Milbrae Art Festival
Golfing Half Moon Bay
Game of Inches
Beer Mile
Eden Balloon Fest 2015
Another PPG Failure
Kite Festival
Cocoa Beach Sunrise
Street Art – San Rafael
Lily’s 1st Trip to California
Lily’s 1st trip to California: Science Center, Yosemite, Mariposa Grove, Beach, Botanic Gardens, Kite Flying and goofing off.
Frustration in PPG
After 5 failed attempts the night before, the next night on the 1st launch it appears that the right side lines got caught in the ground shrubs and the whole glider rolled over, cut a few lines and split my prop 🙁 Warning – PG -13 for Adult language Of course…
Giants vs. Braves
We bought nosebleed tickets to go see the Giants play for $37 via Oracle. The pre-game bar is attached to the stadium, so you walk right to your seat from there. Our seats had a nice view of the bay but not so good of the players, so we sneaked…
Kite Surfing on the Bay
Memorial Day 2015
Horse and Double Rainbow
More Bubble Research
More PPG Training
This week I got 2 more flights in, this time without any blood, jammed fingers, or scraped legs. So I call that progress. As students, we try to help each other learn, by shooting video of each other. On this one the camera man almost got taken out (me) 🙂…
Campbell, CA
Steamies
Rick Smith in San Francisco
Joe Bonamassa Concert
Fraud Alert – Anglican Church of southern Africa
Be aware of this internet fraud that is targeting keynote speakers. Here are some of the type of correspondence you will receive like I did; Here was my final response:) When I spoke to the FBI, they were well aware of you and your scam for many months and are…
Giant Bubble Maker Model
May 2-3 Weekend
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
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
Another day in Paradise
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
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
Worlds’ Biggest Orgy
My World, Your World
How to Give a Killer Speech
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
Sunken Flagships and Side Doors
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
Easter Bunny at Christmastime
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…