This blog is a record of the postings I did on my vox blog. The vox service is shutting down, so I've transferred all my posts here. It's a record of my PAST posts. My current and future posts can be found on http://JTK.CA which serves as my main blog. Enjoy!
09/18/2010
02/26/2008
"OPTICAL DELUSIONS" by JTK.CA
"OPTICAL DELUSIONS" by JTK.CA
Dear Earthlings,
I'm a Mac man. My current laptop is a 12" iBook G4 from late 2003.
I'd like to watch the original "Knight Rider" series on the Black MacBook because it reminds me of KITT. I'd even add an animation of the supercar's roving red eye to the bottom of the black laptop's screen.
But, in reality, when I upgrade, I'll probably go with the 15" MacBook Pro since the speakers on it sound WAAAAAYYY better than the cheesy MacBook and iBook G4 speakers. Also, I prefer the antiglare display, which is not available on the MacBook. I hate glossy displays because reflections in my screen drive me insane...or at least more insane than I already am. I have poor binocularity, which means my eyes work independently, refusing to fuse the two slightly different angled views of each eye into a 3D image. As a result, my vision bounces back and forth between the two slightly different perspectives of each eye. I often don't notice it, unless I'm looking at something close to me with something further away behind it. I think that's why I love the computer and TV screen so much, because I only have a 2D image to deal with. Mom says, "Virtual is not reality." I say, "Virtual is superior to reality, because reality is annoying." I hate glossy displays like CRT and Plasma, because they reflect light, meaning my poor binocularity gives me the bouncing back and forth between the two slightly different perspectives on the reflection. I like an LCD screen (the non-glossy or antiglare kind) and a non-reflective frame around the TV screen. When they sell the screen's frame as having piano finish, I immediately move on to another choice. I also prefer a black body on my TV or monitor. It makes the aspect ratio black bars less noticeable when watching something not created in the screen's native aspect ratio.
I had strabismus, as a child, which caused me to see double. I can remember sitting in the kitchen, and asking Mom why there were four salt and pepper shakers on the table. In reality, there were only two. My grandmother recommended I get my eyes checked. As a result, at age 5, I had surgery on one eye, and at age 6, the other eye was done. In each surgery, a muscle was either shortened or lengthened in the eye. I still have the poor binocularity, but it would have probably been a lot worse without the surgeries.
Unrelated to my poor binocularity, but just due to the fact that I wear glasses, I prefer a green power light on my monitor. With a red or blue power light, the light moves down and up when I move my head up and down, whereas a green light appears to remain much more stationary. This happens with glasses-wearers, and does not happen to non-bespectacled people...at least according to two glasses-wearing and non-bespectacled friends I asked.
And don't get me started on dead pixels or bright dots. Grrrr!
To make a short story long, I'm very picky when it comes to my TV and monitor choices ;-)
Long-windedly yours,
Tad (JTK.CA)
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Copyright © JONATHAN TAD KETCHEN (JTK.CA)
02/14/2008
CRAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!
Current mood: bitchy
Category: Life
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!
or
CRAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!--
as the case may me.
Once again, I have no Valentine. I have a headache and no one to share it with.
I've got lots of family and friends who I love and who love me, but this Valentine's Day celebration gets rather aggravating when I can't find anyone. I've gotten the "Let's Just Be Friends" line so many times, I've pretty much given up on even trying. I'm a hopeless romantic, and apparently the adjective is appropriate.
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09/25/2007
"WHERE TAD CAME FROM" by JTK.CA
"WHERE TAD CAME FROM" by JTK.CA
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I am Jonathan Tad Ketchen
( http://JTK.CA ).
My last name, Ketchen, was Kitchen several generations ago. Kitchen was an occupational surname, meaning, the Kitchens were not necessarily related to each other; they just did the same job. My ancestors were kitchen workers in a Scottish Lord's castle, in Peebles, Scotland. They left Scotland for Canada in 1862, settling in Whitby, Ontario, later moving to Brucefield, Ontario.
My dad is a Presbyterian pastor, so I have lived all over Canada and the United States. I am now happily settled in Guelph (pronounced "Gwelf"), Ontario, Canada.
Best wishes to all of my fellow Ketchens!
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09/14/2007
HOPE
Dear Earthlings,
Michael Card sings:
"Hope is the helmet of each noble soldier,
for only the warrior who hopes can be brave."
That's from his song, "Hope," on my favourite of his albums, "Poiema."
Hopefully yours, in Christ,
Tad
JTK.CA
(519) 780-1057
"MY REFRIGERATOR SNEEZED" by JTK.CA
"MY REFRIGERATOR SNEEZED"
by JTK.CA
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1:37:58 AM--
My refrigerator just sneezed again!
It lets off a big schnoz-like bang
Whenever its cooling cycle shuts down.
Several times a day,
I hear that sound again.
"What was that?"
Asks a startled friend.
I say, "That was nothing;
Don't be ill at ease.
All you heard
Was my refrigerator's sneeze."
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Tad's Note: I've wanted to write this poem for a
long time. My fridge just decided tonight was
finally the night to inspire me. My fridge generally
sneezes around every half-hour. After almost
seven years of techno-schnozzy hilarity, I've
finally written the poem I've wanted to write for
so long. I use REACTINE to keep myself from
sneezing. Perhaps I need to give some to my
fridge, as well.
2007-09-14
09/11/2007
"VIRGIN IN NEED OF TRAINING" by JTK.CA
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Dear Earthlings,
Here's today's exercise in total honesty.
"VIRGIN IN NEED OF TRAINING" by JTK.CA
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I'm a convoluted combination:
celibate till marriage,
porn-loving, fellatio-obsessed,
mostly hetero- yet bi-sexually curious,
exhibitionist,
nudist Christian,
anti-abortion,
anti-death penalty,
longing for marriage but happily single,
wanting sex but not the resulting children nor the preventative vasectomy,
Unitarian Universalist Presbyterian Disillusioned With Disorganized Religion.
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Love in Christ
(the best kind),
Tad (JTK.CA)
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Guelph (pronounced "Gwelf"), Ontario, Canada, eh?
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JONATHAN TAD KETCHEN
Creative Adventurer
Artist, Poet, Photographer, and Nudist Christian
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07/14/2007
"THINGS (Abraxia's song)" by JTK.CA
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Dear Earthlings,
DADDY KETCHEN (my brother) has created some really cool Electronica music,
and I created the front cover for his album, "What the...?"
Check out DADDY KETCHEN
http://myspace.com/daddyketchen
I offer this poetry mailing list and my website
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free of charge. I love sharing my creative adventures
and insights with the world. If you would like to consider
making a donation to help keep my creating alive, please
click on the "Make a Donation" button at the top of
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Thanks very much.
Now, on to today's poem. I'm way behind in producing
"ABRAXIA THE DANCER"
(my latest book of poems). I have a D.P. (Doctor of
Procrastination). Anyway, the concept of the book
will be a series of poems all inspired by Abraxia,
a fictitious name I've given to a very real female
friend I once had an unrequited crush on. She inspired
at least 20 poems, so I figured I'd collect them
together to show how much one soul can impact another.
"Eventually" it will be in your hands (if you buy it, of course ;-)
So, here is one of the many poems inspired by my love for Abraxia. Enjoy.
"THINGS (Abraxia's song)" by JTK.CA
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You give me too many things.
I don't want things.
I'm drowning in your affection for me.
I want you to be thingless
When you come to me.
I want to see you,
Not your products,
Not your creations,
Not your poems.
You give me too much of your heart
And try to manufacture love for you in mine.
But I regret to inform you,
You're not licensed to work in my factory of emotions.
You give me too many things.
I don't want things.
Be thingless when you come to me.
Then, maybe things with us can happen--
As friends,
As friends,
As friends.
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Love in Christ
(the best kind),
Tad (JTK.CA)
http://NudistPoet.com
Guelph (pronounced "Gwelf"), Ontario, Canada, eh?
(519) 780-1057
Tad@NudistPoet.com
JTK.CA
JONATHAN TAD KETCHEN
Creative Adventurer
Artist, Poet, Photographer, and Nude Model
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07/09/2007
"EPIPHANY" by JTK.CA
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"EPIPHANY" by JTK.CA
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Romans 6:23 says, "The wages of sin is death." I just had an epiphany--God does not kill us; we all commit suicide. God told us not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil because it would kill us. But we did it anyway; of our own free will, we killed ourselves. Some Christians believe that suicide is an unforgiveable sin. I disagree, since we all commit suicide by sinning. Jesus is our only hope of resurrection.
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Tad's Note: The Holy Spirit works in mysterious ways. I wrote this while tripping over my own fallen nature. Jesus was definitely right when he said to Paul, "My power is made perfect in weakness" (2 Corinthians 12:9).
Tad (JTK.CA)
http://NudistPoet.com
Guelph (pronounced "Gwelf"), Ontario, Canada, eh?
(519) 780-1057
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JTK.CA
JONATHAN TAD KETCHEN
Creative Adventurer
Artist, Poet, Photographer, and Nudist Christian
http://NudistPoet.com
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