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Today was Libby's first day as an altar server @ 8am mass. She did a great job and was always thinking about what was next. We are very proud of her.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Libby's First Altar Server
Friday, November 16, 2007
Interesting links
OK, so I'm a little bored and procrastinating, but I ran a Google on some people and then decided to try one on myself. Here's what I found:
A New York Times article from 1989 where I was quoted.
An aerial photo of St. John Applefest at city-data.com that was taken by me.
An article from the trade Journal Prepared Foodsthat quotes me.
There's a guy named Tim Drager that is a pilot and lives in Pottstown, PA. He has his own web site. Oh, and he owns a Honda like me.
A New York Times article from 1989 where I was quoted.
An aerial photo of St. John Applefest at city-data.com that was taken by me.
An article from the trade Journal Prepared Foodsthat quotes me.
There's a guy named Tim Drager that is a pilot and lives in Pottstown, PA. He has his own web site. Oh, and he owns a Honda like me.
Friday, July 27, 2007
My Rookie Trip to Oshkosh for AirVenture 2007
Words cannot describe the feeling a new pilot will get on his first visit to Oshkosh for AirVenture, but I'll at least try.
-- Arrival at the World's Busiest Airport as a pilot? OMG, what a rush. When you hear the FAA controller, who is sitting in a camper next to the railroad tracks below you say "brown high-wing tail-dragger over Ripon, get in line behind the Piper and the experimental, maintain 1-mile spacing" and there are two other planes you saw and they are falling in line one mile behind, you know you're not just flying into any old airport. When the radio frequency is so busy, you are told to rock your wings to acknowledge the ATC transmission instead of speaking back to them on the radio. When you are told to land long on the runway "beyond the pink dot" to allow another plane to land "on the numbers" behind you. Man, what a rush. Two hours of in-flight cruise boredom punctuated by 15 minutes of busy terminal airspace pressure. Wow.
-- To see 12% of the nation's general aviation fleet laid out on one airport. Wow.
-- Being able to get so up close and personal with so many different aircraft. How many people can say they were able to crawl around inside the landing gear of an Air Force C-5 Galaxy? Or, stand in front of and look down the throat of a Vietnam-era jet fighter? In fact, there are so many old warbirds that you can't possibly see them all in 3 days!
-- A DAILY Air Show with the world's best aerial performers.
-- Some of the nicest, most polite, and genuinely friendly people in the world. Pilots are indeed a rare breed, and general aviation pilots are some of the nicest, most considerate people in the world. The grounds are huge but clean and served well by an adequate number of shuttles, the crowds are huge but the people are friendly, and the copious numbers of porta-johns are actually clean. Just some of the little things that make a for a great festival and enjoyable experience.
I can't wait to go back next year, hopefully with my whole family and in my own plane!
-- Arrival at the World's Busiest Airport as a pilot? OMG, what a rush. When you hear the FAA controller, who is sitting in a camper next to the railroad tracks below you say "brown high-wing tail-dragger over Ripon, get in line behind the Piper and the experimental, maintain 1-mile spacing" and there are two other planes you saw and they are falling in line one mile behind, you know you're not just flying into any old airport. When the radio frequency is so busy, you are told to rock your wings to acknowledge the ATC transmission instead of speaking back to them on the radio. When you are told to land long on the runway "beyond the pink dot" to allow another plane to land "on the numbers" behind you. Man, what a rush. Two hours of in-flight cruise boredom punctuated by 15 minutes of busy terminal airspace pressure. Wow.
-- To see 12% of the nation's general aviation fleet laid out on one airport. Wow.
-- Being able to get so up close and personal with so many different aircraft. How many people can say they were able to crawl around inside the landing gear of an Air Force C-5 Galaxy? Or, stand in front of and look down the throat of a Vietnam-era jet fighter? In fact, there are so many old warbirds that you can't possibly see them all in 3 days!
-- A DAILY Air Show with the world's best aerial performers.
-- Some of the nicest, most polite, and genuinely friendly people in the world. Pilots are indeed a rare breed, and general aviation pilots are some of the nicest, most considerate people in the world. The grounds are huge but clean and served well by an adequate number of shuttles, the crowds are huge but the people are friendly, and the copious numbers of porta-johns are actually clean. Just some of the little things that make a for a great festival and enjoyable experience.
I can't wait to go back next year, hopefully with my whole family and in my own plane!
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Friday, June 15, 2007
2007 MSU Spartan Football Video
Sunday, February 11, 2007
YouTuba Fall
Guess what? I'm on YouTube, and the video has almost 62,000 views! It was last fall, scUM vs. MSU in hockey at Munn Ice Arena. Dan Richardson, John VanSchagen and I buy SRO tickets to the sold out game. When we get in, we see that the entire SMB - not just Spartan Brass - is there. During the 2nd intermission, the band goes out on the ice to play a couple of tunes. There was a freshman tuba who came back to get his music or something. Of course, John (also seen in the video) and I started abusing him for being "late, freshman, you should be there by now." So, in his haste to catch up, he slips on the bench. Of course, the game was being shown on national TV (CSTV, a subsidiary of CBS) and a camera was trained on our hapless freshman. You'll notice me; I'm the one not spilling my Pepsi trying to help up the poor freshman. Many people have noted that I "didn't spill my beer." But, you have to realize that this was Munn and there was no beer allowed, however, the muscle memory is the same. :)
Daddy/Daughter Dance 2007
Went to the 2007 Daddy/Daughter dance last Friday night. Another good time was had by all. Even broke out my tux for the affair. My daughters were very impressed by that. They really felt special, and so did I. But, Duke Shegos beat me out this year; he had all four daughters with him this time. Didn't matter. I still had a ball, too. See the post from Feb, 2006 to compare the two dance portraits.
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Monday, January 29, 2007
St. John GIFT II
Here is a YouTube video I uploaded that discusses the current capital campaign for our parish, St. John the Evangelist. Rachel and I both appear in the video, and I have been working with the follow-up committee, in my role on the parish finance committee, to get more funding for this effort.
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