Wit, Wisdom, and Whimsy. (your mileage may vary)
January 15, 2014
Gay, Personal, Pictures gay photo shoot, iO Tillet Wright, lgbtq, Self Evident Truth Project 3 Comments
In October New York photographer iO Tillet Wright brought her photographic project to Visalia. Simple black and white photographs illustrate the basic humanity in members of the LGBTQ community. The Self Evident Project’s goal is 10,000 simple photos of people from all walks of life. Here’s mine.
For the complete Visalia set of images, go to Self Evident Truth / Visalia
September 28, 2013
Gay, News, Personal, Pictures dispatcher of the year, Ham radio, hate in a small town, kc6yru, trophy wall Leave a comment
On Saturday, September 21, 2013, the local newspaper, The Visalia Times Delta, published in the print edition an article I wrote on September 18 and posted to my blog “Alternating Currents” (where I post as one of three community bloggers on their website. You can read “Hate in a small town” here). Partially visible is another Times Delta article from 1996 that mentions me and other HAM radio operators as we were preparing for Field Day. The two identical looking plaques are the 2012 and 2013 proclamations issued by the City of Visalia, proclaiming June LGBT Pride Month in the city. These proclamations were signed by the Mayor Shuklian and the four other City Council members. (Take that, Porterville!) Also on the wall is my certificate from the Visalia Police Department’s Citizen’s Police Academy, issued in May 1999. Down in the corner is my Starfleet Academy diploma, certifying my status as an officer in good standing in the Federation Starfleet. Not visible are documents and diplomas that are work related, including POST training certificates, Dispatcher of the Year (2005), my HAM radio license, and other work related items.
May 16, 2013
9-1-1, Personal, Pictures 911 dispatcher, Jim Reeves, jimmiejoe, kc6yru, TCSO, visalia Leave a comment
2 am, 5/16/2013
November 27, 2012
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Saturn’s north pole. Today. Taken by the Cassini spacecraft.
I have no idea why Saturn’s north pole has a hexagon. It’s huge!
A close up.
wow
Images from the Planetary Society’s web page.
October 1, 2012
Personal, Pictures Ava, cute dog pictures, jazmin, Ted 1 Comment
Jazmin and Ava at Ted’s 9/30/12
August 19, 2012
commentary, geek, Pictures Casinni, ESA, Huygens, Mars, NASA, Saturn, SpaceCadet, Titan, Venera, Venus Leave a comment
The surface of Titan, a satellite of Saturn
Space Cadet JimmieJoe is taking me to task right now. This is a big thing, and I missed it!
On January 14, 2005, NASA and ESA landed a probe on Titan, one of the moons of Saturn!
I don’t recall being aware of this, at all. I don’t even know if I’ve seen this picture before, but if I have, I’m fairly certain I would think it was of Mars. Instead, this is the surface of a satellite orbiting a planet 794 million miles away from us (at it’s closest approach).
I’m thinking, right now, of all the hoopla surrounding the recent landing of the Curiosity on Mars, and marveling that there was not something similar back in 2005. Yes, the Huygens probe, part of the Cassini mission, only parachuted to the “ground”, and Curiosity did the whole ‘heat shield – parachute – retro rocket – sky crane’ deal, but still…
I missed it! (hanging head in shame, avoiding the glare of 12 year old Space Cadet JimmieJoe)
Mars, and Titan. But did you know, they’re not the only two places we’ve set down on.
We’ve landed on another planet, too.
February 20, 2012
commentary, Pictures atheism, christian broadcasting, religion vs atheism, television Leave a comment
February 13, 2012
commentary, Humor, Pictures unclear on the concept, wedding photo, wtf 3 Comments
So you have to ask yourself, “WTF?? What was the photographer thinking, and was it done on purpose?” The look on her face… and on his!
To coin a phrase…
oh myyyyyyy
The Huffington Post has some other… unusual… Valentines Day pictures, here.
February 8, 2012
commentary, Personal, Pictures dressed for dinner, jimmiejoe 3 Comments
Here’s something that doesn’t often happen. I’m all dressed up for dinner! Enjoy the view, it’s a rare thing. I was even told that “I clean up well”!
JimmieJoe / KC6YRU 
B&W Abe: Historical figure. Color Abe: A real man.
September 17, 2012
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Buzzfeed has a series of black and white photos that have been altered to show how they would appear if they had been taken in color. There are several that are more powerful to me in color than in the original black and white, but there are also a few who seem to lose some of their effect when translated into a color picture. Follow the link to see them. This one of President Abraham Lincoln is the most powerful to me. Seeing him in color makes him less a historical figure, and more a real man.
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