Tuesday, October 21, 2003

Palm piccies from some time ago -

Theme... stuff with skulls. .

Scotto Zombie
Waiting... Tombstone
Newt bips a skeletonhalloweenies
creatures inside

And a Monkey with a chainsaw makes Newt mad.
The Monkey must only use the chainsaw for good. Mad Noot!

Insurance and Doctors aren't communicating well. I need to see a GP before getting operated on next week.. apparently I have to call them both and pretend to be a telephone switchboard in order to get anything done.

I'm so tired of this nonsense.. I'm looking quite forward to not needing to deal with them after this last event.

I had to practically bawl out the gal on the insurance side to act... for some reason, her motivation for my wellness seems to be far too lax. I've cut through a jungle of red tape, using only a razor-tipped tongue and speed dial. Let's see what tomorrow brings.

Bro called me today from the job center and claims he doesn't have phone privileges at his new place. I wonder if that's true. I am glad that he's keeping up communication, and dearly hope that he stays on track. I'm not holding my breath, but I *am* crossing my fingers. I wonder if he'll get my last letter?

Missed the 4pm bus, so I took a cab to the grocery store on the way home. The Gardenburger Meatballs are something else. They go wonderfully under some marinara and shake cheese on a toasted roll., and with a side of yummy green beans. Not the juice in a box with ginger... the actual beans. The box comes with 18 mini meatballs... good for three solid meals, I think.

Witch Gets State Grant
Tue October 21, 2003 08:41 AM ET

OSLO (Reuters) - A witch has won subsidies from the Norwegian state to run a business of potions, fortune telling and magic.

Lena Skarning, 33, won the unprecedented start-up grant of 53,000 crowns ($7,400) after promising not to try out harmful spells with her business, Forest Witch Magic Consulting.

Skarning, who owns a white cat and says she has been practicing witchcraft for 13 years, said the runaway success of JK Rowling's Harry Potter books about a boy wizard may have made society more tolerant of sorcery.

"But Harry Potter is a fairy tale and I'm not," she told Reuters Tuesday. "I'm the real thing. And now I'm Norway's only state-backed witch."

She said the government subsidy would help her tell fortunes from Tarot cards, teach magic tricks at corporate seminars and develop products like magical bath oil, water potions or face creams meant to help users have clearer dreams at night.

"The ingredients are mostly herbs -- nothing scary," she said of her products.

Skarning said Harry Potter was unrealistic. "He rides his broom backwards. Real witches ride with the brush part in front," she said.


The has 1230 members, and is watched by 500. I'm delighted that it's still going strong, and needs very little moderation.

"In Manila, hairdressers were getting to show their creative expertise during the Asia-Pacific 'Hair Olympics '" (item #2)

Spider-hair


vampire game clue - Elm and 42nd has magic store White Light - Selling Scroll of Turning (500) / Vial of Holy Water (2000) / Scroll of Teleportation (5000)

You have drunk 12067 pints of blood. You are sire to 154 other vampires, including: LdySaphyre (8447 pints), MissV (4279 pints), Liliana (2997 pints), Nathanael (1565 pints), gilbella (1533 pints), Morgoth (1520 pints), mixedresults (1246 pints), night_flyer (1013 pints), wchmum (903 pints), xerxes (821 pints)

synthetic fecal fluid compound
"The present invention relates to a synthetic fecal fluid compound. More particularly it is a synthetic fecal fluid compound that has an improved dewatering rate thereby making it more useful than existing materials for testing and other procedures where fecal matter is involved. One particular area of usefulness is with respect to the development of personal care devices such as diapers, training pants and incontinence garments which serve to collect and contain fecal matter."