Berck told me to try this new bloggy thingy out. I’ve been chided for not providing any new information lately, but working in a warehouse is inherently boring. (You want it that way, really. Otherwise, people are getting impaled by forklifts left and right.) So to fill some space, I’ll include below Berck’s patented recipe for beef gravy. Berck’s Gravy Recipe 1) In a cast iron skillet, mix together some Better Than Bouillon, butter, and water. Heat and mix with a whisk. Complain loudly how much the whisk sucks. 2) Stick a spoonful of corn starch into the skillet. Comment…
Finally, after much consternation and many hours of futzing, I present: The New Blog-Thing. Why? There’s several reasons… First, I was unsatisfied with LiveJournal. It’s a great little place to store your journal for free with no ads. It, as is so typical of things open-source, is rather functional but pathetically inept in the user-interface and pretty-looking departments. As you can see, even this default layout is much, much prettier than LiveJournal. It doesn’t look like I want it to yet– after all I must make it all very, very black so that various readers can be frustrated in their…
After it seemed like it would never happen, I’ve finally soloed. I got up ridiculously early this morning after not sleeping terribly well and checked the weather. 2.5 miles visibility, but I knew it would clear up soon. Winds were 060 at 4 knots. Sure enough after showering and driving to the airport it was better than 5 miles visibility. It seemed like the entire Airman fleet of airplanes was leaving all at once, at 8am. D. endorsed my certificate and logbook, and after I preflighted the plane, we both took off for closed pattern work just like any other…
The weather still sucks. Right now, it’s just barely good enough for me to solo…. It’s It’s 2200ft overcast, but winds are gusting up to 17 knots and are expected to pick up a bit as the day wears on. 18 knots is the maximum (including gust factor). Winds are supposed to be light and variable tomorrow morning, and the sky is supposed to be clear by 8am. So I’m scheduled for 8am. We’ll see what happens. I tried to pressure D. into letting me solo today since who knows what it will be like tomorrow, and I’ve got to…
A memorial service was held for my grandmother in Mobile today. There will be another one in her hometown of Richmond, VA on June 5th that Berck and I are planning on attending. Here’s a eulogy my dad delivered at the service today. I thought it was a pretty cool synopsis of my grandmother’s life… DOROTHEA BOCK STAPLES June 11, 1915 – May 11, 2004 Most of you here in Mobile knew her either as Sarah’s mom, Robert’s mom-in-law, Joanna, Stephanie or Ben’s grandmother or the little ole lady in the wheelchair with the big smile. She was certainly all…