Photo by Ron Garan, Space Shuttle astronaut.
Terra, and Luna. From Orbit.
October 22, 2011
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Keith Tells It Like It Is
October 20, 2011
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One thing I have to give to Keith Olbermann, he sure enjoys his job. He looks like someone who really has a blast working. On top of that, he gets most of it right.
Keep on trucking, Keith! We’ll be watching.
October 19, 2011
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Last few minutes at work, first day back after a short vacation. Not a very busy night, thank goodness. One crazy call late, guy calling a small Texas Police Department and making obscene comments to the dispatcher. They called us after they tracked down the cell phone’s location and asked us to see if we could find him. He’s apparently made dozens of calls to them tonight, saying he “wanted pussy”, in both english and spanish. I left before he was located, so I don’t know if we solved that problem or not. You just never know what will pop up.
Going Postal
October 17, 2011
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Kaweah Colony Post Office, Kaweah, California. 3 miles up North Fork Drive from Three Rivers. Possibly the smallest U.S. Postal Service Office in the US. The heart of Kaweah, California. I took a drive up there recently, just to see.
Math Geek – Was there pie for dessert?
October 12, 2011
Sweet, Sweet Seduction
October 6, 2011
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I’ve been seduced. I’m not quite sure who should get the credit, Steve or Ted, but I should probably “blame” it all on Ted. So much of what has gone on in the last 15 years of my life has been due to his influence. When I first met him, he was a 20 year old computer whiz kid, and damned cute! Since that first meeting, he’s tried to teach me computers, with various levels of success. For years, he’s been trying to get me to switch to Apple, but I’d resisted his charms, and Steve’s as well. Well, I finally was forced to give in. Steve may have designed the hardware, but the credit has to go to Ted for making me actually bite the Apple.
Vacation 2.0
October 4, 2011
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I’m on vacation again. No plans, but who knows what will pop up?
Yes, again.
Here’s how it works:
I’ve been on the job for over 17 years, now. I’m at the highest vacation accrual rate. That’s good for about 4 weeks or more a year. We’re also able to take 8 hours a year as a personal holiday. Where the extra time really kicks in, however, is holidays. Most people in government employ get 13 holidays a year, spread out during the 12 months. It’s usually a Monday, although Thanksgiving and Christmas are in there, too, and generate a couple of days for each in those 13. The “regular” daytime administrative staff gets the day off, with pay. Since my job is 24/7/365, we work the holidays. Since it’s inequitable to give some people the day off with pay, but not others, we get 8 hours of vacation time added to our time banks. With the personal holiday, that’s another 2 weeks!
Some people are amazed at the time I have available for vacation, but they seldom think of the days they take off through the year for various 3 day weekends. If a holiday falls on my regular work day, I’m working. You might be at home watching football, but I’m at work!
I simply take all those days off at different times than you.
I go back to work on the 18th.
Yeah, I love my job!
JimmieJoe / KC6YRU 
Cracking Jokes At Work – The Value of being out and proud
October 23, 2011
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I spoke up and said “you know, in my world, ‘butt buddies’ has a whole different meaning!”
It’s a good thing the radio traffic was dead right then, because neither one would have been able to transmit anything but laughter.
That humorous interlude would have been impossible if I were still in the closet. Just another reason to be out and proud. You don’t have to pass on fun word play!
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