An interesting take on the anti-immigrant movement in this country. So much rhetoric, so little factual basis. Studies like this will be ignored or discounted, but they are at least based on facts.
Marines Beat Gay Man, But It’s Not A Hate Crime (via Queer Visalia)
August 31, 2010
via Queer Visalia
Robot Geek – NASA’s R2 is prepped for launch (video)
August 30, 2010
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The Bois Sing It: Show Me Your Peacock
August 30, 2010
Gay, Humor, video California Gays, music video parady, Show Me Your Peacock Leave a comment
Unless you work for a really cool boss, NSFW. But you’re not surfing the net on company time, anyway, so go for it!
I Really Do… No, Really, I Do. Honest.
August 29, 2010
Personal fruitless cherry tree, Jim hates yard work, lawn, unusual weather 1 Comment
I really do, every once in a while, some yard work. At least in the front yard, where I see it all the time. Not to mention the traffic on Tulare Avenue. And of course it doesn’t help that, right across the street, “Jesus” is staring right at my yard!
I was going to do a “before and after” thing, but I forgot the “before”! Trust me, it wasn’t this pretty.
Ok, “pretty” is a bit of a stretch… ” neat”. “Neat” is a better term. It wasn’t this neat. I was going to mow and trim the front, then work on the back yard a bit too. “Unfortunately” (snicker, yeah, unfortunately) I filled up the yard waste can with the front yard stuff. The back yard will have to wait. Say it with me… aaawwwwww. A couple of more pictures of the front yard after the jump. No pictures of the back yard. They’re much to embarrassing.
Oak Tree Fail
August 28, 2010
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Saturday morning, 3am. We’re walking out of the dispatch center, heading to our cars, when we hear a loud cracking noise, splintering, and a huge crash. The oak tree in the middle of Woodland Drive lost a section of branches to gravity. Fortunately, no one was near the tree when the limbs dropped. I suspect we’ll soon see the removal of this tree, as the City of Visalia moves to “protect public safety” (read: limit city liability). A tree in the middle of Demaree Road was removed a couple of years ago, and I’m certain this one will be also, now. It’s a shame, they’re majestic trees, but paving over their root system is a death sentence, even if it takes decades to kill them.
Local Homophobia Makes National Blog (via Queer Visalia)
August 27, 2010
Another crazy has stepped up to the plate and takes a swing at those ‘evil homosexuals’ and their commy plots to destroy the American family.
via Queer Visalia
That’s 315 degrees Kelvin
August 26, 2010
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The Kelvin scale has zero degrees at absolute zero… none of this ‘minus’ degrees nonsense! It’s about 315 degrees Kelvin at my house right now. How’s that for hot? But, it’s a DRY heat! lol… I feel sorry for those of you in humid regions. California says “HI!”
Podcast One, A Short Test
August 24, 2010
commentary, Personal first podcast, podcast one, test 1 Comment
Here’s a couple of minutes of podcast, just to test things out. No deep insights, no sparkling wit, only a smidgen of wisdom, and certainly spur-of-the-moment whimsy. As always, your mileage may vary.
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Summer is trying to sneak back
August 31, 2010
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It’s creeping back. On the 26th, it was 108 F. Today it’s only 90 F (305.2 Kelvin)
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