{"id":1156,"date":"2006-06-07T23:24:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-08T04:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/?p=1156"},"modified":"2006-06-07T23:24:00","modified_gmt":"2006-06-08T04:24:00","slug":"shades-of-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/?p=1156","title":{"rendered":"shades of it"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have to say I am disappointed. After a 14-year hiatus since the second edition, I ordered the third edition of my favorite airplane book<\/a> online, eager to find all the latest aircraft lovingly sketched and described. But I opened it to find numerous typos, some aircraft conspicuously absent (homebuilts, anyone?), the drawing of the 787 showing the old<\/i> configuration, some drawings not updated (the winglets on the A340, for one), and just a general lack of finesse as was the norm with the old drawings, whose proportions were carefully drafted and whose line weights were appealing. Oh well. I’m not out that much and it’s a good book, overall.<\/p>\n

Had a lovely evening with Luke and Diane. We had sushi, went shoe shopping then returned to her house for Luke’s bedtime. Afterward Diane and I stayed up talking and listened to a lecture series on relationships built around principles outlined in the Song of Solomon. It’s quite good. That framework, into which are placed different events and activities, is becoming a very welcome routine of most weeknights. It’s inexpressible how wonderful it is to have a woman in my life who shares my values, assumptions and worldview and who runs alongside me, as it were, at the same speed<\/i> toward a greater knowledge of Him and His Word.<\/p>\n

It is looking increasingly likely that I will not be attending Piedmont Baptist College this fall. I have been hired permanently at my job and given a substantial raise, praise God, which obviates the need to take out loans to support my schooling (the major reason for my half-time status at the school was to allow me to receive Stafford Loans). I am very happy for this, since I have an almost physical reaction to the concept of going into debt.<\/p>\n

I can take flight courses at the airport through MAI at the very slightly more expensive non-curricular rate, which actually ends up saving a considerable amount of money in the long run since the two credit hours of tuition for each flight course are not included. I ran some numbers on it Monday night and it looks very doable. Options abound, though, among them receiving instruction at Smith Reynolds airport in downtown Winston-Salem instead, taking flight courses at Piedmont-Triad International in Greensboro, or just going in with another flight student and buying my own small airplane outright, an avenue which has the potential to prove the most economical of all. Prayers very much appreciated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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