An amazing picture of my niece Katie and kitty Cleo, brazenly stolen from her FaceBook page!
Katie and Cleo
November 21, 2010
Personal, Pictures cat pictures, Cleo, Katie, photography 1 Comment
MySpace isn’t, anymore
November 16, 2010
commentary, geek, Personal MySpace, myspace redesign fail, Twitter Leave a comment
If their goal is to run off everyone except the teenagers, they’ve succeeded. The interface is too busy, it takes too long to load, and advertisements and other junk keep gumming up the works, making my computer act like it’s suddenly an 836 with 20 megs of RAM! MySpace isn’t, anymore. I’ll keep the page just to refer people here, and to have my Tweets pop up. And who knows, there might be a kid or two who will find me interesting.
*GASP* I’m a LIAR!
November 10, 2010
commentary, Gay, Humor, Personal ConservoCaptain, online forums, religious right, Visalia Times Delta, wingnut 1 Comment
Yep. That’s right. Little ‘ole me. A liar. “ConservoCaptain” says I’m a liar. In the newspaper’s online forums.
Jim, anyone with half a brain that can think in abstract fashion knows that the Huffington Post is a left wing blog. And knows already that they are already bias. The only people who read Huffington are the very small minority (that would be you and JB)
I myself won’t read anything from Arianna Huffington a godless liberal from Western Europe. She’s a socialist know-nothing. I also know about what’s going on in Oklahoma and the 30,000+ muslims who reside in OK. They want to practice their own laws instead of the prevailing law of the land, and that’s both the State and Federal laws. Incidentally those 30,000+ (but not more then 34,000) make up less then 1% of the total population of the State and the voter’s have decided that. It’s sad that muslims want to be treated above and special then the rest of society in general.
It’s the same mentality that so pervaded the homosexual community in CA, gays want to have special status in so much as to hold “special” protective status whereas, that they want to make it a criminal offence to have homosexuality be called a sin, of which; it is. The real truth Jim is that gays, lesbians, transgenders make up less then 1/10 of 1% of either the States, or National population, yet they want to shove their lifestyle down the rest of us.
You sir are a liar and will not tell the truth. I’m offended by your lifestyle and am also offended that you deserve to be treated any differently then anyone else just because you’re gay. No sir, you do not. You’re no different then anyone else and if you come out of the closet and come under fire for saying who you are. Then that comes with the territory.
Furthermore, if you don’t like what I say, then too bad so sad. Throw a fit, get angry, go tattletale on your friends about what I’ve said. It’s not my soul I’m throwing away, it’s yours.
S/he’s in quite the snit today, don’t you think?
My response:
How Cute! A newborn baby car!
November 10, 2010
commentary, geek, Humor, Personal, Pictures econo-car, newborn, smart car Leave a comment
Somebody left this poor newborn out in the cold parking lot! I hope it survives to grow up into a full size car someday! 😉
Newborn baby car
Next TCA Meeting Sunday 11/14/2010 (via Tulare County Atheists)
November 9, 2010
News, Personal non deists, Tulare Atheists, tulare county atheists, Visalia Atheists Leave a comment
Not only is there no evidence for a god, there can’t be.
November 8, 2010
commentary, Personal do gods exist, faith, Is God real?, proving god exists, science and god 1 Comment
Science deals with what is. By it’s very nature, it won’t, and can’t, deal with things that don’t exist. Individual scientists may hold some strange views about various religious figures, but science doesn’t deal with them, because they don’t exist.
Salty Current has an excellent read, here, about the subject, and why the notion of proving or disproving gods with science is a non-starter.
Science Notes writer Monado has a good post about the slickest story ever told, here. It’s a commentary on all the best things offered in sacrifice to the gods. The priests had (and still have!) quite a racket going on.
For me, it comes down to something rather simple: If it’s real, it exists. If it exists, then it’s something natural. “Super-natural” is a contradiction in terms. Everything natural is understandable, eventually. It can be tested. It can be scrutinized by science. It can be explained. Religion is designed to be unexplainable. That’s why it has to be taken on “faith”.
We don’t need to place our hopes (and fears) in something that isn’t real.
9-1-1 101
November 8, 2010
9-1-1, commentary, Personal 9-1-1, ambulance, dispatcher, emergency calls, fire, police Leave a comment
The 4-1-1 on 9-1-1
9-1-1 is intended to be used for emergencies. Barking dogs, loud music, and other routine calls should be placed on the seven digit number to your local law enforcement agency. Find those numbers, and put them in your speed dials and memory slots, and they’ll be available when you want them.
If you need an ambulance, or a fire truck, or see a crime in progress, THAT’s when you dial 9-1-1. If you’re in doubt, err on the side of caution, and dial 9-1-1. There is no charge, and you won’t get in trouble if you don’t really have an emergency but called anyway.
Here’s a little known fact about 9-1-1: it’s not one big room, with everybody’s 9-1-1 line going there. We can’t stand up and yell “Hey! Boston! Line 2!” (thanks, Linda – I love that image!) Another little known fact: in all but the biggest cities, the same people who answer the seven digit numbers answer the 9-1-1 lines. The thing is, 9-1-1 lines have priority. And they are limited in number. If you’re calling in on one for something that is NOT an emergency, you are tying up a line that someone else may need. You’re also tying up an operator who may be delayed answering the next 9-1-1 line for a real emergency.
When you call 9-1-1 about, say, a traffic accident, and it’s taking forever for someone to answer, it’s most likely due to everyone else around you also calling on their phones, and we’re working our way through multiple reports about the same incident. Don’t hang up and dial again, that just puts you at the end of the line. The phones are all computers now, and they line up the calls in the order they are received.
When you dial 9-1-1 from your cell phone, here’s the most important thing you need to know:
The Hottest Video I Don’t Understand
November 7, 2010
commentary, Personal, video Burhan G, Danish Pop music, Tættere På Himlen Feat. Nik & Jay Leave a comment
Well, I don’t understand the words, anyway. The rest of it is pretty clear. Except for the woman. I don’t get that at all.
Voting Pet Peeves
November 3, 2010
commentary, News, Personal churches as voting precincts, seperation of church and state, Tulare County voting, voting sites Leave a comment
Thank you, California. You told Meg and Carly they couldn’t buy an election, that out of state oil companies couldn’t scuttle anti-pollution laws, and that we’re not all potheads. Even though I live in California’s Tea Bagger ground zero, there’s enough sane folks in Los Angeles and San Francisco to keep the state in the blue. I do have a couple of complaints about things locally, however.
First, and least on my list… the sleeve designed to hide my ballot until it’s pulled into the machine was too short. The top selections of each column were clearly visible. That rather negates the whole “secret” ballot thing, doesn’t it? I double checked, it wasn’t operator error. The sleeve was simply too short.
Second… Tulare County lists 73 polling sites available to those not using the mail. 34 were located in churches. Out of 11 sites in Porterville, 8 were in churches. One Facebook posting shows a Porterville precinct with a large cross in the room. I mean, large… floor to ceiling large. And it’s not like it’s a permanent fixture that couldn’t be moved, it was a free standing decoration. Visalia lists 25 voting sites, 16 in churches. In the church where I voted, a picture of Jesus was hanging on the wall, appearing to peek over the back panel of the voting booth. How can this be reconciled with the notion of the separation of church and state? Every church used as a voting site is of the Christian faith. Why no synagogues? Why no Buddhist temples? Why in churches of any kind?
Third… Who decides where I vote? Why was my voting site a mile from my home? Especially when the church across the street was a voting site?? Literally. Across the street from my home. I can sit on my couch, open the front door, and see the church! (actually, I suppose I should open the door first, then sit on the couch, but you know what I mean!) But I didn’t vote there! Not smart.
I’m going to try and get some answers out of Tulare County, after the voting and certifying is done. I’m particularly interested in the church-state issue, and will be interested in their explanations.
JimmieJoe / KC6YRU 
Buy a Book, Support Tulare-Kings PFLAG! (via Queer Visalia)
December 4, 2010
Jim Reeves commentary, Gay, News, Personal borders, PFLAG, psa, tulare-kings-counties, voucher-days, waldenbooks Leave a comment
Always worth supporting, go to QueerVisalia and click on the link to print out coupons that will donate to the Tulare-Kings Chapter of PFLAG with every purchase you make.
via Queer Visalia
Share this: