I never noticed before, but each major chattie has it's own color. Yellow aim, green icq, blue msn, red yahoo. The new version of trillian has little colored circles rather than logos for each active. Pretty neat to me, for some reason. My connection to all of them comes on like a little drag-racer pole position light up... "Prepare to qualify".

Jerry Falwell -- yes, he's flapping his yap again -- has concluded from "reading Muslim and non-Muslim writers" that Muhammad was a terrorist. Which is kind of interesting, because from reading interviews with Jerry Falwell a lot of people have concluded that Jesus was a redneck, right-wing bigot. Holy men: Great ideas, bad PR representation. Why do the dumbasses seem to often get the loudest voices?

Interesting look at author Harper Lee ("To Kill A Mockingbird")

My brother just came by looking for good condiments. Yikes... I didn't know I was running so low! No Soy sauce, no mustard? I'm out of garlic powder and cocoanut milk, too... dang. I'm going to have to go back to the store sometime this week. (Maybe tomorrow morning, along with a bookstore run.) Also shared with me good news...He's being offered $7,500 to settle out of court. He's now debating holding out for more, taking it to court, or taking the money now and being happy with it. I hope he takes the money offered to him... but I don't blame him for squeezing as much as he can out of the police department for letting that officer punk around the way he did. What I'd like to see is that officer officially reprimanded, suspended for a week, and his story given to a local free newspaper for distribution... as well as paying my bro's doctor bills and lost wages during the time he was out.

It's pretty funny that last week's stories about the looming extinction of blondes from the human race -- ostensibly due to recessive traits and societal preferences -- turns out to be a big hoax. Doesn't anyone at news agencies hire fact-checkers anymore?

Jacques Chirac used witchcraft to win the French presidential election: "The book – La Sorcellerie au coeur de la République – suggests that President Chirac used Senegalese sorcerers to charm the France team to their World Cup victory in 1998. Mr Chirac chose not to pay out again this year, because he had already used French and African witches to win re-election."

Time for some faux-chicken patties on toasted honey-wheat bread, with a side of green beans and carrots. To drink? Arizona diet green tea with ginseng. Yumma.

Random Scotto factoid -

I've hung out with a professionally tossed dwarf. He was a nice guy, too, named Jeff... We took Psychology together in '92, and were part of a group project on biofeedback. He had nothing against the practice when I knew him (I imagine he still doesn't) and made a decent living (as well as free drinks at the rathskeller) while in school.

Only two states in the union have dwarf-tossing bans, now, Florida and New York.

Palm Shadow I know what hubbub I'll be synching soon. Of course, the real treasure trove (and only an isilo conversion away is here. of course, since it's text, anyone can read it, not just palmers)

Dorkiest looking Dinosaur ever.

I think he's cute. I can see him laughing, and blushing. That Hyuk, hyuk, hyuk, sort.

Shaved off all but the goat. It was fun playing Kevin smith for a while, though.

The face of Tutankhamen, the Egyptian king, has been reconstructed by special effects artists. A pretty good-looking guy. A little like RuPaul, I think.

Viking kitties.



A promo still (pre-production) of me and my sweetheart in the web cam remake of "Night of the Living Dead..."



Some cropping, removed color and a little film grain tossed in for effect. Here's the original. (update - whoops... looks like I killed the color version)
The Original -


It *is* loving and romantic to put your loved one in a toy-figure based movie about brain-eating zombies, isn't it? We can snuggle together in the abandoned farmhouse, nailing planks over the doors, fending off the reanimated dead with flame from the fireplace, scraps of curtain-cloth, and our bottle of wine.

In answer to mskaren911's trivia challenge - from A Brief History of Wedding Traditions

Saving the Top Tier
The tradition is to save the top tier of your cake to eat on your first anniversary. This custom dates back to olden days in England when all wedding cakes were fruitcakes and the cake was saved for the christening of the couple's first child. Clearly, a butter-based cake is not intended to last in a home freezer for a year. I don't recommend it but if you're determined to save your cake, here's how to do it. Freeze the cake until solid, wrap in a couple layers of plastic wrap then a couple layers of heavy-duty foil. Put in the back of your freezer or a deep freeze and hope for no power failures. And don’t expect much on your first anniversary (at least when it comes to the year old cake).

I like the Bridesmaids legend, myself... Not only do they wear ugly (in comparison to the bride) outfits, but they're demon bait!

Fruitcake for wedding cake? Bleh. I wonder how my sweetie feels about ice-cream cake? :)

Is it wrong to draw post-mortem images of people at work you're less than fond of?



I don't think Morty and Chupa have much time left.. I give 'em each twenty years or less between the two of 'em. Heart attacks, high stress, panic attacks, and personalities that inspire being stabbed with a screwdriver by a passing stranger.

Finn... I think she's got longer for this mortal world... unless she ticks off the wrong person. Hard to charm your way out of a blunt head trauma. She has a few physical ailments, but nothing life shortening... bad teeth, bad back, severe pms (really. I'm not saying that just because she's a beeyotch.) I suspect she'll annoy the wrong someone before her body gives up the ghost naturally.

Storing on my alternate host account. I'll probably relocate 'em when msn is repaired. Scribbles form the last couple of days. Definite themes appear.

Tiny, So I didn't bother with an lj-cut. If it's too much, feel free to tell me.

Misc drawings from today...


Scotto-pics


Travel


Halloween!


Sakes... Newtie is talkative tonight... I wonder what's got him going?

My CPAP mask finally broke for good last night, right as I put it on to go to bed. There wasn't anything I could do about it, so I tucked in and went without. This morning, I have the good ol' swollen uvula, but it's not as bad as it might be, because I made a point of sleeping mostly on my side.

I need to see if Sur-Med is open today, and swing by to pick up a replacement...not in the mood to aggravate the situation any more.

In better news-

*Happy 3rd Birthday, Newt!*

I love my little orange boy!

my MSN piccies are back! Only took a week or two... I wonder what the die-lemma was?

Well, off to get my mask, and a spare in case it happens again. Then to return and play Newtie-party games. Until later, dear journal!

Ah, back, and ready for the weekend.

Groceries, including lots of goodies for Newt and comfort food for me.

New mask, more comfortable than the old mask.. price was reasonable, $84. I'll submit the bill to my insurance company (har-dee-har- har) and see if I can get any compensation for it. Even if I don't, it's well worth it.

Playing paper wad fetch with the birthday boy... he loves his presents. Paper wads galore, and two fresh cardboard crates for him to play in, and gnaw on. He likes the stinky tuna treats, too. a happy boy indeed... he's also quite digging the Publix bags. Where does he get all of his energy?

why does this auction for hair dye have a picture of a lonesome waffle in winter?

Friday 5 -

1. What size shoe do you wear? 15... Don't call me yeti fer nothin'.

2. How many pairs of shoes do you own? 3, four if you count my Godzilla slippers

3. What type of shoes do you prefer? off, and in my closet. If I must, sandals. Hiking boots if doing anything challenging.

4. Describe your favorite pair of shoes. My brown birks. Worn to death, and I've cherished every step in 'em.

5. What’s the most you have ever spent on a pair of shoes? $250ish... Custom Shoes for giant-feet can be a pain when getting dressy stuff.

Random Scotto factoid... I like the old cartoon cliché of capturing mischievous ghosts with vacuum cleaners.


There's more to Florida tourist traps other than Walt Disney World, Busch Gardens, and Sea World... there's a boatload of lost and little known second-string tourist attractions. Man... I'm about thirty years too late for pirates world., right around the corner from me... along with Pioneer City.

I dreamt that I fought off two dogs chasing me on my bike to work. I did this by getting off of my bike, and using it lion-tamer style to keep them at bay while I tied ropes around them. I have no idea where the ropes came from.

From Matrix-

So a gasoline tanker falls off an elevated ramp in Miami and lands by the women's jail, bursting into very big flames, but the weirder part is that firefighters have to dodge bullets while they fight the fire because it engulfed a bunch of jail guards' cars that contained ammunition. Eeek.

It's October... time to start defaulting to the Zombie!

My sweetie made it for me last Halloween...

Before

After


The ride home last night was odd...It was an hour later than normal, and everything was just about four degrees off. Different regulars on the bus...the bus was from a different part of the fleet. The lights were only on in the back, and the fluorescent color was more blue than yellowish. I got a mildly paranoid feeling for a moment that I was on the wrong route, but the moment passed quickly.

Rain's coming down hard at the moment... I'm going to do pure bus again today. (I need to pick up a new slicker)

Spirited Away is open in theatres.. maybe I'll check it out this weekend as a treat. Or maybe I'll just download it... The English Sub is out there right now.

Coolio Electric car - found on /.

A vanity search on Scottobear yields about 2,250 returns. Sakes... I think Poemtag and LiveJournal were what really got that off and spinning. Thanks to sweetalyssm for the idea!