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Oops! I think we missed the point here. We have obviously mistaken the revised Miss America contest as the presidential election campaign. Sarah Palin’s remarks qualifying her foreign policy experience, “I can see Russia from my house!” is almost a direct quote from the Miss America spoof movie, Miss Congeniality. Her only [...]
Having watched hurricane Ike on the computer for over a week, he finally dropped by southern Illinois yesterday. I hadn’t paid much attention but, several minutes after Nan had left for church she called from her cell and said that she had finally made it down the driveway after having to move several tree limbs.
I [...]
Ever wonder how the Hummingbirds find your backyard feeders?
Every time I have my workshop door open, a couple of the little guys come buzzing in to flitter around the tail lights on the Tuono. It finally dawned on me that they are actually dedicated motorcycle fans who come scurrying around squeaking tiny calls of, “Ooooh, [...]
I don’t wish to offend anyone or upset their beliefs, but I think it’s time we let a little reality soak into religious worship habits.
I remember attending church with my wife once when her Bible study class was into a lengthy discussion of whether a particular verse in the Bible contained this word or that [...]
Having agreed to cover the wings of an Ercoupe for a friend who runs the Marion airport, I began running down some of the supplies that I would need. This morning’s shopping list included a couple of high quality, pure bristle paintbrushes, a quantity of “throw away,” one-inch bristle brushes and a gallon of [...]
Yesterday morning at breakfast, I skimmed through a new motorcycle toy catalog and ran across the gloves that I usually wear. I was surprised to see that they had upgraded the gloves with some pretty significant changes; carbon fiber replaced the old leather pad across the knuckles and the overall construction was different.
I thought no [...]
(As well as additional proof that I’m a Sweet Guy)
Wakeup calls this morning seemed to come pretty regular – and repeatedly – and early.
First call from Charles Richter at 4:36 AM was enough to get us all up and going as his call coordinated shaking of our bed with Nan’s jumping up and turning on [...]
This will have to be a short post, as I have to get out and buy a supply of AAA batteries for the tape recorders I am using in my non-divergent conceptual loop. I should probably replenish our supply of Tylenol while I’m at it, too.
Yesterday I read Steven Hall’s The Raw Shark Texts.
I started [...]
It’s supposed to be Spring, and yet I’m sitting here typing this instead of riding the Aprilia or flying the Acro Sport, both being activities I have planned for today.
I have never liked cold weather, and the older I get the less tolerant of it I am. I don’t even like chilly and come to [...]
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 [...]
