Jasonisms

So, that happened. How does that happen? http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2013/january-february/my-train-wreck-conversion.html

Not sure these laws would have kept me off a bicycle as a kid, I just would have ridden without a helmet. http://reason.com/blog/2013/02/28/bicycle-helmet-laws-good-at-keeping-kids

Shhh.... I'm watching part 2 of Castle .

It's okay to be happy. For a number of reasons. Especially number 30. Originally shared by Lala Carroll Mahoney cool list http://inktank.fi/60-of-the-worlds-happiest-facts/

My brothers are the two to the right, my father is the guy off to the left. Obviously the bride is the girl in the dress. At my brother's wedding.

Want to see something really awesome? Huh? Do ya? Via Erica Joy Originally shared by Chris Fisher this recut trailer is sheer genius. /applause  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhlz7y_llb4

Via Shanti Gilbert Screw Muggz can you pass this along? We all need help sometimes. Originally shared by CyanogenMod We normally do not put personal posts on this page, as they can be complicated matters and usually do not pertain to CyanogenMod news. That said, something is affecting us in a way it really hasn’t affected us before, and it’s hitting very close to home. Within CyanogenMod, we have dozens of maintainers and hundreds of contributors; none of whom are paid employees. Yes, we get donations, but despite the jokes of yachts, helicopters, and private planes, it is really just enough to cover operating costs for servers and hosting. Occasionally, there is enough leftover in the team account to buy a device for a developer. What we are getting at here is that CyanogenMod is not rich. There are, however, times where we wish that we were a full fledged company. It’d be nice if CM could pay for some full-time positions or help out team members when they are in need. Currently, we a...

Ha ha ha Check out the Goggles search results for my gas. (Yes, my truck has a 27gal tank)

Scenic lookout over Dillon Lake, off of I-70 at Frisco, CO. As you can see, the "scenic" is just white.

There are no ghosts, or aliens, or hit hitchikers or anything cool out here. Utah is severely disappointing

Hoover Dam from earlier today.

The dinky town of Chloride, AZ, where I thought the locals were going to come out of their homes and try for Jason-steaks. I tried to post a last post, in case I went missing, but no T-Mobile out there.

Two things I cant stand: Wal-Mart and Arizona and where am I? At a Wal-Mart in Arizona.

Had to stop and check it out. It's just the American thing to do.

Trump Tower and Mountains

The Wynn

Well, that sucks. Dead camera battery -- check. Charger -- no where to be found. Extra battery -- check, but not sure when the last time I charged it. Might not have full charge.

From earlier today. #snapseed

We danced. I was the center of attention. Girls dig me. Bourbon is good. ;)

I've been in Vegas for about four hours. This is the first time ive been here. As it turns out, Vegas annoys me.

Everyone take a look, especially if you're local. Originally shared by Ben Helstad #ifihadglass , I'd use it to find this man: Roy Arteburn, my grandpa. He went missing about 7 hours ago. He was traveling alone to Phoenix Arizona to visit with his granddaughter and Great Grandson. He got on the flight in Houston, His bags were picked up in Phoenix, not sure by whom, but he was not picked up by my niece or her husband. Please Please Please call the authorities if you see him or have seen him.  He is about 5'10", about 190 lbs, forgetful and last seen wearing a long sleeve brown sweater. These are fairly recent photos of him from our wedding and family gatherings. He traveled to Phoenix today (2-22-13) on United flight 339.  Please share this with all of your Circles, Communities, and people you know in the greater Phoenix area. I know there are lots of people that have connections PLEASE SHARE SHARE SHARE this as someone may have seen him and can help.  THANK YOU!!!!!

So, I'm here. Now what?

Dinosaurs and people existed at the same time? You get an A. Why? Because Omlahoma doesn't want you to go to college. That's why. http://m.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/02/oklahoma-hr1674-science-evolution-climate-change

Taking earlier in route to Vegas. had no data connection in Utah

Oh, I should note, this is a share from Rogue Black and she's the one who disabled comments on her post. Unfortunately, its hard to share the shared post and get the URL on mobile. And by hard, I mean impossible. Originally shared by **** Racism: ‘Plot To Kidnap President’ Is A Watermelon, A Box, And String Says Tea Party Founder by DAVID BADASH on FEBRUARY 20, 2013 The founder of the Montana Tea Party Patriots posted on Facebook a racist photo of a box propped over a watermelon and attached to string, with the caption, The Secret Service just uncovered a plot to kidnap the president .  Jennifer Olsen, who shared the “joke” on Facebook, is  *co-founder of Montana Shrugged: Tea Party Patriots* and, amazingly, the county chair of the Montana GOP (there are only four for the entire state.) So, just who is Jennifer Olsen ? Jennifer Olsen, a petroleum engineer who was unemployed for years while the oil and gas  industry was booming around her was recently honored in the Billings Gazet...

Sharing this so I can come back to it later. Apparently, having a conversation about the subject matter is turning into a big no-no on Google+ and commenting has, once again, been turned off to control the discourse. Originally shared by **** Racism: ‘Plot To Kidnap President’ Is A Watermelon, A Box, And String Says Tea Party Founder by DAVID BADASH on FEBRUARY 20, 2013 The founder of the Montana Tea Party Patriots posted on Facebook a racist photo of a box propped over a watermelon and attached to string, with the caption, The Secret Service just uncovered a plot to kidnap the president .  Jennifer Olsen, who shared the “joke” on Facebook, is  *co-founder of Montana Shrugged: Tea Party Patriots* and, amazingly, the county chair of the Montana GOP (there are only four for the entire state.) So, just who is Jennifer Olsen ? Jennifer Olsen, a petroleum engineer who was unemployed for years while the oil and gas  industry was booming around her was recently honored in the Billings Gazet...

There is a new, Creative Commons, birthday song coming to you. Apparently a 100 year old song that should be in the public domain is not in the public domain. A song you, I, our parents and grandparents all sang around dining room tables before blowing out candles isn't available for you to sing across a Google hangout or Skype or recording onto YouTube as a special gift. Isn't copyright awesome? http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/20/4010098/jonathan-coulton-helps-pick-songs-to-replace-copyrighted-happy-birthday

I think this is the proper category.  Anywho, this is the dream, is it not? ;) Originally shared by **** http://news.yahoo.com/ap-source-debut-author-gets-7-figure-book-182638087.html

I dont like snow.

I don't have $1500 to spare, but with my life I'd be a good candidate. :( Originally shared by Washington Post Google Glass testers wanted: Get your application in today Read the full story: http://wapo.st/XwPIWg #google #googleglasses #technology

via Amelia Sides When your daughter doesn't want to be the damsel in distress the great father will make it happen. Originally shared by Luke Mulvey Love this!

Hey, that graph moves! Originally shared by Adam Sweet 30 years of music sales

Loic Le Meur loicis looking for a speaker. Ade Oshineye , you're in London, right? Know anyone? Jason Bayton ? Originally shared by Loic Le Meur For LeWeb London I'm looking for a speaker that would talk on "the sharing economy and digital hippies are total B-S- here is why" for some sport. Any recommendations? Thx

A couple of years ago someone dumped some goldfish in a pond near where I live. At first we counted a handful and then 40 or so. Last year they seemed to explode in population and we started wondering if the pond would be able to support that many.  Yesterday, while out walking the Rufus I noticed through the ice some orange (or gold) in clumps. Today I saw even more. Lots more.  This picture is the same group of fish and that's my shadow. That's just one grouping of "gold" under the ice. Granted, it might be the largest one, but there were at least 3 others I saw and all of them were about half this large. Perhaps the ducks and geese will be feasting come ice melt. Who knows?

Wow, just booked a room through Google Maps (well, through a Google Maps Zagat connection) and it was great! Nice, easy, simple.

Xeno Phrenia likes to have the conversation her way, and when you disagree with her, instead of having civil discourse she calles you names, tries to belittle you and threatens blockage. For example, she post some link to this profile and calls the guy an asshole because she disagrees with his opinion. She doesn't ask him and she just wants to talk about him behind his back. She doesn't believe that because his opinion differs from hers that he is allowed to have it and share it and has reported him for his views. New paragraph. Even though she shared his profile and talked disparagingly about him she will probably have a fit with me sharing her profile and talking disparagingly about her. The other day she had a post make the what's hot stream and chose to shut down comments because she did not like the opinions that differed from her liberal views. She's just as bad as the people from the other end of the political spectrum who like to censor opinions they do not a...

Bel Air Apparently someone who used to own this piece of property used cars to line a creek. I don't know if that was standard practice 50 years ago or what, but down all these cars are holding back the earth from falling down and blocking the water. This Bel Air was one of those cars.

Just because it's funny. Watch the right side. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM3TCrhoChE

Taken during the National Western Stock Show Parade. I'm bored. I'm sharing.

Why do I have to wait for Friday?

This place is sad. Everyone here looks like they'd rather die than be here.

I wonder, will the governments of the world collude against the (former) Pope as they have against Julian Assange? Somehow I don't think prosecuting these crimes are as important as prosecuting a guy for having a website that advocates free and open information, or a kid who illegally downloaded $20 worth of music. via Wes Forster  http://www.examiner.com/article/pope-will-remain-vatican-to-avoid-prosecution-for-child-sex-abuse

More people need to start going to church so less people are 8n my way on Sundays. This is ridiculous! I just spent a half hour at the T-Mobile store for a 5 min question and now this? Dammit people, religion needs to be good for something! Like getting out of my way on Sunday!

If you need a laugh. http://hadonejob.com/

The internet is full of funny. Originally shared by Andrew Maxwell Haha I love this! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM3TCrhoChE

Photographer protests magazine's refusal to use her photo in her own ad. http://annealmasy.com/an-open-letter-to-weddings-unveiled-magazine/

Okay, trying this again. Here's some pictures I finally got around to getting off my SD card today. Specifically I wanted to get those pictures of Rufus for #fidofriday  and decided to get the rest as well.  http://magicelfbox.blogspot.com/2013/02/cheeseman-park-denver-co.html

Click for Album A couple of weeks ago I took Rufus (my dog) down to a park here in Denver. It's a park I've only been to a handful of times in my more than a decade living in Denver. Not that it's a bad park, it's just not that close to me and I have to pass by a dozen other parks to get to this particular one. In my spare time, I'm trying to write a novel. My protagonist lives near this park and I needed to know more about it, so I grabbed my camera and walked around, taking pictures of the park, the area around it and Rufus. Why? Because I'm a photographer in my own mind and we always take our cameras with us. The light on this particular day was great, diffused by the clouds perfectly. A lot of the images I took were just pictures of the area so I didn't have to rush down there every time my character walked through the park, but I did get a handful I don't feel too bad sharing. You can click on the collage above or the slideshow below for all the ima...

Another #fidofriday  shot. I don't like this one as much as the last, but it's still a good enough shot.

Watch this video. You'll appreciate it. Well, if you're human that is. Originally shared by Brianne http://www.upworthy.com/you-ll-never-believe-what-these-adults-found-in-this-ball-pit-2?c=ufb1

And some #fidofriday  bait. ;)

Because it's #fidofriday , I bring you Rufus. From a couple of weeks ago at Cheeseman Park.

As I get older I think about mortality a lot more than I used to think about the End (with a big "E"). You see, I don't know much about my father's side of the family, but I do  know about my mother's and it's not good. My grandfather died in his 50s from a heart attack, three of my mother's brothers died before hitting 60, themselves: two from a heart attack, and one from stomach (or was it colon?) cancer. One is still alive and well, but he is the youngest born of my mom's brothers and sisters and just barely pushing 60 himself. He's not a vegetarian, per se , but his wife is so he doesn't eat a lot of meat unless he's out and about and eating at a restaurant (usually Mexican). I'm not the healthiest person in the world. I eat what I want, but try and keep red meats to a minimum. I love cookies! I don't eat a lot in one sitting most of the time, preferring to graze throughout the day over gorging, but there are days like the oth...

Want to see something awesome? Watch the slightly more than 4 min video. Originally shared by Melissa Carlson Wow! A politician who asking the tough questions! A great watch! Thanks Michael Tucker for the share! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/14/elizabeth-warren-bank-regulators_n_2688998.html?utm_hp_ref=business&ir=Business

Now that's just wrong. #fidofriday http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/sm-puppy-is-the-cutest-little-leather-freak-y?s=mobile

Because it's #fidofriday, people! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2013/02/14/baby-pitbull-fire_n_2688270.html

How to have a #Fidofriday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTcqnF-LtNs

Taken last year in Florida at their first annual Bikers in Need charity ride.

The further I get into my first attempt at a novel the more I realize my first chapters were terrible. I'm really going to dread the re-write/edit phase. Even when I go back to verify something I wonder if that guy graduated high school much less college. Also, I'm finding I wrote too much that doesn't add to the story. Sure, it adds to the protagonist, gives him some more depth, but it doesn't really add to the story. And after 16 chapters (each about 13 pages long) I'm finally getting to the mean and potatoes of the story I want to write.  Apparently I'm wordier than I thought I'd ever be when writing. ;) Is anyone else critical of themselves?

I use the library nearly exclusively for books, movies and music. I love the library and consider them more culturally important than churches. I'm not alone in that belief, but it astounds me that an author considers them a waste. I will note: I am waiting for the day when the GOP goes on the offensive against libraries calling them "socialized literacy" or something else stupid. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/14/horrible-histories-author-libraries_n_2681265.html

That's a little cool. I might have to try it out and see how it's different than the Kies Air that came on my Note II. Originally shared by Adam Sweet http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2415460,00.asp

For the dog people, the common sense people and the Colorado people. Originally shared by Brianne The dog, named Dutch, was punched, kicked, and beat with a metal pole before biting his attacker in self defense and has now been labeled by the court as a vicious dog. The owners have less than two hours (as of ten minutes ago) to hand over Dutch to be euthanized while the woman who beat him walks free with not even a slap on the wrist. This judge needs his head examined.  From an update on Facebook: Email: courtmail@ci.montrose.co.us UPDATE PHONE NUMBER IS 970.240.1428 This is the county line: To SAVE Dutch Call Judge Brown at his office and keep calling him until this madness stops (303) 866-6465 (this is the PERFORMANCE REVIEW LINE) http://www.coloradojudicialperformance.gov/retention.cfm?ret=249 #SaveDutch   http://www.examiner.com/article/save-dutch-the-service-dog-from-euthanasia

Hey, I just caught a glimpse of Annika O'Brien a commercial!

Either Chrome or Google+ is being really slow and laggy today. I'm going to log off for a while.

If you're reading this you're probably online and a fan of online communications. DHS believes the first 100 miles inside the US borders are a Constitution Free zone and now Congress is debating whether or not communications are Constitutionally free, as well. Let me ask you, why do you think the government of the people, by the people and for the people hates the people's rights so much? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/02/cispa-privacy-invading-cybersecurity-spying-bill-back-congress

Oh my gods! The first chapter, or prologue, was amazing and really showed how the FBI and especially John Ashcroft dropped the ball.

I've never thought of Chubby Checker like this before, but I have now. He he he http://consumerist.com/2013/02/13/chubby-checker-suing-over-male-endowment-measuring-app-for-obvious-reasons/

Because Shannon Dillavou hates Star Wars, or as she puts it: "I like the teddy bears." http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.05/starwars.html

Gah! I have places to go! I need to bring the laptop with me!

via Ralph Uy  Canada, ever vigilant of the terrors from the south. Originally shared by Amanda Blain *Canada Will Never Be A Safe Haven For Zombies* :) Some days I am really proud to be a Canadian. Watch this for a chuckle. #zombies   #canada   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueBZuZAoglE

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Sharing for #treetuesday  and Tree Tuesday. ;) On the evening of this picture that was indeed the color of the sky thanks to some overcast and the lights of Denver bouncing back down and the color of the tree was reflecting a blue light. It was actually really surreal in person.

Yeah, that happened. In Utah. Thanks to Erica Joy for pointing this out. http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=24027598

Missed the State of the Union because I totally spaced it and then took the dogs for a walk. Now I'm watching Marco Rubio disagree with the entire GOP platform.

I've seen a lot of "this is what's wrong with the GOP" articles in the past months. Some touting their far right leaning Tea Party and Libertarian allies, some touting their firm grasp on religious conservativism and the less religious demographic that seems to be sweeping up the rear. Some articles have talked about the War on Women, the war against immigration (read: Mexicans and other Latinos), the party's history with Black Americans and civil rights. Here's another article, this one demonstrating the Republican's flagship candidates leaving the public eye. What might be seen inwardly as abdicating the spotlight for the new pop stars could also be seen as abandoning those who followed and supported them during their political successes. What do you think? Does the GOP have to take a deep dark inward look and decide where and what to change to remain relevant, are they hoping to make swift controversial legislative wins now that will have repercussions ...

Since it's #starwarstuesday  I'll just say, I finished this book last night.  The timeline of the book is after A New Hope and before Empire Strikes Back , starring Han Solo, Chewbacca and Lando Calrissian as well as a few other people from the Expanded Universe. Aside from a few references to Alderaan, the Death Star, Luke and Leia, there is really no connected to the previous installment. I was kind of torn on this book. Timothy Zahn has been very good to the Star Wars universe bringing a level of sophisticated sci-fi where most authors were writing at a GED level. However, he does something with this book I wouldn't have thought Han, Chewbacca or Lando would be involved with: a heist.  Yeah, in a very Ocean's 11 kind of way, with Han playing Danny Ocean , Solo is promised wealth beyond his dreams if he can break into an unbreak-in-able safe: a safe that's made out of a material a lightsaber can't cut through, constantly moving while it's floating aroun...

Patrick Rothfuss and other fantasy writers talk sex ... or rather, fantasy sex writing. Originally shared by Patrick Rothfuss Writing Fantastic Sex - The Story Board Ep. 7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJrMtOGnhzE

Little light reading from the library.

I'm not going to lie, this is a little funny, even though it's immoral to back the EBS. http://www.towleroad.com/2013/02/mtzombies.html

Too bad no one uses pens anymore. Originally shared by Ralph Roberts Popular Science: Linux-Powered Pen Calls You Out For Crappy Grammar. http://goo.gl/mag/syqz1dd http://goo.gl/mag/syqz1dd

The words, they fail me. Originally shared by Jesus H. Christ As if Christian rock wasn't bad enough... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kppx4bzfAaE

Is that for real? Can anyone confirm this is Connecticut or Nemo? Originally shared by Justin Bale Snowfall in Connecticut

Ha ha ha ha! I'm laughing so hard right now! Originally shared by Roger Younce

Thanks to Dunken K Bliths for bringing this to my attention. Rufus doesn't bark a lot, rarely in fact. Usually it's when someone's at the door or I rile him up (I do that sometimes). http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=what-are-dogs-saying-when-they-bark

So, when you're family is giving money to the Church to keep your resting place nice and pretty, you can be assured it's not going to pay settlement money to cover priestly abuses.  /sarcasm Oh, Catholic Church, how low can you go? If you need the money, can't you guys just hock to the Pope's hat and staff? http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/10/la-archdiocese-used-cemetery-funds-to-pay-for-abuse-settlements/

I find it ironic that MySpace became so popular and ushered in the age of social networking when sites like Blogger were already out there for people to write about their day, share their music and show friends their images. Before "social networking" bloggers could follow other bloggers by clicking "follow" and leave comments without a wall or a page. Actually, the more I play around with Blogger, with customization, HTML, embedding videos and slideshows, the more I realize MySpace held no features Blogger didn't already have, they just hit a target market (musicians, bands and entertainers) and made getting your stuff out there much easier than the idea of blogging. After all, blogging is something internet-nerds do, not something hip young people do, right? Unless, of course, you consider Facebook status updates as blogs (which they are), Twitter's 140 character "What I'm doing now" as blogs (which they are and is why Twitter is calle...

The Fourth Amendment no longer applied to a big part of the USA, including all of Florida, Hawaii and most of New England. If you're going to be leaving or entering the country, make sure you have a lawyer on speed dial. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/02/electronics-border-seizures/

Yes I'm watching this, yes it's really really dumb.  Like Syfy movie of the week dumb with an x-rated twist. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LZCHqLMKeU

Watching this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygmVZaYgbn8

If religion kills more people than guns, can we ban religions? Originally shared by Michael Stone http://www.examiner.com/article/woman-kills-daughter-claims-girl-suffered-muslim-curse

Breakfast!

Go full screen and this is exactly what it looks like when you're being awesome. I've never been to Isle of Man, but I want to go! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXwNaMTE3PU

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It's always sunny in Germany... right? More so than the American southwest, or the Sunshine State or the plains or .... well, anywhere but the PNW. Fox News, has your people ever talked to the meteorologists? http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/02/07/fox_news_expert_on_solar_energy_germany_gets_a_lot_more_sun_than_we_do_video.html

Not sure if this is the right section, but I wanted to share this with you guys. I applied. We'll see. http://sciencefiction.com/2013/02/07/sciencefiction-com-is-looking-for-writers-2/

I applied. Originally shared by Dave Taylor Wanna get free sci-fi books and possibly even connect with upcoming authors, etc? ScienceFiction.com seeks book reviewers, and I can tell you as part of the team, it's a fun group of writers and, yes, geeks. Details: http://sciencefiction.com/2013/02/07/sciencefiction-com-is-looking-for-writers-2/

Hopefully this makes sense. I got distracted a time or two while typing this out, went on a tangent, had to delete about a page's worth of writing and come back to the core point I was trying to make.  http://jasonisms.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-devils-in-advocacy.html

On another post someone argued a point by stating, "let me play devil's advocate, here..." and continued with his line of reasoning. He was defending one point: that a man should not kill another man on the street no matter what he admits to having done, an action which may result in a death penalty conviction in a court of law under different circumstances (ie: not in the street). Since the man admitting guilt admitted to child molestation/rape other people in the discussion attacked the " devil's advocate " for defending a child rapist.  The man spent the rest of the thread trying to convince people he was not defending child rape, but instead was defending the actions of the man who did not kill the confessed child rapist as soon as he heard the confession. It seemed lost on the other people in the discussion that the "devil's advocate" was defending the guy's actions who did not kill on word alone. As far as the others were c...

Ultimately, I vote for #9, for no other reason than I liked the clean lines, the vibrant colors and the simplicity of the design. #miamidolphins   Originally shared by Miami Herald Submissions are in for our Dolphins Logo Bowl! Vote for your favorite reader-made design: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/02/08/3223104/the-top-10-miami-dolphins-logo.html

When you click the image in the blog post, does it open a slide show for you? Thanks for letting me know. http://magicelfbox.blogspot.com/2013/02/denver-botanic-gardens-lights-12-24-2012.html

On December 24th, 2012, for the second time since moving to Colorado I went to the Denver Botanic Gardens  for their Blossoms of Lights event. The first time, with an ex-girlfriend, happened a few years ago and neither of us brought a camera. To be honest, she wasn't entirely thrilled with my desire to photograph my life and I carried the camera (my trusty Pentax *IST DS) rarely. This time, however, I went for their Blossoms of Lights  showcase alone, with the specific intent to bring my camera and tripod, so I could take my time and work on my schedule, not having to worry about someone else's concerns. I chose Christmas Eve thinking most people would be home with the families, preparing for the December 25th festivities.  I was wrong. Apparently, December 25 is a very busy evening for the Gardens. I was surprised at the number of people there and getting shots without  people turned out to be very difficult.  With the overcast skies and the lights from th...