VOTE!

No, this isn't going to be a rant about Conservative vs. Liberal or whatnot.

This is FAR more important!

Vote for theme #1 HERE so we can have a great, unique song to listen to on Saturday Night!

Spare the pity vote for the 13 year old kid. Theme #2 sounds like any other generic sports show song out there.

Vote for Colin Oberst!

Practice Peeing Pleasure!

Yes, those crazy germophobic Japanese have come up with another way to teach their young proper pubic restroom etiquette. Comes with handy attachment for women who may not know how to hold one!

http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/superpiipii.html

Funny!

I was linked to this video, and I have to say, it's one of the better "I'm a pilot" videos I've seen so far. It contains some of my very favourite subjects: Helicopters, women with accents, and making fun of Jet Pilots! The song's catchy too!

Watch the YouTube link here.

-J.

P.S. Dave, don't ask me for a 10 figure grid for my house OK? Wait... do you even know what a grid is? :p

Oh the Horror

Gasp, Shock, Terror!
Someone is actually posting something?!

I saw this and it's a great time waster, but it's also a neat spatial exercise. Take a look!

http://www.addictinggames.com/untangle.html

No respect.

I saw this magnet on the back of a car today. I got angry and it took me a minute to realize why.

Respect.

I don't care whether someone wants to express their views on Canada's involvement in Afganistan, but breaking the symbolic yellow ribbon to do it strikes me as completely heartless.

The yellow ribbon (as far as I could google) doesn't have a long history. The ribbon is a symbol of hope used in the US and Canada and while it has only been around for about 20 years, it's everywhere you look in any military town. The yellow ribbons are tied in the hopes that loved ones will be safe in a combat zone, and that they'll do their jobs and come home to their families.

Don Cherry put it best so I'll paraphrase him:
"I don't care whether you support the war, but you'd damn well better support our troops."

By breaking the ribbon, even symbolically, you're breaking faith with the people I know over in Afganistan right now. You're disrespecting my friends who are putting their lives on the line because the government we all elected decided that Canada has a responsibility over there.

Not on.

Chris

Roving Reporter

So here I am in the middle of the Wainwright training area. No paved roads for kilometers, no wireless internet, and I actually have to SHARE a tent with people! I feel so abused.... actually I'm full of shit. For living in the field, this is pretty pimp.
Damn I love the Air Force!
Truly we've got it good out here. We've got large modular tents (mod-tents) with plenty of head room, they're also heated and have lights and power for us to recharge our cellphones (yes, there's digital coverage) and laptops. There are hot showers which we can take advantage of every day, we've got a skilled kitchen crew who feed us extremely well, and somehow they hooked up public internet computers as well.
The mantra I kept hearing while packing for this exercise was "Any idiot can be uncomfortable in the field". It's quite impressive what some people have come up with to make their stay just that much more comfortable. 4" thick foam mattresses, makeshift headboards for the cots, bamboo carpets under the cot so you don't get cold feet in the morning, folding lawn chairs and other things like that. I'll try to get a picture of my setup later once I figure out how to upload onto these compy's.
For now I'm doing maintenance ground runs and tomorrow I'll be doing my first shift as a CASEVAC first officer. Hurray, validation for years of training!

Reporting from the field,

-J.

What do women want?

This past week I read a book and sent a copy to Dave in case he found it interesting. I won't go into detail about the book, but the basic philosophy is that women don't want to be approached by a nice guy who does what every other nice guy does. Women really do go for the jerks, but not in the way you think.

While I won't suggest that everything the author has written is "the gospel" regarding women, it's surprising how much of what he wrote resonated with my personal experiences. It gave me a rational explanation why some girls in my past have run from me faster than Dave running away from you-know-who... and why other girls (often the attached ones) have seemed way too easy to befriend and attract. The reason it's so compelling to me is that I'm a people watcher and he doesn't contradict any of the things I discovered by trial and error.

He even talks about some tricks it took me 30 years to figure out on my own.

Long story short it's given me a bit more confidence and convinced me to fake it 'till I make it. I figure I'll start doing a bit of weight training in hopes that someday my metabolism will change and allow me to put on some muscle mass. If nothing else there might be a cutie at the gym!

Chris