Axolotl

Axolotl.

Wicked!

All over the place

We are winning all over the place.

Wicked!

Piecost

I could give you the piecost joke right here, but I am not going to do it.

So there.

Wicked!

Potrzebie

Potrzebie!

Wicked!

Patriots, Patriots, Patriots

45-3.

Wicked!

Auction

We won an auction last night. $3,500 for a Hylas 54 that would cost $8,000 for a week. This boat is wicked. I could tell you about it, but it is too wicked.

I got outbid on a kayak, hike, snorkel tour around Caneel, however. I made a dink bid up and up. He was going to win it at $301, but he had to bid $556 to get it. That is equivalent to a donation to the park of $255.

Perhaps I will get another one. I sent Heather an email about an alternative trip.

Wicked!

363

363 = 3 x 121

Wicked!

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361

361 = 19 x 19.

Wicked!

It might rain today

I am expecting rain one of these days.

It might rain today.

It might not.

Maybe tomorrow.

Or I might go boating. You just never know.

Wicked!

Celtics

The Boston Celtics, The Greatest Franchise In The History Of Sport, open tonight at home against one of the team that sucks.

Wicked funny when they win easily.

Wicked!

Caca Balls

Caca balls. The result of research.

Wicked!

Hangover

I have a hangover.

Perhaps after I do some research it will be better.

Wicked!

Boston, Boston, Boston

Current rankings of the Boston teams

Patriots 3
Bruins 2
Celtics 4

That's wicked!

355

355 = 5 x 71

Wicked!

Moribund

Refute the contention that the government of the virgin islands is moribund.

There are those who contend that the government of the virgin islands is moribund. There are those who contend that the government of the virgin islands is not moribund. There is no refuting the former, since the latter is refutable.

Wicked!

353

353 = 1 x 353

Wicked!

Putz

Today might or might not be a day of putz.

Wicked!

351

351 = 1 x 351

Wicked!

Texas Rangers

The Texas Rangers beat up the team that sucks yesterday, winning even though they underscored them.

Wicked!

Okay, do you believe me now?

I already told you twice that there is no time for posting. Here is the third time.

One out, one in

The Patriots traded Randy Moss to the Packers for a 3rd round draft pick. Good, considering they got him for a 4th round, had him for 51 games and 50 touchdown receptions, and then traded him for a 3rd round pick.

They then traded a 4th round pick to Seattle for Deion Branch. Good, considering that they previously traded him away for a 1st round pick.

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Lots of rain

From The Source. www.stjohnsource.com. We had a lot of rain.

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DeJongh Declares State of Emergency as Otto Takes Leave of Area
By Lynda Lohr — October 8, 2010

Gov. John deJongh Jr. declared a state of emergency late Friday for the Virgin Islands due to flooding, mudslides, and power outages from Hurricane Otto, finally moving away from the region.
After a fairly dry morning, the skies turned dark and the rain moved in again Friday afternoon. However, it wasn’t nearly as bad as experienced Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday on St. Thomas and St. John but St. Croix got a deluge starting at 1:30 p.m. Late Friday afternoon, meteorologist Luis Rosa at the National Weather Service in San Juan that the worst of the day’s rain was already over. He also promised that Saturday and Sunday will be much improved.

“It will be a very nice day tomorrow and Sunday,” he said.

More rain is coming Monday as a tropical wave moves through the area, but it won’t be anything like Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. However, Rosa said there is a lot of uncertainty as to how much rain that wave will produce and what it will do after it passes through the area.

No one could be reached at the V.I. Territorial Emergency Management Agency to find out the status of the territory’s recovery from the recent deluges. Government House spokesman Jean Greaux did not return a cell phone call requesting information.

Early Friday evening, Government House sent out a press release announcing the state of emergency due to conditions related to the passage of what was then Subtropical Storm Otto.

V.I. Water and Power Authority spokesman Cassandra Dunn said there were still several problem areas on St. Croix. At Little Fountain near the island’s north side, linemen are walking into the area to make repairs because downed poles block their way and the heavy equipment needed to move them hasn’t arrived. She said that there were areas at mid island and toward the west that still have no power or only partial power.

On St. Thomas, Dunn said the Tennis Village section of Mahogany Run is without power because there was a fire on the pole. At Bolongo, lineman had to cut through 200 feet of bush in the rain to reach downed lines.

According to Dunn, St. John is in good shape.

The rain this week was certainly one for the record books. Tuesday’s 6.61 inches of rain at Cyril E. King Airport on St. Thomas was the fifth rainiest day on record. The rainiest was Sept. 8, 1953 when 11.86 inches of rain fell during Hurricane Dolly.

Tuesday’s rain also broke records for that date in both St. Thomas and St. Croix. St. Thomas’s 6.61 inches bested the old record of .67 inches set in 1981. St. Croix received 1.80 inches, more than the .73 inches that fell in 1956.

Wednesday set a new record for St. Croix. A total of 3.56 inches fell, passing the old record of 2.75 inches set in 1985.

Thursday was another record setting day on St. Thomas with 3.56 inches of rain beating the 1984 record of .95 inches.

According to the National Weather Service’s website, a total of 11.46 inches of rain fell on St. Thomas from Tuesday until noon Friday. The number stood at 6.86 inches for St. Croix.

The past few days definitely weren’t beach weather, but Caravan Gallery gift shop owner Radha Speer said that St. John visitors went shopping instead.

“They made the best of it,” she said.

At the Palms at Pelican Cove hotel on St. Croix, front desk person Pat Collins said the hotel was filled with workers on the island for a contract job at Hovensa so she wasn’t getting any complaints from them about the foul weather.

Antonia Rivera, the accounts receivable clerk at Terminex on St. Thomas, said the wet weather put a damper on company operations because the technicians couldn’t spray against bugs. But she had a good attitude.

“What can we do? It’s nature. We can enjoy it or be overwhelmed,” she said, laughing.

the basketball team that sucks

We all all eagerly awaiting the start of the NBA season, when we get to make fun of the basketball team that sucks, as the Big Shamrock and all those other giants on the Boston Celtics, The Greatest Franchise In The History Of Sport, trash those skinny little dinks.

Wicked!

How Many?

Blogger is changing the number of posts I have.

344 just changed to 343.

And 342 just changed to 344 when I added one to it.

This one is at 342 and should change to 343 when I submit.

Wicked!

342

A nice number.

Kind of a string, but a little mixed up.

342 = 2 x 171

Wicked!

Sunday Research

It is fun to do research on Sunday.

And today it will be fun, because research on Sunday is fun. Actually, research every day is fun. I like research. Some solitude in my library. It makes me happy just to think about.

Wicked!

Ryder Cup

The Ryder Cup is happening right now.

U.S. 2.5
Europe 1.5

12 more matches today.
12 more matches tomorrow.

Wicked!

Office Software

The dinks at Digital River have totally screwed up a software order.

I am going to try to reach a vice president today.

Wicked!

Don't do this

Don't sit in the woods covered with sweet stuff, waiting for mosquitoes to bite.

Celtics

The Boston Celtics have

Centers -- O'Neal, O'Neal, Perkins, Erden
Big Forwards -- Garnett, Davis, Gaffney
Small Forwards -- Pierce, Harangody, Daniels
Big Guards -- Allen, West, Wafer
Point Guards -- Rondo, Washington, Bradley

Monday Night

We are all looking forward to Monday night, when the Patriots get to travel to miami to beat up the pathetic dolphins, who are not fish.

Wicked!

Oh shut up

Just shut up.

We no longer have to worry about the Lads.

Of course, it will be fun if they can beat the team that sucks a few more times this year.

Wicked!

Skinny Legs Today

I will have to go to Skinny Legs today to see the New England Patriots.

That's because they definitely won't be on my little teevee.

Because buffalo eats it really badly.

Wicked!

Skinny Legs

I will be at Skinny Legs on Sunday as the Patriots play the bills. This should be an easy victory, as the bills truly eat it.

Wicked!

Tied 0-0

We tied last night, 0-0, but won because nobody scored more runs that we did.

Wicked!

Pandora

I am listening to Pandora Radio, which is now playing a medium song. I might, or might not, bomb it. I think I will bomb it.

Wicked!

Nothing

Nothing today. Not even a statement today saying there is nothing. Instead, I am not going to even make a post that says nothing.

21

I saw 21 last night, which was based on the novel Bringing Down The House, about a group of MIT students who counted cards in blackjack and who made a pantload of money.

Of course the movie took a few liberties and changed the plot, but the basics were the same.

Wicked!

Skink

Skink took care of Mr. Gash.

Mr. Gash made a 911 phone call to remember.

Unfortunately, it didn't help him.

Mr Bogozer wasn't understood by the dispatcher.

I will be silly today

Today is a day of Silliness from the deck at Mary's.

I will be as silly as anybody.

4:15.

We'll probably have something to eat and drink while we watch the Patriots beat up the ny-football-team-that-sucks.

Wicked!

326

326 = 2 x 163

Wicked!

Har har hardy har har

I think I'll tell you har har hardy har har.

Har har hardy har har.

I told you I'd tell you har har hardy har har.

(Like "I'll tell you what" except a lot stupider, but so what.)

Wicked!

st thomas today

I have to go to st thomas today for some stuff. When you gotta go, you gotta go, even though you don't really like going.

Wicked!

The Lads Won Again

The Lads won again, and outscored the opponents at the same time! Wicked!

Mankins, Mankins, Mankins

The Patriots are eventually going to do something with Logan Mankins.

But who knows when? I do. This week.

Wicked!

Patriots

The New England Patriots are wicked good this year.

Wicked!

I don't know

I don't know whether the Lads won last night, and I am not going to check. The offense of the Boston Red Sox is contended to be moribund, and I am not going to refute that contention.

Wicked!

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Potrzebie

Potrzebie is a real word. Polish. It means something.

Wicked!

Shutters

I am going to start on door shutters today.

Have to make a front door shutter.

Also might make an office shutter.

Also might make a bathroom door shutter.

You never know what I might make.

Wicked!

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Research

I plan to do some research today. In my little library. My library, incidentally, has a mahogany-trimmed window and a mahogany medicine cabinet.

Wicked!

Moribund

The defense of the Boston Red Sox is not moribund.

We'll pick up a few players

The Patriots cut a few linebackers yesterday, and will undoubtedly get a few other players off waivers or cuts in the next day or two.

You have to trust the coaching staff, based on results from the past 10 years.

I'd like to have Mankins and Ty Warren, though.

Wicked!

We Tied 0-0

The Lads tied last night 0-0, as everyone was afraid of Earl, which missed everyone in its journey.

Actually, it hit Anegada.

The only island it hit.

Wicked!

No power for 3 days

We had no power for 3 days, which was pretty bad for wapa. Note that wapa is in small letters, the same as the team that sucks. wapa did a pathetic restoration job for such a small number of outages.

They suck the same way as the team that sucks.

Wicked!

No mention

I am not going to mention the Lads this morning.

Two hurricanes

I am dodging hurricanes this time of year.

Earl is getting close, but he will likely pass just a bit to the north, and give us some backward winds.

Still, I need to put up shutters.

Wicked, but workable!

Coco

Here's a new name.

Coco.

Move the first letter to the far right and read backwards, and it is also Coco.

Wicked.

Patriots Game Tonight

I get to watch the Patriots tonight on my little teevee in my little room with surround sound and a recliner.

I might stay awake for the whole game.

Wicked!

Research

I get to do some research this morning.

And I have 2 puzzles today.

Wicked!

Lads Win 3rd Straight

The Lads won last night for the 3rd Outscoring Effort In A Victory Category In A Row kind of game.

They need to keep doing this, but it seems probable.

Wicked!

We got a left guard

As predicted by The Legend, we got a left guard for a draft pick.

I told you so.

Wicked!

Now we are going to do something with Mankins. Either sign him or trade him for a draft pick.

And we will also get a defensive lineman who is a late cut.

Wicked!

I finished a headboard

Yesterday I finished a headboard for the bed in my office/guestroom.

Purple heart.

Very hard, as in wicked hard!

Wicked!

Headboard

I built a headboard.

For the bed in my little office/guestroom.

Purple heart.

Wicked.

Patriots Won

The Patriots won last night.

Easily.

They are wicked!

300

A milestone

300 = 2 x 2 x 3 x 5 x 5

I can't write wicced because my letter between j and l isn't worcing.

Oddities

Now another of the blogs has 300.

I better do some research this morning.

Wicked!

298

298 = 2 x 149

Wicked!

Changes

I have to catch up with website changes.

Therefore, maybe this week I'll do it.

The only building project I have is to make a headboard for the bed down here.

And I have to trim the walkway. Probably today for the trim job.

Wicked!

Funds are available somewhere

We found out that the parking at Enighed Pond was put on hold because there weren't enough funds for the Port Authority. However, this was just in The Source, www.stjohnsource.com. A few million here and there.

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Nearly $2M in Funding Slated for Coki Point
By Ananta Pancham — August 13, 2010

Now that a 10-day cleanup effort has cleared Coki Point Beach of garbage and debris, the government is moving ahead with some more permanent improvements to the area, including plans for new restrooms and a boardwalk.

Public Finance Authority board members on Friday approved $750,123 worth of funding to finish off the project, which, according to Housing, Parks and Recreation officials, is expected to cost an overall $1.7 million. The department has already received a little more than $500,000 to start the project, but plans were stalled after an archaeological study revealed there are graves in the area, which forced a change in the design plans.

Since then, the project has been broken up into phases, the first of which will be the renovation of bathrooms to include a cistern and office, which is expected to cost -- according to the winning bid -- $472,000. The remainder is pegged somewhere around $261,000, Roy Canton, the department's territorial projects coordinator, told board members Friday. Canton said Housing, Parks is also including a 15 percent contingency -- about $97,000 -- in case there are more changes in the architectural and engineering plans or other unforeseen developments.

Also included in the plans is a vendor pavilion, with spaces for nine vendors instead of the initial 11 to 13, officials added. The extra funds needed to finish off the project will be coming from interest earnings on the 2003 gross receipts bonds, according to board members.

Negotiations are ongoing with the selected contractor, St. Thomas-based Custom Builders, who Canton said he's trying to work down to five or six months for the construction of the bathrooms, instead of a projected 18 months.

Part of the beach area -- including land around the cemetery -- is privately owned, and the government currently has an informal agreement with the landowners to use the space for parking. Negotiations to put in place a more formal agreement fell apart years ago, but PFA board chairman Gov. John deJongh Jr. said after the meeting that he will be sitting back down for negotiations now that the government has cleaned up the area and is committed to maintaining it.

DeJongh said the recent cleanup, which he launched after a shootout last month killed two teenagers, went well and addressed two main issues: beautifying the area and adding police to curb illegal activities and help safeguard against any further violence.

And as officials look at taking a more aggressive approach to crime, efforts are also underway to find youngsters in the community more things to do -- which includes backing Housing, Parks on a number of playground and recreation projects. PFA board members approved:

* $195,000 to complete renovations inside the Winston Raymo Recreational Center on St. Thomas (funds will be coming from interest earnings on the 2003 gross receipts bonds);
* $65,000 to construct a concession and bathrooms at Isaac Boynes Ball Park on St. Croix (the money will be coming from the PFA's project and administration fund)
* $17,500 to reimburse Housing, Parks for the cost of installing energy efficient lights at the Subbase paddleball and tennis courts;
* $75,000 for renovations to the Contant playground and basketball court; and
* $48,000 to finish work at the Kirwan Terrace basketball court, along with field and fence upgrades.

"The funding for these capital projects is important, because if you notice, they're all focused on improving neighborhoods," deJongh said after the meeting. "We have been looking at being aggressive with arrests, but we also need facilities for our kids to go."

Wrapping up Friday's meeting, the board also approved a $147,840 funding request for the Health Department to buy a new chiller for the Charles Harwood Medical Center (because one of the units is beyond repair, the building has become overheated, forcing workers to go home early, officials said), and gave the go-ahead for the V.I. Housing Finance Authority (VIHFA) to begin negotiating with the V.I. Water and Power Authority on a final lease agreement for space near Crown Bay.

VIHFA owns the land and has agreed to build an office complex that WAPA will lease in order to cover the debt service payment on up to $10 million in Recovery Zone Economic Development bonds that the PFA will be floating to finance the project. The proposal will come back to the PFA once an agreement between the two agencies is finalized, officials said.

Board members present during Friday's meeting were Finance Commissioner Angel Dawson, deJongh, Office of Management and Budget Director Debra Gottlieb and Keith O'Neale Jr. Board member Pablo O'Neill was absent.

August

It is August.

Hot.

I built a window and a medicine cabinet in my little library, where I will go for some research. They are made from mahogany and are wicked good.

Wicked!

Oh poop!

The Lads won last night, but were outscored in the 9th inning by 4 runs, making the total outscorage 1 run.

Axolotl and Potrzebie

Axolotl and potrzebie are real words.

Wicked!

This is stupid

Here is an idiot. Guns and ammo in a suitcase. I suppose he expected all the scanners to miss them.

He'll undoubtedly plead not guilty, as do all of these ugly little punk shitheads, if you get what I mean.

From The Source today.

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Man Arrested for Firearm Importation
By Source staff — August 10, 2010

Ricardo Nadal, 23, was arrested for bringing firearms into the territory.

Ricardo Nadal, 23, was arrested Monday and charged with transporting firearms, among other charges, after he landed in St. Thomas and was driving away from the airport.
Police said Nadal brought a firearm and a large amount of ammunition into the territory.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents told police Nadal was transporting a firearm and ammunition from Tampa, Fla., through Miami to St. Thomas on an American Airlines flight. Following Nadal’s arrival in the U.S. Virgin Islands, police targeted his vehicle and stopped it on the Airport Road. A search of the vehicle revealed two black gun cases containing one .45 caliber Glock 21 firearm; three 13-round magazines; one 30-round extended magazine; 150 .45 caliber rounds; and 50 .44 caliber Magnum rounds.
Police noted that the three magazines, the extended magazine and the 150 bullets were more than excessive for use by a legitimate owner. Police also noted that the 50 .44 caliber Magnum rounds could not be used in the Glock, leading police to believe that the ammunition was most likely going to be illegally sold on the streets of St. Thomas. Police also said their investigation revealed the firearm was bought in Nevada on July 30.
The suspect was charged with carrying firearms openly or concealed, evidence of intent to commit crimes of violence, possession or sale of ammunition and importation of firearms without a license.
Bail for Nadal was set at $75,000. Unable to post bail, he was turned over to the Bureau of Corrections.
Police Commissioner Novelle E. Francis Jr., said this arrest was the result of cooperation between the TSA, Immigration and Custom Enforcement and the V.I. Police Department.
“This individual was flagged in Florida, and information was transmitted to the VIPD that this person was bringing a firearm through the St. Thomas airport," Francis said. "My officers worked swiftly and the gun and ammunition were confiscated and thus not allowed to be utilized in the Virgin Islands."

I am going to build some stuff

I need to buy some wood to build:

1. A headboard for this bed.
2. A medicine cabinet for my bathroom.
3. A screen window to replace the jalousies in the bathroom.

That will be wicked!

The Tourist Trap

This was in The Source this morning. Larry is from the Boston area. You can see this and others at www.stjohnsource.com.

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@ Work: The Tourist Trap
By Lynda Lohr — August 8, 2010

Cheryl Geller and Larry Grenier.

With a catchy name and an eclectic menu, the Tourist Trap serves up tasty food in a very casual side-of-the-road setting.

“I always said if I opened another place it would be a little hole in the wall,” owner and chef Larry Grenier said.

He described the Tourist Trap as island funky and a spot where people come to relax.

“It’s what St. John used to be,” he said.

Grenier and his business partner, Cheryl Geller, opened the Tourist Trap almost two years ago after years of working at various restaurants and bars on St. John.

It’s on Route 107 just a couple of minutes from the popular Salt Pond Beach and at the start of the road to Concordia Preserve, and visitors find it easy to drop by for lunch, drinks or an early supper on their way home from the beach.

While the menu includes such things as fish sandwiches, hot dogs with homemade chili, meatball subs, and nachos with homemade roasted tomatillo sauce, the New England-style lobster roll is the star.

“I use the slipper meat from Caribbean lobster, a little mayonnaise …” Greiner said, ticking off the ingredients.

He slices the sides off hot dog buns to make the traditional buttered and toasted lobster roll.

A native of Manchester, N.H., Greiner’s worked at restaurants all up and down the East Coast for 20 years. He cooked, he waited tables and he bartended, but after doing the same at such St. John spots as Asolare and Skinny Legs since he arrived in 1994, he decided he’d had enough of the “front of the house.”

With a tiny kitchen housed in a plywood shack and an adjacent six umbrella- covered tables, he’s decided he’s right where he belongs.

“I always loved to cook and it seems to be working,” he said.

Geller, a Florida native, came up with the name the Tourist Trap. When kicking around ideas for the restaurant, she said that since everyone would think it was a tourist trap why not call it by that name.

She has a bachelor’s degree in communications design from the Parsons School of Design in New York. After working as a graphic designer in various locations she moved to St. John 11 years ago. She and her then-partner opened the Beach Bar, and she worked on opening the now-closed restaurant Tage.

She’s the mind behind the Tourist Trap marketing and a frequent contributor to travel forums that get the restaurant’s name in front of the public eye. She’s so well known that when her dog, Miles, recently died condolences poured in.

A big animal lover, another dog and five cats keep her company at the restaurant. And she maintains a feeding station for strays near the restaurant.

Geller is also a people person, enjoying her time visiting with customers.

“They come as customers but leave as friends,” she said.

The Tourist Trap is open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Call 774-0912.

Red Sox Win Once Again

The Boston Red Sox won yesterday, beating the team that sucks by underscoring them. And today the Red Sox will win again.

288

288 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3

Wicked!

Trip to Hawaii

I would go to Hawaii and stay at Palione Street, but three ladies are all atwitter with stupidity and are somehow charging me $577 x 2 = $1,1154.24 for a week, when the daily rate is $125.

$125 x 7 = $875.
$1154.24 - $874 = $279.24
Less cleaning $150 = 129.24

129.24 / 875 = 14.77%

So they are taxing me 14.77%

We'll see if Pat's Kailua Beach has a place for me. Those ladies are being dum.

The actual rate, including cleaning and tax, comes to $164.89. You can eat it!

Hurricanes

Here is an article from The Source, our on-line newspaper. You can read it and others at www.stjohnsource.com.

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Renowned Hurricane Forecasters Predict Busy Season
By Lynda Lohr — August 4, 2010

Although residents breathed a sigh of relief when Tropical Storm Colin disintegrated Wednesday, hurricane season still has a long way to go until it officially ends Nov. 30.
And the rest of hurricane season doesn’t look pretty.
The Colorado State University hurricane forecast team of Phil Klotzbach and William Gray made that point clear Wednesday when they gave the territory a 27 percent chance of one or more hurricanes tracking within 50 miles and a 72 percent chance of them tracking within 100 miles.
The probabilities are even higher for named storms. According to Klotzbach and Gray, there's a 54 percent chance of one or more named storms tracking within 50 miles and a 72 percent chance of them tracking within 100 miles.
They said the Caribbean looks to be very active in 2010, with overall tropical cyclone activity in the region approaching levels experienced in 2004 and 2005.
In 2005, 28 storms, including the devastating Hurricane Katrina, formed. They put the chance of a major hurricane making landfall in the Caribbean and Central America at 64 percent. The long-term average stands at 42 percent.
Overall, the hurricane forecast team predicts tropical cyclone activity in 2010 will be nearly twice that (195 percent) of the average season.
By comparison, 2009 witnessed tropical cyclone activity that was about 69 percent of the average season.
Gray and Klotzbach maintained their June forecast of an above-average hurricane season with 18 named storms. With Alex, Bonnie and Colin ticked off the list, that’s 15 still to go. The next named storm will be Danielle.
Gray and Klotzbach predict that 10 those 18 named storms will become hurricanes. Of those 10, they expect five to develop into major hurricanes with sustained winds of 111 mph or greater.
The long-term average stands at 9.6 for named storms, 5.9 for hurricanes and 2.3 for major hurricanes.
Unusually warm water in the Atlantic and the development of a La Nina are the reasons the Colorado State team thinks 2010 will be an active year.
“We believe that a moderate La Nina will be present over the next several months, which is associated with decreased levels of vertical wind shear and increased hurricane activity,” Gray said.
According to Klotzbach, the very warm waters of the Atlantic are associated with dynamic and thermodynamic factors very conducive for an active Atlantic season.
The Colorado State team said current observed climate factors are similar to conditions that occurred during the 1952, 1958, 1998 and 2005 seasons, which overall had well above-average activity.
Klotzbach and Gray predict the 2010 season will have activity in line with the average of these four years.
As for the weather for the next week, meteorologist Luis Rosa at the National Weather Service in San Juan said that the remnants of what was Tropical Storm Colin will pass to the northeast of the territory Wednesday night. He expects the weather to clear up Thursday and remain clear for the next week.
“For the next seven days it will be tranquil,” he said.

Nothing

Nothing.

Except a cat killed a rat and brought it in to my downstairs bathroom.

I cleaned up the mess a bit yesterday, but it still needs more cleaning.

No storm

Colin is heading north of us, and is going to blow about 60 mph tops, so there is nothing to even watch out for.

I am not impressed by Colin.

Wicked dud.

283

283 = 1 x 283

Wicked!

282

282 is symmetrical. Also it is 2 x 141, which is

Wicked!

Fart Rating System

Fart Rating System

1. Silent, unsmelly. No harm, no foul. The day proceeds.

2. Audible, unsmelly. You can hear it, so you get ready for the smell, but it doesn't get you. Plus, you know who did it.

3. Audible, smelly. You can hear it, so you get ready for the smell. It gets you, but you know who did it, along with everyone else. You don't get blamed.

4. Silent, smelly. A wicked one. No-one hears it, so there is no warning. Then it gets you. Wicked! The worst thing, you might get blamed for it. No-one knows who did it.

Wicked.

No Posting Today

I am not going to do any posting today, especially about villas on st john through www.stjohnvillarental.com vacation villas.

Where is Word

I can't find Microsoft Word anywhere.

I dragged it from the stupid "dock" to the desktop -- where I want it -- and it disappeared. Now I don't know what to do.

This mac-mini is a mac-migraine.

The Lads Won Again!

Yes, another big victory for the Lads yesterday, as they outscored their opponents during the win.

Two straight wins while outscoring the opponent.

Wicked!

The lads outscored the opponents last night

Yes, the lads did good last night and actually outscored the opponents while winning. Soon the injured ones will be back. That will be good.

Then we will be

wicked!

276

276 = 2 x 2 x 3 x 23

Wicked!

Highballs

A giraffe walks into a bar.

He says, "The highballs are on me."

274

274 = 2 x 137

Wicked!

Research again today

Today I will do some research in my little library. Then I will go to the big town and get my recliner, a pay check, some gas, and maybe some potrzebie.

Wicked!

Axolotl

An axolotl is some type of mexican frog, not a made up word. Or it might be a mammal, I don't really know. Anyway, there is an axolotl.

Secalogagee

I can't find a loca gee.

Secalocagee.

270

I can do this one in my head.

270 = 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 5.

Wicked!

Research again

I will undoubtedly do some research this morning in my little library.

In fact I can feel the start of it already.

Kevin Youkilis

Youk deserves mention today because he did something good and the Boston Red Sox won by outscoring the opponents.

Wicked.

An empty post

This is an empty post except for these few words, which make this very short sentence, which is a very short paragraph, and I am not even going to say wicked, although I may type wicked.

266

266 = 2 x 133

Wicked!

My itunes don't work at all.

I can't get my itunes to work because my stupid Sea Disk is not recognized by my Mac Mini, so I will have to go to Plan B.

Unfortunately, I don't really have a Plan B.

Some gang dink shot 2 people on st thomas

This was in The Source today. Typical st thomas stuff -- a gang member got killed, so a gang member retaliated and managed to kill the other gang member and a 14-year-old tourist girl from a cruise ship.

So now the cruise ships probably won't come to st thomas anymore. This is absolutely pathetic, and the police are giving it just a little lip service and nothing more. It's been going on for years.

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Community Ponders Economic Impact of Coki Point Shooting
By Ananta Pancham — July 13, 2010

A handful of taxi drivers sat talking Tuesday morning near the intersection across the street from Vendor's Plaza, mulling over the unusual calm that had settled over downtown St. Thomas.
Usually, with a ship in port, the area was buzzing, but on Tuesday, only handfuls of tourists moved about, some sitting in Emancipation Garden or milling up and down Main Street, many with a copy of a newspaper in their hands.
"Murder, murder, murder," one taxi driver said loudly, as he unsuccessfully tried to offer one passing family a ride to the beach. "That's all everyone is talking about. Well, we need this [tourism] industry, too. It's all we have to survive on."
Similar conversations could be heard all over the island Tuesday, as many residents thought about the territory's economic future in the wake of a gruesome double homicide at Coki Point Beach that left two people dead -- including a 14-year-old tourist whose family was traveling aboard the Carnival Victory. One of the most common questions heard on the street or asked over the radio airwaves was whether the cruise ships, the territory's lifeblood, would be pulling out now that reports of Monday's incident have hit the international media.
At this point, no one has said that. And speaking from her office early Tuesday morning, Tourism Commissioner Beverly Nicholson-Doty said she would remain positive as she prepared to resume the steady stream of calls to the cruise lines that began Monday afternoon after the shootout erupted.
"We have to be positive as we look at how we move through this horrible incident, and see how we can use it to make the Virgin Islands a better place, both for our residents and our visitors," she said. "So all the discussions between yesterday and today with the cruise lines, and all of our partners, is focused on what's at stake and what we have to do. We have to work closely with everyone, all of our partners right now, to make sure everyone is comfortable."
But while there's no talk of pulling out, Carnival has since suspended "all excursions that include the Coki Beach area until further notice," according to a statement released Monday. Carnival is not releasing any additional information at this point, and has not given an indication on how long the suspension will be in effect, or how talks are going between the company and local officials.
However, Coral World owner Trudie Prior said Tuesday she was told by Carnival that tours would be suspended indefinitely, while Princess Cruise Lines has said they would not be coming to Coral World for at least four visits before revisiting the issue. Prior added that Norwegian Cruise Line is currently in talks with its legal department.
"Business was terrible," she said Tuesday. "We have had cancellations from hotels as well for activities, and people have been asking for their money back on tours that were booked in advance."
Prior has long been pleading with the government to clean up Coki Point and address everything from the criminal activity near the beach to the barkers that frequent the area.
"Coki has not gotten the kind of government attention it needs, and I can only hope that what has happened in the last 24 hours is going to move them to take an aggressive stance and do what they need to do to make sure that it's not viewed as a place to avoid," Prior said.
As far as anyone heard Tuesday, most of the government's top officials were booked up in meetings -- either talking strategy with one another or with representatives from the cruise lines.
Police Commissioner Novelle Francis Jr. said early Tuesday that the department was working on a strategic safety and security plan in anticipation for another meeting with Carnival that afternoon.
All the usual strategies, such as saturated patrols and routine traffic stops, will continue to be in effect, but police will also be using information they've gathered to monitor and track the "associates" of suspected criminals, along with some of the individuals working behind the scenes. Gang activity and retaliatory attacks are what police have said is contributing to the increase in violent deaths throughout the territory, so Francis said the officers are going to try and cut that off at the source.
"When something like a murder happens, the retaliation goes back and forth continuously to resolve these issues, so we want to take action immediately to minimize that," he said Tuesday. "We're going to be out there and in these people's faces -- we're going to respond to every case and try to bring some calm to this situation."
A new set of officers will be deployed at the end of the week, and patrols will also increase in "violence-prone" neighborhoods, Francis said. He added that a number of federal agencies have been in contact since the incident to offer help, and are being built into the strategic plan.
"We want to show that we've got a handle on the situation," he said Tuesday. "We want to show everyone that we're here to protect this community. We've made an arrest -- hopefully that makes an impact."

263

263 = 1 x 263, which is

WICKED!

Everything

Everything happened yesterday, so you can read about it all over the place. The Red Sox even won by outscoring toronto. Spain won the World Cup. The Boston Celtics, The Greatest Franchise In The History Of Sport, let Tony Allen go. And Frickenfracken won a golf tournament. Meanwhile, someone wanted a villa from www.stjohnvillarental.com in St. John, USVI vacation villas.

What is in my clipboard?

I am going to post what is in my clipboard. I think it is a long story about how shitty the miami dickheads are. Found in the www.nytimes.com website.

Op-Ed Columnist
Miami’s Hoops Cartel
By MAUREEN DOWD
Published: July 9, 2010

After the heady courting, the King changed courts.

And there were such loud howls about betrayal, disloyalty, selfishness, revenge and intrigue that it might have impressed even a Shakespearean court.

“I’m going to take my talents to South Beach,” LeBron James told Jim Gray on ESPN’s special — and specially obnoxious — show, “The Decision,” as though he were going on spring break.

It’s always a bad sign when people begin talking about themselves in the third person. “I wanted to do what was best, you know, for LeBron James, what LeBron James was going to do to make him happy,” LeBron James told Michael Wilbon on ESPN after the special.

ESPN’s 28 minutes of contrived suspense over James’s narcissistic announcement that he was going, aptly, to My-Am-Me played like “The Bachelor,” without the rose for the winner.

“Kobe Bryant has twice re-signed with the Lakers — no TV special,” said David Israel, an L.A. TV writer who had a renowned sports column at The Washington Star when I had an obscure one about tennis. “Alex Rodriguez got more than twice as much money when he left his first team, Seattle — no TV special. Tom Brady, three Super Bowls in the nation’s most popular sport, quietly re-signs with the Patriots when his contract expires.”

The special was packaged by Gray and James’s agents, with Gray asking lame questions. CNBC reported that Gray was paid by James, a claim the veteran sports broadcaster denies. It drew more than nine million viewers — more than baseball games, home run derbies and even some N.F.L. Monday night games.

The setting of the Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich, Conn. — with no interaction between the King and the kid-props — was weird.

“What was up with that?” wondered Israel. “He wanted to show how much he cares about the welfare of the children of hedge fund managers?”

Asked by Wilbon about Cleveland fans burning No. 23 jerseys in the street, James noted that if “you put the shoe on the other foot and the Cavs would have got rid of me at one point, would my family burn down the organization? Of course not. This is a business.”

James said he did not want to make “an emotional decision.” But it was a personal decision. The kid who grew up poor in Akron without a father — moving 12 times between 5 and 8 — regards his teams as family. So much so that he ruled out bidding teams, like Chicago, that ruled out putting any of his “LeBrontourage” on the payroll.

His decision came after he consulted with his mom and formed a hoops cartel with his pals Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade. It’s usually women who get accused of needing to go places (restaurant bathrooms) together.

James wanted to be wooed because he missed any courtship when he was drafted by the pros right out of high school. But the 25-year-old superstar, who tweets as King James and tattooed “Chosen 1” on his back, got lost in the stratosphere of sports marketing advice and wound up with too many people whispering in his ear. He seems to have no idea of the public relations damage he has inflicted on himself.

“Never has so much time, effort and money been expended by an individual to diminish himself,” Israel told me.

A sports TV executive I know agreed: “I don’t think he has any concept that people will be rooting against Miami harder than ever. These three players have attempted to hijack the league and said, ‘We’re all good buddies who are going to gang up and go to one team and dictate who wins championships.’ ”

After seven years as the local hero, James should have shown more class than to let the Cleveland owner, coach and fans hear about his defection on TV, broadcasting from cosseted Greenwich to struggling Cleveland.

It is true, as The Washington Post’s Mike Wise put it, that a message to fans from the Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, accusing James of a “cowardly betrayal,” sounded like “the kind of psycho, ex-girlfriend letter that certifies LeBron made the right decision.” But you feel the rabid pain of Gilbert, who was clearly played. He exacted further revenge by dropping the price of a life-size James decal from $99.99 to $17.41, the year Benedict Arnold was born.

In essence, James was acknowledging that he didn’t think he could lead a team — or at least that team — to a championship on his own.

“The King abandoned the throne like Edward VIII, not for love of a latter-day Wallis Simpson, but for fear of failure,” Israel said. “All the bravado has been a pose. He’s not a leader, he’s not an alpha, he’s just a pack animal. In Miami, Dwyane Wade is the alpha dog.”

Israel believes James would have had a better chance to win in Chicago: “These guys don’t fit together on the Heat. It’s kind of like asking Jackson Pollock to finish a painting Picasso started.”

260

260 = 2 x 2 x 5 x 13

I did that in my head, of course.

Wicked!

Jermaine O'Neal

The Celtics, The Greatest Franchise In The History Of Sport, signed Jermaine O'Neal yesterday. He is wicked.

Jermaine Lee O'Neal (born October 13, 1978[1][2]) is an American professional basketball forward-center for the Boston Celtics. The 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), 255 lb (115 kg) forward-center had a successful high school career and declared his eligibility for the 1996 NBA Draft straight out of high school. He was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 17th pick of the first round, but O'Neal was unable to break into the first team in Portland and was traded to the Indiana Pacers in 2000. In his eight seasons with the club, he was voted an NBA All-Star six times, made the All-NBA teams three times, and was voted the NBA Most Improved Player in the 2001–02 season. He also helped Indiana reach the NBA Playoffs six times, including the Conference Finals in the 2003–04 season. He was traded to the Raptors before the 2008–09 season began, and traded to the Heat midway through the same season. It was announced on July 8, 2010 that O'Neal signed with the Boston Celtics for two-years. The contract is reportedly for the team's full mid-level exception, which is around $5.7 million for the 2010–11 NBA season.

Red Sox Win Again By Scoring Fewer Runs

The lads from the town of beans underscored their opponents yesterday while winning.

Shutters

Today I am going to complete door shutters 2 and 3, and then I am going to put a second coat of paint on the window shutters while ellis works on painting activities for the door shutters. Spackle, sand, prime, paint. That will keep him busy.

256

256 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2

Wicked wicked!

Secalocagee

I can't find a loca gee.
Secalocagee.

Wicked!

Red Sox Wicked Close to First Place

Wicked close.

They are wicked close.

253

Look at this - - -

253 = 11 x 23. Wicked!

Cheaters!

The referees cheated yesterday as the U.S. World Cup Soccer Team was cheated out of a victory against ghana. The lads were extraordinary, but you can't overcome referee cheating.

World Cup Soccer

USA vs. ghana today in the World Cup Round of 16.

Amazingly, the US should be favored in a World Cup elimination game.

Wicked!

250

250 = 2 x 5 x 5 x 5

Wicked!

This is the only number in the world with those exact factors!

Wicked!

Research

I am already feeling a research moment building up. Wicked.

248

248 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 31

Looks like it would have more factors than that. Wicked mediocre.

I'm going to tell you something else too

Something else too. I told you I was going to tell you something else too.

246

246 = 2 x 3 x 41

Pretty good. It seems like it should have more factors, but it doesn't, which is wicked!

Where is my mac mini

I am missing a mac mini. It was mailed about 10 days ago (at least), and should be here by now.

So, U.S.V.I. postal service, where is it?

Red Sox Win 5th Straight

The Boston Red Sox won again last night, 6-5 over the dodgers, even though Manny Ramirez hit a home run.

The lads are doing very well. Wicked good. Some stupid sportswriter made the fatal error of writing "the best record in baseball" since some date. Of course we all know that this is folly. Along with:

runners at the corners
left side of the plate
on the outside corner

etc.

Lots of rain today

We are in the middle of lots of rain, although it seems to be in a moderation period at this moment.

Some thunderstorms later.

Today looks like a good day to take a post office trip and then watch the U.S. Open and the World Cup.

Nothing today

Nothing today except

I finished the shutters and put on one coat of paint.
We are going to St. Trauma today for the night and miscellaneous shopping.
M is flying off tomorrow.
The Boston Red Sox won again by outscoring the opponents.

Whenyoucheatlikethoserefsyougetitinthehead!

Whenyoucheatasbadlyasthoserefsyougetitrightintheheadanditwillbewicked!

240

Yes, this is a factor kind of moment.

2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 5 = 240

What's surprising to many numerologists is that the previous number, 239, is prime, but this number, 240, has 6 factors.

Who is in charge of this?

Pills

I have now taken 10 of my 20 anti-staph pills.

5 more days.

Factors of this post

Since this is post 238 and I am essentially not interested in posting today, I will simply factor it.

2 x 119.

That's it.

Potrzebie

Potrzebie can be spelled 17 different ways, each of them wrong.

Celtics Win, As Captain G. Piecost MC's smoggers

The Boston Celtics, The Greatest Franchise In The History Of Sport, beat up the pathetic smoggers again last night, totally due to the incessant Magic Circles of Captain G. Piecost, The Living Legend Of Statisticians.

Next game is Sunday, and more of the same is expected.

I now have a lucky green shirt for home games, and a lucky green shirt for away games.

This is under control.

Wicked

Wicked.

Cheaters!

No posting today since there are a number of CHEATERS around, robbing the Boston Celtics, The Greatest Franchise In The History Of Sport, of an easy victory.

Celtics Tonight

Tonight is Game 3 of the NBA Championships, featuring The Boston Celtics, The Greatest Franchise In The History Of Sport, against a pathetic team, the smoggers.

Naturally the entire sporting world will be cheering for the Celtics.

I will be in green, of course.

Bench

I built the first half of a bench yesterday, and it came out pretty good. Now I have to build the second half of the bench.

I need to buy:
1 4x4x8'
2 2x4x8'
2 2x6x16' decking

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And then I assemble it.

Last Blog

This is always the last blog, and today it will not get any posts at all, even just some nothingness, which amazingly enough seems to be spelled correctly.

No numerology

This is post 230. No numerology today, since this is a meaningless number.

23 x 2 x 5.

Finally, no posting in this blog

No posting in blog number four today, the same as in the others.

Time to build shutters

Read this from The Source. www.stjohnsource.com. Looks like I need to build my shutters this month.

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Renowned Storm Forecasters Predict Busy Hurricane Season
By Lynda Lohr — June 2, 2010

Chances are good that a major hurricane will track into the Caribbean during the 2010 hurricane season, Colorado State University forecasters Phil Klotzbach and William Gray said in a press release issued Wednesday.
They put the probability of a major hurricane tracking into the Caribbean at 65 percent. The average for the last century is 42 percent.
Hurricane season runs June 1 through Nov. 30.
“We anticipate a well above-average probability of United States and Caribbean major hurricane landfall,” Gray said.
The team upped its April prediction to 18 named storms, with 10 of them developing into hurricanes. Klotzbach and Gray expect five of them to become major hurricanes with winds of 111 mph or greater.
In April, Klotzbach and Gray suggested that the number of named storms would sit at 15, with eight of them becoming hurricanes. They expected four of them to become major hurricanes. The long-term averages are 9.6 named storms, 5.9 hurricanes and 2.3 major hurricanes per year.
Their forecast comes on the heels of one issued last week by the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration, which put the number of named storms at 14 to 23. They expect eight to 14 of them to develop into hurricanes and three to seven to reach major status.
The Colorado State hurricane forecast team predicts tropical cyclone activity in 2010 will be 195 percent of the average season. By comparison, 2009 witnessed tropical cyclone activity that was about 69 percent of the average season.
Currently observed climate factors are similar to conditions that occurred during the 1958, 1966, 1969, and 2005 seasons, the Colorado State team said. The average of these four seasons had well above-average activity, and Klotzbach and Gray predict the 2010 season will have activity in line with the average of these four years.
According to Klotzbach, the current trend from El Nino to neutral conditions will persist and weak La Nina conditions will develop by the most active portion of this year’s hurricane season in August through October.
“El Ninos typically increase levels of vertical wind shear in the tropical Atlantic, causing detrimental conditions for Atlantic tropical cyclone formation and intensification,” Klotzbach said.
The hurricane team's forecasts are based on the premise that global oceanic and atmospheric conditions—such as El Nino, sea surface temperatures and sea level pressures—that preceded active or inactive hurricane seasons in the past provide meaningful information about similar trends in future seasons.
The team also updated its U.S. landfall probabilities, which are calculated based on historical landfall statistics and then adjusted by the latest seasonal forecast.
"The probability of a major hurricane making landfall along the U.S. coastline is 76 percent compared with the last-century average of 52 percent," Klotzbach said.
The team will issue a final seasonal forecast update on Aug. 4.

STT today

I have to go to STT today, but it will be a short trip. Just to Marina Market.

What's fun is that I have more stuff to write about today. Like -- I brought some gold to Sandy Stein yesterday and she is going to combine my old ring, a GTE or Wang award ring with some semi-precious stones, and a chain into a new ring. Right now I don't have a wedding ring on my little hand. And my father's gold cuff links have $1,000 of gold in them. So I am giving them to SAH.

No storms

There will be no storms hitting St. John this year, although it looks like there will be storms hitting elsewhere. This was in the St. John Source this morning. www.stjohnsource.com

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NOAA Experts Join Chorus Predicting Active Hurricane Season
By Ananta Pancham — May 31, 2010

With Hurricane season on our doorstep, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration experts have predicted an “active to extremely active” 2010 hurricane season, with a projected 14 to 23 named storms over the next six months.

The report from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, issued late last week, forecasts that eight to 14 of the storms will turn into hurricanes – three to seven of which could be a major category 3, 4 or 5, packing winds of at least 111 mph.

“If this outlook holds true, this season could be one of the more active on record,” NOAA administrator Jane Lubchenco said in the report. “The greater likelihood of storms brings an increased risk of landfall.”

This year’s predictions exceed the usual numbers, which average about 11 named storms, six hurricanes and two major hurricanes, according to the report. Contributing factors this year are warmer Atlantic Ocean water temperatures – as much as four degrees higher than normal – and a weaker wind shear, which can help “tear apart” storms, the report said.

NOAA’s forecast falls in step with predictions made in April by Colorado State University storm forecasters Phil Klotzbach and William Gray, whose pre-season forecast showed 15 named storms for the Atlantic basin.

Research

I have to do research soon.

This always happens.

Road Striping -- Lack Of It

This pathetic news was in The Source today. www.stjohnsource.com.

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V.I. Answer Desk: What Is Happening with Road Striping?
By Bill Kossler — May 29, 2010

Reader David Knowles asks about road striping: "A while back the lieutenant governor (Gregory Francis) and the DPW (Department of Public Works) made a big deal about STX getting a new machine to paint lane markers on the roads. I saw some lines near Salt River and the new Scenic Road but nowhere else. Did the machine get broken? Did they forget to buy paint? The cross walks desperately need to be painted and signs to yield to pedestrians."

The Source caught up with Assistant Public Works Commissioner Roberto Cintron Thursday and asked about the status of road striping since the department received two new striping machines last July. During a recess in Senate committee hearings on his nomination to the V.I. Board of Land Use Appeals, Cintron said the new striping machine is great and fast on newly paved roads. But a lot of the striping that needs to be done is on older, rutted roads and on those roads the new machines would leave a more squiggly line. So for most roads, the department uses walk-behind machines, which offer more control but work more slowly, he said. Those machines are being used now for work at Bassin Triangle. Striping is also generally done at night to avoid interfering with traffic, he said.

For more specific detail, Cintron referred questions to Deputy Commissioner of Transportation Karole Ovesen-McGregor. Messages were left for Ovesen-McGregor at her office on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. On Wednesday, she spoke briefly with the Source and mentioned the work being done at Bassin Triangle. She said she was in the midst of a conference call and would call back when she had a moment.

A math fact

Twelve plus one = eleven plus two.

(get it?)

Rhyme

222
Eat a kazoo
Buckle your shoe
How do you do.

221

221.

That's a big number.

It will get bigger, I am sure.

Red Sox Win Again

The Boston Red Sox won again last night, this time 2-0, as they continue to actually win by outscoring the opponents.

In fact, things are looking good, and you might have read it here -- that is if you actually read it here. I doubt anyone will read this.

You might as well rent a villa from www.stjohnvillarental.com, which is the best place to find a rental villa on st john in the usvi.

Good gosh, more research

I need to do some more research. Maybe I will be able to wait until after winning at scrabble. Maybe not. Seems like it needs to be done.

Small Post Today

This is a small post, because I have just returned from a boat trip to BVI and have to do some research.

Bread

Bread on board, in addition to what we ordered through provisioning:

Crusty French Bread -- baked by Captain G. Piecost
Banana Bread -- baked by M
Banana Bread -- baked by Joy
Some Other Bread -- baked by Joy

That should be enough.

Penultimate

Today is a day of penultimates.

The penultimate day before leaving on a sailing trip.

The penultimate NHL Eastern semifinal playoff game was last night, and the Bruins won by underscoring philly.

The penultimate NBA Eastern playoff series will end tonight in the potential penultimate game that instead will be the ultimate game. And that will make the next series, against orlando, the penultimate series for the Celtics.

And I will undoubtedly take penultimate research time in my little library, with the ultimate research time tomorrow morning.

Research again

It is amazing how you can plan research for early morning every day. I do it. Right now I could probably do some, but I might wait another half hour and go to my little library off the kitchen.

Sox Outscore jays And Win

The Boston Red Sox not only won last night, they outscored the blue jays.

Everyone won yesterday

The Boston Celtics won by outscoring their inferior opponents.

The Boston Red Sox won by outscoring the dickheads.

The Boston Bruins won even though they had the day off.

And the New England Revolution and New England Patriots also won even though they were off.

Wicked.

Potrzebie.

Pits

#1 pit -- dry, unsmelly -- the best. Not in the least bothersome.

#2 pit -- wet, unsmelly -- second best. You can see it coming, but it doesn't smell.

#3 pit -- wet, smelly -- a bad one. You can see it coming, and it gets you with a stink. At least you know who is to blame.

#4 pit -- dry, smelly -- the worst. You can't see it coming, and it gets you. The worst thing is, you never know who has it, and people might blame you, which in turn gives you a pit.

Research

How come I do research every morning?

Better than holding it in.

Otherwise, there might be a wicked fart.

#1 fart is silent and non-smelly. Undetectable.

#2 fart is audible and non-smelly. You can hear it so you have time to avoid the smell, but there isn't any smell. You know who did it.

#3 fart is audible and smelly. You can hear it, and know who did it, so you can prepare for the smell, which gets you. However, since you know who did it, you can blame that person.

#4 fart is silent and smelly. You can't prepare for it. It just sneaks up on you and gets you. Plus, you don't know who did it. Someone might blame you for it. It is wicked.

210

For numerologists, 210 is probably meaningful.

5/6/10 is not important.

But 210 is good.

Shutters

Incidentally, I am going to start on shutters shortly.

Easy ones for the windows first. Simple plywood with 1x2 borders. Blue paint. Hinges and barrel bolts.

Easy for me, because I can actually do it.

But the sliding doors will be harder.

No More Wednesday Nights

The cocktail party at Elaine's is done for the season. We are all in mourning. But open mic is still going on. With Mark still doing it, but barely hanging one.

Everyone Won

The Celtics won.
The Red Sox won.
The Bruins won.

And all of them won the old-fashioned way by outscoring the opponents.

The lads are going to st john to rent a villa through www.stjohnvillarental.com and www.frankbayvillas.com because they deserve a vacation villa.

Red Sox Win Again By Underscoring Orioles

The Red Sox won for the third straight day by once again underscoring the opponents. Three straight underscore wins against the shitty orioles.

This team is underperforming. Much better to win by overscoring than by underscoring.

Well -- I guess a win is a win.

Rainy Day

My small cisterns are already overflowing due to the rain today. It takes one little rainstorm to overflow them. The large ones are probably up to 2/3 from about 40%. I have no water problem that I know of.

Red Sow won again by scoring fewer runs

Last night in Baltimore the Boston Red Sox won by underscoring the Orioles.

Research

I have to do some research, and may not make it all the way through my routines this morning.

I figured out how my iphone gps works.

I figured out how my iphone gps works.

It needs two inputs.

1. It needs a gps signal from the gps satellites. At least three of them so it can triangulate a position.

2. It also needs a data signal -- two ways -- so it can send the gps info to a data base somewhere and get a map onto the iphone showing the exact location.

A very sophisticated gps, for example, in a car or on a boat, has a dvd with all the gps maps on it. The little iphone doesn't, so it has to access a data base.

I figured this out because we turned on the "airplane" mode, tried "map", and the iphone gave us an error message saying we needed wifi to function. So it definitely needs the data link. And it obviously needs at least 3 satellites, since that is how gps works.

So I figured it out.

Gronk

The Patriots drafted a tight end named Gronkowski. He is called Gronk.

In 2 weeks, they went from zero tight ends to 3.

Alge Crumpler, former all-pro.
Gronk, rated #2 among tight ends in the draft.
Hernandez, rated about 4 among tight ends, but would have been higher except for pot.

The lads are coming to St. John to stay in villas. www.stjohnvillarental.com is the best web site for selecting a villa.

No posts today

Actually, I found out that potrzebie is a real word, so I am going to mention it in a post.

Bruins Win in Double Overtime

The Bruins won in double overtime last night, 3-2. The highlights will undoubtedly be on Sports Center. I will be watching as the lads get some video time.

The Bruins have won the series 4 games to 0, even winning one of the games when they were outscored.

No calendar for me this year

There is no calendar of the grandchildren this year. JT says he can't find any.

Very disappointed.

Maybe I'll go and take a bunch of photos.

Boston Marathon

Some guy from Ethiopia or Kenya won the Boston Marathon in record time. But get this, two American guys did well. 4th and 5th place. And the 4th place guy finished just two seconds behind 3rd.

In the olden days, Frank Shorter used to win, and then some guy from Boston named Bill somebody used to win. I could look up his name, but since I am doing no posting today I am not going to do it. I might as well mention www.stjohnvillarental.com today, since this post is all about renting a villa on St John, so I think I will. St John Villa Rental.

Chinese Food

I had a dream last night that I was at a convention, and everyone went to the banquet, but I had to leave the building and go buy some Chinese takeout food and bring it back to my cubicle and eat it. It cost about $10, and I was just about to give some cash, but the person in front of me swiped his credit card, so I did too. I got a plate, and a brownie, but no drink. So I had to go to another place for a drink. And then I woke up. M went to the banquet. The most amazing thing is, I had a Reader's Digest to read and keep me busy during the dinner, which I didn't get to eat since I woke up. And I never got to read either, since I woke up. The Reader's Digest was in my pocket.

I guess I should just go to www.stjohnvillarental.com and find a villa on St John to rent.

Bases loaded, no outs - - no runs

The Boston Red Sox were in extra innings yesterday, and had runners at all the corners in a tie game at Fenway. No outs, pillows populated.

So David Ortiz hit a shitty little ground ball for a force out at home. Then someone else hit a ground ball double play. And in the next inning, some dink got a home run so the Red Sox won 1-3, even though they were actually outscored.

A day of no posts

No posts in any of the blogs today. Not even a post that says there is no posting.

JAVA

My stupid computer insisted on installing Java, so I let it.

I will just send it to a far-away spot on the desktop.

Celtics win the last game of the season

Once again, the Boston Celtics won a basketball game even though they were outscored by the other team. This astounding run of winning games when being outscored is yet another record by the lads.

They will obviously win all their playoff games this year if that continues.

Web site

The SJYC web site will be updated by someone other than the Beloved Captain G. Piecost, because the current commodore is screwing everything up. I have no interest in killing myself helping him anymore.

Time for him to start following the club by-laws for a change.

Yacht Club

The Yacht Club will have to figure out how to update the web site somehow, because I am not going to do it.

Too bad, but that's the way it is.

The current commodore, who actually made the statement that he was trying to modernize the club by sending info by email, is unable to send an email. A mere novice.

For your info, Commodore Gerald H. Hills was the person who modernized the Yacht Club by personally gathering all the email addresses and sending info via email. Also creating the web site. Also creating the Bob Eaton Award.

And another thing, Commodore Hills respected the By-Laws.

No beans

I had dinner at the home of Debbie Hayes last night, but didn't have the beans. Everyone else did, of course, and then everyone else farted all night, but that's what happens.

Beans, beans, musical fruit.
The more you eat the more you toot.
The more you toot the better you feel.
Now you're ready for another meal.

Of

Beans, beans, musical fruit. etc.

My itunes

Something is wrong with my itunes.

The software keeps not being able to find a song.

I guess it needs to be fixed.

Bruins Win Again, and Go Into 6th Place

The Bruins won again. This time they really won. 3-1. Moved into 6th place in the East, so they are fairly sure to make the playoffs. 3 points ahead of 9th place. Incidentally the Bruins are 6-3-1 in the last 10 games. Pretty good.

The Celtics are in 3rd with 4 games left, and should win all 4 of them.

Washington 24-54 at Boston
Boston at Milwaukee 44-34
Boston at Chicago 38-40
Milwaukee 44-34 at Boston

Incidentally, Atlanta is tied with the Celtics, both teams at 49-29.

Atlanta has the following left:

Toronto 38-40 at Atlanta
Atlanta at Washington 24-54
Atlanta at Milwaukee 44-34
Cleveland 61-18 at Atlanta

Celtics Win Again

The Boston Celtics won again last night. So many in a row no-one has a mathematical symbol that goes that high.

Incidentally, a googol is 10 to the 100th power, which is staggering.

However, a googolplex is google to the 100th power, which is unimaginable.

I am not going to post here either

I am not going to post here either, and am not going to mention the CZM meeting.

House swap

Did you know that you can swap your house for another?

I found houses in New Hampshire and Maine yesterday that the owners want to swap for a house in the Virgin Islands or St. John.

So maybe M and I can go to New England for a week.

RED SOX Beat yankees

THE BOSTON RED SOX beat the yankees yesterday very easily, since the BOSTON RED SOX are wicked good and the yankees suck.

Callaloo

I rented Callaloo yesterday. Somebody over Christmas. $4800 for 8 nights.

St. John Villa Rental scores again. www.stjohnvillarental.com, the greatest villa rental website in the entire world.

Patriots add a defensive lineman

I knew this would happen. The Patriots added a veteran defensive lineman to their roster yesterday. Some guy from the Carolina Panthers who is 32, 301 pounds, and was formerly a #1 draft pick -- #12 in the entire draft.

He is 32, which is a tad old, but most likely will be able to play 3 more years. This adds wicked depth to the defensive line. Now they can draft a wicked stud with their #1 pick (#22), and have all kinds of depth.

They added a tight end, and will probably get another one in the second round.

Here is what they will draft in rounds 1 and 2.

Defensive lineman.
Tight end.
Rush linebacker.
Wide receiver.

Gallery Opening

Every first friday is open house at the galleries at Mongoose. I guess I will go tonight. Won't buy anything, but will go.

Actually, I bought $7,000 from Baja El Sol one night, so they can't complain.

itunes

I might order some itunes today. I need to get Centerfield. Also some Neil Diamond, or it might be Neal Diamond. I better check.

Be right back. (google, google)

It is Neil Diamond, just as I first thought.

How About Some More Days Off

Our local government likes to take days off. This article was in today's Source, the online newspaper at www.stjohnsource.com.

Easter is this Sunday. In normal places, people take off Easter, which is a Sunday so it's no big deal.

Here, we start with Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Saturday off because it is a weekend, Easter Sunday, and then Easter Monday of all things.

Pretty pathetic.

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A long holiday weekend kicks off Wednesday with Transfer Day. The Easter holiday then begins Thursday with Holy Thursday. Friday is Good Friday.
On Saturday, most government offices are closed as usual. Sunday is Easter and Monday is Easter Monday.
Transfer Day ceremonies, which commemorate the 93rd anniversary of the 1917 transfer of the former Danish West Indies to the United States, will be held Wednesday on St. Thomas and St. Croix.
"It's probably the one event that helped to set the modern Virgin Islands. It came at a time of great economic downturn, and had repercussions on the culture, history and society," said David Edgecombe, an assistant to Gov. John deJongh Jr.

Billings

I did my billings yesterday. And the day before. And the day before that.

A little left to do, so I might do it again today.

Have a few people who need a villa.

So www.stjohnvillarental.com on St. John will be in action as I try to find villa rentals for everybody.

Celtics Won Again

The Celtics won again by so much that I am not even going to mention the score. It was highly embarrassing and I had to turn it off before the end of the game.

The lads probably won't be allowed to rent villas on St. John because they ran up the score last night.

Upper Carolina

I will probably solve some Upper Carolina problems today, maybe. This is a good day to do it.

And maybe I can get M to order the network channels on my little teevee.

That would be good, since I don't get the networks on my little teevee right now.

Rolex Regatta - - Day 1

This was in the Source, the on-line newspaper. www.stjohnsource.com. The Rolex Regatta is a wicked boat race. Loads of boats, loads of classes, wicked good sailing. And right around the corner from us.

I think the old salts should all rent villas from www.stjohnvillarental.com.

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Rolex Regatta Off to Flying Start
By Regatta News — March 27, 2010

Interlodge made a good showing on day one.

Before the start of racing Friday at the International Rolex Regatta, tactician Bill Lynn (Marblehead, Mass.) predicted that in IRC class it would be a match race between his team on Austin and Gwen Fragomen's (New York, N.Y.) 52-foot Interlodge and the team aboard Richard Oland's (Rothesay, NB, Canada) Vela Veloce, also a 52-footer. "Then we have to just hope the rest falls into place for us," he added, noting that four of the eight boats in his class were 40 footers likely to have tight racing as well, and it would be up to each boat's IRC rating to equalize the size discrepancies.

After all was said and done, Interlodge, with Lynn driving last-minute for Fragomen when Fragomen fell ill, won Friday's first "town" race, which went from St. Thomas Yacht Club to Charlotte Amalie. As the crow flies, the distance was only five miles, but the Race Committee made sure to extend the experience by throwing in some hitches that took each of six classes back upwind before making a final run to the finish inside Charlotte Amalie's expansive harbor where tourists and townspeople alike got an eyeful of color at lunchtime.

One of the 40-footers, Michael Williamson's (London, UK) White Heat, took a second-place finish in the race, leaving third for Vela Veloce and leading Lynn to reflect at the end of the day: "It will be interesting to see if they (White Heat) are a factor the rest of the weekend." For today's second town race, which reversed course back to St. Thomas Yacht Club, Vela Veloce skunked Interlodge at the start and sailed cleanly to win, while Interlodge settled for second. And it was another of the 40 footers, William Coates' (Bellaire, Texas) J/122 Otra Vez that took third on corrected time.

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"It's hard to know how you are doing when you can't see some of the other boats you are sailing against," said Lynn. "We'll just keep trying to get ahead of Vela Veloce, then work for efficiency around the race track; don't tack too much and hope to save time on the little boats."

For all, the day yielded spectacular racing under sunny skies with 15-18 knot breezes keeping sailors on their proverbial toes. In sync with moving things along at a brisk pace was the Race Committee, which calmly started several classes on the return trip while others were still finishing, all in a harbor where anchored yachts added tactical challenges to the tight quarters.

"It's my crew's fault," deadpanned Antonio Sanpere (Christiansted, VI), who handily won both races with his J/36 Cayennita Grande in CSA Non-Spinnaker Racing Class. "No matter how I tried to screw up, they made it right." In the following easterly at the start of the first race, Sanpere launched his 120% reacher to easily pass to port of natural navigational obstacles that others had to come "way up" to avoid. That was the start of his winning moves, which have enabled him to win this regatta four times before as a skipper.

In Spinnaker Racing 2 class, it was a day specially tailored for sport boats, especially in the downwind planing conditions encountered during the first race. Currently leading among 12 boats is Dave West's (Road Town, Tortola, BVI) Melges 32 Jurakan, but tied on points is Chris Stanton's (Christiansted, St. Croic, USVI) Melges 24 Devil 3.

The Beach Cats had their own brand of zip-along excitement, especially John Holmberg, who was sailing with his 11-year-old son Kai on the Hobie 16 Time Out. It was on Holmberg's list of "things to do before I die," and he couldn't have been happier when his son turned to him during the race and said, "Dad, even millionaire kids don't have as much fun as I'm having out here!"

A.H. Riise, Official Retailer of Rolex watches in the U.S. Virgin Islands, takes an active role in sponsorship of the event. The St. Thomas shop is one of the largest in the Caribbean and is located on the historic waterfront of downtown Charlotte Amalie. Island Global Yachting and USVI Tourism are also sponsors of the event. Marriott Frenchman's Reef Hotel, Mount Gay Rum and Heineken are supporters.

Racing continues through Sunday. Online video highlights by T2Productions can be viewed each night by 9 p.m. at www.t2p.tv. Live results, photos and reports are available at rolexcupregatta.com, with updates also available on mobile phones at www.yachtscoring.com/mobile.

Top Three Results
(Place, Boat Name, Boat Type, Length, Skipper, Hometown, Finish Postions, Total Points)

IC 24 (One Design - 15 Boats)
1. Team Maximus / DonQ Cristal, IC 24 24, Jorge Santiago, Ponce, PR, USA - 1, 1, 3, ; 5
2. Orion, IC 24 24, Fraito Lugo, Ponce, PR, USA - 2, 3, 2, ; 7
3. Brand-New Secondhand, IC 24 24, Christopher Curreri, St Thomas, VI, USA - 6, 2, 4, ; 12

Spinnaker Racing 1 (CSA - 2 Boats)
1. Spirit of Isis, Farr 65 65, Elizabeth Brookes, Falmouth HArbour, Antigua, WI - 1, 1, ; 2
2. Kialoa V, Frers 80 78, Freddie Mills, Lake Placid, NY, USA - 3/DNF, 2, ; 5

Spinnaker Racing 2 (CSA - 12 Boats)
1. Jurakan, Melges 32 32, Dave West, Road Town, Tortola, BVI - 2, 1, ; 3
2. Devil 3, Melges 24 24, Chris Stanton, Christiansted, St. Croix, USVI - 1, 2, ; 3
3. Blackberry Enzyme, Henderson 35 35, Paul Solomon, Cascade, Trinidad & Tobago - 6, 3, ; 9

Non-Spinnaker Racing (CSA - 9 Boats)
1. Cayennita Grande, J 36 36', Antonio Sanpere, Christiansted, VI, USA - 1, 1, ; 2
2. SAGA I, Frers F3 36', Gerd Petersen, Pembroke Pines, FL, USA - 2, 2, ; 4
3. Bermuda High, Hanse 400 39' 7, Martinus van Breems, Norwalk, CT, USA - 4, 3, ; 7

Spinnaker Racing/Cruising (CSA - 17 Boats)
1. Lost Horizon, J 122 12.21, James Dobbs, Antigua - 2, 1, ; 3
2. Three Harkoms, Beneteau 442 Oceanic 44.5, James Hudleston, Yarmouth, Great Britain, England - 1, 2, ; 3
3. El Ocaso, J 120 40, Rick Wesslund, Miami, FL, USA - 3, 4, ; 7

IRC (IRC - 8 Boats)
1. Interlodge, JV 52 52, Austin and Gwen Fragomen, Newport, RI, USA - 1, 2, ; 3
2. Vela Veloce, Southern Cross 52 52', Richard Oland, Rothesay, NB, CAN - 3, 1, ; 4
3. White Heat, Summit 40 39.72 ft, Michael Williamson, London, London, UK - 2, 5, ; 7

Beach Cats (Portsmouth - 5 Boats)
1. Auto Manic, Hobie 16 16', Chris Schreiber, Christiansted, VI, USA - 1, 1, ; 2
2. Time Out, Hobie 16 16, John Holmberg, St. Thomas, VI, USA - 2, 2, ; 4
3. Chancletero, Hobie 16 16, Michael Williams, St. Thomas, VI, USA - 6/DNS, 3, ; 9

Patriots work out somebody

If you think the nfl draft has an overload of info, just look at this story from somewhere.

There is so much speculation all over the place - - -

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We've learned that the Patriots held a private workout with SMU Mustang wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders yesterday. QB Coach Bill O'Brien was reportedly in attendance.

Sanders made a splash at the Senior Bowl, showing explosive speed and sure hands. He later ran a 4.41 at the combine, also sporting a 6.6 3-cone and showing off a 39.5" vertical jump.

Celtics Won Again

The Boston Celtics, the Greatest Franchise in the History of Sport, won last night for the 7 millionth straight time. This is a record, of course, which can be broken by only the Celtics.

Research again

This morning I will do some research. Undoubtedly. In the little library next to the kitchen.

Health Care Reform Was Passed

The Democrats finally figured out that they should just vote for the Health Care Reform Bill and get it passed.

Not a single republican in the house or senate voted for it. Shameful.

Well, they'll keep getting it right in the head.

Sunday Blogging

I think I will put some anchor text in this blog today, and then have breakfast at Tamarind Court.

Anchor Text For Blogs

You can find more information about Villa Callaloo and loads of other St. John villas at St John Villa Rental. Current listings of villas include over 140 choices of properties all over St. John, including waterfront, Coral Bay, Cruz Bay, and the whole island.

Celtics win again and set another record

The Boston Celtics, the Greatest Franchise In The History Of Sport, won for the zillionth straight time last night, beating Houston 244-1, giving up a highly controversial point on a free throw for an alleged foul that allegedly occurred at the final buzzer, but which replays showed wasn't a foul and occurred at least 29 seconds after the conclusion of the game. The lads will get a villa rental at www.stjohnvillarental.com for their efforts.

Not today

As was stated in the previous blog that I wrote today -- tomorrow.

Try this sometime

Go to an airline ticket counter and ask how much is a round-trip ticket.

When the rep asks you "To where?", answer "To here, of course!"

Open to anything

I am open to anything tonight. Might go to Elaine's. Might stay home. Might just punt all and hang out someplace. Might cook some spaghetti. Might eat some fruit.

Time to do billings

I might do my billings today. Might, might not.

In any case, at least I am thinking of doing them.

Happy Birthday Anna

I think today is Anna Tuttle's birthday. I am going to go to the bar at whatever that restaurant is with Mary and Anna, and have pupus and drinks. At least, I think that is the plan.

This one also has 159

This blog has 159 entries. That is, until this entry is posted. Then it will have 160, just like the first one.

I got the cats

The cats all need flea medication on their necks once every 30-45 days. Today we got two of them. Yesterday I got Mr. Pants. M puts the medicine on while I hold them. Z tensed up and cried, mostly because she is Mrs. Scaredypants. Henry doesn't mind, although he twitches a lot during the ordeal.

No time here either

No time today for posting in this blog. So I won't.

No time today

This blog is not getting a post today. No time.

My table

My dining room table has been sanded to 1500 grit. But when something is placed on it, a stain is left. I can't figure this out. So my new plan is to re-sand at 400 grit, and then put on a hard finish. Multiple hard finishes, with sanding between coats. Then sand that hard finish to 1500 grit. I think that will work just fine.

Windchime Villa

Windchime Villa is on Gifft Hill. Someone wants to rent it, but the owner is not returning phone calls or emails. So I have to find a substitute villa.

Oh, well.

Celtics win again

The Boston Celtics won last night for their 4th straight win. Actually, this year the lads are 237-0, beating everybody by at least 93 points. Unstoppable.

The Celtics are the Greatest Team in The History of Sport.

If I could make this type green, I would. But at least I am wearing a green shirt.

Donkey Diner shortly

Very soon this morning I will go to Donkey Diner.

Tara will come to our table with iced tea.

I will order fricaseed giraffe bellybutton, with lima beans. She will bring me a sampler with scrambled eggs.

I will do the NY Times crossword puzzle.

Then I will have to go home and do some emergency research.

This happens every Sunday. And then I will do some work on www.stjohnvillarental.com.

Refuting Contentions

Test Essay -- Refute the contention that the literature of the Middle Ages is moribund.

Start of Response -- There are those who contend that the literature of the Middle Ages is moribund. There are those who contend that the literature of the Middle Ages is not moribund. . . .

Friday at home?

I might actually stay at home tonight with M. She had a birthday party yesterday at Peter Bay and then Zozo's. We spent $152 for the dinner and tip. I got to bring home part of an osso buco for lunch.

Maybe later I will bake some muffins. Maybe not. Probably a scrabble victory or two.

What an exciting day.

150

This is post number 150 in this blog. Means nothing at all.

So I am not going to post anything meaningful today. Nothing at all to post so this will just be words.

M is 67 today.

That's a lot of years.

I got her a pearl necklace last night.

M turns 67

M will turn 67 tomorrow. I have to get her something, I guess. Maybe I'll drive into town and go shopping. Undoubtedly I'll drive into town and go shopping.

Dinner at Zozo's, and it looks like an osso buco kind of night for me.

And a bone for Waggy Maggie.

March 4th Coming

March 2 today.

March 3 tomorrow.

March 4 Thursday, and M is having a birthday party at Zozo's.

I better get her something.

Did you know?

Did you know that There is an earthquake of 9.0 magnitude or higher only once in every 20 years. An earthquake of 10.0 or greater has never been recorded, but people believe it has happened.

Nothing at all

This post is about nothing at all.

So it includes no news.

Not even any comments.

Maybe the next post in the next forum will have something to look at.

Not this one.

8 tuff miles today

8 tuff miles is today. M and I are going to our normal place at the intersection of Centerline Road and Upper Carolina.

Dioxins

This is from Wikipedia. The definition of dioxins. Apparently the proposal to burn petcoke in the Virgin Islands would create dioxins as a byproduct of electricity production. It looks to me like we don't want this to happen. This is one of the reasons the entire population of the Virgin Islands is against the petcoke proposal, while only a few government officials seem to be in favor of it.

Read below, or go to Wikipedia and click on all the links. No wonder we don't want this pathetic proposal to go forward.

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Dioxin (chemical)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the general class of dioxin compounds which are environmental pollutants, see polychlorinated dibenzodioxins.
Not to be confused with dioxane or digoxin.
1,4-Dioxin

IUPAC name[hide]
1,4-dioxin
other names[hide]
p-dioxin, dioxin
Identifiers
CAS number 290-67-5
Properties
Molecular formula C4H4O2
Molar mass 84.07 g/mol
Appearance Colorless liquid
Boiling point

75 °C, 348 K, 167 °F
Hazards
EU classification Toxic (T)
Related compounds
Related compounds dibenzodioxin
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
Infobox references

Dioxin is a heterocyclic, organic, antiaromatic compound with the chemical formula C4H4O2. There are two isomers, 1,2-dioxin (or o-dioxin) and 1,4-dioxin (or p-dioxin). Their chemical structures are shown below. 1,2-Dioxin is very unstable due to its peroxide-like characteristics. The known properties of 1,4-dioxin are listed in the infobox to the right.

The term "dioxin" is most commonly used for a family of derivatives of dioxin, known as polychlorinated dibenzodioxins (PCDDs).
Skeletal formulas and substituent numbering schemes of dioxin isomers
Contents
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* 1 Preparation
* 2 Derivatives
o 2.1 Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins
* 3 References

[edit] Preparation

1,4-Dioxin can be prepared by cycloaddition, namely by the Diels-Alder reaction.[1]
[edit] Derivatives
Figure 1: The skeletal formula and substituent numbering scheme of dibenzo-1,4-dioxin, the parent compound of PCDDs

The word "dioxin" can refer in a general way to compounds which have a dioxin core skeletal structure with substituent molecular groups attached to it. For example, dibenzo-1,4-dioxin is a compound whose structure consists of two benzo- groups fused onto a 1,4-dioxin ring as shown in figure 1 (see also dibenzodioxin).
[edit] Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins
Main article: polychlorinated dibenzodioxins

Because of their extreme importance as environmental pollutants, current scientific literature uses the name dioxins commonly for simplification to denote the chlorinated derivatives of dibenzo-1,4-dioxin, more precisely the polychlorinated dibenzodioxins (PCDDs), among which 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzodioxin (TCDD), a tetrachlorinated derivative, is the best known. The polychlorinated dibenzodioxins, which can also be classified in the family of halogenated organic compounds, have been shown to bioaccumulate in humans and wildlife due to their lipophilic properties, and are known teratogens, mutagens, and carcinogens.

PCDDs are formed through combustion, chlorine bleaching and manufacturing processes.[2] The combination of heat and chlorine creates dioxin.[2] Since chlorine is often a part of the Earth's environment, natural ecological activity such as volcanic activity and forest fires can lead to the formation of PCDDs.[2] Nevertheless, PCDDs are mostly created by human activity.[2]

PCDD exposures are proven/suspected in famous cases including Agent Orange produced by Monsanto sprayed over vegetation during the Vietnam war, the Seveso disaster, and the poisoning of Viktor Yushchenko.

Polychlorinated dibenzofurans are a related class compounds to PCDDs which are often included within the general term "dioxins".
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Some chores today

Here are some chores for the day.

Computer stuff, including blog and forum entries
Beat Master at Scrabble
Fix Elaine's cutting board
Mail Scott's cutting board
Get Group W and Wahine license plates registered and installed
Mail David's painting
Call Steve what's his name about dinner
Figure out how to landscape the road

Right now, I am at step 1, but almost done with step 1.

Our Pitiful Electric System

This article was in the St. John Source today about plans to burn petcoke to produce electricity. You can see this article and others at www.stjohnsource.com.

Comments -- We are in a very sunny, very windy area or the world, with access to ocean currents and hydro-thermal energy. What in the world are we doing trying to justify burning of petcoke?

Anyway, here is the article. The people supporting petcoke are beyond belief.

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Pet Coke Fight Moves to Senate
By Bill Kossler — February 24, 2010

Proponents and opponents dug in their heels Tuesday at a Senate hearing on the pros and cons of planned waste-to-energy and petroleum-coke-powered electric plants.
Last summer, the V.I. Water and Power Authority and V.I. Waste Management Authority entered into agreements with Alpine Energy Group (AEG) for the construction of two power plants - one on St. Croix's south shore by Hovensa and one in Bovoni on St. Thomas.
The plan is to reduce energy costs in the territory by replacing expensive oil-fired generators and solve the territory's mounting waste problems by generating power from pelletized municipal refuse and cheap petroleum coke—a waste by-product of the Hovensa oil refinery.
The issue before the Senate is whether or not to approve leases to AEG on government land on St. Thomas. But the day-long hearing of the Economic Development, Energy and Technology Committee covered the broader question of the advisability of using petroleum coke and not the lease agreements. WAPA, WMA and AEG officials argued the plan saves money, provides base power production necessary to permit solar and wind to be included in the mix and was the only solid, real proposal by a company actually likely to deliver. Environmentalists were inalterably opposed to petroleum coke on principal, speaking little of price or practicality.
Though his agency is not a party to the contracts, Planning and Natural Resources Commissioner Robert Mathes testified strongly in support of the AEG plan, arguing that closing the existing landfills was a much more pressing environmental problem.
“Ask yourself: isn't it better to know that a waste-to-energy facility will undergo rigorous permitting and comprehensive monitoring than continue to live with unregulated dumps that are ticking environmental time bombs?” Mathes said. "How many Crucians remember the many years when a smoky and acrid odor would literally overwhelm the senses upon deplaning at Hamilton/Rohlsen airport? And how many St. Thomians, especially the Bovoni and Bolongo Bay residents, recall the odor and fly problems that persistently affected their communities for decades? "
Steffen Larsen, a renewable energy activist whose home is entirely powered by solar and wind energy, argued WAPA rejected what he portrayed as a much cleaner and cheaper proposal for burning trash to generate power from a company called Bioenergy Inc.
According to Larsen, that company's proposal was leaked to him by unnamed WAPA employees. WAPA was not disclosing the details of the 13 or so proposals that were not selected, Larsen said.
"I will leave you to wonder why," he said. Later, Larsen held up pictures of President Barack Obama and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, saying the decision on AEG was a choice between the two.
When asked by Sen. Louis Hill why Bioenergy was not selected, WMA Director May Adams Cornwall said her agency rejected a proposal from Bioenergy in 2007 because the technology was unproven and the company's management raised some red flags. To meet WMA's conditions, the technology had to have a track record of at least five years of ongoing operation inside the United States. Instead, it had never been used in the United States at all, though there was some use in Europe, she said.
"To compare, AEG's fluidized bed technology has been in successful use for over 30 years," she said. According to Cornwall, WMA was also concerned about the management structure of the company and "unsatisfactory" answers submitted to WMA questions.
"It seemed their own representatives were not agreeing with one another in the presence of my staff," she said.
WAPA Executive Director Hugo Hodge Jr. said similar concerns eliminated Bioenergy from final consideration at WAPA, including offering to supply specific power plant equipment that was long obsolete, apparently not knowing much about the industry.
"It is a bad signal if they are offering way-old technology that does not even exist anymore," he said. As to the technology, he said it looked interesting but was too high a risk.
"On the mainland, a utility can take that risk with technology because they have the larger grid to fall back on," he said. "On a small island, we don't have that grid as backup."
Michael Baron of the St. Croix Environmental Association argued the plan should be scrapped in favor of wind.
""Experts … say that utility-scale wind power to WAPA could take just two years after their wind studies are complete," said Baron. "So while we plan to build dirty petroleum coke plants, we could have clean energy from renewable sources in the same three-and-a-half years as the Alpine scheme," Baron said. He would use the word "scheme" nine more times in the course of his five minutes of testimony.
Wind and solar are both intermittent and by their nature cannot provide the base power production needed by residents, Hodge reiterated in response.
"Once we have met this core requirement, we can then add solar and wind to fill in our requirements as available," he said.
Sen. Nereida "Nellie" Rivera-O'Reilly pursued a line of questions about how ash from the plant would be stored and disposed of. AEG Vice President Don Hurd said the ash would be sold or given to cement makers on- and off-island and if it could not be sold, AEG was bound by its contract to ship all of it out of the territory. Before being shipped off, the ash would be stored out of the wind and weather in metal silos with vacuum systems to keep dust in, according to Hurd.
Hill, Committee Chairman Craig Barshinger, Sen. Sammuel Sanes and others questioned Hodge and the other testifiers extensively on whether there was any way to only use trash and eliminate the pet coke component. Hodge said the territory did not produce enough trash to provide for a major part of WAPA's base-load power production.
Trash could indeed be brought in from elsewhere, reducing the need for pet coke. But having a long-term agreement in place with Hovensa for the pet coke made the entire project's finances steady and predictable, enabling lenders and investors to sign off on contracts to finance building the plants, while there was no guaranteed source of trash at a predictable price upon which investors could rely, he said.
More generally, many alternatives being suggested captured the imagination, but were not based on real science, numbers or actual viable proposals, Hodge said.
"They are all options, but not unless someone submits an actual, concrete bid," he said. "OTEC [ocean thermal energy conversion] is one I have a great feeling for myself. But it is not proven. There is no model running anywhere right now .… Ocean-current generation I think is a great idea; it can work. But there are problems with environmental fouling of the propellers."
In sum, Hodge said he wants to support an entirely green, alternative power system, but the actual science, dollar figures and proposals from viable companies all pointed toward the AEG agreement, with wind and solar added into the mix once the grid is upgraded and the base power supply is secure.
"We have to at some point be honest with ourselves," he said.
The hearing was an information-gathering session, with no lease or bill under immediate consideration. No votes were taken. Present were Sens. Hill, Barshinger, Sanes, Rivera-O'Reilly, Usie Richards and Neville James.