Bob Jones's Home Page

Last update: January 11, 2022

Back in the semi-early days of the Internet, when we opened up a browser called Mosaic and hoped the lines weren't too slow, the Internet was fun. It had not been commercialized. What you found was what you were looking for -- information. This page is written in the text-based style of those old days when no matter where you started, you never knew where you were going to end up.

Best of all, there is no advertising here. None.

These are my current interests. If they're yours, too, I hope I can point you in a direction that will be helpful.

Things I have written:

•  My fantasy college football conference alignment, for 2018, and the new 2024 reality.
• The Recreational Golfer - my website that points you to resources I have created to help you play better and have more fun.
• The Grand Canyon - plan and complete a hike across the Grand Canyon, North Rim to South Rim.
• My chile recipe - hot, strong, good
• Cool baseball scoresheet. Put colored dots in the little boxes, green for balls, and red for strikes, in sequence. The lines below the grid are for the opposing team's pitchers--under the inning column and beside a pitcher's name, enter the number of batters faced in that inning. See the example.
• The Cat Theory of Origins - where did it all come from?
• Why I Do Not Believe In Gods
• Something From Nothing...Maybe
• Speciation: Evolution or Divine Intervention?
• Learn to Read Japanese
• Clarence Thomas and Substantive due Process
• The ten most dangerous people in the world.
• Second Amendment blues
• Bob Gibson's 1968 Season
• Denny McLain's's 1968 Season

A Guide to Robert Musil's The Man Without Qualities

• Synopsis - a synopsis of each chapter
• Character List - a listing of all the characters
• Character Summary - a more detailed description of each character with the first page of their appearance
• Character Appearances - a list, by chapter, showing which characters appear in that chapter

Information:

• New York Times
• The Economist
• Foreign Affairs
• Arts & Letters Daily
• National Weather Service - the best forecasts, and hourly charts of the current day's predictions.
• This is the camera you should have. This is the lens that goes on it. OK, so it's a film camera. It makes just taking the picture an aesthetic experience.
• How to Become a Genius

Sites I like to visit/admire:

• Wayback Machine - looking for an old web page and it's not there anymore? You can get it here if you still have the URL.
• WorldCat - find a library that has any book you're looking for.
• Codex 99 - comments on design from many fields of production. Breathtaking in spots.
• WhatBird - identify any bird by appearance or song.

Oregon hikes: (to be expanded as I hike them)

• Nasty Rock #3356

MR-9 battery adapter:

Your older film camera used a PX625 or PX13 battery that is no longer made because of the mercury they contained. The voltage of modern
batteries that fit is higher, rendering them less than useful for powering a built-in light meter. The MR-9 Adapter steps down the voltage of the modern battery so you can use these
cameras again. Get one from Criscam.com.

Bob's Washington, D.C. Guide

Five jazz albums you be listening to:

• Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
• Waltz for Debby - Bill Evans
• Giant Steps - John Coltrane
• Constellation - Sonny Stitt
• Bird/The Savoy Recordings - Charlie Parker

How to win at:

• Monopoly - hint: it ain't with Boardwalk and Park Place
• Yahtzee - hint: go for the 65-point bonus on top
• Cribbage - hint: too many to mention

Contact me in Salem, Oregon at: OLP at wvi dot com
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