The Joy of Flight

I've decided to take private pilot lessons. I'll pause a moment while that sinks in.

Yes, I've gotten bored with having my job also be my hobby (as it is with most techie people) so at the urging of my father I've decided to pursue something I've always had more than a passing interest in. Today, I went to the Shelby County Airport for a "discovery flight" (basically to see if I have the nerve to fly in something that has about as much interior space as my car). I have to say, that was perhaps the coolest thing I've done, in a long time.

Honestly, the plane was not as hard to fly as I thought it would be. Of course, any seasoned pilot will tell you that *flying* is easy, it's the landing that takes skill and practice :-) . I have a *lot* of weight to lose before I can be as comfortable in the cockpit as I am in my Windstar, but I've needed to lose weight for the longest time anyway, and this is just one more reason to finally put down the Kit Kat bars and the Wendy's double cheeseburgers, get off my dead behind, and *do* something.

More to follow...

Long time no see

I got a PM from a reader on the weather forum I hang out on, saying that he was actually reading my blog (gasp, shock horror) :) and so i decided it was about time for an update. Not really much to say, other than I'm enjoying the new job position, even though I am *so* out of my element.

More later.

Job changes

Well, it's been official for a week now. I've changed job positions with my employer, the US subsidiary of a multinational financial services company :-). I now support the network directly (routers, switches, etc) instead of doing server support.

Now, you might ask, "What's a server jockey doing taking a job as a router monkey?". Good question :-) This is always a direction I've wanted to take my career, and I've actually attended classes in the distant past to become Cisco certified. I never completed them, because the fraudulent school I attended took the money and ran. I got a laptop out of the deal, I affectionately refer to it as "my $21,000 laptop". But that's a story for a different post.

At any rate, I'll be exposed to a lot of cool technology in the new position (well, cool to me, anyway).