Happy Cinco de Mayo! see last year's entry for more info on the holiday. I hope we have Mexican food for supper!  [edit - BHK made Fajitas!! delicious, but my gut wasn't happy after a suspect lunch.]

Unrelated to my feelings on Mexican food - After Saturday's little tummy trouble, BHK and I are considering a "best public potties in SOMD" site, unless something like that is already available. For the record - The Giant supermarket in Lusby has potties that are *very* clean and easy to access.

Hm, a quick google search brought up this. (with this being the Maryland section - no Lusby... I tried to add it and the page hung. I'll try again from a non-phone browser when I get home from my commute.)

Picture from said commute - It looks more monday-ish than it feels.



I prefer the doodle further below.

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I can't believe I've been playing FPS games for over 20 years. My first multi-player LAN party experience was MIDI Maze at Sun Atari '87, where I gunned Tom Hudson down repeatedly as an orange smiley face. (remembrance due to Wolfenstein 3D being released 16 years ago today.)

First solo FPS on the PC for me was Rise of The Triad - given to me by Kevin, Christmas of '95, after playing the freeware beforehand, and we played Unreal Tournament in '99 as the first regularly played FPS LAN game for about a decade after MIDI Maze.

I still have trouble with the translocator, 9 years later.

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Never say "hopeless". My prior back doctor could use a copy of this article. Thankfully, he will be retiring in the next year.

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Well, officially back to the goatee - It does feel a lot less warm than the full beard. Last doodle made was on Saturday - I won't have to draw the jawline for a bit, I guess! playing with the idea of colors mixing through transparencies. I forgot to make the white background transparent for the doodle, though.

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1 year ago - Cinco de mayo - extended description

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

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

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

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

6 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

7 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

 

I'm skeptical, to say the least.

I do believe that there are things just outside of our perception that we know little to nothing about... but find it doubtful that ghosts (at least in the most commonly believed sense) exist - I feel pretty confident that most orb photography is dust motes or water droplets reflecting, and that all of the "ghost photos" I've seen were either occlusions on film or frauds.

That said - who knows what's out in the dark? Since I have severe doubts about the existence of a soul and spirit that continues after death, what else might it be?

I believe that people have powerful wills, strong subconscious fears and imaginations - that's probably where the bulk of most "ghosts" come from. I've seen things moving in the dark, been spoken to in my sleep, seen light switches flick on and off of their own accord and been sure of an unseen hand on my shoulder. All of which spooked me, none of which seem to actually contain substance outside of my noggin after looking at things in a more rational manner.

Rather than sentient beings roaming the earth, trying in vain to talk to us, I rather fancy the idea of a place or an object being psychically charged as a result of a particularly exciting and death-related event, like a war (civil war ghosts are all the rage in Maryland, it seems), murder, suicide or a mother losing her child... an imprint that replays a scene or vision over and over on a fixed location or item... or family. I feel that it's simply fanciful thinking, no more true or likely than my having a yeti spirit guide that helps me to make the better decisions in life.

I love the idea of the ghost story, but feel in my mind and my heart that no phantoms exist outside of the minds of the living. I fear dangerous living things far more than a hand reaching out from beyond the grave to exact communication or misguided vengeance upon me or mine.

Of Course... Walpurgisnacht (Freinacht or Drudennacht) is coming, and who am I to say if the veil between our world and another won't be made thinner at that time?


1 year ago - celtic fest w/ pics, social contract

2 years ago - poem from mm, audio books, business meeting, hand pics for BHK, sketch up, earth-friendly grenades, questions meme

3 years ago - Met the centale folks, tiki night, Laos Zombies, Country Fried Hot Rod, Nazi Monkeys, balance, courthouse disco-effect

4 years ago - playing with virtual post-its, andy back in jail

5 years ago - Free sticker, timeline post, first day at jkg, back tweak

6 years ago - newt bips a skeleton, bali music, milkshake flavors, going to the grove, Charles Bronson thoughts, breasticle nectar satisfies for only about 2 hours, going back to bus from taxi, SOP

7 years ago - Lexie is so cute!, schedule change last minute, missing her, birthday toys, Blow

http://drop.io/ is brilliant. I tested it, and it seems fun and stable.

Example - http://drop.io/scottobear

Now that I've put this out there, I wonder how active it'll become? Send me something, dear journal! I've got 100 megs just waiting. :)

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Neil Armstrong was 38 when he walked on the moon. I'm 39. I can barely moonwalk. Just Sayin'.

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Pictures of Newton, taken yesterday, while I un-kinked my back. This is how Newton looks when I first lay down... he climbs up on my chest, face to my face, and stretches his paws to my chin... usually just his right, but sometimes both.

Taken with the palmtop... sadly, it's about impossible to get a good shot of Pyewacket, unless he's under very bright light... he turns into a black smear with a pair of shiny yellow eyes. Newt's black whiskers barely show, but his whites are pretty visible.

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50 things I've done meme finally officially finishes with #50 - I...

50.'have run a live camera from my place (Newtcam ) for about 7 years now, most of it on 24/7... with only a little downtime due to power loss, internet issues, broken computer, etc. For the primary reason of looking in on Newton (and now, Pye, too) when I'm not at home. It does double duty as a security camera, as it collects photos of any motion and throws them to the net, both for people to see the most recent one, and an archive for me to sift through just for fun.. make animations or whatnot. The security side of things would be that someone breaking into the house would be caught on cam, and picture would be uploaded to the net - so even if the machine is gone, I still have some images stored offsite.

I like that so many people tune in to see what's going on - Newtcam averages between two and five thousand hits a day, from all over the world.

I may do more of these, as they occur to me but at least I got my goal complete! I have no idea what #51 will be.

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It's been exceedingly hard to get out of bed the last week or two... this week especially. I feel so tired when the alarm goes off. I can't even open my eyes properly until I've taken a hot-cold-luke shower. I think I'm going to have to start hitting the sack just a little bit earlier than my preset of 10/10:30, to see if that helps.


BHK made some of the best tofu/black rice stir fry last night... nom nom nom.

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The Pope arrives today... that means even more traffic than usual for DC... it'll likely brings it to Gridlock / Miami levels. Even though I'm not of that particular faith, I think it'd be interesting to see the man, but I suspect that I'll be better off just heading on home.

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1 year ago - breakfast with in-laws, Tina, taxes, soda pop lids

2 years ago - good saturday, dream, masamune, police thingum, spain's easter, dr who

3 years ago - sleepy, mr t sings, music videos, flash gordon moment, sanjay patel, lobster vs sea hare, guy killed at my bus stop, orbital mind control lasers!

4 years ago - Ella Enchanted, army-men bowl, palm doodles

5 years ago - April Winchell's media, pda burp, sleepy kitten song with some profanity

6 years ago - spam radio, falling dreams, walkies, fabric softener, story seed, NEWWWTON IS A GOOOOLEM

7 years ago - Easter, working on a shopping cart, my first 10 lj friends, family meal, walkies, css issue

Midweek already! How'd that happen? No complaints, mind you, dear journal.

At just about noontime yesterday I used Shazam! as an expletive of surprise. Without irony, or mocking Cap'n Marvel / Gomer Pyle.

What's happening to my brain?

I don't know.

So I wrote a Haiku.


Now, I want an animal cracker. Or better, a box of animal crackers. Higher on the food chain, the better. Except for gorillas. I'd like some gorillas.

BHK made a really yummy giant salad for supper - Chris and Larry came over, but they stuck to cheesy-toast and hot dogs. More salad for me! :D

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While throwing earworms around on Kat's journal, I had to dig with the cruellest barb to GP - Gilligan's Island Incidental Music. I did it to myself.. now I've got a mix of Gilligan and Flock of Seagulls - I Ran lodged firmly in my noggin.

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50 things I've done meme continues with #48- I...

48.'have traced my family tree a bit, here and there, and have had a great deal of footwork done for me by a Mormon cousin. It seems that I'm related to Benita Falkenhayn, also known as Baroness von Berg. I quite enjoy finding little tidbits here and there, though my father's side has a lot of pre-1920s Bavarian aristocracy and military, most understandably didn't make it when the Nazis came to power. I've got a few fun folks in there... not too many horse thieves, but a lot of men and women who married into money and power. Benita was surely one who chose a bit poorly.

A bit of history - Benita von Falkenhayn, also known as Baroness von Berg, had the distinction not only of being one of the last people to be legally beheaded by the heading axe in Germany, but also to have been the first female aristocrat to lose her head to the Nazis.

Once the lover of Polish intelligence agent Major Jerzy Sosnowski, Benita put some distance between them by marrying the Baron von Berg. However she and her husband remained on friendly terms with Sosnowski and mingled within the same social circles. Rumors of Sosnowski's activity in espionage began to surface, although charges were unable to be proven.

In February 1935, the Nazis raided a party at which the Baroness, her husband, and Sosnowski were in attendance. Over fifty people were rushed off to jail and several were released after being cleared of charges of espionage and other crimes. Though secrecy shrouded the Nazi proceedings, it eventually became known that the Baroness von Berg, along with Sosnowski's mistress Renate von Natzmer, were sentenced to death. On February 18, 1935 both women were taken to the block at Plotzensee Prison in Berlin and decapitated by the axe.

(The 'heading axe' , as it was called, was little more than a blunt, primitive chopper which crushed its way through the flesh and vertebrae of the victim as he or she, knelt over the block on which their head lay. The executioners axe did not always cut through on the first strike nor did it often hit its target accurately.)

In 1938, Adolph Hitler decreed that all future executions be done by hanging or guillotine.

Time Magazine Article (for future ref):

 

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1 year ago - losing weight, palm doodles, subway buskers, bluetooth, female health, restless sleep, clicks down, bro contact

2 years ago - fiddling with layouts, queen, cute newt on the patio pic, genographic project, wayfaring, logophile, about trees, euro tests, 3d museum, time-travelling chiro

3 years ago - no eclipse, ed-mv/st, The end of Kim Possible, Newton-cat animation, FL sheriff abuse of power

4 years ago - Frog & manatee palm doodle, city of heroes goes to 3 servers, condos, recovery

5 years ago - Babar Mourns, bro stuff, poem/hat

6 years ago - elephant armor, SOP

7 years ago - easter, usa backs out of kyoto protocol, bob ross, Gifties

BHK and I aren't watching as much TV as usual... I suspect we're hitting an ebb tide right now. However, things may change once the new shows start rolling in again. I believe that there was a new Samantha, Who on last night, and I imagine that once Psych and Burn Notice start to roll again, we'll be watching at least a few hours a week.

After supper last night, we came home, had some razzles and read (or did Internet research on the Tidal Basin Inlet Bridge - had to find out what was up with this sculpture/grotesque on the side.)

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50 things you've done meme continues at 47 - I...

47.'built more than a few models as a kid. Not always well-done.... but I always did 'em to completion, even if some got the lighter treatment for "battle damage". At my youngest, I did snap-together models of cars that could be played with right afterward - pretty rewarding... the more advanced ones like aircraft carriers and tanks always had guns and tiny airplanes that would easily fall off or break if played with too roughly.... plus, dust and dirt wrecked paint jobs.

This might be why I'm a little attracted to Warhammer or just painting minis. Models you can play with are something extra special. I still don't know if I want to do Warhammer Fantasy or some other system... meanwhile, I may just get some paints and work on army men / mage knight leftover figures that could use a little color or customization. I'm due to make BHK and myself some updated figures, as I don't have long hair anymore, and I never did make one of her.

Maybe it's time for us to investigate Fimo and the like, too? Image on the right is an ancient one of Danny and me fending off a few zombies on a papercraft bridge.

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1 year ago - Easter doodle - eggs, sweetest thing.

2 years ago - math problem, kitten auth, triffid tree, walkabout thoughts

3 years ago - golf day, audio entry, ransom notes, Stuffed animal seven, google maps silliness, 3-coffin pope burial, pirates and fonts!

4 years ago - Religious notes, Super Mommy and Evil robo-lights, Manatee Escaped Tracking , Nevada, and stupid CS

5 years ago - Rachel, dreads, Easter

6 years ago - Rick comments about QaF, Happy to come home, yahoo dilemma, elephants, sleeping in airports, singing Eugene, virtual om

7 years ago - back talk, Dan's spring break, got a grove gig!, beautiful world

Long weekend starts tonight! BHK and I had yummy pseudo-chicken, noodles and broccoli supper. After work today, I think we're going to hit a movie and dinner out... nice way to start the long weekend. Despite my general disdain for reality tv, I'm sort of digging Last Restaurant Standing. (I'm rooting for Lloyd and Adowa, but suspect that the Twins will win.)

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meme - via kat78731 (I've done ones similar, but not this particular quiz, surprisingly.)

What do people call you?: Scott, Scotto, Hey You, Bear, Big Guy.

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1 year ago - Database gig shift, dinner at C&D, jellyfish art paperweight, missing BHK, springtime,

2 years ago - vintage paperback covers, prophet vs prophecy, jojo, one word answers, $10, walkabout with flying parachutes, quizzes,

3 years ago - status, reality settings, fort lauderdale piccies & sounds, bad juju, looking at a replacement cam, philosophy of Just Utilitarianism, feeding tube, hips and collarbones, Kelly's heroes, Buprenorphine, w can be a vowel, yahoo vs google

4 years ago - Hellboy, Le Gren, Marlin Maniac

5 years ago - Bro issues w/LL, sponsored links, Meredith out front

6 years ago - Walkies, baby sharks, programming, local hones go to 10-digit dialing, Reality settings, Wolf files, army men, schoolhouse rock

7 years ago - SOP, enature, symbols, psa for my bio page, C++ DST bug

Yummy Quiche & Salad for supper last night... more for lunch today! Took it Easy last night. some forgettable TV and read more of Mignola's Baltimore, or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire. Slow at first but it's rolling along reasonably well now.

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Rhyss made a pretty nifty observation in his journal -

Actually, most of my GFs have been of a similar mindset where reading is concerned... but I have always liked nerd / geek / Rockabetty types.

Here are 10 of my "scare off potential 'normal girl' dates" books currently on the shelf - I'll leave it to BHK to do her own books, if she desires.

[edit -later] I tried, and failed. I have very little truly objectionable material - I couldn't get to 10. Instead, here's a grouping of what you might find weird or not on the shelves.

1. Encyclopedia of Occultism - I'm sure someone will get the wrong message there! (I'm pretty much a non-believer in that sort of stuff, but I love folklore / mythology.. many tomes of that type of thing)
2. Rats - a History (actually, BHK and I both had a copy on the shelf, until we gave one to David!) Lots of history.
   
3. A bunch of gaming books. (Warhammer rules just recently picked up)
4. A bunch of Science Fiction (Nerd!)
5. Books about Primate Psychology - Monkey Politics
6. A Bunch of 40s detective novels.
7. Stacks of books that have yet been unread. BHK and I hit the book sales pretty hard, and our queue is long... and we lengthen it by using the libray, too!
8. Books in varying states of repair, from ragged, well-loved ones, to previously mentioned unopened tomes.
9. Books about weird people-places-things.
10. blank page book for coloring, with pencils of many shades.

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50 things you've done meme continues at 46 - I...

46.'have created a few communities on livejournal over the years.

• menstrualhut - women's health / right issues (still active, with 2460 members at this point)
• coloringbook - for doing a little art inside or outside the lines (175 members - mostly idle)
• haikuarena - for battling 5-7-5 at a time(105 members)
• fishstories - a fiction-writing workshop for me, mol, and bruce that never really launched (3 members, natch) maybe I'll open it up to the public.
  
• live_journalia - for nationstates players, long dead, yet 10 members cling to it

I'm mostly proud of the hut, as it has provided a lot of good information for women's health... it was the first of its kind on livejournal, thought there are many more good resources in place now. I've only had to deal with a few instances of spamming, trolling or the like on any of them.

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Have you ever wondered how the Enterprise would fare against a Star Destroyer, or how a Halo sizes up to a the Moon? Have you ever tried to guess just how big a Dyson Sphere would have to be to encompass the Earth's orbit around the sun? Jeff Russell has, and that's why he built Starship Dimensions, a website devoted to cataloging and contrasting the minutiae of Science Fiction's massives. In it you will find a library of vehicles spanning decades of Science Fiction movies and series, all meticulously drawn in proportion to each other. "Scale has always fascinated me," says Russell. "It is an important, yet often misunderstood or neglected way in which everything in our universe relates. And of course I've always really wanted my own Death Star, so naturally I wanted to know how big it really was, or how many Star Destroyers I could fit in it."

Similar, is the skyscraper page. (I'm glad that I could find Emerson tower info. The proper name for the Bromo-Seltzer Clock.)

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1 year ago - Lovey note from BHK, work stuffs, Bohl family, Newt/Pye dynamic.

2 years ago - walkies with pix, lost an hour, quizzes, amazing circle, hot sauce and garden spray, its a shame

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

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

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

6 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

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

BHK sick ... Nothing serious, but she's got a tummy bug. Party food and pizza was rough on her innards I think. After Alice's party yesterday, we swung by Games Workshop - picked up a present for someone else and a warhammer (fantasy) rulebook for me. BHK looks interested in painting minis... maybe we'll build an army or two, to add to the games closet?

I'm eyeing lizard men and ogres,(primarily for yhetees ) or my old standby of dwarfs vs orcs & goblins. (might get the battle for skull pass starter kit, comes with the latter)

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Saturday, it was about 50... Friday, it was 76F outside.. the day before it was in the 40s. see-saw, much, mama nature?

I like David Horvitz's plan for doing things for mostly just the cost of expenses. The apologies and mailbox bit, especially.

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Why I agree that detoxification is quackery.

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Get to know me quiz-meme thingum - have I done this one before?

Where did you get the shirt you’re wearing?
Bought it at value city with BHK!

How do you think your last ex deserves to die?
Just by living her life the way she wants.

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1 year ago - view from my desk at calvert county, quizzes, geourl, bake sale!

2 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

3 years ago - met mzkitten, poker spam, totem, Nostradamus Quatrain Generator, uv flower photos, doc ock song, david byrne

4 years ago - news registration, De Soto, missing digits, esp test, pirates, Nevada

5 years ago - Danny, keywords, Maryland Snow Day

6 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

7 years ago - netcast, rent, palm tree, spaghetti-ohs, 7-up, key limits, parapsychology, slurs

We went to the aquarium last night! pictures and details later - what a nice idea of BHK though... open until 9pm friday night.

Things on the agenda:

Allergy Shots.
Alice's Party.
Dinner out - Maybe Paper Moon or some Baltimore location.
Rest, relax, recharge.

Got Next Friday off - BHK and I are going to check out the cherry blossom festival or some other fun thing as a little spring fling. I'm almost more interested in people-watching than taking in the beautiful blooms. Hopefully, going on a weekday will reduce mob issues. (Friday's cherry blossom events ) I wouldn't mind paying the Jefferson Memorial a stopover, or riding a paddle boat in the tidal basin.

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via 4thletter - Re-imagining of the old avengers cartoons: The Newer, mightier, more Ultimater Avengers!... waning, some foul language and a blurred out, but naked Hulk. (I was also amused by the "24 in 1994" pilot.

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The Examiner reports that Metro’s oldest rail cars have become so worn, their aluminum floors are cracking under the carpeting. Metro says the cracks pose no immediate safety risk to riders, and that when cracks are spotted, cars are pulled from service and the aluminum is welded back together. The old cars aren't due to be replaced for at least five years.

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50 things you've done meme continues at 45 - I...

45.' have been in few physical fights in my life, and most have only lasted a short span... as a result of those melees, I've discovered that it is better to fight tactically with a cool head, than when angry... of course, if you've got a cool head, who wants to fight? I've never had much choice, as I'm a poor runner - easier to take down an opponent than to run away at a speed where I'll be taxed and overcome, anyhow. When overly emotional, I'm a more frightening combatant. Unless common sense overrides fear or rage, I will continue to attack an opponent (no matter what they're condition is in) until I'm exhausted. It's a wonder I never killed anyone including myself during puberty.

These days, and for a long time now, I'm quite passive. I can still get the short hairs on my neck up if life or loved ones are threatened, but for the most part, I try to channel my energy into more useful pursuits. My skill at fighting is poor... I could stand some updated martial arts training, even boxing would be good - my primary strengths are the ability to take a hit, grappling and hitting my opponent hard and heavy.

The last time I was in a real fistfight was more than a decade and a half ago...and that one was more of a "grab-punch-done" sort of scenario. I was working at the bookstore, helping a woman out in the kids books. A guy, probably in his late 30s, early 40s (I was maybe 23?) comes over, grabs my arm and says "you've helped her long enough, it's my turn". His physical contact caused me to tense up, and I told him if he didn't let go of me, then I'd punch him in the nose. He responded with "yeah, right"... I counted to three, and then popped him one in the face. He landed square on his backside, and I told him in a phrase littered with profanity to get out. He did, but he also contacted the store manager. Despite my feeling that I was in the right, I was fired the same day. My next job was assembling furniture while I finished off my Bachelor's Degree.

Since then, I've been in a few low-level conflicts, but nothing that would cause me to "go in swinging", usually because the issue was defused befor eI had time to build up a full head of steam. I've been hit in the face with a pool cue... but it was an accident. That did stop us from kicking the guy off the grounds, but I didn't press any charges.

Worst fight in my life was with a jerky in my freshman year of high school. I really had no experience in the HS arena, and the guy sucker-punched me in the gut and then kneed me in the privates. I pretty much keeled over immediately. He dropped out before I got a chance to plot any great revenge on him - I suppose it's just as well, because I'd probably be doing time to this day if I'd done any of what went through my mind that week.

My favorite encounter involved the end of my senior year in the cafeteria during 2nd lunch. A fellow senior and I were doing the ape behaviors of open-palm pushing one another, building to a bigger fight. My brother, looking to protect me, took one of the aluminum food trays and slammed it loudly over my enemy's head. It was loud, but didn't do any real damage, save to break up the fight with laughter on both sides.

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1 year ago - BHK ill & irritated, free psp t-mobil wifi, north beach link, I'm swiss, haiku, D&D gaming grant

2 years ago - coloring book wakes up, zefrank's log pretty keen, y/n meme, gesture poll, monkey doodle, abstract doodle

3 years ago - Dizzy bear flashbacks about GP, Kat, Danny, and past game group members, blackstronauts, newt angles, alex toth, nameless dread, click to save the world, lunsford

4 years ago - lemon fanta, diet pepsi slurpees, pet sweaters, bro stuff, awesome man,Galaxy Quest, mp3s, virus, apt/newt pics, chernobyl cyclist

5 years ago - There, light bulb pops, the rack, TAG approaches, heroX=mediocre

6 years ago - ice dreams, mock French, animal cams, keywords, yahoo plays bad, peep research, hut destroys a troll

7 years ago - Random Mail, music mix, palm BS picture, pantywaist poll, storms, blogger down

Weekend looms ahead! Going to Alice's party, celebrating her passing the bar... about a year ago. It'll be nice to see her again - last time was at paper moon well over a year ago.

The Egg salad made from last Sunday's hard-boiled Easter dye-jobs was especially good this week. BHK's Mac & cheese is rocking my socks exceptionally well, too.

I can't believe that tickets fro the Smothers brothers is $90 at the rams head. I want to go, but not so much at $200, 8pm on a weeknight. I still have half a mind to write in Pat Paulson for president, even though he passed away over a decade ago.

Presidential Campaign Slogan: "I've upped my standards. Now, up yours."

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50 things you've done meme continues at 44 - I...

44.'have done more than my share of critter killing and eating, despite my current feelings about doing so. If I was starving to death on an island covered with baby bunnies... well, baby bunny for dinner. I know how to kill and dress duck, boar, deer (all hands-on) and squirrel, alligator, rabbit (in theory, I saw my dad do it). I have lopped the heads off of chickens, and wrung their necks, too. I'd still rather do the slaughtering of a bird than do the cleaning.

I'm very happy to say that I haven't wanted or had to do that for a *very* long time... but if I was lost in the wilderness, I feel that I could survive better than some, at least food-wise. The boar is something that I'd have to use high-powered rounds on... those guys are nasty. I wonder if I could do a pit trap for a pig? I suppose it'd work, not that I ever will need one.

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Recent photos in phone or in archive -

My office desk (see notes here, for the OCD aspects of the journal),
with BHK memorabilia and a toy-train zoom-in



I love my coasters - made from the label portion of old 33 1/3 records.



Newt Yawing the other day - That's how I was feeling, too.

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Recently, Pye waited politely for Newton to finish eating - very chummy these days. I'm glad that they're so much more buddy-buddy. All I ask is that nobody bugs anyone else while eating or pooping... not too hard! Newt actually gave ol' pye a one-lick after pye's bath yesterday... I imagine they'll be grooming one another sometime around 2012. (or sooner!)

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Added a doodle to the voice post... not sure if it's worth 1000 words, though.

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

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

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

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

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

6 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

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

Hall of Technical Documentation Weirdness You've got to dig proper arrow placement.

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Where did all the daffodils come from? One minute, it's all brown grass and stick trees, the next... *DAFFODIL CENTRAL* - and tons o' ducks. Geese before, but now there are mallards en masse.

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So, there's a new B-52s record out? Are they still called records, even on CDs and mp3 players? I guess they're all recordings. I'm looking forward to hearing it. They're going to be at the 930 club in April, and DAR in June... I'll have to see who the openers are... Cyndi Lauper is opening for 'em in June.

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Per Ze's Request in colorwars (i'm still teamorange!)

A picture of when I was a little Scotto - Age 9 -



I'm on the right, Bro on the left at about age 7. Even then, I didn't like to wear ties. To keep in that vein, I'll mention something about that age in the meme below.

More pictures below the cut.

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50 things you've done meme continues at 43 - I...

43.'was a sergeant in the safety patrol in elementary school. The big trip to Washington DC was no big whoop to me back then, as I was living in Richmond or Alexandria, VA at the time. I'm back in that boat now that I'm living in Maryland... but I don't have the cool reflective orange belt and shoulder sash with a badge anymore.. I had to turn it in at the end of the school year. My duties were to assist the crossing guard with kids in front of the school.. .holding the stop sign and making sure that everyone made it over OK. The guard was a soccer mom, and gave me my first taste of coffee that I liked. I think that she put 3x sugar and 3x cream in it. I got her a Santa coffee mug for Christmas that year, and she gave me some cupcakes with red and green sprinkles on 'em. I don't remember her name, but she had a cool van... all earth tones of brown and tan... could probably tote 12 people comfortably. I can proudly say that there were no accidents on my watch, despite some nutty drivers.