Have you ever been hungry, I mean really hungry? We've all missed a meal here or there or ate late or had to wait a long time for a table...but that isn't the famished kind of hungry. I had to attend a search and evasion school when I first joined the Navy. We sat in … Continue reading Hunger Games
Trailblazers and Bushwhackers
Have you ever hiked through deep snow? How about a walk through the brush or dense forest? How about mountain climbing? In all those you need a trailblazer or a bushwhacker. Trust me, deep snow is SOOOO much easier to trudge through if you have a really big dude in front of you cutting a … Continue reading Trailblazers and Bushwhackers
The Diet
Have you ever been on a diet? I bet most of you have at some point in your life. What was your experience? What do you think about when someone says diet? I bet words come to mind like hungry. In general most people would probably say the word diet is synonymous with "lack" or … Continue reading The Diet
Facts or Truth
I had a class in grad school that was pretty tough. It was a class on theoretical aerodynamics (yep I am one of those). We would start a theoretical proof from some basic assumptions that we knew were true like pressure varies with temperature (ideal gas law) and other really geeky boring stuff for most … Continue reading Facts or Truth
The Glider
When I was a kid I used to build models. Maybe you know the kind. They consisted of a bunch of plastic pieces stuck in a plastic holding frame that you twisted out and glued or snapped together. If you got too impatient and wrestled all the pieces out first you could have a real … Continue reading The Glider
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