OK, I’m wasting way too much time on the Internet! This was fun. I’m not sure just what it’s all about, but what the hell… the old man can play too! 😉
Shopping
June 28, 2010
Humor, Pictures gorilla photography, melons, shopping cart Leave a comment
Someone snapped a picture recently, and purports it to be me. I can neither confirm nor deny any factual content in this image.
God, Ghosts, and ATMs (via Tulare County Atheists)
June 28, 2010
My most read blog post, ever. As of this posting, this blog has been viewed 2,790 times! I don’t know how many are actually reading it, as it’s hitting on the search term “ghosts”, but they are at least coming to the page to check it out. I’ve been watching the tallies on other posts on the site, and it would appear that folks are not staying and reading other entries, but at least they see this one. I hope readers find it amusing, or at least mildly interesting, since that’s mostly why I blog.
Visalia’s Best Cheeseburger
June 27, 2010
Personal best cheeseburger in town, Chicken Shack, Visalia Times Delta Leave a comment
1983
Seems like a lifetime ago. Other times, it’s yesterday. I was 24 when this picture was taken. I was the proud owner of “Jimmie’s Chicken Shack”, a chicken take-out/cafe/diner/food place, where I had been working for about 7 years under various owners before taking over myself.
We served some great food, and I really miss it sometimes, because nobody in town comes close! We had fried chicken, fish and chips, BBQ spare ribs that were absolutely incredible, some ‘mexican’ food, and hamburgers. Oh, those hamburgers. Nobody, and I mean nobody, then or since, has come close. In fact, it was the best in town. And that’s not just me bragging. It was in the paper!
Monday, July 4, 1983 Visalia Times Delta
The headline: The Search Is On For Visalia’s ‘Fantasy Cheeseburger’
Field Day 2010 – HAM Radio
June 27, 2010
News, Personal American Radio Relay League, ARRL, Field Day, TCARC, Tulare County Amateur Radio Club, Zumwalt Park Leave a comment
Field Day, held on the last weekend in June each year, is the ARRL’s annual test of emergency preparedness for radio amateurs. From Saturday morning till Sunday morning, operators set up temporary stations and operate radios in an attempt to contact as many other stations as possible. HAM radio operators and clubs set up stations in remote locations in rehearsal for emergency situations where they would provide communications for local civil and emergency organizations. Using their own equipment, HAM radio operators contact other stations around the country to practice their communication skills.
The Tulare County Amateur Radio Club held it’s event at Tulare’s Zumwalt park, setting up a tent and operating 4 different stations. Running on emergency power, operators used voice and morse code to contact other stations throughout the USA. Computers, networked through a wireless router, keep track of contacts, logging contacted stations for contest score purposes.
After the jump, some pictures from the event in Tulare.
The Space Needle Goes Gay (via Queer Visalia)
June 26, 2010
Hey! I’ve been there! Once as a child shortly after the World’s Fair, and then in the mid-80’s. Great view from the deck.
via Queer Visalia
QN names second V.P. (via Queer Networks)
June 25, 2010
I’ve been promoted! I’m trying to find appropriate intro music to accompany my appearances… any suggestions?
via Queer Networks
More Soccer
June 25, 2010
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Spock And McCoy in 1960’s United States Mission
June 25, 2010
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Photo credit Leonard Nimoy
Leonard Nimoy often posts pictures from his past via his Twitter account. Here, he and DeForest Kelly are in makeup for their roles as Spock and Dr. McCoy in the 1960’s series Star Trek. You can follow Nimoy’s tweets here.
JimmieJoe / KC6YRU 
So Alone. But Not.
June 27, 2010
Jim Reeves commentary patriarchy, Pharyngula, PZ Myers, sheep, Sunday Sacrilege Leave a comment
Sunday Sacrilege: So alone
Category: Godlessness
Posted on: June 27, 2010 11:53 AM, by PZ Myers
Scientists and atheists do something that many believers find repellent: we shatter their perception of their relationship to the universe. And understandably, they don’t like that.
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