Well, sirenity posted this five questions thing, and I took her up on it. Then for good measure, I took brianlee up on it as well. If you want questions from me then just post a comment here saying, "I'm all-in."

sirenity's questions ( Read more... )

How can you not be proud to be an American today ( Read more... )

This is basically a comment that I was motivated to put in several journals, so I'll just post it here. For everyone who is running around talking about Sarah Palin's experience, let's just remember that she has more experience serving as an executive in government then Obama, Biden & McCain put together. Being a legislator is not the same as ( Read more... )

This whole business with Florida & Michigan is really demonstrating to me how absolutely unfit Hillary Clinton is to lead anything, much less this country. Isn't one of the key components of a leader that they be a person of principle? It is in my opinion, but maybe that's just my opinion. But regardless of your opinion on the importance of a ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday jloopy! Hope you have a fabulous Vegas style birthday. :)

So, if you've been around here for quite a while you should go check out oldskoollj. It's a new community for people who've been around LJ since the early days. Check it out!

Very Happy Birthday Wishes to Azraelle! She was the first person I didn't know outside of LJ (i.e. other then Missi) to post a comment in my journal, so she sort of popped my LJ cherry.

Happy Birthday!!

So the other week the travel was personal, this time it's business. I'm off this week to take depositions in Houston. This really makes me wish that I had managed to pull this trip off during sometime earlier in the year. Oh well, at least it will give me an appreciation for the whole "dry heat" thing when I get back to the desert.

Here is the story of my checkride, a bit long, but it's all set out ...

I debated writing different versions one geared towards people familiar with aviation and another for people unfamiliar, but I think I'll just put the "pilot's version" here and say that if anyone has any questions about the terminology or what not, then ask.

( So there I was at 5000 feet ... )

Been trying to press up my cooking skills for dinners at home lately. Last night I made vegetarian black bean burritos, and tonight are steaks in a red wine & tarragon sauce. Wait you say, aren't you concerned about losing weight. Yes, I answer, but in fact I am serving that concern along withthe tasty dinners thanks to Cooking Light. I started ( Read more... )