Archive for April, 2005

Our Dumb Blog in March


by Berck

Our Dumb Blog had 2,455 unique visitors in March. This may sound impressive, until you realize that 2,207 of them came from MSN searches. Microsoft’s new search engine is so bad that it thinks my blog is an expert on things like “snore wars”. The amusing thing is that now that I’ve said that, I’ll have a few thousand extra hits in April. I wonder if I can delist myself from MSN but not Google?

I’d post the list of search terms used to get here, but there’s 1,633 of them. Maybe I’ll post a choice few. Keep in mind that almost all of these are a result of people typing things directly into their internet explorer address bar, and the default search that comes up is MSN…. The fact that they THEN click on my MY blog is the disturbing part.

men in speedos
how do you get faster?
slip not
why the czechs came to texas
karen flirting behind my back
do the candy shop from the beginning to the end
chocolate panties
cellar stairs railing
making pot brownies
do not stack pallets on the side
questions on second had smoke
sex pubs in stockholm
how to make a gothic church
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
can you eat too many sunflower seeds
melting meth then becoming a gel like
lichtenstein shower curtain
sarah died yesterday morning in norman ok.
how do you fix broken bowl on meth pipe?
people fighting and it is funny
kids being spoiled now days
what is a cv joint on my car
how to correct last name on texas birth certificate
things you can say to make a break up easier
words of wisdom for a happy marriage
kelsey nash longview high school
how to make someone pass out
how do i get a sail boat? ship
men naked in locker room
never enough breasts
how to dress up as a plus size woman
an old lady walked into a grocery store.
what made it s name in the 1950 s that one can sleep on?
how to speak at an english pub
wake up with hand asleep and swelled
wear are san francisco docks
what do you need to break the sound barrier?
free games where you build houses and have kids
what to do in dallas forth worth
why people do not want to work at mcdonald s restaurant
wash hands before returning to work
what is important to our way of life today?

Unfortunately, this is just going to make people searching for these things even more likely to wind up here.

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Flying!


by Jonah

I got to go flying with Berck today!

Last night Berck told me he had an 8 a.m. flight. “I bet my instructor would let you ride in the back.”

So we got up early this morning and drove over to the airport. Mike was like, “Sure. But we’re just doing pattern work.” That means flying around and around the airport practicing landings. He even got me a headset to wear.

Berck is currently flying a Cessna 172 with retractable gear. Which means he has to remember to pull them up and put them down each time around.

The first time in the pattern, I just stared all around. It’s so cool to see the town where you live from the air. Berck says that he’s yet to find our apartment, but we flew over it each time around. The second time I snapped a bunch of pictures, especially of the apartment. This was tricky because we pass it right when we’re turning downwind. It’s like trying to take a picture of a corner lot when turning in a car. Really fast. Mainly, I just pointed the camera out the window and tried to click at the right time.

The third time around, I started feeling really queasy. If you sit the backseat of a 172 RG, you can’t see out the front. I could see out the sides just fine. Even though it was a smooth day, the wind kept us pretty well buffeted, especially around turns. And we were constantly landing and taking off, which works havoc on one’s ears, especially when wearing a heavy headset.

I think if we had been going somewhere different, instead of just flying in circles, it would have been better…I would have had new things to gawk at and not had time to feel sick. It’s a good thing I didn’t eat breakfast.

So the first part of the flight was really fun, and the rest of it was really not. But it was good to be able to go and see Berck have a lesson. I could hear all his conversation with his instructor through the headset. Near the end, each time we were flying downwind, they would say, “Okay, one more touch and go, and then we’ll full-stop,” only to repeat it the next time. Maybe that kept me from feeling too bad, thinking that I just had to last one more time around. Next time I’ll take some ginger. I bet that would be sure to do the trick.

I guess I won’t be coming along for tomorrow’s lesson. They’re practicing maneuvers.

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