Go East, Young Man.

It’s no secret that from time to time life can be something of an a-hole, and provide unique challenges and…

Good For the Soul, Hard on the Nerves

Riding motorcycles is dangerous. I spent my childhood listening to my mom tell me that you buy your son a…

I stumbled on this quote a couple years ago while reading a book about GySgt. Carlos Hathcock. The Gunnery Sergeant…

I had a plan when I left for the rail trail. I was just going to take it easy. The…

It’s the end of May, and now that I am finally done with training, I can start to relax and…

I remember it like it was yesterday: April 30, 2001. This was the date of commercial multi-engine checkride, the last…

I’m a gear nerd. Let me just put that out there. I spend a tremendous (probably unreasonable) amount of time,…

It wasn’t my fault. Really. I had no intentions whatsoever. I swear. I had just bought the Ninja last year,…

September 2013 The decision: I’m going. My usual backpacking partner can’t make it, and determined to get one more camp…

Fuck. This. Run. I said that today. And I meant it. Im registered to run the Smuttynose Half Marathon in…

It’s been a long time since I’ve contributed any material to this blog of mine. This self imposed silence can…

Recently, I read a book about the space race in the 1960’s. As one might expect, no account of those…

I knew it was coming. I could feel it. My heart was racing, I was breathing hard. One foot in…

Not exactly. I’m 36. That means a lot of things. It means in a few years ill be 40, it…

There’s a saying in this community. It’s a sad one. They say, that if you work around airplanes long enough,…

I’m nervous. That’s stupid. There’s no reason to be nervous. I’ve climbed this mountain before. Hell, I’ve climbed harder mountains…