Football and baseball tonight.

Tonight the Patriots will play their final pre-season game against the Giants and next Thursday they will kick off the football season when they go to Missouri and play the Chiefs.

Since tonights game will be played by third-stringers, I'll probably switch over to every once in a while but my main focus will be the Red Sox.

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The Red Sox are in New York to start a four game series against the struggling Yankees. Hopefully the Red Sox can win all four games and put a lock on the ALEast.

I'm also hoping that the Indians lose all four of their games to the Tigers because that would give the Red Sox a pretty good shot at home field advantage during the playoffs.

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While I watch the Red Sox and occasionally the Patriots, you can click on these:

• Only in Florida.



• Also only in Florida.



• Apparently the people of New Zealand are also a little insane.



• Presenting this episodes Brilliant Criminals of the Month.
  (The mug shots say it all.)



• Key line in this story about those floating fire ant rafts: "Pro tip: Don't touch the floating fire ant colonies. They will ruin your day."

Nice day today

We managed to get some needed rain last night and the day turned out to be one of those perfect New England days. The sun was out, the temp was about 72° and there was no humidity.

Even though I had to work, I still managed to get outside several times and enjoy the day.

One thing that's nice about working at a college is that I have a nice campus to walk around and I take advantage of that by walking at least three times a day.

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The Red Sox won last night and hopefully they win again tonight. The Yankees and the Indians played game one of a double header this afternoon and the Indians won. This means the Red Sox are currently four and a half games ahead of the Yankees in the ALEast and half a game behind Cleveland in the AL.

If the Indians beat the Yankees tonight, there's a pretty good chance that the Red Sox will remain half a game behind the Indians in the AL but be five and a half games ahead of the Yankees in the ALEast.

Tomorrow, the Red Sox travel to New York to play a four game series against the Yankees.

It's a good time to be a baseball fan.

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Here are some links:

• Only at Walmart.



• Only at Walmart.



• Only in Florida.



• So don't drunks. We call it "staggering"...

They won last night.

Let's hope they win again tonight.

As things stand this afternoon, they are three and a half games ahead of the Yankees but half a game behind the Indians. This means if the season ended today, they would not have home field advantage and they play the Indians in Cleveland the ALDS.

Since tonights Indians - Yankees game has been postponed due to rain, the Red Sox can pick up half a game on both teams if they beat the Blue Jays tonight.

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As if they didn't have enough problems in Houston, what with the rain, the storm surge and the wind, now they get to deal with these little bastards.

And once this is all over with, they are going to have to clean up the thousands of cars that are now junk not to mention all the houses that are uninhabitable.

I have a feeling this is going to make Katrina look like a thunderstorm.

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I'm going to watch baseball.

You can click on these:

• How is this woman still alive.



• This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. Any questions?



• Australia: What doesn't kill ya, sneaks up on you and kills ya.



• This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. Any questions?

They are faltering at a bad time

The Red Sox are now only two and a half games ahead of the Yankees and unless they solve their hitting problem, they can pretty much forget about playing baseball past October 1st.

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This will be short because I have a web-based training session from the FAA this evening. It's about the weather and how to avoid dying.

In other words, I'll be paying attention to this.

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While I learn how to not die, you can click on these few links:

• Key phrase in this story: "Please be advised that the video is rather sweary."



• Only in Texas.



• Key phrase in this story: "Troopers also say alcohol played a role in the incident."



• Presenting this episodes Mom of the Month.

Someone get them a Savoy Special

When Roy Hobbs broke Wonderboy, he turned to the bat boy and said, "Go pick me out a winner Bobby." The bat boy, Bobby Savoy, ran into the dugout and grabbed a bat he had made himself, the Savoy Special, and brought it out to Hobbs. Hobbs used it to hit the game winning home run.

The Red Sox need a Savoy Special because right now, they can't hit shit.

As it stands right now, the Red Sox are still in first place but instead of five games ahead, they are only two and a half games ahead. The season is going to be entering it's last month and this is when teams need to maintain or overtake. The teams that falter in September are usually not heard from in October.

I'd like the Red Sox to be heard from in October and right now, they need to get their swing back.

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Here are a few links for you to contemplate:

• I'm not entirely sure what this is. It appears to be a guy dancing while taking a breathalyzer test which, when you think about it, what the hell, you might as well dance.



• Australia: What doesn't kill ya, pisses you off.
  (Caution, bad words and stuff)



• People are stupid.



• Bet he was shocked when he woke up.

It's National Dog Day

He is very excited to have his own day.

I told him he should do something different than he normally does but he decided to treat today like any other day and nap all day long.

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I'm still getting spam but it hasn't been very interesting lately.

Todays spam however was pretty good.

I likes this one:

Link exchange is nothing else however it is just placing the other person's blog link on your page at proper place and other person will also do similar in favor of you.

This one was my favorite:

I've read several just right stuff here. Certainly worth bookmarking for revisiting. I surprise how so much attempt you set to create this type of great informative site.

I think the first guy wants me to put a link to his site on my blog and he will do the same for me. Either that he wants to get familiar with me and I can tell you right now, that's not gonna happen.

The second guy seems to think I work hard at creating knowledge or something like that.

No matter how you interpret it, they both lack a certain understanding of the english language.

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The Red Sox have apparently gone into suck mode. Hopefully it doesn't stay that way for very long because the last thing they need is to start losing games on a regular basis and miss out on October baseball.

That would make me less than happy.

Hopefully todays game goes better because the Yankees are winning there game and if the Red Sox lose, the Yankees will pick up a full game on them.

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It would have been a perfect day for flying but I have way too much to do.

Perhaps next weekend will be just as nice and I can get in an hour of pattern work.

Gotta keep working on those landing skills.

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Enjoy these few links:

• This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. Any questions?



• Key phrase in this story: "He’s a very, very good dog."



• Oh Canada.



• I wonder how much President Trump spends?



• Can you blame them?

Tough night for Sale.

So Chris Sale managed to get his butt whomped last night by the Indians. It's almost as if they know what pitch he is going to throw and they sent baseballs all over the place.

This could be a bad thing given that everyone on the planet is pretty certain that the Red Sox will be facing the Indians in the ALDS. 

This may change if the Astros continue to fall apart and lose their number one position in the American League.

If the ALDS were held today, the Astros would host the Yankees down in Houston and the Red Sox would host the Indians in Boston.

I say that could change because the once-dominant Astros seem to be on a slide lately and they are now only 4 games ahead of the Red Sox. It is very possible that the Red Sox could take the top spot before October baseball is played.

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So the National Weather Service has released their forecast for Hurricane Harvey and it contains words like:

"Heavy rainfall is expected through much of the area with rainfall totals of 20 to 30 inches with maximum amounts near 40 inches"

My favorite line is:

"Locations may be uninhabitable for an extended period."

Seems to me that when they say "uninhabitable" they mean you can't live there. I think it's a nice way to say, "You will die"

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I'm going to watch the Red Sox play the Orioles:

While I do that, you can visit these:

• Only in Florida.



• This would never have happened if Trump had built his wall.



• Key entry from our favorite police log: "4:56 p.m. A Kalispell man was upset because “the entire bar was mad at him last night and it was the bartender’s fault and nobody would do anything about it.” He also called 911 multiple times the night before to convey the same message."



• Pfffttt... I wish....



• Welcome to Arkansas.

The Yankees lost today

The Red Sox are playing the final game in their four game series against the Indians and the Yankees lost their game today. This means that if the Red Sox win tonight, they will five and a half games ahead of the Yankees. If they lose, they'll still be four and a half games ahead.

Did I mention that Sale is pitching tonight?

I love watching Chris Sale pitch.

He's fast, he's accurate and he's all business. Also, the Red Sox rarely lose when  Sale is pitching.

Oh, and did I also mention that the Yankees and the Tigers had three brawls during their game today?

That means that some of the Yankees and some of the Tigers will be getting suspended by MLB. The last thing the Yankees need is to lose some key players but from where I sit, it's not a bad thing.

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You can click on these if you want:

• Attention drug dealers: Did you lose something recently?



• In case you missed the eclipse....



• Only in China.



• Only in Florida.

Busy day today.

Working at a college means that eventually there will be a lot of students on campus and today was that day.

Today was new students check-in day and a lot of very young people were wandering around asking a lot of questions about things I didn't have a lot of knowledge about. I tried my best to be helpful and I'm pretty sure I didn't steer anyone in the wrong direction so hopefully they got to where they needed to be.

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The Red Sox managed to win last night and I'm hoping they win again tonight. Right now, the four game series against the Indians is tied at one each with two games left to play.

If they can take three out of four from the Indians, they will be in pretty damned good shape and stand a good chance of getting home field advantage for the playoffs.

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Here are a few links you can click on while I yell at the Red Sox for not following my sage coaching advice during tonights game:

• I'm betting he had to go home and change his shorts.



• In other news, ESPN thinks Robert E Lee is still alive and he's calling games for them.



• Great. First we're fat and now we're full of shit.



• Key phrase in this story: "...the bride was right in the middle of it."

No post

We had an after-work event we went to so I didn't get home until after 7:00.

That means no blathering tonight.

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You can visit these if you want:

• I'm betting alcohol was involved.



• Only in Florida.

Short post

I gotta be honest with you, I spent my evening building my ADS-B traffic tracking platform tonight and now I'm watching the Red Sox. That means I completely forgot about this.

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Yes, the ADS-B receiver seems to be working just fine. I need to tweak it a bit and then test it in a plane but I'm pretty sure I just made myself a safer pilot.

As for the Red Sox, they are currently down 3 to 2 in the fifth inning and I'm really hoping that changes soon.

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Yes, I saw the eclipse today.  I put the glasses over my iPhone camera and tried to take a picture but that just wasn't going to work out no matter how hard I tried. Here's the result of that attempt:

Not great but what do you expect from an old guy with a phone and no tripod.

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Here are a few links:

• Key phrase in this story: "Apparently, they just couldn’t control themselves."



• Yes, alcohol was involved. Also, some engineering and other skills.



• Key phrase in this story: "They held him, none too gently from the look of his face, until police arrived."

Late post

My wife is once again safe & sound back at home and my daughter is once again safe & sound in her apartment out in Iowa.

They left on Wednesday and did their usual drive out to Ohio. They spent the night in their usual hotel and then made their usual drive from Ohio to Iowa, arriving on their usual Thursday night.

My wife stayed for two days while they restocked the kitchen, cleaned out the summer dust and basically got my daughter settled back into her school life.

This morning my daughter brought my wife to Des Moines airport for her flight.

Her flight was uneventful and I picked her up at 6:00 this evening

She is currently settled comfortably into her recliner.

The Dog is comfortably settled on the floor at her feet.

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The Red Sox managed to win two out of three games to the Yankees and are now 5 games ahead of the Yankees in the ALEast.

They travel to Cleveland tonight where they will play a four game series against the Indians.

I'm hoping they win at least three of those four games...

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Here are some links:

• Psssttt, buddy, wanna buy some chocolate spread?



• Attention you three or four people who support Colin Kapernick: Please boycott the NFL.



• Hey Laaadeeee!!!!



• In case you didn't know this, here's proof that some people are just plain stupid.

Nice day for flying.

I took my friend Tom up for his first ride in a small plane this afternoon and he loved it.

I did one trip in the pattern just because that is what I like to do and then I took him on my typical sightseeing tour of the Quabbin and the upper valley.

There was an interesting cross-wind that was slightly variable. And when I say variable, to point where as we were returning to the airport, a departing aircraft was questioning what runway to use because the wind kept changing direction.

That variable wind made my second landing a little bit of a challenge and I thumped in instead of a nice smooth slide in.

All-in-all, it was a good day to fly and Tom enjoyed it, as did I.

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After I got home from flying, it was time to do a load of laundry, get some grocery shopping done and then make some dinner so I can watch the Red Sox play the Yankees on a full stomach.

And now that I read that sentence it occurs to me that I make a pretty good wife...

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While I watch baseball, you can click on these:

• Only in Florida.



• Also Only in Florida.



• Australia: What doesn't kill ya scares the crap out of ya!

And another one bites the dust

Steve "No, I don't own a comb" Bannon no longer has a key to the front door of the White House.

I found this picture on the internet and I thought it was pretty damned funny:

My money is on the Conway chick down in the lower left corner. We haven't heard from her in a while.

And I like the fact they put his wife and daughter in the picture. It'll be an interesting turn of events if he fires his wife...

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While I watch the Red Sox play the Yankees, you can click on these:

• Yes, alcohol was involved.



• Researchers: Contributing to the betterment of our society or a complete waste of perfectly good oxygen. We report, you decide.



• They don't know what they are missing...



• Mug shot of the month.



• If you watch just one video of a dingbat body slamming a cow, make it this one.

I still don't have a lot to say

Seems like all the news is about whatever Trump said or how was offended by what and I'm sorry but I just don't care what Trump says and I certainly don't give a shit about who was offended by what.

People need to grow up.

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If you haven't seen it yet, you really need to see this video:


And for the record, the photographer is fine.

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Here are a few links for you to visit:

• I thought this story would be from Boston.



• Presenting todays winner of the Mom of the Year award.



• Vermont: The Alabama of New England.



• What the hell is up with Australian women pooping places one would not normally poop?

Sorry about that

I completely forgot about todays post.

To make up for it, here is a pretty damned nice picture that Pat took at this past weekends air show:

Thanks Pat

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Sorry, but when I say I forgot about todays post, I mean I forgot about it entirely.

I got nothing else for you. No links, no comments, no nothing.

Okay, maybe I got this one "Only in Florida" for you.

Bath time is fun time

Yesterday my daughter decided to give her dog a bath.

The process of bathing starts with my daughter talking sweetly to her dog and assuring her that everything is great. Then she goes upstairs to fill the tub, lay out the towels and basically set up the bathroom.

The Emergency Backup Dog however, isn't having any of it and she immediately jumped up on the couch next to my wife and begged for protection.

My wife offered no protection at all and the dog ended up suffering through her bath.

For the record, she survived.

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Just so you know, I've been trying to avoid all things political because I think the problem with our society is that people are too quick to tell everyone around them that their opinion sucks and they are wrong or evil.

There is a lot of conflict going on and no matter which side I look at, I only see assholes.

What ever happened to simple civility?

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I'm going to watch some baseball and see if Farrell has learned anything about coaching.

While I do that, you can click on these:

• Australia: What doesn't kill ya might just be a fictional character that beats the crap out of ya.



• There, we fixed it.



• Presenting this episodes Mom of the Week.



• Key Only in Florida sentence in this story: "...shooting a gun while taking a selfie in a strip club restroom."



• Socialism for bicycles.

Makeup game today.

The Indians rolled into town for one game today and it started at 6:00.

I'm watching it now and I'm hoping that Fister starts pitching a lot better than he currently is.

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While I yell at Farrell for his in-game management skills, you can click on these:

• I'm amazed that alcohol wasn't involved.



• Australia: What doesn't kill ya, kills ya.



• Australia: What doesn't kill ya, takes a big dump on ya.



• I'm thinking it might be time for a divorce.



• If you've ever wanted to own a whore house, now's your chance.

Late game this evening

Because the arrogant network, ESPN, is carrying tonights game, it won't be on until 8:00. But even then, that's not when the game will start

That's when the full-of-themselves-talking-heads on ESPN will regale us with their wisdom, wit and quips about their long-gone careers as players/coaches.

Then, once the blabbering ex-jocks-turned-talking-heads run out of verbs, nouns, "errs", grunts and unrelated stories, ESPN will run a dozen commercials and promos before finally getting to the first pitch.

When they finally go to the ballpark, some chick who is trying to impress me with her baseball knowledge will call the game alongside of yet another ex-jock and some professional talking-head who is trying his best to get into her pants by fawning over everything she says.

ESPN can kiss my rosy red ass. I hate those guys. MaybeI'll put the game on with the sound off and listen to the radio.

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While I watch America Funniest Home Videos, you can click on these:

• I'm not sure why the word "penis" appears in the story five times.



• "Damn, my phone died. Now I'm gonna have to pee on it."



• I'm pretty sure you aren't gonna get a date if you do this.



• Maybe there will be fewer fights now.



• Key story in this story: "Officers stopped McCoy who told them he was urinating when his pants fell down and he was startled by a groundhog which caused him to expose his genitals to the victim."



• Only in Florida.

My neighbors are moving

The folks diagonally across the street from us are selling their house and moving.

This is a good thing because now that they are moving, our property values should go back up to where they belong.

These are the people that left an above-ground pool ladder in their front yard for two months.

These are the people that don't bother to clear the snow out of their driveway. Instead, the husband revs up his car and plows through the snowbank, pushing all that snow into the street for the rest of us to drive around.

These are the people with two drivers and four (or possibly five) cars, all of which are piles of crap except for the Hummer that he only drives occasionally.

These are the people with three kids who have thousands of toys that they leave in the street when they go in at night

I'd like my property value to go back up and I'd like to be able to drive down the road without swerving around snowbanks or hastily-discarded bicycles.

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The Red Sox lost last night but they won this afternoon so  they are still in first place in the ALEast by four and a half games.

This continues to make me happy.

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Here are some links:

• I did not win the MegaMillions and neither did you.



• How come this product isn't being used at Big Y or Stop & Shop?



• This is why baseball is a great game. You never know what those guys are going to do when they're bored.



• Keep this in mind during the upcoming nuclear war.

Back at it.

The Red Sox are in New York tonight to play the Yankees who, by the way, managed to lose last night and are now four and a half games behind the Red Sox.

The Red Sox are sitting on a 8 game winning streak and I'm hoping that when I wake up tomorrow I find they are sitting on a 9 game winning streak.

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My daughter is packing her belongings in anticipation of her return the Iowa. Hopefully she doesn't have so much stuff that her car can't handle it.

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I'm going to watch some baseball.

You can do whatever you want.

• This is a hell of an advertisement for BMW. The driver walked away from that car after it fell seven stories.



• Attention teenagers: Yes, you go to jail for things like this.

Once again, no Red Sox.

The Red Sox are on a travel day today, heading to New York to play a three game series against the Yankees.

Once that is done, they'll head back to Boston to play a make-up game against the Indians and then two games against the Cardinals.

After that, they'll do it again when they host the Yankees and then head to Cleveland to play the Indians.

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I read an interesting analysis today about North Korea. It seems to me that every news outlet has been saying over and over again that North Korea will not negotiate.

Then I found this interesting tidbit that seemed to make a lot of sense to me.

In the article, the writer says, "The media cherry-picked a part of what the North Koreans were saying in order to write a sensational story."

Here's the key North Korean statement with some emphasis on the part the media is not covering:

We will, under no circumstances, put the nukes and ballistic rockets on the negotiating table. Neither shall we flinch even an inch from the road to bolstering up the nuclear forces chosen by ourselves, unless the hostile policy and nuclear threat of the U.S. against the D.P.R.K. are fundamentally eliminated.

They, meaning the media and the government, need to start paying attention to what is being said.

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I'm going to watch the Pawtucket Red Sox play some baseball.

You can look at these:

• If you ever wondered if Glen Campbell could play the guitar, wonder no longer.



• Key line in this Florida story: "...police found fecal matter in the toilet..."



• Watch this video and at the 53 second point, you will laugh.

Four games in first

The Red Sox managed to win last night and the Yankees managed to lose. That means they are now four games ahead of the Yankees.

I like it when they are four games ahead.

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I was unable to stay awake to the end of the last nights game and I probably won't make it to the end of tonights games.

Waking up at 4:30 in the morning makes staying awake past 9:00 in the evening a little difficult.

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You are certainly welcome to click on these links if you want:

• If you are planning on selling an illegal substance, you should probably use a plain white van.



• Only in Florida.



• Can someone please explain to me why anyone would bring a gun to an airport?

Good dogs.

The doorbell rang and when my wife opened it, there was as stranger at the door. The dogs went ballistic and started barking and growling. As he backed away from the door, he said he was offering energy audits.

I don't want to say that he was in a hurry to get away from the dogs but when my wife said, "No thanks, we're all set" he left as quick as he could.

And that is why I like dogs. If they don't like someone or they get the feeling you are not happy with someone, they will make it clear that they will protect you with their very lives if need be.

I assume that after he left, they both went back to their couches and fell sound asleep.

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I know this may shock you but I'm going to watch some baseball now.

While I do that, you can surf on these interweberthings:

• He was a lineman for the county and he drove the main roads.



• You need a license to drive a car and a license to go fishing but they let any asshole become a parent.



• I've been saying this for years.



• So I guess the answer is drink more beer.



• He was a legend.

No Red Sox tonight

Today is a travel day for the Red Sox as they head down to Tampa for two games against the Rays.

I was pleasantly surprised when I was scrolling through the channel guide, looking for something to watch, and I found that NESN is carrying a Pawtucket Red Sox game. This means I get to watch baseball!

This makes me happy.

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This evening I started working on all the "stuff" I need to build a ADSB-in system for my flying pleasure.

For the record, ADSB is the system put together by the FAA to allow ATC as well as aircraft to "see" each other. They issued a directive that all aircraft must have ADSB-out (transmitter) before 2018 so that ATC can "see" all of the aircraft, along with all the information they need to determine altitude, speed, etc... When I show you those images of my flight, it's because of ADSB that they are available.

The beauty of the system is that if you put a ADSB-in (receiver) in your plane and hook it up to a mapping system, you not only get a picture of all the aircraft in your area, you can also receive weather information and airport information.

These are traditionally very expensive systems but several nerd pilots got together some time ago and created not only a flight planning and mapping system for the iPad called FLTPlan Go, someone also came up with a design using the RaspberryPI mini computer that is the perfect ADSB-in receiver.

I have an old iPad that I've successfully installed FLTPlan Go on and in the next few weeks I'll be ordering all the parts I need to build the receiver and connecting it to the iPad.

This means I no longer have to rely solely on my eyes or the ATC to tell me if someone is near me or heading towards me. I will be able to look at a screen and see everything that is around me, inlcuding any weather I need to be aware of.

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While I watch the PawSox do their thing and play with my new flight software, you can click on these links:

• Only in China.



• This does not shock me.



• I'm betting The Sopranos had something to do with this.



• Beer: Is there anything it can't do?



• I'm trying hard not to make any Jim Fixx jokes.



• You gotta love dogs.

Good day for baseball

I managed to get my lawn mowed this morning and get cleaned up in time to watch the game.

The Red Sox won, but so did the Yankees and the Rays so the Red Sox remain three games ahead of the Yankees and five & a half games ahead of the Rays..

This is shaping up to be a good second half of the season. And for the record, the Red Sox have won eight of their last ten games and are at .563 for the season.

This makes me a happy guy.

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No flying for me this weekend. It's an expensive thing to do so I'm trying to limit myself to only twice a month or maybe even once every three weeks.

Hopefully the weather is good next weekend and I can get an hour of pattern work in.

I like flying in the pattern. It builds my landing skills and as I always say, that's kind of an important skill to have.

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Let me leave you with the latest spam message:

I love reading through an article that can make people think. Also, many thanks for permitting me to comment!

You're welcome.

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Here are some links that I found:

• Key phrase in this story: "...take down the unflattering mug shot..."



• Key phrase in this story: "...it appeared significantly larger than the people herding it."



• Key entry from our favorite police log: "7:23 a.m. Ten cows were standing in the road in Columbia Falls. Someone contacted the cows’ owner, but it turned out he had just sold them, so they weren’t his problem anymore."



• Here's your Naked Guy In The News story.



• Here's your Semi-Naked Local Guy In The News story.

We made a Costco run today

Seems that every time we go to Costco, we end up lugging home a bunch of stuff we didn't plan on buying.

Today was different.

We stuck to the list, got only what we needed and then left....

....and if you believe that, I got a bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell you.

We went in with a list of five or six items and when we left, we had to play a little tetris with the trunk and back seat in order to fit everything.

Costco has a way of showing us things we suddenly need to buy.

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The Red Sox are paying at 7:00 tonight and as of 6:00pm today, they are three games ahead of the Yankees and four & a half games ahead of the Rays.

This makes me happy.

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You should probably think about clicking on these:

• Well, I guess that's one way to get what you ordered.



• Only in Florida.



• Pffftttt.... French people.....



• Key phrase in this story: "...the poignant smell of skunk, which emanated throughout the house."

First place by two games

The Red Sox started today with a two game lead in the ALEast.

Hopefully the Indians beat the Yankees again tonight and the Red Sox beat the White Sox. That will put them three games over the Yankees.

I'd like to see them with a three game lead again.

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I've loaded up on headcold medicine so I'll be falling asleep now.

You can click on these if you want:

• I know my dog is.



• Oh Canada.



• You know things are bad when they have to ask for a 3 day cease fire...

First place by a game

The Indians and the Red Sox won't get to play the third game of their three game series until August 14th when the Indians will make a quick stop in Boston on their way to Minneapolis from Tampa Bay.

Sorta sucks to be the Indians.

On the upside, the Yankees lost to the Tigers last night which means the Red Sox are now in first place by a full game.

I like it when they are in first place.

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I'm going to take some more headcold medicine and try to watch a few innings of baseball.

You can do whatever you want.

If what you want is to click on these, then go right ahead:

• Key phrase in this story: "It was painted black, looks like with a roller..."



• Key phrase in the story: "I view this as a form of bullying to be honest."



• My children won't have to worry about this kind of thing. They'll be proud to have all of my old ISA/EISA video/audio/network cards, the giant collection of DRAM/SDRAM and those highly collectible 5 1/4 floppy discs.



• Meet the Worlds Grumpiest Royal.



• Only in Florida.

Yet another quiet day

Looks like the Red Sox will be rained out. According to my weather sources, it's going to be raining in Boston until at least 10:00 tonight.

If they decide to start the game at that hour, I certainly won't be watching it.

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I got no links for you today and I'm not planning on finding any. Instead,  I'm going to go take a headcold pill and fall asleep.

Quiet day today

President Trump didn't tweet out any new executive orders, he didn't tweet out any insults or cheap shots at any of his staff and he didn't fire anyone today.

I'd kind of like things to stay this way for a while.

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The Red Sox won last night and I'm hoping they win again tonight. They are still a half game behind the Yankees and the only way they can catch them is if they continue to win.

Hopefully the Yankees lose tonight.

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As for me, I seem to have a cold. This means I will be taking some headcold medicine this evening and then falling asleep.

Headcold medicine does the same thing to me that beer does - Makes me a little loopy and puts me to sleep.

While I stare blankly at my television until I nod off, you can click on these:

• We apparently have a new Director of the FBI. Let's see how long he lasts....



• Wasn't this a scene from the movie BackDraft?



• Will this virus do the same thing to gypsy moth and if so, where can we get some?



• I'm thinking this is not a marriage made in heaven...



• Only in Florida.



• If you are ever in China, stay away from the water parks.