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Archive for July, 2006

Flying Again?

Posted by adam on July 31, 2006 under Airborne Adam

pc12-neilDeep depression brought on by simply working like an idiot (it is in my DNA, nothing I can do about it) has me considering (only considering at this point) working as a pilot at some nearby airport. The idea is to “work” somewhere else / on something. Some people say: “Have children.” That will make you work less. To them I say, “I am a child - how does this warrant having them?”

The process of “Flying Again” entails finding my logbooks and converting my US licenses to Canadian ones. In short, I must humbly submit to an instructor 15 years younger than me who will take a lot of money from me while he or she tells me how to do things “their way” so that the government can say that I really am a “Commercial Multi-Engine IFR, Insructor, Seaplane, High Performance, Tailwheel with some Ski and Float time” kind of guy. I also know that Mike McKendry will be happy to see me out in the whacky world of GA operations again.
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My Laziness Is Hurting Me

Posted by adam on July 31, 2006 under Technophobia

Ok, this is just a quick reminder to all those who suffer from the same disease. (Hint: Most of you.) My partner’s blog is cooler than mine. I had blog envy right away. He only added a “blogs that link here” and a Technorati link, but that was enough to stir my primal “your cave is better than my cave” neurosis.

He then had the nerve to say, “Oh… I just edited the template.” (Immediately sparking fears of a) finding the template, b) which editor to use, and c) how to save it with out bringing down my entire site - which I could do switftly with reckless abandon - as he knows I am prone to do.)

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Press releases are probably just a new venue for spam. I hate to say it, but we had a big debate internally about whether to do our own press release on the release of the new site. We opted not to, since a press release is usually something you automatically delete, know is full of lies, and only shows how conventional you really are. Now, if you can get a real newspaper to do a real story on you.. that is a different matter.

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NetJet-line_up We all love a great story. Even the mundane gets better, as long as the story “sauce” is adequate and flavorful.

Selling spoons on Ebay? Well, they are always worth a wee bit more if you can add the story sauce about the family that faced incredible hardship when they lost the other half of this set aboard the Titanic, which sailed from their nearby Southampton home. True? Who cares.. the spoons just went up in price.

Refined story telling came into its own around those first H.F.C’s (hominid fireside chats.) Fireside chats were a great place to swap stories about the hunt, animals, the other gender and the general highs and lows of neolithic life. Someday those stories would grow to include the highs and lows of one’s air charter experience and jet ownership.

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Irregular Newsletter

Posted by adam on July 1, 2006 under Subscribe

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