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After every flight, Quantas pilots fill out a form, called a "gripe sheet," which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics correct the problems, document ..their repairs on the form, and then pilots review the gripe sheets before the next flight. Never let it be said that ground crews lack a sense of humour. Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by Quantas' pilots and the...
Have I woke up?
After an uneventful Senior year at college, I went right to graduate school locally, working odd jobs. Life was busy and hectic at times, but overall carefree. I lived at home in the house I grew up in, visited my grandparents a lot, and dormed on occassion. I never seemed to make one of my classes in particular, and never quite earned full-time credits, and it was tough deciding whether to keep going to school or...
Artist at Work
I always tell people I can't even draw a stick figure. Today I tried at the prompting of my sister Moo. Based lightly on the artwork of Rich Burlew's "The Order of the Stick", I gave it a shot using my main graphics editing tool, PaintShopPro. Here it is ... a manager at a hotel chasing a streaker with a crack pipe made out of a Pepsi can. Don't ask. Don't worry ... I wont quit my day job.
I may change my mind on this one …
Much of my writing the last couple years has emulated my experience that most of the wackos out there are politically on the left these days. I had a tough time finding right wing extremists out there. (Everyone totes the sames ones out in such a discussion. Sorry, Rush Limbaugh has a clear to-the-right agenda, but is not an extremist in the true sense, nor is he a wacko. He is an intelligent journalistic...
IM for the sick …
My wife has lost and found her voice a number of times the last couple days, and we use IM to communicate. Who would have thought?
Ho hum … Hate, anyone? We’re having genocide for desert.
I got an email passed around from someone I know "proving" that people who follow Islam can't be trusted Americans. All the arguments were really dumb, and filled with blatantly wrong assumptions and "facts". SO, as I usually do -- but sometimes think I shouldn't -- I sent back an email to anyone receiving it not to fall for it or take it seriously. I got TWO replies, both calling for genocide against ... well...
I’ve become a movie slut …
Ever since last February when I had an all-you-can-rent special at the video store, I've really looked to movies as a source of entertainment. Well, I did it again. For $10 the first month, $17 therafter, I can rent three movies at a time by mail, including all the classics and other movies the store doesn't carry. AND for the deal-closer, I get a free rental at the local store -- ANY MOVIE, even new release --...
What a Week!
I have never done more site designs, re-designs, additions and updates in one week than this one. Actually it started getting crazy last week, but I'm fighting to keep up. I don't want to be like other designes to "get around to it" -- if I can't make a change in a few hours or days, I feel like I'm slipping. At least I got a new office chair. The old one was a lawyer's chair from the early 20th Century. It served...
Not enough time in the day …
I did get to spend some time with Chrissie today ... I forgot to grab the pictures from the father-daughter dance. It's official ... her friends say I "don't dance well" but have no idea how I danced like I did. That sounds about right, considering I wasn't that warmed up and never did dance quite like everyone else. AND it's been a LOT of years. I'm growing a goatee now, so I look less like a "smarmy Yankee" as my...