2009 – Skywritings

Posted on December 16, 2009

My dream of having a band of minstrels.

On days when the air is still and fog forms over a river, it looks like the Great Wall of China is snaking its way across the Earth. Since many state lines overlay rivers, each state is safely… Read More

Category: Flying, ramblings, travel, update

Since storms cancelled our evening with The Flaming Lips – I had to go to Youtube.

Well, The Flaming Lips show in Philadelphia turned into “A bit of a bath – a big bath” (to quote the Woodstock documentary – although theirs was in reference to the bath the promoters would take upon getting… Read More

Category: music, ramblings, travel Tags: adventure island, arcade, concert, dave and busters, Flaming Lips, google phone, philadelphia, pole position, rain, storms, Tampa, video

Alert the pitcrew, we’re coming for more fuel

I showed up in DC for a 5:30 AM flight to Kansas City, followed by a flight to Milwaukee where I faced a 3.5-hour layover in the airport before our return trip to DC. Then it was back… Read More

Category: Flying Tags: dca, divert, emb170, Flying, mke, ric, stork, weather

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Posted on May 14, 2009

Holds and diverts and storms, oh my.

This was our third leg for the day. We began in Omaha around 2 PM, flew from Omaha to Milwaukee, and then off to Boston. On the return from Boston to Milwaukee, we ended up holding over Grand… Read More

Category: Flying, ramblings Tags: bos, Flying, ind, mke, stork, storms

I never got many Gold Medals – But I used to make them.

I once quit a job without giving two weeks’ notice. I quit after my lunch break. The boss wasn’t surprised at all. I think she even wondered why it took so long like it was a bet amongst… Read More

Category: childhood, jobs, ramblings, update Tags: factory, PBA, stork, summer job, Tampa, trophy