Went back to work today after my two week emergency leave only to find out that our course is delayed another 1-2 weeks. I really AM trying to stay motivated, but it is really really hard lately (no sts out of spite). A friend hit the nail on the head : do you really think [...]

Finally. The wait is over and we are once again self reliant without the need for ‘rides’ and ‘borowed cars’. We bought a Blue Ford Galaxy to complement my Yellow POS. The mileage on the van is a lot better than the Chrysler and the insurance is cheaper too. It now ‘only’ costs €70 to [...]

Haven’t written in a while, I know. The break in my Eurofighter training actually came as a blessing when I suddenly had to take emergency leave. My mom ended up in hospital and after talking with her on the phone I immediately booked a flight down to bavaria. She sounded really bad, and the day [...]

Just got the word today… due to “delays on the flightline with the current TX class”, our TX will be ‘briefly’ interrupted after the academic and initial sim phase for a period of about 3 weeks. We will resume our training on 9.11 and are encouraged to take leave until then. WE will then have [...]

Just welcomed my 2000th visitor. Whoever you were, thank you for caring.
UPDATE: Just checked on the site tracker on who it could have been. The source is listed as Keelser AFB, Biloxi Mississippi. I think that might be where Snakechief is currently at Jump School – so to Trav – if that WAS you, why [...]

I haven’t posted anything on Photoshop in a while and recently came across this image on a photography site. I liked the look of the image and decided to try and come up with something similar. Using the opacity setting in photoshop lets you easily make things seethrough, but how do get the background to [...]

We still don’t have any cars. I ride to work every morning with a collegue, and Tonica & the Kids walk around – the house. Luckily school is out and we don’t desperately need a car. Our pantry however is nearing bingo level – today was the first day since I have lived by myself that we [...]