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Paul Woodford is a former USAF F-15 pilot who lives in Tucson, Arizona.
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Class Is as Class Does

Posted on May 5, 2022May 6, 2022 by Paul Woodford

A friend, whom I’ll call Tony from Texas, DM’d me about yesterday’s post, Expensive Hobby Update, asking about my watch collection.

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Posted in Consumerism, Flying, Military, Personal, ProductsTagged #BigSeikoLittleDick, #SpendingLikeADrunkenSailor, #WarStories1 Comment on Class Is as Class Does

Expensive Hobby Update

Posted on May 4, 2022May 4, 2022 by Paul Woodford

Now, at last, my collection of automatic self-winding wristwatches, four Seikos and a Breitling, is complete (meaning it fills all five slots in the display box* I bought for them, obsessive watch nerd that I’ve become).

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Sunday Grab Bag

Posted on May 1, 2022May 2, 2022 by Paul Woodford

I’m home alone and living on takeout so the kitchen stays clean until Donna’s return tomorrow morning.

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Posted in Books, Consumerism, Critters, Local Color, Personal, Photoblogging, TVTagged #BigSeikoLittleDick, #FritziTheWonderDog, #HomeAlone, #SeriesofTubes, #SmellTheRoses, #TheCarceralStateLeave a Comment on Sunday Grab Bag

You Can’t Read That!

Posted on April 29, 2022April 29, 2022 by Paul Woodford

You Can’t Read That! is a periodic post about book banning, featuring news and opinion roundups, personal observations, and reviews.

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Air-Minded: PASM Photoblog XXIII

Posted on April 25, 2022April 26, 2022 by Paul Woodford

I visited Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson this morning.

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Posted in Air-Minded, Flying, Local Color, PhotobloggingTagged #PASM, #PimaAir&Space6 Comments on Air-Minded: PASM Photoblog XXIII

You Can’t Read That! Banned Book Review: Front Desk

Posted on April 22, 2022April 22, 2022 by Paul Woodford

Kelly Yang’s “Front Desk” first came to my attention via an October 2021 news story about its banning at an elementary school in New York.

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I Quote, Therefore I Am

Posted on April 20, 2022April 20, 2022 by Paul Woodford

What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind (wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more).

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Expensive Hobbies

Posted on April 17, 2022April 17, 2022 by Paul Woodford

Hey, it’s not like I’m the only spendthrift hobbiest in the house.

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Posted in Consumerism, Cooking, Critters, Local Color, Personal, PhotobloggingTagged #Hobbies, #TreeDander1 Comment on Expensive Hobbies

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