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An encore played on iPad

Here I was assuming I could put all the music and stuff I have to carry around on the iPad. Looks like I'll have more than a music reader.

When to buy a new mac

My macbook was acting up, but I fixed it. Still, it's sending me warnings.

I think, all things being equal, I'd like to plan for an iPad GPS for portable and an iMac for home, but it's been a while since the iMacs have been upgraded, so hopefully the trusty macbook will hang on for about half a year.

insurance covers

Two videos for Sunday morning

I LOVE having a computer as my morning newspaper!

Here's a video that we watched, knowing Natalie has been seriously thinking about math. The video reminded me of a number of things I'd forgotten, links and such.



Then I was going to quit, but impulsively clicked on this one.




Surprise!
This video mirrors and echos Ursula LeGuin's "Always Coming Home," which I've been reading. I wish all the people who are so (justifiably) angry right now could learn to factor in the [what we don't know/the ultimate gift of the universe/UP] and just go on and create from the possibilities in front of us. If we look for destruction, we fill find it. If we focus on the ugly, bad, we will find it, and, mesmerized, create more of the same. Being willing and able to drift and choosing to look up is the gift.

There's more dock in my yard than spinach in the garden. Good wrapped around some hummus.

Print an envelope with a topo map of your address on the inside

This is neat! Google always thinks I'm walking down the road, not at my house, but, hey, lots of time I am!

Something I've been thinking about since 5th grade. A snippet by Chomsky

Click the link above to get context in the full article.

Reading Joe Stack's manifesto and a great deal more like it, I find myself recovering childhood memories and much more that I did not then understand. The Weimar Republic was the peak of western civilization in the sciences and the arts, also regarded as a model of democracy. Through the 1920s, the traditional liberal and conservative parties entered into inexorable decline, well before the process was intensified by the Great Depression. The coalition that elected General Hindenburg in 1925 was not very different from the mass base that swept Hitler into office eight years later, compelling the aristocratic Hindenburg to select as chancellor the "little corporal" he despised. As late as 1928, the Nazis had less than 3 percent of the vote. Two years later, the most respectable Berlin press was lamenting the sight of the many millions in this "highly civilized country" who had "given their vote to the commonest, hollowest and crudest charlatanism." The public was becoming disgusted with the incessant wrangling of Weimar politics, the service of the traditional parties to powerful interests and their failure to deal with popular grievances. They were drawn to forces dedicated to upholding the greatness of the nation and defending it against invented threats in a revitalized, armed and unified state, marching to a glorious future, led by the charismatic figure who was carrying out "the will of eternal Providence, the Creator of the universe," as he orated to the mesmerized masses. By May 1933, the Nazis had largely destroyed not only the traditional ruling parties, but even the huge working-class parties, the Social Democrats and Communists, along with their very powerful associations. The Nazis declared May Day 1933 to be a workers holiday, something the left parties had never been able to achieve. Many working people took part in the enormous patriotic demonstrations, with more than a million people at the heart of Red Berlin, joining farmers, artisans, shopkeepers, paramilitary forces, Christian organizations, athletic and riflery clubs, and the rest of the coalition that was taking shape as the center collapsed. By the onset of the war, perhaps 90 percent of Germans were marching with the brown shirts.

Just some food for thought. The concept is good, the presentation a little garish, but complete.

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Air Campers organization

This looks like a good source of people to know and places to go.

Apple and friends

Why Do They Want to Do Us Harm? [Part One] -- In These Times

http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/5711/why_do_they_want_to_do_us_harm_part_one

Ten years ago, this question was at the front of our minds, at least
for roughly half of Americans. As a society, we don't seem to be
asking it any more, much less answering it.

The link above provides some thoughtprovoking water to prime the pump
where it has run dry.

Thank goodness for all of the people (especially the younger set) who
have NOT forgotten the question and who live carefully and
constructively to make new patterns for the rest of us.

Poem by Ursula K. LeGuin

I don't care if I am possible.
What are the bridges between us?
Wind, the rainbow,
mist, still air.

We must learn to step on the rainbow.
(Even Old Jealousy
called it a covenant.)

We must learn how to walk on the wind.
What links us (O my sister soul)
Is the abyss between us.

We must learn the fog path.
What parts us (O my brother flesh)
is our kinship of one house.
We must learn to trust thin air.

Poem by a student

From the garden!

First real meal straight from the garden--potato kale onion soup.
(Milk and salt and pepper notwithstanding.)

Glider flight video

"Why me?" Psalm 22: 2-9, 18, 19, 22, 24, 32

[click link to hear the recording]

Deus Deus meus respice me quare me dereliquisti
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?

Longe a salute mea verba delictorum meorum
Far from my salvation are the words of my sins.

Deus Deus meus respice me quare me dereliquisti
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?

Deus meus clamabo per diem et non exaudies et nocte et non ad insipientiam mihi
O my God, I shall cry by day, and thou wilt not hear: and by night, and it shall not be reputed as folly in me.

Deus Deus meus respice me quare me dereliquisti
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?

Tu autem in sancto habitas Laus Israhel
But thou dwellest in the holy place, the praise of Israel.

Deus Deus meus respice me quare me dereliquisti
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?

In te speraverunt patres nostri speraverunt et liberasti eos
In thee have our fathers hoped: they have hoped, and thou hast delivered them.

Deus Deus meus respice me quare me dereliquisti
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?

Ad te clamaverunt et salvi facti sunt in te speraverunt et non sunt confusi
They cried to thee, and they were saved: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

Deus Deus meus respice me quare me dereliquisti
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?

Ego autem sum vermis et non homo obprobrium hominum et abiectio plebis
But I am a worm, and no man: the reproach of men, and the outcast of the people.

Deus Deus meus respice me quare me dereliquisti
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?

Omnes videntes me deriserunt me locuti sunt labiis moverunt caput
All they that saw me have laughed me to scorn: they have spoken with the lips, and wagged the head.

Deus Deus meus respice me quare me dereliquisti
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?

Speravit in Domino eripiat eum salvum faciat eum quoniam vult eum
He hoped in the Lord, let him deliver him: let him save him, seeing he delighteth in him.

Deus Deus meus respice me quare me dereliquisti
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?

Ipso vero consideraverunt, et conspexerunt me:
In truth, consider and observe me,

Deus Deus meus respice me quare me dereliquisti
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?

Diviserunt sibi vestimenta mea et super vestem meam miserunt sortem
They parted my garments amongst them; and upon my vesture they cast lots.

Deus Deus meus respice me quare me dereliquisti
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?

Libera me de ore leonis et a cornibus unicornium humilitatem meam
Save me from the lion's mouth; and my lowness from the horns of the unicorns.

Deus Deus meus respice me quare me dereliquisti
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?

Qui timetis Dominum laudate eum universum semen Iacob magnificate eum
Ye that fear the Lord, praise him: all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him.

Deus Deus meus respice me quare me dereliquisti
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?

Annuntiabitur Domino generatio ventura et annuntiabunt caeli iustitiam eius.
There shall be declared to the Lord a generation to come: and the heavens shall shew forth his justice

Deus Deus meus respice me quare me dereliquisti
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?

populo qui nascetur quem fecit Dominus
a people that shall be born, which the Lord hath made.

Deus Deus meus respice me quare me dereliquisti
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?

* Recorded Sept. 2004 M. Hettinger Bernheim Forest, Kentucky
A Watchmaker Press chant page

Wave 3 news and women pilots

http://www.wave3.com/global/category.asp?c=151146&clipId=&topVideoCatNo=5728&topVideoCatNoB=76863&topVideoCatNoC=97701&topVideoCatNoD=97702&topVideoCatNoE=101703&clipId=4604405&autostart=true

CFI inspiration

Q. Are you ever nervous about going up with the students?

No. We can recover from anything they do.

Q. I guess it’s similar to driving lessons.

That, to me, is scarier. Because on the ground, driving a car, if you do something wrong, you’re going to hit something. In the air, you can pretty much recover from anything.

Linda Scully
President, chief instructor, Aero Safety Training,
winner of the "Make Mine a Million Dollar Business" contest sponsored by American Express’ Open forum for small businesses.

Lessons

AM Christine called me to come be her "safety pilot." Many thanks. Beautiful day for flying, and we turned stall practice into something really simple.


PM.Eddie & the Arrow. Electric fuel pump out. Landings.

If you change the friction lock, remember it affects throttle, mix AND
prop, so guard all three with your hand on takeoff.

In the Arrow, powering back really means pitch up, or you'll lose altitude.

T&Go. Aim for vx to get up in the pattern in time to think ahead.

Shortfield

Softfield, don't forget the touch of power at the touchdown to help
keep the nose up.

Power off 180, turn downwind in close, get gear down, airspeed 100,
choose (name) landing spot, get setup in time to power back and turn
immediately past the spot (dont wait for the numbers).

Jillian's baptism

Dom Pothier on how people mistakenly sing Gregorian Chant

from my notes, c. 2005,:

In 1880, Dom Pothier wrote, "It must be said, in our era, especially since the sixteenth century, the liturgical melodies are no longer what they used to be. They are neither understood, nor enjoyed in the way our forefathers enjoyed them, nor are they interpreted in practice as our forefathers interpreted them. We have arrived at a heavy and monotonous style of performance, one that deprives the chant of all rhythm and color, that destroys the charm--how shall I say it?--the very essence of the melody. For sounds that follow one another uniformly, like the syllables of a child spelling his lesson, are no more a chant than the child's syllables are a reading."
--Les Mélodies Grégoriennes, Tournai, 1880

--Introduction to the Restoration of Gregorian Chant, xii

The misunderstanding and its monotonous style of singing still reigns in our chant culture, such as it is.

Lesson Plan: Jr. Aerospace Day Bowman Field March13

If I were to pilot an airplane, I could help with medical flight.
Taking someone to a hospital, any time of day or night.

If I were to pilot an airplane, I could help to bring relief,
Food and water to people who need it, shelter and hope to move through grief.

If I were to pilot an airplane, I could take you to the heights,
Teach you the skill and test your limits, breathtaking view and wonderful sights.

If I were to pilot an airplane, I could help to study the earth,
A bird’s-eye view to count and locate, using the sky for all it’s worth.

If I were to pilot a glider, lift and thermals I would seek,
Silently soaring, skimming and touring, in an atmosphere so unique.

If I were to build an airplane, I’d be part of an interesting team.
Wood and fabric, friends and family, working toward our mutual dream.

If I were to pilot an airplane, I could work to check the lines,
energy flowing to all the world, breaks and leaks we’d have to find.

If I were to pilot an airplane, when a question has to be asked,
for technical skill or personal contact, people need to get there fast.

If I were to pilot an airplane, farming has a need for me.
Crops need seeding, dusting and spraying. Aircraft do it wonderfully.

If I were to pilot an airplane, I might go the airlines route,
Across the world, in safety and comfort, so many people traveling about.

If I were to pilot an airplane, I could carry without delay
Bundles and boxes, parcels and crates. Anything gets there in only a day.

Song: (1 4-6 4-1 4-6 4- the worms go in, the worms go out)

Picture on cardboard for each verse: to pass around, info on back about job or about piloting in general, words to the verse.

Handout: Song with a little more information, 99s blurb, Bowman Field info?
Badges/charms: FUTURE _____________ PILOT airline pilot, Flight Instructor (CFI), Cargo pilot, mail pilot, pipeline pilot, glider pilot, experimental aircraft pilot, corporate pilot, medical team pilot, missionary pilot, world relief pilot, parachute jumper pilot, glider tow pilot, agricultural pilot, banner-tow pilot, medical team pilot, election candidate pilot, agricultural pilot, powerline & pipeline patrol pilot, fire-fighting & smoke jumper pilot, balloon pilot, helicopter pilot, survey pilot, test pilot, astronaut, aerial photographer, ferry pilot, hang-glider pilot, military pilot.

Be there by 8:30
2 sessions, morning & afternoon. 20-minute stations.
I am in charge of afternoon: Careers in Aerospace, CFI, etc.

Junior Girl Scouts, families, boys, bridging Brownies $10 each

Sinman & Christine, from the archives

2/20/2010 7:30 PM Laura Bean & Runaway Brides in Arena for Berlin Bombshells Rollerderby Halftime Show

I bet that was fun!

Standiford stop & go's. SDF night landings. Friday and Saturdays are good. Weeknights are not ( UPS).

Standiford stop & go's. SDF night landings. Friday and Saturdays are
good. Weeknights are not ( UPS).

Tell Bowman ground you'll be VFR to Standiford. They give you a squawk
code and vector. "maintain VFR at or below2500, initial course 340,
tower frequency 124.2, squawk 1234." then they have you switch to SDF
tower.

You don't have to follow the runway all the way to the end. Fly to
1200 ft, then turn crosswind.

So many lights, but the runway lights don't show up from the side.
Watch heading indicator. I had to really look to spot the beacon and
the Watterson expressway in order to figure where to turn base for 17R.

pax,
Maggie

http://randomlight.blogspot.com

"The difference between one and more than one is all the difference in
the world. Indeed, it is the world." --LeGuin

Birthday song

Birthday song

Birthday cake for Alex

Beth and the boys made & decorated an amazing birthday cake. Alex is
getting ready to light it up. 10 candles make a lot of light!

Birthday enchiladas

Snow!!!

Patrick's curtain that he made for his room

IMG_2990

 

Re: AE Application

Hello, Janice.

Today is a good day for an update, I think.

Since I completed my application, I have started training in the complex Piper Arrow at Air Center One.   I have flown 6.9 hours in this plane with an instructor.  Going to a new instructor is always interesting <grin>, but this young man is sharp and organized and focused.  He and I have completed nine hours of ground school.  We did a lot of work on aircraft systems, which has always been my weak spot, and I feel like a new person in that regard.  I will be happy to do my CFI work with him.  We are keeping it all in sight.

We plan to do some more dual flying to tighten up maneuvers, and I am planning a long trip.  We will make it as soon as we get VFR weather.   We plan a 2-hour flight out in the afternoon and start our return during the night with a few extra takeoffs and landings, which will satisfy the dual cross-country requirements and all of my aeronautical experience requirements.

After that, it's mock-oral with Eddie and we call our examiner.

The upcoming weather looks a lot like last week:

and THEN, the next round of storms comes in.

I don't see much chance of taking that long VFR trip, but if it happens, I'll let you know. Maneuvers and oral prep is my focus right now, and I actually feel like I'm in a good position to get the most out of the work I'm doing. It's intense and satisfying.

Thanks for your consideration.

Maggie

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And what is Evil 

but Good 

tortured by its own hunger and thirst?

--Kahlil Gibran, 1883-1931

Fwd: Singing is the Gift, Discipline is the Way, and Making Music is the Art!

The work of Music educator Don Collins continues. 

I LOVE this man, even though all I know of him is one book: Junior High Music (is that the name?  I'll have to make sure it's still around here. ). 

I am copying an email here so I can find it when I need it.  

 

1. Cambiata Vocal Music Institute of America has a new name, a new home, and a new director:

 

Cambiata Institute of America for Early Adolescent Vocal Music

College of Music, University of North Texas

Dr. Alan McClung, Director

You will hear soon how being under the auspices of UNT will provide great opportunities for early adolescent vocal music educators and church musicians (see the March issue of The Choral Journal).

 

2. Our founder, Dr. Don L. Collins, was inducted into the Arkansas Music Educators Hall of Fame, a great honor for this one who has devoted his life to the advancement of early adolescent vocal music education.  An article that appeared recently in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette follows:

 

Professor Emeritus Inducted into Music Educators' Hall of Fame

by Fred Petrucelli (Contributing Writer)

 

He has always been exuberantly talented, and his exposure to the arts that put him in league with musicians, composers, authors, and the like, has shaped who he is today.

 

   

Don L. Collins also has navigated a bicycle with style, often seen zipping around the University of Central Arkansas campus on his way to teach memorable classes – choral music education one of his best.

    

Collins, Professor Emeritus of Choral Music Education at the University of Central Arkansas, is basking now in the glow of an award he recently received – induction into the Hall of Fame of the Arkansas Music Educators Association, presented in recognition of his outstanding support and contributions to adolescent music education.

 

People who recognize his abundant skills were not surprised by the award, for during a span of 40 years the primary emphasis of his professional career, since he completed his graduate work at Florida State University in 1970, has been to support and promulgate educational principles that would keep young men singing as their voices changed during puberty.

 

"Sadly, many young men stop singing and never return to music-making during this period," Collins said, "and this is from my perspective one of the most detrimental occurrences in their lives."

 

He suggested that "few human characteristics bring more joy and satisfaction to makers and hearers than sharing a song.  This is true with every culture on Earth, and I have approached my commission in this arena with an evangelical zeal over the years, publishing music that young people can sing with success and ease."

 

His virtuosity has attracted young listeners in presentations about how to approach the changing voice – writing books and articles in professional journals and maintaining a Web site with helpful articles for music teachers and church music leaders.  All these things demonstrate his empathy for the changing voice.

 

He talks warmly of the time in 1979 when he founded the Cambiata Institute of America for Early Adolescent Vocal Music.  Here he prepared means to help those who worked with young singers whose voices were changing.  The institute is now a subsidiary of the College of Music at the University of North Texas.

 

Collins thanks his many years of rigorous classical training and exposure in the arts for bringing research that has resulted in the publication of several books, one of his most enduring being his textbook, Teaching Choral Music, the second edition released in 1999 by Prentice-Hall and used today in music education methods classes in colleges and universities throughout the United States.

 

He founded and was conductor of the UCA Chorale and Bel Cantos (a madrigal and show choir) and conducted the University Chorus at UCA.  He also was founder and conductor of the Arkansas Boys Choir, which received national recognition for performances around the country.

 

Call him verbose if you will (he has a commanding voice that he uses effectively in classroom situations) because his energy and enterprise show up when he describes his work.

 

The Collins mystique is wrapped up in work he has done as an active writer, composer, editor, and arranger of publications released by more than half dozen houses, including the well-known publishing firm of Prentice-Hall, Inc.

 

Educated in Texas, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in voice from Wayland University and a Master of Music degree from New Orleans Theological Seminary, after which he served as a music specialist in Florida.  He arrived at UCA in 1970 and immediately because a large presence on campus, handling music education programs in addition to teaching classes in graduate and undergraduate studies.  He left UCA in 2007. 

 

He is known in the music industry as an arresting artist who is uninhibited and who delights in revealing different presentations.  He is inspired by many things; well-traveled, well read, well-versed in music and other art forms; many of these endeavors serving as inspiration point for his essence.

 

He continues his work at breakneck speed today during a period called retirement.  But retirement has no meaning for him except to give him choices.  And he chooses to keep pursuing work that gives him satisfaction and joy.  From his spacious home on Bruce Street, a few blocks east of UCA, the Collins orbit continues to swirl as he turns out music for young singers.

 

Collins is married to the former Peggy Ann Smith, an organist, pianist, and music educator.  They have three children and six grandchildren.

How to Fly the P-47 Pilot Familiarization 1943 Training Film

IZZE Sparkling Grapefruit Drink

Really good! Comes in a glass bottle. I got it at RiteAid. Along with a bag of Riceworks Gourmet Broen Rice Crisps. Non-junk junk food heaven.

Pita bread recipe

Video of making pita bread. Looks easy.

Hummus

I made hummus twice this week, and it was really good. Just in case the recipe disappears, I'm pasting it here. The link to the full article is above.

1 16 oz can of chickpeas or garbanzo beans
1/4 cup liquid from can of chickpeas
3-5 tablespoons lemon juice (depending on taste)
1 1/2 tablespoons tahini
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons olive oil
Preparation:

Drain chickpeas and set aside liquid from can. Combine remaining ingredients in blender or food processor. Add 1/4 cup of liquid from chickpeas. Blend for 3-5 minutes on low until thoroughly mixed and smooth.

Place in serving bowl, and create a shallow well in the center of the hummus.

Add a small amount (1-2 tablespoons) of olive oil in the well. Garnish with parsley (optional).

Serve immediately with fresh, warm or toasted pita bread, or cover and refrigerate.

When the Morning Comes

I like this. I am a little bemused, but since I LIKE marching band, in spite of that fact that it makes absolutely no sense, but it's really worthwhile. How can it be? It is.

Backpacking slice of life

From a carefully-handwritten paper that fell out of something in the closet:

After hiking 7-1/2 miles (5-1/2 of which were steady, foot-jarring downhill) we reached our final destination in time for lunch. The Davenport Gap Shelter was a very nice place with a good spring just down a short, steep hill. When we first got to the shelter we put up a clothesline in front of the fire to dry out an odd assortment of muddy, corroded socks, and everyone set their boots around the fire. As we sat around, eating Spam Spread on Bolton's Biscuits and watching Sparky scientifically "cook" the boots, all we lacked was a huge sign, "Clorox needed HERE."

That afternoon, out of pure meanness, we decided to test Sparky's Houdini powers again and locked her out of the shelter. Needless to say, she got in anyway.

That night, two brothers stayed in the shelter. Their father was the ranger at Davenport Gap, and they were startin gup the way we had just come.

We sat around our campfire and talked, sang, and played games. We didn't do anything remarkable, but stayed up pretty late.

When we got up the next mornign we fixed pancakes.

"Sparky" was Mary Greenwell, our CIT (counselor-in-training) counselor at Girl Scout Camp Shantituck, and the date was most likely the summer of 1969 or 1970.

Home for the holidays 11PM

Springerles

Old-school IFR

IFR Magazine has an interview with pilots from WWII and thereabouts.

Knitted mouse ornaments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFqT3GcLdg8

pax,
Maggie

http://randomlight.blogspot.com

"The difference between one and more than one is all the difference in
the world. Indeed, it is the world." --LeGuin

Wilma, by Amy Sept. 1994

Amy wrote...

Wilma..... It doesn't sound like a very exciting name, does it? Wilma sounds like the name of a forty-six year- old old-maid who files papers at an office all day and the rest of her life revolves around her gold-fish named "Henry." Let me tell you about the Wilma I know. The Wilma I know doesn't work at an office and she doesn't have any fish. She has a dog.

Wilma was the 2nd "adult" to ever tell me a dirty joke. She treats me and almost everyone else with respect. She is very frank, and says what she thinks. She tells hilarious jokes about Baptists and other various "heathens" and evil-doers that I am ashamed to laugh at, but always do.

Wilma is also a devout Catholic. She goes to St. Benedict Church, and brings at least two kids from her neighborhood every Sunday. They sit in the pews with her and watch the priest intently while vigorously chewing the half-piece of gum given to each beforehand. Wilma shows them where the appropriate prayers are in the missalette, and prompts them when they lab behind in singing. They have a ball.

In Wilma's 74 years on this earth, she has done more things, and met more interesting people than anyone else I know. When I cleaned her house on Monday afternoons two years ago, she would tell me about her life.I spent more time talking and eating then cleaning. Often,I would stand in one place with my hand on the vacuum cleaner "on" button for ten minutes, waiting for her to quit talking. She would talk and talk, and sometimes it seemed like I couldn't get a single word in. I would just nod my head, laugh, or whatever else was appropriate.

I learned about her deceased husband, Bill, her brother, her mother and her father. Mostly I heard about her days "selling Avons," raising kids (hers and the rest of the neighborhood), and raising dogs. She has witnessed World Wars, and has told me more about both of them than I could ever learn from the history books at school.

This fall, Wilma and I got the opportunity to ride in a local parade with Dan Kelly, a state senator. She met him the night before at a senior citizen dinner, and he jokingly asked her to drive his convertible. But the next morning, when she passed him in the school parking lot where the parade was starting, he told her that he desperately needed a driver. When I saw her in the driver's seat of that awesome red convertible, I went over to her and asked how she got to drive. She said, "I'm famous, didn't you know?" I jokingly replied, "Oh yeah, I forgot." Wilma had seen me in the paper a few days ago, and she told me I was famous too, so I might as well join them. I gladly accepted, and, as always, us two kids had a great time.

I will always admire Wilma for her individuality and her free will. I also admire her for her life-style. At an age when most elderly people give up and quit living, Wilma is kind of like the Energizer Bunny--she keeps going, and going, and going...

TYWKIWDBI: Jon Stewart outs Glenn Beck's financial motives

This clip only takes a minute to watch.   :)

http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2009/12/jon-stewart-out-glenn-becks.html

Laura Wider Op pictures

AOPA Engine & Propeller course

Patty Shuffett Ayers

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> Patty was our friend, Beth and Amy's babysitter. What a sweetheart!
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From the closet

Garfield and Stripes are lying in the sun.
They both look half asleep--now I am done.

(probably a poetry assignment)

Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front

http://www.goodnaturepublishing.com/poem.htm

Carmel brought this to Thanksgiving. Recommended reading.

Stay-home Friday project.

will's speech

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijXmTfb_Fww

:)

Natalie's birthday

Love in a Paper Cup

Amy made a quick recording of this song, which I like. She's also got new songs on her myspace.com/amylousings.

Light up Shelbyville

A little order

Short or Soft-field Takeoff (alternating)
Vx
Vy
Cruise Checklist
Turns around a point
8s on Pylons
S-Turns
Chandelle
Lazy Eights
Descent Checklist
Emergency Procedure
Pre-landing checklist
Power-off landing or No-flap landing
After-Landing checklist

Also steep turns 50º

Mr. Clinton singing with Liel

Visit with Amy

It was great! Now we know how to do it.

Assembler game: Physics

Morning after

Mr. Spock

Still porch weather

Stew, tomatoes & cukes (yes, out of the garden, still), leaves blowing
everywhere!

Description of homemade preheater

Jeff Pardo says,

Perhaps born of Yankee ingenuity is a preheating option available in the flying club to which I belong. Years ago, some inventive soul removed the blades from a secondhand lawnmower, installed a sheet-metal cover under it, and attached a flexible hose to its discharge chute so that its main product became hot air. Even though it is the old pull-cord type, since there is no blade there is little inertia to overcome, and it's very easy to start. We simply direct the flexible hose upwards toward the engine by the nosewheel well, using any number of convenient points for attaching it via a hook installed at its business end. We are careful not to direct heated air directly onto fuel, oil, or hydraulic lines! Twenty minutes later: a warm engine. Lacking such inspiration, however, the accumulated expense of paying your FBO to send a lineman out with a preheater is still likely less than that of an engine overhaul.

Jeff Pardo is an aviation writer in Maryland with a commercial private pilot certificate for airplanes, and instrument, helicopter, and glider ratings. He has logged about 1,100 hours in 12 years of flying. An AirLifeLine mission pilot, Pardo has also flown for the Civil Air Patrol. Click link for full article.

autumn morning flight

Airworthy

Mnemonic-Pre-maneuver checklist

Always clear the area, don't be a Fool.
(fool-->)Fuel, Cool*, Mixture, Prop,
Lights, Lights, Buckle up and Go.

*cowl flaps open.

Amelia Movie get-together

Hope to see you there!
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Health-care anecdote

Not written by me.

Thu, 10/15/2009 - 22:49 — Doctors are ok with public service
My dad was a doctor in Canada BEFORE "socialized" medicine. He trained as an intern making $125.00 (yes $125.00) a month and working an average 90-hour week. When socialized medicine came in, he and his friends grumbled. A few (very few) moved to USA. Most of them continued to treat the sick for 20, 30, 40 years. They never asked any committee if it was ok to treat someone - they still don't. Canadian doctors easily make $250K a year and specialists more. It is OK.

We the patients like our doctors to do OK. We also like it that we can go and get CARE any time of the day or night - for free!! We like it that we can call an ambulance and not have to write a check. We like it that we can have an operation and not sell the house- or anything for that matter- to pay for it. We like it that the Government is the "insurer", because it is the mandate of the government to provide essential services. Yes critical heart surgery (for example) IS an essential service. Just like clean water out of your tap. Who would argue with that? Only deranged lunatic profiteers intent on commercializing every aspect of life.

Sunrise KLOU

Sunrise KLOU