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Cotton Bowl

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Rob

I have heard about the Cotton Bowl a lot over the years.  There are so many Bowl games these days that I kind of forgot that some of them are actually the names of stadiums.  I didn’t even know where … Continue reading →

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Farewell Vlado…

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Rob

There has been a string of losses in recent years of aviation individuals.  When you see that there is an accident and someone has died, you wonder whether it is someone you have known.  I wasn’t expecting it to be … Continue reading →

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Time for Another Big Change

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Rob

Things are about to get different for us.  We moved to California in 2013 as a result of work changes for me.  Some of the things we had planned worked out well but a few others did not go as … Continue reading →

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Mitsubishi MRJ90

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Rob

The Mitsubishi MRJ program is the first major civil aviation program to come out of Japan in a few decades.  There have been military jets but this is the first civilian airliner since the YS-11.  The program has not been … Continue reading →

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Will This Reach Facebook

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Rob

The latest in the testing of the publicize functionality restoration.  Third time lucky?

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Farewell Alan

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Rob

This is a short but sad post.  I read the sad news of the death of Alan Purwin.  Alan was a pilot and entrepreneur who was involved in many fields but was well known for his working in filming movies … Continue reading →

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Amusing Decal

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Rob

The number of stickers you see on people’s vehicles these days is substantial. I don’t much care what the composition of someone’s family is and whether they have a dog, cat, turtle etc. When I saw the above stickers on … Continue reading →

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Changing the Blog Link to Facebook

Posted on May 9, 2015 by Rob

Putting links to the blog on Facebook is a big part of getting anyone to know about the latest blog activity. When I first started the blog, there wasn’t such a clear way to get an automatic post to Facebook … Continue reading →

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Redwood Amphiteater

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Rob

An enclave away from the main botanic garden is the Redwood Amphitheater. When we arrived, a wedding was underway in this area but, by the time we had finished walking around the main garden, it was open again so we … Continue reading →

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Sea Lion Paradise

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Rob

A while back I posted shots of the sea lions at Moss Landing. Since then, their numbers have done a further job on destroying the dock at the entrance to Elkhorn Slough. They are now squeezing themselves onto what remains. … Continue reading →

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