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What is this sleep of which you speak?

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:23:14 GMT

It's 0322 my time. Yay.

woah

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:59:03 GMT

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

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:37:12 GMT

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

(&(&) paternity suits!

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:56:29 GMT

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

Laurel

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:47:26 GMT

My iguana companion since 2000, has died.

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

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:24:45 GMT

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

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:31:47 GMT

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?

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:28:04 GMT

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

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:45:40 GMT

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

For the day

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:27:12 GMT

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

The promised pics

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:38:20 GMT

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

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Less than two weeks now

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:07:37 GMT

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

My day, yesterday

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:25:25 GMT

Non-political.

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A twofer day

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:04:06 GMT

First, political stuff gakked from vvalkyri over on LJ:

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Veterans'/Armistice/Rememberance Day

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:53:12 GMT

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

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:20:43 GMT

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

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:28:29 GMT

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

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:06:14 GMT

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

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:28:14 GMT

Set-up tonight, horrendous work day tomorrow.

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Geek party humor

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:49:04 GMT

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

e-mail fixed

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:08:35 GMT

Grrrrr, bitch, gripe.

Confirmation

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:36:56 GMT

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

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:11:02 GMT

Was completely unsuccessful.

Coal & water

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:22:08 GMT

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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Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:47:43 GMT

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