Archive for February 2012
Flight Surgeon Glam
Midway through my FAA physical (the medical exam pilots need to make their ratings valid) my flight surgeon got a phone call. She apologized profusely and said the number belonged to one of her ex-patients. (Her eighty-two-year-old father). Last year she refused to renew his medical when she discovered he was secretly taking high…
Read MoreAwards Show Glam II
A few of you wrote wanting a little more insight into my night at the National Board of Review (including a picture of my rainbow chin). So here is the long version. Awards show glam–revisited At 6:05 I stepped out of the elevator and hurried across the lobby to the spinning door. (I…
Read MoreNorthern Lights Tracker-Russia
picture compliments of Rolf Hicker The sun has a heartbeat and it pulses strongly every eleven years. Since 2013-20124 are considered to be the window for the next “big-beat” consider the extrodinary aurora activity this year just as heavy palputations.
Read MoreNorthern Lights Tracker-Michigan
Picture courtesy of Google Images Geomagnetic storms are caused by the solar wind (a stream of high energy, high temperature particles that move so fast they can escape the sun’s gravitational pull) This pulse of electrons and protons interacts with the earth’s magnetic field, collides, and then lights the sky with the billiant glow of…
Read MoreNorthern Lights Tracker-Alaska
picture courtesy of Google Images The Cree Indians called the painted sky the “Dance of the Spirits”. Some North American Inuit intrepret the weaving ribbons as football players and claim the spirts of the dead are playing ball with the head of a walrus. (the Inuit must have settled in Oklahoma–everything always comes back to football) In other…
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