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February 29 is a date that occurs only every four years, in years evenly divisible by 4, such as 1988, 1996, 2008 or 2016 (with the exception of century years not divisible by 400, such as 1900) for the Gregorian calendar, which is most widely used in the world today. These are called leap years, […]

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Happy new year!, originally uploaded by outdoor_type.

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No f’in way, originally uploaded by outdoor_type.
A few thoughts while I wait at the gate from today’s travels…
Airport Efficiency
This is the busiest travel day of the year, […]

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Where You’re Going*

*unless you’re off to someplace much, much colder where snow is measured in cm.
Where I’m Going

Yes, there is some rain. And some cloudiness.  And it is all subject to change, but ~20 degrees warmer in December is not too bad. Oh and tomorrow, on the shortest daylight day of the […]

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Wow. Traffic sucks, originally uploaded by outdoor_type.
Even though I sacrificed and did my part for commuting-kind by staying off the roads until late morning (and um, sleeping […]

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Cancelled + Diverted = 1st class upgrade, originally uploaded by outdoor_type.
I was supposed to fly out of hilton head this morning at 550am but there was much fog, […]

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Piggly Wiggly Turkey Trot 2007, originally uploaded by outdoor_type.
Race shirts. I have a lot of them. In fact, because I cover around 20 a year, most of […]

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Main Gear Touchdown, originally uploaded by outdoor_type.

My final approach today was at least 7 times less steep and 20 times slower than the space shuttle. Sigh.

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Soon to be me, originally uploaded by outdoor_type.
2007/11/21 11:33 :: Periodic updates as time and batteries and network connections allow…

IAD = ghost town?, originally uploaded by outdoor_type.
2007/11/21 […]

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It’s true.  I live in the suburbs.  I live outside the Beltway in a quiet neighborhood of thirty year old town homes surrounded by leafy green trees.  Neighbors are friendly enough, though not like back in the day when I was growing up, when everyone seemed to know everyone else’s business.  Now we mostly keep […]

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