Father’s Day 2011

June 19, 2011

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Jim Sr., 45, & Jim Jr., 26, November 1983

I’m a bit sad at the moment, as this night rolls into Father’s Day 2011.  He died when I was 49, and sometimes I find myself missing something that never was, and wondering about what might have been.  He was who he was, and it’s surely a waste of time to pine over something that never happened.  I wonder how he felt when he lost his dad, at 28.  He never said, and I never asked.  It’s odd how the person that is the closest to you can be the most distant.

I’m reminded of one particular moment with my Dad,  and I’ve thought of it often over the years.  Father’s Day stories are often heartwarming tales of the past,  a wonderful moment shared between father and son.  This isn’t one of those stories.

He was trying to teach me to swim, and only managed to scare me into a crying heap of shamed little boy.

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Tuesday Walkabout

May 24, 2011

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My house is down there somewhere.

So I’ve lived in my current residence 14 years now.  This evening I took a stroll around the neighborhood.  Second time I’ve done that, and the first time was just a couple of weeks ago.  This picture is taken about a half a mile from my house, looking back towards it.  The fence is around the school where I attended for a short time, back in the 4th or 5th grade.

The total walk was 1.85 miles, as best I can figure it, using Precision Mapping.  I can see that I need to buy some walking shoes, if I’m going to do this very often.  The shoes I wore are clearly not made for walking.

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Another night at work

May 18, 2011

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All Pretty Now. (or, as pretty as it’s going to get!)

May 14, 2011

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Mowing the lawn is not something I enjoy.

When I Should Have Known

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.

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Vacation Video Blog

February 23, 2011

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Time Warp! July, 1983

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!

The Most Important Video You’ll Ever Watch

February 12, 2011

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OK, I exaggerate.  It may be only the third or fourth most important video you’ll ever watch.  But it’s up there, I’m sure.  How could it not?  I mean, come on, it’s even got a special announcement at the end, that you really won’t want to miss.  And of course it stars yours truly, so it has to be Oscar-worthy, right?

 

 

Hi There

October 31, 2010

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Testing… testing… is this thing on?

October 25, 2010

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