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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Sun 
12/20/2009 10:41:56
 jim  Hooked up Becky with her Dad yesterday
I guess they'd lost touch for 30 years? Wow...anyway...he seemed like a really cool guy! Lots of fun...
and they both lit up like Christmas trees
Sun 
12/20/2009 08:06:49
 jim  .Who Would Think It?
2010s - Whats coming in:
Keyboardless PCs (exists)
Cell phone projectors (exists)
AI Voice recognation that can replace human translators (exists)
AI Text recognition able to scan any language and understand
AI digitizing of all records from recorded history
Live Global Imaging
Main frame/PC with greater than human intelligence
3D TV flat screen (waiting for communication technology to catch up)
3D TV cube screen  (waiting for communication technology to catch up)
3D TV projection anywhere (waiting for 3D projection system)
Wearable internet, replacing cell phones (getting there)
Eyebuds/sound/audio projection (getting there)
Vehicles that drive themselves (getting there)
Portable solid state pedabyte storage (getting there)
Portable Mortgages
Greyer lines drawn between renters and owners
* (Exists) means its technology is here now, but needs improvement
2010s - Whats going out - Things:
Hard drives, keyboards, mouses, landlines, wire nets, Cell phones, albums, cd's, tape, dvd, blue-ray
Sewage, as we know it
Petroleum fuel
Cash
ID cards
Computer languages
2010s - Whats going out - Business Types:
Video Rental Stores
Delivery Professions
Software resellers
Bookstores
Mortgage Companies
Apartments
Office buildings
2010s - Whats going out - Professions:
Programmers like me
Truck drivers, commercial drivers
2010s - Whats going mobile - Professions:
Doctors
Programmers
Sun 
12/20/2009 08:06:49
 jim   (Reply)Who Would Have Thunk It?
1950's 
Beatnics, Marriage, Housewives, college, family, alcohol, cars, Unions, Job Stability, Life Insurance, Racial Prejudice, window fans, Am Radio, Operator phone connections.
Flying car produced, top speed land - 65 mph, top speed air 110 mph, but didn't sell.
New house $8,400. Avg Income $3,200. New Car $1,500.
1960's
Hippies, Sex revolution, Vietnam (war), Kennedy barely wins election, Pot/LSD, Rock-and-Roll, drunks, War, Black and White TV, Tube Radios, Film, Credit Unions, niggers, hippies, tube technology, party lines on your phone, rotary dial, OPEC, aluminum cans, xerox copy machine, welfare rolls.
Aqua car produce, but didn't do very well.
New house $12,700. Avg Income $5,300. New Car $2,600. Interest rate
1970's
High Interest Rates, Stagflation, junkies, pot heads, $40,000 houses, LEDS, Color TV, Mortage Insurance, Racial Riots, red necks, air conditioners, Ethel, transisters, push button phones, princess phones, 10 cent phone booths. Electric Golf Carts.
New house $. Avg Income $. New Car $, Interest rate
1980's
Disco, Microwaves, CDs, BBSs,  coke heads, BetaMax, Huge Cell Phones, $80,000 houses, Chips, Car Insurance, Unleaded Gas, Chip, ATMs, Self Serve Gas Pumps
New house $. Avg Income $. New Car $, Interest rate
1990's
PCs, Internet, Silicon Valley, Yuppies, crack heads, $150,000 houses, Russia, VHS, Insurance on everything, bottled water, welfare reform, Mexican Immigration
New house $. Avg Income $. New Car $, Interest rate
2000's
Cameras everywhere, DVDs, Webcams, Legal  Pot, Instant Messages, Iphone, $300,000 houses to $60,000 houses, no health care without insurance
Letsee...what else can I recall? hmmm
Sat 
12/19/2009 10:51:36
 jim  Backyard Christmas Trees
Sat 
12/19/2009 10:50:56
 jim  Snow changes trees
Fri 
12/18/2009 17:03:00
 jim  What could be crazier than that
From across the lands of the separated oceans, over desert and wilderness terrain, I've been searching for something outside that I can only find inside....
Reality is defined as that which exists, which for us, was created when we were born and will go away when we die. So, it doesn't really exist. Thats crazy.
Of course, most believe that when we die, we go to someplace else, which is often described as to have pearly gates and lots of virgins, which seems crazy.
We look into the night sky and see the stars they way they looked no less than 4 years ago. So we don't know if any of them still exist. Its crazy.
Our birth was started by two tiny cells uniting, that got their instructions from something much smaller than them. Thats insane!
We had our Christmas party at work today..
but the owners are Jewish, so the band played Beatles music.
It was hilarious!!!! I'm not crazy...the world is!
Thu 
12/17/2009 03:04:00
 jim  Taking next week off
Thinking of going to DC for a few nights.
Might shake hands with the Prez, and sit in Lincoln's lap if I can get up there.
Thu 
12/17/2009 02:58:52
 jim  Its not much - But I decorated this year
Wed 
12/16/2009 03:24:03
 jim  What could be crazier than this?
We are on a rock, that's spinning at 1,000 mph,
travelling around the sun at 80,000 mph,
with rocks the size of baseball diamonds coming at us.
with only 2 miles of breathable air above us
And we feel safe.
What could be crazier than that?
Wed 
12/16/2009 03:24:03
 jim   (Reply)..What could be crazier than this?
Jan, you're incredible! You are just simply awesum!
Sun 
12/13/2009 23:35:00
 jim  A memory of from long ago
I don't remember what went wrong with Annette and I, back in 1978,
but I do remember I was so much madly in love with her.
I knew we were too young for a three year love to last and I knew my love wasn't shared as deeply.
And it was Vegas. Who falls in love in Vegas?
But in my mind, someday we would have had children that were raised with wonderful values, and her parents and my parents would have been excellent grandparents.
All I can say is, life could have been so different. Its nice to think about how life might have been.
Its been a good life even still, but there was that dream, and I still smile whenever I remember it.
I don't remember the love making as much as I remember her whole hearted laughter. She was so much fun to be with.
Sun 
12/13/2009 21:11:34
 jim  To My Love, Becky
Around 2002, when I was divorced,
   I called out to you, with an outer force.
I was a drunken net chatter, whose desires were never met, 
   And I remained alone, secure in my motel-like nest.
You came in and you smiled, with one of my others. 
   I took your hand, she got mad, and now we are lovers.
That was 7 years ago and I no longer drink.
   The others have gone. I don't miss a thing.
Cause each day with you, brings me joy I can't describe.
   The sound of you voice, the warmth by your side
We're still a loving couple and I think thats really something, 
   Cause we're over the hill, and we're still humping.
Fri 
12/11/2009 18:54:40
 jim  Time is in a Bottle
If there is only one past, then isn't it only logical that there is only one future.
I've heard theories about multiple possible futures, but when it arrives, there could have only been one path to it.
So, if there is only one possible future, and one possible past then the present is just a slice of time between in the two.
With this reasoning, we can go as far as to say we are just characters in a play.
People 100 years in the future will be able to look back and see every you thing did, and know that you had to do it for their world to exist.
Everthing that ever will happen in our future, has already happened in someone elses past.
Our consciousnes is taking us through an inevitable series of events.
And whatever we do, we are supposed to do.
Everything is exactly the way it is, because it has to be.
And there is nothing that says destiny had to be created from the past to the future.
It could have been created in reverse.
And I'd be willing to bet that the end of time was conceived first.
Fri 
12/11/2009 18:54:40
 jim   (Reply)....Time is in a Bottle
OOOoooooh...you're going to love it Jan. We drove the west coast for the heck of it after my last contact in San Diego.

I was whale watching along the Oregon Coast when the cell phone rings..
The voice says "Hey Jimmy, how would you like to work in Pittsburgh". I said "whhaaaa?"
So I decided to take it.

Along the Oregon/California coastal route, I noticed all of these impoverished coastal towns had three things in common...a convenience store, a hair salon, and a church of sorts.
Some of the churches were in barns, and trailers.
So, I thought, that if this programming gig ever peters out, I'd got ordained as a mininster license. I could go back to Oregon, open up a litte shack.
and call it LVDudes Brotherly Love Shack. I could even have one of those drive through red woods people could get married in...hahahaha.

You will LOVE Carlsebad. That whole area was made for a convertable. I had a six week contract in San Diego, all expense paid, and we spent each weekend in a different motel next to the ocean.
Had the best time of my life there. GOOD LUCK!

Jim Cutlar - 702-203-8258 - blog@lvdude.com
Fri 
12/11/2009 18:54:40
 jim   (Reply)..Time is in a Bottle
Well how about that!!! I remember you very well! Your JavaMan, and you name is all over the web with interesting subjects
You're a genious dude!
I'm wondering how your property in Washington turned out. My Vegas property went from $260k to $60k in value.
Anyway, I'm still here in Pennslyvania, wracking up $ after $. Its been a hoot!
Its cold here. I need to get back down to the southern belt. It would be nice to know if whats turned blue will turn pink again.
Great hearing from you!!!
   From Jim Cutlar, The Las Vegas Dude.
Tue 
12/08/2009 20:39:42
 jim  Sometimes a Wedding Ring is for Christmas
Mon 
12/07/2009 12:54:16
 jim  Cranberry ChristmasTree
Tue 
12/01/2009 22:43:24
 jim  Christmas Lights
Tue 
12/01/2009 21:55:20
 jim  Georgias Party 2
Tue 
12/01/2009 20:09:46
 jim  Atrias GeorgiasParty
Fri 
11/27/2009 09:47:30
 jim  PA - First Snow
Fri 
11/27/2009 03:28:59
 jim  If a tree falls in the forest
If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is around to hear it, does there a sound?
For most of my life, I thought that was a stupid question. Of course there is a sound.

I didn't realize the depth of that question.
My answer now is, "No, it does not make a sound". Without perception, the universe does not exists.
Thought, as it turns out, is reality. Dimensions exist within thoughts and without thought, nothing matters.
There was no time before the big bang. There was no space. I can see it now. There was nothing.

I think it was a thought that created this universe.
And when we die, our universe will cease to exist.
In a very real sense, this universe exists because we are here.
And it just may be, if you wish there is a heaven to go to when you die, that is where you will go, and that may be another illusion.
I'd like to hang around. To discover the universe is to discover the dreams of the creator.
Perhaps God did create you in his own image. Perhaps you are here to discover the beauty this creation.

I got this from a dream.
In my dream, the spirit of death wasn't a separate entity.
Now that I think about it, I realize it was me.
When he told me to come, I told him no. I told him I'd like to stay here.
This creation is my heaven, complete with beauty, magnificense, awe, happiness, sorry, horror and delight.
Ane even in an eternity wouldn't be enough time to understand all that there is out there.
Thu 
11/26/2009 14:05:47
 jim  A Dream of the Angel of Death
I lay down to sleep, and dreamed I that died in my sleep.
I was in a city and the angel of death came to me. I didn't like his voice or his personality.
He said  "You have to come with me".
I said, "I think I'm just going to hang out here, and watch the animals, plants, and sky. I won't bother anything".
Then he changed the world into fire and said "You must come".
I said, "I think the fire is beautiful, I'd like to stay here if that's okay".
Then he changed the world to empty space, and said "This will be your eternity"
And I said, "This is wonderful, all of those solar systems with planets like ours. Please, I'd like to stay here".
And he said, "You Must Come".
And I said, "I'm staying here".
I remember feeling fear about going with him. He was going to take me to a place that I didn't understand.
Then I woke up in my bed with a smile.
I love this life. I love my dreams.
Sun 
11/22/2009 21:01:01
 jim  Vegas,NV-Annette
Sun 
11/22/2009 14:29:00
 jim  Vegas - 20 years ago
Sun 
11/22/2009 10:51:47
 jim  I gotta see 2012 cause I love scary movies
Scary Movies - I gotta see 2012.
I love scary movies.
I love the previews, with the earthquakes and all. Course, none of that makes sense.
I'd think we'd either get a really nasty suntan, run out of breathable air for 10 minutes, or something not nearly as dramatic as bridges and buildings falling down.
And that is why I love scary movies. They're aren't possible.
Dramas scare me for just the opposite reason
Because they are possible. Divorce, unemployment, heart attack, car accident, hunger, disease...those are the real monsters.
They're horrifying! I'll take a horror movie any day over a drama.
Fri 
11/20/2009 19:04:50
 jim  Some Personal Notes
  • I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.
  • Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.
  • I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.
  • There is great need for a sarcasm font.
  • How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?
  • Was learning cursive really necessary?
  • Map Quest really needs to start their directions on #5. I'm pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
  • Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.
  • I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.
  • Bad decisions make good stories.
  • You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren't going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.
  • Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don't want to have to restart my collection... Again.
  • I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.
  • "Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this -- ever..
  • I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Damn it!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?
  • I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.
  • I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.
  • My 6-year old grandson asked me in the car the other day "Grandpa what would happen if you ran over a ninja?" How the hell do I respond to that?
  • I think the freezer deserves a light as well..
  • I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than Kay.
  • Wed 
    11/18/2009 06:26:47
     jim  Saying Goodbye to Georgia

    Her last day is December 4th.
    What a great gal!!!

    Georgia organized:
    My 31st birthday party. I know, I must have accelerated decrepitude, lol.
    Jeffs going away party.
    Contractor lunches every Wednesday.
    It was her fun spirt that pulled the consultants together after, and during hours. You created memories.
    Thank you  very much Georgia.

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