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“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – Benjamin Franklin

January 11th, 2010 | Comments Off

All I can say is why do the people who are placed in office always cower to the cries of the least informed, highly reactionary and absolutely brainless people?

More people die everyday from driving cars than one full plane crashing every single day. Stop this idiotic airport charade! It’s only stopping drunken Joe-Bob from carrying on his six-shooter. Any serious threat cannot be averted (and all security measures in place would not have stopped any of the attackers because they ALL circumvented the security line anyway!) All I can say is: “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Will the sheep just please shut up.

This is 100% a complete waste of money, 100% of your time, and takes your privacy and stores your image onto government computers permanently. So why are their laws against public nudity? It’s illegal if you decide to go naked because the authorities don’t want others to see your naked body but it’s legal for the authorities to take a complete 360 degree picture of you naked and store it in their database? Really? Well, then I think all all laws on public nudity should be repealed, right now.

And, here is the article being referenced: CNN article

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Fully Nomad!

December 7th, 2009 | Comments Off

Sorry for the lack of updates for a while!

Okay, I am fully nomad! I sold my condo and I sold my car. I only have my briefcase with my laptop :) , a carry-on and a “check-in”…

So I made MIA (Miami Airport) my home airport and I am still working in DC. Sooooooo, I am excited but still in the figure-out-all-of-the-logistics mode.

Plus finances. Looks good on paper but in practice, well…. We’ll see!

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London and Paris from October 2 to 6, 2009

October 28th, 2009 | Comments Off

Okay, so I needed mileage on American Airlines so I went to London. Then, I thought I ought to do something. SO I stayed a few days, met a bunch of people and had fun :)

And took the EuroStar throught the chunel to Paris and did a quick one day tour of Paris…

Megaloads of pictures at:

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AA Mileage Map…

September 29th, 2009 | Comments Off

Okay, if you are a mileage hound and you are short of miles to get to the next level, it’s always good to have a map of the routes your carrier. In my case, it’s AA (American Airlines). So, made a map – not comprehensive – just enough information to max out miles.

The art of the “Mileage run” is to get the most miles possible paying the least possible. I (and so can you) spend an inordinate amount of time to get the most convoluted routing possible. So here is my current map… (Click to enlarge.) Please note, the miles on the map is approximate. It will vary plus or minus 15 miles depending on your air carrier of choice…

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“Up in the Air” movie preview…

September 11th, 2009 | Comments Off

So why am I going stark raving nomad? Well, here is a scene from the upcoming movie (Dec 4, 2009 release) that shows what I like, miles, points, cards…

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Another Priceless Moment – The President’s Health Care Speech

September 11th, 2009 | Comments Off



“The cost of the new government Health Care Plan,
one trillion dollars.”



“Illegal immigrants, zero dollars.”




Representative Joe Wilson of South Carolina
being caught on camera at the precise moment
he blurted out:

“You lie!”

Priceless…

What is wrong with South Carolina?

A rabid Congressman, Joe Wilson, shouts at the President during a televised speech? Are we back in the first grade?

This on the heels of Governor Mark Sanford?!!?

(Sanford is still having an affair while in office and using state funds to travel to his mistress – numerous times. And he won’t resign? And the State legislature won’t kick him out? Nor bring him up on charges of misappropriation of state funds???)

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If you get sick, STAY HOME! Tamiflu Resistant Swine Flu!

September 7th, 2009 | Comments Off

Tamiflu-resistant swine flu just started circulating. That means the flu vaccine WILL NOT WORK for the mutated strain(s). So if you get sick, stay home!

Article from NY Times.

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097 Dreadnought: Invasion Six – Issue #3 – page 26

September 6th, 2009 | Comments Off

097 Dreadnought: Invasion Six – Issue #3 – page 26

It’s the weekly update of my web comic!

My web comic Dreadnought: Invasion Six has been updated. You can view the current page at DreadnoughtSeries.com or start from the beginning on DrunkDuck.com.

And, if you like what you see, please vote for my comic by clicking on this link:

Vote for Dreadnought!

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Dreadnought: Invasion Six Web Comic Updated (Page 96)

August 30th, 2009 | Comments Off

096 Dreadnought: Invasion Six – Issue #3 – page 25

It’s the weekly update of my web comic!

My web comic Dreadnought: Invasion Six has been updated. You can view the current page at DreadnoughtSeries.com or start from the beginning on DrunkDuck.com.

And, if you like what you see, please vote for my comic by clicking on this link:

Vote for Dreadnought!

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GoGoInflight – Live in the Sky

August 28th, 2009 | Comments Off



Hey, cool, I’m flying right now from DCA to ORD on AA 509. It has onboard Internet. Yes, this is live from 33,000 feet (2:00pm Central 08-28-2009.) Nothing much else to say at the moment…

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