Yesterday morning I was invited to tag along with a friend on a breakfast flight to Sante Fe. The Sante Fe pilots group was having a little get together at the restaurant there. At the current time, I am nothing more than a pathetic pilot without an airplane so, of course, I leapt at the… [Read More]
Archives for January 2012
CPAP Trouble
I spent the weekend packing and preparing to move onto the boat. I have sleep apnea and use a CPAP machine and nose mask while sleeping. This is a “Constant Positive Airway Pressure” machine that helps to prevent snoring which prevents the constant interruption of sleep. The device that I have (ResMed Escape S8) has both… [Read More]
Velocity Cruz Tablet Update
I tried. A lockup/restart problem finally took it’s toll on me so I have returned the tablet computer that I described here (kind of a review). The Velocity Cruz T310 Google Android 2.2 7″ tablet pc (pictured here) was a pretty good deal considering the price. I knew it was not the best nor highest performing unit. If it… [Read More]
Home Sale
The sale of my home continues to be a very frustrating experience. This is my third home sale and this one is far and away the most complicated, frustrating, and time consuming. The bank or underwriter (or someone) hired an appraiser to appraise the value. He did so and now they (the underwriter) is rejecting… [Read More]
Predictions…not
Apparently I am not a fortune teller – certainly not a sports forecaster. My NFL and college football predictions did not turn out. To make it even worse, my teams barely even made a showing… 🙁 Maybe next year I’ll go with the Indianapolis Colts and the Iowa Hawkeyes. 🙂 Thankfully, I could still make… [Read More]
The Plan
Planning is one of those things that my personality type enjoys, even demands. I love a plan. That said; I’ve intentionally avoided stating my plan here. The last couple of years have been hard. One of the problems has been that every time I attempt to develop a plan, something is thrown in the way… [Read More]