tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78294058209162552242009-09-23T23:47:06.914-07:00A place to write random thoughts and keep people posted about what's going on in my life. Look for my (mostly) opinionated thoughts and daily links. I enjoy talking about anything and everything and will post on geography, GIS, Climate Change, Hunting, Fishing, Politics, Pop Culture, Current Events, and anything else that pops into my mind...Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05105917348153639204noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829405820916255224.post-88320661979158095282008-02-26T20:40:00.000-08:002008-02-26T20:52:19.581-08:00

Not just physically (it has already been a long day) but mentally and emotionally as well. I stayed in the office until about 5...that in itself was draining. I had to take a few breaks to go walking so I could get my head wrapped around some ideas I have for my thesis proposal.After I left I came home and set the DVR to record the Democratic debate...then I looked to see what else was on. I

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05105917348153639204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829405820916255224.post-77435998529891668222008-02-25T17:19:00.000-08:002008-02-25T17:35:18.962-08:00

I recently received an email from a good friend with the subject titled “Interesting”. This friend and I have very different beliefs about politics and the environment…however, I very much appreciate him, as he challenges me to think, research, and draw my own conclusions. The link pointed to a web news article in the “National Post”, which is part of the Canada.com network. I’m admittedly

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05105917348153639204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829405820916255224.post-258525456187811512008-02-16T19:02:00.000-08:002008-02-16T19:08:46.429-08:00

I'm back again...still trying to get back in the habit of posting regularly... Did you watch the primary coverage on Tuesday night? I didn’t watch it all night, but as I finished the chapter I was reading in an ecology textbook, I decided to flip to CNN and see what was going on. I was shocked to see that Barrack Obama completely dominated Virginia, Maryland, and DC…I was not shocked to

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05105917348153639204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829405820916255224.post-2948106708668019532007-10-25T17:12:00.001-07:002007-10-25T17:27:02.910-07:00

I thought it was just a joke...looks like I was wrong. Fox news (apparently all by themselves) have constructed a story about how the fires in California were set by Al Qaeda. Here is my question...Can you honestly take these clowns seriously? Go to this link and watch the video at the bottom and note how serious they seem to be taking it. With no new evidence, Fox continues to ask: Did al

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05105917348153639204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829405820916255224.post-41648594556191595732007-10-24T23:20:00.000-07:002007-10-24T23:44:57.711-07:00

A lot of people have called the last few days to ask if I am near all the fires in Southern California. The short answer is yes (although "near" is a subjective term). The closest fire is north around Lake Arrowhead but there are so many around it is impossible to tell where all the smoke is coming from. On Sunday while I was on my way to church, the wind was so strong out of the north that I

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05105917348153639204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829405820916255224.post-35327422184528030402007-10-11T22:55:00.000-07:002007-10-11T22:59:53.734-07:00

So what’s going on with Jonathan these days you might ask? Well, not much of anything new. Just the same stuff mostly. Although I have picked up on some new (some might say bad) habits lately. I recently started playing World of Warcraft on my PC. In case you aren’t familiar with this game, it is a MMORPG (Massivly Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game). The reason some people might consider

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05105917348153639204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829405820916255224.post-52984595488141789972007-10-11T00:05:00.000-07:002007-10-11T00:10:27.586-07:00

It has been a long day so I will limit this to the favorite links of the day (with as much commentary as I feel like noting at the moment). Is It Time to Just Live With Climate Change? I’m not ready to give up yet. I have read some of Lomborg’s work (The Skeptical Environmentalist) and I like his analysis but I’m not sure it is complete or an excuse to do nothing. Stores Know You Don't

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05105917348153639204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829405820916255224.post-72909632332069137642007-10-09T20:52:00.000-07:002007-10-09T22:02:54.995-07:00

I'm back...it has been a while but my plan is to start posting more frequently. I'm going to take this (new) first post to tell you what my plans are for postings in the future. I read a lot of blogs and other news during my day so I’m planning to post a "favorite links" section everyday based on what I read. I can’t possibly post everything that interests me everyday but I will do what I can.

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05105917348153639204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829405820916255224.post-4399429732964118082007-05-01T18:50:00.000-07:002007-05-01T18:51:04.323-07:00

I’m sure the hype is just about ready to explode over the 7th and final installment of the Harry Potter Series. I myself am a huge fan and can’t wait until it comes out. But it will be somewhat bittersweet. Regardless of what happens I want to know, but after it is over I’m sure I will be sad. Thinking about Harry Potter, I also think about all the controversy that surrounds it.It seems like

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05105917348153639204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829405820916255224.post-47683261491723502562007-04-30T22:18:00.001-07:002007-04-30T22:18:47.147-07:00

I’m sorry that I haven’t put anything up on here in the past couple weeks….I’ve been busy… But I thought for my next post, rather than talk about a subject, I will just tell you what all has been going on over the past few weeks. I left on Friday the 13th of April (ooohhh Scary…) and flew up to San Francisco. I was going to the Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers (read

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05105917348153639204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829405820916255224.post-30032783165530877872007-04-08T18:29:00.000-07:002007-04-08T18:30:33.158-07:00

This afternoon I was on my way home from afternoon church services when I heard a very interesting discussion on NPR. It was an interview with one of the authors of the “Left Behind” book series. It was either Tim LaHayne or Jerry B. Jenkins but I’m not sure which…What was interesting is their concept of why they wrote the book. They state that their series is based on the book of Revelations

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05105917348153639204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829405820916255224.post-8140430325332658762007-04-08T18:03:00.001-07:002007-04-08T18:03:58.392-07:00

It is almost time again for the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. I went to this conference last year for the first time and thought that I might share some thoughts on what I expect for this years conference, before I get there. Sometimes I think this is a dangerous thing to do. Usually I try not to preconceive too much because it seems like most of the time if

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05105917348153639204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829405820916255224.post-19360909368313633642007-03-29T20:15:00.001-07:002007-03-29T20:15:43.193-07:00

A topic of great interest to me is teleology. In case you don’t know exactly what it is, that ok…I’m not even sure I understand it exactly…(I guess that’s why it interests me). I will get around to telling my definition of it in a minute. But first, I will tell you about where I was first introduced to it. I was required to take a class in college called the “History and Philosophy of

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05105917348153639204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829405820916255224.post-83351862110789636142007-03-28T22:18:00.000-07:002007-03-28T22:19:19.145-07:00

Well, I have sat around and made a list of some of the things I would like to express on here. My list started out small but has now grown to around 30 different topics. I don’t plan on writing all of these at once but if I get the urge to write about something, I can just pull out my list and start typing. One thing I like to do is just ramble…by this, I don’t mean just speak mindlessly…but I

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05105917348153639204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829405820916255224.post-64309436498039241992007-03-28T17:11:00.000-07:002007-03-28T17:20:50.759-07:00

Ok...so as all of my friends and family know...I recently moved to California. I grew up in Alabama in a small "community." Now when I say small, I really mean it. I grew up in Belgreen, home of 0 (that's ZERO) redlights and no post office. So California is a big change. I was looking for a good way to share my pictures and thoughts with people back home (and whoever else wants to visit) so I

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