Author Archives: jhbutcher

My live webcam…sometimes

See my live on the internet and mostly clothed at http://www.livestream.com/guysittinginchair

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If you live in Denver, on election day you will be asked to vote on this – Proposition 300: Shall the voters for the City and County of Denver adopt an Initiated Ordinance to require the creation of an extraterrestrial … Continue reading

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Winter clothes

It’s that time of year when I need to at least find my winter clothes and get them out of storage and into my closet so they’re handy.  I’m not exactly an aesthete when it comes to winter clothes: My winter … Continue reading

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I hope these people don’t vote

In a recent Pew Survey, people were asked to pick the name of the current U.S.  Supreme Court Chief Justice from a list of four names.  Eight percent of the people surveyed picked Thurgood Marshall who has been dead for over … Continue reading

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Kent State Gun Club

I do love a good conspiracy theory: Two audio scientists analyzed a tape of the 1970 Kent State shootings and believe that they hear the sounds of an FBI informant’s .38 (.38 special maybe?) pistol going off 70 seconds before … Continue reading

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modern technology

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We’re working for the government

Best line I read today – by a Neal B. Freeman regarding fat government pensions: Let’s be clear about what’s happened: after it became clear that taxpayers could no longer afford to pay for their own pensions, they were compelled … Continue reading

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Mapping Texas Tech University in Open Street Map

When you look at an online map, such as Google Maps, the map itself, although helpful, is copyrighted material and can not (legally) be copied.    In the spirit of Wikipedia and other open source websites, somebody has started Open Street Map.   … Continue reading

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Shake your moneymaker

I’m working on my Shakespeare conspiracy theory page.

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