How do I spell relief? O-B-A-M-A!
Now I can breathe!
November 6, 2012
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How do I spell relief? O-B-A-M-A!
Uh…. Twitter? These are not people. Regardless of what Willard says.
November 5, 2012
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Yes, people run them, but that’s as close as it gets.
I Tweeted to the Mormon Church today
November 3, 2012
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Can you believe that shit? The unmitigated gall it takes to put something like that out on the Internet is just mind boggling. And they expect people to believe it! It must be that whole “Bronze Age superstition with the 19th Century con man update” mindset at work.
Two things:
1. The arrogance of this post is amazing. It shows what the church hierarchy really thinks about people.
2. These same people expect you to trust that they have superior knowledge of “God’s” will.
Un-fucking-believable.
(this is one of those “the guilty will be hung out to dry!” posts)
P.S. I don’t ‘follow’ the Mormon Church Twitter feed, it was a “promoted” post that popped up when I logged on to Twitter. I’ve seldom had such a strong and sudden response to any Tweet.
Letters to the Editor – Does SB 1172 protect children, or usurp parental rights?
October 27, 2012
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The fingers have been flying recently, writing letters to the editor. Our local paper, The Visalia Times Delta, published on October 24 a letter bemoaning the recently passed SB 1172. The California legislature passed, and Governor Brown signed, legislation that outlaws “reparative” therapy for anyone under the age of 18. Predictably, the right wing is furious with this blatant usurpation of parental rights. The writer of Wednesday’s letter seems to feel that parental rights trump any other concerns, and that disproven and harmful therapies are justifiable if parents think they are acceptable. I wrote a response. You can read both after the jump.
Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?
October 26, 2012
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Monday
October 22, 2012
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It’s Monday. It’s been raining. My work week begins anew. I really don’t want to get up and out of this nice warm waterbed, but the clock on the computer is warning me I’m already running late.
A positive thing for this week, however, is that the ‘idiot cousin’ will be served with a summons telling him I’ve filed court action to evict him. Then things start moving faster. He’s been here ten years. That’s long enough.
Wednesday I’ll be part of a PFLAG panel speaking at the Visalia Unified School District meeting, on issues facing the LGBTQ community. I’ve never done anything like that before, so it will be interesting, to say the least. 6:30 pm, at their facility on Atwood, just north of Cypress, behind the VUSD office.
Double Whammy
October 21, 2012
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11:55 pm, sitting on the couch, getting ready to find something else of interest on Netflix when it happened: the couch tried to toss me onto the floor. Like a cat, though, I was too agile and too quick, successfully grabbing onto the cushions, to be tossed more than an inch or two. I saw the shock wave pass through my house while I was keeping myself firmly reclined, and wondered “Is that a big one in LA, or a little one in Mammoth?” Turns out it was a moderate one, 5.3, squarely on the San Andreas fault, east-north-east of King City.
I immediately did what any sef-respecting computer nerd would do, and made a Facebook and Twitter post. I then started checking the United States Geological Survey‘s website for information. The ground in the area has been twitching for some time, and there have been a few aftershocks at more than 3.0 since the 5.3 hit. Hopefully these are not ‘foreshocks’ to something more dangerous.
After conversing with the other computer nerds online at midnight, or woken up by their beds attempting to toss them onto the floor, I decided it would be a good idea to go find some dark sky, and watch for meteors. My second whammy would come at 3am, but it had nothing to do with the ground moving.
LOL… just LOL
October 20, 2012
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I don’t dispatch medical, so I had to look up the acronym ETOH. It refers to ethyl alcohol… booze.
Well, I thought it was funny…
October 17, 2012
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I was in my handy-dandy nearby Walgreen’s today, to pick up a couple of prescriptions at the pharmacy. This was the first time I had used a new app on my iPhone, that lets me simply scan my bottle or package and order refills. How cool is that? It’s not as fast as simply going in and doing it in person, the app sends you a note back letting you know when you can pick it up, and for my order it was more than 24 hours later, but it does allow you to order things in advance of your actual drive, if you want. All in all, a neat feature, and a real convenience.
I got to the counter, and was told they only had part of the prescription ready. The clerk seemed a bit uneasy as he explained why.
JimmieJoe / KC6YRU 
Which way did he go, George? Which way did he go?
November 8, 2012
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Well, I suppose they can figure out which way is up, but trying to get north, east, south, or west out of them is like pulling those proverbial teeth out of those proverbial hens. Some folks just have no clue.
Now, they’ll tell us it’s “to the left”, but, really…. that doesn’t help. Turn around and your “left” is now the opposite direction! And telling me that it’s now to your right won’t improve the situation!
You guessed it… another 9-1-1 caller without a clue, calling in on a cell phone. No idea of the address of the house they live in, no idea which way east is, and unclear on what “get a piece of mail and read me the address” means.
It’s most annoying when they get mad at US for not knowing where THEY are! I want to reach through that phone and slap them silly. That’s probably why that particular feature is not activated on our systems. Part of our job is protecting the public. Even from us! 😉 Kidding! (sort of)
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