tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32501902011-08-16T22:12:56.674-05:00PossumblogThe omnivourous, slow moving, prehensile tailed marsupial of the Web.Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00296036928266833483noreply@blogger.comBlogger54931100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1124897071369996762005-08-24T10:20:00.000-05:002007-12-14T12:28:12.270-06:00MU NU DONE BLOWED UP!Came in this morning hoping to kvetch, and it appears I will have to rely on stupid old Blogger again! Oh well. ANYway, if you want to, catch me over at Revolvoblog and I'll let you hear about my trip to the junkyard! And my seminar! And my three hour meeting!Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112723489012477252005-04-05T12:50:00.000-05:002005-04-05T12:51:29.013-05:00Goodbye, Blogger ol' buddy.Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112712291761302172005-04-05T09:43:00.000-05:002005-04-05T09:44:51.763-05:00Small Brain? Lack of Ambition?Say, around here, that's not a lizard, it's a possum!Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112709736743130412005-04-05T08:52:00.000-05:002005-04-05T09:29:36.830-05:00I realize the level of frivolity seems to be at a low ebb around here at the moment, but I am busily renovating my little grass shack in Munivia and it's been a slow process, being that I don't know how to use a computer or anything.For whatever reason, I have very particular tastes about how I think this pile of crap should look--has to be Garamond, has to be big enough for me to read it Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112648237299326682005-04-04T15:57:00.000-05:002005-04-04T16:00:49.716-05:00Other Stuff!After spending most of the day scribbling on tax forms and wandering aimlessly around town, and doing laundry in between, and getting supper ready, and getting the kids to take their baths, I was, at the end of the day, asked to look over the paper the lovely Miss Reba had typed up for her class tonight.Ten pages, and not quite the easiest read in the world. I did some heavy editing Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112644172050320252005-04-04T14:49:00.000-05:002005-04-04T15:31:11.853-05:00OKAY!Sorry about the delay--I got busy on wasting time on the new site trying to make it look like this one (for some unknown reason related to obsessive-compulsive blogging disorder), and then I got all messed up and had to redo a bunch of stuff, and THEN there was WORK! AGAIN! The nerve of some people.ANYWAY, as noted previously, this was a weekend spent doing several onerous tasks, the Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112622616939108362005-04-04T08:39:00.000-05:002005-04-04T08:50:16.940-05:00MONDAY MORNING! Yippee hooray.A well-spent weekend, though, with all sorts of incredibly mundane, yet humdrum, happenings in Paradise Along the Pinchgut. Stay tuned and at some time today, you will get to read ALL about TAXES; Filthy, Sneaking, Thieving Alabama Politicians; The Library; Making Moby Smell Purty; Clockery; Editorial Review; Church; We Are Here to Pump it Up!; Church; Editorial Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112391149739969842005-04-01T15:00:00.000-06:002005-04-01T15:34:09.010-06:00BLAH! BLAH blah, blah.And I mean it!Still stuck in a loop here, but figured I should take a break for a moment so as to keep the rest of my brain from falling onto the keyboard. If I don't, I might get like the guy that just came to the lobby counter. Great big gigantic huge mean-looking guy. As I was walking back to my office (after coming back from the snack bar downstairs where I had Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112366422653586612005-04-01T08:38:00.000-06:002005-04-01T08:40:22.656-06:00No foolin'!I got work to do today, so the normal level of stupidity will be pretty low for a while until I get ahead of things.Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112305456110217482005-03-31T15:43:00.000-06:002005-03-31T15:44:16.110-06:00It's time to do more paying work!Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112304599818847442005-03-31T15:15:00.000-06:002005-03-31T15:29:59.820-06:00Dude, Where's my Cognitive Ability!?Kutcher says 'Who' started with P. DiddyNEW YORK (AP) — Ashton Kutcher says the concept for his new movie, "Guess Who," started with P. Diddy. "The idea really came from when I was spending time with Sean Combs and people couldn't figure out why the two of us were hanging out together," Kutcher says in the April issue of Interview magazine. "They really Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112303648772963862005-03-31T15:10:00.000-06:002005-03-31T15:14:08.773-06:00Adventures in Headline Writing!Crouch glory days isn't over in NFL EuropeAside from the subject/verb agreement problem or whatever else might have gotten mangled, there is just the oddity of seeing "glory days" in the same breath as "NFL Europe."Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112303243909721502005-03-31T14:59:00.000-06:002005-03-31T15:07:23.910-06:00Close, but no haggis, laddie.Just had a recent visitor who fell into the Possumpile by Googling: Unclaimed Baggage + Scotland, Alabama.That's Scottsboro, and the place is the Unclaimed Baggage Center, aka, The Island of Lost Luggage. If you want it, they have it. And it might even be yours.They also have stuff on Ebay if you don't want to drive all the way to Scottsboro.Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112302152382281952005-03-31T14:44:00.000-06:002005-03-31T14:49:12.383-06:00Hey! Lights!I came in Tuesday morning and flipped the light switch and the three-lamp fluorescent fixture right over my desk didn't come on.Bummer.Although it was a bit like camping out.Anyway, the maintenance guy and his maintenance helper girl were up here today looking at an inoperable fixture in someone else's office, so I shanghaied them and got them to look at my problem. Well, at the Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112300837110989782005-03-31T14:01:00.000-06:002005-03-31T15:09:40.483-06:00Speaking of Stupid, STUPID Blogger...Due to the kind entreaties of Jordana Adams and the supreme indulgence from the folks at mu.nu, your friendly neighborhood Possumblog will soon be coming to you LIVE from the tiny, remote, friendly, unassuming, laid-back, fabulous cave-riddled, South Pacific island of Niue!What will all this mean? I have no idea. I think it means I get to learn Movable Type,Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112297358994436532005-03-31T13:18:00.000-06:002005-03-31T13:31:13.970-06:00Fortune Cookie Wisdom of the Day!You have sound business sense.I think that is abundantly clear to all long-time Possumblog readers. Next, one that's sure to set tongues a'waggin':Your new love is already very near you.That's so true--there's a picture of Miss Reba right here on my desk, and my love for her is new every day.(Hey, you don't stay married as long as I have without knowing a few Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112293937339052752005-03-31T11:41:00.000-06:002005-03-31T12:41:46.936-06:00Hey! Pictures!Despite the fact that I told Jordana yesterday that I wouldn't have any pictures today due to all the stuff that packs itself into Wednesday evenings, I DID indeed find some time last night after we got home and after the kids were in the bed and after I finished editing and proofing a paper Miss Reba wrote for one of her classes (at least I didn't have to type it), there WAS time Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112287559457120322005-03-31T10:39:00.000-06:002005-03-31T10:50:29.380-06:00Okay, so I forgot.One thing that Jim suggested for the Thursday Three I completely overlooked when doing this morning's list--Jeans or khakis.Please add this to your lists--as for me, jeans. Jeans look good even when they are all worn out, but khakis don't. And jeans look better on husky guys than khaki.Although these Italian cavalry trousers might make a stunning addition to my closet.Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112285768285834472005-03-31T10:15:00.000-06:002005-03-31T10:16:08.286-06:00Those Latin guys are just all hands, aren't they?Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112282400285839582005-03-31T09:19:00.000-06:002005-03-31T09:20:00.286-06:00Schiavo Dies 13 Days After Feeding Tube RemovedMay she now rest.Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112280993962021012005-03-31T08:37:00.000-06:002005-03-31T09:18:36.266-06:00Radio DazeFrom the Birmingham News this morning, more word on the shakeup in the local radio market, in which what used to be 107.7 "The X" will convert to an urban format, and the name will go somewhere else: [...] Meanwhile, The X, which has been on the 107.7 FM frequency since 1998, will relocate to its new home at 100.5. The station has been simulcasting on both frequencies for the past fourTerrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112223641991260802005-03-31T08:10:00.000-06:002005-03-31T08:17:04.663-06:00It’s the Yin-Yang Version of the Axis of Weevil Thursday Three!As suggested by Jim Smith, some “eternal questions that seem to divide people on an either/or basis.” Remember that the AoW Thursday Three is open to all persons, although we do ask that you be careful when you come in the door and not let all the chi out, because it ruins the groovy feng shui of the place. Having thus now Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112217181713515302005-03-30T15:10:00.000-06:002005-03-30T15:13:01.713-06:00Say, is that the world's tiniest violin I hear playing!? Poor Kojo!Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112215909283172842005-03-30T14:50:00.000-06:002005-03-30T14:51:49.283-06:00Yet another sign of a world turned upside down.And let's not even think about that whole "strange bedfellows" thing...Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112214833587060742005-03-30T14:29:00.000-06:002005-03-30T14:38:29.970-06:00Oh, for pity's sake!First is was kernels and mice and a cat, and now BUGS!Wednesday, March 30, 2005We've had to rollback to an earlier build this morning in order to fix some outstanding publishing bugs. This has had stability implications which we are now in the process of addressing.Update: These problems have now subsided. We are in the process of preparing a new build which will include an Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112213800940600472005-03-30T14:15:00.000-06:002005-03-30T14:21:50.186-06:00Most Inexplicable Search Term of the Day!Just had a visitor swing by Possumblog searching for lol library FURIOUS mood mississippi.It is a mystery.Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112213278872102502005-03-30T13:41:00.000-06:002005-03-30T14:07:58.873-06:00It is to laugh.Scrushy defense: ex-HealthSouth executives out to save themselvesFinally, Team Scrushy might be onto something!It's obviously in opposition to his own defense strategy, which seems geared toward making sure he is found guilty.It is telling that a few days back when Bernie Ebbers was sent up the river, the combined legal prowess of the team poo-poohed the idea that a similar outcomeTerrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112204475484214222005-03-30T11:32:00.000-06:002005-03-30T11:44:38.363-06:00Well, I tried.I had some pictures from our recent excursion on the ol' digital camera, and thought I might try bringing it and its USB cable to work and see if I could load the pictures directly onto my machine in lieu of my previous somewhat cumbersome process of transferring them to my home computer, then to a flash drive, then to the computer here.No dice. Dumb old computers.So, maybe by Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112202273418197502005-03-30T11:04:00.000-06:002005-03-30T11:06:33.860-06:00And since I missed it yesterday--Obscure Architectural Term of the Day! BRATTISHING. An ornamental cresting on the top of a screen or cornice usually formed of leaves, Tudor flowers, or miniature battlements.From the Penguin Dictionary of Architecture, Third Edition.More obscure than I thought--I could only find one tiny illustration of the concept. So, here it is.Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112196993422517122005-03-30T08:54:00.000-06:002005-03-30T09:36:33.426-06:00The Play--EpilogueAs I related yesterday, Oldest's most recent theater excursion was cut short by a the sudden onset of hissy-fit-itis by the erstwhile director, who cancelled the show and walked out of the building Monday evening. With instructions to the players to stack their scripts on the table and a twittering admonition that he might call them back if he could be persuaded to change his Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112193016711996582005-03-30T08:29:00.000-06:002005-03-30T08:30:16.713-06:00Another one from yesterday...I promise this wasn't Jonathan...Alabama Boy Drives Off in Father's Truck By The Associated Press ENTERPRISE, Ala. - A 7-year-old who apparently wanted to play with friends couldn't wait. He drove off in his father's truck, eventually running it into a ditch before police officers managed to coax him out of the vehicle. The boy was driving the big, dual-wheel truck Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112192893906920472005-03-30T08:22:00.000-06:002005-03-30T08:30:56.650-06:00The worst thing?Yesterday was the first day of spring. We've had a couple of weeks now when stuff has been blooming, and Sunday the redbud trees really started showing off, and Monday I saw a dogwood putting out a few tiny white blossoms; however, the tree limbs behind all the flower petals on all the trees were still dark and bare. But yesterday, green. Green leaves shooting out everywhere, Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112192362688861532005-03-30T08:18:00.000-06:002005-03-30T08:19:22.690-06:00Alrighty--Let's see if this stupid pile of poo is working today.Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112133812683355782005-03-29T15:57:00.000-06:002005-03-29T16:03:32.686-06:00OOOOOoooooohhhh. So THAT'S the problem.From the Blogger status page, we find this note for today:Tuesday, March 29, 2005We're currently in the process of rolling back a bad kernel upgrade that has significantly impacted the service. Restored app servers are coming back online and all should be repaired by the end of today.Okay, I'm not a computer person, but it seem very obvious to me that Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112130427955457202005-03-29T14:41:00.000-06:002005-03-29T15:07:07.956-06:00MORE DRIVEL!Lunch was very nice, although I was admittedly a few minutes late. Due to stupid STUPID Blogger. Anyway, we got the booth by the front window and proceeded to order. Which brought about the first epiphany of the afternoon.They’ve gone up on their prices. Now, I like food, but nine bucks and some change for a bacon cheeseburger and fries and a canned Diet Coke (that cost $1..49!) Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112128086040857562005-03-29T14:24:00.000-06:002005-03-29T14:28:06.040-06:00You might have noticed the post below, even though it is time-stamped for 11-ish this morning, just now seems to have shown up.THAT'S BECAUSE BLOGGER IS EVIL AND STUPID AND BAD AND APPARENTLY RUN BY PEOPLE WHO COULDN'T FIND THEIR BUTT WITH BOTH HANDS! Or other people's butts, for that matter.I tried posting it before I left for lunch, and that didn't work, so I came back here afterwards and haveTerrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112127292317354532005-03-29T11:10:00.000-06:002005-03-29T14:31:21.420-06:00Well, now--I have just e-mailed my first initial rough estimate of possible cost for all this garbage to my boss, which should buy me several days worth of grace until he actually sees I have sent something to his inbox, and comes and asks me to print it out for him. Just gotta love that there technology.But, I'm still not quite free yet--I still have to get the meeting minutes done from last Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112107898587514782005-03-29T08:50:00.000-06:002005-03-29T08:51:38.586-06:00Another day wasted doing the paying gig.Sorry to be so unentertaining (more so than usual) but I do have all sorts of mindless busywork to get done pretty soon. You know, like, today maybe.::sigh::Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112049643300373442005-03-28T16:40:00.000-06:002005-03-28T16:40:43.313-06:00Next: ROAD TRIP!There is a reason there never was a Hope and Crosby, “On The Road to Atlanta” movie. Anyway, up at an awful hour, showered, woke everyone up, got them into their Day One clothes (church tee shirt and jeans) put the last bit of junk in the van, made sure the doors were locked, released the snakes and bats, got everyone in the van, and took off. Got to the building on time (Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112036852217340732005-03-28T13:07:00.000-06:002005-03-28T13:28:07.066-06:00I have found……that if I actually do my work, it has a much higher probability of getting done. Which I suppose is why it’s still not finished. Well, that, and not knowing exactly what I am being asked to do, and being asked to do it with no background information on costs or anything.Which leads to the concept of known far and wide as SWAG, in which random dollar amounts are plucked from twixt Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1112020605656279652005-03-28T08:36:00.000-06:002005-03-28T08:38:43.106-06:00ZzzSNXT!I'M AWAKE! I'm awake. Kinda.And back home, and ready for a nap.There was an exceedingly long weekend, about which you will hear a dreadfully boring recitation at some point during the day. But I still have the junk to finish that I started last week, and if I don't get if finished--well, uh...hmm. I don't quite know. But I assume it would be very bad. So let me get that wrapped up Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111702518685723332005-03-24T16:15:00.000-06:002005-03-24T16:15:18.686-06:00Dumb old squirrel.Well, it's almost time to go, and thus starts a very long weekend. I'm off from work tomorrow, but will still have to get up early. We're going on our annual pilgrimage for the convention where the kids get to do all their songleading and Bible Bowl question-answering and debating and stuff, so off we will be going to Atlanta, starting at the break of day tomorrow.It's always Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111694504292493632005-03-24T14:01:00.000-06:002005-03-24T14:07:36.476-06:00LUNCH!Or, "How Sugarmama, Skillzy, and Yours Truly plan to take over the world."1) A diabolical genetic experiment has now been launched combining a monkey, a squirrel, and a pigeon with a robot. BOW BEFORE OUR POWER! BWUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!2) Umm. I don't know. Probably something like, a poster or something.3) Oh, yeah--send us all your money.There now. It is pointless to resist.AS FOR Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111684440365488682005-03-24T11:11:00.000-06:002005-03-24T11:14:00.366-06:00Off to Eat!BUT, I will not be recording the goings on until much later--I just received a call from Miss Reba to bring her some lunch because her place only has slimy stuff today. SO, when I leave out, I will have to leave with some extra rolled sammich stuff for her, and then go take it to her, and THEN come back, and do some work, and THEN write about what went on.Maybe.Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111674622104385722005-03-24T08:10:00.000-06:002005-03-24T09:00:05.323-06:00BUT, before I get to work--I was in the bathroom shaving this morning when I noticed Reba had dumped all the advertising inserts into the wastebasket that had come with her most recent shipment of pantyhose from Silkies. They're usually not nearly so interesting as the Victoria's Secret catalog; you know you're in trouble when an article of clothing is on a young skinny model and it STILL looks Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111615623230450022005-03-24T07:44:00.001-06:002005-03-24T07:53:29.806-06:00A little-known fact is that the Axis of Weevil Thursday Three can be balanced on end during the vernal equinox!A better-known fact is that it is exceedingly difficult to come up with three questions every week! BUT, since we have launched out on a Springy theme, answer me these questions (even if you’re on the underside of the globe and are headed toward autumn)--1) What is the one thing that Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111672317945018682005-03-24T07:44:00.000-06:002005-03-24T07:51:57.946-06:00A reminder...As if any of you needed it--but who would want to miss the BlogLuncheon today at Roly Poly downtown!? I'll be there, and Sugarmama, and Skillzy and...uh, other people. Like, maybe, YOU!The festivities start at 11:30 and will end whenever, although I will be leaving at exactly 12:21 in order to get back to stupid ol' work.Remember, the password is "llama."NOW THEN, I have just as Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111618001965452332005-03-23T16:44:00.000-06:002005-03-23T16:46:41.966-06:00::sigh::Long day, and it's not over.It would help if I could get more hepped up on doing my futility exercise.Oh well.There's always tomorrow.Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111609940036548622005-03-23T14:30:00.000-06:002005-03-23T15:38:40.310-06:00Or, maybe I just need a good bonsai artist.UPDATE: Skinnydan suggests I just take up bonsai myself.I hear it's very relaxing.Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111605637978881802005-03-23T13:20:00.000-06:002005-03-23T13:20:37.980-06:00I need me a one of them Work Monkeys.I'm just saying...Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111597459938654802005-03-23T10:58:00.000-06:002005-03-23T11:04:19.940-06:00You know what's most unfair?I have so much garbage to shovel that I can't tell you about last night as we were eating a hurried supper and watching American Idol (usually a no-no to have the TV on, but I made an exception) and when Nadia Turner came out with her usual soft curly poofy hair all tied up into a brush on top of her head, the kids just didn't know what to make of it, and I said, "WhatTerrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111594804996916042005-03-23T10:14:00.000-06:002005-03-23T10:20:04.996-06:00Well, you can just forget about any fun around here today.Much to do, no time to do it all.Come back tomorrow for the Super Terrific Axis o' Weevil Thursday Three, AND remember that the Metro Birmingham Buggy Lantern Collector's Association will be meeting tomorrow at the downtown Roly Poly location on Birmingham Green at 11:30, for an hour of frivolity and rolled sandwiches.UNTIL TOMORROW, Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111530566926284342005-03-22T16:27:00.000-06:002005-03-22T16:29:26.926-06:00Tomorrow?I will be having an out-of-office experience at our usual biweekly meeting, meaning I won't have anything posted until much later on in the day.Blech.Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111528568657824462005-03-22T15:50:00.000-06:002005-03-22T15:56:08.660-06:00Speaking of alarm clocks...Alarm clock set to wake doziest of sleepersLONDON (Reuters) - Can't get out of bed in the morning? Scientists at MIT's Media Lab in the United States have invented an alarm clock called Clocky to make even the doziest sleepers, who repeatedly hit the snooze button, leap out of bed. After the snooze button is pressed, the clock, which is equipped with a set of wheels, Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111525046527150592005-03-22T14:29:00.000-06:002005-03-22T15:02:35.090-06:00Now THAT'S Desperate.I got an email from a certain college professor this morning, who said:Are we actually going to hear/read something about the weekend? Is that snippet all there is? [...]I begged off, noting that the weekend past was a swirling maelstrom of swirly maelstromity, and it didn't get any better in the expanded version. Aside from the haircut.However, some people are rather Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111523273930260942005-03-22T14:10:00.000-06:002005-03-22T14:27:53.933-06:00On the Dangers of Physical ExerciseI was leaving out this morning with the kids to drop them off at Grandmom's house, when up at the end of the street I espied one of those people.You know--joggers.As I got closer, I saw that he had the look common to these people, being that he was in full grimace, looking like he was about to keel over. And, of course, since we have nice sidewalks in our Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111522094266701612005-03-22T14:06:00.000-06:002005-03-22T14:08:14.266-06:00Fun with the Referrer Log!To the person who just visited searching for "it's not my job" possum, let me assure you that you've come to the right place.Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111514212631104012005-03-22T11:41:00.000-06:002005-03-22T12:04:59.870-06:00Thanks to Miss Janis, who sends me (via The Obscure Store) this ripping tale of modern-day brigandry: Growling man with sword robs store; suspect arrestedBy PATRICK COURREGESpcourreges@theadvocate.com Acadiana bureau NEW IBERIA -- Police arrested an Abbeville man Saturday who is suspected of having walked into a convenience store growling with a sword clenched between his teeth to rob the place Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111512277896966232005-03-22T11:24:00.000-06:002005-03-22T11:41:13.360-06:00Not quite "man bites dog," but pretty doggone close.Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111511418414965002005-03-22T11:07:00.000-06:002005-03-22T11:10:18.416-06:00I wonder what Cornswan* would taste like...*Cornswan--cornbread-battered and deep fried whooper swan on a stick, similar to Possumblog Kitchen's other fine foods--the original Cornatee, along with Cornutria, Cornorca, Cornguins, and Cornephant.Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111510940839647602005-03-22T10:43:00.000-06:002005-03-22T11:17:29.406-06:00Well, I've changed again.I haven't been very satisfied with the Wal-Mart Connect internet service I signed up for a good while back. The proprietary browser is horrible to use and and goofy-looking to boot, and the access has been terribly unreliable for the past few months, and there's just too much Compuserve/AOL crappery involved in working with it.So, I have jumped over to PeoplePC. I Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111509437639398302005-03-22T10:15:00.000-06:002005-03-22T10:37:17.643-06:00Would that we had more like her.Iranian-Americans celebrate new year holidayBy PATRICIA C. McCARTERThe Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Sometimes, children look at Setareh Golzarian with fear. She has the dark eyes and olive skin of a Middle Easterner, and she wears a hijab — a Muslim hair scarf."They sometimes look at me like, 'Oh, no. She's one of them," Golzarian said. "I am one of Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111506871642868882005-03-22T09:39:00.000-06:002005-03-22T09:54:31.643-06:00Obscure Architectural Term of the Day!COADE STONE. Artificial cast stone invented and successfully marketed in the 1770s by Mrs Eleanor Coade, and later by Coade and Sealy of London. It was widely used in the late C18 and early C19 for all types of ornamentation.From the Penguin Dictionary of Architecture, Third Edition.Well now, here's your complete bio of Mrs. Coade and her stone, which also Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111505111495620162005-03-22T08:56:00.000-06:002005-03-22T09:34:08.440-06:00AVANTI!From the Library of Congress, an interesting look at the first Avanti design sketch by Raymond Loewy, as well as some details of his wide-ranging industrial design work.As for the Avanit, quite a bit of a change from the initial sketch of a svelte, somewhat conventional-looking roadster to the coupe that was finally manufactured. When I looked at the sketch, I thought it seemed to have a Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111501710528058572005-03-22T08:05:00.000-06:002005-03-22T08:38:42.116-06:00"I'm a tight sleeper."Not me. Someone else in the house came up with that one. Several weeks ago, Reba got a couple of cheap digital travel alarms due to a request by Middle Girl to have something to keep track of time in the mornings. She has an odd, peculiar habit of waking up, doing a few things, grabbing a Barbie doll, and then engaging in a thirty-minute dialogue. Sometimes silently, Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111442692824002422005-03-21T16:04:00.000-06:002005-03-21T16:04:52.826-06:00Have my children finally stumbled upon my secret bloglife!?I have strong suspicions, based upon this Google search that just sent someone to Possumblog: can we watch rapunzel.No. Now sit down and quit bothering each other. And this isn't really your dad's blog.Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111441334219559412005-03-21T15:34:00.000-06:002005-03-21T15:42:14.220-06:00Sacrilege!?Doc Joyner certainly seems to think so, after thinking that Doc Taylor had done something bad to the National Anthem.HOWEVER, it must be noted that the song-editing in question was performed on "These Are a Few of My Favorite Things," which won't get anyone thrown out of the Axis of Weevil, although it could cause some consternation in the Julie Andrews Brigades. Or amongst the Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111440127185006512005-03-21T15:21:00.000-06:002005-03-21T15:22:07.186-06:00Experts question reduced-sugar cerealsYou know, some people have the nerve to think I'm crazy for talking to my breakfast food. I hope you all know now I am carrying out some high-level research, and quite frankly, no, it DOESN'T matter if you can't hear what it tells me!Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111439031491683472005-03-21T14:56:00.001-06:002005-03-21T15:04:56.160-06:00AND LEST YOU FORGET!The Birmingham Area Spring Debutante Mixer will be held Thursday, March 24, at 11:30 a.m. at the Roly Poly location at 313 20th Street, North. Attendees are requested to bring their own debutantes.Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111438596167630982005-03-21T14:56:00.000-06:002005-03-21T14:56:36.166-06:00Sorry.Here's one that I missed last week.Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111437778066702082005-03-21T14:27:00.000-06:002005-03-21T14:42:58.066-06:00Well, I'll be.Sports Car Developer DeLorean Dies at 80 Hard to believe he was that old. I have always thought of him as the moddishily dapper, white-haired playboy sort of guy. (Who was married to Cristina Ferrare.) Here's a better obituary than the canned one from AP, with a bit of the pith and swagger he was best known for.Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111436821034894712005-03-21T14:26:00.000-06:002005-03-21T14:27:01.036-06:00In other news...The Milk People have set up a day-long "Got Milk?" festival across the street in the park, complete with some doof on a microphone trying to get people to have their picture made with a milk mustache. I have actually done this before, when I was with Rebecca at a soccer tournament. I will not do it today, for two reasons: A) there is a doof with a microphone shouting at people,Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111433473742819172005-03-21T13:28:00.000-06:002005-03-21T13:31:13.743-06:00Oh, and there was a blackout.Down around the area around the courthouse, City Hall, the art museum, the county jail, all the traffic lights were out, and it looked like building power was down, too. Big crowd of fire trucks and teevee crews on 21st Street between the museum and the jail.Don't know what it is, but my guess is a fire of some sort in an underground transformer vault shut down powerTerrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111432964617050332005-03-21T13:14:00.000-06:002005-03-21T13:28:04.703-06:00I have been a bad person.How else to explain a three-hour stint in an ash-strewn Purgatory?!After staff meeting (in which I made several doodles that I will post sometime in the future) we started our quest. North- and southbound up and down both 19th and 20th Streets, starting at 9th Avenue, North and extending to 14th Street, South. The equivalent of 25 blocks each way, done four times--100 Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111418157648892172005-03-21T09:13:00.000-06:002005-03-21T09:15:57.650-06:00I suppose this explains why I'm having trouble already this morning: Sunday, March 20, 2005Over the weekend, we've made some additional changes which have helped performance. We've addded more machines to the cage and rewritten some portions of the code which were overutilizing system resources. There's still more to do and we'll be making more changes this week (hardware and software) to furtherTerrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111416111879624972005-03-21T07:58:00.000-06:002005-03-21T08:41:51.883-06:00Okeedoke!I got a bunch of junk to do today, and it's not going to be pleasant because it will require me to be locked into a car with my coworker who smokes like Kilauea while we drive slowly around downtown looking for tree grates that need to be replaced. It is the type of horrifyingly banal assignment that can only be made worse by the almost certain fact that it is merely an exercise in Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111185395285064382005-03-18T16:27:00.000-06:002005-03-18T16:36:35.286-06:00Time to hit the road.Almost. I have no idea what I'm supposed to do this weekend, i.e., no one has seen fit to inform me yet. Somehow, I doubt that state of affairs will last very long. I would like a nap something terrible, though. I had to stay up last night (after a two hour meeting at church) helping Rebecca type up some stuff on the liver for her science project. That's due today. I Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111181316041870202005-03-18T13:28:00.000-06:002005-03-21T09:17:51.513-06:00"Uncomfortable?" Well, yeah, at least in one instance.This has been bugging me for a while now, and since I officially have run out of every other topic, I'll talk about this."This" being the commercials that have been running for a while for Mrs. Paul's/Van de Kamp's frozen fish.There are two different commercials--one that has a big ugly pike or muskie or something sitting on a playground Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111165427714773882005-03-18T11:03:00.000-06:002005-03-18T11:57:44.433-06:00Now THAT'S funny!Even more inexplicable, it was found in the Washington Post.Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111165373237877552005-03-18T11:02:00.000-06:002005-03-18T11:02:53.240-06:00THE RETURN OF MUST-SEE TV!!Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111162213336121642005-03-18T10:03:00.000-06:002005-03-18T10:15:35.216-06:00I hear a tiny violin playing...(click to see pitiful story)It makes me so sad--I mean, Noam loves him! So, from one fake Indian to another...a shiny drop of fake tears.Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111161224342786142005-03-18T09:53:00.000-06:002005-03-18T09:53:44.343-06:00Adventures in Inscrutable Headline Writing!King Impotence Drug Boosts Viagra Impact in TrialWell, the first thing I thought of was Martin Luther King, and that's very wrong. The next was the Mel Brooks' line, "it's good to be the king," which is probably better. And the next was King Vitaman cereal, which was probably back over on the very wrong side again.Oh, and here's a website devoted to Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111157306971437572005-03-18T08:35:00.000-06:002005-03-18T09:06:28.430-06:00What the!?Quite possibly the weirdest local media story in several weeks: Beaner and Ken return to The X BOB CARLTONNews staff writer Beaner and Ken are coming back to The X. And Tuttle and Kline are moving on to a bigger market. This morning on Birmingham radio station WRAX-FM (107.7 The X), Guy "Beaner" Patton and Ken Heron are expected to announce theywill return to the station where they Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111099978691958502005-03-17T16:44:00.000-06:002005-03-17T16:52:58.693-06:00Well, it's about that time.Time to return Possumblog to its normal staid gray-and-white format, time to head toward home, stop and renew an overdue book at the library, go home briefly to see everyone, then head back out to the church building to have a building committee meeting to discuss our member questionnaires, then probably back over to the theater to pick up Oldest from rehearsal, and Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111095676037247092005-03-17T15:37:00.000-06:002005-03-17T15:41:16.040-06:00So, you've never heard of a spillchuck?What about a Leischuck?Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111088809017157852005-03-17T13:46:00.000-06:002005-03-17T13:46:49.020-06:00What a fine lunch!I managed to leave in time to see the tail end of the St. Patrick's day parade that winds up at Linn Park, and even in the breaking-up stage, it's still quite a fascinating study in Celtic culture. As always, there are the Knights of Columbus, who represent the seafaring genius of famed Irishman Christopher Columbus by wearing small plastic swords, big plumed hats, and swishy Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111081845276569422005-03-17T11:50:00.000-06:002005-03-17T11:50:45.280-06:00It's about lunchtime, so......before I go eat a big helping of the traditional cabbage and potatoes cooked in Guinness and afterwards start a soccer riot for dessert, something to ease Mr. Velazquez's cravings--Maureen O'Hara!Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111079700509621522005-03-17T11:13:00.000-06:002005-03-17T11:15:00.510-06:00Jaguarsby Catherine OglesbySilly, silly, silly, silly, silly, silly jaguars!They wanted some toys, so theyBought, and bought, and bought, and bought, and boughtUntil they had one THOUSAND!Silly jaguars.Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111075291886965362005-03-17T10:01:00.000-06:002005-03-17T10:01:31.890-06:00Adventures in Headline Writing!Panel Chairman Scolds Baseball on Steroids In the immortal style of Jeff Goldstein, Tom Davis, R-Va, talks to a steroid-enhanced baseball:Davis: Do you KNOW what steroids will do to you!? DO YOU!?Baseball:Davis: Are you not aware of not only the effect it has on you, but on the sanctity and purity of America's game!?Baseball:Davis: It sickens me that we have Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111072779697357182005-03-17T09:19:00.000-06:002005-03-17T09:27:17.316-06:00Happy Saint Patrick's Day!Although, being descended from the savage heathen Ulster-Scots, I do feel it necessary in amongst my other, more usual, celebrations of the day (i.e., a big breakfast of Lucky Charms in a bowl of whiskey, followed by a loud rendition of "Danny Boy" whilst driving down the Interstate with the windows down, culminating in a streetcorner brawl so I can be taken to jail in aTerrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111007660968664332005-03-17T08:17:00.000-06:002005-03-17T08:18:47.486-06:00I’m a’pickin’! And I’mmmm a’grinnin’! It’s apparently time for an AXIS OF WEEVIL THURSDAY THREE MUSICAL!! How else to explain this suggestion from Jim Smith (not an alias) who says:In honor of Larry learning to play the bass guitar, a musical Thursday Three:1. What instrument do you play?2. Which one do you wish you could play if time and talent were not involved?3. Have you ever taken Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111012755686095602005-03-16T16:36:00.000-06:002005-03-16T16:41:53.203-06:00How could I forget the visit by the Tooth Fairy!?After everyone was down for bed last night, I started prowling around Boy’s room to see where he had put the little tooth-shaped pillow that held the envelope with his four teeth so that the Tooth Fairy would know where to leave his money. The little rat (Jonathan, not the Tooth Fairy) had hidden it! I looked (as best I could in pitch darkness) Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1111011767987912172005-03-16T16:22:00.000-06:002005-03-16T16:43:17.006-06:00WHEW!I had work to do.::full body shudder::Anyway, The Dentist Story--got to school yesterday almost at the end--in fact, AT the end of the day. So, Jonathan didn’t get dunned with a checkout slip, which was nice, but I forgot about the thing they have that freezes all the car traffic in the parking lot in front of the building until ALL the buses leave.So, I sat. I called Grandmom to get the Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1110992450263662842005-03-16T10:57:00.000-06:002005-03-16T11:00:50.263-06:00You know, I get a lot of strangers who come by here, wanting to know all sorts of stuff about life and love. But frankly, I don't think I have EVER had a visitor who found his way here by searching the Spanish-language version of Google for jehovah's witness dating chats.Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1110992159833600242005-03-16T10:44:00.000-06:002005-03-16T10:55:59.836-06:00Commercial Leaves Kids Too Scared to Watch TVLONDON (Reuters) - A Marmite commercial that parodied 1950's science fiction film "The Blob" has been banned from all children's' programs in Britain after leaving kids too scared to watch television, the advertising watchdog said. Two Marmite adverts featured a giant brown blob rolling along a crowded street, terrifying some people who tried to flee Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1110988588430434572005-03-16T09:37:00.000-06:002005-03-16T10:00:00.340-06:00Obscure Architectural Term of the Day!FOSSE. A ditch or moat, whether dry or wet, used in defence.From the Penguin Dictionary of Architecture, Third Edition. Here is an interesting site describing the fosse and other earthworks around Sawtry Abbey in Huntingtonshire, UK.If you ever find yourself in an ancient dry moat, be sure and have someone take your picture while you're making "jazz hands," Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1110984606454605172005-03-16T08:38:00.000-06:002005-03-16T08:51:48.293-06:00I'd nominate Catherine Deneuve, but that's just me.De Gaulle or Piaf, but no Napoleon: poll for French greatest underwayPARIS (AFP) - Charles de Gaulle was the only political leader to feature on a shortlist of ten personalities from whom television viewers are to select the greatest ever French man or woman in history. Possumblog readers are asked to refrain from jocular references to such Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1110983582002423982005-03-16T08:32:00.000-06:002005-03-16T08:33:02.003-06:00Rednecks in Space--The Compleat Boxed SetTerrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1110983529823484042005-03-16T08:30:00.000-06:002005-03-16T08:32:09.826-06:00Alabamians show renewed interest in Celtic cultureThat's very true--I know I've been looking for just the right Larry Bird repro jersey for a while now, and I don't even like basketball.Terrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250190.post-1110916026483479752005-03-15T13:42:00.000-06:002005-03-15T13:47:06.486-06:00EEK!I nearly forgot I had to leave in a little bit to go get Boy and take him for his $340 trip to the toothpuller! Make that $344. I'm sure he'll argue that even if a professional pulls them, they still count toward Tooth Fairy money. ::sigh::I have a feeling also that he's not ready for what's going to happen. Four teeth is a lot, and he seems to be in that "ignorance-is-bliss" mode. I Terrynoreply@blogger.com0