Down Mexico Way

We have an old tri-motor freighter at Pima Air & Space Museum. It’s a YC-125 Raider, one of 23 built by Northrop for the US Air Force, which flew the type from 1950 to 1955. After they were declared surplus, most were purchased by bush operators in South America, Central America, and Mexico. Ours […]

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August 29th, 2017 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Culture Wars, Flying, History, Local Color, Media, Personal, Social Media | 2 comments

Friday Bag o’ Bloggage

With Hurricane Harvey due to strike a heavily-populated part of the Texas Gulf Coast later tonight, potentially dumping rain that will be measured in feet, not inches, it’ll be interesting to see what manner of leadership this White House is capable of.

Has it struck anyone else that while Trump constantly lays into the New […]

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August 25th, 2017 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Current Events, Media, Personal, Politics, TV | One comment

Wednesday Bag o’ Eclipse Mania

I enjoyed all the photos posted to social media by friends who made the trek to Idaho and Oregon, standing together looking skyward with blinders on. Honestly, though, those photos would have been more interesting if giant buckets of ice had been involved. Which is to say the eclipse was two whole days ago and why is my Facebook and Twitter timeline still cluttered with eclipse posts? Get a grip, people! […]

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August 23rd, 2017 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Current Events, Flying, Local Color, Media, Memes, Motorcycling, Personal, Politics, Social Media | Leave a comment

Streetcar to Disaster

Last night we joined our friends Darrell and Mary Anne at the Mercado San Augustin, a hipsterish collective of shops and eating places in a Mexican-style enclosed patio a few blocks from downtown Tucson. The Mercado sits at the southwestern end of Tucson’s streetcar tracks, and after dinner we hopped on for a ride. It […]

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August 11th, 2017 | Tags: , , , | Category: Current Events, Local Color, Media, Military, Personal, Photoblogging, Politics, Social Media, The Internets, War | 3 comments

Drive-by Bloggage

It’s time for a Paul’s Thing break—the memoir will still be there when I’m done.

Progress to date? I roughed out a longish chapter about joining the US Air Force in 1973 and my experiences in officer and flight training, sent it to a couple of friends for feedback and criticism, and am now outlining […]

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August 10th, 2017 | Tags: , , , | Category: Current Events, Media, Motorcycling, Personal, The Internets, War | Leave a comment

Friday Mystery Bag

Well, whatever the reason, last night’s no vote was a great big affirmative YES to the American people, and I’m happy John McCain will end his long political career on a positive note. […]

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July 28th, 2017 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Administrivia, Current Events, Flying, Hash House Harriers, Media, Military, Personal, Politics, Social Media, War | Leave a comment

My Interspecies Marriage, Redux

Speaking of Fox, when the pee tape finally comes out, what do you want to bet the very next day the hosts on Fox & Friends will be giving one another golden showers on the set? Now that’s one thing on Fox I will watch! […]

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July 21st, 2017 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Culture Wars, Current Events, Media, Memes, Personal, Social Media | Leave a comment

Saturday Bag o’ Bloggage

Weaponize this, assholes. […]

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June 24th, 2017 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Books, Critters, Current Events, Media, Personal, Politics, Social Media | Leave a comment
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