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Just Jim

The Dude abides.

About Me

There are 10 kinds of people in this world -- those who get binary, and those who don't.
Ride, eat, sleep, and repeat.
Look at things the way dogs do: If you can't eat it or screw it, piss on it and walk away.
"Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand."
— Vonnegut, 1922-2007
You know, I hate to advocate drugs or liquor, unprotected sex, violence or insanity to anyone. But in my case it's worked.
Good is a noun. ----- Robert Pirsig
From an Amy Winehouse interview with CNN:
"A lot of music now is trying to be cool and like, 'Yeah, I don't really care about you' -- a really blase attitude. I think it's much nicer to be in love, and throw yourself into it, and want to lie in the road for that person. It's like the difference between having a dance in the middle of the party and standing around the outside with a beer bottle trying to look cool."
"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." ----- T.S. Eliot
There's no government like no government.
My mom told me a hundred million times not to exaggerate.
Do you love me? ... WITH the bonnet? ----- From I Heart Huckabees
I am a loaner.
Why don't you have any of MY quotes up there? ----- Lindsay Foster
Him: I am just trying to communicate.
Her: You are LYING.
Him: THAT's a form of communication!
Nationalism is an infantile sickness. It is the measles of the human race. -----Albert Einstein.
If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas. -----George Bernard Shaw
Someone, somewhere commented on the fact that millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. -----Susan Ertz, Anger in the Sky (1943)
You can't deal with my infinite nature, can you? -----From I Heart Huckabees
We don't have to savor it. We can just do it again. -----Jaime
I didn't forget. I just didn't do it. -----Jaime
I don't know a lot about everything. But I do know a lot about the part of everything that I know about, which is people. ----From Elizabethtown
I am highly incendiary. -----Original JustJim line
If you'll excuse me now, I am going to go home and have a heart attack. -----From Pulp Fiction
Endeavor to persevere. -----From Outlaw Josey Wales
Magic is a conscious direction of one's will to cause change, for good or bad. -----Not sure where I got this.
Some folks talk because they have something to say. Some folks talk because they have to say something.
Some people make things happen.
Some people watch things happen.
Some people wonder what the hell happened.

My Interests


Beach
Blues
Bars
Bikes
Babes (OK, babe)

I'd like to meet:



Everyone has a story to tell. And I love to hear them. So, there really is no one I do not want to meet.

Music:

All the great blues artists then and now.
Hendrix
Beatles
Cream
Zep
Buffett
Chili Peppers
Albert King
Duke Tumato
Alex Chilton
Cars
Van Morrison
Doors
Too many others to list

Movies:

Monsters Inc.
I Heart Huckabees
Outlaw Josey Wales
Pulp Fiction
Wild At Heart
Blue Velvet
Kalifornia
50 First Dates
Blazing Saddles
Mars Attacks
The Fifth Element
V for Vendetta
The Big Lebowsky

Television:

My Name is Earl
Weeds
The Office
Seinfeld
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Rockford Files
Deadwood
The Sopranos
Weeds

Books:

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Lila

Heroes:

People who follow their dreams, find contentment, make things better for themselves or others, remain humble and sincere and demonstrate love in pursuit of quality.

My Blog

Green networks

NBC is KILLING me. I have been laughing all morning. The network announced a couple months ago it is going "green" and even has a green logo on the Today show. But today, Lester (host of the Sunday To...
Posted by Just Jim on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:03:00 PST

Sports gripes

Would someone PLEASE explain to the those TV and radio announcers the difference between human athletes and birds? Athletes have arms, not wings. So stop talking about their "wingspan." It's arm span....
Posted by Just Jim on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:24:00 PST

Radical Ideas

Just some stuff that most people who know me already know I think. But I want to start getting it out there more. And I want to start fleshing out the ideas a little better. And I would like to get so...
Posted by Just Jim on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:57:00 PST

Pick It ...

I think I would like to take some training.I want to know how to weld stuff.i want to learn motorcycle mechanics. But the local school is full of sales-oriented twits.And I would like to be a luthier,...
Posted by Just Jim on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:27:00 PST

Don’t miss this guy!

Anyone who missed the Sept. 25 Daily Show should find it in reruns or on YouTube or somewhere. The president of Bolivia displayed the kind of leadership, tact, knowledge, concern, erudition, diplomacy...
Posted by Just Jim on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 04:53:00 PST

Soprano

Just watched the new Sopranos.Pretty flat and boring episode.Maybe my expectations are too high.But Rome and Deadwood and even Weed are much better than this one was.They keep talking in the press and...
Posted by Just Jim on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:02:00 PST

A little peaved

So, I got totally effed over by Eyeglass World. So don't go there.Here's the deal: I went to the one in Leesburg in 2003, and they were great. Got my glasses. Got some 'scrip shades. Very happy man. (...
Posted by Just Jim on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 05:15:00 PST

Bike Week 7

SAMSULA -- For those of you who've been wondering where the real Bike Week went -- it moved to Sopotnick's Cabbage Patch.Yes, that little hole-in-the-wall bar at the corner of Tomoka Farms Road and Pi...
Posted by Just Jim on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:06:00 PST

Bike Week 6

Aside from the rush-hour commuters slinging their SUVs and compact cars from lane to lane and placing everyone around them at risk, West Volusia is a pretty mellow area this Bike Week.From DeLeon Spri...
Posted by Just Jim on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:04:00 PST

Bike Week 5

DAYTONA BEACH -- Chip Doherty took his time circling one custom bike at Daytona International Speedway on Monday.He squatted to take some photos. He moved from the sun to the shade, moving slowly, rar...
Posted by Just Jim on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:03:00 PST