archive of June, 2010



ride along

Ride halfway up Pikes Peak with Jeff Zwart in his Porsche 911:

regime change

Benigno Aquino III has been sworn-in as the President of the Republic of the Philippines.

He is the son of two Philippine Presidents, Benigno Aquino, Jr. and Corazon Aquino. »→

mo’ power

F-22 Raptor supersonic

U.S. Air Force F-22 photo by Sonar Technician (Surface) First Class Ronald Dejarnett, U.S. Navy

r u serious?

Panama City Craigslist.org ad for a job:

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I Need A Drum Major Uniform Made ASAP (Panama City)

Date: 2010-06-27, 11:27PM EDT

Reply to: job-28bjn-18142@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]

I need someone who can sew and come up with a pattern for me.
All I need is the jacket made much similar to a band jacket. I can order the pants off online, but I need the jacket made.
I have ideas on what I would like, but I can not find anyone in this town who could do it.

I am looking forward to hear from you soon.

mo’ power

a photo of an F-22 from the U.S. Air Force

F-22 banks hard in humid airphotograph by Tech Sergeant Justin Pyle

U.S. Hispanics: religion (briefly)

I wrote the following today for an F.S.U. class:

A brief on religion pertaining to U.S. Hispanics may easily be begun by noting that most Hispanics in the U.S. share Roman Catholicism as a faith tradition. Surveys of U.S. Hispanics find that membership in the Roman Catholic Church is an important part of many U.S. Hispanics’ self-identity.  Lands that were colonized by Spanish Roman Catholics tend to have population majorities which are Roman Catholic. The U.S.A. is an exception, as it does not have a Roman Catholic majority component of its population.  However, most Hispanics in the U.S., like the majority of Hispanics in Latin American nations, self-identify as Roman Catholic when surveyed for church affiliation or religious practices.  An estimate is that two-thirds of U.S. Hispanics are Roman Catholic and fifteen percent are evangelical Protestant.  About eight percent of Hispanics report that they are atheistic or agnostic. About one percent claim to have a non-Christian faith tradition (Pew, 2008). »→

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mo’ power

another U.S. Air Force photo - F-15 patrolling while Atlantis launches

F-15 & last Atlantis launch

air power

I’m in a condo on a narrow beach of the bay that’s north of Tyndall Air Force Base.  It’s about half a mile from the north end of the northernmost runways.  Often F-4s, F-15s, F-16s, F-22s, and/or A-10s fly off the runways northward or southward for training sorties or to travel to- or from other bases.  Many days aircrews will practice touch-and-gos repeatedly, and they bank over the condo, the beach, or the bay beyond my back porch.  »→

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