Cursed - Parallels 4 2009-09-26

I upgraded Parallels 3 to the accursed Parallels 4 today. I am obviously short on brains and long on action.

Hal, hal where are you? I now have the same situation as I did after a previous Parallels upgrade: a missing or corrupt hal.dll.

I recall that I have a recent Winclone copy of my nasty windows OS. I plan to use that cloned copy to step back in time to before the curse of Parallels 4 struck. Wish me luck!

Angel Eyes 2009-09-24

I am back from another trip to Angeles City. This time for one day of flying instead of two: cut short because of the weather and an extra day of work.

I went to the Charlie One local area with an instructor in a C 172 for about an hour and a half of air work: Chandelles, Lazy Eights, Spiral Descents. The ATC at Clark (RPLC) is chaotic. The Clark Tower frequency (118.7) frequently blocks because of poor radio discipline. Give me one shift in the tower and I'd bark them all into shape! I lost at least 20 minutes waiting on the ground.

I aborted the first departure because the C172 that landed before our intended departure went off the end of runway 02 and onto the grass over run. It just sat there instead of vacating so we aborted our take off and went back to join the queue to depart again.

I achieved some half decent Chandelles. My Lazy Eights were however more like a cross between a Lazy Eight and a Wing Over. I did not expect too much because we were both new the the maneuvers. We did not get a fair crack at the Spiral Descents because of the low ceiling of Charlie One. My short field arrival was not that short but there again ATC instructed us to join for runway 02 with a by now 10 Kts tailwind without any warning about the wind. OMNI usually has to use the same runway direction as Clark and for no good aviation reason.

I met a friend who used to work for Omni on the Tuesday evening. This was our first opportunity to share a coffee and chat since first meeting almost a year ago. High five!

The Cat Who Walks Through Walls 2009-09-25

I love reading this book, funny, intriguing, and full of quotes. I cannot remember reading it before; and I can't think of any good reason for leaving it until now.

P87. ... whatever you've done, whatever you've been, it's all, totally, one hundred percent, your own fault. All.

See Emily Play 2009-09-20

Vintage Floyd. You cannot judge a book by the cover!

Xanadu 20090-09-07

I'm busy dragging my boats on shore and setting fire to them: a natural reaction.

This evening I went to Central and met an old friend for dinner. On the way I had my shoes cleaned by one of the shoe shine guys for the first time. I found it a humbling experience. My pace of life and income appear so different to theirs but we depend on each other. I tipped well as the guy did a good job restoring my long neglected shoes. My shoes have never been so presentable! I listened to Xanadu (Rush) then Perspective (Peter Gabriel): my ipod on shuffle.

Dinner was a delight. I now know of another place to eat good and authentic Chinese food in Central.