http://herdingchaos.net Rants from a husband, father, and computer programmer. Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:30:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sunset during the return flight from North Carolina http://herdingchaos.net/2008/01/15/the-return/ Making 190+ knots over the ground and only burning 14.7 gal/hr on my way to NC to visit family on new year's day. http://herdingchaos.net/2008/01/09/cruising/ I got my new scooter in today. It is a Z20a from EVT America. (warning: annoying noise in flash animation at the head of every page on EVT's site). It is all electric. I have a eGo Cycle2 that I am replacing with the z20. This thing has a really nice ... http://herdingchaos.net/2007/12/29/my-new-scooter/ As you can tell I have not updated this blog for 5 months. The super abridged version of the past five months follows. Early July: Loren became potty trained. Mid August: Celebrated 11 years of marriage. Late August: Went to Sea World San Antonio with the family and had a blast. Mid September: My ... http://herdingchaos.net/2007/12/16/5-months-later/ It has been raining for a month. The large flood control lake nearby has been full for a while. A couple of nights ago a huge storm system parked over Austin and the area to the north west which also happens to be upstream. I took the following graph from ... http://herdingchaos.net/2007/07/01/under-pressure/ Today I called a seller about a plane. Today I called a aviation medical examiner and made an appointment to update my FAA medical. Today I called for an insurance quote on 2 different types of planes. Today I put together a spreadsheet with a breakdown of expenses, investments, and rates we need ... http://herdingchaos.net/2007/06/26/the-icarus-in-me/ http://herdingchaos.net/2007/06/25/my-favorite-bios-error-message/ I waited until Friday this week so here is a double feature. It was getting really dark so these are a bit blurry. And the master S'more maker. http://herdingchaos.net/2007/06/15/summertime-smores/ I am actually going to try and bring back the picture of the week. My last was from September 2005. This was taken while on vacation last week. http://herdingchaos.net/2007/06/05/hawksnest-beach-st-john-usvi/ I am now 10 weeks out from my jaw surgery. I can now eat pretty normal again. I still avoid anything hard to chew. In the last 2 weeks I have really started to feel like myself again. On Monday, the surgeon told me things were looking great. I saw ... http://herdingchaos.net/2007/06/05/surgery-update/