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 
09/27/2010 19:46:46
 jim  Clearwater Clouds-20100927
Sat 
09/25/2010 23:19:24
 jim  Fergs Sports Bar
Sat 
09/25/2010 22:10:48
 jim  Brett Michaels Concert
Sat 
09/25/2010 21:04:04
 jim  Baseball - Rays Game
Sat 
09/25/2010 20:16:01
 jim  TropicanaField - RaysGame
Sat 
09/25/2010 20:09:00
 jim  Rays Game-Becky, Jim
Sat 
09/25/2010 19:17:00
 jim  Clearwater - Ibis
Wed 
09/22/2010 07:25:04
 jim  A bad way to quit smoking

A couple from Malaysia was beaten to death Thursday in a bizarre stop-smoking ritual, Agence France-Presse reported.
Police spokesman Ku Chin Wah told the official Bernama news agency that Mohamed Ibrahim Kader Mydin, 47, and his wife Rosina Mydin Pillay, 41, sustained head injuries in a beating intended to cure them of smoking and other illnesses. The 15-year-old daughter of one of the four relatives who participated in the beating was also attacked and is fighting for her life in a hospital, according to AFP.Police said that Mohamed Ibrahim asked family to help him kick his smoking habit, and confided in relatives that his wife was suffering from asthma and a liver ailment.
"Following this, a 23-year-old male relative suggested that the couple undergo a ritual which involved all family members joining forces to beat up the couple to rid them of their ailments,'' Ku told Bernama.
The couple's heads were smashed on tables and beaten with crash helmets and brooms.
It is believed one of the four suspects, who are now in police custody, belongs to a
"deviant'' cult.

Wed 
09/22/2010 02:43:36
 jim  One Liners
1. My husband and I divorced over religious differences. He thought he was God and I didn't.
2. I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it.
3. Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them.
4. I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.
5. Don't take life too seriously; No one gets out alive.
6. You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me
7. Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
8. Earth is the insane asylum for the universe.
9. I'm not a complete idiot -- Some parts are just missing.
10. Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.
11. NyQuil, the stuffy, sneezy, why-the-heck-is-the-room-spinning me dicine.
12. God must love stupid people; He made so many.
13. The gene pool could use a little chlorine.
14. Consciousness: That annoying time between naps.
15. Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
16. Being 'over the hill' is much better than being under it!
17. Wrinkled Was Not One of the Things I Wanted to Be When I Grew up.
18. Procrastinate Now!
19. I Have a Degree in Liberal Arts; Do You Want Fries With That?
20. A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
21. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.
22. Stupidity is not a handicap. Park elsewhere!
23. They call it PMS because Mad Cow Disease was already taken.
24. He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless DEAD.
25. A picture is worth a thousand words, but it uses up three thousand times the memory.
26 . Ham and eggs... A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig.
27. The trouble with life is there's no background music.
28. The original point and click interface was a Smith & Wesson.
29. I smile because I don't know what is going on.
Thu 
09/16/2010 22:30:04
 jim  Tampa-TomPetty Lazer Show
Thu 
09/16/2010 21:20:36
 jim  Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers
Thu 
09/16/2010 20:46:24
 jim  Tampa-Concert People
Thu 
09/16/2010 20:21:38
 jim  Tampa-ZZTop-20100916
Thu 
09/16/2010 20:00:52
 jim  Concert Half Time
Thu 
09/16/2010 19:51:34
 jim  Tampa-From St Pete Times Forum
Tue 
09/14/2010 20:11:20
 jim  Tampa Hard Rock Pictures
Tue 
09/14/2010 16:53:48
 jim  Tampa Hard Rock
Sun 
09/12/2010 17:22:30
 jim  I4 Rainbow-20100912
Sun 
09/12/2010 14:39:44
 jim  Jacksonville, FL - Skyline
Sun 
09/12/2010 13:31:34
 jim  Jacksonville RCBC-20100912
Sun 
09/12/2010 11:56:28
 jim  Rt A1A N
Sun 
09/12/2010 11:24:30
 jim  A1AN Marsh to Jacksonville
Sun 
09/12/2010 10:52:56
 jim  St Augustine-Bird House
Sun 
09/12/2010 07:37:34
 jim  St Augustine Beach-Sunrise
Sun 
09/12/2010 07:34:50
 jim  StAugustineBeach Sunrise-20100912
Sat 
09/11/2010 21:19:48
 jim  StAugustine Lighthouse-20100911
Sat 
09/11/2010 20:52:02
 jim  St Augustine Bar
Sat 
09/11/2010 20:45:12
 jim  St Augustine - Old House
Sat 
09/11/2010 20:32:04
 jim  StAugustine 5541-20100911
Sat 
09/11/2010 20:09:44
 jim  Wax Museum - Seinfield
Sat 
09/11/2010 18:10:42
 jim  StAugustine Becky-20100911
Sat 
09/11/2010 14:07:56
 jim  StAugustine FountainOfYouth-20100911
Sat 
09/11/2010 14:02:54
 jim  StAugustine SanMarcosFort-20100911
Sat 
09/11/2010 13:57:12
 jim  StAugustine Oldest House
Sat 
09/11/2010 13:25:02
 jim  StAugustine College-20100911
Sat 
09/11/2010 13:18:28
 jim  StAugustine Church
Sat 
09/11/2010 12:57:26
 jim  St Augustine Lighthouse
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Sat 
09/11/2010 12:26:24
 jim  St Augustine Resort
Sat 
09/11/2010 11:33:52
 jim  StAugustine Waves
Sat 
09/11/2010 11:33:24
 jim  St Augustine Waves
Fri 
09/10/2010 16:42:29
 jim  Religion and Diet
WORLD RELIGIONS, FOODS PRACTICES AND RESTRICTIONS, AND RATIONALE FOR BEHAVIOR
Type of religion Practice or restriction Rationale
Buddhism • Refrain from meat, vegetarian diet is desirable • Moderation in all foods • Fasting required of monks • Natural foods of the earth are considered most pure • Monks avoid all solid food after noon
Eastern Orthodox Christianity • Restrictions on Meat and Fish • Fasting Selectively • Observance of Holy Days includes fasting and restrictions to increase spiritual progress
Hinduism • Beef prohibited • All other meat and fish restricted or avoided • Alcohol avoided • Numerous fasting days • Cow is sacred and can't be eaten, but products of the "sacred" cow are pure and desirable • Fasting promotes spiritual growth
Islam • Pork and certain birds prohibited • Alcohol prohibited • Coffee/tea/stimulants avoided • Fasting from all food and drink during specific periods • Eating is for good health • Failure to eat correctly minimizes spiritual awareness • Fasting has a cleansing effect of evil elements
Judaism • Pork and shellfish prohibited • Meat and dairy at same meal prohibited • Leavened food restricted • Fasting practiced • Land animals that do not have cloven hooves and that do not chew their cud are forbidden as unclean (e.g., hare, pig, camel) • Kosher process is based upon the Torah
Mormonism • Alcohol and beverages containing caffeine prohibited • Moderation in all foods • Fasting practiced • Caffeine is addictive and leads to poor physical and emotional health • Fasting is the discipline of self-control and honoring to God
Protestants • Few restrictions of food or fasting observations • Moderation in eating, drinking, and exercise is promoted • God made all animal and natural products for humans' enjoyment • Gluttony and drunkenness are sins to be controlled
Rastafarianism • Meat and fish restricted • Vegetarian diets only, with salts, preservatives, and condiments prohibited • Herbal drinks permitted; alcohol, coffee, and soft drinks prohibited • Marijuana used extensively for religious and medicinal purposes • Pigs and shellfish are scavengers and are unclean • Foods grown with chemicals are unnatural and prohibited • Biblical texts support use of herbs (marijuana and other herbs)
Roman Catholicism • Meat restricted on certain days • Fasting practiced • Restrictions are consistent with specified days of the church year
Seventh-day Adventist • Pork prohibited and meat and fish avoided • Vegetarian diet is encouraged • Alcohol, coffee, and tea prohibited • Diet satisfies practice to "honor and glorify God"
On the designated days, Catholics may abstain from all food, or they may restrict meat and meat products. Water or nonstimulant liquids are usually allowed during the fast. From: http://www.faqs.org/nutrition/Pre-Sma/Religion-and-Dietary-Practices.html

Tue 
09/07/2010 18:33:34
 jim  Clearwater Rainbow-20100907
Sun 
09/05/2010 03:47:20
 jim  Fun with math
I always tell people that we're travelling at 80k miles an hour around the sun,
but if the earth is 94.5 million miles from the sun, then are we travelling at 34k miles an hour, aren't we?
Happy Labor Day Weekend to you all.

BTW-This is Labor Day, not Memorial Day, right? And Labor is spelled Labor and not Laber or Labre. haha
 
Circumference = Diameter x 3.14. (That sounds about right).
The Earths distance from the sun = 94,500,000 miles, but that could be debated.
Its circumference of travel = 94,500,000 * 3.14 = 296,730,000 miles. (Sort of, discounting any wobble).
Days to circle the sun = 365.4, or 8770 hours (you can prove this by calibrating a sticks shadow to a watch).
Miles per hour = 296,730,000 mile / 8770 hours = 33,834 miles per hour.
Add to that,
The Earth has a circumference of 24,901 miles (at the equator, maybe), (once again with sticks, 2 stick's shadows a mile apart can prove this out)
and there are 24 hours in a day (or something close to that), 
Then we are spinning at 1,000 miles an hour (roughly).

Sat 
08/28/2010 21:16:40
 jim  Epcot Fireworks
Sat 
08/28/2010 18:07:30
 jim  Epcot Germany
Sat 
08/28/2010 17:16:16
 jim  Epcot China
Sat 
08/28/2010 16:31:16
 jim  Epcot Norway

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