US Embassies around the world are closed this Sunday due to an Al Quaeda threat that hasn’t been specifically identified. My question for ya’ll is; at what point have we changed our lives enough out of fear to constitute success for the terrorists?
girrafe + terrific
My 20-mo old is riding a giraffe scooter while chewing a plastic toy giraffe…my dad (grandpa) aptly identifies this as gerrific
Vfr sign on an iPad mini
Gotta love technology. We couldn’t find the printed paper vfr card for the Oshkosh departure…so we drew one. Oh yeah, and Mr.c was asleep by this takeoff too!
Bradley Manning Verdict Reached
Bradley Manning, the source of one of WikiLeak’s largest disclosures of U.S. secrets, was found guilty of espionage, theft and fraud but not of aiding the enemy, which could have carried with it a life sentence. Despite that finding, Manning could still face 136 years in prison for the other convictions. Background: Manning (now 25)…
North 40 campground almost full
North 40 campground at Oshkosh with formation overhead
B2osh 109-bonanza formation is my toddlers first flight, which he slept through
Yep, as we should have anticipated. For those of you not familiar with B2Osh (okay that’s probably all of you) its an annual fly-in where typically 100+ Beechcraft Bonanzas as well as a few Barons fly formation from Rockford, IL to the EAA Airventure show in Oshkosh, WI. This formation is a series of 3-ship…
Ugh!! I’m getting old!!
My sister-in-law treated me to a Darius Rucker concert for my birthday last month. AWSOME! The concert got out about 11:30 pm. As we are driving home at midnight we are both yawning uncontrollably. At which point we both started recalling a while ago when we were in our twenties (before kids) when we would…
News Update
There’s a few so I’m putting them all in one: – Anthony Weiner, the Congressman who stepped down after being exposed as a ‘sexter’ is now running for Mayor of New York City, even though he acknowledges continuing to send messages after being caught. His wife is standing by him. – The Pope visited Brazil…
Headed to Oshkosh Airshow with the Family
So I missed the show last year because taking a 7-month old who would only want to crawl around on the ground the entire time seemed like it would be more work than it was worth. This year, we are all set with a house rented, car reserved, and the whole family is meeting Grandpa in Rockford…