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by Blarney Stoned

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Colorado, you again?

5 November, 2008 (16:59) | Just another post | 3 comments

On Thursday of last week I was talking to my customer in Colorado, I was supposed to be working with them remotely during this week.  Turns out the customer wanted me to come to Colorado, so… here I am.  Colorado.  I really like portions of Colorado, but Denver is not my favorite place, just another big city.

HOWEVER…

Invesco Field

Invesco Field

Guess where I got to go?  A HUGE thank you to my acquaintance Tim for an awesome ticket to see the Broncos. So, they lost, eh whatever, it was a fun game to watch.

Here’s some more pics.

After the game

After the game

That’s it for now.

Peace, Love, Beer.

BS

Busy…

18 October, 2008 (15:15) | Just another post | 2 comments

well… I can’t say much beyond the fact that I’ve been busy and haven’t posted recently to this here blog.  I’ll try to keep up a bit better…

now the fun stuff…

I JUMPED OUT OF AN AIRPLANE TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, a perfectly good flying airplane, a perfectly good flying airplane that was flying at 13,500 ft (according to my certificate), I guess now I’ve offically made one more take-off than landings, eh?

I was hanging with some friends of mine, working on their computer and talking and listening to political speeches and stuff.  They told me they were heading down to skydive today, I told them I wanted to go watch.  They talked me into jumping and I am SO glad they did.  What an amazing experience…

falling for 30 seconds or so at a 140 miles per hour (it was only supposed to be 120, but we weighed a lot), then floating on the chute, doing turns and stalls, what a blast!  I am still flying high, even though I’m back on the ground!  :-)

Thank you Jumptown!  (and John “Triple K”)  If you go jump, let me know, I may very well go with you!

Peace, Love, Beer,

BS

Oh, hello Colorado…

20 September, 2008 (07:00) | Just another post | 3 comments

I was really not all that interested in my latest trip, I mean really not interested… Ah Colorado, why do you DO this to me.  I got here and the first thing I see after leaving the airport…

Now the part that you can’t see there is the Rockies, well, they are there, let me tell you…

Then I get to my hotel… The Armstrong for those of you who know, it’s like the Latchis, but much like Fort Collins in general, it’s all grown up.  There were a good number of people around on the streets and stuff, but it wasn’t too busy, now I’m sitting in a coffee shop called Mugs Coffee Lounge free wi-fi, free trade coffee, comfy chairs and a great breakfast bagel.  :-)   Now if I could only be a part time cop here.

Off to work I go.

Peace, Love, Beer,

BS

Well, THAT took a long time…

17 September, 2008 (21:10) | Just another post | 2 comments

So… I finally got my blog back to looking somewhat good, NOW I can go back to posting some stuff.  News to come on the hiking trip, how awesome Time Machine is (MAC’s rule!) and various other things.

Peace, Love, Beer,

BS

Oops…

29 August, 2008 (04:54) | Just another post | 1 comment

Well, I updated some software for my blog and it took out my formatting, sigh, I’ll try to get it fixed today.

Peace, Love, Beer,

BS

Back in Vermont…

25 August, 2008 (07:39) | Just another post | 1 comment

Well, my time in Washington ended and I returned to Vermont.  It was an uneventful trip that ended up just like it should’ve, wheels of the plane touching down nicely in Hartford, CT.

Had the pleasure of meeting an older gentleman at the Seattle airport (I really don’t like that airport), he is a retired police officer from Springfield (Mass) he was headed to see 7 of his 8 kids and his 19 grandkids.  Very interesting fellow.

Heading through security in Seattle, I just get through and am picking up my bags when someone shouts something and everything and everyone stops, conveyors, everything, it was as if someone were paying cash in a Visa world (reference to a commercial).   The TSA folks were very nice and explained that they had to shut down a section for a few minutes, but they were certain everything would be fine.  It was and after 5 minutes they let us continue on our way.  I never found out what happened, but it was interesting.

So with that said, I’m back in Vermont, did a hike up Monadnock on Sunday, nice day, hot sun.  Getting ready for my trip to Maine with the boys, really looking forward to that this year!

That is about it for me.  I’m back to work and looking forward to hiking!

Peace, Love, Beer,

BS

Seattle, is that you…

22 August, 2008 (06:17) | Yeah... that's me, fun! | 3 comments

A friend of mine asked me yesterday, “so, what is Seattle saying to you?” I said, not much really, I’m busy working.  I decided maybe I needed to listen, like I told Seattle I would.

I listened…

Seattle told me to “be happy”, it said, “Good gods man, look around you, you have amazing friends, from your sisters, to your brother-in-law, to the “Sean, Shawn, Shaun”s, the Putter, and others to numerous to mention here.  You’re healthy, enjoy good food, beer and time with friends. What the heck are you complaining about? Shut your trap and enjoy yourself, it’s a good life.”

I said, “WOW!  Seattle, you’re good and right, I’ll be enjoying myself and things more, I’m going to make it a point.”

Seattle said, “BTW – I’m not Seattle, I’m a city called Kent, about 20 miles south of Seattle.”

I said, “ah, so you are, no wonder you know me so well, Kent”

So here we go, a new day, a new time, a new happy BS.

Peace, Love, Beer,

BS

I’m Fat… You’re Fat…

21 August, 2008 (06:02) | Just another post | 1 comment

Alright, well, I’m probably breaking at least 5 copyright laws by posting this, but they have taken away the ability to direct link, so I say, “Mr. Davis, you made your bed, I’m just pulling down the sheets.”  I have no idea what that means, but I’m saying it anyway. :-)

Garfield_082108

Isn’t it funny how we can think something about ourselves, have a very good idea what needs to change, but as soon as someone else tells us the same thing, we react like Garfield?  I find myself doing that a lot, it’s that beast called EGO, beats each one down.  I’m working on it.  Thanks for your patience.

An example of this is a few weeks ago, my apartment was very cold, for the first time ever, I’d had the A/C on for weeks.  I was thinking, “it is about time to turn this thing off” and then a few friends of mine told me that my apartment was cold, instead of agreeing, I said “yeah, I like it this way” and left the damn A/C on for another few days.  What a maroon I can be sometimes, what am I proving and to whom?  I sit and chuckle at myself pretty frequently.

Like yesterday, shortly after I landed in Seattle, I walked between the escalators to find the stairs, oops, no stairs, so now I’m walking around in circles.  It was a funny day.

Seattle, as per her normal self, greeted with rain and clouds, although I did see some blue sky. :-)

Seattle 08

Hello Seattle, I’m listening…

BS

Thoughts on flight…

15 August, 2008 (06:03) | Just another post | 1 comment

Most of you know me pretty well and know that I would rather fly then do pretty much anything else.  I’m just not as smart as the Hardy boy, Putter, or Seanie, so I don’t have my pilot’s license yet.  I think the time is coming.

So I’m reading a book call “Wild Blue: Stories of Survival from Air and Space”, what a fantastic book, excerpts from books by some of the greatest pilots to fly our blue skies.  Below is an excerpt (copyright infringed) from Beryl Markham’s book West into the Night.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I did, and if you’re a pilot (even with as few hours as I have), you’re sure to identify.

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“And Jock Cameron, Brian’s mechanic, gave me a sprig of heather. If it had been a whole bush of heather, complete with roots growing in a earthen jar, I think I should have taken it, bulky or not.  The blessing of Scotland, bestowed by a Scotsman, is not to be dismissed.  Nor is the well-wishing of a ground mechanic to be taken lightly, for these men are the pilot’s contact with reality.

It is too much that with all those pedestrian centuries behind us we should, in a few decades, have learned to fly; it is too heady a thought, to proud a boast.  Only the dirt on a mechanic’s hands, the straining vise, the splintered bolt of steel underfoot on the hangar floor – only these and such anxiety as the face of a Jock Cameron can hold for a pilot and his plane before a flight, serve to remind us that, not unlike the heather, we too are earthbound.  We fly, but we have not ‘conquered’ the air.  Nature presides in all her dignity, permitting us the study and the use of such of her forces as we may understand.  It is when we presume intimacy, having been granted only tolerance, that the harsh stick falls across our impudent knuckles and we rub the pain, staring upward, startled by our ignorance.”
from “West with the Night” by Beryl Markham, first pilot to fly East to West, non-stop, across the Atlantic.

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Peace, Love, Beer,

BS

Back from Minnesota

8 August, 2008 (07:57) | Didn't think it would happen, fun! | 1 comment

Well, it was an interesting trip.  There are some changes coming for my company, me (hopefully), my boss (sigh), and my group, but I’m not allowed to talk about them right now, so I’ll let you know as soon as I can.  Then you’ll know what’s up. :-)

I had a great time while I was out in Minnesota, we partied pretty hard, but we spent a lot of time in meetings and “working” hard, or at least being indoctrinated with the company mantra.  Not that it’s bad, but honestly, we’ve been jerked around so much it’s going to take some serious get behind the employees by the management.  We’ll see.

The picture below was taken from in front of the hotel I stayed at, it was a beautiful morning Wednesday when I left Minnesota.  Looks like it could be a while before I get back there.  So I waved goodbye to the Minnesota summer, I’ll probably be back in the winter.  Just my luck!  :-)

That is all for now.

Peace, Love, Beer,

BS

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