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Weapons of Mass Distraction
Weapons of Mass Distraction Writer, Os Guiness, is credited with coining the phrase “weapons of mass distraction,” in his book, “Fool’s Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion.” His use of the phrase was in a religious vein whereby people are distracted so that they avoid immediate issues such as a belief in God and…
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Fly The Friggin’ Airplane
I’m concerned about the state of pilot training that has developed over the past decade. Ever since we have introduced more and more computers into the cockpit it seems that we are training our pilots to be monitors of computer systems rather than flyers. Back in the pre-politically correct age when I began to fly…
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Failure
Many of us associate the word failure with “loser”. Certain people think that making a mistake means that you have somehow failed. You’ve positioned yourself somewhere south of good, maybe even south of adequate. But guess what? If you don’t occasionally make a mistake, and fail at something, you really aren’t trying hard enough. You’re…
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Toilets. Let’s talk about toilets.
My non-American friends tease me about our careful use of the word describing the room where we take care of our bodily functions. Most of them, from a wide variety of English speaking countries, just call the room a toilet. A typical exchange with them goes something like this. “Restroom? Are you going in there…
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Real Life Get‘s in the Way
Bill and I both started flying at the small, country airport at the edge of the Mark Twain National Forest. We shared the same flight instructor, Marvin, who filled multiple roles for us. He was both ground and flight instructor. He was also our jumpmaster for our crude attempts at skydiving and he was just…
