A friend of mine is a pilot and offered to take me on a flight in his plane last weekend! My first time in a small plane.
This was quite a spiffy, high-tech plane. He owns a share of it along with some other pilots. Here is a shot of the cockpit controls.
He decided that we should go to Vulcan - no, not that
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I just went to my local independent bookstore and picked up a few interesting books.
Trout Mask Replica is the story of the record album of the same name by Captain Beefheart. Very avant guarde and definately not for everyone, but one of my favourite albums. This is part of a series of nearly 100 books about seminal record albums. A History of Violence is
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I had a very hard day at work yesterday. I had to tell my team that we were restructuring and that we would be reducing significantly, and that many of them would be affected. It was a horrible feeling. Looking around the room, many had a look on their face best described as looking like their dog just died.
I have mentioned my special friend...
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I'm happy your special friend is there for you (especially in your hour of need)!! Sometimes holding hands is enough.
I found this on the weekend and just finished putting it together...
Fun to assemble, but over too quick!
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Today is National Record Store Day here in Canada. All the record/CD stores had sales on, lots of munchies, and several had performers. Lots of fun, I usually haunt used record/CD stores almost every weekend! here is haul for today..,
A good representation of some of the music I like.
This will bring my collection to 930 albums, about 13,000 songs. Here is where I
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I just finished the Lego Avengers Helicarrier!
I think this has been my favourite model so far. Certainly it has been the largest, at 3000 pieces! I was able to stretch out the assembly over a week. The downside with Lego models is that a lot of the fun is in the assembly, so it is always a little bittersweet once they are done.
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We left Maui a couple of days ago, it now seems like so long ago!! As we were heading to the airport, we came across this guy ...
Not something you see everyday, but typical of the easy-going ways on the island.
I spent a day at Little Beach, the clothing-optional beach. I have decided I really like this, something about being naked in public
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We have a few more days left - so happy we went for a longer holiday! Here are a few more photo...
This one is a panorama from the balcony...
It is so peaceful here in the evening , there is nothing like going to sleep to the sound of the waves. All the work crap from back home has melted away.
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I'm happy you made a smooth transition back into normal life. <3
We went hiking at La Perouse Bay today, the site of the last eruption in Maui. The landscape here is quite dramatic and otherworldly, I kept thinking I was hiking to Mount Doom. This photo gives an impression - the boulders are huge, the size of cars. There were many square miles of this lava field.
There were some cool rock formations at the waters
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