It looks like I’m back on reserve next bid period. It seems that 5 folks senior to me transferred into JFK from other bases. This stinks. I’m seriously considering going to ORD in order to hold a line. There are 73 lines there, and I’d be 54. But, to do so, I’d have to go through training again. No idea how much training, how long it would take, or how long I’d have to wait around for it. While a free place to stay in JFK is great, commuting to sit reserve bites. The big reason I picked JFK is…
Mesa Air Group press release. This likely means that my days flying out of JFK are numbered.
Berck got me a hummingbird feeder and hung it for me outside the study window. There it sat, very lonely, for a couple of months. If hummingbirds don’t know where a feeder is already, they have to discover it. Finally, I heard the unmistakable jingling of a male hummer. I didn’t look up at first because I’m so used to hearing them at work. Michele has three hummingbird feeders and has to refill them daily. He tasted my aged brew that had been there since I put the thing up and flew away. Berck laughed at me, “He said, ‘Ugh!…
A couple of weeks ago, I arrived at work to find Michele complaining about how one of her new yearling ewes was attacked. She was still alive but not in great shape. I helped Michele catch her to give her a dose of penicillin. She had a puncture in her rear leg that was oozing red serum every time she moved, and her throat had been slashed. Michele said she could see saliva running down out of the slash. All I knew is that it was a bad wound, but the fact that the ewe was giving us a hard…
So, in case you haven’t noticed, it’s come to light that Fox news has essentially been saying whatever the White House wants them to say. Why doesn’t Fox just come out and say, “News for and by crazy neo-conservatives!”, or “News the President wants you to know!”? My favorite bit is that Bill O’Reilly claimed in 2006 that no such thing was going on, while Scott McClellan admits to doing it.