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

Threw my back out pretty seriously this morning - this evening, and I'm still recovering from it a bit. I've alos decided to get back on the diet wagon, monitoring my intake more carefully again. I can keep weight off only when I'm more observant about my workouts and how much I'm feeding myself.

Got another nice short haircut for my interview on Friday. Just have to trim the beard and print copies of my tightened resume, and I'm set! 

Jay and Sean officially announced that they're having a second child! We went over this evening to celebrate and do some long overdue chitty-chattin and eating of many cheese and crackers... and watching "will success spoil rock hunter? "

1 year ago - we dodge gustav, nasty ledos, orange kitten, leonardtown, crazy for ewe, pentago

2 years ago - gamerz, gamers, enchanted forest w / pictures, hot fuzz, night at the museum

3 years ago - iguana mob pics, saw Accepted, impersonating liberace, nice weather for ducks

4 years ago - holiday countdown, teensy manatees, npr podcasts, disney quiz, underdog, trammel , new orleans psa, "I Don't Wanna See Anybody Give Any More Goddamn Press Conferences"

5 years ago - hurricane frances, CoH, sweet revenge, strange brew, superhero costumes, sequels, Syncretism, retreat to Danny's, newtcam pic, second thoughts, twinkie sushi, evil genius, zim and gaimajin, DCL's bday.(HAPPY B'day!)

6 years ago - nostalgia central, general upkeep, nice chatty

7 years ago - John Walker Lindh, Old Maid, debian, red flags, my tarot card, underdog

8 years ago - Reading location poll, start page, bat-music, Amazon dreams, JH Noir

9 years ago - Empathy Rating, me, and the bionic woman

correction - 2nd movie is alien trespass.

bugah on swings
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at the bengies drive-in waiting for sundown and a showing of harry potter / alien invasion double feature with bugah and bhk
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Good morning, dear journal - I will be updating you little by little over the course of today.

Using my starry-eyed icon to represent my brain on oxy-c for my back today. Very painful, but I'm taking the stupification way out today, along with my heating pad.

Later - Bhk home from her schoolwork - Back is still fairly out. Heating pad is helping, and I'm having chinese food with the in-laws while watching NCIS.

Bugah comes over tomorrow. I can hardly wait! We'll put in some quality buddy time this week - I have to remember to ask if Harry Potter is acceptable for him to see. Certainly Wii games and some outside time by the bay will happen.

Set up my google voice account - 410-929-6473 (can call it anywhere from the continental usa for free) - likely will go to voicemail, though.

1 year ago - drive-in date night, pumpkin from the garden, bocce, code red air

2 years ago - rusty thing, the soup, dan's rocks, walking score, compleat strategist replies to criticism, tin foil hats fail (in comments)

3 years ago - morning breaks doodle, sleepy, heat of the moment, training a tech, sailboat doodle, stop motion space invaders, voice pdf files, deaths 

4 years ago - bro court, auto-stitch of an alley no longer there, graffiti pics, harry potter, zombie game, bards tale ends, mimicked, Reverse Polish Notation, top40

5 years ago - manatee trip pictures, Miami travel shots

6 years ago - Aol gives up on netscape, random poster form the past, I get fan mail from desert butterfly, reading list retreat

7 years ago - princess sultanas circle, hug meme, joy machine, angry corn ghosts burn police cars, hydrogen fuel cars, got tested for diabetes (none here!),baseball bat poll, Bush & Women's rights, spooky patent office logo

8 years ago - evil news, arriviste, clochard & myopic, gilligan's lessons,contraception myths, Leisa's 2 months pregnant, zeppelins, tuck in thoughts

9 years ago - xanadu, sleep study prep, name meaning

happy 4th of july from the atw man - watch your fingers!
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note - seen after we went out too catch the Land of the Lost Movie today - I rather liked it, and I'm a fan of the original show.

exorcist steps send love!

more info -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exorcist_(film)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zj--3bQMzA

http://www.oddthingsiveseen.com/2007/10/exorcist-stairs.html

Never did make it to Surrat house - Instead, we watched My Name is Bruce with Sean and Duncan. Teddy Grahams, hummus and hot dogs w/ kraut for all! Jay missed out, because he was sick at home.

Today was another stay at home day - took a hard walk around the neighborhood, and some chitty-chats with William Callas and Chris.

Visited Coffee Tea and Whimsy, and got some crabber crackers, a keychain giftie for BHK and caramel sauce for all!

Chris won her first-played game of Can't Stop vs BHK and me, while Larry mowed the yard.

Later, the in-laws came back over for quiche with peas & broccoli from the garden, and we watched some ocean documntaries and ate vanilla ice cream with the aforementioned sauce... and blueberries!

Did I mention that BHK and I went to see Star Trek last Tuesday, dear journal? I seem to have skipped over it. I liked it just fine, thinking it's #3 on my list of favorite star Trek movies, after #1 (Galaxy Quest) and #2 (Wrath of Khan). BHK enjoyed it, too, probably more than I did! We may be taking William to see UP on Tuesday matinee. (Which I've been looking more forward to than Trek, actually!)

1 year ago - haircut for alan's party, blooming tea, tina & matt, epidural, robokill, RIP Bill Elder

2 years ago - mortgage, topology, newtcam2, condo issues, firefly and mosquitoes are out, linkdump

3 years ago - may ends, dr octagon, mad now unfunny in color, key west flare vigilante, fragged with bro, blood / allergy sticks, me as jeanbunny, mm flakes back

4 years ago - depth perception, bald oscars, intel drm chips, santana, nice monday, mp3 mashups (new locations here), pros and cons, Lost is Zork (even moreso with the green monitor), connections to people, fish heads, chipmunk stripes

5 years ago - Memorial day, hell in miniature, new mouse, zombie, quiet day, little house

6 years ago - comment screening, monty burns, ch-57, silly newt, matrix reloaded explanation

7 years ago - Prezzies and rain, springer, peanut butter soda, tempestmir introduces Newt to Newt. LRsetup program crashes out, sleeping Friday five

8 years ago - pervicacious, time changes, Mikey passes away, walkies, Hubris and Gnosis, heh yuh dun?, evil news

9 years ago - polytron, country music

DNA test came back, Bro is the father - Shannon (The Mother) is using, and there is a warrant out for her arrest. Greeeeat.

BHK in garden with Chris - Newton in here with me fuss with this and that... and watching movies.

We watched Crank - High Voltage and it is both ridiculous, offensive, violent and funny. I'm going to have to see the previous installment , now.

Going ot be a dagwood sammich dinner night soon... until later, dear journal!

1 year ago - picture with Pye waiting for the ledge, Pye tackled pic, SPicy Thai soup, what Mrs. MacGillicuddy saw, assorted pics from the day, snake in the yard, pmog, slo-mo punches to the face

2 years ago - voice post - testing the auto-transcribe, work, strangers with candy

3 years ago - birthday party for  </a></b></a>mental_circles, with pictures

4 years ago - creepy star wars moment, S.T.A., world view, making fiends #18

5 years ago - gmail trades, archive the dead, fruit pies, pirate, bro broke another straw

6 years ago - gamer purity, my buffy blasphemy, newt-grumpy/nosy, p/t, SOP

7 years ago - rainy, ashcroft snooping, what's better, catgrass growing crazy, more pictures to repair, SOP, Lao-tze

8 years ago - bibelot, albedo, TV crushes, Dark Sun, Post to the net/privacy rant, enneagram, SOP, evil news, 'hear, hear'

9 years ago - nuffin

Happy Anniversary, LJ - 9 years doing entries. Hard to believe, though my posts of late have been petty scanty. I need to get back on the wagon and produce something I'll want to look back on in a few years.

IN back news, I got my second epidural today... not working so great - may be due to scar tissue issues. next one will be injected through my side rather than the back, if I get another.

After my shot to the spine (pictures to follow), we visited at the in-laws for a few - had chinese food and hung out - Adam came over and played a little guitar with Larry and Stone.

Adam fessed up to trying adderall before his finals... not sure how happy  / unhappy I am with that. Not prescribed to him. Misuse can easily become abuse.

Watched Children of Men - not bad, but not mind-blowing, either. Worth seeing on tv, but perhaps not a non-netflix rental.

1 year ago - voice post, journal 8th year, hyperdrive, obama with kitty, journal review, adam in haiti

2 years ago - 7th year entry, milk and cheese figures, bhk takes care of tm's kitties, lunch with in-laws, David and Gill move to Charlotte

3 years ago - 6th anniversary, clothes shopping, busy recovery week, Don't ask for directions in Baltimore

4 years ago - Star Wars, Dead Riddler, PETA kills animals, Newt @ kittenwar, neobrara, hong kong bun-snatching, sex offender sweep

5 years ago - wet week, duckling videos, lots of wander-pics, you're so vain (odd couple sing), using wifi for plausible deniability, Feast Day of St. Dunstan, Florida Black Bear

6 years ago - bro fishing, Eh.net, asteroid probe, bookhenge in There, Drunk Man Hurt After Running Into Elephant, PT, severe weather, #21 in top 40, ljer ages, compat quiz

7 years ago - no cpap, broken pic links for me to fix later, grocery,waste to energy, Mayan symbols, ginger orange tofu, hot mail copying yahoo jerkiness

8 years ago - Iron Chef, Family Guy, Lj troublesome, feeling coarse, gals system down, astley hoses me over.

9 years ago - Scottobear's LJ is Born - just a marker, really.

Newton demanded equal op art rights for Pye's pic yesterday.

BHK got a massive collection of books and boardgames from freecycle today - enough for a new game a night for at least a week or three. Most of the books will be passed on to goodwill or mulch-too smoke damaged or not interesting enough to keep- but a few goodies in there.

We went to lunch with Chris at the BBQ place - I think BHK's assessment of Chris just wanting to go out was right.

Spoke to mom on the phone - Bro getting a DNA test w/Shannon - Odds are good that he's the dad, but it can't hurt to be sure. (more sure?)

Jay, Duncan and Sean came over tonight for hot dogs and fixings - Jay and Dunc took off afterward, but Sean hung out to watch "Let the right one in" with BHK and me. I liked it more than BHK did. (I give it a 6/10 or so - BHK didn't like the pacing, which I thought fit the story)

Final note of the evening, I love teddy grahams.

1 year ago - tour dream, sound effects websites, gorilla mask robber steals pants, anniversary of dad's death, voice post

2 years ago - Father's Death Anniversary, Mom hears from Bro re: his sentencing, my challenges, happy to be "up north" and out of FL, people who have moved, more shaved ice (with pix)

3 years ago - bird flu / monkey pox, walkabout, podcasts, newtcam pics, jack lemmon, hoot, saucermen, exploding pants, bus ride poll, hail,

4 years ago - MP gift, pabst t, won rum, don lapre's vitamin, personality defect, walkabout pics, monkey at large/safety in numbers, vampire sugar fuel cell, florida medicine is stupid, I smell good

5 years ago - first palm doodle on new palm, wireless sync, pics from houstons (hypno-orb), Library of Alexandria Discovered, Bones Found In Bag At Florida Cemetery

6 years ago - palm doodles, dreams / reflections on the old crew, chicken hawk cards,mailbox mystery, lunar eclipse, first use of publix grocery deliveries,Teen Girl Squad #3

7 years ago - saw waking life, dream thoughts, prep for star wars expedition

8 years ago - evil news, tumor thoughts, astley gives me defective hardware, humors,hunger-poll, Tsarist Russia photos in color, Paid users get fasterservers, Florida Joke

While she and Chris worked on the flower bed out front, I commenced to taking care of long overdue paperwork.

After the sun went down, Larry came over and we all had pizza and watched My Fake Fiance a made for tv chick flick. cute - MJ Hart looked pretty preggo in it, and Joey (erm Joseph) Lawrence didn't say "Woah" once.




Pyewacket says hello from pop-art land. Best clicked on to be viewed larger - thanks to Cyn for being the photographer of the source pic at our Halloween / Wedding party!


1 year ago - colors on the metro, road rage, pyecam, newtcam, arlington, comic book script archive, images on the net, font creation tool

2 years ago - I consume Tiger's Blood shaved ice, am lauded for kind manner, see dried blood packaged for sale in the garden section, happy feet, jamesmichener's Chesapeake, create a painting

3 years ago - mama's day, alien saucer poll, godzilla, found communities

4 years ago - feeling better, writing, Danny in june, chocolate lucky charms, james randi, Rippy RIP - now Viggo, Thomas Szasz, Flickr goes Ajax, ex-boss nearly a million in tax debt, times tables, hairy feet, Belle & Sebastian mp3, v for vendetta bg, jesus vs greek gods

5 years ago - Stan/Satan, Wifi in office (has since moved), first new palm pics, coming moonlight movies, Stay Tuned, Rawwr, Downtown ft laud treasures.

6 years ago - Update Virus Defs, Rainmaker, Frankie Mooch Phone booth, there stuff and quests

7 years ago - Termite inspection, apt shopping - tenants rights, web page fiddling, fonts, Tman, Name a Terrier

8 years ago - ossify, evil news, tumor talk, veggie poll

Happy Muddah's Day, to all muddah types!

We celebrated mother's day at clarke's landing - seafood was ok, but not up to normal par. Chris liked it, and that was the goal.

Had a nice day - Larry had to go tend to Prom, so we came over to our place and watched Wuthering Heights.

I split time between the movie, and installing Adobe CS4 - got a good deal on it from a friend, and now I may finally take scottobear.com out of its old look. Still debating a theme, but it'll be cleaner, and will incorporate bHK, pye, newt and myself all on our own pages.

1 year ago - Ratatouille, tornado warings, cctv doesn't reduce crime, film chest cartoon collection, living jacket made of stem cells

2 years ago - Pictures: Steve the Caterpillar is missing, Lime vanilla Ice, Kitty hugs, and green leaves - also lasagna, not shown.

3 years ago - allergies, ultraman, money scans, feng-shui phone, map thingie

4 years ago - little scotto, work, spanish, bimini boatyard, hot dog water, missed free comic book day, Carnivale, rufus, tv, dan and kev scarce, blood donation factoids/excuses, sweater fashion, work form

5 years ago - MD, Nat'l Lampoon, RPG database mail (never came to fruition), Celestia, DIE DUCKS, added by kscare

6 years ago - owie sleeps, There Quest victory, telecommuting, clear channel hubbub, Hala finished Portalzilla, CitizenX closed down

7 years ago - cleanup, and milk crate shelf, did new code that's all over Ramada,playing with Newtie, real estate invaders. newt pics I need to locate and rehost

8 years ago - </a></b></a>menstrualhut grows rapidly, journal types, mp3s in rotation, illegal confessions (feel free to keep adding to it.)

Cinco De Mayo... Cheers! We had ratatouille and baked potato for supper. (But the bagel I ate had jalapenos on it!)

Contemplating going to Bengie's Drive-in this weekend. Triple feature of Fanboys, Monsters vs. Aliens and Star Trek a fun, dorky night.
I'm not sure though - I'd prefer to see MvsA in 3-d.

Talked to Danny on the phone tonight - he might be jumping into a game of Champions at his local game store this summer. 150 points - the store used to be the Dragon's Lair, but it's now Adventure something or another.

Bro sent me a text from his new phone - I'll call him tomorrow and see how he sounds. I'm sure he's happy to be out and about.

No Franklin again this morning - I noticed that the lawn was treated with chemicals - hopefully that kept him away, along with the cold, drizzly rain.

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Pull in your tum,
stick out your tush,
wiggle your hips,
now give 'em a push

Godspeed, Captain Chaos

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As I was starting to say, I'm glad it's staying a bit rainy and cool outside... I'm probably the only one who is loving a little soft, cool rain over sun and heat. I'm a hairy, big beast... hm, an excuse for another old Ditko picture, I think, dear journal.




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Freeware Eurorails game  -  Thanks, Rock, paper, shotgun!

also discovered OpenTTD for a freeware version of Transport Tycoon, and SimuTrans .

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1 year ago - stern face pic, best public potties in somd, thinky-doodle, FPS games, never say hopeless

2 years ago - Cinco de mayo - extended description

3 years ago - fleet week, cinco de mayo, network neutrality, kitten & rooster, mega m&ms, options, friday 5, dr who, prisoner, lj drama

4 years ago - 555, fishbone & dose pics, reference librarian scotto, oops-i did it again (30's style), questions asked

5 years ago - not loving the phone, porno bob cut ? (it took until last month), amy's diary, iconners, cookies, Florida state rock

6 years ago - ortho, There-folks giving me cool virtual clothes, WMD, star wars kid

7 years ago - I'm a sexy cusser, pop vs soda, digger mole, puppyfrog, maps, bad show, verisign, a date with destiny that was doomedCinco de Mayo, panda killer, Man Imprisoned 30 Years for Crime FBI knew he Didn't Commit, other evil news, what's your sign poll (Gemini won again!), C&I nightmare, smart sweater

8 years ago - Cinco de Mayo, panda killer, Man Imprisoned 30 Years for Crime FBI knew he Didn't Commit, other evil news, what's your sign poll (Gemini won again!), C&I nightmare, smart sweater

Cookout on the porch with in-laws - burgers on the grill, baked potato, Brussels sprouts, lemon meringue pie

Very nice night - warm, a few lightning bugs are making appearances already.

Getting a wee bit tired of all the hype that twitter is getting. (Mine is usually just a link relocator or an automated alert mechanism for larger journal posts)

Lilacs are booming and are fragrant.

UPS battery needs to be replaced on the main computer.

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Jonah Hex movie info.

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Sex Attacks based on Bat Demon.

Men in parts of Tanzania's main city, Dar es Salaam, are living in fear of a night-time sex attacker.

A BBC correspondent says the attacks are being blamed by some on a demon called "Popo Bawa" meaning winged bat.

Some men are staying awake or sleeping in groups outside their homes. Others are smearing themselves with pig's oil, believing this repels attacks.

Reports of the demon's existence have been common for many years in Zanzibar, where locals claim it originated.

The BBC's John Ngahyoma in Dar es Salaam says not many people actually believe that the demon exists and there have been no sightings.

But Mbaruku Ibrahim, who hails from Zanzibar, says the story of the demon is common there and people in his village on Pemba island sleep beside a huge fire outside their houses whenever it is said to appear.

The story goes that the bat is able to transform itself into a man at night and it has also been blamed for rapes of women.

Sheikh Yahya Hussein, a prominent astrologer in Tanzania, claims that the demon is a spirit that is unleashed by witches to torment their opponents.

Belief in witchcraft and superstitions is widespread in Tanzania, especially in rural areas. 

1 year ago - lego robot monkey, puzzles, cabbage soup, wind up robots

2 years ago - calvert coworkers, 6 months thoughts, palm doodles, mr mind, pollen

3 years ago - world history, folkvine, pocket charger, jw cordon 

4 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

5 years ago - Godchecker's Mythology Encyclopedia, Andy Griffith factoid, CS out, Cute Newt Pic

6 years ago - seafood fest, gift exchange

7 years ago - Foomy goes poof, nifty human tricks, Quick little story, full moon thoughts, Prof. Eben Norton Horsford. 

8 years ago - bricolage, misc news, email tags, lj burp, uck, how to catch a polar bear, prezzies

Day was a blur. Let's see -

We were up late last night - stayed nestled in bed until about 10am when we realized I had to be to the doc's by 11 in order to get my shots. (Doing it a week early, so I can skip next weekend - City-wide yard sale is something we want to hit early!

Got shots, and BHK showed me the menu to a local BBQ shack that she and the mom-in-law went to for lunch yesterday. I of course got the fried clams, which were very tasty. Most entertaining food was cornbread in the shape of a pickup truck - eaten before photographed. I'll snap the next one - it was very tasty.

We went on a little shopping expedition with the in-laws - K-mart for plants in the garden - bok choy, broccoli, cabbage - picked up some robin's eggs and nonpareils - kept the eggs (candy-coated, chocolate covered malted milk balls) and gave biscuits and non-p's to the inlaws. got more pot pie squares and tomato sauce for a future meal or two, as well.

Visited Compter Renaissance, and they really didn't have any tech that was newer than circa 1995. so much for me getting a memory upgrade or car charger for the EEE. While at K-mart, I looked into a power inverter for the love cube - all of the $30 ones were out, and the $80 was a bit too spendy for me.. not going to run a chainsaw or a fridge just yet.

Saw puppies in baby cribs again. Guy insisted that dogs I'm allergic to are hypoallergenic. Just because it doesn't shed much doesn't mean I'm not allergic.

Got home, rested a smidgen, and we had buffalo shrimp salad for dinner. I went into the other room to fix our router's security since Comcast reset it - noticed that they had the router to go to only one computer at a time. (ip locked) - fixed router, it' snow called "Green Glow" for springtime, and is passworded.

I got sick about 10 minutes after resetting the router. could be the shrimp, or just the fact that I overate - I scarfed down a lot of baked potato.

We did lights out from 8:30-9:30pm as part of an energy saving gesture called earth hour .

And now, the in-laws have gone home - We watched the Thomas Crown Affair . Not the best flick in the world - first time i had seen it all at once. Surprising that they're making a sequel next year, 11 years later.  Newton was a little trickster tonight and got all sweet at Larry, and then made an effort to smack the glasses off his face.

G'nite, dear journal! A little soda-pop to soothe the stomach, and it's off to bed!

1 year ago - alice's bar exam party, smothers brothers, eating policy, assorted piccies of my office, newt and pye getting along, doodled voice post, bus stop pic of spring,

2 years ago - nice folks at the county, cherry blossoms, spring started - pear trees, BHK into reality tv, EPC a flop, adam & tennis, easter coming up.

3 years ago - code template, interest cloud, pda cam dies, p&B in german, song tapper, bus on fire doodle

4 years ago - easter manatee, complimented, server/servant, spliced people, germs

5 years ago - Lj then and now (I spend less time now), bro, ice cream cake, Smokey & the Bandit

6 years ago - bro got me some Godzilla movies at the gift store up the road.

7 years ago - minority report poll, breakfast with Danny, grabber rabbit meme spreads, Words describing animal traits, Ketchup packet bear, Klaatu's speech, scary dream, link-to poll

8 years ago - babelizer, mushy-feelings, book-burning

Slow to get up - Aiee monday, indeed. It took me a good hour or two to shake off the morning sleepies.

Made it to work with time to spare, I was welcomed by Franklin-cat - I'm going to get treats for him later.

Batman Brave & the Bold continues to be exceptional  - I really liked the recent Joker's 50's design is ... also "brake, choke, throttle, " my kind of car! comment was perfect.

Speaking of Throttle - Comcast returned - didn't call BHK to let her know they had come by - seems they had throttled down our connection because they couldn't figure out how to properly bill us? What? Anyhow, it is  back up to speed now. Just as well - Verison's service isn't in our area - our only other alternative is satellite-type stuff - Hughes net. That's the price we pay for living in a rural-ish area, I guess!

Grabbed subs, did $2 worth of scratch-off tickets (and won$2! - broke even), and headed home to watch Hancock  tonight - I thought it was pretty enjoyable, all told. I think the thing was to not expect "meteor man - drunk hero" throughout the whole film. I do have to wonder about the other super though... why was Hancock the only person being a hero? Just seeing the movie made me wonder if a Damage Control film was a viable thing - a ton of collateral damage.

I just figured out the cartoon I was whistling the song to earlier (singing to pyewacket and newt) - An Itch in Time - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-zA16E-_NY about 1:30 into the video

1 year ago - atw easter, palm doodle, becoming jane, easter island, open source options

2 years ago - saw 300 with BHK and TM, supper at chevy's

3 years ago - six comments per entry, dark organic secrets, working rocket boots, no 'e's, hurricane names, ape & kitty,

4 years ago - superhero idea, prvt brokentoy on pavement, bandwidth pull, eclipse, DOJ presentation, Digicam RIP

5 years ago - Bubba Ho-Tep, Bro info, RI annoying

6 years ago - Season poll, spring rains

7 years ago - Newtie Mer, grabby bunny, text-m's, Pirate disfigurement poll, clever robber, outside reading sources online

8 years ago - sql, free pulp novels online

Cable guy came by this morning to evaluate our Internet - he replaced the line from the pole to our house, and the box on the pole - looks better, but they're sending out another truck on Monday to evaluate some more. I'm just glad it's not an "inside the house" issue. I suspect with so many folks using Verizon around here, we may be the only Comcast people using that particular line. (side edit, spellchecker wanted to change "Comcast" to "compost". I feel the same way. )

While waiting for the cable guy, BHK tuned in to Twilight and I watched it with her.  It was about what I expected. The lead characters didn't do much for me - I saw no "sizzle" and they weren't particularly attractive. There was certainly a powerful Mary Sue vibe going on. I'd say I liked the wolf tribe folks most of the lot of 'em, and I think BHK liked the little emo-haircut news-kid.

After the pole-climber was done, we headed out for the day - First got my shots in record time - (BHK and Kendall's Mom chatted, so it seemed more quickly that I thought) - Instead of our usual walk around town, I thought it'd be nice to take BHK to Annapolis and just hoof it there for a bit.

Did a lot of window shopping and people-watching. Rather than getting lunch, we just sort of nibbled at the assorted stops along the way. Split a bagel here, a cookie there, a coffee somewhere else.

Stopped off at third eye comics - picked up vol 1 of Planetary and the Essential Dr. Strange . (BHK grabbed The New York Four - being an NYU grad and all) They guys at Third Eye are always willing to lend a hand, and can recommend stuff that they think I'll like - so far, so good! I'm not a huge Warren Ellis fan, but planetary has a lot of good stuff in it - and I've always dug Dr. Strange.

Passed by an estate sale - lots of nifty antiques - I think it gave BHK the idea to do a distressed dresser in the bedroom.

K-mart of the walking dead - Got some solar-charged tiki lights for the porch walkway. The employees and customers were more than a little frightening - red-eyed and many doing the thorozine shuffle. Contemplated lawn furniture for spring, and decided against it, as it was too rickety for me to be sitting on for any extended period.

Visited the local hardware store to look for a bracket to hang the bell from my dad's boat up - may return there next week.

Paused at a school yard sale (raising money for the band to go to Canada) - we got some baked goods - a crazy-colored cupcake (see below), and a brownie...  BHK also snagged a hot dog, and bought her mom some orange glasses - perfect for a margarita sometime. I obtained another webcam - this one was only $1 after BHK haggled it down from $2. We'll see if it works later this month.  Also seen below are the ATW man playing ping pong, a found travel bug (trailer on the bio lab at the same yard sale) and an advertisement that stopped BHK in her tracks. PUPPIES IN BABY CRIBS.

BHK loved the Puggle , but I was a bigger fan of the Brussels Griffon not as cute, but it had a fantastic and playful personality - a little "tough guy". It's a good thing I'm still very allergic to the critters, or something probably would've come home with us.


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The in-laws met with us later on, and we did supper at Adam's Ribs - a onion loaf was bit greasy, but the veggies were good, and the service excellent.

Finished up Twilight when we got home... a lovely full day.


1 year ago - back better, lj content strike, colorwars, lunch with Adam & Eric, windy, lunchtime rendesvous redux

2 years ago - work review, cakery cookies, steve jobs on music, spore coming

3 years ago - sleepyhead, ren-festige, Chacarron again, comic-book picture, condo commando, network named elements, Sandra Day O'Connor comments on right-wingers, star wars concept pics, don't walk through words, political profile quiz

4 years ago - Fragments, Chatted a cutie, BEAR TRAP/ PUNCH!, homeopathy=placebo, ref desk, giant sea monkeys, walkabout pics, rhemish, Parallel Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy

5 years ago - local search sillies, copyright disclaimer, zombie minis, missed bro

6 years ago - palm pic, whiskerliscious-fuzzy-paw newt-pic, cat eaters, the coffee song, interviewed @ starmark

7 years ago - radiology, reading lensmen books, riker in trouble for DVDing, corpse Tupperware, Elisabeth, and a bunch of dead links.

8 years ago - IMT politics, and so on

Franklin (the outdoor cat who lives near my office) followed me a bit this morning to work, I stopped to give him some love - he's a sweetheart. I made sure to wash my hands very carefully - don't want to allergy myself too much, or possibly bring back feline leukemia to the boys at home. I should start bringing Franklin a little treat or something.


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http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottobear/archives/date-posted/2009/03/19/

If I'm not careful, BHK is going to make me adopt him and bring him home. Plenty of little hellcats at the house already, but I'm a soft touch.

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Though I am of no particular religious faith of my own, I don't mind when others express belief... to a degree. Riding the green line into work this morning, a wall-eyed lady was shrieking out hosannas and praise the lords intermixed with some tuneless chant-like singing. she had headphones on, but I suspect that they were just props so she could ramble loudly.

I've seen this from assorted people, numerous times - usually on the bus, but the train here and the tri-rail back in Fort Lauderdale.  Why are folks permitted to holler at the top of their lungs while I'm confined to the same space as they are? I think that the train is better for just making a lot of noise without repercussions, because it's less likely that it'll stop and eject the person.


I've been "witnessed" to at least 4 times, maybe more while on the bus. I've noticed that the best thing to do is just be quiet and let it pass, because the folks doing it are generally more than a little unhinged already - I don't want someone flipping out too much.. it seems like they run out of gas after about 15 minutes (which seems like an hour) and then start again maybe 5 minutes after that.

There needs to be some sort of code of ethics - if I'm trapped with a person that is at the minimum causing sound pollution that I don't want, or at maximum is a foamy-mouthed looney, I get upset. I was fantasizing about picking up a tranquilizer dart gun somewhere for the bulk of the noise.

See also about 11 months ago
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In a similar vein, I don't mind being trapped on a bus with folks talking a little loudly on the phone if it's a language I don't know... if it's English, it bugs me, but if it's something very exotic (something Asian or African - not too uncommon in DC area) I don't mind nearly so much. German, French, Creole and Spanish is fairly annoying too, for some reason. (if I'm in a movie theater, however, it's easy for me to leave and get an attendant.)

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The ride home on the train was easier on my ears.

Called Comcast about some service - if they slack on me too much, I think we'll just cut that internet cord, and go to hughes-net or some other provider.

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Tasty buffalo "chicken" salad for dinner tonight - and I had the rare beer - (Michelob Lime/cactus - good, light fare).

BHK and I are giving up on Castle, I think - 2 episodes, and neither had the grabbing power. Going to give Better Off Ted another chance, but I suspect the quirkyness is already too stiff for real fun, and it'll get switched off, too.

Our netflix came in, in time for the weekend - Hancock and Run, Fat Boy, Run . My hopes aren't too high - If I'm entertained, that'll do the trick.

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1 year ago - coloring eggs, haiku, atari, victorian chewie, Dro who an insane lsd junkie, obama race speech

2 years ago - newt and pye on cam, first day at county, Ze:The Show is over, squid vs yellow submarine,

3 years ago - condo area pic with duck, i don't like cricket

4 years ago - Lunsford, Atlantis, car crash test, voice post

5 years ago - club 977, Wine & Food, itunes, lj spam, Fri-5, nearby donations,First hint of New Dr Who, Newt big-head pic, color associations

6 years ago - heat, bad job recruiter, UT

7 years ago - city relic quiz, got into an argument with Astley, work nonsense, happy ending

8 years ago - awake but paralyzed for surgery, com ideas, animal eyes

I really liked Disney movies as a kid - I didn't get to watch many over and over, though - I would guess that the stuff that came on the Wonderful World of Disney werethose that got the most replay value.

Of that lot, I'd have to go with Donald in Mathemagic land, though it's not really a movie.. Maybe Blackbeard's Ghost  or possibly the Scarecrow.
Neither are really my favorite now, but I still hold them in a place of nostalgia.