The Flight Deck

I mentioned this in the comments section a few days ago, but thought I’d post it here for the benefit of those who haven’t heard yet. I’m not much for tooting my own horn, but in the past 7 years or so that I’ve been following this blog, I’ve come to think of y’all as [...]

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Our benevolent host is a proud Mac user, but many of us unwashed types have endured DOS and Windows for decades. Here is the upgrade path from Windows 1 through Windows 7 (neglecting Windows ME), and all the joys of two decades of glorious screen shots. Nerd history! Bookmark to: Hide Sites

We’re a large country, and all politics are local. The media, be it the Old Guard or the local radio news or the bloggers, are much more national thanks to search engines and more people searching for news on the internet instead of on their local news shows. So here’s a proposal for an experiment: [...]

I just finished a trip to Bangkok. Flew from Atlanta to Narita on the way out. It was a tad bumpy but not bad – though they kept the seat belt sign on almost the whole way. Somewhere out there in the middle of nowhere we did hit some sudden and rather jarring bumps. Almost [...]

During the campaign for the 2008 election, then-Senator Obama repeatedly argued that President Bush was fighting a lost war in Iraq, while ignoring the truly important theater of operations- Afghanistan. He repeatedly pledged to end the war in Iraq, and win the war in Afghanistan. Right up until he was elected. Turns out, things look [...]

From my dad tonight, who’s out celebrating his wedding anniversary. In July 1956, roomate Joe and I had delivered a new Ford, bought at West Point, to Joe’s sister in Calgary, Alberta, and I found myself on the highway just south of the city with a thunb in the air as darkness and thunderstorms approached. [...]

I’ve been a follower of Lex’s blog since way back in 2005, and flatter myself to think that I’m at least somewhat familiar to most of the other “regulars” who haunt this site. That said, I thought I would take the opportunity to inform y’all that I have passed my ordination council this A.M. with [...]

From The Stars and Stripes, via Military.com: Under a law recently pushed through the state legislature, post-traumatic stress disorder would be noted on the license in the same way that a person’s license might indicate corrective lenses are required for vision, according to a report in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Adding the information would be voluntary [...]

The anniversary of the Black Saturday bushfires will forever be a day of mourning, but the federal government says it’s also a day to reflect on the nation’s tremendous strength. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Families Minister Jenny Macklin, Attorney-General Robert McClelland and Parliamentary Secretary for Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction Bill Shorten on Sunday released a joint [...]