July 05, 2005
Fireworks!
Last night, we got to a good spot to watch our local fireworks display just in time as they were starting. The whole show lasted about 25 minutes, and for a small city, I must say we represented. This grand finale rivaled anything we've seen in Chicago - perhaps made more spectacular because we were so close, but as you can hear for yourself, it lasted about a minute. I've don't know if I've ever seen so much phosphorus burning at once before. Impressive. And parking was a breeze- we were home in about 5 minutes. Small towns do have some advantages.
Other random, cool things I saw in the sky this weekend included an F-4 Phantom flying into KUGN on Friday evening (not sure what was up with that, but it was very cool to see), what I think was the Lima, Lima flight team flying formation over our house (I think they were performing west of us earlier in the day - they flew from the west, made a fairly sloppy 180 to the right, and headed back west. There were 6 of them, and though they were high, looked like what I remeber them flying), and 3 Wacos playing tag around Campbell Airport (C81), sometimes with smoke on. Oh, and a botched banner pick-up, that was kind of cool. I need to get flying again.
Otherwise, it was mostly a working weekend. A. had to do work work, I added another gate to our fence, painted the hinges on the other gate, put down the timbers around our garden and a flower bed, and did other general putzing around. We swam quite a bit, too. And I had to run in to work on Sunday to kick a persnickety machine. So we worked, but in a very laid-back manner.
And hey, I broke my laptop. I dropped it off the couch right onto the power plug. The plug broke and afterward the laptop was not fully recognizing the AC. It'll run the lappy, but not recharge the battery. So I took the plug apart and rewired it. Same deal. I brought it in to work today and plugged in the adapter I have here. Same deal. So it looks like I busted the connector on the motherboard for the second tie in about 6 months. I'm getting a lot of use out of this warranty, let me tell you. . . ..
That's all the babble for now. For today's podcast rec., check out K9Cast with Tara and Walter. Tara saw one of my posts talking about hearing protection for Martini in the airplane and took it upon herself to do some more research for me. In Show #3, she gave me some great suggestions on alternative earplugs to try. They've also discussed training, picking up strays, etc., so if you like dogs at all, definitely give them a listen. Thanks for the tips, Tara and Walter.
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