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squawking VFR: December 2005
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Wednesday, December 21, 2005. Squawking VFR is on hiatus until Jan. 13. . With any luck, I will have passed my CFI checkride that day, and can stop studying like a maniac. Posted by Pete @ 12:15 PM. Monday, December 05, 2005. Rudolph the red-nosed fraud. F all the irritating byproducts of the holiday season, none are as grating as America's favorite loser, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen. Comet and Cupid, Donner and Blitzen. But do you recall. The story is...
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squawking VFR: October 2005
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Monday, October 31, 2005. My Heart Is The Bums On The Street. Hate it when I'm right. Last week, I told anyone who would listen my beloved Cleveland Browns would lose to the winless Houston Texans on Sunday, something of an odd statement considering that I am a die-hard Browns fan and the Texans are by far and away the worst team in the National Football League. This is Cleveland, a town cursed since the day Art Modell fired Paul Brown in 1964. Sunday was no different. Holding a 13-10 lead in the fou...
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squawking VFR: September 2005
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Friday, September 30, 2005. Rushing your teeth can kill you. You've probably always assumed the twice-a-day activity actually contributed to health. But fluoride, the popular ingredient in most toothpastes that most companies say prevents tooth decay, also has some unsettling side effects. Fluoride has been linked to bone cancer, ADD, thyroid and endocrine problems. At least that's the charge of a book I'm reading called The Fluoride Deception. Yes, we are brushing our teeth with poison. And it's rig...
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squawking VFR: March 2006
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Tuesday, March 28, 2006. All Along The CD Tower. Hile organizing my CDs the other day, I questioned the need for certain albums to remain in the collection. I did no vetting this time, but next time, there will surely be some discs ripe for elimination. Here's a look at the three albums I am most embarrassed to own. Have fun mocking me for the following atrocities:. 1 The Bridge, Billy Joel. 2 Away From The Sun, Three Doors Down. 3 Pump, Aerosmith. As the fifth tune on this disc proudly declares, it is i...
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squawking VFR: May 2006
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Monday, May 29, 2006. Ongratulations are in order for Mr. Joe Pendleton. If you read this week's Sports Illustrated, he is mentioned in the lead paragraph of the Carson Palmer rehabilitation article. Take a bow, o famous friend. Posted by Pete @ 10:51 PM. Thursday, May 25, 2006. Heyday of the power ballads. Power ballads of that memorable era. Unfortunately, photographic evidence exists somewhere in my mother's scrapbooks. 1 Home Sweet Home, Motley Crue. The first one was also the best. It is also worth ...
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squawking VFR: April 2006
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Saturday, April 22, 2006. Was checking out airfares earlier today on www.continental.com for a potential trip back to Jersey in early August. Thought I would throw the following out here for those of you attending the November wedding here:. Departing Newark on Nov. 3 and returning Nov. 5 or 6, depending on your mood, Continental had round-trip nonstops available for $288. When I've done this route in the last two years, it has been anywhere from $226 to $313. Posted by Pete @ 7:35 PM. Upon arriving at w...
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squawking VFR: January 2006
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Monday, January 30, 2006. Few days before the flight-instructor test, we took a little break from the studying and went for a snowshoe in the mountains. The all-study, no-gym approach these last few weeks left me gasping for air on gentle, rolling trail that alongside a mountain with relatively little elevation gain. Decided we were too tired to explore further, we turned around. It was about this time a gentleman jogging on snowshoes approached. "You guys should be careful," he said. "There'...Spared an...
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squawking VFR: August 2005
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Monday, August 22, 2005. Ode to Dirty Hair. T is with great regret that I report the demise of Skinny Vinnie’s. The dilapidated, two-story brick structure that held New Brunswick's finest pizzeria still occupies the same site, situated on the corner of Sicard and Senior streets. Skinny’s even remains in business, maintaining the menu and traditions that vaulted it to esteemed status in my college days at Rutgers. This is revolting, for several reasons. You also must admire the way the help always appeare...
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squawking VFR: February 2006
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Sunday, February 19, 2006. The truth about the winter Olympics. This is my column from Sunday's rag. It's my first byline in about three months, so it might be a little rusty. It's also on the long side - about 30 inches - so you may want to grab a drink or something before you begin taking a gander. But it's no wonder Americans have ignored Turin. The Olympics have become a cesspool of corruption, arrogance and marketing shtick that dilutes the actual meaning of the Games. The loudest voice telling us h...
