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Fog Fest
Pacifica…They call it Fog Fest but the purposely schedule it during the highest probability of clear skies in September.
Fleet Week 2017
My 56 Birthday
Salsalito music festival with the Fixx and Pablo Crusie. The Fixx was way better. Fixx from Mark Fox on Vimeo. IMG_3511 from Mark Fox on Vimeo. IMG_3513 from Mark Fox on Vimeo.
Solar Eclipse 2017 and Eden Balloons
McCall, Idaho
Danny set a new record, not $1 dollar did he spend in 4 days on vacation 🙁 And Firework back home in Foster City
Silicon Valley BBQ Championships
Museum of Modern Art
Oleta Adams at Yoshis
Hanging out in San Fran and Muir Woods
55th Birthday
Pick and Pull
Digging through the junk yard in Oakland looking for side mirror for Barb’s Saturn.
23 Anniversary San Fran
Superbowl
The pain and agony of watching the Patriots come back while in Palm Springs on my way back from PPG in Salton Sea. The Beer Hunter Bar. Almost died the next day on a near miss head on collision driving home 🙁
Alpha Acid
I new brewery opened in Belmont. It is a storage unit with a roll up door and a shower curtain for a door. But it was packed.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Christmas Time in San Carlos
Christmas 2016
Half Moon Bay PPG
My morning and very first PPG flight at Half Moon Bay. The Abyss gets a little close at 25 seconds 🙂
Martinez Blues Festival
Wistia Test
Please just simply click on and run the videos, you dont have to really watch them or even watch them to the end…I just need several people clicking on it to test a new measurement system. I am using a hosting service for the videos that allows me to see…
PPG at Eden Balloon Fest
May 2-3 Weekend
Barb wanted us to start documenting things we do while we are in California and to take more pictures of our lives. So here we go; Happy hour at Marvin Gardens Friday night Then the wine bar after dinner……crazy chick in blue got the guy next to her thrown out…
Giant Bubbles
I have been wanting to research and make giant bubbles for many years Now that am semi-retired I finally have some time. I never heard of J-Lube before, when I went to the web site to buy it, it said “The worlds best lubricant for fisting” – no telling what…
Blackhawk PPG Fly In 2015
The weather was perfect for all 4 days. I got in 3 flights but unfortunately did not get any afternoon flights in. The 1st afternoon I failed 3 take offs and got tired so decided to bag it and open a beer. The 2nd night I crashed on take off…
PPG Failed Takeoff
The more seasoned pilots (about 30 years old) tell me you need to budget for about 3 props during training Here is why (this is not me…at least not yet)
Wizard Academy
If you want to make more money in your business, expand your horizons and meet new awesome people this is the place. wizardacademy.org Here is my next class, Da Vinci and the 40 Answers that I am teaching there in October, 2015 in Austin, TX. Look at this place we…
Powered Paraglider Training
This was my 10th flight. It takes about 20 they say before you know what you are doing 🙂 Both my flying toys ( airplane and hot air balloon) are in Florida and now that I am in San Francisco – of course I need a flying toy here. This…
Crush Corn Christmas Contest
Throughout most of his life, Christopher Muldoon (Corn), a legend in his own mind, has lived under the delusion that he is an outstanding golfer. Friends and family have known for years about his illness, but have found no cure to date. A charity “intervention” event will be held to…
Another day in Paradise
75 degrees in May with no worries Your browser does not support the video tag Your browser does not support the video tag
Lily at the beach
Lily Turns 3
We tried to take Lily out to Gorman’s Ranch for her 3rd birthday, but she wasn’t all too excited about the horse and the animals. She had her moments. In fact Gorman called me on the phone today and asked “how is it that a 3 year old says “I…
Crop Formation Report
I have had a moderate interest in crop circles for more than 25 years. I have never really pursued it much, just a general interest that fades in and out as the years goes by. Like most people I (sort of) believed (maybe) what the media has told us for…
Abacos
Rented a 40 foot catamaran for my 50th birthday in Abacos, Bahamas. It was 4 days after hurricane Irene. No one was there but us, we had the whole Caribbean to ourselves.
Day Before Irene
The day before a hurricane, is not the best time to be born. Not if you’re a Sea Turtle anyway. Here is what the ocean in Cocoa Beach looked like yesterday. ——— ———- Here is what it looks like today. • Pay attention to the guys trying to paddle out, I…
Worlds’ Biggest Orgy
It is hard to visualize what 10 million looks like. But I saw it this morning. It is that time of year in Florida, the lovebugs are everywhere. Those pesky little, acid-rich, car paint-destroying, sex maniacs. For those of you who have not experienced it , we are swarmed down…
My World, Your World
“Can you tell me how to get to MacPherson’s Irish Pub?” “Sure, you head North and at the 4th or 5th stop light, it is on the west side.” This is the 1st women I had ever met that used magnetic directions. I nearly burst from excitement. This had been…
How to Give a Killer Speech
My wife said “You don’t need Public Speaking 101, you have been speaking for 30 years now! I’ll be shocked if you learn anything you don’t already know.” But I knew better, this is the Wizard Academy. I could only stay for ½ the class before catching a flight, but…
Fresh Air Fund
My wife and I don’t have any kids. We have periodically talked about getting involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters, but the same problem keeps popping up its ugly head. We just can’t afford the time commitment that they demand. But recently I was contacted by Fresh Air Fund You…
Ballooning in Cocoa Beach
It would’ve been easier finding a Nobel Prize Winner in Cocoa Beach… … than trying to get any friends to wake up at 6:00 am on a Sunday morning. But I finally hit pay dirt when I called my life-long unlucky charm, David Gralla. Alas!.. He didn’t jinx me this…
Sunken Flagships and Side Doors
What would you do if the direct sales from your top selling product tanked tomorrow? Well it’s gonna happen. It may not be tomorrow, but the death of your star will come some day. It’s a fact, so why not assume it is going to happen sooner than later? One…
3-1-2 – The right combination
My friend Roy Williams told me years ago that the best way to develop a killer advertisement is to follow these steps in this order of priority: 3 – Start with the end first. What is the Last Mental Image (LMI) you want your audience to have stuck in their…
2200 Pennies
“A pound of water and a pound of feathers are both still a pound!” “Right… I know that, but we are talking about fluid ounces not weight ounces, there is a difference” “No there’s not” “OK, this 20 fluid ounce bottle of water weighs about 2 pounds, right?” “Yep”…tossing it…
Easter Bunny at Christmastime
Which is more inescapable? Death Valley in July or Santa is December No I am not some kind of Scrooge; I just want to show you an example of how you can use deliberate creativity. A tool to help you think “how to think.” If you’re running holiday advertising with…
CBHS Video
I took Julie’s pictures and turned them into an Animoto video. If anyone wants the actual video, they can download it here. I uploaded it to YouTube but it didn’t look good. I think YouTube compressed it too much. If you anyone wants to send me more pictures and/or another…
Class Reunion
“That’s because only 3 people didn’t smoke pot in high school: You, Me, and one other person. I can’t remember who the 3rd was right now…but… I know for sure it wasn’t HER” ———- “Why didn’t you ever like me? “What are you talking about? What do you mean I…
Innovation Book
Earlier this week I presented my workshop “Da Vinci and the 40 Answers” as part of an Innovation Series to 80 of this country’s leading women. Specifically Women in Defense. Each attendee received a physical copy of my Innovation Book. “Thank you for coming to Picatinny! I thoroughly enjoyed your…
Airline Blues
Well it’s not much, but it’s something. In the days of $7 pillows, blankets and Budweiser’s pretty much anything the airlines do that is positive comes as a surprise. When everyone in your industry sucks, even a little gesture can make a difference. On October 16th, our flight was an…
Free Book on Creativity and Innovation
Most of you know me, but for those of you who don’t – My name is Mark L. Fox and I am author and leading authority on teaching practical creative thinking techniques for business. At age 31, I was the youngest person with the title of Chief Engineer on the…
Like Minds
Is telepathy possible? I argue that it has to exist. Anytime you have fluxuating electrical current it will generate a magnetic field around it. In turn, the magnetic field generates another electrical current. And the process repeats itself indefinitely. Not a single 8th grade science teacher would dispute this. It…