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January 03 Birds eye view of my houseOctober 27 Chinese Backstreet Boys
Quote Chinese Backstreet Boys September 14 Just like Arnold - I'll be back...MondayWell after almost 8 weeks of being on paternity leave I'll be back to work on Monday. I've talked to many people lately who cant understand why i'd actually be looking forward to returning to being a slave to email.
What they miss though is that since I've been out my day is spent dealing with baby food and aside from putting it in or dealing with it when it comes out the highlight of my day is deciding between Maury and Jerry Springer. Entertaining but not too much fun.
<screaming baby in the background>
See you all on Monday!
July 18 100 dollar pancakesOn Saturday I was supposed to fly with one of my instrument students but he wasn't able to make it so I took the opportunity to fly myself. I couldn't remember the last time I actually "flew" and instead I spend most of my time just looking pretty from the right seat saying "altitude" or "heading" a lot so needless to say I was excited to see if I still remembered how to fly.
I took off out of Paine and the weather was just what I hoped for - overcast at 600 feet and total IMC all the way to HQM. No problemo! Once at HQM I had to use the ILS to make my approach. This procedure is, in my opinion, one of the most challenging in Washington. http://www.naco.faa.gov/d-tpp/0507/00889ID24.PDF
At 800 feet we broke out of the clouds and like magic the airport was in sight.
At HQM I had breakfast at the greasy spoon and enjoyed my $200 eggs :)
After a quick weather brief and IFR flight plan filing I was off and en route back to Paine field. My approach there was even more challenging. The weather reported at PAE was 300 feet overcast with 1 1/4 mile visibility!! http://www.naco.faa.gov/d-tpp/0507/00142IL16R.PDF
In a normal IFR precision approach if you dont have 1 mile visibility and the airport in sight by 200 feet you need to try again or go somewhere else. Because the clouds were so low I decided to let the auto pilot fly the approach. As I was coming down the instrument landing system I was totally in the clouds. 1000 feet - nothing. 500 feet - Nothing. 250 feet - Nothing. I started to move my hands towards the throttle to start a go around. Then at ~210 feet above the ground - Lights, paint and pavement.
Overall it was a great flight!
June 13 Sleep? It's overated.For those that don't know Kristy had our baby last Tuesday (my birthday nonetheless) at 6:01 AM and I have to say its one of the few times in my life where I haven't known what to say. After taking a picture of the "money shot" (his first breath) I spent several minutes after just watching and I really couldn't say a word. It definitley qualifies ad the best day ever so far. Anway, Kristy and John spent a few days in the hospital and came home Thursday. Since then we've been taking shifts staying awake to feed, change and generally cuddle the baby. If you've seen my blog entries before you know that we recently went on a trip with an RV (Gas.Water.Shit) and I have to say that so far being a parent seems to be the same. From what I can tell with the baby there are really only three things you deal with: Food, sleep, and shit with lots of the latter. :) Kristy and I just keep telling ourselves to enjoy it while it's here because someday when he's 12 and being a pain in the ass we will long for the days when he was little. Oh well, I guess I can sleep when I'm dead.
May 12 When good lawns go badI'm going nuts! I swear to God that Fox is going to do a new reality show called "when good lawns go bad" and its going to highlight the plight of a humble homeowner who has to cut his lawn every 5 F#@$ days because it grows so fast. I'm convinced that my neighbors played a joke on me while I was gone and that they spread fertilizer all over my lawn while I was gone just to mess with me. God knows they aren't above doing something like that...bastards! :) May 10 On our way to #1Today the recently approved gas tax went into effect. Before today Washington drivers were lucky enough to pay the 5th highest gas tax in the nation. Does anyone believe we have the 5th best roads? Sadly too many people equate the amount of tax they pay with their perception of quality and the fact is it doesn't. What pisses me off most is the fact that this new tax doesnt pay for even one major project. - The 520 bridge: only 15% of the cost. - 405 improvements: none. - Alaskan way viaduct: only 20% of the total cost. After this new tax is fully in effect we will be lucky enough to have the #1 highest gas tax in the nation and because none of the major projects will be fully funded we are guarenteed higher taxes in the next few years. I'll predict to you that traffic wont get any better and we wont have the best roads - not even close. Go to www.nonewgastax.com and register your support. |
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