Avoiding actual writing...
I forgot exactly where I saw this announced, maybe Gateworld or the Sci Fi Channel's Atlantis boards, but Comcast Sports Net is showing the Lake Louise Celebrity sports invitational. It was amusing watching celebrities of various stripes trying winter sports from skiing to tobagonning to even curling, but basically the coverage poses as a fluffy infomercial for the Fairmont resort. However, you will see several Stargate people in the show: Richard Dean Anderson, Robert Davi, Ben Browder and Joe Flanigan. Alas we only see Flanigan in the party scenes, but apparently he's a pretty good skiier. He's one of those crazy types who thinks helicopter skiing is a fun thing to do.
I spent part of my day looking at Marine helicopters for work so I couldn't help thinking of John "I fly everything except Air Force" Sheppard. Equally amused that the Marines all used the same turn of phrase waiting for their ride about "waiting to get on the bird". I wonder if the Atlantis Marines think of puddlejumpers the same way? They're not exactly troop carriers, but...
I spent part of my day looking at Marine helicopters for work so I couldn't help thinking of John "I fly everything except Air Force" Sheppard. Equally amused that the Marines all used the same turn of phrase waiting for their ride about "waiting to get on the bird". I wonder if the Atlantis Marines think of puddlejumpers the same way? They're not exactly troop carriers, but...