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JTG is a pan-dimensional sentient life-form composed of pure quantum energy. In order to more easily observe and fully interact with the mostly harmless resident beings of this space-time continuum, JTG acquired a corporeal humanoid form via a materialization process from a Monterey Bay fog bank into a lettuce field in the Salinas Valley of Central California. As incredible as it seems, JTG's life is based on a true story. Via this virtual interface, JTG issues interesting and important random reverberations about Life, the Universe, and Everything. And now you know more than you ever thought possible. So long and thanks for all the fish! Lather. Rinse. Repeat. We now return you to your regularly scheduled Astrology reading.
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Posted Wednesday, September 1, 2010; 11:11 pm
There is so much I could write about tonight’s Boxer v. Fiorina senate debate
Fiorina simply lied, repeatedly.
Fiorina promoted that she was the head of a big corporation, HP, but when Boxer pointed out that she fired thousands of people in the US and moved their jobs overseas, Fiorina whined that she was was being attacked by having her record distorted; distorted in this case apparently meaning “reported accurately”.
Fiorina took a real problem, the badly handled “no-Fly terrorist watch list”. This list is so bady managed that even the late Senator Ted Kennedy was on it, twice (IMHO deliberately as an act of political harrassment). I would agree that being on that list, BY ITSELF, should not be cause to be denied someone a gun permit, at least not until the criterial for being on the list is fixed. However, Fiorina took that issue and rather than rationally explaining her position, tried to flip it to accuse Boxer of “giving rights to terrorists.”
It was strange to see how Fiorina repeatedly refused to answer a direct question with a “Yes” or “No” about proposition 23, which would repeal the California Clean Energy Act, and indeed Fiorina tried, unsuccessfully, to equate supporting Clean Energy with supporting terrorism.
In her closing statement, Fiorina talked about a woman who had never voted before, but was now because things were so bad. Fiorina herself has never voted, and yet now wants to run for senate, presumably because things are so bad .
There was more, but that’s just the quick highlights that caught my attention.
In spite of Fiorina’s repetitive crowing about “this is the twenty-first century”, Fiorina has no real plan to help California move ahead except policies that will send even more jobs overseas.
 
Posted Friday, August 20, 2010; 11:25 am
Following is my impression of the Chico Motel 6 that Dad and I stayed at while Visiting Cousin Marian England-Graham.
I have to major complaints:
The wifi at this motel 6 is so bad that it’s virtually worthless. I had to call tech support, at the direction of the local motel staff, and when I finally connected, the connection was very sloooooow. I was told by the person at the front desk that is the way it is when “everyone” gets online. I feel that in 2010, the internet and wifi are not new things, and there is no excuse for not having a strong wifi connection, especially in a college town like Chico California.
Second, I wanted a “Do not disturb” sign for the door. I rarely have staff change my bedding if I’m only in for a day or three, as in this case. At first, I thought one had not been left in error, but the front desk person and the manager told me they don’t provide “do not disturb” signs because they need to do a “safety inspection”. I asked what things they were going to look for and they said “phone working” and “fire alarm”. I find this an unlikely real reason, as I’d expect that my phone and fire alarm and other “safety” things would have been checked BEFORE I check in. If I’d been there or weeks, I could understand periodically needing to come into my room, but not for a three night stay. No, I believe the “safety” inspection is a cover for something else, like perhaps this Motel 6 has a high crime rate, drugs, prostitution, et cetera, and this is really an inspection to look for that sort of thing, which further makes me uncomfortable about returning to this location.
Posted Saturday, July 31, 2010; 1:56 pm
First: A limerick
There once was a man from Calabass
Who’s balls wer made of brass
When he banged them together
They played stormy weather
and lightning shot out of his ass.
Metallurgical Trivia: Brass is a metal that is not “pyrophoric”, in that when brass rubs another metal it doesn’t produce sparks. That’s why it’s used in bullets. Thus, when a brass balled man bangs his brass balls together, lightning does not shoot out of his ass, regardless of what the silly old limerick claims, to wit:
Posted Monday, April 26, 2010; 5:31 pm
My father told me that years ago, when the Monterey tunnel was being built, it was pushed by the then-mayor of Monterey, a woman named “Molly”, and her political opponents called the tunnel “Molly’s Hole”. I don’t know if that’s true or just something people say.
Posted Sunday, April 18, 2010; 2:51 pm
This is a test post using ScribeFire on Firefox.
Posted Wednesday, April 14, 2010; 4:18 am
Moral Athiestic Rights and Responsibilities
As a moral atheist you have a number of rights and responsibilities. These include (but are not limited to):
1. Have no gods.
2. Don’t worship stuff.
3. Be polite.
4. Take a day off once in a while.
5. Be nice to folks.
6. Don’t kill people.
7. Don’t cheat on your significant other.
8. Don’t steal stuff.
9. Don’t lie about stuff.
10. Don’t be greedy.
Remember, theists may condemn you for living by this code because you are doing it of your own free will instead of because you’re afraid that if you don’t a supreme being will set you on fire.
Posted Tuesday, April 13, 2010; 3:55 am
Top Ten Signs You’re a Fundamentalist Christian
10 – You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours.
9 – You feel insulted and “dehumanized” when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt.
8 – You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Triune God.
7 – Your face turns purple when you hear of the “atrocities” attributed to Allah, but you don’t even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in “Exodus” and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in “Joshua” including women, children, and trees!
6 – You laugh at Hindu beliefs that deify humans, and Greek claims about gods sleeping with women, but you have no problem believing that the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, who then gave birth to a man-god who got killed, came back to life and then ascended into the sky.
5 – You are willing to spend your life looking for little loopholes in the scientifically established age of Earth (few billion years), but you find nothing wrong with believing dates recorded by Bronze Age tribesmen sitting in their tents and guessing that Earth is a few generations old.
4 – You believe that the entire population of this planet with the exception of those who share your beliefs — though excluding those in all rival sects – will spend Eternity in an infinite Hell of Suffering. And yet consider your religion the most “tolerant” and “loving.”
3 – While modern science, history, geology, biology, and physics have failed to convince you otherwise, some idiot rolling around on the floor speaking in “tongues” may be all the evidence you need to “prove” Christianity.
2 – You define 0.01% as a “high success rate” when it comes to answered prayers. You consider that to be evidence that prayer works. And you think that the remaining 99.99% FAILURE was simply the will of God.
1 – You actually know a lot less than many atheists and agnostics do about the Bible, Christianity, and church history – but still call yourself a Christian.
Posted Sunday, April 11, 2010; 4:51 am
Dad told me a story that when he was a young teenager, the family cat, who may or may not have had a name, drug in a living half grown rabbit.
Dad’s mother told him and his brother Buddy to kill it so the family could eat it for dinner.
This was during World War 2 and the family was poor and meat was scarce and this would be a welcome addition to the table.
Dad said neither he nor Buddy could work up the nerve to kill it. Meanwhile the rabbit got very still and they laid it down, thinking it was dead or dying.
Suddenly the bunny sprung to life and ran away.
Dad said that one of his neighbors, a “Mr. Bates” heard the story and berated Dad and Buddy saying something about how there was a war on how their inability to kill something would not be good if they ever got into combat.
As it turned out, both Dad and Buddy later went into the Navy and while Buddy did see combat, it was on a ship and not face-to-face, and the war was over before Dad got shipped into the Pacific.
Posted Friday, April 9, 2010; 1:50 pm
Dad told me a story today about when he was working as a carpenter putting up the Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital.
As they were clearing the land, they came across a nest of quail eggs. The construction was diverted around the nest and the eggs were allowed to hatch. The little chicks grew up and just got to the point of flying when they disappeared.
Dad said he was later told that one of his fellow construction workers came back on the weekend when the site was abandoned and shot the chicks and ate them.
Dad was angry about that, especially since construction had been delayed to let the eggs hatch, a decision that had to have come from the top.
Dad had no idea if there was any punishment for the guy who shot the quail chicks.
This story also illustrates how much that part of Salinas has built up. Finding quail in that part of town is not something one would ever expect nowadays.
Posted Thursday, March 18, 2010; 12:57 pm
A lot of people mistake the phrase “Common Sense” for “Intellegence”. It was once “Common Sense” that the Earth was Flat, but all that “Common Sense” didn’t unround the Earth.
Think about the words used in the phrase “Common Sense”.
“Common” in this sense implies “shared”.
“Sense” in this sense implies “beliefs”.
Thus, in this sense “Common Sense” implies “Shared Beliefs”. This is not the same thing as intellegence nor truth.
Posted Wednesday, March 17, 2010; 2:00 am
His Granddaddy’s Daddy was Irish!
Posted Friday, March 12, 2010; 6:39 am
The International Space Station will be visible from the Salinas/Monterey area on Sat, Mar 20, 2010; 8:17 PM.
It will appear in the NW sky, rise to almost straight overhead & set in the SE sky. It will be a steady bright light, not flickering like an airplane.
Look for it. Put it in your PDA. It will be worth it as this is a very excellent viewing opportunity if there’s no fog or clouds.
I’ll repost this as the date gets closer.
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