Michael Louis Scott June 1997 to Date
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Note: <888> 04/28/04 Wednesday 10:10 P.M.: I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO Note: <888> 04/28/04 Wednesday 9:50 P.M.: I boiled a 16 ounce box of Stop and Shop vermicelli for six minutes, and I heated half a 26 ounce jar of Francesco Rinaldi low salt tomato sauce, and I refrigerated half of the vermicelli and the other half of the tomato sauce, and I put a few tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese on the vermicelli and tomato sauce, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea. I chatted with a friend. CIO Note: <888> 04/28/04 Wednesday 8:00 P.M.: I was up at 8 A.M. this morning. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up. I checked my mail. My new checks for my checking account arrived. I probably will only use them for paying bills. I normally do not spend that much money. I next went out, and I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I bought a full size beige fitted sheet for $3 and a full size baby blue fitted sheet for $4 for $7 total. I noticed they have a nice large blue color oriental rug there for $3,000. I next drove through town and through Bruce Park and along the waterfront over to Tod's Point in Old Greenwich. I walked the 2.5 mile walk around Tod's Point. I chatted with a local teacher whom was teaching about volcanology http://www.little-scientists.com/ , and I gave him my calling card. I noticed a family friend's daffodils were out in bloom. I sat out for a while at the south east concession area. I then drove to downtown Old Greenwich, and I went by the Old Greenwich First Congregational Church rummage room thrift shop, and I bought two white pillow cases there for .50 each plus .06 tax for $1.06. Their linens were half price today. They did have about 20 white twin sheets. I next went by CVS, and I bought a 10 ounce can of lightly salt cashews for $2.50 and a CVS Clorox toilet tank drop-in tablet for $1.99 plus .12 tax for $4.61 total. I then went by the Feinsod Hardware store, and I bought a package of four National 30 pound brass picture hooks with nails similar to OOK hooks for $1.99 plus .12 tax for $2.11 total. I then returned to the Old Greenwich Rummage room, and I checked the white sheets, but they did not have any full size ones. I then returned back to central Greenwich, and I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought a yellow pillow case for $2 and a grey and brown striped pillow case for $2 for $4 total. I then walked about 3/4 of the length of Greenwich Avenue up and back. I cut short my walk to get to the Arnold Bread outlet. I then went to the Arnold Bread outlet, and I bought a Entenmann's apple pie for $1.89 less 10% senior discount of .19 for $1.70 total. I then returned home, and I chatted with some neighbors. When I started up my computer Norton Antivirus 2004 gave me an error message that I had to reinstall it. I thus uninstalled Norton System Works 2003 and Norton Internet Security 2004, and I did a safe boot deleting the "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\" folder which one has to do to reinstall Norton Internet Security 2004 with Norton Anti Virus 2004. I then installed Norton Internet Security 2004 with Norton AntiVirus 2004, and I installed the updates. I then installed Norton System Works 2003, and I installed the updates. I next ran Norton Win Doctor. I will now drink some iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 04/27/04 Tuesday 8:20 P.M.: I noticed one Old Guard member of our community today has traded in his old white SAAB sedan for a new grey SAAB sedan. I took noticed when we almost bumped fenders today as he was leaving the Shell station at Sherwood Place and East Putnam Avenue. I guess since SAABs are made in South Carolina, although they are a Swedish car, they could be considered a Swedish American car. I also think General Motors www.gm.com owns stock in SAAB http://www.saab.com/ . Well, I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. CIO Note: <888> 04/27/04 Tuesday 8:15 P.M.: I relaxed a while. I drank some iced tea. There is not much happening over here at the Rio Byram. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO Note: <888> 04/27/04 Tuesday 6:50 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I drove directly down by the waterfront, and I observed the downtown area. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I noticed they had a vintage print of the Lee family Homestead in Virginia. Alas, I would expect a member of the Lee family to buy it. I then drove by the center of town, and I observed the tulips at the tulip bed across the street from the Senior center at the veterans monument. I noticed that all of the tulips are red and white striped this year, which reminds me of either the Red Cross, Switzerland, Canada, or Denmark, since those groups all use Red and White. I noticed one salmon tulip bulb in the group. I suppose there are lots of other tulip beds in the area to observe. Traditionally the Dutch use to plant tulips in front of everything that they owned. However, the tulip is not native to Holland, but it is a wild flower from Turkey. Whatever the case with the recent tulip mania, I suppose the warmer weather brings a few people out from the cold. I noticed a few people returning from down south. I next went by the Greenwich Town Hall for my 4 P.M. appointment. I noticed they have already turned on the air conditioning in the building, so the Greenwich Town Hall is a cold weather group of people. I then returned home, and I drank some iced tea. I relaxed for a bit. I then ate 16 Town House crackers with 1/8th inch thick slices of Stop and Shop Wisconsin white cheddar cheese on them. I ate them with some iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 04/27/04 Tuesday 1:05 P.M.: Since the United States of America and its allies are still at war with a hostile nation, I would think it would not be necessary to dress more formally during daytime activities, and it should be generally accepted that blue jeans or khakis are considered standard dress wear for daytime activities. However, some of the formal members of our business community whom might make their clients feel more insecure if they did not dress more formally will probably still continue to dress more formally. Some days, one just does not feel like dressing up. I will now shut down the computer. I will now clean up and get ready to go out. I have a 4 P.M. appointment. CIO Note: <888> 04/27/04 Tuesday 12:45 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. I checked my mail. I received a membership application for http://www.usni.org/ which is $35 a year, but alas my shore pay never came in after 50 years in the U.S. Navy, so maybe I was just working for a box of Cracker Jacks http://www.crackerjack.com/home.htm . CIO Note: <888> 04/27/04 Tuesday 10:45 A.M.: My Microsoft Investor portfolio http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/home.asp and use with www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scopor01.zip shows that Royal Dutch Shell www.rd.com paid a .74 a share dividend today Investors Centre - Latest Dividend Announcement: Royal Dutch . I guess someone in the Netherlands is making money at tulip time. CIO Note: <888> 04/27/04 Tuesday 10:30 A.M.: I rested for a while. I finished off eating the other half of the 12.5 ounce bag of white corn chips with some iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 04/27/04 Tuesday 8:10 A.M.: The computer is receiving a DNS attack, so I will shut it down for a while, and I will rest. CIO Note: <888> 04/27/04 Tuesday 7:15 A.M.: I proofed “Frederick Von Mierers” or “Life on the Poor Side of Beekman Place” . I am now microwaving a Stouffer's 12.5 ounce Lean Cuisine chicken with mushrooms dinner, which I will eat shortly with a glass of iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 04/27/04 Tuesday 5:50 A.M.: I published a note about someone that I once knew in Manhattan “Frederick Von Mierers” or “Life on the Poor Side of Beekman Place” . CIO Note: <888> 04/27/04 Tuesday 2:40 A.M.: I did not fall asleep until about 6 P.M.. I ate a half of a 12.5 ounce bag of Snyder's 40% less fat white corn chips along with some iced tea before falling asleep. I was up at 1:30 A.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. CIO Note: <888> 04/26/04 Monday 2:20 P.M.: I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. However, I will first eat a piece of apple pie with a glass of iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 04/26/04 Monday 2:10 P.M.: More water information http://www.worldwater.org and http://www.worldwater.org/links.htm . At the moment, we seem to be getting quite a bit of rain in Greenwich, Connecticut which is normal for this area. CIO Note: <888> 04/26/04 Monday 1:40 P.M.: I went out after the last message, and I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital thrift shop. I next drove down by the waterfront. I then drove over to Staples in Old Greenwich, and I bought a 3 pack of Staples clamp binders for $5.99 and a 500 sheet package of 24LB Staples laser paper for $4.98 plus .66 tax for $11.63 total. I chatted with one employee who was concerned about drought conditions in Columbia caused by rapid deforestation and erosion, and he was wandering if there were anyway to find underground water with satellite technology. I told him I would email him. These sites might be of interest to him http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/ and http://southport.jpl.nasa.gov/ . I suppose one might also be able to use infrared satellite photos http://www.goes.noaa.gov/ to find underground water. I told him that I thought the study of water management was called "hygronomy", but there does not seem to be much mention at Google on it. Also there is Hydrology http://etd.pnl.gov:2080/hydroweb.html and http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/ . I will email the individual shortly, since he gave me his email address. He told me he had an older brother whom had a chemical engineering degree from the University of Illinois. I next went by Smoke for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s cigarettes for $31 total. I returned home, and I drank some iced tea. I put the new laser paper underneath my Minolta laser printer, and I put the clip binders with the other ones on the left hallway bookcase with my other clip binders. CIO Note: <888> 04/26/04 Monday 8:15 A.M.: I watched a bit of television including the television show "Lost World" http://www.lostworldtv.net/ , which I sort of enjoy, since it seems to use a bit of scientific fact for its script. I think Sir Arthur Conan Doyle http://www.sherlockholmesonline.org/ also wrote Sherlock Holmes. Well, I will now shut down "HAL", and I will clean up, and I will go out for some errands. I think I should remember to bring my umbrella. CIO Note: <888> 04/26/04 Monday 6:40 A.M.: I chatted with a friend, and the friend told me that some kids pulled off the electric meter off his farm's chalet about six weeks ago, and although the electric meter had been repaired, he has to go up there to check for frozen pipes. This is at a location about two hours north of here, so it is colder. CIO Note: <888> 04/26/04 Monday 6:10 A.M.: I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm which I had with iced tea. I threw out some garbage. It is suppose to rain all day, so I will not be going out for a walk this morning. However, I will probably go out for some errands at 8:30 A.M. this morning. Back in the old days in Holland in the Netherlands that swamp area west of Germany and North of Belgium and south of Denmark, the tulip almost replaced money Tulips history Holland . When I use to live in New Amsterdam about 20 miles west of my current home, there use to be a group of volunteers whom lived on Park Avenue in Manhattan whom would plant tulips in the center street islands on Park Avenue. It was always fun to see the tulips in bloom, and I suppose it reminded old Dutch New Yorkers of their Dutch Heritage. Well, I guess this week is tulip week in this area, so one can always admire the tulips in one's travels in this area. CIO Note: <888> 04/26/04 Monday 4:45 A.M.: The New York Times > New York Region > Stung by Suit, Greenwich Weighs Ban on Sledding . I went through my email. CIO Note: <888> 04/26/04 Monday 3:50 A.M.: I ate three piece of .25 inch by 1.5 inch by 1 inch slices of Stop and Shop Wisconsin white cheddar cheese. I installed and ran TechTV | Free File: SpywareBlaster . CIO Note: <888> 04/26/04 Monday 3:05 A.M.: TechTV | Free File: SpywareBlaster . CIO Note: <888> 04/26/04 Monday 3:00 A.M.: I unplugged my DeLonghi toaster oven, and I cleaned out the crumbs from it by opening the bottom panel and wiping the crumbs out from it. CIO Note: <888> 04/26/04 Monday 2:35 A.M.: I watched television after the last message, and I chatted with a friend about 6:30 A.M. before going to bed. I was up at 10 P.M. when a relative called. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I went back to bed until about 1:30 A.M.. I watched a bit of television. I guess I will now do some regular computer work. John Kerry Jewish roots Senator John Kerry's Jewish roots and membership in Skulls and Bones and John Kerry has Jewish roots -- who knew? (February 07, 2003) . Also a friend of mine whom knows the inside Manhattan gossip told me that John Kerry had an affair with a senate intern and he also was alleged to have beat his first wife. If so many items about John Kerry's personal life and back ground have been covered up by the liberal media, it sort of makes one wander what other skeletons might be in his closet. He also attended schools in Switzerland swissinfo Travel - Central Switzerland John Kerry's school in Switzerland . Thus if the liberal media is so protective of their candidate in disclosing personal information about him, it sort of makes one wander if we do indeed have a free press in this country. CIO Note: <888> 04/25/04 Sunday 10:30 A.M.: I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO Note: <888> 04/25/04 Sunday 9:05 A.M.: I watched some television after the last message. I chatted with a friend. I watched a bit more television. With the family basic Optimum online cablevision package, there does not seem to be much original content on television, and it is mostly repeats. I frequently think about canceling my cablevision service and saving the $50 a month, but I occasionally like watching some of the news stories. The political news stories do not interest me too much, since most of the liberal press have a bias against the republican party. However, most people through out the country know this, and the way I figure it, President Bush will win again this November. I took the last 1/3 of a pound of cold eye round, and I sliced it into quarter inch thick slices, and I put Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce on it, and I ate it with a reheated half of a 15 ounce can of Green Giant sweet tender baby green peas with a small bit of olive oil on them. I had the meal with a glass of iced tea, then I ate a piece of apple pie. CIO Note: <888> 04/25/04 Sunday 6:15 A.M.: After completing the update work, I shut down the five backup computers. I will now put the primary computer on standby, and I will rest for a while. CIO Note: <888> 04/25/04 Sunday 5:10 A.M.: I have been doing some routine systems maintenance on the five backup computers. I ate three 1.5 inch by 1/4 inch by 1 inch slices of Stop and Shop Wisconsin white cheddar cheese with some iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 04/25/04 Sunday 3:15 A.M.: I tried going to bed after the last message, but I did not fall asleep until about 5 P.M.. I ate the last remaining crumbs of the open package of white corn chips. I was up at 11 P.M., and I ate breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I watched on the Turner movie channel Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, The (1966) . Since Nat Benchley is a local writer here in town that also lives in Sconset out in Nantucket, it was enjoyable seeing the familiar terrain of the Cape Cod Island. If I am not mistaken the movie was filmed on Cuttyhunk http://www.cuttyhunk.com/ which is one of the smaller islands off Cape Cod. I had seen the movie a couple of times before, but it is enjoyable to see what the island looked like back in 1966. I have never been to Cuttyhunk, but I used to know someone whom knew the writer Xaviera Hollander whom apparently use to live on Cuttyhunk in the summer. I sort of like the beginning part about how damp it is around the ocean, and how it aggravates one's arthritis. When I used to live in Nantucket, visitors to the island used to sleep for about the first week until they got use to the dampness. The high moisture content on oceans islands tends to make one tired or it could be the lower barometric pressure. Locally here in the Greenwich, Connecticut New York area, I have read the Russian consulate to the United Nations has 6,000 personnel, and there have been over a half million Russians immigrants to the New York area in the last 20 years since the Wall came down. However, I suppose over time, they have also spread out over the Americas, since they obviously would explore other areas besides the New York area. Since I do not go to Manhattan as much anymore, exactly one time in 10 years, I do not see as many Russians, as I use to see, when I was walking around the Manhattan Russian consulate on East 65th street near where Richard Nixon use to have his Town House. I suppose the more professional Russians have mixed into the New York professional market, but more than likely they are all involved in International Business. My father use to know Dr. Armand Hammer whom use to do business with Russia, so more than likely I have met a number of Russians over the years. However, Russians to relax people frequently tell people they are from Scandinavia. I believe there is also a Russian consulate in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, and there is another one in Glen Cove, Long Island. Thus any long term Russian residents in the Greenwich, Connecticut or the neighboring area would probably know whom I a am. Recently two different people in Greenwich whom live and work downtown have told me I look like someone locally named Jim Larkin whom I do not seem to know. I read on the internet that Jim Larkin was an Irish labor organizer on the waterfront in Ireland and the United Kingdom http://www.iol.ie/arena/webpages/larkin/ in the 19th century, so maybe the Jim Larkin here has a relative. Since I am supposed to have Jim Larkin's look, possibly he also was around the waterfront in Manhattan when I covered the waterfront area in Manhattan, and maybe we were confused with each other. I do not recall having met a Jim Larkin here in town. However, frequently when one sees someone whom looks like oneself, one does not notice that individual, since that image is the image one is most frequently use to seeing in the mirror. However, there is a young fellow whom looks I did when younger, whom I might have seen before http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~larkin/ or maybe he has a father of the same name that would look more like me. I originally bought my first home computer about 12 years ago, and before getting on the internet about nine years ago, I use to dial up a local computer BBS in Old Greenwich, Connecticut run by Jim Bolster with lots of information on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Last I heard about five years ago, Jim Bolster was working at an astrophysics observatory in Argentina. I used to visit another friend Jim Eldert at the University of California at Santa Cruz from 1978 to 1980 where the Lick Observatory http://www.ucolick.org/ was located. Also when I last lived in Manhattan until February 1982, I use to live on West 74th Street at a friend's apartment which was near the Natural History Museum http://www.amnh.org/ with its planetarium. Thus having grown up around NASA before I moved to Greenwich, Connecticut in 1961, more than likely there are certain people whom I was around in the early days whom might still be around or whom might have children in similar scientific endeavors. CIO Note: <888> 04/24/04 Saturday 2:45 P.M.: I ate a piece of apple pie with a glass of iced tea. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO Note: <888> 04/24/04 Saturday 2:05 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I sat out for a while downtown. I ran into a local morning walker, so we walked up to the top of Greenwich Avenue and as far east on East Putnam Avenue as Christ Church. We then walked back west on East Putnam Avenue as far the Kinko's copy center, and then we walked down the back alley way as far as West Elm Street, and then we walk back to the center of Greenwich by the post office and parted company. I sat out for a while more. I then drove down by the waterfront. I chatted with one of the regular fishermen. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. For $2 I bought a Eveready spot light, with orange flasher and fluorescent tube with batteries that did not work except intermittently. I also bought for a dollar a four pack of Duracell D batteries which were dated to be used by January 1993 for $3 total. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Time. I next returned to my car and the white quartz clock with the hands had fallen off the dashboard. I guess because I used Turtle Wax dashboard protector, the sticky patch on the Velcro strips would not hold its weight. Since it had a clamping apparatus, I put the white quart clock with hands on the passenger side door map pocket, where one can see it easily from the driver's side. I then returned home. I received a birthday card in the mail from a relative, and they told me they would be picking up the day bed and box spring and mattress from my living room in June to take it up to another relative's in Kennebunkport, Maine. Thus I will soon have some extra room in the apartment to spread out the remaining items. When they stop by in June, I will try to see if they need any other items that I might have around my apartment. I next checked out the Eveready spot light, and the problem was that the bulb in the spot light beam part of it was lose, and once I installed it securely it worked properly. There is not a cover for the florescent tube part, but it all works fine enough. I will keep it in the apartment on the Danish bar behind the Queen Elizabeth II whisky jug next to the heavy rubber RayOVac flash light. The florescent light part would be handy for an electricity black out. Also the batteries in the four pack of Duracell D batteries work just fine, so I guess they do not wear out over time as quickly as the manufacturer thinks, but they might not last as long. Then I took my winter gloves, scarves, and knit caps off the small shelf behind the apartment door beneath the wall clock, and I put them on the lower shelf in the hallway sweater closet. I then took the Eveready large beam lantern from the floor, and I put it on the shelf with the RayOVac Sportsman flash light that was already there along with the four pack of D batteries that I just bought along with 5 new Walgreen Ultra Alkaline D batteries and three Fuji alkaline D batteries in opened packs. In the second down smaller drawer in the blue kitchen bureau where I keep my other spare batteries, I also have two packages of two Polaroid alkaline D batteries and two packages of two CVS alkaline D batteries along with all of the other batteries. I also have on the floor behind the apartment door a small Eveready beam lantern and two Eveready lantern batteries one of which I think is unused and the other is partially used. I also have all of the other flash lights around the apartment. I drank some iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 04/24/04 Saturday 7:50 A.M.: I heated and ate a 18.8 ounce can of Campbell's Chunky New England clam chowder. I ate the soup with a glass of iced tea. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go back out. It looks to be a nice day. CIO Download 3.07 Mb. Share with your friends:
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