*grunt*... so, we lost an hour, eh?

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( Cookie quiz )

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Walkabout was nice, but the tree zoo didn't have many photo opportunities... a lot of it is still being rebuilt post-hurricane season, so a there are quite a few braced or naked trees. After doing the path, I stopped off at the Rec Center in the park... pretty awesome joint, too. Air Hockey, Pool Table, ping pong, and foosball. TV was tuned to fairly oddparents. At midday, the only other people there was a father and son playing ping-pong (badly - the boy was about 5, and had no sense of spacial boundaries, but it made me feel good to see a pop and his kid spending smiley quality time together.) I cooled off in the A/C for a bit, refilled my canteen with ice-cold water from the fountain, and watched tv for about 15 minutes. I suspect I'm the only person in Deerfield who wears a canteen in the city... or if there are others, mine is the only one containing water. I wonder why the homeless I see don't have canteens, or at least some sort of giveaway water bottle on a strap?

I walked from the arboretum to the Deerfield Mall, saw there were no movies of interest on the marquee, and caught the bus to the library... I renewed my library card. Broward Library now has a "key fob" scanner card like the ones used by CVS and Winn-Dixie, as well as the standard ID. I wandered over to the young adults section, and sniffed out the graphic novels, scattered amongst the manga.

I read the first top ten story, and headed back out again.. made it home. Found a $5 on the side of the road. Sun was strong yesterday.

I got about 9 miles of walking in. (about a 15 mile route, including the bus)

Pictures in convenient icon thumbnail size - Mostly trees, insects and iguanas, with a dash of Newt. Click to bring to a medium size

autostitched picture of the tree on Hillsboro blvd by the post office

Little anole lizard on the power transformer behind the condo rec building


A young iguana by the lake out back

Bigger bull iguana

"Big Red" - He's losing some of his Orange vibrancy, now the mating season is over.

Another large bull. he was sunning on the sidewalk, but got up as I approached

autostitch test of the view from the bus stop in front of century village

 the tree in an open field off of 8th and se 2nd ave. If I were to take a picnic somewhere off the condo grounds, I'd probably go here.

 Top Ten for the win! Nice to read for cool off moment #2.

Footprints in the sidewalk around powerline and hillsboro

Torquemada punishment bench on the heart trail. Painted dark brown, and bakes all day, unshaded. If I were touch that thing with flesh or fabric, *ignition*!

Sad statement about most of the trees at the "tree zoo". After 2005's hurricane season, they have quite a few stumps, or trees lashed to stakes for regrowth.

baobab tree from Africa. It looks like a good tree to plant around haunted houses..

The one, true way. It leads to the rec center.

 found a few butterflies amongst the plant life

I thought of sedef when I saw it.

 Cheers to the desert Butterfly and her family!

Dragonfly... wings like Herm!

Groovy bus with flame down the side.

Another angle of "Big Red"

Speaking of Big Red, Newt watches the blue jays outside.

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I'm going to have to try out this "amazing circle" style graphic production, now that I'm using autostitch and a high-quality camera. Check out the flickr pool.

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Dave's Gourmet Hot Sauce & Garden Spray is not only for spicing up food, but it's also to prevent deer and rabbits from eating your garden.

The product literature actually says, "We created this sauce to be a delicious addition to your food and a way to keep deer and rabbits from eating your roses and carrots."

And it comes in a spray bottle, which perhaps makes it the first "edible" pepper spray. Wasn't that a skit on Saturday night live?

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Moment of Lyric - mp3

( ... )

Just as I thought it was going alright
I find out I'm wrong, when I thought I was right
It's always the same, it's just a shame, that's all
I could say day, you'd say night
Tell me it's black when I know that it's white
It's always the same, it's just a shame, that's all - that's all

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1 year ago - dan hates my bucket-hat, day in the life, 3 doors down, bro issues,

2 years ago - CoH, squirrel, JG a blond/, man eating plants, thorax cake, free energy, reality settings

3 years ago - Iraq-o-meter, 100 greatest AFD hoaxes, train trip

4 years ago - office politics and people, modern major general, joe vs the volcano, boilerplate, bare necessities, text msg'ed, weather, reality gauge, newton the destroyer, black water mass

5 years ago - glowworms, school mascots, schwa, wedding / scotto job trivia, Murray Head, list trims

From The Childhood Goat Trauma Foundation: (via flying_blind)

"Even though a goat ate my arm, thanks to the CGTF I've been able to stop hiding behind drugs and alcohol and face the world again. I'd recommend the CGTF to anyone!"

-- Sean C., Centreville, VA

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Sleepless in Seattle (stalker remix)

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Evolution Schmevolution - Daily Show on Youtube

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Wasp performs roach-brain-surgery to make zombie slave-roaches ( Read more... )

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I've realized that Deerfield has replaced Fort Lauderdale's Homeless and Junkie population with Iguanas and Butterflies. Every day I'm out and about, I see wildlife rather than being approached for a handout or worse. I'm glad of that. It's amazing what a difference fifteen miles can make. Riding the bike is actually a realistic option, and if I want to check out the more urban decay, I'm able to get to it quickly.

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Heavy-duty rains early this morning. I hope I can get to the train station without getting soaked! I'll be taking my trusty, rusty waterproof GPS with me to see how well it tracks my movement. I really ought to download some more detailed local maps for it.

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( Geordi and Kaylee? )

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1 year ago - smoother sailing, sleeping in airports, Bigfoot 911, weather, Trism lyric

2 years ago - 7 sins meme, hand-foot coordination, stood up for b-day dinner

3 years ago - dreams, haiku, Irish curses, random politeness factoid, more palm-cam pics, nice cards!

4 years ago - Moonflower haiku, bus rides, tulpa-folk, what do people see quiz, miss cleo got in trubbah, quiet apartments

5 years ago - Snorks vs. Smurfs, recovering from sickies, lovey-loves, butch or femme

dream keywords
my sweetheart
friendly giant ants
old west
purple kimono
mule skins
angry townsfolk
wedding
cave-warmth, blanket sharing
tattered clothes/ perfect comfort

just fragments.. not sure how/if they go together.

All about Giant Ants (the scary, human-non-friendly kind): Us and Them!

And, if you want some scientific perspective on the movie, check out what Stephen Jay Gould has to say about the physical impossibility of Them!

The cyborg roaches are coming, blinking red lights and all. I don't like this. Not one bit.

The United Nations has tried to ban people from traipsing up to the moon whenever they feel the urge and sticking a flag in it, but The Lunar Republic, when established here on Earth, will monitor and adjudicate the uses to which everyone's favorite satellite is put. No longer will its popular landmarks be endangered by growing development concerns.