Sunday after church, my family drove directly to the airport just around the corner and loaded into our airplane. We had planned a flight up north to the Skagit Regional Airport because I thought we might be able to sneak in a preview of the Heritage Flight Museum before their official opening in a couple weeks.

We took off into completely blue skies, warm temperatures, and mostly stable air. There were a few annoying bumps along the way up, but not too bad. What made the trip up north particularly stressful was a couple different pilots who thought it would be a great idea to fly up really close to us to get a good look at our strange airplane. Continue reading Avoiding the Traffic →

Something very strange and yet very cool happened to me yesterday. I was sitting at my desk in my office getting some work done; but being that it was a Saturday, I was also reading up on various tech news and best practices articles. I just happened to visit an old haunt, a site called Perl Monks; and while there, I just happened to visit my profile page. (This is something I haven’t done in quite some time, mind you.) And there it was, right on my profile page, staring back at me.

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