Note:<888> 11/30/97 Sunday 1:55 AM EST: On Friday I went out and watched the holiday shoppers around town. I picked up three pillows to go with my curtains at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I chatted with the Soethby's Real Estate agent about real estate in the area, and asked if they had an internet web page. They told me that they would email the site once it was posted. The Greenwich Hardware store was busy with shoppers as was the rest of the avenue. I did not see any Salvation Army Santas on the Avenue yet. They're still installing the avenue Christmas lights. I went out in the evening and took an exercise walk and there seemed to be the usual crowd around. I stayed up until 7AM Saturday morning and did not get up until 7PM Saturday night. I went out Saturday evening for an exercise walk. The avenue was full of parked cars with lots of people out to dinner and at the movies. Quite a few youngsters wandering around with the Thanksgiving holiday season. I noticed they had put the dinasaur back upright at the museum. I also saw a Red Fox run in front of my car when I was driving down by the water. It was a clear cold evening. The Food Emporium is open until midnight on Saturdays. They have a coffee machine there with 55 cent coffee. I chatted with one of the deli emplyees there who said his mother had worked for the United Nations at one time. I noticed a few people using Starbucks for coffee. I walked by the train station and there was an automobile accident by the exit ramp and the car had run off the road and ended up in the town train parking lot. The usual foot partolmen were out and about. I noticed for some mysterious reason 88 cents disappeared from my bank account perhaps it was a computer error. I have not had time to follow the news much and I have been simply relaxing. The workmen were making a lot of noise working on my building the last couple of days. I replaced one of my neighbor's defective phones with one of my spare phones. Her new Lucent remote phone had failed. I suppose the cold damp weather is keeping people inside. I am still eating Thanksgiving meal left overs. I carved up most the Turkey and frooze it for eating later. I noticed a car around from Illinois. Lots of out of state cars with holiday visitors. My car took three turns to start once, perhaps I need to put some fuel injector cleaner in it. I will have to keep and eye on it. All in all it is pretty quiet around town. Enjoy the rest of the weekend. CIO

Note:<888> 11/28/97 Friday 12:15 AM EST: I got up about 1PM yesterday and went down town after breakfast. It was very slow in the area with lots of people remaining home for the holiday. It was so slow that when I parked in front of the senior center, there was a $20 bill lying on the sidewalk which I retrieved. I went for a walk around downtown. I noticed Starbucks closed at 2:30 PM. Not many people were around. I noticed a few foreign visitors. I suspect most people were having Thanksgiving dinner about then. I went back home at 4PM after retrieving my curtains from the Hospital Thrift Shop that I had donated. I tried to get change at the Grand Union while they were closing, but they did not have any. I finally got change from the Food Emporium which was closing at 4PM. I got home and put the curtains in the washing machine. I started making the stuffing www.mikescott.net/stuffing.htm for the Turkey. I then put the curtains in the dryer. One of my neighbors gave me a slice of minced meat pie. I stuffed the turkey and put it in the Convection Oven and cooked it for 3 hours and 15 minutes at 325 degrees. I took the curtains out of the dryer and hung them behind the new curtains, so there would be a greater thickness to prevent drafts. I then setup wild rice and muchrooms, mashed yams with ginger and margerine, mixed frozen vegtables, Ocean Spray cranberries and Peperidege Farm low fat gravy with white wine add and chicken bouillion cubes. Once the turkey was done I let it rest for a half hour, and put all the different dishes together, and had a delicious Thanksgiving dinner with a half glass of white wine. Basically this all took about six hours. At 10 PM I went out with my thermos of coffee, and I sat down in front of the senior center, and sipped my coffee. I noticed today that the Colonial diner was open and Rue de Croissant. After I had my coffee, I went for a drive down by the water. I noticed the fifteen foot long paper mache dinosaur in front of the Bruce Museum for the dinosaur exhibit until January 4, had been blown over by the high winds last night and was lying on its side. I saw that the awning at the Baccarrat Crystal shop had blown off the building. While driving through Bruce Park at 11 PM, I saw a white rabbit with two black sports on its head run in front of my car. Either it was a domestic rabbit that escaped or a Artic heir that had migrated south. If it was a artic heir, that means some cold weather is on its way. I mentioned it to the Burns security agent in the neighborhood, to see if he knew any kids that had lost a rabbit. The Dome restaurant was busy with young yuppies having refreshment. I saw a number of out of town license plates particularly from Pennsylvannia. The weather was clear and gustty in the mid 50s today. I had a relaxing day. The Greenwich Times said the body found along the turnpike was a homicide, and the state police are investigating. Also for the last couple of nights they have been installing the Christmas lights on the trees on Greenwich Avenue, and they have the hanging Christmas baskets of evergreen out. Over all it was a quiet day and after I post this message I will relax and go to bed. CIO

Note:<888> 11/27/97 Thursday 3:25 AM EST: I surfed the web tonight. The wind outside is extremely high, it must be wreaking havoc with the attempts of the volonteers in Manhattan to blow up the Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloons. I suppose there will be some interesting stories in the media tomorrow. Locally I can here the construction equipment falling off our roof onto the rain patio and creating quite a lot of noise this morning. I have not been out, but I suppose there are some stout folks braving the elements. I used ICQ to tell Ken Rat at www.ttalk.com the game plan of the local environment since he has access to the Australian Community. As far as I can tell it is pretty normal around here with lots of eager feasters tomorrow. I probably won't be up and about until afternoon, and will cook dinner in the evening. Well enjoy your net adventures. I am really spacey from the net. CIO

Note:<888> 11/26/97 Wednesday 9:50 PM EST: Today I went out about 2PM after getting up later. I stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop and one of my neighbors who works there showed me a pair of purple curtains with Tullips on them that were for sale for $20. I bought them and went back home and installed them. They look very festive. I put the Orange pair in the middle with with Purple Tullip curtains on either side. I took the old pair of blue and orange curtains and dropped them off at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I then stopped by the Greenwich Library at closing time. There were lots of youngsters there. I read the local paper. Apparently someone dumpped the body of a charred burned African American at one of the turnpike ramps here in town. As of yet the body is unidentified. There were lots of people out and about town this evening. It is just beginning to rain. There were about twenty young teenagers hanging out at the train station, but they seemed to be behaving themselves. I think quite a few kids go to Planet Pizza for dinner when their parents are busy. I chatted with a local retired railroad employee and he said the horse racing business is going down the tubes, since no on is going to the track anymore preferring Casino gambling. He said that Yonkers trotter racetrack would be soon be up for sale. I suppose the people who breed race horses and depend upon racing for a business will be having a hard time. I am listening to "The Best of James Bond, 30th Anniversary Editon Double CDROM edition, I got from the Greenwich Library. It is suppose to rain tomorrow for the Thanksgiving Parade. Friends of mine are buying new Mercedes Benzes, and I noticed the Mercedes Benz dealership here was quite busy today. Another friend sold her red Volvo, so I suppose people are switching from Volvos to Mercedes Benz. I suppose it is a sign of economic prosperity. It was close to 60 degrees F. today, but I suppose it will cool off this evening. I chatted with an associate of the Economist today and told him about my web site, explaining some tech specifications of the current computer industry. I guess I will be up around noon tomorrow, and will cook my Thanksgiving dinner in the evening. I read a sign in Starbucks window on Greenwich Avenue, saying "That Do the End of the World Coming Soon, Starbucks Would Close on Thankgiving Day at 2:30 in the Afternoon", so if anyone is planning to come out and deja vue Greenwich Avenue from Starbuck's window on Greenwich Avenue, they might consider Versailles or the Colonial Dinner which are a little bit more expensive. There are plenty of restaurants around town. I suppose I will be out a bit tommorrow afternoon before I cook dinner. The net seems a bit slow this evening. It might be all the students and execs home at the same time. Enjoy your Thanksgiving Holiday. CIO

Note:<888> 11/26/97 Wednesday 2:30 AM EST: I went out this afternoon after installing the two betas. I stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop and they were very busy. I went by ELDC and they were moderately busy. I drove down Greenwich Avenue to the end of Steamboat Road and made sure Long Island Sound was still there. I went by the Greenwich Library and read the four computer newsmagazines, I read every week. Not much seems to be going on. I guess a lot of people have taken this week off and are away or working at home. One of our senior patrons was in the library this afternoon dressed in Red like Santa Claus. I suppose a few of the youngsters will be going to Thursday's Thanksgiving Parade. I am not sure if they have a Barney balloon or not. I chatted with the local ornathologist about the Microsoft DOJ antitrust case, and told him that Cravath, Swaine, and Moore and Davis, Polk, and Wardwell had represented IBM a few years back; and perhaps Microsoft should employ their services. I believe they are in the Chase Bank at the Chase Plaza downtown off Wall Street. He was wandering if Nichlos Cassenback was still alive, who he believe handled the case. Obviously they must be versed in techno legal jargon. I noticed quite a few old Volvos in the lbirary parking lot. The security guard from Pakistan seems to be getting use to the cold drafty doorway entrance. They were pouring cement for the annex parking structure. The headlines in the Greenwich Times was that the Cos Cob branch of Putnam Trust Bank of New York had its drive up teller window robbed of $10,000 by a group of African Americans in a Black BMW. Apparently the robber had a gold nose stud in his nose. I then drove back down Greenwich Avenue. I noticed in one of the office parks, someone had disgarded three plastic Coca Cola case trays and a Hood Dairy plastic milk crate. I was also told by movers that Moran Towing is moving out of the building. I believe they are the tug boat company that hauls the cruise ships into New York Harbor. When I got home I made the Hood Milk crate into a file case. I put one Coke case tray in the fridge to hold my soda cans. I put another in my bedroom Window to support my Long Island Lighting Light Bulb. I put another above the television to hold my VCR tapes. I have a fourth I use for holding one of my plants. I now have four Coca Cola Plastic Red Trays for interior decoration. I also cleaned out one of my plastic file cases of old software and put more folders in it. I cleaned out one of my cabinets of old DOS and Windows software and manuals and threw it all in the dumpster. I had a guest stop by for dinner. Since I had forgotten to stop by the store, I made a homemade pizza which is quite tasty.

Homemade Pizza recipie is:

Put one package of yeast in Welbilt Bread Machine

Three cups flower

One Tablespoon Sugar

One Teaspoon Salt

Three Tablespoon Olive Oil

One Cup Hot Water

Set Welbilt Bread Machine to French Bread and turn on.

When the machine quits it first cycle kneeding, turn it off and let dough rise for an hour.

While dough rises, I made a thick speghetti sauce with a

quart can of crushed tomatoes with peppers and onion in it

two tablespoons of chopped garlic

one chopped onion

8 ounce can of mushrooms

teaspoon of garlic powder, teaspoon of oregano, teaspoon of basil, teaspoon of Italian Spices

quarter cup of white wine

and tablespoon of olive oil

and I simmered that sauce while the dough rose for an hour.

I shredded a half pound of PolyO Mosserella Cheese with a grater.

Once the dough was ready I oil an 12 inch by 24 inch by 1 inch baking sheet with olive oil, and then floured my wooden cutting board which should be dry. I then rolled out the dough to the full coverage of the cutting board which is the same size of the baking sheet with a rolling pin. I then turned the baking sheet upside down on the rolled dough and flipped the board over so the dough rested in the baking sheet. I then fold the edges over to make a nice thich edge.

The I put half the speghetti sauce on the dough covering it thickly. I freeze the other half for the next time I make one.

I covered the sauce with the shredded mozzerella cheese evenly. I then sprinkled parmesian cheese thinly over it all.

I then sprinkle lightly olive oil over the cheese.

I place the pizza in my Convection Oven for 20 minutes at 450 degrees.

I then let it stand for five minutes to cool and enjoy eating it.

I then chatted with my dinner guest. I finished getting rid of some old computer manuals and software boxes after he left. I chatted with a relative who said it was cool damp humid and overcast in Bermuda last week. They returned a ten month baby boy back to his mother in Florida. I then went out for a short drive, Long Island sound was still there. I chatted with one of the business partners of Plantet Pizza at the grocery store. He has a shop down by the train station and told him about my home made pizza. He thought it was a lot of time. I noticed a six hundred pound man walk by while I was talking to him. I picked up a 12 pack of diet COKE at the Grand Union for $2.50 a red pepper, two yams, a large box of Grand Union stuffing, and a can of Ocean Spray Cranberries. I intend to make a stuffing like this:

Scott's Stuffing Recipie:

For 11 Pound Turkey

One 12 OZ. Box Grand Union 10 Minute Stuffing Mix Chicken Flavored

Contents of seasoning packets

Half Stick I Can't Believe It's Not Butter

1 Cup Water

2/3 Cup White Wine

Stiff in Bread Crumbs

Add teaspoon garlic powder, teaspoon oregano, teapoon Italian seasoning, teaspoon basil;

Two Chopped Onions

Four Tablespoon Chopped Garlic

Two Diced Apples

One Diced Red Pepper

Chinese Five Spice, Curry Powder and Cinnemon lightly

Mix all these ingredients together.

Place in clean Turkey just before cooking.

Follow instructions for cooking Turkey.

REMEMBER DO NOT LEAVE THE STUFFING IN THE TURKEY AFTER SERVING, BUT TO STORE IT SEPERATELY.

I will update www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm Scott's Bell Weather Portfolio and then go to bed. CIO

Note:<888> 11/25/97 Tuesday 2:20 PM EST: I downloaded the final version of Real 5.0 www.real.com and also the beta of Pointcast Business Network www.pointcast.com . I think the final version might be out soon of Pointcast Business Network. I did another update of www.mikescott.net/bmnow.htm Current Bookmarks for your surfing pleasure. I noticed another disgarded Coca Cola red case try around town last night, I will see if it is still around. CIO

Note:<888> 11/25/97 Tuesday 11:25 AM EST: I had a dinner guest down for dinner last night. We went for a stroll downtown and not much was going on during last night's cold winter weather. There were not many people in the library. I imagine a few people are taking the whole of Thanksgiving week off. I will check my email and probably go out this afternoon, to see what the day time people are up to. CIO

Note:<888> 11/24/97 Monday 3:00 PM EST: I was up at about 11 AM this morning. I updated www.mikescott.net/bmnow.htm , current bookmarks has lots of links to explore what is happening on the net. I have not seen any other reports on the virus. I have not been out today. I am expecting guest at 4 PM. My OHIO site is not working, possibly because of the snow storm out there. CIO

Note:<888> 11/24/97 Monday 1:45 AM EST: I just recieved notification of this virus alert. I have not verified it. "Join The Crew" Virus Alert CIO

Note:<888> 11/24/97 Monday 1:30 AM EST: Well I got my laundry done, and it is all dry. I worked on my JAVA script trying to make both lines even at the end, but putting spaces on either end of the short link, did not do anything; and I don't think it would look right with .... or ____ . I reorganized some of the links on my homepage. There is not much in the bookmark to work on, until the computer press email starts coming in. I am a bit bushed, so I think I will shut down for the night, and I will try to get a little shut eye. CIO

Note:<888> 11/23/97 Sunday 9:55 PM EST: I had breakfast this morning, and then chatted a while with family. I took a nap until 3 PM, and then I resumed cleaning my apartment and watering the plants. The Harvest Time Assembly of God group of fellowship students stopped by and delivered a nice Stew Leonard's Frozen 11 Pound Thanksgiving Turkey, which I am very appreciative of. If anyone wants to stop by on Thanksgiving Day, I might be on a day schedule. Stew Leonard's www.saystew.com is one of the finest grocery dairy stores in the area. They have a unique marking concept and their flagship store is in Norwalk, Connecticut. Many local people from all over shop there, and many celebrities from around the world have visited the store including Presidents and comedians like Bob Hope. I believe Stew and his family are followers of Robert Schuller's Crystal Cathedral Church Chrystal Cathedral Church, and its Reform Church of America. Of course there are a few Dutch Reform in Holland, Michigan. I believe Marble Collegiant Church in Manhattan is Dutch Reform along with numerous others, also there is one nearby in Rye, New York and another in Terrytown, New York. The old Dutch have been around New Amsterdam for quite a while. I guess I will not being having a DAK canned ham. A friend told me that she was going to be help in serving 25,000 Thanksgiving meals to the homeless at the San Antonio Colusium on Thanksgiving Day. I recall where my mother's family were from in Michigan they raise millions of Turkeys on the farms surrouding Holland, Michigan. I went out for a short walk downtown at 6 PM. I noticed quite a few people out strolling. I noticed Starbucks is closing at 8 PM this evening. They had the fire engines out for a smoke fire at the Dome Restaurant. It did not seem too bad, but the smell of smoke was in the air. I put air in my left front tire, it seems to have a slow leak. It is cold and damp out. I cleaned my car windows with Windex when I went out, so I can see better. I came back home around 9 PM after stopping by the Grand Union for a half gallon of 2 percent milk for $1.79, a 96 ounce container of Grand Union Orange Juice for $3.59, and a quart of Grand Union Pine Sol that I use for cleaning. I also picked up a five back of buy four get one free Marlboro Lights for $11 downtown. If you have a smelly smokey apartment like I do with out too much ventillation in the winter, one trick is too put out a little of the Pine Sol in a dish, and it leaves a nice fragerance in the room. I am doing my laundry right now. One of the tree dryers does not work, so I hope it all drys in the two dryers. At least I saved 75 cents. I will do a little net surfing tonight until I get tired. I use ICQ and AOL instant messaging when I am online if anyone want to contact me. My ICQ number is 5202411 and my AON instant message name is "mmikescott". Once again Thank You for the Turkey from the Harvest Time Assembly of God, Greenwich, Connecticut Religious Faith Forum .CIO

Note:<888> 11/23/97 Sunday 11:00 AM EST: I stayed inside all day yesterday working on the computer. I added JAVA script to to the top of my homepage that I found at www.iab.net Internet Advertising Bureau. The Java links in the script have to be equal number and the count has to be exact. Also I had a problem debugging the script in that "msg44 " had three spaces that I accidently put after "msg44" which did not show up in proofing, but caused the script not to run in MS IE 4.0. I basically deleted groups of "msg" and "msg" links in pairs of groups of ten until I found the area where the problem was occurring, and I then did one pair at a time until the script ran. A lot of work for a minor error of three spaces in the "msg" name. I have to eat breakfast and clean my apartment. I will probably rest afterwards. CIO

Note:<888> 11/22/97 Saturday 10:30 AM EST:Last night I stopped by the Exxon gas station next to Greenwich Library and put $13.60 of premium gasoline in my 1976 White Volvo 244. I asked them if they planned to use the Mobil type pass key at their station and they did not know what I was talking about. I went to the Grand Union and bought a DAK ham for $2.99 and a quart of Half and Half for $1.42. Last night it was raining downtown, yet the Avenue was full of Movie goers. I noticed a party in full swing down at the Indian Harbor Yacht Club. I also noticed that parking regulations were not being observed on Steamboat Road, and people were pretty much parking where ever they felt like, particularly down at the end. With parking not being enforced, it could lead to a disaster since emergency vehicles would not be able to access the premises. I suppose people when they are having cocktails feel they can park anywhere they wish. Legally the club has to provide a parking space for every two members or guests on the premises, which they obviously don't try to do. I guess they could try using the Island Beach parking lot and hiring a shuttle to drive them all back and forth. I guess since they new second selectman is a former IBM scientist, he choses not to enforce the parking regulations around Tom's old yacht club. Well if it catches on fire, and the fire trucks can't get in, don't blame me. I also think as you all know the adjacent rental building is also a fire trap and should be inspected regularly as are a good many of the residential and commercial buildings on Greenwich Avenue and around town. As far as Lou's $200 million stock bonus in his new package, I would quite frankly rather hire 50 conservative Protestant business men for a million dollars a year to do whatever he is supposedly doing that I think they could do better. Quite frankly all this notarity of these celebrity monarchs, business people, politicians, movie stars, etc. has nothing to do with their celebrity. The simple fact is that they spend so much time traveling on jets and other forms of transportation, that I think they use their celebrity as a form of insurance policy like a guardian angel keeping eye on them while they travel their millions of appointed miles making their rounds. In other words, they are more like airline personnel than whatever they pretend to be in reality. I suppose if you have traveled extensively and had bad experiences, you'd get a little superstitous, and try to cover yourself with all the insurance one can. Traditionally people do that by going to church and supporting their church. The library was virtually empty last night, but the parking lot was full with the Friday 8 PM free old movie series, which a lot of old timers like to go to. They don't like the new movies anyway. I saw somebody with a DreamMagic hat going in late to the movie. I noticed several jets in the local air corridor flying very close to each other yesterday. I was lead to believe they were suppose to keep a further distance from each other, particularly in overcast weather conditions. Back to the net. CIO