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What’s wrong with the world

The story goes that G.K. Chesterton was invited to write an article on “What’s Wrong with the World?” His response was: Dear Sirs, I am. Sincerely yours, G. K. Chesterton Makes me stop and think….

Power Inverter Planning

At first glance, selecting an inverter to convert 12 Volt electricity in your battery bank to 110-115 volt “house” electricity is easy, right?  Well, as with most things, nothing is easy.  There are a lot of options and a lot of things to consider in your decision making/product selection. I certainly do not have all… [Read More]

Thornless Path To Windward

This is a GREAT book and thornless to boot! It’s real title is “The Gentleman’s Guide to Passages South” by Bruce Van Sant. It has become known as the “Thornless Path To Windward” as it is a guide to making a smooth journey thru “the thorny path”.  To a sailor, the thorny path is (basically)… [Read More]

Hurricane Irene

Hurricane Irene is coming – please, please, please turn away from the Fort Myers, FL area!!!! I am a couple thousand miles away from my sailboat and am terribly worried about her.  

Pursuits of the Heart

A heart that pursues those that God’s heart pursues. What a beautiful image. I heard this quote several weeks ago and it has stuck.  It is wonderful goal for one’s own heart. There can be no doubt that “life” causes us to be so “busy” that we never have time to focus on what really… [Read More]

Fire In The Sky

I was up flying very early yesterday morning – when the sun began to rise, the sky lit up in a blaze of glory.  These pictures (taken with my phone) do not do it justice. These images were taken about 20 miles southwest of Albuquerque, NM looking east towards the Manzano mountains. I have a… [Read More]

Abandonment

I found the following information about abandonment in my reading. It was enlightening and helpful to me, I won’t bore you with why. The Five Stages of Abandonment are: Shattering: Severing of love-connection, devastation, shattering of hopes and dreams. The emotions are shock, panic, despair, feeling you can’t live without your love. Withdrawal: You’re in painful… [Read More]

Jet Man!

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Another of Jet Man’s HD movies. This one is of his flight over the Grand Canyon in Arizona. It includes the helicopter flight up and the parachute landing next to the Colorado river.  It is a big download but well worth it. The video footage is gorgeous! Enjoy! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4CX-8Eo_6I  

Potty Mouth?

Why do so many people feel that they are unable to communicate without swearing? Yes, all cursing bugs me – actually, a lot of things bug me. However; I can overlook a bit of it. It is the people that do not have any non-swearing adjectives in their vocabulary that REALLY bug me. I used… [Read More]

More Object Serialization

In my first and second postings on serialization, I focused on the basics of the concept.  This time around, I want to give you some additional tips that I learned the hard way. As always, the System.Runtime.Serialization namespace or System.Xml.Serialization namespace is required and all of this is applicable to all of the .Net languages  (VB.Net,… [Read More]