httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2VQjxuhYhc
I won’t say that I have done this, but I also won’t say that I haven’t!
Ma Bell, rot in hell
June 30th, 2010I used to love her, then I got to know her.
All Canadians have to deal with the megalopolies now and then. If you want to have a phone, internet or mobile anything you pretty much have to sign in blood and give away a bit of your soul in doing so. My blood has been shed on cellular phone bills since 1999 when I signed up for a Cantel/Rogers deal costing a mild $1 per minute weekdays and a bit less on weekends. My bills were roughly $200 a month then. When that phone died I went on a romantic journey with Fido that spanned 4-5 years and a lot of technology changes. Somewhere in 2004 I fell in love with Windows mobile and bought a two phone package from Bell on a three year term. Total cost with everything I could imagine for both phones? About $200 monthly. I paid it dutifully for 6 years (renewing the contract once) until one day I decided it was time for iPhones, one for the missus and one for me. That journey began May 13th and has caused me to age at least 5 years since. Read the rest of this entry »
Piloting a Submarine
June 29th, 2010
I am no stranger to driving in some godawful conditions. I have been in rain, sleet wind and snow that would send a lot of people to the shoulder with their hazards flashing but am I alone in noticing that weather recently has somehow upgraded? Would we call this meteo two-point-oh? Read the rest of this entry »
Assembly of Japanese bicycle require great peace of mind
March 12th, 2010The title of this post relates to a line in Robert Pirsig’s excellent “Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance
You know the voices you hear in your head, sometimes doubting, sometimes encouraging but rarely shutting up. They can get in the way of pure enjoyment of life. They can also get in the way of pure control of a machine like an Airplane.
You can take these concepts a bit further reading www.pilotpsy.com which is an excellent resource for taking your airmanship to the next level. This is not beginner “Stick and Rudder” type of stuff so be warned, it’s a how-to of a completely different sort.
In a nutshell for my next flight, I intend on becoming completely enveloped in the moment of it all. Still remaining as far ahead of the aircraft as I can, but being entirely involved in the whole thing. The experience or the essence if you will, of man touching the sky. I’ll not let the thoughts of normal ground pounding life interfere with the spirit of the flight.
I expect overall to feel an improvement of the smoothness and “feel” of the entire thing. Only time will tell.
Chandler’s first RMB
December 14th, 2009httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=339vaYTnQAk
We waited all day to see if this actually works, and it sure does! After feeding Chandler a raw egg this morning with much success it was off to the supermarket to find him his first raw meaty bone (RMB) meal. The majority of people I am following suggested chicken and chicken only as his first meals for the next 12-14 days so I headed over to the club pack aisle for chicken thighs. I am sure there are cheaper ways to obtain raw meat for my dog but for this lifestyle change I used the loblaws. They had chicken thighs at $6.99/KG. This approximates to about $1 per day to feed the dog. Not exorbitant but also not cheap, about par with the premium kibble he was eating. I also found some pork back ribs on sale for $1.99/lb! So I bought a large package of them for advanced eating. Read the rest of this entry »
