This video made my day (well, morning … it’s only 8AM)

Needless to say, I haven’t posted anything to FCL in almost 3 months.  Not entirely sure why.  The pup (Deuce) keeps me busy, holiday season, nasty weather events, blah … blah … blah.

I stumbled into this video during my morning media scan, and found myself smiling from ear to ear by the end.  I love seeing people turn their passion (no matter WHAT it is) into fun activities with like-minded friends and coworkers.

This is a pretty cool story.  High school kid designs an A-10 RC model with an 8-foot wing span.  Then, these guys build the damn thing in 10 hours and conclude with a successful first flight.

I was particularly impressed with the chase pilot’s airwork with the drone, basically flying circles around the A-10 in three dimensions.  That’s not inherently easy to do.

Enjoy.

P.S.  And Happy New Year!

Quote from Escape Clause (A Virgil Flowers Novel Book 9)

I got addicted to John Sandford books 2 or 3 years ago.  I’ve read all 28 books in the Prey series (i.e. Lucas Davenport), and am currently reading book 9 in the spinoff Virgil Flowers series.

I’m on my 4th Sandford book in the last 10 days.  They are THAT addicting … I’m telling you.

Anyway, I just read the following quote from first paragraph of Chapter 4 in Escape Clause, and laughed my ass off:

Virgil made a hurried trip from Frankie’s farm back to Mankato, where he lived.  He left Honus at the farm, and as he left, the dog stood in the driveway and barked once.  The bark was a familiar one and translated as ‘asshole!’

My kind of humor.  😉

 

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These guys give me goosebump!

On a bit of a whim this morning, I queried YouTube for ‘military marching drum’ and found this video (above) near the top of the hit list.

What an AMAZING display of musical skill and choreography.

There must be some sort of esoteric science behind the military drummer.  Besides simple cadence, a drum line like this provides an ethereal  fuel that I could march behind for 100’s of miles … non stop.  Just add water.  😉