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Observations, Rants, Updates

Posted on April 30, 2025September 16, 2025 by Paul Woodford

I’m guessing this pilot’s pucker factor was off the charts.

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Posted in Air-Minded, Big Brother, Critters, Current Events, Flying, Media, Military, Personal, Terrorism, War, Yelling at CloudsTagged #OldDogs, #resist, PuckerFactor, WeDontNeedNoStinkingBadges, WhatsReallyGoingOnOverThere?1 Comment on Observations, Rants, Updates

Writing in the Age of MAGA

Posted on March 24, 2025September 16, 2025 by Paul Woodford

The AP Stylebook and I go back a long way.

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Posted in Big Brother, Culture Wars, Current Events, Media, Military, WordsTagged #AP_Stylebook, #resist, FuckYourRules3 Comments on Writing in the Age of MAGA

If It Quacks Like a Nazi …

Posted on January 22, 2025January 22, 2025 by Paul Woodford

Monday, during the presidential inauguration ceremony in Washington DC, Elon Musk twice made outstretched, flat palm gestures with his right arm, widely interpreted as Nazi salutes.

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Posted in Big Brother, Culture Wars, Current Events, History, Media, Military, PoliticsTagged Seigc'monyouknowtherest2 Comments on If It Quacks Like a Nazi …

Lap (as Seen from a Drone)

Posted on December 17, 2024December 18, 2024 by Paul Woodford

It’s a crock, all of it. Settle down, all right?

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Posted in Big Seiko, Consumerism, Critters, Current Events, Flying, Media, Military, Personal, WordsTagged AbductedByAnAmazonDrone, GirlsWithGuns, HomagenousHomages, itsadogslife, XmasLettersLeave a Comment on Lap (as Seen from a Drone)

Hot Takes, Bad-Ass Dogs, Big-Ass Tanker: A Photoblog

Posted on September 28, 2024May 29, 2025 by Paul Woodford

There. The KC-10 Extender retires after 44 years of service, and I have to make it all about me!

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Posted in Air-Minded, Consumerism, Critters, Current Events, Flying, Media, Military, Personal, Photoblogging, Politics, Scrapbooking, TVTagged big_ass_tanker, orange_hands, tigger&eeyore2 Comments on Hot Takes, Bad-Ass Dogs, Big-Ass Tanker: A Photoblog

Air-Minded: Getting It Wrong

Posted on August 28, 2024August 28, 2024 by Paul Woodford

What did I get wrong this time? Believing something I read about F-15 Eagles and reposting it to Twitter, that’s what.

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Posted in Air-Minded, Current Events, Flying, Media, MilitaryTagged #EndOfAnEra, #Kadena, DarkGreys, EagleBot, LightGreys, SierraHotelLeave a Comment on Air-Minded: Getting It Wrong

NASA PR Flacks, Whatever You Say, Don’t Say “Marooned”

Posted on August 25, 2024 by Paul Woodford

And I’ll tell you what, those two astronauts better be getting some kind of voucher from Boeing!

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Posted in Air-Minded, Current Events, Flying, Media, Military, Politics, Social MediaTagged Boeing, EagleBot, Kamala, NASA, SierraHotel, SpaceX1 Comment on NASA PR Flacks, Whatever You Say, Don’t Say “Marooned”

Air-Minded: Action in the ADIZ

Posted on July 28, 2024August 18, 2024 by Paul Woodford

In my day, intercepting potential enemy aircraft in the Alaska ADIZ, the potential enemy was Russia. China was not a factor.

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