It’s nice when actors recognize the importance of something they’ve done, and embrace it. Sometimes it’s easy to forget that the past got you to where you are today, and should be respected. When it’s something as big as Star Trek, it can be wonderful, or it can destroy you. They seem to have embraced it, and accepted that they will always be “Trekkers”.
You’re Kidding, Right? No? Really?
May 30, 2010
commentary, Personal Babylon Club, being carded, comedy club, Fresno, ID 3 Comments
Friday night. Fresno. Comedy Club night at a club in the Tower District. Security checking IDs at the entrance. Even mine.
The security kid guy asked for my ID? Is he kidding me? Nobody, and I mean nobody, has thought I was underage for a long time. Hell, someone could have been born and become legal themselves since the last time I was carded! The last time I was even almost carded was in Las Vegas for New Years 2009. The doorman was carding almost everyone, but waved me through when I got up to him. The rest of that story falls under the “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” regulation, so I can’t really discuss it any more than that. Sorry.
So I pulled out my wallet, flipped it open to pull my driver license out, but he said that was good enough, he didn’t actually have to look at it. He just needed to confirm that I had it. That is the strangest carding I’ve ever experienced. I’m failing at coming up with a rational reason to require ID from people, if it’s not for verification of age.
The Truth About Motivation
May 29, 2010
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We’ve Got Things Under Control!
May 28, 2010
commentary Beyond Petroleum, BP, British Petroleum, Deep Water 2 Comments
In Honor of Geek Week
May 26, 2010
News, Pictures Atlantis, Geek Week, International Space Station transits sun, ISS, NASA, Rachel Maddow Show Leave a comment
This is Geek Week on the Rachel Maddow show, so in honor of that, and of the recent STS-132 mission, here’s a picture of Atlantis docked at the International Space Station as it transits across the Sun!
Picture from “Bad Astronomy”.
Who Knew NASA Had A Sense of Humor??
May 25, 2010
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To Boldly Go… To Camelot.
May 25, 2010
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Amazing, Simply Amazing!
May 24, 2010
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Ted Freitas, a VIP around here, owns Central Point Networks. They’ve recently created a service for home computer users that protects computers and networks from just about anything on the internet! It just amazes me what they can do with computers. For instance….
I’ve been having some problems with my main computer. Part of a home network, it’s recently been sluggish, refusing to find websites, loading only parts of pages, and taking forever to boot up. I complained to Ted about it recently, just in passing, and he had me install his new service so he could take a look at my system. Well, I don’t know what he and his techs over at CPN did today while I was asleep, but the difference is night and day! Pages load in a snap, like they used to, and the computer alternates between programs without pouting about being made to work!
{Shameless plug} Surf on over to CPN (Central Point Networks, LLC) and check out the new Computer Club service. Well worth the price, it will insure your computers run like the screaming eagles you remember when you first started using them. Don’t let the malware, viruses, and other computer ills drag your computer down. Have Ted and CPN on guard 24/7!
JimmieJoe / KC6YRU 
An Act Of God? Or Just Incompetence?
June 4, 2010
Jim Reeves commentary, News, Personal, Pictures Beyond Petroleum, BP, British Petroleum, Gulf of Mexico, oil spill Leave a comment
“Drill, baby, drill!” – Sarah Palin, John McCain, Fox News, et al
“Government isn’t the solution, government’s the problem!” – Ronald Reagan
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