I am a Rocket Man

Saturday, October 09, 2004

Close up rocket shot Today I decided on a whim to take the boys to the hobby shop and get some rockets. Truthfully, I didnt spontaneously come up with the idea all on my own. I was actually browsing one of my frequently visited sites (Cameron Moll). I came across a link in the right hand column from his Wife about rockets and other things. I decided to read it. It really inspired me. I love spending time with my boys and I thought "Man, that would be perfect today".
After about 30 minutes at the Hobby Shop we settled on a pre-built model to decrease the Time Till Fun (TTF). We picked up some extra engines and another Mini Rocket the requires minor assembly. But, what hobby shop visit would be complete without a couple old school balsa wood airplanes?

Once we got back to the park and got the deal laid out and ready to launch, we discovered that we had a defective trigger for the ignition (no pictures). This really sucked because I had spent about half an hour getting this thing ready to launch, did the anticipated 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... ...Nothing. Boy did I feel like a schmuck. I was determined to launch a rocket today(MacGyver style or whatever). I promised these guys a rocket and darnit, we are gonna launch a rocket.

The boys waiting patiently Damn, off to the quickie mart to get another 9 Volt just in case. New nine volt = still no launch. "F$%@ it, I am going to disassemble this trigger and hard wire it to the battery". Sure enough! After a brief disassembly with a leatherman, the battery was giving the juice to the ignition. In just a few minutes we had lift off.

floating rocket But where there is smoke..., you know the rest. Actually the fire is just from the engine thrust which looks much cooler when you are actually there. Sorry you all couldn't be there. Maybe next time.

After launching the rocket three time with the engines provided, we broke out the extra engines we had purchased and hoped to continue the fun. Unfortunately, the ignitors didn't seem to work. Damn, oh well. At least we got to launch it three times and see a little fire in the sky.

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Skyler's first haircut in a long time

I was so happy with the way Skyler's haircut turned out that I wanted to post a picture of it. After months of growing his hair out, he finally decided to get it cut. Of course, I persuaded him a little bit. But it didn't take much.

I am just glad that he is happy with it,. He could have been really bummed out and spent another 2 years growing it out again. He almost got it cut on my previous haircut trip. At the last minute he change his mind. I think he had too much time to think about it.

If I get around to it, I will upload some before and after shots.In the event that I don't upload more pictures, this one will just have to do.

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Still working on this damn Blog!

Friday, October 08, 2004

So I was like okay, I will just make some quick changes and get my blog up and running. Yeah, sure, that will happen Noah. 3+ hours later I am sitting here tweaking all kinds of stuff just to get it all dialed in the way I want it. I guess that is just the nature of the things when it comes to development.

Hopefully one day I will actually have this whole thing finished. That will be a great day. I have so many other projects I want to work on but rarley can find the time.

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Moving to another cubicle today

So... at my other job I stayed in the same place pretty much the whole time. Well, I moved twice, but once was just to get a better seat by the window and the second time was only temporary while I was working a project in our downstairs area. Anyway, I am moving one set of cubes over to essentially the same cube in a different place. No big deal. It just is entirely too easy to get comfortable in one place. My new spot is offset slightly different with regards to the windows. I actually think I will like it better. I will have a window right in front of my desk. The best part about today is that it is friday and it is the start of a three day weekend. Gotta love it.

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