John 7:11

I've been going by, "Jonnie711" for several years, but it just dawned on me to look up John 7:11 in the Bible:

The Jews were looking for him at the feast, and saying, "Where is he?"

 Okay, could have been a lot more interesting, but now I know.

A.I. Time Traveler

A.I. time traveler. wtf?

Moon Prism Power… Make It a Combo

Grokked this on my lunch break.

6-7

Yep, I'm hip.

Welcome to RSM

Good to be here!

We Mean Business

 A.I. generated business headshots of the Gilliom-Reeb family:

We're professionals: Jon, Ericka, Anikka, & Llyr.

Out take:

Dong Hung

 All I want for Christmas is a Dong Hung t-shirt.

1,000 Years of Dracula

AI-generated nightmare inspired by a child's spontaneous prophetic utterance in a public library: "One-Thousand Years of Dracula!"

Horror!

Kilbuck Portrait

Amanda's portrait of Donald Kilbuck next to the man himself. Painted in Anchorage, AK, 1998.

Donald & his portrait.

Update: It still hangs! After decades of silence, I've learned the Kilbuck portrait lives! 25 years later (Oct. 2023), Donald sent me a photo of the portrait in its current location in Soldotna; specifically, "Funny River at Little Way's from the Small Plane Airport."

 

May it live forever!

Ice Cream or Nuke?

Ambiguous images that could be ice cream or nuclear explosions. Thanks, AI!

I'm Awesome

My love, Ericka, presented me with this glorious card.

Text inside reads, "You're Awesome!"

Yes! Thank you, Kitten!

A.I. Bullshit

Referring back to My Experience Falling Through a Bathroom Ceiling, I’ve always wished someone had taken a picture. I tried using A.I. to approximate what it might have looked like to see me crashing through the ceiling of a high school restroom.

1.) The first attempt looks like a young Gary Numan spider crawling up a bathroom stall. It misses some important details: the falling debris that should be raining down around me and the suit jacket I was wearing at the time.

2.) The next image is more like it. It includes the bits of broken ceiling that accompanied my descent as well as my suit jacket. It also depicts me coming down on top of a toilet, which was an integral part of the experience. Also, I resemble Ryan in this image.

3.) In this one, I resemble Brother Todd - kick the door open! 

4.) The last one captures my confusion pretty well, though the toilet is crazily halfway up the wall:

Anyway, I guess you would have had to have been there.

Bless This Dress

Anikka up in Ericka's dress like a spooky ghost.

Baby Announcements

Birth announcements for Anikka and Llyr, posted on social media:

Anikka Kathalyn; July, 2020.

Llyr Liev; March 2022.

Son of Cobra Commander

I love this mirrored face mask. It’s a relic of the COVID era, when everybody was suddenly wearing face masks in public, although not ones like this.

My cousin Sam requested one for his birthday, to wear with the hood of a hoodie pulled up. I thought it was so outrageous that I wanted one too, so Brother Todd sent me one for Christmas.

Addendum: I kept the mirrored face mask in my car for a few years, figuring the perfect occasion would eventually come along when I could whip it out and win the day. That day never came. When we moved to Irvine, I brought it into the house, where it eventually went into storage.

I should find it and put it back into circulation.

I did wear it through a drive-through once. The cashier looked pretty bemused, like she’d seen the future and didn’t like it very much.

First Santa

Anikka’s first visit with Santa Claus; Dec 2021. 

Santa wasn’t actually being scary immediately. Anikka just started crying like crazy when he welcomed her. He did the scary pose real quickly and on the fly for the benefit of a photo when her back was turned to him. He just did that for a second and I’m glad Ericka was ready with the camera.

R.I.P. Jon L. Gilliom: Jan. 5, 1948 – Sep. 7, 2021

It’s been quite a week and I’m sad to say my father, Jon Sr, isn’t with us anymore. “Uncle Jon” was a lion-heart who loved adventure and family, and I know he will be missed by many.

(Photo: Columbia, MO; Aug. 2017, eating "Black Hole Sun" ice cream on the occasion of the solar eclipse).

Found: Marilyn

Found while browsing one of my mother's old yearbooks.

Marilyn was apparently hell on wheels at Lancaster (Indiana) High School in the late 1960s.

COVID Parking Control

Parking control in the sun’s glare. Caught a weird muzzle shaped reverse sunburn. County employees were traditionally tapped to assist with social emergencies, so we had the option of working at COVID vaccination sites, but at some point we were discouraged since our regular work sites were so understaffed.

Happy New Year, 2021

Happy New Year from Ericka, Anikka, and Jon.

Curbside

Back to work: Reopening Library of the Canyons for curbside service during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Like Father, Like Daughter

Hulk Hands run in the family.

Apple Dumpling!

In Colonial times, "Apple Dumpling," is what people would say when they would punch somebody in the nuts as a joke, according to a children's history show I watched.

"Apple Dumpling."

"Apple Dumpling."

The Golden Lion

My dad bought this for me from the merch table when we saw Dick the Bruiser wrestle for WWA at the Fort Wayne Coliseum in the late 1970s. He was like, "Are you sure that's what you want?" I've kept it for the next 40 years, so may it be preserved digitally forevermore.

Tim Golden

The Golden Lion

WWA

Drive Through Farmers Market

Visiting the drive through Farmers Market in Irvine during the COVID pandemic.

It felt great getting out of the house.

Avatar Vault: Cat Man

Actually, still my current avatar (circa Nov. 2025):

Free Humanity

Sidewalk art, Melrose Ave., Los Angeles.

Free Humanity.

Live Forever!

Official logo of my 50th birthday, 2019. 

Six years later, still living.

Drawing by Kate. 

Avatar Vault: Yelp

2019

My favorite Yelp review: 

Rodrigo's Mexican Grill, Mar. 21, 2020 - Great take-out! We eat at Rodrigo's pretty regularly. I have become a great fan of their seafood enchiladas in recent months. It's almost always a delightful experience dining there. Staff are often welcoming. The dining environment is stimulating: Lots of flowers, refills on chips and salsa from the comfort of your own table.
Tonight we ordered take-out for the first time and I was a little bit nervous I would not enjoy the food as much without the bottomless chips and salsa. The razzle dazzle of the dining experience always stays with me longer than anything else.
What a shocker to find the food is just as good, if not better at home! It just goes to show that Rodrigo's has a solid foundation in delicious menu items. The stimulating dining environment and refills on chips and salsa are just the icing on the cake. Rodrigo's take-out is a great choice any (or every) day of the week.

Harley!

Got to meet living legend Harley Flanagan from the Cro Mags. What an honor! He seemed really surprised when I told him I bought his biography, Hard Core for the Laguna Beach library.

Buy Hard Core!

Cat TV

Ericka and I put on this show that was developed for cats, mostly we put it on as a goof, but the cats were, in fact, very into it! It featured footage of various birds in a woodsy environment and it really brought out our little guys' predator natures! In terms of entertaining cats, I rate this show 5 out of 5, at least based on One-Stocking's, Wispurr's, and Trinket's reactions.

Bikini Kill