Trish and Matt's Web Log

See the World

Martin — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 09:35:00 +0000

Long way to go.

Create you own world map at http://douweosinga.com/projects/visitedcountries

The First Rule

Martin — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 05:29:00 +0000

Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club and other fine novels, was the keynote speaker at the Vegas Valley Book Festival.

Here Chuck models the outfit he had to wear on his first job as moviehouse usher.

Here's one of the door prizes: a fake severed arm.

Chuck took the time to distrubute the prizes throughout the eager audience.

Another prize. Tasty, tasty booze.

Indiana

Martin — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 12:11:00 +0000

After Wisconsin, I picked Trish up at Midway and then we flew to Indiana to visit family.

Trish goes the distance.

One big rabbit

Hands down, the biggest pig in Elkhart County

Meat Dinner

Martin — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 04:22:00 +0000

We went to the place where they cook all kinds of different meats, and then bring it around on sticks for you to choose.

Shaun is still #1

World Series of Poker

Martin — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 04:14:00 +0000

Expertise

Martin — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:39:00 +0000

John Hodgeman and John Coulton in LA.

Form Flight

Martin — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 12:28:00 +0000

Two view of a formation flight from Van Nuys, CA to Las Vegas, NV.

Trip Home

Martin — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 12:25:00 +0000

Sporty pass through the mountains on the way home.

Erica and Fuzzy's Wedding.

Martin — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 12:21:00 +0000

Back to Chicago for Erica and Fuzzy's Wedding. Hot and fun.

More photos here.

Trip to Oshkosh

Martin — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 12:05:00 +0000

I took the airplane to Airventure at Oshkosh. What a blast.

Two-peat

Martin — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 11:55:00 +0000

Another big win at the Wynn. Lucky me.

http://www.bluecircle.org/MartinWynn06Jul06.pdf

Big Win

Martin — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 11:32:00 +0000

My biggest win yet in Vegas at the Orleans Open.

Click here for the details:

http://www.pokerpages.com/tournament/result15879.htm

Repairs Part 2

Martin — Sat, 20 May 2006 06:42:00 +0000

More photos:

In the avionics compartment? Much better.

Here's the real culprit. The aft wing spar connections have been mis-drilled and our not structurally sound. New ones had to be fabricated.

Here's the new ones for the left side.

The new ones ready to be installed.

And the finished product. This new spar connection is stronger than the original design. Ready to yank and bank.

There were a few more odds and ends that we had to get sorted out. But after two days of re-assembly, we're ready for action. Good for another year.

Repairs Part 1

Martin — Fri, 19 May 2006 06:14:00 +0000

Travis and I went to Texas to pick up our airplane. Here's a rundown of the repairs we had done:

Some rivets where the wrong size. We we just added a new row where needed.

More rivets.

A spacer was needed where the vertical stabilizer connects to the horizontal.

One of the main rudder connections was drilled off the edge. We added a double plate to square it off.

Here's the finished product.

This rat's next in the avionics compartment had to be cleaned up.

More photos to follow...

Lo Lo's Chicken and Waffles

Martin — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 00:58:00 +0000