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Joe

... and they stumbled down-hill; an infallible trick for locating oceans.

About Me

Choya in the Mojave Desert. Forest at the foot of Mokelumne Peak Joshua tree just north of Eureka Valley in the Mojave Desert. Eureka Valley Sand Dunes

My Interests

rocks, cactus, trees, gardening, volcanoes, maps, cooking, eating, sleeping, books, comic books, movies, swords, guitars, skateboards, soccer, and dogs.

Music:

The Filthy Thieving Bastards

Movies:

Dead Alive, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Evil Dead II, Dead and Breakfast, Severance, The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Conan The Barbarian, Dr. Stangelove, Ravenous, The Football Factory, Save the Green Planet, and Seven Samurai.

Television:

is for suckers.

Books:

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Heroes:

John "the Assyrian" Yossarian and "half-cock" Jack Shaftoe King of the Vagabonds

My Blog

Physics humor... sort of

    Dr. Daniel Waterhouse and Sir Isaac Newton are riding in a carriage to Bedlam, Daniel has two Mutton Pies on a platter in his lap, as their lunch was terminated early.  &n...
Posted by Joe on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:58:00 PST

The White Mountains

This past week I was amongst the oldest living things on this planet - the Bristlecone Pines.  Check them out:These trees were gnarly.  They live high in the White Mountains (north of the In...
Posted by Joe on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:40:00 PST

On constructing a motor that is powered by static electricity converted from the atmosphere...

She had tried to find a scientist able to attempt the reconstruction of the motor. She had interviewed the men recommended to her as the best in their field. The first one, after studying the remnant...
Posted by Joe on Wed, 01 Mar 2006 01:30:00 PST

endless possibilities?

"I think about other things while she describes her recent past: air, water, sky, time, a moment, a point somewhere when I wanted to show her everything beautiful in the world.  I have no patienc...
Posted by Joe on Thu, 29 Sep 2005 01:35:00 PST

If Medusa was a geologist

My fascination with Medusa goes back to my childhood, when watching Clash of the Titan was part of my daily routine. My interest has culminated recently to new levels when I tattooed an image of Medu...
Posted by Joe on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

first step on the road to paradise...

Today my life just got a little easier, and laundry has become a thing of the past. Now I just pay someone else to do it. How fantastic. Does this make me an asshole?
Posted by Joe on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

The meaning of life

People have life goals, things they want to accomplish before they die. These include things like raising a family, getting that great career, living an animal free life, saving the world, cleaning t...
Posted by Joe on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

The Mouth of Sauron

More Tolkien for your reading pleasure: There came a long rolling of great drums like thunder in the mountains, and then a braying of horns that shook the very stones and stunned men's ears. And t...
Posted by Joe on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Doomed to die

The Nazgul came again, and as their Dark Lord now grew and put forth his strength, so their voices, which uttered only his will and his malice, were filled with evil and horror. Ever they circled abo...
Posted by Joe on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Nice suprises

Last night I was eating Jelly Beans. I had to hide them in my pocket so my buddy Zeke would not see them and want them. Anyway, this morning as I got out of my car I put my hand in my pockets and th...
Posted by Joe on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST