered. Thanks for introducing me to Umberto Eco, and not talking to me like a kid.
Tonight when I get home, we should be at the final clip for hanging up ornaments. The in-laws went to visit BHK's grandparents pre-Christmas last weekend, so we deemed it better for them to rest up.
Tonight's a lunar eclipse - I won't be staying up to see it, but should be a nifty show!
Let's summarize the weekend a bit.
To play catch up with pictures posted earlier - Went with Amy & Wanda to Tuba Christmas @ Our Lady Star of the Sea church in St. Mary's and then had supper at Laughing Buddha - a lot of fun, and more interactive than I'd have thought. Sunday was otherwise pretty exhausting for both BHK and me.
Saturday - we spotted a snowman by post office, and put some sideways disco balls out on the ground around our house to emulate snowfall. About all we did was listen to holiday music, and then I played a lot of Sam & Max
Friday - Rested at the house... didn't do much of anything, really.
Finally, The Good Guys was canceled. Boo. I loved that show.
1 year ago - many pics - pano of the snow, me in a mad bomber hat, snow snow snow!
2 years ago - allergy shots, hung ornaments on tree
3 years ago - Tannenbaum cam up, coming movies, found doug wu on friendster, tentacled decor
4 years ago - acim / td interaction, newt and pye begin to blend
5 years ago - new chinese, florida snowman, day 44 of compusa drama, shadowrun, weird food, uncle joe's monkey-man army
6 years ago - I lift mel w/one hand, video hits, anagram santas workshop, john dee's crystal ball stolen, christmas meme, baby theft
7 years ago - considering an upgrade, Nigerian magic is weak vs bullets
8 years ago - Ft. Laud facts, Antarctic Life, Muslim Roundup, Bro at his worst finds a stray cat, make a supervillian desktop
9 years ago - Bodyboarding on lava, McMummies, xp patch
10 years ago - Restless, Special Olympics cheaters, wondering about where my parts were pre-me, palm reading
11 years ago - ave maria, newt's 5 trip to the vet - broke 4lbs
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Now playing: Gas - Discovery
Originally published at The Scotto Grotto. You can comment here or there.
9665 - Monday
Mar. 30th, 2009 10:19 pmTasty spaghetti for supper tonight - BHK stopped off for scratchers and soda pop - $2, no prize. Listened to Life of Riley on the way home, and just took it slow.
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1 year ago - bhk sick, games workshop, weather, david horvitz, detox quackery, q&A meme,
2 years ago - view from my desk at calvert county, quizzes, geourl, bake sale!
3 years ago - MM talks to me, Danny Nominated, GP & Kat coming to town, German lesson, batman sound screencaps, zefrank starts archiving his entries, queen, quirk quiz, updating my geocode, Monkey Florida Fire News, plus whalesong
4 years ago - met mzkitten, poker spam, totem, Nostradamus Quatrain Generator, uv flower photos, doc ock song, david byrne
5 years ago - news registration, De Soto, missing digits, esp test, pirates, Nevada
6 years ago - Danny, keywords, Maryland Snow Day
7 years ago - stuff to look at, darkstar, panorama picture galleries, pulps, snap club, newt pics, troll, dragonball, RPS poll, Lj poll, easter egg recipes/cinnamon bunny bread, stream of thought - 3 minutes, cbs mystery theater
8 years ago - netcast, rent, palm tree, spaghetti-ohs, 7-up, key limits, parapsychology, slurs
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Info on conficker - more straightforward than a lot of the misinformation out there.
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There's a ton of stories this morning about some bright flashes of light and booming noises coming from the skies over eastern Virginia, parts of Maryland and North Carolina. The Richmond Times Dispatch reports that the National Weather Service’s Wakefield station's phone was "ringing off the hook" last night after around 9:45 p.m., as residents frantically called in to report flashing, bright lights and in some places, an explosion-like sound. No immediate explanation came from the NWS, but a team is now investigating what might have caused the fiery flashes. WTOP has a report that suggests that the phenomenon was most likely a fireball, which can occur when a piece of meteor rock enters the Earth's atmosphere.
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SWAT in Maryland update - via Cheye Calvo -
I am very pleased to announce that, on Saturday, the Maryland House of Delegates passed HB 1267, the SWAT team oversight legislation, by a 126-9 vote. The bill will require law enforcement agencies with SWAT teams to report every six months to civilian authorities on the number, general location, purpose, authorization, and results of SWAT deployments. It also directs the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to analyze the information and issue an annual report on SWAT team deployments in the state.
The Senate passed a companion bill 43-0 on March 19. In both cases, lawmakers took strong action following emotional testimony in committee by numerous victims of careless or inappropriate SWAT deployments. The point was clearly made that what happened to my family was not an anomaly, nor is the problem limited to Prince George's County.
Differences between the two bills about whether to include a sunset provision and the start date of the legislation will need to be resolved in a conference committee over the next couple weeks before the General Assembly convenes. However, it is looking quite likely that we will be able to send a bill requiring monitoring of SWAT team deployments to the Governor for his signature within the next few weeks.
The House of Delegates passed the legislation on Saturday, which happened to be my 38th birthday. This is truly the best birthday present I could have asked for!
Cheye
P.S. If you're not receiving these updates yourself and would like to in the future, please sign up at www.protectourliberties.com.
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1 year ago - bhk sick, games workshop, weather, david horvitz, detox quackery, q&A meme,
2 years ago - view from my desk at calvert county, quizzes, geourl, bake sale!
3 years ago - MM talks to me, Danny Nominated, GP & Kat coming to town, German lesson, batman sound screencaps, zefrank starts archiving his entries, queen, quirk quiz, updating my geocode, Monkey Florida Fire News, plus whalesong
4 years ago - met mzkitten, poker spam, totem, Nostradamus Quatrain Generator, uv flower photos, doc ock song, david byrne
5 years ago - news registration, De Soto, missing digits, esp test, pirates, Nevada
6 years ago - Danny, keywords, Maryland Snow Day
7 years ago - stuff to look at, darkstar, panorama picture galleries, pulps, snap club, newt pics, troll, dragonball, RPS poll, Lj poll, easter egg recipes/cinnamon bunny bread, stream of thought - 3 minutes, cbs mystery theater
8 years ago - netcast, rent, palm tree, spaghetti-ohs, 7-up, key limits, parapsychology, slurs
9629 - Tuesday
Feb. 24th, 2009 10:12 pmHappy Fat Tuesday!
In-laws came over and we all had pancakes for Dinner tonight - along with some deviled / boiled eggs, it made for a tasty end of the day.
Larry and I tried spotting the green comet Lulin tonight, but to no avail - the neighbor's house blocked out that part of the horizon. Maybe sometime this weekend, we can head out to the boardwalk and try to spot a section that isn't too lit up.
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Word of the Day - EVOE! (from the Conception of Dionysus)
"Zeus stretched out on Semele's bed in the form of a bull with human limbs. Then he was a panther. Then a young man with vine shoots in his curls. Finally he settled into that most perfect of shapes: the serpent. Zeus prolonged their union like some story without end, a rehearsal of the life of the god about to be generated. The snake slithered over Semele's trembling body and gently licked her neck. Then, gripping her bust in one of his coils, wrapping her breasts in a scaly sash, he sprinkled her not with poison but with liquid honey. The snake was pressing his mouth against Semele's mouth, a dribble of nectar trickling down onto her lips intoxicated her, and all the while vine leaves were sprouting up on the bed and there was a sound of drums beating in the darkness. The earth laughed. Dionysus was conceived just as Zeus shouted the name with which for centuries he was to be evoked: 'Evoe!'"
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That's all I've got. Until later, dear journal.
1 year ago - Trip to the eastern shore, cannonball house, GW sweatshirt, hot sauce, walkabout pictures - geodesic dome, radio tower, old church, stitching pictures weirdly, general tanuki's, my first Natty Boh, Cthulhu at Gitmo, The Prestige
2 years ago - lj notifications broken, model train expo, George Takei on Tim Hardaway
3 years ago - newt herd pic, sleep, quiz-meme, lost a kid before we were even called
4 years ago - Sleepy, Paris Hacked, Gorilla Cover Gallery, adding insult to injury pic, mel out of comm for a week
5 years ago - Newt-beliefs, Police pay an unkind visit (DRAMA!)
6 years ago - fairy tales, country bears, lj poop, palm doodle, A Reading Rainbow of Prophesies, misc news
7 years ago - Tulpa-thoughts, L&B have the baby
8 years ago - one of my favorite bear piccies, hoogerbrugge, Haiku arena is founded, rough translations
In-laws came over and we all had pancakes for Dinner tonight - along with some deviled / boiled eggs, it made for a tasty end of the day.
Larry and I tried spotting the green comet Lulin tonight, but to no avail - the neighbor's house blocked out that part of the horizon. Maybe sometime this weekend, we can head out to the boardwalk and try to spot a section that isn't too lit up.
--
Word of the Day - EVOE! (from the Conception of Dionysus)
"Zeus stretched out on Semele's bed in the form of a bull with human limbs. Then he was a panther. Then a young man with vine shoots in his curls. Finally he settled into that most perfect of shapes: the serpent. Zeus prolonged their union like some story without end, a rehearsal of the life of the god about to be generated. The snake slithered over Semele's trembling body and gently licked her neck. Then, gripping her bust in one of his coils, wrapping her breasts in a scaly sash, he sprinkled her not with poison but with liquid honey. The snake was pressing his mouth against Semele's mouth, a dribble of nectar trickling down onto her lips intoxicated her, and all the while vine leaves were sprouting up on the bed and there was a sound of drums beating in the darkness. The earth laughed. Dionysus was conceived just as Zeus shouted the name with which for centuries he was to be evoked: 'Evoe!'"
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That's all I've got. Until later, dear journal.
1 year ago - Trip to the eastern shore, cannonball house, GW sweatshirt, hot sauce, walkabout pictures - geodesic dome, radio tower, old church, stitching pictures weirdly, general tanuki's, my first Natty Boh, Cthulhu at Gitmo, The Prestige
2 years ago - lj notifications broken, model train expo, George Takei on Tim Hardaway
3 years ago - newt herd pic, sleep, quiz-meme, lost a kid before we were even called
4 years ago - Sleepy, Paris Hacked, Gorilla Cover Gallery, adding insult to injury pic, mel out of comm for a week
5 years ago - Newt-beliefs, Police pay an unkind visit (DRAMA!)
6 years ago - fairy tales, country bears, lj poop, palm doodle, A Reading Rainbow of Prophesies, misc news
7 years ago - Tulpa-thoughts, L&B have the baby
8 years ago - one of my favorite bear piccies, hoogerbrugge, Haiku arena is founded, rough translations
The popular virus scanner AVG released an update yesterday that caused their software to mark user32.dll as a virus.
Since this is a rather critical file, AVG's suggestion to remove it caused problems for users around the world who are now advised to restore the file through the Windows Recovery Console.
AVG just posted an update about this (FAQ item 1574) in the support section of their site.
Hopefully unconnected - NASA says its Phoenix lander on the surface of Mars has gone silent and is almost certainly dead. Engineers have not heard from the craft since Sunday 2 November when it made a brief communication with Earth. Phoenix, which landed on the planet's northern plains in May, had been struggling in the increasing cold and dark of an advancing winter. The US space agency says it will continue to try to contact the craft but does not expect to hear from it.
Both via /.
Since this is a rather critical file, AVG's suggestion to remove it caused problems for users around the world who are now advised to restore the file through the Windows Recovery Console.
AVG just posted an update about this (FAQ item 1574) in the support section of their site.
Hopefully unconnected - NASA says its Phoenix lander on the surface of Mars has gone silent and is almost certainly dead. Engineers have not heard from the craft since Sunday 2 November when it made a brief communication with Earth. Phoenix, which landed on the planet's northern plains in May, had been struggling in the increasing cold and dark of an advancing winter. The US space agency says it will continue to try to contact the craft but does not expect to hear from it.
Both via /.
9337 - saturday
Jun. 28th, 2008 11:59 pmWent Yard-"sailing" this morning with Tina and BHK - Mostly a bust, but one stop got us a half-dozen unopened buried blueprints puzzles (forgive the ebay link - they're out of print.), copies of mastermind and upwords, a couple of good books, Max Payne 2 , recipe software, not to mention some other loot that BHK picked up for a total of $8.
I stopped off at the doc's for shots, bhk and Tina hit wal-mart for some supplies.
After, we hit fab brew, where I got an Italian Soda (cherry), BHK and Tina each got some sort of coffee drink, and then we bounced over to Gallo's Deli it just opened this week - I got a 3-cheese sub, bhk got meatball and Tina got Turkey & cheese. We'll be back - it's pretty average right now, but they're still getting things in order - it's no Selby bay sub shop, but they're three blocks away from the house, and there's a lot of potential there.
Came back home, crashed out for a nap.
Got up, hung out with the in-laws while they worked the garden, hot dogs, garden green beans and roasted corn for supper! We ate late, and I consumed far too much delicious food.
Watched some National Treasure, Fawlty Towers (drunk chef with a thing for Manuel episode), a moment of the Brothers Solomon (don't bother) and Army of Darkness.
I stopped off at the doc's for shots, bhk and Tina hit wal-mart for some supplies.
After, we hit fab brew, where I got an Italian Soda (cherry), BHK and Tina each got some sort of coffee drink, and then we bounced over to Gallo's Deli it just opened this week - I got a 3-cheese sub, bhk got meatball and Tina got Turkey & cheese. We'll be back - it's pretty average right now, but they're still getting things in order - it's no Selby bay sub shop, but they're three blocks away from the house, and there's a lot of potential there.
Came back home, crashed out for a nap.
Got up, hung out with the in-laws while they worked the garden, hot dogs, garden green beans and roasted corn for supper! We ate late, and I consumed far too much delicious food.
Watched some National Treasure, Fawlty Towers (drunk chef with a thing for Manuel episode), a moment of the Brothers Solomon (don't bother) and Army of Darkness.
If you’re heading out to the G-Fest in July, you’ve got a treat in store: the premiere of Godzilla Zero Hour, a high-quality fan film about Tokyo’s notorious mega-monster Godzilla fighting giant flaming, flying turtle Gamera.
Scientists think that Mars' alkaline soil might be able to grow asparagus.
Although he said further tests would have to be conducted, Mr Kounaves said the soil seemed "very friendly... there is nothing about it that is toxic," he said. "It is the type of soil you would probably have in your back yard -- you know, alkaline. You might be able to grow asparagus in it really well."
1 year ago - zucchini from our garden pic, out with CB and BHK, DelMarVa planning, roads & L'Enfant
2 years ago - cranky, vacation plans, soccer/ football, ice cream truck music, alert map, how to make anything look like a toy, flash drive, superstitious, assorted fun links
3 years ago - mp plans, tired, miami vice movie filming, outdoor bro, open id, falling body, florida on florida, pictures, I don't wanna be stoned, zombie dogs, To live instead of exist
4 years ago - pick up the phone, explosion world, virtual frog dissection, viruses,giant clothes, roadsign, hulk coloring book, ebooks, puppy stops killers
5 years ago - plushie microbes, night flight, handguns, Scientology, newt pics, playboy
6 years ago - Newt smarts, moment of zen, moment of poop, political compass, dusty apt.
7 years ago - weird emma, peremptory, yum!, broken linkies, evil news, name poll, who do you love
8 years ago - breakup w/ April, Candle, submarine
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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9298 - friday
May. 30th, 2008 09:06 pmI need never hear the phrase "eyes like gimlets" or variant "gimlet-eyed" again. I like the word gimlet and all, but enough is enough.
Unrelated, I could go for some tasty quiche. Had some blah pad thai at Noodles & Co. in annapolis while we sought out Alan's Birthday prezzie. It didn't do much for me, but the cookies and cream milkshake en route home was quite good.
BHK reminded me of the Geister game... you can play it online at BrittspielWelt ! (If you see scottobear there, come say howdy!) If I can get BHK into the online version, maybe we'll pick up (or make a home version of) the board game... plus... BrittspielWelt has a nice collection of Carcassone w/ expansions, not just Yucata's Hunters and Gatherers. (if you're on yucata, say hi to scottobear there, too!)
Rules to ghost in comments - simple game - but fun.
Dreamt that Tigger taught Pye to smoke, and that he nearly burned down the in-laws house after getting too close to the gas fireplace.
Newton knows that kitties shouldn't smoke! (And so does pip !)
"Hard knocks life" from Annie stuck in my head this morning, and throughout the day.
Just this part: (It's all I know!)
Don't know why.. my life is pretty keen, and without want.
May the Great Gazoo rest in peace. Plus, Blazing Saddles and the CB show. Thanks for the fun, Harv. Now go do that voodoo that you do so well.
The international space station's only toilet is broken, leaving the crew with almost no place to go. NASA officials responded, "You should have thought of that before you left home."
This is what happens when I don't mash the strongly agree or strongly disagree buttons. I respond to a few things with "Well, it depends..."
1 year ago - hot in the courthouse, shaved ice, adam and jimmy's graduation, more lj spam, move to own domain?
2 years ago - nice time with danny, rocker meme, mm call
3 years ago - memorial day, bhk fridge magnet pic, dr who
4 years ago - spotty notepad frenzy, mood theme editor fixed, General Tao's tofu, My cam catches right before lights out, Newt-bt pic, Nose beeps, streams of thought, sleepy newt wallpaper (or why using arrow keys is hard with the boy on the desk)
5 years ago - google news, kev, easter island, barcode, got a lovely peek-in.
6 years ago - complaining about the weather, disappearing languages, palm piccies that need to be re-uploaded, smoke ring gun
7 years ago - hoi polloi, nice walk, memory stream, super chicken, ask me a question, ostriches
8 years ago - stream of thought re:Newt, Fritz & April
Unrelated, I could go for some tasty quiche. Had some blah pad thai at Noodles & Co. in annapolis while we sought out Alan's Birthday prezzie. It didn't do much for me, but the cookies and cream milkshake en route home was quite good.
BHK reminded me of the Geister game... you can play it online at BrittspielWelt ! (If you see scottobear there, come say howdy!) If I can get BHK into the online version, maybe we'll pick up (or make a home version of) the board game... plus... BrittspielWelt has a nice collection of Carcassone w/ expansions, not just Yucata's Hunters and Gatherers. (if you're on yucata, say hi to scottobear there, too!)
Rules to ghost in comments - simple game - but fun.
Dreamt that Tigger taught Pye to smoke, and that he nearly burned down the in-laws house after getting too close to the gas fireplace.
Newton knows that kitties shouldn't smoke! (And so does pip !)
"Hard knocks life" from Annie stuck in my head this morning, and throughout the day.
Just this part: (It's all I know!)
It's the hard-knock life for us!
It's the hard-knock life for us!
'Stead of treated,
We get tricked!
'Stead of kisses,
We get kicked!
It's the hard-knock life!
Got no folks to speak of so,
It's the hard-knock row we hoe!
Cotton blankets,
'Steada wool!
Empty Bellies
'Steada full!
It's the hard-knock life!
It's the hard-knock life for us!
'Stead of treated,
We get tricked!
'Stead of kisses,
We get kicked!
It's the hard-knock life!
Got no folks to speak of so,
It's the hard-knock row we hoe!
Cotton blankets,
'Steada wool!
Empty Bellies
'Steada full!
It's the hard-knock life!
Don't know why.. my life is pretty keen, and without want.
May the Great Gazoo rest in peace. Plus, Blazing Saddles and the CB show. Thanks for the fun, Harv. Now go do that voodoo that you do so well.
The international space station's only toilet is broken, leaving the crew with almost no place to go. NASA officials responded, "You should have thought of that before you left home."
This is what happens when I don't mash the strongly agree or strongly disagree buttons. I respond to a few things with "Well, it depends..."
| You are a Social Liberal (60% permissive) and an... Economic Moderate (43% permissive) You are best described as a:
Link: The Politics Test |
1 year ago - hot in the courthouse, shaved ice, adam and jimmy's graduation, more lj spam, move to own domain?
2 years ago - nice time with danny, rocker meme, mm call
3 years ago - memorial day, bhk fridge magnet pic, dr who
4 years ago - spotty notepad frenzy, mood theme editor fixed, General Tao's tofu, My cam catches right before lights out, Newt-bt pic, Nose beeps, streams of thought, sleepy newt wallpaper (or why using arrow keys is hard with the boy on the desk)
5 years ago - google news, kev, easter island, barcode, got a lovely peek-in.
6 years ago - complaining about the weather, disappearing languages, palm piccies that need to be re-uploaded, smoke ring gun
7 years ago - hoi polloi, nice walk, memory stream, super chicken, ask me a question, ostriches
8 years ago - stream of thought re:Newt, Fritz & April
9292 - Saturday
May. 24th, 2008 06:29 pmIt's the Weekend!!!
NASA is bracing for “seven minutes of terror,” when an unmanned craft landing on Mars may wake a dormant robot army that could rise up to invade and crush our civilization… oh, wait. They’re saying the space ship might tip over. That’s all.
Spent most of the day shopping for a new couch and a new bed - found the bed we wanted at a decent price - we pick it up tomorrow, and our old bed goes to the blue house for storage. We have a new Queen Size pillow top marshmallow (but firm) - feels good at the store - can't wait to try it at home.
Gaming in my brain -
Next game I want to pick up is Hive. (with the mosquito ) I like the insect theme and bakelite tiles a lot - I'll have to see if Aardvark can order it for us.
Unlike the US government, Hasbro lets you print out your own Monopoly money. There are PDFs for 1,5,10,20,50,100, and 500 dollar bills.
Good for any money-handling game, really. Witch Trial comes immediately to my mind. (which uses our monopoly money more than monopoly does)
1 year ago - birth control, thursday, Catching up with TD, good stuff, gp and kat vanishment
2 years ago - man-bear, joker laughs, day off, but on call, if meme
3 years ago - Simple short film expressing life and death, first auto-post, bears, MP calls me, zombies, rapture, flip top box, cannibal, birthday meme, RIP Thurl Ravenscroft, 6 questions meme
4 years ago - robo-scotto, LLAP-Goch, arms, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Fire Cracker Labels, freaky man-made island, bro
5 years ago - yale bombing, kiwano, doodle fizzles, D & I in There
6 years ago - dead picture trail links, bad dreams, re: pus jars, long weekend, train and bus smells, wondering what sci-fi geeks will watch with Buffy and x-files gone. Hm... I guess smallville is it? I don't watch much regular TV, ikkyu poem, ARQuake.
7 years ago - blue rosebuds, gnomon, Herman the human mole, word association, evil news, scottsquatch returns, jelly jack, Joel gorilla
8 years ago - my first user icon -
,Heather outs Alex as a cheater and a bisexual (remember kids, post something publicly on the net, and the world can see it, even people you know.)
NASA is bracing for “seven minutes of terror,” when an unmanned craft landing on Mars may wake a dormant robot army that could rise up to invade and crush our civilization… oh, wait. They’re saying the space ship might tip over. That’s all.
Spent most of the day shopping for a new couch and a new bed - found the bed we wanted at a decent price - we pick it up tomorrow, and our old bed goes to the blue house for storage. We have a new Queen Size pillow top marshmallow (but firm) - feels good at the store - can't wait to try it at home.
Gaming in my brain -
Next game I want to pick up is Hive. (with the mosquito ) I like the insect theme and bakelite tiles a lot - I'll have to see if Aardvark can order it for us.
Unlike the US government, Hasbro lets you print out your own Monopoly money. There are PDFs for 1,5,10,20,50,100, and 500 dollar bills.
Good for any money-handling game, really. Witch Trial comes immediately to my mind. (which uses our monopoly money more than monopoly does)
From New Scientist Tech: (or, a better use of a Newt/Pye cam?)
To try and develop a more sophisticated model, the team recorded the responses of 49 individual neurons in a part of a cat’s brain called the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN). The LGN receives and processes visual information from the retina, via the optic nerve, before sending it on to the cerebral cortex.
The data made it possible to build a software model of the LGN that can approximate how the neurons would respond to real scenes. The model was tested against scenes recorded from a “catcam” camera attached to a cat’s head.
“We chose the catcam because it was the most natural stimulus we could think of, the closest to what a cat would see when walking around,” Matteo Carandini told New Scientist. Because the catcam footage lacked elements moving independently from the rest of the scene, the researchers also used a scene from Disney’s animated film Tarzan.
The model’s predictions proved to be 80% accurate when shown artificial scenes, but this figure fell to 60% with the natural scenes or the Tarzan movie.
The ultimate goal of the research, still years distant, is to develop an implant that uses visual data to directly stimulate the LGN of blind people whose optic nerve or retina has degenerated from lack of use.
“For these people, a prosthesis in the eye doesn’t help,” Carandini explains. Only people who have recently become blind can benefit from such implants – currently being tested in humans – that stimulate the retina or optic nerve
Work on monkeys last year showed it is possible to stimulate the LGN using electrodes to alter their vision, something previously thought impossible. Software models like that developed by Carandini and colleagues would be vital for an implant to stimulate the right neurons to create a mental impression of vision.
1 year ago - birth control, thursday, Catching up with TD, good stuff, gp and kat vanishment
2 years ago - man-bear, joker laughs, day off, but on call, if meme
3 years ago - Simple short film expressing life and death, first auto-post, bears, MP calls me, zombies, rapture, flip top box, cannibal, birthday meme, RIP Thurl Ravenscroft, 6 questions meme
4 years ago - robo-scotto, LLAP-Goch, arms, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Fire Cracker Labels, freaky man-made island, bro
5 years ago - yale bombing, kiwano, doodle fizzles, D & I in There
6 years ago - dead picture trail links, bad dreams, re: pus jars, long weekend, train and bus smells, wondering what sci-fi geeks will watch with Buffy and x-files gone. Hm... I guess smallville is it? I don't watch much regular TV, ikkyu poem, ARQuake.
7 years ago - blue rosebuds, gnomon, Herman the human mole, word association, evil news, scottsquatch returns, jelly jack, Joel gorilla
8 years ago - my first user icon -
9066 - Thursday
Feb. 21st, 2008 10:53 pmLunar Eclipse last night was lovely... clear skies, snowy ground and crisp air. A good time to be outside and looking at the sky, if just for a moment.
Somebody made a sacrifice somewhere, and the moon came back. Next time, the gods won't be so kind!
Warnings about ice tomorrow... I may get a long weekend... (if my internet and power goes out... or I may get to work form home!) Then again, I may get to go into the office that's mostly empty, and get a lot of work done there, too. I suspect any or all will be win.
Lovely leftover dinner tonight... last of the mexican bake while BHK and I watch The Last Legion. I think that she liked it more than I did... How'd they get Mr. Darcy, Ghandi and the Mistress of the spices together to make this flick? Apparently the Goths were vikings with scottish accents.
Six unused cases of recalled beef will be thrown away by schools in Maryland and Virginia. Said a school spokesperson, “Now that we know what it is, we can no longer call it mystery meat.”
Pictures of Awakening's Move
So... Bush's Approval rating is now 19%. Sweet Christmas.
(To break it down further 1100 people asked - Among Republicans (29% of adults registered to vote in the survey), 45% approve of the way Bush is handling his job and 50% disapprove. Among Democrats (43% of adults registered to vote in the survey), 1% approve and 99% disapprove of the way Bush is handling his job. Among independents (28% of adults registered to vote in the survey), 17% approve and 75% disapprove of the way Bush is handling his job as president.)
This is Newton and Pyewacket, almost to a T.
I've neglected to mention that we watched the pilot for the new Knight Rider series.
It was only worth it for the Hoff cameo, and even that was pretty weak. Thank goodness for tivo and fast forward.
Psych was a little too scooby-doo for me last night... but watching the outtake of them singing "Somebody's Watching Me" made it more than worth it. I also saw the graduation episode of Kim Possible. Nice that Drakken has some utility after all.
BHK was blessed with a double-kitty snuggle last night... I was too fidgety for the kitty love, apparently.
HD DVD is officially dead. Well, I'm glad we didn't get Larry that DVD player for Xmas!
Giant fossilized frog named for the devil.
This college grad decided to live on the streets with just $25 and a gym bag to see if he could make it without any of the trappings of his upbringing, privileges, or contacts. After 10 months, he was moving into an apartment, bought a pickup truck, and had a savings of around $5,000. The point of the story is supposed to be that people are poor because they have bad attitudes. Which is technically true, but maybe he should do an experiment to see what being born poor will do for your "positive outlook." - via consumerist.
Add a few more elements, like mental / physical health plus his gender, age and skin tone into the mix, and I'd be interested to see how much harder it'd be to get by if you changed variables around. I don't like the implication that "anyone could do it".
I also wonder who was left out of the shelter he stayed in for the first few months of his experiment? Did they go hungry as a result? Sleep on the street?
The more I think about it, the more I'd like to see him actually in the circumstances of hopelessness and fear being homeless can bring. I feel that knowing the safety net is there will give a false sense of confidence and comfort, too.
Anyone can go camping when they know full well that they could fix things with a phone call... how's that song go?
You'll never live like common people,
you'll never do what common people do,
you'll never fail like common people,
you'll never watch your life slide out of view,
and dance and drink and screw,
because there's nothing else to do.
He got to bail due to a personal tragedy at home... who else is allowed that? It's a lousy experiment when you can change the variables and conditions at whim.
1 year ago - sunset and duck pics, naked gun, phone hearing w/florida, cyn's new (now old) space!
2 years ago - 2nd life, frankenbox windows issue, modified newtcam subdomain, Samuel, I'm a nine
3 years ago - Atlantic shores hosp, motherboards, jokers utility belt, 2-headed baby, paris hilton hacked, jlu, angry beavers, comic essentials, danny teaches school about graphic novels, six-gun gorilla, ash, icon origin
4 years ago - Wishing for Dr. Feng Shui, Quit FFXI, Time out with Danny and his wife
5 years ago - DDoS on LJ, Friday five, Nordis is full of crap, parking spots pictures, The Groovenians = blah
6 years ago - robo-triffid, daily pictures, back hurting
7 years ago - Chariots of the Gods, reminders, Geocities stops hot links, my nesting instinct
Somebody made a sacrifice somewhere, and the moon came back. Next time, the gods won't be so kind!
Warnings about ice tomorrow... I may get a long weekend... (if my internet and power goes out... or I may get to work form home!) Then again, I may get to go into the office that's mostly empty, and get a lot of work done there, too. I suspect any or all will be win.
Lovely leftover dinner tonight... last of the mexican bake while BHK and I watch The Last Legion. I think that she liked it more than I did... How'd they get Mr. Darcy, Ghandi and the Mistress of the spices together to make this flick? Apparently the Goths were vikings with scottish accents.
Six unused cases of recalled beef will be thrown away by schools in Maryland and Virginia. Said a school spokesperson, “Now that we know what it is, we can no longer call it mystery meat.”
Pictures of Awakening's Move
So... Bush's Approval rating is now 19%. Sweet Christmas.
(To break it down further 1100 people asked - Among Republicans (29% of adults registered to vote in the survey), 45% approve of the way Bush is handling his job and 50% disapprove. Among Democrats (43% of adults registered to vote in the survey), 1% approve and 99% disapprove of the way Bush is handling his job. Among independents (28% of adults registered to vote in the survey), 17% approve and 75% disapprove of the way Bush is handling his job as president.)
This is Newton and Pyewacket, almost to a T.
I've neglected to mention that we watched the pilot for the new Knight Rider series.
It was only worth it for the Hoff cameo, and even that was pretty weak. Thank goodness for tivo and fast forward.
Psych was a little too scooby-doo for me last night... but watching the outtake of them singing "Somebody's Watching Me" made it more than worth it. I also saw the graduation episode of Kim Possible. Nice that Drakken has some utility after all.
BHK was blessed with a double-kitty snuggle last night... I was too fidgety for the kitty love, apparently.
HD DVD is officially dead. Well, I'm glad we didn't get Larry that DVD player for Xmas!
Giant fossilized frog named for the devil.
A giant frog that hopped around Madagascar 65–70 million years ago has been discovered.
Fossil fragments show that the frog, called Beelzebufo ampinga, could have measured 20 centimetres across its squat head, and probably more than 40 centimetres from snout to tail. The researchers nicknamed the monstrous beast ‘the frog from hell’; the official name comes from one of the many names for the devil (Beelzebub) and the Latin for 'toad' (bufo).
This college grad decided to live on the streets with just $25 and a gym bag to see if he could make it without any of the trappings of his upbringing, privileges, or contacts. After 10 months, he was moving into an apartment, bought a pickup truck, and had a savings of around $5,000. The point of the story is supposed to be that people are poor because they have bad attitudes. Which is technically true, but maybe he should do an experiment to see what being born poor will do for your "positive outlook." - via consumerist.
Add a few more elements, like mental / physical health plus his gender, age and skin tone into the mix, and I'd be interested to see how much harder it'd be to get by if you changed variables around. I don't like the implication that "anyone could do it".
I also wonder who was left out of the shelter he stayed in for the first few months of his experiment? Did they go hungry as a result? Sleep on the street?
The more I think about it, the more I'd like to see him actually in the circumstances of hopelessness and fear being homeless can bring. I feel that knowing the safety net is there will give a false sense of confidence and comfort, too.
Anyone can go camping when they know full well that they could fix things with a phone call... how's that song go?
You'll never live like common people,
you'll never do what common people do,
you'll never fail like common people,
you'll never watch your life slide out of view,
and dance and drink and screw,
because there's nothing else to do.
He got to bail due to a personal tragedy at home... who else is allowed that? It's a lousy experiment when you can change the variables and conditions at whim.
1 year ago - sunset and duck pics, naked gun, phone hearing w/florida, cyn's new (now old) space!
2 years ago - 2nd life, frankenbox windows issue, modified newtcam subdomain, Samuel, I'm a nine
3 years ago - Atlantic shores hosp, motherboards, jokers utility belt, 2-headed baby, paris hilton hacked, jlu, angry beavers, comic essentials, danny teaches school about graphic novels, six-gun gorilla, ash, icon origin
4 years ago - Wishing for Dr. Feng Shui, Quit FFXI, Time out with Danny and his wife
5 years ago - DDoS on LJ, Friday five, Nordis is full of crap, parking spots pictures, The Groovenians = blah
6 years ago - robo-triffid, daily pictures, back hurting
7 years ago - Chariots of the Gods, reminders, Geocities stops hot links, my nesting instinct
9027 - weds
Oct. 17th, 2007 08:18 pm'Second Earth' found, 20 light years away
I'm rather surprised that you have to pay Wii points to get the internet channel, (it was free until the end of June 2007, while in beta) but you get news and weather for free. I am sort of digging everybody votes - and that was free, too. The browser will probably be the first thing I drop points on... not like I really need it, with I don't know how many connective devices in the house. PDA, PSP, X number of laptops, and Big Brain.
Contrary to my original belief, the points aren't given as rewards for doing well, but can only be purchased. Pfth.
I'll be interested to see what Newtcam and my LJ reading list looks like on the big tv.
BHK got Wii Play (good excuse to get another wii remote, and I'm a sucker for minigames - see Wario) - a lot of fun. I like the billiards game the most.
I suspect that our next few Wii purchases will be one or two of the following:
Two quotes, both pretty significant to me -
"Life does not happen to us, it happens from us." -- Mike Wickett
"Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail." -- John Donne
Want to move from one Journal / Blog site to another?
It will allow one to migrate or move blogs from LiveJournal, Blogger, WordPress and publish to LiveJournal, Blogger, Windows Live Spaces, WordPress - or possibly clone a blog.
the download is available at
http://linuxlore.blogspot.com/2007/09/livejournal-to-blogger-or-blogger-to.html
I'm going to test it out on my own server - just to see how it runs. I'm not leaving LJ, but it's nice to know I can run a backup.
I'd like to get a shave with a straight-razor with my next haircut.
1 year ago - headless horseman, windmills, selfport, bhk gab
4 years ago - big brain, doctor, palm doodles, 5 things, purple frog, shaky-photo
5 years ago - nicer weather, glow zombies, newt pic, dreams, quiz, port 135, Erica, Bailey, Dexter, hat pins, zombie icon test
6 years ago - Tor Johnson, dulcet, brown study, Bin Laden sued, sick at home, css,Orisinal games, Knight's colors, friendly ultralight helps migration,Glenda, Dave Macs me, Library thoughts, network names
7 years ago - work, TorT, 5 good things, Arnie-flicks, nails in a post
Scientists have discovered a warm and rocky "second Earth" circling a star, a find they believe dramatically boosts the prospects that we are not alone.
The planet is the most Earth-like ever spotted and is thought to have perfect conditions for water, an essential ingredient for life. Researchers detected the planet orbiting one of Earth's nearest stars, a cool red dwarf called Gliese 581, 20 light years away in the constellation of Libra.
Measurements of the planet's celestial path suggest it is 1½ times the size of our home planet, and orbits close to its sun, with a year of just 13 days. The planet's orbit brings it 14 times closer to its star than Earth is to the sun. But Gliese 581 burns at only 3,000C, half the temperature of our own sun, making conditions on the planet comfortable for life, with average ground temperatures estimated at 0 to 40C. Researchers claim the planet is likely to have an atmosphere. The discovery follows a three-year search for habitable planets by the European Southern Observatory at La Silla in Chile.
I'm rather surprised that you have to pay Wii points to get the internet channel, (it was free until the end of June 2007, while in beta) but you get news and weather for free. I am sort of digging everybody votes - and that was free, too. The browser will probably be the first thing I drop points on... not like I really need it, with I don't know how many connective devices in the house. PDA, PSP, X number of laptops, and Big Brain.
Contrary to my original belief, the points aren't given as rewards for doing well, but can only be purchased. Pfth.
I'll be interested to see what Newtcam and my LJ reading list looks like on the big tv.
BHK got Wii Play (good excuse to get another wii remote, and I'm a sucker for minigames - see Wario) - a lot of fun. I like the billiards game the most.
I suspect that our next few Wii purchases will be one or two of the following:
- Warioware
- Wii Fit (good excuse to work out)
- Trauma Center
- SSX Blur (BHK is super SSX powered.)
- Godzilla Unleashed - Got to love the 'zilla.
- Marvel Ultimate
- Any Destroy All Humans games that come our way.
- SPORE ! if it ever decides to appear.
Two quotes, both pretty significant to me -
"Life does not happen to us, it happens from us." -- Mike Wickett
"Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail." -- John Donne
Want to move from one Journal / Blog site to another?
It will allow one to migrate or move blogs from LiveJournal, Blogger, WordPress and publish to LiveJournal, Blogger, Windows Live Spaces, WordPress - or possibly clone a blog.
the download is available at
http://linuxlore.blogspot.com/2007/09/l
I'm going to test it out on my own server - just to see how it runs. I'm not leaving LJ, but it's nice to know I can run a backup.
I'd like to get a shave with a straight-razor with my next haircut.
1 year ago - headless horseman, windmills, selfport, bhk gab
4 years ago - big brain, doctor, palm doodles, 5 things, purple frog, shaky-photo
5 years ago - nicer weather, glow zombies, newt pic, dreams, quiz, port 135, Erica, Bailey, Dexter, hat pins, zombie icon test
6 years ago - Tor Johnson, dulcet, brown study, Bin Laden sued, sick at home, css,Orisinal games, Knight's colors, friendly ultralight helps migration,Glenda, Dave Macs me, Library thoughts, network names
7 years ago - work, TorT, 5 good things, Arnie-flicks, nails in a post
8970 - monday
Aug. 27th, 2007 09:57 pmAnd another one gone...
Lunar Eclipse Tonight! (Well, tomorrow Morning) - I suspect that I'll be able to see it when I first get up for work. Portions of the pre-dawn total lunar eclipse will be visible, weather permitting, across the country. Only in the West will the entire Aug. 28 event be viewable before sunrise, however.
2 years ago - cats in sinks, sf author journals, free refills for dumpster divers, nerd/dork/geek, candy, A Beheading for Homeland Security, work update
3 years ago - on call, cases, make your own bat phone, lj-brain melt, 50 questions
4 years ago - mongorians, kama sutra, making fiends, mars attacks cards, Arnie has strong opinions on gay marriage, toe-hang, palm from work, work misc,bro, paper models, theme fonts, palm cam, ny blackout pics
5 years ago - Fuzzy Newt, Dan-chops, slackers, heroclix modding / props, mankind enslaved poll, Dan & I duke it out with clix, 100 glowing zombies
6 years ago - Newt is like a baby Bob, Treehouse, mycathatesyou.com, pirates
7 years ago - quiz, crushy, scrabbling, sleep study, kring posts randomly in my lj
WACO, Tex., Aug. 27 — Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, whose tenure has been marred by controversy and accusations of perjury before Congress, has resigned. A senior administration official said he would announce the decision later this morning in Washington.
From New York Times
Lunar Eclipse Tonight! (Well, tomorrow Morning) - I suspect that I'll be able to see it when I first get up for work. Portions of the pre-dawn total lunar eclipse will be visible, weather permitting, across the country. Only in the West will the entire Aug. 28 event be viewable before sunrise, however.
The moon enters the Earth's full shadow, or umbra, at 4:51 a.m. EDT (1:51 a.m. PDT). It enters the total-eclipse phase at 5:32 EDT (2:52 PDT) and the event ends after sunrise on the East coast and at 4:22 a.m. PDT.
1 year ago - butternose, travel pictures, bhk at bayfest, Lake Placid / Magnificent 7, stained glass crab, urban decay, flying, Ernesto coming,
2 years ago - cats in sinks, sf author journals, free refills for dumpster divers, nerd/dork/geek, candy, A Beheading for Homeland Security, work update
3 years ago - on call, cases, make your own bat phone, lj-brain melt, 50 questions
4 years ago - mongorians, kama sutra, making fiends, mars attacks cards, Arnie has strong opinions on gay marriage, toe-hang, palm from work, work misc,bro, paper models, theme fonts, palm cam, ny blackout pics
5 years ago - Fuzzy Newt, Dan-chops, slackers, heroclix modding / props, mankind enslaved poll, Dan & I duke it out with clix, 100 glowing zombies
6 years ago - Newt is like a baby Bob, Treehouse, mycathatesyou.com, pirates
7 years ago - quiz, crushy, scrabbling, sleep study, kring posts randomly in my lj
Hard to believe it's been a year since Mel and I were together. it doesn't seem that long ago. Breaking up right before Vallie's Day is a pretty stark reminder.
Newt is being a good kid, and is playing fetch with me, using his krackle-bug. He always knows when to pay extra attention. I'm very fortunate that he's such a sweet little monkey.
[Poll #669029]
3D Painted Rooms
These rooms are painted so that, when looked at right, optical illusions will appear. Very keen. (via jwz)
[edit - videos by the artist here - http://www.varini.org/05vid/vid01.html ]
( Pigs in Space, The Early Years. via b3ta 256k image, 768 x 10944 )
1 year ago - jb gives me filth for my birthday, cable out, bad juju, taco ninja via gp, superman jerk, riverwalkabout pics, Mel and I are done.
2 years ago - Residence / Faire / 'Zilla / Shapes , Memory Fragment, Z-squad, Money
3 years ago - playing with palm-modem, dream of hot applesauce vendor & snuggling up at a basketball game.
4 years ago - bro hit on his bike by a cop, bibles in hotels, walkies, FMM lost use of the Net during working hours, Talk about Chupa / small hands, tiffany in playboy.
5 years ago - 100 monkeys debunked, FMM sold Tampa, fending off the end of a flu (history repeats itself, I guess!), Suzy's crappy computer
8157 - Space Monkeys, I salute you.
Jan. 31st, 2006 07:33 pm
Ham the Chimp was the first higher primate launched into outer space by the United States.
In December 1960 the 44-month old chimpanzee was trained to do simple tasks in response to electric lights and sounds, with response being timed. On January 31, 1961, Ham was secured in a Project Mercury capsule labeled MR-2 and launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida into outer space. The capsule suffered a partial loss of pressure during the flight, but Ham's space suit prevented him from suffering any harm. During the flight Ham had to push a lever within five seconds of seeing a flashing blue light; as per pre-flight training, failure would result in an electric shock to the soles of his feet. Ham's performance in space was only a fraction of a second slower than on Earth, demonstrating that tasks could be performed in space. Ham's capsule splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean and was recovered by a rescue ship later that day. 
After the flight Ham lived for 17 years in the National Zoo in Washington D.C., then in a zoo in North Carolina before dying at the age of 27 on January 19, 1983. Ham appeared repeatedly on television, and even on film with Evel Knievel. Ham the Chimp is buried at the International Space Hall of Fame in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
Ham's backup, Minnie was the only female chimp trained for the Mercury program. After her role in the Mercury program ended, Minnie became part of an Air Force chimp-breeding program, producing nine offspring and helping raise the offspring of several other members of the chimp colony. She was the last surviving astro-chimp. She died at age 41 on March 14, 1998. Minnie is buried next to Ham at the International Space Hall of Fame in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
The first monkey astronaut was Albert, a rhesus monkey, who on June 11, 1948 rode to over 63 km (39 miles) on a V2 rocket. Albert died of suffocation during the flight.
Albert was followed by Albert II who survived the V2 flight but died on impact on June 14, 1949. Albert II became the first monkey in space as his flight reached 134 km (83 miles). Albert III died at 35,000 feet (10.7 km) in an explosion of his V2 on September 16, 1949. Albert IV on the last monkey V2 flight died on impact on December 8 that year. Albert II and Albert IV were rhesus monkeys while Albert III was a cynomolgus monkey.
Monkeys later flew on Aerobee rockets. On April 18, 1951, a monkey, possibly called Albert V died due to parachute failure. Yorick, also called Albert VI, along with 11 mice crewmates became the first animals to survive spaceflight but he died 2 hours after landing. Patricia and Mike, two Philippine monkeys, flew on May 21, 1952 and survived but their flight was only to 26 kilometers, below the definition of space at 100 kilometers.
On December 13, 1958 Gordo, also called Old Reliable, a squirrel monkey, survived being launched aboard JUPITER AM-13 by the USA Army. He died because of a mechanical failure of the parachute recovery system in the rocket nosecone.
On May 28, 1959 Able, a rhesus monkey, and Baker, a squirrel monkey, became the first living beings to successfully return to Earth after traveling in space aboard the JUPITER AM-18. They travelled in excess of 16,000 km/h, and withstood 38 g (373 m/s²). Able died June 1, 1959 while having surgery to remove electrodes from the mission. Baker lived until 1984.
In 1959, Sam, a rhesus monkey flew on the Little Joe 2 flight in the Mercury program followed in 1960 by Miss Sam, also a rhesus monkey on Little Joe 1B (Ham and Enos also flew in the Mercury program but they were chimpanzees not monkeys).
Goliath, a squirrel monkey died in the explosion of his Atlas rocket on November 10, 1961. A rhesus monkey called Scatback flew a sub-orbital flight on December 20, 1961 but was lost at sea after landing.
Bonny, a pigtailed macaque, flew on Biosatellite 3, a mission which lasted from 29 June to 8 July, 1969. This was the first multi-day monkey flight - but came after longer human spaceflights were common. He died within a day of landing.
Spacelab 3 on the Space Shuttle flight STS-51B featured two squirrel monkeys named No. 3165 and No. 384-80. The flight was from 29 April - 6 May, 1985.
Thanks to Beaucoupkevin for the reminder that January 31 was the 45th anniversary of Ham's Flight.
Hey, the Stardust probe made it back! (thanks 
Robert!)
Reuters Article( Read more... )
The mission marks the first time since 1972 that any extraterrestrial solid material has been collected and brought back to Earth.
Stardust's mother ship,which severed the umbilical cables between it and the capsule late on Saturday, returned to orbit around the sun and may be used in future missions to study planets, asteroids or comets.
