New Year's 2008...

from a hot and steamy Miami!

Burnie and how to sway hips

Miami Heat

Dwyane Wade scores 48, the game goes into overtime, and the Heat lose! At least there were the cheerleaders... and Burnie!

Stuck... get me out of here!

It is now Sunday evening and I have now been at KCI (Kansas City International Airport) for over 24 hours. It all started when I boarded my flight on Saturday around 1:45 pm with snow falling outside, heavy snow. This caused the ground workers to take more time loading the bags onto the plane, and the snow turned into snow and ice and prevented us from taking off. We waited on the plane for a 2-3 hours with the hope that the weather would clear but to no avail. A few minutes after 4 pm the flight was cancelled and we were left to rebook on a Sunday flight, in my case leaving KCI for DCA (Washington, DC Reagan National Airport) at 7 pm, 30 mins ago and counting. It appears that the flight going to DCA is coming from LAX (Los Angeles International Airport), and that flight isn't scheduled to arrive before 10:20 pm. All this is due to Saturday's weather which has caused a domino effect resulting in delays on just about any flight. But now that I think about it, the weather started getting better late Saturday night (ie it stopped snowing) and was sunny today, so this domino effect has some rather far-reaching effects in my opinion.
Anyway, I will wait for the flight, and as long as I make it to DCA before 7:25 am Monday morning so that I can catch my flight to FLL (Fort Lauderdale International Airport) I will be content. In the meantime I will enjoy all the amenities KCI has to offer which I am afraid to say are rather bare!

At War

Documentary coming out in 2008

Monday on the range

We spent all day Monday outdoors qualifying on the M-4 weapon (M-16 replacement). We had to shoot at targets in daytime and nighttime, and couldn't leave until everyone in the group passed the nighttime qualification. Shooting in the dark required the use of night vision goggles, those contraptions that turn everything green. A lot of fun but rather cold, fortunately the wind was almost not present. And we made it back to the barracks shortly after midnight. Oh, and lunch consisted of a beef patty with western style beans MRE (meal ready to eat). Doesn't a cold beef patty in a plastic bag sound appealing?

on the range

After a long day outside on the range, qualifying to shoot the M-4 (rifle) in daylight (23 out of 40 targets) and at night (29 out of 40 targets, with night vision goggles), waiting for everyone to qualify. We made it back shortly after midnight, and up again the next day for M-9 (pistol) qualifications!