I thought this was a novel new way to get people to pay attention to those safety briefs on planes.

Here are the bloopers…

I think this weekend was the first time our whole family went to the beach together since we first moved up here in 1997. Both Tonica and I are not beach people (which we both reconfirmed that day). The kids had a great time though – once they got over the pecker factor. Yes, penises [...]

Pam already posted this on Snakeye’s Frag and I am jumping on the bandwagon with this one. A year ago I would have laughed my ass off at this very poigniant depiction of what a small town in New Mexico is really like. Yet having been gone for a year to Germany actually makes me [...]

I’m not the typical guy. I don’t watch sports all day every weekend, I don’t sit back and expect my wife to cook for me or deal with the kids (at least most of the time on the last one). I don’t claim to by a handy man although I’ll try it once in a while [...]

Thought this was cool and stole it from Bull’s MySpace…

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 [...]

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 [...]

I blatantly stole this picture of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin from Snakeye (with his permission). I really like the effect of the sun behind the cross on top of the statue. We spent the day doing the ‘touristy’ thing, and I have to admit I even saw some stuff I hadn’t seen yet. The [...]

…and I think we’ve successfully punished the hell out of them. Two nights, 2 crates of beer and 6 Bottles of wine later plus a binge night at my buddie’s Fighter pilot bar and our livers are like little innocent puppies begging for some water on their hind legs. Our bet is officially cashed in…the first [...]

If you paid attention in my post about Jenice Gathing, I mentioned that I wrecked my car. This comes just two weeks after I caused €1000 worth of damage to a friends car after I almost tore off the front bumper backing out of my driveway in his BMW. Two crashes (plus a third [...]

I guess every job has its perks – (except maybe a sewage plant diver). I’ll admit that being a fighter pilot can get pretty cool sometimes, but the negative sides do tend to outweigh the cool factor – just ask Snakeye.
By our regulations, military pilots are required to plan a long range navigation trip at [...]

I tagged along with Korn today when he did a friend a favor and picked him up at the Amarillo Airport with his Moody private plane and brought him back to Clovis. It is a 4 seat plane and only took 40 minutes to get to Amarillo. What a great time. It is a shame [...]

I have to take back something I posted earlier. The ’special’ seat reservation I recieved for being delayed 24 hours wasn’t as special as I thought. Yes, I had the emergency exit row with more leg room than a Limo, but, and this is a big BUT, across the aisle is the front row area [...]

Blogging on the road…a new experience. I just bought 20 minnutes of hotspot time from my hotel wireless provider to post an update to my travel extravaganza. After having slept 3 hours only to leave the house at 4:15 in the morning, I got to the airport in plenty of time to make my flight. [...]