Michael Louis Scott June 1997 to Date
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Note: <888> 01/20/04 Tuesday 2:15 A.M.: I will now shut down the computer, and I will watch a little bit of television before going to bed. CIO Note: <888> 01/20/04 Tuesday 1:40 A.M.: On the Queen Mary II, I came up with these links http://www.qm2.org.uk/ , http://www.qm2.org.uk/itinerary.html , and Cunard: The Most Famous Ocean Liners In The World Queen Mary II . Well, I guess they have two days until they get to Barbados, and they will not be arriving in Fort Lauderdale, Florida until January 26 - 31, 2004. Thus the ship should be going through its sea trials now. It says that in April 25, 2004, both the QE II and the QM II will leave Manhattan for a joint voyage back across the Atlantic to South Hampton. I keep my computer keyboard on a place mat with a picture of a Clipper Ship from the White Star line. CIO Note: <888> 01/20/04 Tuesday 1:10 A.M.: I had another feeding frenzy, and I ate the 10 ounce can of lightly salted cashew nuts. I am a bit full. I guess, I should try to watch my weight, but in the colder weather, one occasionally needs a little bit more food to stay warm. I presently weigh 210 pounds, the American weight measure, not the British currency. CIO Note: <888> 01/20/04 Tuesday 12:25 A.M.: I went through my email. I ate some more spice drops. About half the package is gone. CIO Note: <888> 01/19/04 Monday 10:50 P.M.: I chatted with a relative after dinner. I ate some spice drops. CIO Note: <888> 01/19/04 Monday 10:05 P.M.: There is not any news about the Queen Mary II arriving in Fort Lauderdale yet PCWorld.com - Queen Mary 2 Sails the High Tech Seas , maybe they are taking a break in Bermuda on the way over. I took the three halves of boneless chicken breasts, and I rinsed them in cold water, and I dried them with a paper towel, and I put them in a Pyrex pie dish bottom side up. I then rubbed the bottom sides with olive oil. I then seasoned them with Old Bay Seasoning, garlic powder, celery salt, chicken and meat seasoning, ground black pepper, Italian spices, basil, and oregano. I then flipped them over. I rubbed the top sides with a little olive oil. I open a chilled new 1.5 liter bottle of Rene Junot white wine, and I put another unopened one in the refrigerator. I pour on about a quarter of a cup of Rene Junot white wine and several tablespoons of La Choy low sodium soy sauce. I then minced two medium cloves and one large clove of Elephant garlic, and I spread the minced garlic over the chicken. I then seasoned the tops of the chicken breasts with Old Bay Seasoning, garlic powder, celery salt, chicken and meat seasoning, ground black pepper, Italian spices, basil, oregano, and Hungarian paprika. I am cooking them in the Farberware convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes. I have a few minutes to go. I opened up a ten pound bag of Carolina enriched white rice, and I put most of it in a large Rubbermaid liquid container that I keep on my bread box. I put some in a quart jar, and the remainder is in the bag. I am having one piece of the chicken with the cooking juices on it along with steam white rice with the cooking juices on it and steamed fresh broccoli and fresh cut asparagus with a small bit of olive oil on it. I make the rice by taking a cup of the Carolina white rice, and I rinse it in a large metal bowl underneath hot water. I then rinse it again underneath hot water in wire strainer. I then put the cup of rinsed white rice in my China Village Rice cooker that I bought at the Food Emporium for $15. I then add 14 ounces of water, two tablespoons of olive oil and a teaspoon of sesame oil, and I put the inner and out lids on the China Village rice cooker, and I microwave it in my General Electric microwave oven for 11 minutes, and I then let it stand with the lids on it for another five minutes. I then have enough rice for two to four portions. I will have the meal with iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 01/19/04 Monday 9:00 P.M.: I was awake at 2 P.M., and I ate breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I went back to bed until 5 P.M.. I ate a Quaker low fat white cheddar cheese flavored corn cake with some iced tea. I cleaned up, and I went out. I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I used my snow brush that I keep in my Hyundai to clean off the snow off the benches in front of the senior center and the bench on the north side of the veterans monument across the street from the senior center. I stopped by CVS, and I bought two 18.5 ounce cans of buy one get one free of Progresso New England clam chowder for $2.59 both and a 10 ounce can of fancy lightly salted whole cashews for $2.69 for $5.09 total. I got a CVS extra bucks $5 coupon on my receipt, so I bought an extra large pair of thermal circular knit men's long underwear bottoms 65% cotton and 35% polyester with U.S. made components assembled in Mexico for $4.99 and a 15.4 ounce bag of CVS Gold Emblem spice drops for .99 less the $5 bonus coupon for .98 total. I then completed my walk. I sat out at various locations. I then drove down by the waterfront. I returned home, and I drank some iced tea. I put $5 on my MacRay laundry card, so I now have $12.45 left on it. I will put the spice drops in the glass bowl on the right side of the long mahogany bureau in the living room. I will hang up the long underwear bottoms with my other long underwear bottoms on the brass hook on the right side of the bedroom entrance. They have about a dozen pairs of long underwear bottoms in various sizes at CVS on Greenwich Avenue. CIO Note: <888> 01/19/04 Monday 2:25 A.M.: I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO Note: <888> 01/19/04 Monday 2:00 A.M.: I installed the updates for Red Hat Linux 9.0 on the Dell backup computer. At this link http://forms.real.com/real/player/unix/unix.html the Linux 2.x (libc6 i386 RPM works for installing the Real Player 8.0 and its plug-in for Red Hat Linux 9.0. One has to follow the instructions on the page for installing it though which are straightforward. It is working fine on the Dell backup computer. I tried putting my interactive directory on the Dell backup computer Red Hat Linux 9.0, but it does not work because Mozilla is case sensitive in Red Hat Linux, so I set the Mozilla web browser to default homepage of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotlist.htm . The Dell backup system is working just fine. CIO Note: <888> 01/18/04 Sunday 11:50 P.M.: I cleaned the snow off my Hyundai. I did not go for a drive because it looks too slippery outside. The Dell backup computer is just about finished installing the Red Hat Linux 9.0 updates. CIO Note: <888> 01/18/04 Sunday 11:00 P.M.: The Red Hat Linux 9.0 updates have downloaded and are now in the process of installing. I ate 12 Nabisco Wheatsworth crackers with 1/8th inch thick slices of Kraft Cracker barrel extra sharp 2% low fat cheese on them. I checked outside, and I think I will bundle up and clean the snow off my car. It is presently 28 degrees Fahrenheit. CIO Note: <888> 01/18/04 Sunday 10:25 P.M.: Listen to the Lake Forest College www.lfc.edu radio station online http://www.lfcradio.com . I guess it is better than the old jukebox at Jim Mitchell's pub and the Lantern or the local pubs in Highwood for that matter. CIO Note: <888> 01/18/04 Sunday 10:15 P.M.: For wireless users which I am not, this might come in handy TechTV Dark Tip: AirSnare . CIO Note: <888> 01/18/04 Sunday 10:05 P.M.: I finished installing Red Hat Linux 9.0 on the Dell backup computer. I installed all of its components. I chatted with a friend. I installed the Red Hat Linux 9.0 updates update https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-267.html#Red%20Hat%20Linux%209 . I am now installing the updates. It is all running without any problems. CIO Note: <888> 01/18/04 Sunday 7:40 P.M.: I went through my email. For my dinner shortly, I am reheating the garlic herbal boneless chicken breast and steamed white rice. I will have it with streamed fresh green beans, broccoli, and cut asparagus with a small bit of olive oil. I will also have a glass of ice tea. Red Hat Linux 9.0 is just about installed on the Dell backup computer. I will then run the updates. I also reuploaded www.geocities.com/mike2scott2003/scott008.zip which has a few minor changes. CIO Note: <888> 01/18/04 Sunday 7:15 P.M.: I found this link for the Florida embassy in Washington D.C. in Jeb Bush's weekly news letter http://www.flahouse.org . I guess if one visited there, one would be warm and would probably get free orange juice. CIO Note: <888> 01/18/04 Sunday 6:00 P.M.: I am reinstalling Red Hat Linux 9.0 on the Dell backup computer since Red Hat Linux Fedora beta updates would not work. When installing Red Hat Linux 9.0 on a computer, one has to remember to install this update https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-267.html#Red%20Hat%20Linux%209 , so the updates works. CIO Note: <888> 01/18/04 Sunday 5:00 P.M.: I studied the Red Hat Fedora web site, and they merged with Fedora back in September 2003. Fedora http://www.fedora.us still maintains a web site too. Apparently with the merger, their updates on the Fedora beta do not work properly. I am trying to install some of the updates that do work properly. I did see mention that there is another update program in the beta, so if I can find that on my machine, I might try that. The Fedora beta is on the Dell backup computer. It seems to have quit snowing, but since it is a Sunday and since tomorrow is the Martin Luther King holiday, I am not sure whether the town of Greenwich will be paying overtime to plow the roads or not. However, U.S. 1 Putnam Avenue and I-95 should be plowed since they are state roads. Since I have no destination anyway, I plan to stay inside. CIO Note: <888> 01/18/04 Sunday 3:30 P.M.: I updated Net2Phone www.net2phone.com to version 2.0 with fax capabilities. CIO Note: <888> 01/18/04 Sunday 3:20 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. CIO Note: <888> 01/18/04 Sunday 2:55 P.M.: I had a telephone call after the last message, and I chatted with a friend. I went to bed after the telephone call, and I slept until 2 P.M. this afternoon. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I am stuck inside, since we have four to six inches of fresh snow. It is suppose to continue until 6 P.M. possibly mixing with a little rain, so it will be icy and slippery too. CIO Note: <888> 01/17/04 Saturday 10:15 P.M.: I finished off the Necco candy wafers. I ate most of the spice drop candies. I finished of the CVS jar of dry roasted peanuts. I watched some television. I guess one could say I went through a feeding frenzy. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO Note: <888> 01/17/04 Saturday 8:15 P.M.: I watched a bit of television. CIO Note: <888> 01/17/04 Saturday 7:20 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. I took the five halves of boneless chicken breasts, and I rinsed them in cold water, and I dried them with a paper towel. I put three in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator to use later. I put the other two in a Pyrex pie dish, and I rubbed them on both sides with olive oil. I then seasoned them on the bottom side with Old Bay Seasoning, garlic powder, celery salt, chicken and meat seasoning, ground black pepper, Italian spices, basil, and oregano. I then put the bottom seasoned side faced down on the Pyrex pie dish, and I poured about a quarter of a cup of Rene Junot white wine over the chicken and about three tablespoons of La Choy low sodium soy sauce. I then minced five cloves of garlic, and I spread the minced garlic over the tops of the boneless chicken breasts. I then seasoned them with Old Bay Seasoning, garlic powder, celery salt, chicken and meat seasoning, ground black pepper, Italian spices, basil, and oregano. I am in the process of cooking them in the Farberware convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes, and I have about ten minutes to go. I will eat one of them with the cooking juices along with steamed white rice with the cooking juices and a combination of steamed fresh quartered broccoli stalks, fresh cut asparagus and fresh green beans. I will have it all with iced tea. I will refrigerate the other cooked boneless chicken breast in a Rubbermaid container. CIO Note: <888> 01/17/04 Saturday 6:25 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I went by the Exxon gasoline station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $5.70 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.89 a gallon for about 23 miles per gallon. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I brushed off the snow off the bench on the north side of the veterans monument with my snow brush I keep in the car. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the Food Emporium, and I bought boneless breasts of chicken at $1.99 a pound for $4.96 and fresh asparagus at $1.99 a pound for $1.67 for $6.63 total. I then returned home, and I drank some iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 01/17/04 Saturday 2:40 P.M.: I finished vacuuming. The telephone rang once with a no answer on the end. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out shortly. It is warmer out. It is now 29 degrees Fahrenheit outside at the moment. CIO Note: <888> 01/17/04 Saturday 2:00 P.M.: I was up at 12:30 P.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I was able to start the primary computer Iiyama Vision Maker Pro 450 monitor, by turning it on for about five minutes. Then I turned if off from the control panel. Then when I turned it one from the control panel while starting the primary computer, it powered down, and did not start. I then unplugged the plug in back briefly with the control panel switch turned off. I then plugged it back in, and the green power light came on when I turned the monitor back on with the control panel switch. I then turned it off with the control panel switch. I then turned it back on with the control panel switch, when I turned on the primary computer, and it started up properly. I guess, I will have to go through this procedure whenever, I first start up the computer after it has been off for a while. I checked my mail, and I received my Connecticut emissions notification, and I have to have the emissions check by March 5, 2004. I will now vacuum my apartment. CIO Note: <888> 01/17/04 Saturday 2:50 A.M.: Before I wrote the previous note, I finished eating a box of CVS baked cheese crackers along with some iced tea. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO Note: <888> 01/17/04 Saturday 2:40 A.M.: Of course in the old days in America, we use to have quite a few paint companies, and the paint companies would frequently select quaint little communities and give them a fresh coat of paint to see how long their products would last in certain environments to test their products. Thus areas like Nantucket which were usually painted with surplus United States Navy paint of one color known as Battle Ship Grey began to see colors familiar in areas like Florida which were usually painted in White Wash. While in college, I stumbled into a party at Trader Vics in Chicago, Illinois; and it was for the Dupont Paint pigment suppliers, whom probably supplied other paint manufacturers with pigments to color their paints. Of course in the old days, soy bean oil from the Midwest of the United States was used heavily to paint automobiles. I guess over the decades the business has changed. Still, I would imagine some paint companies are still testing their products in various environments to see how well they last. I have only done a modest bit of painting in my life, but I as I recall besides Sears paint, there use to be Dutch Boy Paint, Sherwin Williams paint, Benjamin Moore paint, Behr paint, the St. Louis Paint company, and of course the old Mary Carter Paint company, which the media alleged had CIA contacts all of which I dabbled with. I suppose they now have a line of paint at Wal-Mart and Home Depot and K-Mart as well as other national chains of retailers. Of course for every commercial retail product like paint, more than likely there are large specialty wholesalers that manufacture in bulk for large organizations like the military and the government. Basically, as I recall when I was last in France about 12 years ago for the winter Olympics in Albertville, France; most every building I saw was painted the same color as Versailles or the Louvre, which is sort of a tobacco tan brown wash of paint. I guess since France is still a large agricultural country, they prefer to have the buildings painted the color of the soil. In Florida and other tropical locations where they use lots of stucco for outdoor coverings on buildings, they use lots of pastel colors, which form a large variety of tropical colors in the environment. I recalling seeing pictures on the palaces and villas of St. Petersburg in Russia, and they too use lots of pastels. However, in New England the preferred color seems to be white with various colors trim. In the United States of America in the southeast the African American community whom in the old days maintained rural homes which frequently were not painted regularly would paint the trim around their doors and windows with blue to ward off evil spirits. Of course a lot of homes in the southeast were also built of brick, so they began to use the Williamsburg, Virginia colors that I guess were derived from the time of the Dutch monarchs of England William of Orange and his wife Mary. In the southwest, they seem to use a lot of traditional Latino colors, which usually means white wash with terracotta roofs. I have never seen the northwest, but we all know they have lots of trees out there, so more than likely they might use lots of natural timber products. My family house in Decatur, Alabama back in the mid 1950s was made of brick and redwood siding, but we painted the redwood siding tan, because it began to weather like a picnic table. Of course a lot of people in this country now use synthetic sidings, so they do not have to paint their homes as often. Although, one does not have to paint unfinished brick, one still has to point up and patch the mortar to prevent moisture from getting in and freezing and causing more damage. Of course down south despite the paint job, people frequently use stucco as much as possible to avoid having to deal with termites which tend to get into anything made of wood. I would imagine they are using mostly aluminum for construction and where they use wood, they use pressure treated wood. Thus while I have become more experienced around computers these last twelve years, I would imagine the world of construction has changed a bit too. CIO Note: <888> 01/17/04 Saturday 1:10 A.M.: For those of you whom were not among the 1.5 million people to get a White House Christmas card, one can view it here http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/11/20031125-4.html . I use to know a modest family in Oyster Bay, Long Island that had a modest art collection, but alas I have not heard from them in so long, I suppose they have fallen on hard times. However, if they have ever sneaked across Long Island sound to the south shore of Connecticut, I might have seen them, but with all the people I continually see, I might not have recognized them. Alas, with all the traffic in this area, I have not been able to travel out to Oyster Bay, Long Island in about ten years or more, so I suppose it has changed. I suppose there are still some quiet Old Guard types on the North Shore of Long Island, but alas it always seems about ten times busier out there than here. I suppose when they are not clipping hedges, they are clipping coupons, and plotting their strategies for the next dog show. I pay quite a bit of money to Long Island never to hear very much from them. I send about $95 a month to Cablevision which is headquartered out in Westbury, Long Island, and I pay about $720 year for comprehensive automobile insurance to GEICO automobile insurance out in Melville, Long Island. I have a number of friends out on Long Island, and since most of them have lived there for some time, I suppose they know the Scotts use to own all of Long Island until about 1700. Sometimes when I am viewing Long Island from the pier on Steamboat Road, I wish I had some device like a television remote control that I could use to turn on and off the electricity on Long Island. However, the Long Island people would then have to go through all the effort of resetting their clocks, and we would not want to disturb some elderly gentile people sitting in their rocking chairs. I have seen most of the North Shore of Long Island from Manhasset to Lloyds Neck, and I have seen Jones Beach and the Hamptons. I have seen Garden City, Levittown, and Hicksville, and I recall being out to Montauk once or twice. Alas I know there is lots of scenic ocean frontage out on Long Island, but I prefer the calm waters of the south shore of Connecticut. However, having spent time out on Long Island, since it is surrounded by water, it tends to be warmer than this area. Presently it is 16 degrees Fahrenheit here, but it is 2 to 4 degrees warmer out on Long Island, so it is not that much of a difference. However, the people I knew on Long Island seemed to be able to afford to keep their houses warmer, so more than likely they had visited or lived in warmer areas at one time of another. Long Island has its rural parts, and I suppose I might still have some distant relatives out there. I no long have the ship to shore radio in my car, so I can not chat with various waterfront areas across the sound. I gave the ship to shore radio to a Russian maintenance person here whom does maintenance on a friend's boat to hopefully put it in his boat. CIO Note: <888> 01/17/04 Saturday 12:30 A.M.: I heated and ate a 18.7 ounce can of Campbell's Kitchen Classics Creamy Tomato soup, which I also had with about 20 Arnold large cut garlic and herb croutons, and I also had some iced tea. CIO End of Scott's Notes week of 01/16/04: Note: <888> 01/16/04 Friday 11:30 P.M.: I finished the house cleaning and watering the plants except the vacuuming, which I will do when I wake up tomorrow. After using the Emerson wireless headphones, I put in a fresh pair or AAA Radio Shack rechargeable batteries, and I am recharging the batteries that I used. They should be fully charged by 6 A.M.. I will now send out my weekly notes. CIO Note: <888> 01/16/04 Friday 9:40 P.M.: I finished my coffee. I will now do my house cleaning and watering the plants. I will listen to 106.7 FM with my Emerson wireless headphones, when I do the house cleaning. I will put the computer on standby. It is 17 degrees Fahrenheit with a wind-chill temperature of 1 degree Fahrenheit. CIO Note: <888> 01/16/04 Friday 9:10 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I went by Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $31 and four packages of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $3.25 each for $44 total. I then went downtown to Greenwich Avenue, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I stopped by CVS, and I bought a 15.5 ounce bag of CVS spice drops for .99 plus .06 tax for $1.05 total. I then completed my walk. While, I was walking down Greenwich Avenue on the west side of the street, I almost slipped on a patch of ice in front of Tiffany's. I next drove by the waterfront. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times, and I read a back issue of P.C. magazine. I then returned home, and I drank some iced tea. I then put my pine cone Christmas wreath in a large plastic bag and my small artificial Christmas tree in another plastic bag, and I put them in the false ceiling area above the Danish bar. I put the silver plate Revere bowl with top back on the pink Chinese basin on the center of the Mahogany bureau where the Christmas tree was. I filled a small Steuben type glass bowl with silver rim with the spice drops, and I put it on the right side of the mahogany bureau. I turned on my Iiyama Vision Master Pro 450 XGA 19 inch monitor for about five minutes, and I was able to get it to start properly by turning it off with the control panel switch, and I switch it on just after I turned on the computer, and it seemed to get the correct signal from the computer and work properly. I will now make and drink a cup of coffee. CIO Download 3.07 Mb. Share with your friends:
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