Kilted to Kick Cancer…

I’m late… for a very important date… September is our time to try to raise a few bucks for prostate and testicular cancer… This year, Kilted to Kick Cancer is now officially a 501(c)3 so we’re asking that the donations … Continue reading

Down Memory Lane…

This one brings back many fond memories… The iconic Dodge teams were Dick Landy and Ronnie Sox/Buddy Martin out of Greensboro, NC. The irony?  Sox and Martin originally started out as a Chevy team with a 63 Z-11, then went … Continue reading

PSA…

Captain Tightpants has a post up with a link that is worth the read… It’s talking to veterans that are conflicted about what is going on right now in Iraq… Go HERE and read… … Continue reading

Random Travel/Stuff…

If I haven’t said it before, having a membership in an airline club is worth it’s weight in gold… In this day and age of packed flights, delays, etc.  That club membership CAN pay off multiple times over… In the … Continue reading

P-8 PR Video…

Pretty good (and short) video of the P-8 from Farnborough Airshow… Biggest ‘real’ selling point to the aircrew??? A working toilet… 😉 Screw all the rest of the stuff… THAT is what counts! h/t JP … Continue reading

Idjits…

Grumble… Anybody that thinks travel is fun is @#$*& nuts!!! PER to SYD today, shoehorned into the back (and I DO mean back) of the bus… Row 54 middle.  The two guys either side of me were BIG!  We had … Continue reading

How much???

Sigh… There really ARE people that have more money than sense… Solid Teak four poster bed with two solid teak night stands… $4500 US!!!  And it’s not even a queen size!!! Apparently you CAN get a queen or king made, … Continue reading

WOW, just… WOW!!!

South Dakotan sculptor John Lopez creates life-sized scrap metal sculptures with a uniquely Western American twist. In his hands, old discarded farm equipment is recycled into sculptures of iconic creatures from the American West like a bison, a horse plowing … Continue reading

Urg…

Some days are just NOT fun… And this Monday was one of them… Little sleep, long meetings and WAY too much coffee… Instant coffee at that… Note to self, BRING GOOD COFFEE next time… Just trying to hang on a … Continue reading

Good times…

Snuck out yesterday and had lunch with Julie and her family.  We met at a nice little local winery and had some nice little lunch ‘plates’ that we shared among the table. I passed along greetings from the usual suspects, … Continue reading