September 30, 2016
Jim Reeves
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Curiosity takes a selfie. On Mars.
Today, we (deliberately) crash-landed a space probe on a comet. The Rosetta probe was “gently” crashed into the comet 67P, on which a specifically designed lander had soft-landed on November 12, 2014. I was watching ESA/NASA TV when the loss-of-signal event indicated the flight had ended with the probe impacting the surface of the comet.
I am one month older than the space age.
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May 27, 2016
Jim Reeves
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If you’re a regular reader, you know of SpaceCadet Jimmiejoe. He’s the twelve year old who hides behind these 58 year old eyes, demanding to be let out from time to time. Last Wednesday, he’d had enough. We WERE, by GAWD, going to Los Angeles, and we WERE, by GAWD, going to see the Space Shuttle Endeavour. He was accepting no more excuses, no more delays, and no more procrastination. There’s a space ship sitting less than 200 miles away, and we needed to go. How can you argue with logic like that? So, we went. The SpaceCadet surprised me. He didn’t tear up when he saw the Endeavour. I was kind of expecting that, after his reaction to seeing a Saturn V rocket in person.
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February 12, 2015
Jim Reeves
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Mineral King Bowl, Visalia, in the late 1970’s. The whole fam damily is here for someone’s graduation, but I’m not sure whose. Possibly my sister Sherry’s, which would place it in June, 1977. Maybe someone later, I’ll have to check and see if anyone else recalls who we were there for. I’m about 19 or 20, and that ball cap is my REACT hat, back from my CB radio days.
If I had been out to myself at the time, let alone anyone else, I think I would have qualified as a “twink”. Assuming the term was around then, I don’t know the history of that label to be sure. (I just checked, it started about that time, so I would have been one of the first! 😉 )
At any rate, a lot of water under the bridge since this Polaroid was snapped by one of the cousins that evening. I wonder if I still have that watch laying around in some box somewhere?
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August 24, 2014
Jim Reeves
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I think I’m just not fully in the moment here. Or maybe I’m just slightly out of phase.
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July 3, 2014
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Early to mid 1958, El Paso, Texas. Dad is 19, and is stationed at Biggs Air Force Base. Big Jimmie and Little Jimmie.
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March 5, 2014
Jim Reeves
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A few minutes ago, I was sitting in my living room, holding a little piece of plastic and metal to my ear, no wires connecting me to any plugs on the walls, talking to a friend in Virginia as he drove down a highway. Space Cadet JimmieJoe was jumping up and down in my head again, amazed.
When I was 12, the Space Cadet often daydreamed about the future. There were spaceships and incredible computers. Meals would be selected on a screen, and be magically transported to the table by a conveyor. Communication anywhere on the planet would be simple, quick, and complete with video. Super sonic jets would whisk you to anyplace on Earth in a short time, and, of course, flying cars would be everywhere. Think – “The Jetsons”.
Well, the future is here, but it looks a bit different than Space Cadet JimmieJoe imagined.
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June 29, 2013
Jim Reeves
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Back in December I was forced to evict a relative from my home. Long story, but after six months of legal actions and $500, he was gone. I set up a webcam in a bedroom window to keep an eye on things, since he tried several times to come back.
Today, I had a visitor check out the camera close up.
Maybe he wasn’t being nosy, but rather was looking for a way to get inside and cool off, as it was 106 degrees outside! Poor guy… keep a-knockin’, but you can’t come in! Sorry!
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November 11, 2012
Jim Reeves
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Yesterday’s search engine terms that directed someone to my page:
“sherry gomez” visalia (my sister)
“wanda reeves” visalia (my mother)
who is jim reeves visalia (me)
Can I help you with something? Send me an email. The address is right there in the right hand column, in the “about” section.
Cheers.
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Curiosity takes a selfie. On Mars.
Today, we (deliberately) crash-landed a space probe on a comet. The Rosetta probe was “gently” crashed into the comet 67P, on which a specifically designed lander had soft-landed on November 12, 2014. I was watching ESA/NASA TV when the loss-of-signal event indicated the flight had ended with the probe impacting the surface of the comet.
I am one month older than the space age.
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