jarue – Page 8 – James True

A New Media

August 17, 2018February 5, 2019 Column, Writing 0

The news reported, “Millennial Couple Bikes Near ISIS Territory to Prove ‘Humans Are Kind’ and Gets Killed.” All over the internet I watch people

The Satanic Ritual of 9/11

August 9, 2018December 30, 2019 Column, Writing 17

The roots of Sidley Austin LLP sprouted as the Civil War was closing. Two men hijacked the insurance industry in a single year from the

Queen Lady Gaga

August 3, 2018February 19, 2019 Column, Writing 14

This is part two from The Anatomy of Satanism in Hollywood. Rest in peace Zombie Boy. Gaga loved you because you were willing to peel

The Anatomy of Satanism in Hollywood

July 30, 2018February 19, 2019 Column, Writing 49

I must admit I did not see this article’s title coming. But lately, Hollywood has been burning and satanists are running out from the

American Racism

July 20, 2018June 8, 2019 Column, Writing 2

Does anyone else find it bizarro to hear a black former US president elected by a majority of non-black voters scolding his own country

CDC Drowning Virus

April 13, 2018October 3, 2019 Column, Writing 1

What happened to CDC employee and Team Lead of Population Health, Dr. Timothy J. Cunningham? His body was found along the muddy banks of

My First Alien

March 16, 2018September 3, 2018 Column, Writing 0

Last night I had dinner with an optical engineer who was explaining the merits of molecular tweezers. He was strumming on about lasers and

The Panda Virus

February 22, 2018July 23, 2019 Column, Writing 0

This is the face of a panda, Nikolas Cruz. He has been psychotically split/broken. He heard demon voices in his head and what made

Right to Bear Drugs

February 18, 2018January 5, 2019 Column, Writing 4

Preface. I have zero medical/pharmacological training. I am officially, “not an expert.” In 1995, I was working at a wilderness camp outside of Centerville,

Blood Addiction

February 15, 2018February 26, 2019 Column, Writing 1

He sat upright like an emperor in a square chair made of wood. Each hand rested on each knee like a capstone. His eyes

A Clan of One

February 11, 2018January 5, 2019 Column, Writing 0

Soft cults are the hardest to escape from. They exercise conformity through subtle peer pressure. We pick them up like peppermints at a restaurant.

Jealousy

January 27, 2018August 27, 2018 Writing 0

Earth: You came back! Oh how I missed you. Sun: I know, I’m sorry it took so long. Earth: Well, did you miss me?

Make Cake Great Again

January 27, 2018August 28, 2018 Writing 0

1843 – “Let them eat cake.” – The working class labeling the ruling class apathetic. 2012 – “You didn’t make that cake.” – A

The Orion Nebulous

January 27, 2018January 5, 2019 Column, Writing 0

The first recorded practice of genital mutilations comes from Land of Khemit. Circumcision was a right of passage in ancient Egypt as late as

The Cult of Equality

August 30, 2017June 8, 2019 Column, Writing 0

Equity is a religion its followers can’t see. If you believe in equality, you are an egalitarian. If you had a motto, it would

Shaming and the Civil War

August 23, 2017August 28, 2018 Column, Writing 0

Do you know a veteran serving in the military? Just think, in 150 years we are going to call half of them ‘Nazi’ while

The Hive of Antifa

August 20, 2017June 8, 2019 Column, Writing 1

Brim opened his rucksack and pulled out five walkie-talkies. They were made of hard rubber and colored bright yellow. The yellow had been painted

White Male Identity Crisis

August 16, 2017June 8, 2019 Column, Writing 1

The word prejudice is not evil. Prejudice chooses a lane in traffic. It puts on two matching socks and grabs an avocado over a

Augmented Reality with OpenCV and Unity

June 8, 2017June 8, 2017 Code 1

A lot of people flip out over Vuforia but they don’t realize the real wizard behind the curtain is OpenCV. Here’s a sample for

A true story of socialized medicine

May 5, 2017August 17, 2018 Writing 2

I had a Navy dentist perform my first cavity filling in 1993. My experience in the VA was considered “top-notch.” The guy was younger

Camp Makery

April 15, 2017August 30, 2018 Code 0

Camp Makery is a campground hosting an immersive learning environment for programming and robotics. Here are some sample courses: Robotics, Drones and 3D Programming

Augmented Reality in Barcelona

March 27, 2017May 10, 2017 Code 0

Here’s a sample of work programmed, modeled, and animated in Unity and Maya. I was contracted as part of a larger development team where we created an augmented

Agnes, the Wise Wife of Keith

January 16, 2017January 5, 2019 Column, Writing 0

On this day, Agnes Sampson, the Wise Wife of Keith awoke in the beautiful cobblestone town of Castlehill, Scotland. Agnes had been chained to

The Babel Virus

December 12, 2016October 18, 2019 Column, Writing 2

What if we discovered that language was a virus installed in your head? Imagine your mind inoculated from the curse of comprehension. What would

My First Dogma

December 8, 2016September 17, 2018 Column, Writing 1

I have had the pleasure of several indoctrinations in my life. The first one was the time I became a Christian. I was introduced

Patriarchy

December 4, 2016September 17, 2018 Column, Writing 6

A few weeks ago I found myself defending some statements on my perspective as a man. I was defending this position to a woman.

Blueprint for Mind Control

November 23, 2016October 25, 2018 Column, Writing 3

Choose method of emotional control: Religion Race Gender Proclivity Emotional Army I, state your name, now proclaim that I am a [cultural deviant noun].

Love Trumps Nothing

November 20, 2016April 12, 2019 Column, Writing 2

Are you buying the election hate? It’s definitely a buyer’s market. I saw a post-election rally/protest in my hometown that was a cornucopia of

Vampires in Chickamauga

November 12, 2016August 31, 2018 Column, Writing 0

I am a recovering racist. I’d like to outline how I became one. I first need to say that I am convinced I became a

LOOK, 3rd Edition

June 28, 2016April 15, 2017 Code 0

The Third Edition of LOOK, the canadian textbook written by Adler, Rolls, and Proctor published by Nelson College Indigenous comes out this Summer. They’ve

Fork in the Eye

May 20, 2016September 17, 2018 Column, Writing 3

‘Fork in the Eye’ is a brand new cutting-edge exotic ultra high-definition holographic wireless immersion technology. It offers users an experience that is truly felt by

Zog Go Clubbing

March 14, 2016June 26, 2023 Comic 0

Three prehistoric cavemen wait in line at the entrance of a cave with a velvet rope line. Lead caveman is carrying a club. Caption

The Mothership

March 12, 2016August 30, 2018 Hardware 1

The Mothership left our station doors on Aug 9th 2015 and traveled to Somerset, Wisconsin and stood for the first time in the Meadow

Experience

March 12, 2016September 1, 2018 Bio

Augmented Reality Programmer – VMWare 2017 Mobile World Congress – Barcelona Augmented Reality Programmer – EMC 2016 VMWorld – Vegas Juried Commissioned Sculptor 2016

Education

March 2, 2016September 1, 2018 Bio

1994 – Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy – University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 1995 – Fiber Optics Installer – (FOI) – US Navy Reserves 1995 –

Connect

March 1, 2016November 23, 2019 Bio

You can call my name on the psychic phone. You can email me at james@jtrue.com. You can subscribe to my tribe and not miss

LoveBurn Dragonus

January 28, 2016May 11, 2017 Hardware 0

The 2016 Love Burn in Miami, Florida. This dragon was three sections, all stand alone. Finished piece was 35′ long. Huge love for team

Hula Dragonus 15

October 31, 2015May 18, 2016 Hardware 0

The 2015 Suwannee Hulaween Dragon: Hula Dragonus 15. This year’s dragon was fifty feet long with a 16″ diameter and 2,500 bamboo scales. Huge

Gaia Dragonus 2015

July 7, 2015August 28, 2018 Hardware 0

Gaia Dragonus is a mound dragon with a spine measuring 112 feet from nose to tail. It was inspired by walks at Moccasin Bend

Electric Dragonus

June 25, 2015May 18, 2016 Hardware 0

The 2015 Electric Forest Earth Dragon occupied the heart of Sherwood Forest in Rothbury, MI for a crowd of 40,000+ and the finest String

Bamboo Wind Dragons

January 24, 2015May 16, 2016 Hardware 0

Main Stage pillars for Hoopla in the Hills 2015 Required for installation: Digable space for post hole digger Power to both posts. Both dragon

High Country Tap Room

December 24, 2014May 16, 2016 Hardware 0

Made the logo and this sign for my friend Lynn’s new beer garden called High Country Tap Room in Sugar Mtn, NC. Way to

Bamboo Zombie Dragon

September 23, 2014May 16, 2016 Hardware 0

Appeared at the 2014 Suwanee Hulaween Festival in Live Oak, Florida. The Magic Lives On at Spirit Lake of #HulaweenFL Get to know more

The Book of Norman

April 22, 2014June 26, 2023 Comic 0

A church sermon with a reading from the Book of Norman. Caption says “And the Lord said, Who among you will pulleth my finger?”

Salad Bar

March 28, 2014April 13, 2017 Comic 0

A carrot has crashed into a salad bar. Caption reads “so this carrot walks into a salad bar”

Bear Hands

March 26, 2014September 12, 2018 Comic 0

Jeff sits in an easy chair in front of a fire. Two book shelves are poorly nailed to the wall. Jeff has the hands

Genentech Kiosk

November 4, 2013April 15, 2017 Code 0

Standalone kiosk programming job using html5, cookies, and video. This code runs on a kiosk touch screen. It also has a screen saver which

When knees fall

July 23, 2011August 28, 2018 Poetry, Writing 1

When knees touch ground, the sacred seem to listen. Knees do not bend in trivia. Like a page folded from our story. Knees mark

Fall Creek Thaw 15k RR

March 6, 2011June 2, 2023 Column, Writing 0

(Mar 6, 2011) My first 15k. Heck my first time running longer than 7 miles! Saturday, drove to Pikeville TN and ran in the

Hands-free

December 15, 2010August 28, 2018 Poetry, Writing 1

With hands free my words can drip from this pen. From the peak of a mountain of consonants I can vowel at the moon.

Christmas Parade

March 18, 2010August 28, 2018 Poetry, Writing 1

I have a box of snapshots taken from a Christmas parade. Glossy smiles I caught perching on a horse and buggy. Groundhog people rose

Rib’s cage

March 18, 2010August 28, 2018 Poetry, Writing 1

There you pine, jailed in that ribcage. The little plastic army men are keeping you at bay. Turnstiles click at each year’s passing. Neon

Hoot Haus

March 6, 2010May 16, 2016 Hardware 0

This Summer I stepped up my efforts at Genesis Wildlife Sanctuary. We made a ton of improvements since the spring of 2009. This is

Up, up and away

May 31, 2009August 28, 2018 Writing 2

Last night my head leaped out from a car window. The wind inflated my cheeks like a parachute. My eyeballs turned sticky from the

Clouds come crashing

May 6, 2009August 28, 2018 Writing 4

And clouds did come crashing The flight of fluff fell under the weather Surely the heavens did grumble But earth stood still in her

Burqa

April 22, 2009June 26, 2023 Comic 0

In this toon a couple is on the street having an argument. The wife is wearing a chadri or burqa or hijab. Husband is

Horse’s Ass

April 20, 2009June 26, 2023 Comic 0

In this toon a horse sits on his donkey high on a canyon overlooking a river in the desert. Caption reads “He was a

Spackle

April 19, 2009September 12, 2018 Writing 0

In this toon a bored saint sits at a desk with an empty inbox staring at the phone and wishing he had something to

Tulip’s kiss

April 17, 2009August 28, 2018 Fiction, Writing 4

In the dawn I lay to kiss this tulip. I admit we’ve flirted now for days. Its face is cloistered in a tall green

Hey life

February 25, 2009August 28, 2018 Fiction, Writing 3

Life. Do you hear that stomping? My giant was asleep for so many years you forgot his potential. I urge you make preparations. He

Your skin is my music

February 9, 2009January 24, 2019 Writing 5

Your skin is my music I listen to it unfold The rapture of tiny electricity You are circuit to my battery Your heart, beats

Solitude

January 8, 2009August 28, 2018 Fiction, Writing 2

The court of public opinion had finally left the building. Minivans were packed full again and headed away. Trashcans jammed with confetti waited on

Loyalty’s Conviction

December 13, 2008August 31, 2018 Fiction, Writing 4

That love was a tempest. So deeply chemical. Molecular. Some pages I just can’t turn. Or at least it sure seems so. It’s like

When grass giggled

November 28, 2008August 28, 2018 Fiction, Writing 5

Simplicity came rolling down the hill yesterday for the third time. He plodded his way back to the top through a carpet of earthly

Snows trumpet

October 28, 2008January 23, 2019 Poetry, Writing 5

Can you hear the snow’s quiet trumpet? Its silent song serenading the gray. Cold flakes falling in the ballroom of winter. Gravity tickles lose

Memory’s tower

October 27, 2008January 22, 2019 Poetry, Writing 3

Oh memory’s tower, how long overdue is this inspection. Today, I behold thee, my monument to passing. You are my stronghold, my bastion of

Time’s big mouth

October 24, 2008August 28, 2018 Fiction, Writing 3

Time has a big mouth. You can see its crusty molars and old shiny fillings. Time flaps a tongue with bumps as big as

Holistic Handyman

January 20, 2008September 12, 2018 Comic 0

Dan the repair man knew, deep down, all this toaster needed was a hug. caption says “It’s okay fella”, as he hugs the broken

Vegetable Medley

January 15, 2008June 26, 2023 Comic 0

A talented asparagus opens the show with the theme song from Oklahoma except it is okrahoma.

Free-Range Tofu

January 15, 2008September 12, 2018 Comic 0

Three wild tofu hunks bask in the fields free to live their lives in a natural habitat before they are humanely packaged and shipped

Flash 3D Engine

August 9, 2007May 18, 2016 Code 0

Here’s a little ditty written in Flash for a laser eye surgery job i was working on. It’s my first hand-written 3d engine from

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Four horsemen rode into town

October 6, 2005August 28, 2018 Comic 0

Four horsemen rode into town. All wearing suits on the subway. One horse is reading the newspaper. Subway car window is the frame.

Books on Tape

October 5, 2005June 26, 2023 Comic 0

Books on Tape, from Moby Dick, “Call me Ishmael”.

Trophy Wife

September 29, 2005June 26, 2023 Comic 0

A man sits in a chair in front of three stuffed heads framing a fireplace. One head is the man’s wife. Caption reads: He

Alien vs Predator

September 26, 2005August 28, 2018 Comic 0

Alien vs Predator, in a court of law. This time, the Predator is the prosecuting attorney. He’s ready for the trial too. Alien looks

The Dark Side of the Moon

September 21, 2005August 28, 2018 Comic 0

The rather Dark Side of the Moon. Moon walks into a drug store demanding pills as he holds a pharmacist at gun point. Moon

Where’s Waldo

September 21, 2005June 26, 2023 Comic 0

In this toon, Waldo meets Pulp Fiction’s The Gimp. Waldo sits in a cellar with the Gimp behind him. Waldo has a ball gag

Is Your Refrigerator Running?

September 19, 2005April 13, 2017 Comic 0

Is your refrigerator running? A play on an old phone joke long before caller id. In this toon a refrigerator hides in an alley.

Flash Communications Server Bible

June 1, 2004May 18, 2016 Code 0

Wiley Publishing asked me to contribute three chapters and write sample code for their book Flash Communications Server Bible. My chapters walked the reader

Wire Dancer

May 22, 2001May 18, 2016 Hardware 0

I only have a photo of this prototype.This is hand-twisted wire and the piece measures roughly 30″ in height. I did a couple of these

Stone Tower Fountain

October 21, 1999May 16, 2016 Hardware 0

A marble drilled stone tower sitting inside a poured half-sphere base. For Page 84 of Lark Books Tabletop Fountains book 1999 Asheville, NC. Marble

Crete Circle Fountain

October 1, 1999May 10, 2017 Hardware 0

This stone circle fountain was also featured in Lark Books 1999 book Tabletop Fountains. Fountain was cast in Asheville, North Carolina. Ingredients include refrigerator

The Sit-N-Spin

June 11, 1998May 16, 2016 Hardware 0

Built in Asheville, birthday gifted to Zach from Cynthia. ingredients: industrial wire spool, shopping cart wheels, volkswagen steering wheel column, left over paint. sitnspin,

To Start all over (lyrics)

August 19, 1996August 28, 2018 Lyrics, Writing 0

Who shut the door Who wouldn’t knock Who made this rope Who tied this knot Who placed the call Who never showed Who towed

Catch my drift (lyrics)

August 19, 1996August 28, 2018 Lyrics, Writing 0

If I cut you loose will you set me free This can’t be the way love’s supposed to be If I loose my crutch

Ballad of a rooster (lyrics)

August 19, 1996August 28, 2018 Lyrics, Writing 0

If the sun refuses to rise My old friend rooster will die I’ll be seeing him as soon as I am at The place

The Sound of a voice (lyrics)

August 19, 1996January 25, 2019 Lyrics, Writing 0

Words like smoke in a lazy room Sheets of gray and silver gloom Into my ears please ring your tune The sound of a

Oh, no, no, no (lyrics)

August 19, 1996August 28, 2018 Lyrics, Writing 0

Here comes psychologist. Dressed in his white coat. Oh no, no, no. Don’t take me. Here comes professor. Pushing his thick book. Oh no,

Dawn (lyrics)

August 19, 1995August 28, 2018 Lyrics, Writing 0

Grey and green, not black and white The heart turns stone if you hold it tight I watch the dawn put her sky to