A comment turned into a blog post. I just read “The Shot” on Helicopter Pilot, Will Travel. (If you’re a helicopter pilot and you don’t read this blog, you’re really missing out on something valuable.) The post was about aerial photography and the difficulties in gettin...

A fake British accent can be sooooooo annoying. Like when it’s coming from Tyra Banks. Green Day’s Billy Joe Armstrong used to sing in fake British accent, too, and people hated it, but I dug it. Some things just sound better in British. Punk music is one, and stuffy, silly comedy is ano...

Colin Powell spoke on the campus of the University of Mississippi last night. I went with a couple of friends and we really enjoyed the speech. I had a couple of qualms, but overall it's hard not to be impressed by his consistency. First, the man has a sense of humor. I'm sure the jokes were well-re...

A slightly belated reading journal entry, as I finished the magazine over a week ago… what can I say, I’ve been busy? Interzone #220 - TTA Press “Monetized” by Jason Stoddard Stoddard is definitely settling into a breezy web-hip post-cyberpunk delivery style that is very much...

Call Edolphus Towns what you will: a 13-term Brooklyn congressman; a congenial politician with a raspy voice and a gift for charming seniors; a bald-headed, 74-year-old product of the Brooklyn Democratic machine. Here’s one thing you likely won’t call him: a troublemaker. So when, on Dec. 10, hi...

A shot from over Lake Powell. My husband and I flew up to Lake Powell the other day to take care of some business. Among our chores was a photo flight up the lake as far as The Rincon (about 79 miles uplake from the dam at Page). Mike took this shot as we began our flight uplake. It features Padres ...

Whoa. Mike and I flew up to Page, AZ yesterday. We had a few business-related things to do. Among them was to take measurements and photographs of my new hangar. The hangar is at Page Municipal Airport and overlooks a huge, underused parking area. Beyond that is Lake Powell with Tower Butte and Nava...

Toast to Brent Bonet for the Beer Fund Donation Cheap Trick Youtube channel - Listening with butler - Douchebag Clip of the week - Billy Powell R.I.P. - Darkness Interview feedback - Cooking With Butler - Mott The Hoople Reunion Music by Cheap Trick - iTunes Dolphin City - iTunes Rivers Cuomo - iTun...

Billy Powell, composer of the piano opening for "Free Bird," died Wednesday. h/t Skippy via Ornery Bastard....

Good Morning Gentle Readers, It probably isn't news that Billy Powell shoulda kept that appointment with his cardiologist earlier this week. Too bad, because fifty six is way too young to punch the clock. The Fire Station was never a fire station. Long past its prime, the fifty-something clientele c...