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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Mon 
09/07/2009 16:02:50
 jim  Atlantic City, NJ
Mon 
09/07/2009 15:29:08
 jim  Great Egg Harbor, NJ
Mon 
09/07/2009 14:39:33
 jim  Boardwalk, NJ
Mon 
09/07/2009 14:25:22
 jim  Ocean City, NJ - South side
Mon 
09/07/2009 13:11:34
 jim  Ocean City, NJ - The Drive
Mon 
09/07/2009 11:37:04
 jim  Lewes Ferry - Artsyish
Mon 
09/07/2009 10:30:16
 jim  Lewes Ferry, DE - Deck
Mon 
09/07/2009 10:19:20
 jim  Bethany, DE
Mon 
09/07/2009 06:56:54
 jim  Board Walk, MD - Sunrise
Mon 
09/07/2009 06:24:38
 jim  Board Walk, MD - While you were sleeping
Mon 
09/07/2009 06:05:09
 jim  I think I finally understand existance
When we die, we die in the present portion of time. Our parts are recycled for the future. Our past remains fixed in the past.
The past and the future are as real as the present. We are not set up to understand them. Our state is set to the present.
We won't be in this state ever again, and we have no tools to imagine any other state.
But one can imagine that 100 years in the future, we will be dead in present time. We are currenty, the real, living, ghosts of the future.
I don't feel like a ghost, and I don't feel like a spirit either. And I don't feel dead. But, I am, one hundred years from now.
I believe all existance has already been predetermined. Life is like a movie where you don't know what is going to happen next.
There is only one path that could have brought us to the present, and there is only path possible into the future.
With that said, nothing is random. Our pain and joy, the decisions that we make, and the paths we take, all of these will have had to happen.
Our existance in the present is just a short ride.
I think it is like a rollar coaster, where we go in the same circle over and over again. It may be that we get to pick different seats each time around.
Mon 
09/07/2009 02:55:20
 jim  Too tired too think
Can't wait to get back to Pittsburgh, my home away from home.
So, if working in Pittsburgh is like a dream, then this weekend was like a dream within a dream.
We didn't make it to Ocean City, NJ or Atlantic City, like I'd hoped.
The traffic was too thick, but we did see some of Delaware.
Sun 
09/06/2009 19:07:02
 jim  Fenwick Island, DE - Lighthouse
Sun 
09/06/2009 18:34:22
 jim  Fenwick Island, DE - Shops
Sun 
09/06/2009 18:27:18
 jim  Fenwick Island, DE
Sun 
09/06/2009 17:41:32
 jim  Indian Marina, DE
Sun 
09/06/2009 17:21:21
 jim  Indian Beach, DE
Sun 
09/06/2009 10:35:04
 jim  Ocean City, MA - Chesapeake Bay
Sat 
09/05/2009 22:47:04
 jim  Ocean City, MD - Boardwalk
Sat 
09/05/2009 22:45:22
 jim  OceanCity - Religious Sand Works
Sat 
09/05/2009 22:41:40
 jim  OceanCity - Boardwalk at Night
Sat 
09/05/2009 21:57:50
 jim  Ocean City - Carnival
Sat 
09/05/2009 20:24:24
 jim  OceanCity Beach - Moonlight
Sat 
09/05/2009 14:57:22
 jim  Ocean City - Boardwalk
Sat 
09/05/2009 13:18:24
 jim  Ocean City - Admiral Hotel
Sat 
09/05/2009 12:31:30
 jim  Ocean City - Beach
Sat 
09/05/2009 11:34:50
 jim  Chesapeake Bay
Sat 
09/05/2009 11:34:20
 jim  Chesapeake Bay Crabs
Sat 
09/05/2009 10:39:16
 jim  Salisbury, Md - Hotel
Wed 
09/02/2009 20:37:04
 jim  Pittsburgh - Night Skyline
Wed 
09/02/2009 18:59:26
 jim  Pittsburgh - Buca
Wed 
09/02/2009 18:05:30
 jim  Pittsburgh - Skyline
Tue 
09/01/2009 13:50:29
 jim  Wexford - Apt Critters
Mon 
08/31/2009 12:10:03
 jim  Warrenburg - Behind Work
Sun 
08/30/2009 18:06:14
 jim  Cranberry 21TechDr
Sun 
08/30/2009 16:40:20
 jim  Wexford Skies
Sun 
08/30/2009 16:40:04
 jim  Wexford Ichibans
Sat 
08/29/2009 10:45:08
 jim  Wexford Apt - Rain
Wed 
08/26/2009 21:16:28
 jim  Pittsburgh at Night
Wed 
08/26/2009 20:02:28
 jim  Around Bridgewater
Wed 
08/26/2009 18:54:34
 jim  Bridgewater - Jeffries Landing
Wed 
08/26/2009 18:53:58
 jim  Bridgewater Marina
Wed 
08/26/2009 18:40:08
 jim  Bridgewater, Pa
Wed 
08/26/2009 11:49:10
 jim  Cranberry Misc
Tue 
08/25/2009 22:28:37
 jim  A perfect moment
Ever feel like life, for a moment, was in perfect harmony throughout the world.
Ever feel that if the past was great, then the future can't be bad.
Today I picked a dandilion and shook it. The spores flew 1,000 feet into the sky, and I still don't understand it. 
I am living in a magical place.
Pittsburgh people, I hope you know you're living in someone else's heaven.
Thank you all for making it that way.
Tue 
08/25/2009 19:36:32
 jim  Wexford
Tue 
08/25/2009 18:10:36
 jim  Homestead Restaurant
Mon 
08/24/2009 21:54:20
 jim  How big is Walmart?
 1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart every hour of every day
   (I didn't)
2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute! 
   (somehow, I calculated thats $30,136,320 per hour...hmmm)
3. Wal-Mart will sells more from January 1 to April than Target sells all year.
   (McDonalds does too) 
4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot, Kroger, Target, Sears, Costco, and K-Mart combined.
    (Why would you combine Krogers and Home Depot?)
5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people and is the largest private employer, most can't speak English.
   (Most Americans can't speak English)
6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the World.
  (Babylon was largest prehistory mall)
7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger & Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this in only 15 years.
8. During this same period, 31 supermarket chains sought bankruptcy (including Winn-Dixie). 
  (ewwwe..Winn-Dixie)
9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the world.
10.. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are Super Centers; this is 1,000 more than it had 5 years ago.
11 This year 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at a Wal-Mart store. Earth's population is approximately 6.5 billion.
  (I've bought there, but, it wasn't really an experience)
12.. 90% of all Americans live within 15 miles of a Wal-Mart.
   (1% live in the dressing rooms)
Let Wal-Mart run the Government.
Sat 
08/22/2009 18:10:26
 jim  Ross Mall
Sat 
08/22/2009 11:51:12
 jim  Who vacations in Ethiopia
A fellow I work with told me that his daughter was going for vacation in Ethiopia.
I said "WHY?".  He said, "She wants to adopt a child. I'm going to be a double grandfather!".
I said "Wow. Isn't she worried about mental illness, and other born diseases from the malnutrition."
He said "Nope. The company she's going through tells you all about the children. They get vaccinated...the whole shibang!".
I thought that was SO SELFLESS. She's going to give a child a life that he/she would have never had the opportunity to have.
That's nice. The people here are nice.

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