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happy thanksgiving! our spread pre-eating!

Dave Nelson, Adam, Anna and the in-laws came over for a visit last night and some nom noms on the day before the day before the big day of gluttony-type behavior.

We played a boatload of jungle speed and nibbled on pigs in blankets, and those cream cheese wraps that BHK has continued to develop into super tasty treats.

Much fun was had by all – I prefer playing the dorky warthog more than the lion or rhino, now. Adam is almost always monkey (Unless BHK had it), while Anna was Tigress, and Dave was Hippo. We need to get more controllers so we can play more than 4 at a time! fortunately, the game allows 2 per controller/nun chuck.

Adam and Anna are sleeping over – everyone else is close enough to home to get kicked out come snoozeville.

Safe Cooking tips for the hoidays

Quote of the moment - “Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.” - Robert A. Heinlein

1 year ago – cheap gasoline, sleepy Newton pictures, PT helping, I have the opposite of Seasonal Affective Disorder, Mexico, Mom meets Shannon, preacher cookies, OTRcat
2 years ago - black friday not the busiest shopping day, nutshell day - Greek fest, new Christmas ornaments, preacher cookies, will appears, cyn fall pic
3 years ago - coughing, sickies one day to one month
4 years ago - William Burroughs Thanksgiving, Adam Sandler Counterpoint, I left home at Thanksgiving (1987), collection of questions, Bwain, quiz results, Herm gets snow!, thank you songs, grover smash puny human
5 years ago - toasted orange marmalade sammiches, weather, getting porn spam, Italian vampires must have it rough, comic books, non-net folks, Frost, I want to..., GREG photoplay made by me from secret squirrel episode way back when!, I like bananas
6 years ago - Dr. Who, Mail, Ellies, Pods, mininukes
7 years ago - chores, 7 seas, supah-tofutti, Proverbs 15:1
8 years ago - met with tarpo and isis, tarot, fair-palm synch, LJ-ish quotes
9 years ago - Kids in the Hall bits, things I'm thankful for, what's love?, dream

pyewacket and his portrait (given to us by amy as a wedding prezzie)

Physical Therapy today, and the rest spent absorbing the drizzle, and doing job search. BHK has had Holly on the XM radio going since midday. I have seen hints of coming meals after her trip to the grocer, and my tummy is happy.

Adam and Anna are coming over tomorrow night - more bbq chips and good eats all the way through TG!

1 year ago - holoiday lights pics, bhk's laptop craps out, a mighty salad
really good.

2 years ago - I love traveling with BHK, train set at motorcycle shop, festival of trees (Hospice), getting my head in order

3 years ago - gobble gobble - turkey day

4 years ago - talked to bro in hospital, local music, reader quiz

5 years ago - good counters bad, beard, heroin traffic in sofla, Melissa not Alyssa, evo vs creationism beliefs in the usa, googlewhacked, crimes against children task force

6 years ago - Whatever comes to mind, kid memory, cent sign, elephants

7 years ago - Mayah's Birthday with pics, mage knight, cosplayers, Newtpics, ACCExpo, Lemmiwinks song

8 years ago - Superpowers, assoil, holiday icon musing

9 years ago - Golden Rice, survey, myths over Miami

It seems that Christmas is in the air in this part of North Beach. BHK and the Nailles… not even thanksgiving! however, I don’t mind the music, especially if we get sugar cookies with red and green sprinkles, while watching Christmas Vacation. The Naille’s already have 5 or more trees up at home… BHK and I aren’t going to do a tree until at least after Turkey Day.
Dinner was with the in-laws – hot dogs on the grill, baked beans and smokin’ sweet bbq chips.
Jungle Speed yet again. Lion is my lucky animal… no bears there.
1 year ago – leftover Halloween pics, allergy shots, walking and twilight – hobbits in bikinis.

2 years ago - one year out from ACIM, turkey doodle, tg pics to color, ze on thanks, BHK cooks, bacon salt, fry on americans, newt and pye pics, lj reads, 27 questions,
3 years ago - Mr.T on fashion, Bully Charlie Brown, Bro incognito, Last day at ACIM.
4 years ago - chilly for fl, many entries, foot amputee dream, bro in hospital
5 years ago - newtcam button, hercules & newton, bueller thoughts, jam sammiches, g-cans, flu bug, survey, LH quits, bro back in the pokey
6 years ago - DC Earths, Shrunken Heads, Police Cars, mix cds, South park, origin ofRaj KAJ, An awesome Weekly World News Issue, I am DNA, Bro Issues
7 years ago - classic kids audio books, history, forms in LJ work, goodbye to work-Pam, Mojo has a hissy fit vs Bonbon/Kev
8 years ago - beatnik, thanksgiving, harry potter quiz, wandering
9 years ago - thanksgiving

Slept in to about 11:30 this morning… good grief! Rainy day is good for snoozles.
More Rain and gloomy skies makes things lovely outside, at least to my eyes.
Random awesome sign -

Spent the evening at the Nailles, more Jungle Speed!
1 year ago – Friday night date night, JJ Abrams losing streak with me and BHK, google’s life photos, misc thoughts, half-life for less than a buck

2 years ago - bro out of jail and in seemingly good condition, date night with BHK, movie reviews / possibilities,
3 years ago - pirate scotto pic
4 years ago - red lobster, class struggle, black friday, chubby checker

Pictures - 7942 posts!

5 years ago - pirates, giraffes, incredibles, bro
6 years ago - Marvel Family, Countdown meme, garden pictures
7 years ago - Free audio books, hubcap monsters, discover empanadas nearby, GIMP
8 years ago - cloture, pocketlj, single card tarot spreads, meeting lj folks confirmed
9 years ago - air cools, Young Frankenstein poetry, sleepyhead, country bear jamboree
10 years ago - very basic Newt stats

The interview went well, though the tech part was reduced to a test rather than a human talk – the tech guy was out sick. I hope to hear form them soon how things went for them.
After that, we went to cheeburger cheeburger, where BHK had a gingerbread shake, and I had my standard chocolate cherry. Chris N. Had his second epidural, and is dealing with it ok… I won the gaming trophy again – Jungle Speed as the Lion, baby! (BHK does Monkey, Chris does Alligator, and Amanda as the Lemur.)
1 year ago – frozen sprinkler pic, beardless doodle, flurries, mopey

2 years ago - atw man, icehouse game design, BHK 's tasty orange cake, Newt and Pye getting along better, Kindle, food links for needy folks
3 year ago - more sanibel pictures and talking a bit about the trip
4 years ago - arsenic & old lace, book fair, gamma passes, newt pics, missed uber, NYPL Digital Gallery, broward #1 for AIDS Pictures - junk shop pictures - lots of crazy statuary / monkey / eagle / chandeliers
5 years ago - torrenting, Brisco's Pete, theme music, dictionareoke, flash games, cosplayers, mel
6 years ago - bro responsored by viper, GP stuff, palm art
7 years ago - accexpo, gossamer and gollum (later Jinx and Felix), Christmas specials
8 years ago - Cranberry Sauce, walkies, haiku, wacky news
9 years ago - Bob Marley, Roy likes to destroy, danigolden asks if she can add me to her friends list. Still Miss you, Dani.

atw man smoking peace pipe with local native.

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atw man smoking peace pipe

This morning, We all made a dunkin’ donuts run and then saw Adam off to school. Got more than our share of “DD car / firdge magnets” – I may do some crafts with them later.

Adjusted Newtcam for a bigger pic – 640 x 480 now, rather than half that. . Just looked at the cam- I’m reflected in the window.

Interview for a system administrator gig tomorrow – If it goes well, I’ll get some good clearance as well as a good job. We’ll see. In any event, since it’s a government gig I shaved off the beard and ‘stache.

A little bit rainy today… best time to do my work research.

1 year ago – newtcam pyecam pix

2 years ago – office bird/window washer, ring o rama, knight rider xmas, dentist

3 years ago - Visiting Weez & Boop @ Sanibel
Pictures - Sanibel Island

4 years ago - grammy hospice, moving, ts gamma
Pictures - Storm Path

5 years ago - time goes, visitors, beard, music, walkies thoughts, gd on archive, weekend check-'em-outs

6 years ago - memes, rubber monsters, super heroes, pestered by CS, whistles, newtcam by skylight, mild MD drama

7 years ago - Haiku, Robert Culp, projects, bro lies to me

8 years ago - walking, TG pressures, Astley and his grey market goods, abc meme, morning move poll, misc news

9 years ago - gloating, monkey brains, Alton brown

10 years ago - Newt breaks 2 lbs

Adam, BHK & Jungle Speed – played about 10 games, Adam pretty much dominated. I want to play it as an actual card game, now, though I like the jungle animal animations.

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Test #1 – picture – Scotto as mr potato head

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Testing pic links to flickr via windows live writer -

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1 year ago – snowing – with pic5tr
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2 years ago – lucky and unlucky stones, pye on a leash, hot peppers, newt and pye on video, autumn pix, honesty is, underbay bikes

3 years ago - frigate bird, fishing trip
pictures taken - fishing trip

4 years ago - prep to move in, newtie, tortie
pictures - hurricane pate
5 years ago - doodles, first penny, sodium party, fussy danny, BCfair, harry lampert RIP, journal fine, diana a celebration

6 years ago - Coffee, ghost towns, Grunt, growl & Tear, local cams, Zombie survival guide, Lego source, fun linkies, city stats, frankie wheedling, thai smiles

7 years ago - got a spine sucker after getting an epi, Freemasons, fezzes, slogans, first clues to undoing w/bro

8 years ago - meteors, taliban, mrblowup, broward county fair, Martian Manhunter Rehashed, sv tarot

9 years ago - Limb lopping, wonka, new ljstuff, hunter thompson, aok

at cal tortilla with bhk and mom-in-law. a fine reward for an afternoon of holiday shopping.

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Well, it's a little over a year since Obama has taken office.

I haven't looked for a while, but I looked at the Obameter just to see where he stands. Off the 500 promises being tracked.... see below.

Promise Kept 54
Compromise 14
Promise Broken 7
Stalled 17
In the Works 149
Not yet rated 274

Two of my touchpoints, the use of torture and closing guantanamo are both listed as "in the works", more detail at the links.

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far too many pictures from yesterday's walkabout - lots of fun with Larry, Chris, and BHK on a lovely autumn hike. Did a bit of geocaching, too - dropped off the meagan and paris bugs.

We also met Aaron Greene at the Cypress Swamp... he's a very talented photographer!



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1 year ago- decorative cabbage pic, moring walkies

2 years ago - la tolteca stinky, silly web page, q&A meme

3 years ago - more walkabout pics - vizcaya

4 years ago - frito bandito, monkey pic, dang hialeah, bk's bday, RI out of office, MM quits, shot patience, newt thought bubbles, doodle selfport

5 years ago - rain on glass, Afrocaribbean religions, postcard, heroclix, fosters home, edbook, wal-mart, ray romano, crackheads and thugs

6 years ago - Frankie the mooch timeline [MUCHO DRAMA FURIOSO!], 3-minute 4am phone post, Justice league, Spectre

7 years ago - Chevy Tahoe Commercial poem, Green Banana Moon, cool words, twilight

8 years ago - caption picture poll, turtle-butt breathing, big brain's 2nd incarnation

9 years ago - memories feature added, strip mall of sin, mall of the dead, hunter thompson returns to reporting

fallen tree --

out in the cypress swamp... enjoying the titmouse and chickadee calls.

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testing lala -