The weather was decent, not great but decent today and I took the chance to get the deck scrubbed. It’s been a few weeks since I got out there and power washed the debris off, last night I spent a few hours and got to scrub about half of it, I’ll get the rest on the next decent evening. Now I just need three dry…
At last something I like about LAX!
In my opinion one of the unfriendliest airports in this world is LAX. It has 9 terminals, some of which have not seen a significant update since the early 60’s. The terminals aren’t connected and it’s a pain in the arse to move from one to another. They are doing some much needed building work there, and it really needs updating. Taking the shuttle bus…
Pretentious or conspicuous?
Ostentatious: adjective Characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others. The hot new hotel in Vegas right now is the Cosmopolitan, we took a wander around earlier today looking for lunch. In real estate talk the Cosmopolitan would be described as “compact”. It’s on a small plot of land sandwiched between other projects and is rather confusing inside…
Pacquio v’s Mosley
Tonight was wonderfully entertaining. A great undercard, followed by a spectacular entrance and a fight with one athlete at the top of his game while his opponent looked past his best. First the great, the final fight on the undercard was Vazquez Jr taking on Arce for the WBO Bantamweight title. There was a very large Mexican group sitting close by who were very vocal…
You… Yes I’m talking to you arsehole!
OK here we go, someone is going to take this personally, but it’s not aimed at any particular individual self absorbed, vacuous individual other than the one checking in last night… This started a couple of weeks ago when one of the engineers that worked with me dropped by my desk and asked for some advise on surprising her husband with a trip to Vegas….
“Our Enry”
Last weekend Sir Henry Cooper died, too most people in the US that name does not mean much; in the UK it’s a different story. He is known as the best heavyweight the country has ever produced. Not the most successful, he was never world champion, but a man who was so close to changing the history of the sport. Cooper fought Muhammad Ali twice,…
Waking up in Vegas…
Waking up in Vegas and just being able to lean over and touch the remote control for the windows… It’s very cool and just what I need in my bedroom. It’s been a very emotional and tough week. A day hanging out with some friends, looking a a little real estate and finding some pool time before a big evening out is just what’s required.
Four days in May…
I never got around to publishing my daily pictures this week, lots of important stuff got in the way and I really did not feel up to it. Lets start with Tuesday, I got home to discover that Pud has discovered not only how to open the cupboards where her treats were kept, but that was also a fan of the rice crackers she found…
It’s time for “that beginning of the month” picture again…
And it’s looking rather green now. It’s been the wettest April ever recorded in Seattle and that’s been good for the greenery. The grass is growing, the weeds have largely been pulled up and the “green belt” is starting to live up to it’s name. It’s beautiful out there. This weekend I got a very interesting offer to do something new, outside of aero. I’ve…
Olympus Rally
This weekend I was competing in the Olympus Rally with Carey, it’s our first rally together for almost four years and we had a lot of rust to shake off. We started Saturday morning over some very familiar stages including the Northwest classic “Brooklyn Tavern”. We were building up speed as the day carried on and things were starting to come together and we were…