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What is this sleep of which you speak?

2008-12-24T08:23:14Z

It's 0322 my time. Yay.

woah

2008-12-22T20:59:03Z

Seven water turtles. Five to ten gallons of water per turtle. 8.36 pounds of water per gallon. About 293 to 585 pounds total. Fortunately, not all at once.

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Can't...stop...laughing

2008-12-18T03:37:12Z

http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/typo_in_proposition_8 I so love the Onion.

(&(&) paternity suits!

2008-12-16T16:56:29Z

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081216/ap_on_fe_st/odd_emu_found

Laurel

2008-12-11T21:47:26Z

My iguana companion since 2000, has died.

For those of you on my f-list who are into building toys

2008-12-04T20:24:45Z

Link gakked from kmusser, still among the living. http://brickarms.com/default.aspx No, this is not a hint that I want some of these. Just passing along a link. ETA: in particular, this part of the site pleases me: http://brickarms.com/Toys/Weapons_Packs/Zombie_Pack.aspx

Another good day

2008-12-04T15:31:47Z

Got to spend time with C yesterday; passed off a small, but well-appreciated gift. Much more pleasant than Darkover; too many people crapped out on me, mostly through no fault of their own. Real life suXX0rz sometimes. But not yesterday. Yesterday was good.

Anyone on my f-list have $20 to waste?

2008-12-02T17:28:04Z

Plus tax, if any & shipping. Holiday want that I didn't know about until yesterday: either http://www.cthulhulives.org/store/store.lasso?1=product&2=4 or http://www.cthulhulives.org/store/store.lasso?1=product&2=105 or if you happen to have $40+, then the combo here: http://www.cthulhulives.org/store/store.lasso?1=product&2=122

Good move

2008-12-01T21:45:40Z

Hillary Clinton has received Barak Obama's nod as Secretary of State.

For the day

2008-11-27T15:27:12Z

So not SFW. http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=t9-gvDvpAGE

The promised pics

2008-11-24T02:38:20Z

Grabbed the ones I liked best, and uploaded them to photobucket:

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Less than two weeks now

2008-11-19T15:07:37Z

Until biathlon season: http://www.the-sports.org/biathlon-calendar-2008-2009-s12-c0-b0-g43-u254.html

My day, yesterday

2008-11-16T17:25:25Z

Non-political.

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A twofer day

2008-11-16T17:04:06Z

First, political stuff gakked from vvalkyri over on LJ:

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Veterans'/Armistice/Rememberance Day

2008-11-11T15:53:12Z

90 years. I find myself mainly thinking about the timing of wars. Between the end of the Napoleonic wars and the beginning of World War I, there were slightly over 99 years; in the interim, both Europe and North America had seen a host of 'minor' wars. But only 21 years (slightly less, actually) between the First & Second World Wars. But then, another long gap between 'major' wars: 46 years between the end of World War 2, and the beginning of the Gulf War, involving most of the technologically developed nations of the world. Which of course, leads to the whole question of sociological development vs. technological development.

Of reptiles and games

2008-11-10T15:20:43Z

There's a NARBC ( http://www.narbc.com/htm2006/va_index.htm ) coming up on the weekend I'd like ot get to. Also, Saturday is a gaming evening. What I'd like to do is scam a ride from the nearest metrorail station to the show, and then from Chantilly (Virginia) back to here for gaming. Anyone on my f-list interested in heading to the show, hanging around, and then back up here?

Thank you

2008-11-05T16:28:29Z

To the voters of Maryland:
http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/2008/questions/general/Statewide_Ballot_Question_Results.html

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By the numbers

2008-11-05T02:06:14Z

Up at 0430. Into the polling place by 0600. Out by 2030 (14+1/2 hour shift this time). 2473 registered voters in my precinct. 1756 votes cast in person, of which only 19 provisional. Unknown number of first-time voters, but many. Votes cast does not count absentee ballots from the precinct. Maximum wait at this polling place seemed to be on the order of 1/2 hour, according to the random voters we asked at check-in. Heavy turnout, relatively long lines until 10:30/11:00, then mostly a steady trickle the rest of the day with little to no wait. ETA: the oldest voter in my precinct was born in 1912.

And here we go

2008-11-03T18:28:14Z

Set-up tonight, horrendous work day tomorrow.

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Geek party humor

2008-10-28T18:49:04Z

Gakked from vvalkyri, over on LJ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDw4gk5pYl8. Freakin' hilarious!

e-mail fixed

2008-10-28T14:08:35Z

Grrrrr, bitch, gripe.

Confirmation

2008-10-28T01:36:56Z

I did just confirm something I've suspected for the past couple of days: my comcast account has gone completely nuts. If anyone has sent anything to that account since, say, last Wednesday, please repeat it to my gmail account, if it's important. That account is supremeherptile (at) gmail (dot) com.

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Turtle Trek 3: The Search for Snapper

2008-10-27T20:11:02Z

Was completely unsuccessful.

Coal & water

2008-10-25T15:22:08Z

The lobbying group Center for Biological Diversity, has a letter campaign to fight the sneak-under-the-wire rules change proposed by the Bush Administration. Said change would allow coal companies to dump mining waste directly into mountain streams, which would threaten the health of many of the streams.

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lizardlich @ 2008-10-21T09:43:00

2008-10-21T13:47:43Z

I'm back. And alive. Not that anyone cares.