It was the air show weekend this weekend. The Blue Angels were in town and the traffic was out of control. I don’t bother going to the air show any more because there is rarely anything I haven’t already seen, and it costs 40 bucks to get through the gates.
And I can watch the flight demos from my driveway.
Today was the day I was to transfer the funds from my IRA to my flying account. I opted to not do so.
Last week a series of unfortunate things have been going on. People close to me seem to be getting into accidents and getting bad news. My buddy Glenn broke up with his girlfriend, then got laid off. I said “What the hell, is Mercury in retrograde?”
Yep. Until September 5th.
I’d like to say I am not superstitious. But all aviators are at least a little superstitious. Because we have seen things that are not easily explained. You could ask any aviator you know, and they would laugh it off or change the subject.
I don’t want to start my requal when Mercury is in retrograde.
There was a snippet of Barber’s Adagio in the closing of part of an episode of Dexter.
Most people I have asked about it have said they think it is a beautiful, moving piece of music.
I actually find it soul-crushingly depressing. Perhaps we all hear music differently.
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