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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Fri 
11/02/2007 20:09:04
 jim  Friday Night Bands
Thu 
11/01/2007 14:58:28
 jim  You just get used to some things
My site goes up and down.
Insight (the internet) goes up and down.
AT&T goes up and down.
And I took a shower with no hot water again.
My IPhone shows me 5 bars even when it isn't even working.
I just found out my cell phone hasn't worked since Tuesday.
So, I actually did get called for an interview today. :(
I rescheduled for tommorrow at 5pm.
Thu 
11/01/2007 14:58:28
 jim   (Reply)..You just get used to some things
We had a wonderful one hour interview.
As it turns out, PAULA works for them !
Small world, huh?
Thu 
11/01/2007 09:50:41
 jim  Tacky Halloween Jokes
What kind of street does a ghost like best?
A dead end.
What did the papa ghost say to the baby ghost?
Fasten your sheet belt.
How do ghosts fly from one place to another?
By scareplane.
What directions did the ghost give the goblin?
"Make a fright turn at the corner."
What kind of ghost haunts a hen house?
A poultry-geist.
Why do ghosts go to baseball games?
Because they like to boo the umpire.
What should you say when you meet a ghost?
"How do you boo, sir. How do you boo."
What did the mother ghost say to the baby ghost?
Put your shocks and boos on.
What do you call a ghost in a torn sheet?
A holy terror.
What tops off a ghost's sundae?
Whipped Scream
Why did the baby ghost go to the doctor before halloween?
To get a BOOster shot.
When do ghosts usually appear?
Just before someone screams.
What do little ghosts drink?
Evaporated milk.
How do you make a milkshake?
You sneak up behind a glass of milk and yell "Boo!"
Why is a ghost such a messy eater?
Because he's always a goblin.
Why do ghosts like to ride elevators?
It raises their spirits.
Why did the game warden arrest the ghost?
He didn't have a haunting license.
Wed 
10/31/2007 01:02:24
 jim  Even the mornings are fun here
Wed 
10/31/2007 00:00:00
 jim  Halloween
Sat 
10/27/2007 22:34:29
 jim  4thSt Halloween
Sat 
10/27/2007 21:41:52
 jim  4thStLive,KY-Halloween BalloonMan
Sat 
10/27/2007 21:07:58
 jim  4thStLive,KY-Halloween Babes
Sat 
10/27/2007 21:06:24
 jim  Louisville,KY-4thStLive Halloween Becky
Sat 
10/27/2007 21:00:14
 jim  4th St Halloween Party
Sat 
10/27/2007 21:00:14
 jim   (Reply)Halloween at Saddle Ridge
Sat 
10/27/2007 20:58:24
 jim  4thSt Halloween Babe Sully
Sat 
10/27/2007 20:58:24
 jim   (Reply)4thStLive,KY-Halloween Babe Sullys
Sat 
10/27/2007 20:37:22
 jim  4thStLive,KY-Halloween Knight
Sat 
10/27/2007 19:11:58
 jim  Louisville,KY-4thStLive Halloween SullysContest
Fri 
10/26/2007 21:51:18
 jim  Gosh!!! What I love about Louisville!
The people have smiling eyes. They have great HAIR! They love to photographed, and they love to be extreme.
It's like every one here is the star of their own show.
This place really grows on you.
Fri 
10/26/2007 21:06:12
 jim  The Diamond Rio Concert
The Diamond Rio Concert was surprisingly good. We had heard their songs before.
Fri 
10/26/2007 20:38:30
 jim  4thStLive,KY-DiamondRio
Thu 
10/25/2007 22:16:46
 jim  4thStLive,KY-ThreeDogNight
Thu 
10/25/2007 20:17:56
 jim  Three Dog Night Concert
The numbers we got were wrong.
An estimated 2,000 people showed up instead of 20,000.
Three Dog Night sang their songs just like the originals.
We hung out with Jesse and Tony at the Pub for most of the concert.
The crowd at Saddle Ridge was quite thin, but it got packed after midnight.
And I shouldn't drink Speckled Hen Ale. lol.
Thu 
10/25/2007 19:11:58
 jim  4thStLive,KY-ThreeDogNight
Thu 
10/25/2007 19:02:42
 jim  4thStLive,KY-ThreeDogNight
Wed 
10/24/2007 19:25:43
 jim  The rundown for this Halloween Weekend:
Thursday Night :
Three Dog Night
Fourth Street Live
We'll be at Saddle Ridge
"Jeremiah was a bullfrog, was a good friend of mine. I never understood a single word he said, but I helped him a-drink his wine...and he always had some mighty fine wine..."

Friday Night :
Diamond Rio
Fourth Street Live
We'll be at Saddle Ridge
"Last night I had a crazy dream. A wish was granted just for me, and it could be for anything. I didn't ask for money, or a mansion in Malibu. I simply wished, for one more day with you" **sniff sniff **

Saturday Night:
Halloween Contest
Fourth Street Live
We'll be at, you guessed it
Saddle Ridge!
40,000 people are expected to show up!
Tue 
10/23/2007 15:03:22
 jim  Louisville Rain
Click this picture to find out what the rain really looks like. Its pouring!
Mon 
10/22/2007 17:06:14
 jim  When it rains in Louisville...
It started raining here at noon and it doesn't look like its going to stop for awhile.
Mon 
10/22/2007 12:03:04
 jim  Autumn - A short walk in Louisville




Mon 
10/22/2007 09:30:35
 jim  The US population has hit 300 million, so...
 Who is working?
-160 million are retired, leaving 140 million to do the work. 
-  There are 85 million in school, leaving 55 million to do the work.
- Of this there are 35 million employed by the federal government, leaving 15 million to do the work.
- 2.8 million are in the armed forces, leaving 12.2 million to do the work.
- 10.8 million people who work for state and city governments, leaving 1.4 million to do the work.
- At any given time there are 188,000 people in hospitals, leaving 1,212,000 to do the work.
- There are 1,211,998 people in prisons, leaving 2 people to do the work.
You and me. And you are sitting at your computer, reading jokes.
 (:^||
Mon 
10/22/2007 07:29:21
 jim  Its 7:30 am and it is still dark outside.
The sun is just now coming up.
I love this time of the morning.
I usually get up at 6 am to the chirping on my IPhone's alarm.
It's a quiet time.
I usually have time to write a program, play with some pictures or check out the lastest hackers to my website.
Its a great time to learn new things.
I've written a VB graphics program thats wonderful.
It allows you to:
- Select files from windows folders using wild cards (like explorer should do).
- To drop to DOS in the folder your viewing (like explorer should do).
- To rename files using wild cards (like DOS's REN does).
- Put the modification date/time of files (pictures) in the beginning of the file name.
- Thumbnails graphics in mass.
- Creates an html file that enables you to view graphics, watch movies or listen to the sound recordings in the file.
I take a lot of pictures, and file names like IMG_0001.JPG just won't do.
In two clicks and a little typing, the files can be named 20071020-100000-CherokeePark.JPG
Thats pretty cool when you have just downloaded 100's of pictures!
I know programming, but I don't know how to market with a small budget, and thats such a shame.
This is my last week at work.
It would be so nice if they'd just tell me to take off with my last weeks pay.
So far, thats never happened to me.
There's not a lot to do where I work, so this may be a very boring week.
*** yawners ***
Well, guess I gotta go take a shower.
HAGD yall.
Sun 
10/21/2007 23:23:38
 jim  Louisville Hardrock
Sun 
10/21/2007 18:03:52
 jim  Louisville - Houses in the Fall

HI! I'm Becky, your cells rep.
I'll be your real escape agent.  : )
Sun 
10/21/2007 17:20:32
 jim  Sushi at Mimosa’s on Bardstown Road

Sushi Real Good - My special blend for tea, salmon egg sushi, and Vietnamese chicken and rice. Great prices !!!
Sun 
10/21/2007 17:20:10
 jim  Louisville,KY-Sushi,HardRock,Fall Trees
Sun 
10/21/2007 15:39:54
 jim  Cherokee Park’s Fall Colors
Sun 
10/21/2007 15:39:14
 jim  2007 Kentucky - Becky, Fall
Sun 
10/21/2007 14:53:02
 jim  Cherokee Park in the Fall
Sat 
10/20/2007 22:45:28
 jim  Fright Night at Six Flags

I rode a stand up roller coaster.
I got it a movie of it, but this site is too slow for streaming video.
It was really great, though!
We played with some racoons.
The pictures will follow. Gosh I love COONS. 
They sniffed us. One stood up and held out his little black hands.
The other one was niblling on my tennis shoe.
I ran off to get some pretzels for the little critters and they left. : (
In the end, we rode a Simulation Ride...ELVIRA's SCREAM PARK.
Or as Becky calls it, Elvira's Emotion Stimulator Ride.
It made the night.
Fourth Street Live was pretty dead
So here we are, at 10:30 pm, all burned out and hanging loose in the apartment.
But I look back now, and we had a pretty darned good day!
How bout y'all ?
Sat 
10/20/2007 19:32:16
 jim  Racoons - Upclose and Personal
I suppose I shouldn't so get thrilled about these little guys.
After all, I'd just gotten off a roller coaster at Six Flags.
These racoons came up to us, sniffed us, and one of them tried to eat my Tennis Shoe. They made my night!
"Pardon me Roy, is that the cat who chewed your new shoes?" One chewed my Walmart shoes. They like Walmart! 
Fri 
10/19/2007 19:43:58
 jim  Ate pizza at Wicks Pizza!
Wicks Pizza, with Peter and Zoe. They've got really good pizza. I'm going to miss these two when Peter goes.

Bathroom art always amazes me!
Mae West is hangs out in the bathroom?
Bardstown road's mom/pop stores.
This is a record shop remains untainted by the chain store madness that has swept the country.
These clouds caught my eye.
They're all in line as if headed somewhere
We have come so far from home.
In Vegas,
the sky is either blue, grey or brownish, and it rarely rains.
The Louisville,
the sky puts on its own show for free, if you just look at it.

This video store is at least, unique.
They rent DVDs in envelopes
they still have VHS Tapes,
And they have Caligula!

I want one of these things!
All I need is $70,000 to blow.
Vipers are cool.
Fri 
10/19/2007 06:40:30
 jim  Kentucky Towers Days
Great people, great times! I'm in a place thats like no other.
These aren't really good pictures,
but they capture the spirit of these people. Peter is on the left and he's like a magnet. He looks like he's shooting photons out of his head...haha.
We hang out in front a lot. 
We greet the people coming in and out.
They always have smiles.
In the middle is Susan.
Together, Peter and her have complimentary personalities. 
All three have been here for quite some time. There's a chemistry between these people. They do skits, speeches, and they talk about life.  
Preacher Scott stands here, arms all folded, but pictures decieve the perception. He's hilarious!
Peter is taking a job in Michigan, so these times mark the end of an era. The Kentucky Towers Trio is breaking up.
Thu 
10/18/2007 23:26:18
 jim  Another Tornado Watch in Louisville
Thu 
10/18/2007 13:38:03
 jim  My second IPhone App
I showed this at work and mentioned my Iphone app.
Someone said I have too much time to be writing IPhone apps.
I think of programming as an art form.
It can be a expression of thought, like painting, poetry, music or mathematics.
Every little piece builds up to the whole.
Sure, I could spend my time writting viruses, planting flowers or watching TV, but I don't do any of those things.
I like to think I'm a very good computer programmer. I believe that this is what I was born to do.
What else am I going to do with my time? 
This calculator looks great on the IPhone.
It still has a few of bugs in it, especially on devices that are weak in Javascript.
=^)
Wed 
10/17/2007 07:20:27
 jim  The Transformers Movie
It was a really great movie.
I was surprised because I didn't expect much.
The special effects were pretty incredible.
The characters were likable.
And the script was humorous.
Not bad for a kiddy show!
Mon 
10/15/2007 12:58:41
 jim  Now I’m serious about this...Bar B Q
These guys here have a BBQ on wheels.
They have a caterers license, a venders permit, and a health permit.
I think thats about all that you need.
The BBQ grill runs around $1,000.
The trailer would be another $1,000 (maybe).
And I've gotta tell ya, my BBQ is much better.
We'd advertise to Bars. They call, and we're quick!
I can use my corporation to handle the expenses.
I think its worth a shot.
Only problem is, where can we smoke 20lbs of BBQ for 24 hours?
Sun 
10/14/2007 02:45:24
 jim  Around Town - Don Vito at Sullys, Jimmys
This girl was such a sweet heart
It seems that most of the girls that work downtown are working their way through college. This girl could be your shrink!
Anyone heard of Don Vito?
He played in Jackass: The Movie. Anyway, he was the main attraction on Fourth Street Live, Saturday night.
Sun 
10/14/2007 02:31:52
 jim  Louisville,KY-4thSt Sullys-Babes and Gawkers
Sun 
10/14/2007 01:13:06
 jim  Rods Place
Sat 
10/13/2007 23:36:14
 jim  Third Base - Indiana

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