My name is Jim and I’m just a simple Fool with everything he needs slung over his shoulder. Watch as I jump off the edge. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-8298167-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @jimisland)http://www.jimisland.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz5hxzRTAl1qz5qf9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>First pinwheel of death on my new computer. Save early, save often everyone!</p>http://www.jimisland.com/post/17343372584http://www.jimisland.com/post/17343372584Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:13:11 -0800<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz3olvXfhd1qz5qf9o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>This photo is too amazing to live only on my phone.</p>http://www.jimisland.com/post/17291334343http://www.jimisland.com/post/17291334343Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:41:55 -0800“You lost today, kid. But that doesn’t mean you have to like it.”<br/><br/> - <em><span class="Apple-style-span"><strong><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949985/" target="_blank">Fedora</a></strong></span></em>http://www.jimisland.com/post/17098499177http://www.jimisland.com/post/17098499177Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:14:05 -0800<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/89NjEeHku8o?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Flogging Molly- Drunken Lullabies </strong></p> <p>Still one of my favorite weekend music videos!</p>http://www.jimisland.com/post/17044880832http://www.jimisland.com/post/17044880832Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:39:37 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyugrkDeKY1qz5qf9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>…I’ve always wanted to be a Dragon. </p>http://www.jimisland.com/post/17003291698http://www.jimisland.com/post/17003291698Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:14:07 -0800622Fire<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxecm6a7VX1qzprlbo1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Sometimes less is more. </p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://poler.tumblr.com/post/16977292056/campvibes" target="_blank">poler</a>:</p>http://www.jimisland.com/post/17000574203http://www.jimisland.com/post/17000574203Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:24:15 -0800<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2uYs0gJD-LE?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Whoop Whoop!</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://davidseger.tumblr.com/post/16989707981/m-i-a-bad-girls-i-like-it-when-a-video-makes" target="_blank">davidseger</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>M.I.A. - “Bad Girls”</strong></p> <p>I like it when a video makes me go “WHOOOAAAAAAA” the whole time. </p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jamespumphrey.tumblr.com/post/16986527510/holy-moly-m-i-a-is-so-cool" target="_blank">jamespumphrey</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>holy moly M.I.A is so cool.</p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://www.jimisland.com/post/16991093412http://www.jimisland.com/post/16991093412Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:33:00 -0800<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/N5ivBnosEJo?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://nprradiopictures.tumblr.com/post/16937604917/as-a-gaggle-of-videographers-musicians-industry" target="_blank">nprradiopictures</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>As a gaggle of videographers, musicians, industry types and hangers-on stepped gingerly through tall brush to enter a dilapidated section of Fort Adams in Newport, R.I., you couldn’t blame us for feeling like unwitting participants in a horror movie. Standing amid hundred-year-old rubble as the 2011 Newport Folk Festival clattered merrily in the distance, we were either going to capture two breathtaking minutes of music or get eviscerated by maniacs as part of The Newport Witch Project. Thankfully, we made it out with the footage you see above.<br/><br/>Like a ray gun that shoots weaponized gorgeousness, the Vermont trio Mountain Man fit an awful lot of moony harmonies into this all-too-brief performance of “Sewee Sewee.” As a self-explanatorily named group called The Seeger Clogging Allstars clomped away behind them, Mountain Man’s three members — Molly Erin Sarle, Alexandra Sauser-Monnig and Amelia Randall Meath — sang and stared sweetly into each other’s faces. If the scene above once seemed destined to devolve into a grisly horror movie, at least we had a choir of angels on hand to escort us into the afterlife.<br/><br/>See more Field Recordings: <a href="http://www.npr.org/series/144918893/field-recordings" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.npr.org/series/144918893/field-recordings" target="_blank">http://www.npr.org/series/144918893/field-recordings</a></a></p> </blockquote>http://www.jimisland.com/post/16938827624http://www.jimisland.com/post/16938827624Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:17:18 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lypbhjNJXY1qz5qf9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Getting back into the swing of things.</p>http://www.jimisland.com/post/16854566099http://www.jimisland.com/post/16854566099Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:32:07 -0800<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyodhk7MRp1qz5qf9o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Alright, I don’t normally flip out like this but…<br/> That’s Gary Oldman’s car! Right there! Next to my bike!!! He’s my hero and he pulled up right in front of me. <br/> …I’m taking it as a good-Oldman.</p>http://www.jimisland.com/post/16826053787http://www.jimisland.com/post/16826053787Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:19:24 -0800<object width="400" height="235"><param name="movie" value="http://www.channel101.com/js/player-licensed.swf" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="flashvars" value="file=http://www.channel101.com/media/shows/shw_000477/epi_001044/video_003590.mp4" /><embed src="http://www.channel101.com/js/player-licensed.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="235" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="file=http://www.channel101.com/media/shows/shw_000477/epi_001044/video_003590.mp4"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://listgenerator.tumblr.com/post/16766904097/admiraljackson-leitepreto-gumbel-2-matt" target="_blank">listgenerator</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://admiraljackson.tumblr.com/post/16758697970/leitepreto-gumbel-2-matt-freund-kyle-reiter" target="_blank">admiraljackson</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://leitepreto.tumblr.com/post/16749560476" target="_blank">leitepreto</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>GUMBEL #2</strong></p> <p><strong>matt freund. kyle reiter. alma kipner. emily mills. lindsay ames. deanna rooney…. </strong></p> <p><strong>they can do some lovely things.</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>Keep bringing this back, 101.</p> </blockquote> <p>Agreed.</p> </blockquote> <p>Huge fan!</p>http://www.jimisland.com/post/16779682022http://www.jimisland.com/post/16779682022Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:06:18 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lymjl2iysA1qz54s2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://delbertshoopman.tumblr.com/post/16770800934/look-i-dont-have-to-tell-you-how-important-2012" target="_blank">delbertshoopman</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Look, I don’t have to tell you how important 2012 is for America… you already know. All I’m asking is that you make an educated choice on who you vote for.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/political-time-machine/id490643763?mt=8" target="_blank">Political Time Machine</a></strong> will help you make that choice… we have all the candidates from various years in their political careers. <span>Investigate each candidate before you vote! Have they changed their stances on certain bills? Have they changed their views in general? FIND OUT!</span></p> <p><span>Then compare them to past Presidents with our History feature! You can </span><span>experience politics dating back to 1892!</span></p> <p>VOTE SMART. VOTE RIGHT. (REBLOG AND GET THE WORD OUT!)</p> <p><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/political-time-machine/id490643763?mt=8" target="_blank">GET THE APP TODAY!</a></p> <p><a href="http://youtu.be/-nB9qIfGY1k" target="_blank">WATCH THE PTM APP COMMERCIAL!</a></p> </blockquote>http://www.jimisland.com/post/16779376757http://www.jimisland.com/post/16779376757Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:01:20 -0800<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyipc3aJWE1r0lpsto1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://farewell-kingdom.tumblr.com/post/16640241108/by-iban-barrenetxea" target="_blank">farewell-kingdom</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>by <a href="http://ibanbarrenetxea.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Iban Barrenetxea</a></p> </blockquote> <p>…in case you were wondering where I’m taking this whole Mustache thing. </p>http://www.jimisland.com/post/16727508995http://www.jimisland.com/post/16727508995Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:58:04 -0800<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly7ztb6SZ71r679ffo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>…in my future.</p>http://www.jimisland.com/post/16628275120http://www.jimisland.com/post/16628275120Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:28:47 -0800<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyf9hkvGv21qz5qf9o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>“If carrots got you drunk, rabbits would be fucked up.”<br/> -MH</p>http://www.jimisland.com/post/16534000398http://www.jimisland.com/post/16534000398Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:12:56 -0800<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lydrm8eL141qz5qf9o1_250.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Nothing amazing.  Just one of those ‘feel good come from behind’ games.  The lesson here is when you have the advantage, always sacrifice your…ZZZZZ…Chess if for nerds!</p>http://www.jimisland.com/post/16493051130http://www.jimisland.com/post/16493051130Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:49:00 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lydmaiCHZv1qz5qf9o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>GPOYW: Geeha! …edition</p>http://www.jimisland.com/post/16485894184http://www.jimisland.com/post/16485894184Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:54:18 -0800<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wgQIv2H_8lg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hydeordie.com/post/16414333825/jr-in-los-angeles" target="_blank">hydeordie</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>JR in Los Angeles</p> </blockquote> <p>I bike a lot Downtown and see these giant photos everywhere.  It’s nice to know the story behind them.  </p>http://www.jimisland.com/post/16426938006http://www.jimisland.com/post/16426938006Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:22:16 -0800<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/35396305?color=ff0179" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://pauliophonic.com/post/16302390784/i-cant-stop-watching-via" target="_blank">pauliophonic</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span class="tumblr_blog">I can’t stop watching.</span></p> <p><span class="tumblr_blog">(via </span><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://beerandpork.tumblr.com/post/16300292437/thedailywhat-time-lapse-thing-of-the-day" target="_blank">beerandpork</a>:<a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tumblr.thedailywh.at/post/16296068543/time-lapse-thing-of-the-day-yosemite-national" target="_blank">thedailywhat</a>)</p> </blockquote> <p>Awesome.</p>http://www.jimisland.com/post/16302946216http://www.jimisland.com/post/16302946216Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:34:30 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxtjqzyy1z1qi0kfro1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Auto Reblog</p>http://www.jimisland.com/post/16296938899http://www.jimisland.com/post/16296938899Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:52:56 -0800