Serious Thought For The Week

If at first you don’t succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.

I’m worried about my lifestyle

I used to get a lot of input into my daily life, feeding blog-posts ranging from flying aerobatics or rescue missions to pit lane experiences at Daytona, diving under the ice, winter mountaineering, etc., etc.
The highlights of this Easter weekend began with accompanying my wife over to our daughter’s to drop off some leftover pasta [...]

Serious Thought For The Week

Radios will fail as soon as you need fire support.

Is an Ark an Ark If. . . ?

Good grief! If it doesn’t stop soon, I’m gonna have to find out what a cubit is. . .
After some 15 hours of steady rain (now extended to 38 and continuing) I emailed this photo to my brother.
He responded with a brief narrative of his own rain-induced woes of a failed basement [...]

Letter To Wife

As you know, my family has been in Costa Rica for two weeks. Thought I’d share an email or two that I sent her – gives you a rough idea of what I’ve been up to.
Saturday -
In my living alone research, I find it rather odd that most household appliance/convenience items are not correctly [...]

Kiss Quinton Jackson Goodbye!

Ultimate Cage Fighting light heavyweight champ, Quinton Jackson’s reign is about to come to a screeching halt. I am about to take his place.
Following in the footsteps of Daniel Larusso, I have just completed the grueling training regime as prescribed by the master himself, Noriyuki Morita.
Wax On! Wax Off!
As my family spent the last [...]