Wit, Wisdom, and Whimsy. (your mileage may vary)
February 26, 2011
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February 26, 2011
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R2A waves as twin is launched into space on mission to ISS
Robot R2A “waves” to the Space Shuttle Discovery as it lifts off on it’s journey to the International Space Station. On board is a twin unit to be installed aboard ISS for testing and maintenance. R2A is mounted on the Centaur mobile platform. Photo credit: NASA.
February 25, 2011
The weekly roundtable, where I get all Glenn Beck-y on the guys about the vast right wing conspiracy, God hating on lesbians, and we chat about whether the Republicans are creating jobs, jobs, jobs.
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February 24, 2011
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That’s me, back in 1969 or so. Twelve years old. One important thing in my life happened right about then, and a second important thing didn’t. I wrote about the first thing in a blog posted to Tulare County Atheists some time ago. This blog is about the second thing, the one that didn’t happen. At least not for another 25 years.
I had a “girlfriend” when I was 5 years old. We attended the same kindergarten class in Tacoma. I remember calling her my girlfriend, and I think she called me her boyfriend, but I’m not sure either of us really thought much of the designation. For me, it might have been more something my father suggested. She and I only interacted in school, since we didn’t live close to each other. We didn’t really play that much together, and other than the status of “girlfriend”, I really don’t recall much about her. I think her name was the same as my sister’s, Sherry, but I could be mis-remembering that. We moved after the end of the school year, and I never saw her again. I don’t recall being upset about that. Maybe that was the first clue?
That was it for girlfriends up until my senior year in high school. Second clue? Perhaps.
I should have figured out the second thing right about the same time I figured out the first. But there was a big difference between being OK about being an atheist, and being OK about being gay.
February 24, 2011
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February 23, 2011
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February 23, 2011
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February 22, 2011
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25 years old. Before the Internet. Before dispatching. Before Ham Radio-ing. Still in denial, and barely aware of it. Still slinging chicken and burgers. (Same month as Best CheeseBurger in town!) Noticing several things about this picture: Still sleeping on the same waterbed! Still have the CB radio (don’t use it). Still have the table the CB and the shortwave are sitting on. Still have the stereo that’s barely visible (do use it), although that turntable died years ago. Still have the picture that’s on the wall behind me (it’s of the Space Shuttle on the launch pad). The hair on my chest is now thicker than the hair on my head (and the chest hair is not all that much thicker today than then!). I have gained a few pounds in the interim. But only a few. I think that robe may be in the back of my closet somewhere.
Photo Credit: Mom!
Slightly freaky afterthought…
It’s been longer since that picture was taken, than from my birth to that day!
JimmieJoe / KC6YRU 
Republicans Are Insane
February 27, 2011
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The evidence: HB 1
The author: Rep Bobby Franklin (R)
What he’s done: has introduced a 10-page bill that would criminalize miscarriages and make abortion in Georgia completely illegal. Both miscarriages and abortions would be potentially punishable by death: any “prenatal murder” in the words of the bill, including “human involvement” in a miscarriage, would be a felony and carry a penalty of life in prison or death.
The result: Under Rep. Franklin’s bill, HB 1, women who miscarry could become felons if they cannot prove that there was “no human involvement whatsoever in the causation” of their miscarriage.
See the Mother Jones article, here.
First it was redefining rape. Then changing the designation of domestic-abuse victims to “accusers”. Now if you can’t prove your miscarriage was natural, they want to charge you with murder.
Insane. Completely, totally, over-the-edge, insane. Anyone who can in good conscious be a Republican must simply not understand what their party stands for these days. The elephant has lost it’s mind.
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