Nah, I’m not quitting. I’ve had many a passing thought to write about this or that or the other, but the time it takes (me) to write a post I like exceeds my estimated attention span. Thanks Ron, Kenju, oldfriend, Malach, Greg, and of course Tiff for the encouragement. It’s nice to feel loved.
Freakin’ Facebook. I’ve become accustomed to checking in on friends in 90 seconds, then maybe a cuppa times a week writing a status update that takes all of 10 seconds. It’s made it so easy connect that I almost never do, truly.
On the upside, I did meet a high school friend in Richmond last week thanks to Facebook. I hadn’t seen him in 23 years, so there was plenty to talk about over lunch at Sticky Rice. It was amazing to count the similar yet wildly divergent paths we took since growing up in a very conservative town.
My flight lessons are progressing (too slowly for my preference, I’ve had more cancelled flights than realized ones because of weather), and each is probably worthy of a story. That’s what I’ll do then.
But for now, I must finish the kitchen (finally) for the Mother of Tiff is arriving tonight for the Easter weekend, and it must be ship-shape. I leave you with a picture of Shortcake (my daughter’s gnome). He’s going on adventures before going to be with her, any suggestions?
April 22, 2011 at 11:18 am
Cozumel
Atlantis
Puerto Macho
The center of the Earth.
Go!
April 22, 2011 at 11:28 am
As part of your flight training, could you strafe a couple of Starbucks and maybe the giraffes at the local zoo? Fecking giraffes, always thinking they’re better than everyone else. They’re going down!
April 22, 2011 at 6:28 pm
Is this your problem Grant?
http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/giraffe%20vs%20plane.jpg
April 22, 2011 at 11:18 pm
Hmmm, I could have taken him to WV, but that’s hardly an adventure….lol
Happy Easter with Tiff, Mom and the Things. We hope to re-connect soon.
April 24, 2011 at 10:45 pm
You should enjoy bacon more. Not like it’s possible to enjoy bacon MORE, but still…
I like milk.
Props brother.
April 25, 2011 at 7:20 pm
Flying, rocks, but scary. Facebook, samething
May 20, 2011 at 4:11 pm
Glad you decided to continue. I also took flying lessons, but I didn’t finish. (39 hours in my logbook) I was flying to Peoria for my final test, and the weather took a real bad turn. It scared me to death, and I flew back home, and never rescheduled! What a pussy! I kinda regret it, but renting a plane here in PKB is so expensive I couldn’t afford it now.
August 27, 2011 at 10:00 pm
I think a suborbital flight on SpaceShipTwo is in order, but in the absence of that another flight with you would be just fine. Hope you’re doing well…looking forward to your return.