Non death things

Aaaaaaaaand we’re back to our regularly scheduled non “meaningless death of a friend of the family” related programming.

First off, we have the Japanese training for a level 3 furry outbreak. TOKYO, Feb 21: A zoo employee dressed as an escaped mock gorilla tries to attack visitors during a training exercise at Ueno . . . → Read More: Non death things

Left rear door?

The Washington Post had another article this morning about Aaron Brown. Word is, the bullets hit the drivers side rear door and the left rear panel.

What an awful situation. It makes me feel sick. We’re left with piles of teddy bears and flowers in the IHOP parking lot.

Said the father: “If their . . . → Read More: Left rear door?

Publicity

Interesting. I linked to the Washington Post in my last update. They apparently track referrals, and link back to “bloggers who have written about this article”. So now I’m getting anonymous people who read the Post article and followed a link here.

Have no illusions of privacy on your livejournal, folks, it just ain’t . . . → Read More: Publicity

Death

One of my brother’s best friends from high school, Aaron Brown, was shot and killed on Friday night. Here’s the Washington Post article. Aaron was 18 years old.

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Newspapers and strong coffee

Weekend mornings are sacred. Really strong coffee, a fast internet feed, and whatever music I was dreaming about when I woke.

Breakfast is the only meal of the day that I tend to view with the same kind of traditionalized reverence that most people associate with Lunch and Dinner.

I like to eat breakfast alone, . . . → Read More: Newspapers and strong coffee

Protected: Cheney

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

Butterflies

New essay: The Butterfly Effect

Also, if you failed to put your thoughts in my Johari or Nohari squares, please do so. I’m curious.

Security

I can’t make this crap up. I went ahead and grabbed the article as it appeared on my screen, because I’m sure it’ll change soon. So, do we panic or not? I quote from the article: This deal wouldn’t go forward if we were concerned about the security of the United States of America,” Bush . . . → Read More: Security

Things that are funny, late at night.

This is what happens when you stay up late playing Halo, then read your comics and the New York Times brutally early edition.

“He is a loathsome supremely selfish creature who behaves contemptibly, laughs at the pain of others, has no manners whatsoever, and whose mental acuity would be compared unfavorably with that of a . . . → Read More: Things that are funny, late at night.

Back

I purchased some wrist and ankle weights to make my workouts even more **extreme** than they were before. 2.5 pounds on each wrist was where I started. I wore them for a single karate class. This seems to have somehow destroyed my lower back. From the bottom rib down to just under the top of . . . → Read More: Back