How the hell did a Canadian band, Steppenwolf, and their hit song Born To Be Wild, become such a favorite song amongst american rednecks?

Hello FBI / CIA internet sniffers..

George ( dubbleya ) Bush, mind your own fucking business!

Have you noticed since everyone has a camcorder in the car these days no one talks about seeing UFO's like they used to?

You know when you're sitting on a chair and you lean back so you're just on two legs then you lean too far and you almost fall over but at the last second you catch yourself? I feel like that all the time.

In the 60's people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world IS weird and people take Prozac to make it seem normal.

Why do some people think it is cool to be stupid?

Two Rules...

Speak your mind.

Watch your back.

I must be retarted. I went to bed last night at 3am, and got up an hour ago at 630 am, and now I don't feel like sleeping. The worst part of all the traveling is now, since I've been on the go so much, I can't figure out where I belong. Home doesn't feel right. Saskatoon, didn't feel right. Maybe I should just get drunk, that would feel right.

Since the 22nd of Aug, I've done a ton of flying. My quick calculation, I figure I've flown 31050 miles since then! That translates to about 60 hours in the air. It also means that I flew enough to encircle the globe 1 and a quarter times! ( The earth's circumfrence s 24,889 miles ) ( So far this year, I figure I've flown about 65000 miles which is 2.6 times around the globe ) ( I also have discovered, that my previous yearly best was estimated way to high. Or the method of calculation I am using this time is low. )

Of the 31050, 15303 was all in one day! ( That is over 1/2 way around the globe in 1 day! )

I'm tired.

Here was my routing... YYC - YXE - YVR - HKG - YVR - YEG - YYC - YQR - YYC - YXE - YYC - YVR - HKG - YVR - YXE - YYC !

I am home now, and don't plan to go anywhere for at least 2 weeks!

Cara and Andrew, did you find my letter yet? ( I wouldn't ask, but I am pretty sure you'll be mad at me when you do, so I've been expecting an email, but havn't gotten it! )

Holy cow it's been a long time since I've written... Since my last long day, I spent another day flying, I went from Calgary, to Vancouver, to pick up Debbie. That was fun. Our aircraft was broken, so we took a different aircraft. It was only about an hour delay, big whoop. Once in Saskatoon, I wen't to Mom and Dads to visit for a while, then I went back to the airport to pick up Cara and Andrew to take them to Calgary.
It was very cool having them in Calgary, we did some cool stuff, some cold stuff, and some other stuff. We spent Saturday night in Banff, camping. Andrew had never slept in a tent or been camping before, he handled it all very well, in typical Andrew style! ( always smiling )
The next couple of days were back in Calgary, enjoying the cool, autumnish weather.
Wed, we left Calgary for Vancouver, where Cara and Andrew went to visit family. I went swimming at Randy's. Then I drove Randy to work, and took his car. I had full intentions of doing a bit of shopping, but I went straight to Randy's, and fell asleep until it was time to pick him up. What a looser I am.
I met up with Cara and Andrew at the airport, so we could continue our trip to Hong Kong. They must have been tired, because they both slept a bunch on the way. ( I slept for about 9 hours.. pretty good )
So... it was this morning when we arrived in Hong Kong. I crashed for a couple of hours, then we went for Yum Cha with Andrews parents. It is soo cool, we go to the same restaraunt, and sit at the same table every time! I feel like a regular! We spent the afternoon in Mong Kok, buying stuff for everyones phones.. Sorry Curtis, no blue chrome. Sorry Kathy, no chrome. Sorry Kyle no dragons.
On the bus on the way home, the guy sitting accross from me, was wearing a huge watch. After I got up some courage, I said to him, "You must be a pilot.".... of course he was, only pilots wear watches that big. He seemed very nice, but we didn't get to talk much. Oh well.. it would have just depressed me more anyway. It was 2 years ago today, that I finished my commercial liscense. And here I am... 2 years later, no job. Cara tried to cheer me up, but I asked her to change the subject. I hope I wasn't rude.

My Day
starting early in the am of 22nd aug (times in brackets are Calgary time) times not in brackets are my current time zone.

(0015, 22nd Aug) finish work
(0045, 22nd Aug) wash clothes, eat, clean the kitchen
(0300, 22nd Aug) finally sleep
(0619, 22nd Aug) wake, iron clothes, pack, drive to hospital to pick up Kathy arrive at
(0710, 22nd Aug) nap until Kathy arrives at
(0750, 22nd Aug) go for breakfast
(0900, 22nd Aug) arrive at airport in Calgary
(0945, 22nd Aug) depart YYC ( 5 min early! )
(1040, 22nd Aug) arrive YXE (10 min early! ) Visit briefly with friends at airport.
(1100, 22nd Aug) Greg picks me up, we go for coffee, he's buying! (too bad he didn't bring any money)
(1230, 22nd Aug) Greg drops me off at Mom & Dads
(1300, 22nd Aug) sleep
(1630, 22nd Aug) wake,shower etc
(1730, 22nd Aug) Dale, Debbie, Kyle & Chad arrive for supper.
(1935, 22nd Aug) leave for airport ( quick stop to get sleepy pills )
(2000, 22nd Aug) check in with Debbie for our trip to Vancouver. Visit again with friends at airport. Mostly Jason, he's got big news....
(2040, 22nd Aug) Depart YXE ( 10 min early ) have 1 beer on plane. Debbie bought!
(2230, 22nd Aug) 2130 ( Vancouver time now ) arrive YVR ( 20 early )
after much hilarity Debbie arranges her ride to pick her up. We head for the pick up point.
(2300, 22nd Aug) 2200 Randy is at pick up point. Say Bye's to Debbie, a bit uneasy about leaving her behind. As we drive away, Debbies ride arrives. All is well. Driving to Randys, I notice the full moon. Beautiful.
(2330, 22nd Aug) 2230 Randy's place
(2345, 22nd Aug) 2245 pub. Kilkenny, crab & spinach dip.

(0105, 23 Aug) 0005 arrive airport to wait for seat. Randy and I wander around looking at the sluts sleeping on the floor.
(0145, 23 Aug) 0045 get my seat. 4D! Business class! Yeehaw! Say Bye's to Randy. Run for plane. Call Kathy on the run.
(0210, 23 Aug) 0110 very comfortable, depart YVR
Relax, get comfy, have excellent supper, decide to nap. The last thing I remember is seeing 11:45 remaining in flight. Wake 3:10 remaining, pee, sleep. Wake 1:55 remaining. Breakfast. I can see the full moon out the window. Land at
(1515, 23 Aug) 0515, 24 Aug ( 30 min early ) ( HKG time now ) hustle off the plane to discover, the train to the termial dont run until 0600.
(1530, 23 Aug) 0530 start walking.... Breeze thru customs catch the
(1601, 23 Aug) 0556 train to Tung Chung see the moon again, I wonder if it missed me.
(1601, 23 Aug) 0601 arrive in Tung Chung to see the Discovery Bay bus leave. Take some pics. Look for washroom. No luck.
(1630, 23 Aug) 0630 bus to Discovery Bay. start writing
(1645, 23 Aug) 0645 arrive Discovery Bay. Take a pic. Keep writing.
(1703, 23 Aug) 0703 start walking to Cara & Andrews. Getting hungry.
(1716, 23 Aug) 0716 find Cara & Whiskey. Hang out. Shower.
(1900, 23 Aug) 0900 depart Cara & Andrews to go to
(1930, 23 Aug) 0930 Tung Chung for
(1935, 23 Aug) 0935 Dim Sum (Breakfast)
(2027, 23 Aug) 1027 waiting for bus to airport.
(2045, 23 Aug) 1045 back at HKG
(2130, 23 Aug) 1130 waiting for seat
(2220, 23 Aug) 1220 since the flight was weight critical, we are told to run for the gate, maybe we'll get seats there...
(2240, 23 Aug) 1240 get to gate, get seats. It's all good.
(2250, 23 Aug) 1250 push back. Clunking noises from below.
(2255, 23 Aug) 1255 ."Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your Captain speaking... Sorry for the delay. We're just waiting for maintenance to come and look at a small problem. We'll keep you updated..." I go so far as to put my shoes back on because I am sure we are broken...
(2305, 23 Aug) 1305 all is well, I'll be sleeping soon.
6 hour nap...

(1050, 24 Aug) 0950 ( Vancouver time ) arrive in YVR. Still hear clunking noises, but all is well. Clear customs. Get checked in for a
(1215, 24 Aug) 11:15 flight to Calgary
(1225, 24 Aug) 11:25 bumped
(1230, 24 Aug) 11:30 run for Edmonton flight
(1235, 24 Aug) 11:35 sitting in business class on our way to Edmonton.
(1355, 24 Aug) Edmonton. Sit here for a while, until..
(1700, 24 Aug) edmonton to regina via calgary
(1830, 24 Aug) depart calgary. Very tired. Trying not to show it.
(2015, 24 Aug) land & say very quick bye's to Cara and Andrew. Quick hello to Cara's mom
(2020, 24 Aug) got a seat back to Calgary. Alone again.
(2025, 24 Aug) back row 2 pillows 1 blanket...
No sleep.. I notice the moon on final approach into Calgary. Mr Moon has been my companion the entire trip.
(2205, 24 Aug) on the ground in YYC
(2225, 24 Aug) picked up by Kathy
(2303, 24 Aug) home. Its been 64 hours since I left home... was that ever cool!

Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam... If anyone figures this out there is a treat for them!

The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

I swear to god i must be the only true optimist left on the planet.

I think the last place I would like to be beamed is 'Up scotty'.

Mostly, I think I'm.... misunderstood.

Note: You can buy a used airplane for about the same price as a new sports car.

Riddle: What's the main difference between the sports car and the airplane?

Answer: If you accelerate the sports car to about 75 miles per hour and pull back on the steering wheel, nothing very interesting happens.

So, what happened on my trip?

Montreal : Had a blast. I didn't intend to drink that much. My apologies to the person who had to clean up my hotel bathroom. Special thanks to Keith and Trina for inviting me to their wedding! Also, discovered Kathy and I are mentioned in the 2000 Lonely Planet, Costa Rica! ( Look among the hundreds of other people in the acknowledgements section!)

Toronto : Had a very quiet time. Exactly what I needed. Dirty and Bob are PREGNANT! COOL! They have a great place. When they finally move in they will be loving it. ;) Thanks to Bob and Diana for understanding my hangover, and for taking such good care of me. ( The Goat Cheeze was great on the burger!)

Winnipeg : Cool.... Much to think about I do.

Saskatoon : Visited with family. Took my brothers 4X4 for a drive. Found a car that had 2 people having sex! 2 feet with white socks high in the air, and a big white ass working away. It was quite a sight. Then, we take the 4X4 to a mud puddle. Dale was convinced It would never get stuck. I got it stuck, no problem. :)

SCUBA : Very cool.... I can't wait until next week!