Wit, Wisdom, and Whimsy. (your mileage may vary)
September 6, 2010
commentary, Gay, Humor, Personal, Pictures, video Chaka Khan, Oakland Pride, Reeves 4 Comments
How’s this for a birthday bash? Oakland’s gay community got together and decided to throw a big street party in honor of my birthday!
Such thoughtful folks! And so many adorable men! Even Chaka Khan was there!
Sorry about the audio, iPhones just can’t handle loud bass. Or just plain loud, for that matter.
Here are some random pictures from the day…
September 4, 2010
commentary, Personal summer in Visalia Leave a comment
Yesterday’s heat. Temps are creeping up again. But it’s still a “dry” heat.
August 31, 2010
commentary, Personal California Dreaming, palm tree, temperature Leave a comment
August 28, 2010
commentary, News, Pictures Oak tree preservation, valley oak tree, Woodland Drive Oak tree looses branch Leave a comment
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.
August 26, 2010
commentary, Personal California weather, heat, humidity, Kelvin, temperature Leave a comment
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!”
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.
August 23, 2010
commentary, Humor, Personal fast food, hamburger, no cheese Leave a comment
First it was the King. The ads got creepy, and I started having problems with my order. I left the kingdom for good after too many royal pains with my simple order. It’s about as simple as it comes: NO CHEESE. That’s it. The only simpler request is to just take the default preparation.
August 23, 2010
commentary god does not exist, Haitian earthquake, religion Leave a comment
Haitian child after the earthquake
I take that back… there is no God. Or gods.
JimmieJoe / KC6YRU 
Astronomy Geek – Firing Lasers At The Stars
September 7, 2010
Jim Reeves commentary, geek black holes, Chile, lasers, Milky Way Galaxy, The Very Large Telescope 1 Comment
In an attempt to destroy the black hole at the center of the Milky Way, scientists at The Very Large Telescope in Chile fire a laser at the monster eating the galaxy! Ok, not really. The laser is actually used to compensate for atmospheric instability, allowing the telescope to adjust for the clearest image possible.
Some geek about the joke… even if they were firing at the black hole, the laser light would just get sucked in like everything else. Plus, it would take about 35,000 years for the beam to get there, assuming it didn’t spread out to nothingness well before it got anywhere near the targeted singularity.
Black holes are weird, and science is cool!
Read the Bad Astronomy blog about it all here.
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