Archive for the ‘Nonclassified Nonsense’ Category

A bit of historical fiction.

“Cockpit Systems Integration,” today, whatever that is. Two more days of ground school, as far as I can tell. My oral exam is scheduled for March 26th in Phoenix as well. I’ll come home Thursday evening and go back on Tuesday, I think. I’m slowly inching closer to an airplane.

I checked the weather in Phoenix. I’m not sure why I bothered.

My Mom was complaining that she never thinks to read my blog, but she wants to. Rather than explaining RSS feeds to her, I just installed a plugin that will let you subscribe to the blog and get email updates.

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Ever since the new windows were installed, the junkos fly into them, making a loud thunking sound. The cat has gotten fat once he realized he could hang out by the house and have some fast food delivered to his feet. This junko got lucky, though, and landed next to the ironically named “Kitty.” The cat kept his distance this time, long enough for the junko to regain his senses and fly away.

Words I Still Can’t Spell:
Guarantee
Independent
Separate
Warranty
Gauge

Words I can spell, but have to think about:
Disappear
Maintenance

I also have a small issue where I’m apt to type the wrong word for “then/than,” but I really do know the difference. And I intentionally use the more obscure meanings of affect/effect in order to effect consternation whenever possible. Like, I could vote for Obama in order to effect a result that will allow him to affect our country’s affect. I’m not alone in this hobby, though.

All this because Sydney pointed out that “Judgement” is incorrect in US English. But then she admitted that it’s okay in the Queen’s English, so I think I’ll stand by it. I realise this is a dubious defence.