First posted July 13, 2008, on my MySpace blog.
Thoughts jumble
Fingers fumble
Electrons tumble
Photons mumble
Words on a screen
Phosphors glowing
Diodes shining
Plasma glistening
Thoughts
Ideas
Passions
Are you listening?
A Weird Little Poem
January 11, 2012
Moon watching 2012
January 2, 2012
commentary, geek, Personal, Pictures Jupiter, Moon, sky watching, telescope Leave a comment
Apollo 17 / NASA
The Moon. It’s a real place. A world of it’s own, that hangs in our sky. It may be the very reason life exists on this planet. Formed when a planet the size of Mars collided with the (then smaller-than-now) Earth, the results of that chaos formed the (more-properly designated) double-planet system we see today. We often talk about the Moon orbiting the Earth, but it doesn’t, not really. The Earth and the Moon both orbit around a common center of gravity. That center is some miles below the surface of the Earth, but it is not the center of the Earth. The Moon is considered the largest satellite (even though it’s not, not really) of a planet, relative to the primary’s size, in our solar system, with the possible exception of Pluto/Charon. Now that Pluto has been downgraded from planet status, the Moon may hold that title without challenge.
I took my telescope out into the back yard tonight, and had a look-see.
Symphony of Science – Onward to the Edge!
January 1, 2012
geek, video Onward to the Edge, Symphony of Science Leave a comment
This is too cool!
2011 in review
December 31, 2011
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 8,000 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 7 trips to carry that many people.
Cop show drama in real life
December 30, 2011
9-1-1, commentary kidnapper shot by police, police shooting, tulare police shooting 1 Comment
Photo: Ron Holman/Visalia Times Delta
One of the many interesting aspects about my job is that I get to experience things most people never will. For instance, my tangential role in yesterday’s kidnapping and police shooting event. Beginning in Porterville, a male subject kidnapped a woman and drove away with her. We got a BOL (Be On the Lookout broadcast) from Porterville Police Department not long after the initial kidnapping. I was working our channel 2, which is the north end of the county. Since we didn’t know where the suspect might be going, I broadcast the details, which included the vehicle description, it’s license plate, the names of the suspect and victim, and that the suspect was armed. That’s usually the end of it, as it’s rare for patrol units to simply run across the subject of a BOL (although it DOES happen).
Through technological means, a possible location of the suspect was traced to Tulare. Tulare PD located the vehicle, and at some point attempted to make contact with the suspect. In the following moments, Tulare PD officers were forced to open fire, killing the suspect.
Although the initial call of 1199, officer needs help, was dramatic enough in itself, the most amazing moment was later that night, when we got to hear a recording of the “shots fired!” transmissions from the police units. While they were still firing.
Rebel Jim
December 28, 2011
commentary, Humor, Personal government nonsense, high heels, keep off the cement 1 Comment
Guess what I did tonight??
Brand new (ish) sidewalk closed because someone can’t walk in heels (it wasn’t me!) without stepping off a perfectly good cement path!
I have no idea what they’re going to do.
It was originally put in so people could walk to the street without getting their shoes wet and slippery from the grass.
Sigh.
Rebel Jim. I walked on the sidewalk. Yeah, so arrest me.
It’s always darkest before the dawn… and the coldest just after!
December 23, 2011
9-1-1, commentary, geek, Personal california winters, frosted windshield, overtime, winter solstice Leave a comment
7am in California
Trying to head home after a 14 hour shift.
I’m ready for summer, please.
God Speaks, JimmieJoe Cracks Up
December 21, 2011
commentary, geek, Humor geek, science humor, Tweets of God Leave a comment
Oh, I love a good scientific joke. This is great! Thanks, God!
SQUIRREL!!
December 20, 2011
commentary, geek, video air national guard, clovis avenue, Fresno Yosemite International, FYI, jet fighters Leave a comment
One end of Fresno Yosemite International Airport (yes, Fresno really has an international airport!) is mere yards from a busy feeder street, Clovis Avenue. As you sit at the traffic light, planes come floating in for a landing, and it feels like you can reach out and touch them. Fighter jets from the Fresno Air National Guard post tend to scream, rather than float, as they come in for a landing.
Two things I noticed in this video. My windshield was really dirty, and the turn signal relay is a noisy contraption!
Squirrel has two meanings here… like the dog in UP!, it’s easy to get distracted by something suddenly screaming into range, and also an inside joke at a certain computer IT company.
JimmieJoe / KC6YRU 
A flashback. My dead father pays me a visit.
January 9, 2012
Jim Reeves commentary, Personal dad, ghosts, Jim Reeves Sr., reflections Leave a comment
****
Every once in a while, something will happen that reminds me that I am my father’s son.
At times, it’s disconcerting as hell, other times it’s a nuisance, and sometimes it’s just amusing. I had an experience this morning that I’m not sure about, since it’s several hours later as I write this blog, and I’m still thinking about it.
The most common experience that makes me think of him is when I cough. I make the exact same sounds as he did, and those are the sometimes disconcerting moments. He was a heavy smoker all his life, and eventually died of throat and lung cancer. I, however, have never smoked, and haven’t been around a smoker since I moved out of his house. Some of the family from his side also have the same cough, and many of them were or are heavy smokers. I’m hoping the common sound is related to the structure of our genetically similar bodies, and not due to some other trait we all share that has contributed the deaths of many of my relatives.
I sometimes do things, that once I recognize them, I find amusing. I’ll notice that I’m walking with a gait that resembles his, and I wonder…. am I unconsciously being a little boy, and copying my Dad? Or does that style of moving have more to do with me having a body that is a very close structural copy of his? I’ll notice I’m sitting in a position that he sometimes sat in, and again I wonder. Is it just the long legs and no padding on the butt that results in this orientation, or something else? I had a bad case of hero worship when I was a child, and desperately wanted his approval. I wonder if sometimes that little boy sneaks out of some deep corner of my memory, and still wants Daddy’s attention?
More
Share this: