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There I was at 30,000 feet
Heading out to the air museum in an hour or so. I’m scheduled to lead two tours this morning, finishing up around lunch time. Most of yesterday was spent boning up on the history of the aircraft I’ll be talking about today, adding a few tidbits to my mental script … should I remember to […]
Tomorrow morning I’ll guide another walking tour group through the Pima Air & Space Museum. It’ll be a red-letter day: the docent team leader and volunteer supervisor will evaluate my skills; if I do well I’ll become the museum’s newest certified walking tour docent. As you might imagine, boning up is the order of the […]
In Pima Air & Space Museum news, I’m ready to certify as a walking tour docent, but no one’s available to bless me until the 15th. Knowing me, given two weeks to prepare I’ll cram so hard I’ll blow my certification tour by mixing up facts & figures for different airplanes or going off on […]
It’s what’s for breakfast. Life is good. On Saturday, we attended an opulent wedding and reception. Our friends have married off three daughters and a son, and any one of those weddings would have bankrupted us. We love our friends and are delighted they can send their children off in such great style … god […]
I led my first tour at the Pima Air and Space Museum this morning. How’d it go? Pretty well, I think. My friend Frank brought a group of 25 wedding guests to the museum this morning. It wasn’t an “official” tour with regular air museum guests … my first one of those is next Wednesday […]
Clearly, blog output has an inverse relationship to fun. What’s got my fun meter pegged? My first solo tour at the Pima Air & Space Museum, now less than 24 hours away. I’ve been cramming: memorizing facts about aircraft ancient and modern, deciding which planes to skip over and which to concentrate on, finding a […]
So there’s a new book out: Area 51: an Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base, by Annie Jacobsen. On Tuesday, May 17, Annie discussed her book with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. Naturally, I watched. You can watch too, if you wish: Most of what Annie had to say about Area 51 […]
Here’s another neighborhood mystery to keep me up nights. Once in a while road crews dump piles of dirt alongside county roads near our housing subdivision. I don’t know for sure, but presumably workers come along later and use the dirt to repair erosion damage along the shoulders of the roads. Perhaps it’s some special […]