The Life and Times of Jim
Hi, there. I'm Jim. Welcome to my phlog!
This site was written for Las Vegas, then LouisVille. Now, it seems to be about anywhere. In these phlogs, you'll see a lot of my personal notes and pictures. I like to post my observations here to remember life and celebrate it. I'm not religious. I don't pray for good fortune. I'm ecstatically grateful for the gift of life and I think our time should be remembered and not taken for granted. I'm not a writer. I think pictures tell stories so much better than words. I love just about everything in this life, and, I guess that would have to include you. So, if you've seen me, don't be surprised if your picture is in here somewhere. Of all the critters, people are absolutely the most interesting. 
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Tue 
10/20/2009 08:15:06
 jim  Fall in Places
Sun 
10/11/2009 16:08:48
 jim  Ligonier, Pa-Civil War
Sun 
10/11/2009 16:06:42
 jim  Ligonier,PA-Township
Sun 
10/11/2009 14:22:06
 jim  Falling Waters, PA
Sun 
10/11/2009 11:14:26
 jim  Ohio Pyle, PA-Falls
Sat 
10/10/2009 21:52:40
 jim  Chalk Hill Inn, Pa
Sat 
10/10/2009 19:41:50
 jim  Ohio Pyle, PA-Art Fest
What is it about Buckwheat Pancakes, Sausage, Sweet Pickles and Tabasco that turns these people on? I kept hearing its an Ohio Pyle thing, but I was it advertised all the way up to Ligonier. Hmmm.
Sat 
10/10/2009 19:01:44
 jim  OhioPyle, PA - Time Shots
Sat 
10/10/2009 18:00:08
 jim  Chalk Hill Lake, PA
Sat 
10/10/2009 17:47:02
 jim  LickHollow-20091010
Sat 
10/10/2009 17:45:22
 jim  Ohio Pyle,Pa-Along the way
Thu 
10/08/2009 19:19:26
 jim  Genesis - The Order
1. First God made heaven & earth & light & darkness (Day)
2. Firmament - Flat Land
3. Plants, Fruit, Vegetables
4. Stars.
5. Living creatures, birds, great sea monsters
6. God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
Mon 
10/05/2009 22:16:37
 jim  ..Jimmy Leavelle has Left the Building
Oops...that was dumb. I knew it was your wonderful wedding Ashley.
Mon 
10/05/2009 22:16:37
 jim   (Reply)Jimmy Leavelle has Left the Building
I know, he ain't much to look at, but he was a good friend.
Jimmy was always more than happy to tell you his Dad was the detective handcuffed to Lee Harvey Oswald when he was shot.
He was also more than happy to tell you when our team was suckin hind tit.
Jimmy Leavelle was a Texan to the end. 
From the sudsy sunrises to the jack sunsets, Jimmy always had some kind of interesting expression to fit any occasion.
His Dad found Jimmy in a never ending sleep after his last Saturday night in this world.
I knew Jimmy throughout the 80's and 90's and last saw him last at Ashley (Allred) Ellison's wedding. 
Jimmy was a computer programmer like me, and it was always pleasure working by his side. We did some pretty amazing things together.
So here's to you old pal.
Say a southern styled "Hello" to Chris Pajak, Rob Allred, Milly Gabriel and Bill Enyoue 
and tell them to click their glasses together and wait for me.
Dude, I don't know what anyone else might have thought about you, don't much care, but
Life was always better with you in it!
Sun 
10/04/2009 14:50:00
 Jim  NorthPark, PA - Close Ups
Sat 
10/03/2009 13:40:40
 jim  Franklin - Stuff
Sat 
10/03/2009 13:08:46
 jim  Franklin, PA - People
Sat 
10/03/2009 13:08:46
 jim   (Reply)Franklin, PA - Applefest
Sat 
10/03/2009 13:06:16
 jim  Franklin, PA-Buildings
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Sat 
10/03/2009 12:32:48
 jim  I80 Trees-20091003
Sat 
10/03/2009 11:29:50
 jim  PA - Fall
Sat 
10/03/2009 08:36:42
 jim  Flash Paper and Pop Rocks
Flash Paper
Mix 5 parts nitric acid, 4 parts sulfuric acid. Place a piece of toilet paper on a dish. Soak for 10 minutes. Allow to dry.
It is stronger than normal tissue, and has a gel-like texture.
When lit, it burns before hitting the ground.
Note:
You are making nitrocellulose, also known as "celluloid." Basically, sugars, such as the cellulose that makes up paper, are appended with hydroxyl (OH) groups. The nitric-sulfuric acid mixture is a nitrating agent, converting the hydroxyl groups to nitrate esters (ONO2). This nitrocellulose now basically contains its own oxidizing agent. The same reaction occurs to make nitroglycerine from glycerol.
What I'm not going to say is how or where to get nitric acid
Flash paper is used by magicians for their pyrotechnic effects and is very dangerous, If someone uses it to, say, shoot flames out his nose, well, he's just an idiot. Also, nitric acid is extremely toxic.
Flash paper is probably best purchased over the internet along with flash paper shooters.
You can make flash shooters with kitchen match heads too, and its much safer!
Pop Rocks
Mix iodine crystals in ammonia until the iodine crystals well. Drain. Wrap in cig papers.
Wed 
09/30/2009 05:53:11
 jim  Getting back into the Saddle Again
A week vacation can surely throw things out of wack. My sleep is all out of wack. I don't need to get dressed up to see the sunrise here (its on the otherside of the mountain). And my motor isn't reved up for another daily adventure to places unknown. Its back to work...and which is more like a comically dramatic TV show than it is work.
Lovin it All !
Sun 
09/27/2009 13:33:54
 jim  I70-Fall Colors
Sat 
09/26/2009 11:28:20
 jim  Annapolis, MD
Sat 
09/26/2009 11:28:02
 jim  Annapolis-People
Thu 
09/24/2009 06:56:45
 jim  Hover over these 1st Grade Questions
What Kids Say
Wed 
09/23/2009 21:45:54
 jim  Let me get this straight
Bassett al-Megrahi helps kill 270 people in the 1988 Lockerbie airline plane crash.
Scotland jails him on a life sentence, but being "sensitive" let him out early for terminal cancer.
Dictator Colonel Gaddafi throws a parade in Tripoli.
And Gaddafi cuts us down at the UN.
Did I miss something?
Wed 
09/23/2009 13:30:10
 jim  Atlantic City-Birds
Tue 
09/22/2009 10:43:11
 jim  Atlantic City-Ballys
Tue 
09/22/2009 07:21:56
 jim  Atlantic City-Celebrity Writing
Tue 
09/22/2009 07:02:56
 jim  Atlantic City-JellyFish
Tue 
09/22/2009 06:35:04
 jim  Atlantic City-Sunrise
Mon 
09/21/2009 19:50:46
 jim  Atlantic City-Boardwalk Casinos
Mon 
09/21/2009 16:34:12
 jim  AC-Misc

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