There is a video making the rounds from a crash that happened at my home airport of Northwest Regional Airport (52F) in Roanoke, TX, where a student pilot impacted a vehicle in a 2005 Cessna 172. As a pilot who has shot many approaches at that airport (and a true aviation enthusiast), I wanted to…

The lyrics to my new favorite bluegrass tune! Info: Hinky Dinky Dee One Riot One Ranger Trad.; PD; arrangement by One Riot One Ranger; addtn’l lyrics by C. Williams Paul Brown – banjo, vocals Mark Gaskill – guitar, vocals Peter Remenyi – resonator guitar, vocals Chas Williams – mandolin, vocals Mark Wyatt – bass, vocals…

One week before this flight, Chris asks me how long it takes us to fly to the airport by her sister’s house (about 20 minutes) after she sat through some Friday afternoon traffic to get home. I said, I’d be happy to fly us as a family down there, but just remember that the amount…

HOPEFULLY.  For reals this time.  Got us a good signal in a good location and have a working cable.

OK folks, I think I have the issue fixed. Turns out, not only were there issues with the electronics in the sending stations, but the CONSOLE was busted as well! Wait for the weather data to catch up, but you will now see updated weather here! Update (8/1 @ 8am)… SPOKE TOO SOON!  ARGH.  This…

I’ve been spending a lot of time in Chicago this year. I love the city, but freaking hate the cold. I’ve broken my rule twice already, and am preparing to fracture it a third time this week ((The rule is that I do not travel north of the Mason-Dixon line between November and March)). Regardless,…

Long posts would take forever!

For the record, when I was on Jury Duty, I never did this.  My phone only turned on outside the actual courtroom. iPhones Causing Mistrials? Google, Twitter, and Wikipedia Out of Order? | The iPhone Blog.

Not sure what all these fat cats (who have lost a lot of weight recently) on Wall Street are talking about when they discuss the Credit Crisis on Main Street?  Jonathan Jarvis has a fantastic short explaining exactly what is happening.  Check it out below. The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

Conference calls are BORING. Instead of listening, go design your own superhero! Here’s mine:

Want loads of energy in the AM while getting your diet on the right track?  Try this shake! Brando’s Morning Power Shake 1 cup 0% Horizon Organic Milk (9g protein) 1-2 scoops Vanilla Impact Protein by Chicago Nutrition Company (24-48g protein) 1 handful Kirkland (Costco) Fiesta Blend frozen fruit (~1g protein) Drop in a blender…

It’s a new year folks! Time to go through that awkward period of always writing “08” on the date line until you finally reprogram your brain to write “09.” This year is looking bright!

I certainly enjoyed you! From learning how to fly, getting my license, finally seeing Australia for the first time, and having a second kid, this has definitely been an awesome year. I am looking forward to 2009, and I’ll see you all there!

What the hell is going on with my Cowboys? Why is December the month from hell? Is it a training and stamina thing? Are we sprinting and not distance running? I know this will never happen, but it is my wish for Bill Cowher to be the next head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. This…

Depressed about your love life?  Do you love romantic comedies?  I know you are not surprised, but a new study by a university in Edinburgh finds that Romantic comedies ‘spoil your love life’ because they promote unrealistic expectations for love. So Hollywood is not a good source for information on how the real world works? …

The Anemometor electronics have said F-YOU to the cold.  It’s not the batteries, or the lack of solar power to run it.  The cups are spinning fine up on the house (for now… we are getting some freezing rain), but the electronics just won’t process it.  Oh well. So when the wind does not work…

W00t, this thing is pretty slick.  The guys over at WordPress have done an AWESOME job on the new admin interface.  You guys don’t get to see it, but we do!  If you are not running it, *cough* JAMES *cough*, you should consider it!

Just sitting in the airport right now waiting to head back home after an awesome weekend in San Francisco.  The tickets that Chris got were AWESOME.  5 rows back in the end zone?  How cool is that? Unfortunately, the Niners lost, so on our trips that makes us 2 and 2.  Batting 500 is not…