Another night at work
May 18, 2011
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Tornado Strikes Visalia! I must have slept right through it.
April 24, 2011
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They Came From Outer Space
March 7, 2011
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Actually, they didn’t come from outer space. They came from Earth. Florida, to be exact. It’s a bit much to even say they are in “outer” space. They were just a couple of hundred miles from me tonight. That’s closer than friends in the San Francisco Bay area. In fact, they were closer to me than most of the rest of humanity, right at that moment. But they were in orbit, and I was standing in my driveway in Visalia, California.
I didn’t take this picture. It’s not of the sight from tonight. It gives only an idea of what I saw streaking across the sky above my home. Two points of light (streaks here due to shutter timing) floating silently overhead. The Space Shuttle Discovery, followed by the International Space Station.
I subscribe to a service that will send me a message by Twitter about Space Station transits viewable from my home. Today’s message told me a “very bright” ISS would be visible. I set the alarm on my iPhone. They neglected to mention that it would be a double whammy on this pass!
It was, literally, a once-in-a-lifetime event. I can’t begin to describe how I felt as I saw it.
Vacation Video Blog
February 23, 2011
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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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Candlelight Vigil: Memorial for Lost Gay Youth (via Queer Visalia)
October 3, 2010
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What Difference A Few Years Can Make
September 10, 2010
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Main and Court, Visalia from about 1863. Perhaps the earliest photograph of Visalia. Looking east from just west of the intersection.
The same intersection today. Would any Visalians of the first picture recognize their town?
It Was 1976… it could have been worse!
September 1, 2010
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June, 1976 Senior Prom
About to leave to go pick up my date.
All I can say is the model in the tux catalog looked really good.
We didn’t go in my truck.
Boy, I wish I could go back and talk to this kid for a few minutes!
Oh… look at that hair! 
JimmieJoe / KC6YRU 
Did she just call me a faggot? (via Queer Visalia)
June 6, 2011
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