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Jason Pawlak

Me and my Internet

Husband, Dad, Navy Officer, Coder, and Tinkerer. I have many interests and am always looking to learn something new. This site is a launching point to the many areas of the Internet that represent me.

  1. Part 1: Drama; Part 2: Incompetent Pilot

    Apparently I’m too ‘churchy’ to be friends with some people. While trying to organize a group of friends to go somewhere I find out that one person already has plans with an old high school friend. I know this person, we were friends growing up, went to the same church, in some of the same classes, worked at Kings Island together… so I suggest, well why don’t he come along as well? No, he doesn’t... [read more]

    • on Flying, Nonsense

  2. Bob Barker gone Political

    Have you heard? California is trying to make it illegal to own a cat or dog that isn’t spayed or neutered without a permit. The actual name of the proposed bill is the ‘Healthy Pets Act’ and it is discrimination to non-pure bred cats and dogs. The bill states that permits could be permitted to pretty much only purebreds… that so called ‘muts’ are not worthy of kittens and puppies. The supporters of this bill... [read more]

    • on News, NPR, Politics

  3. Saving with couponchief.com

    Have you ever been to CouponChief.com? While taking my flight lessons I’ve been scrounging for every penny. The other day I finally emptied my coin jar and rolled 32 dollars worth of coins to take to the bank… it made me happy. Coupon Chief is a website that is exactly as the title states, the coupon chief! They have many coupons to many different retailers making it easier on me (and you) to get the... [read more]

    • on PPP

  4. If I were in charge of the dummies

    Today on one of my news websites, Digg.com, I found a rather interesting link to a consumer reports video archive. This video archive contains videos of over 150 makes and models of vehicles in their crash test. I checked out the Jeep Grand Cherokee, Chevrolet Cavalier, and the Honda Civic (the cars, or related cars to the ones that my family and I drive). It was pretty interesting watching these cars in slow motion and... [read more]

    • on Nonsense

  5. Being an open-minded church goer

    I am always too skeptical when I go to new churches. This morning I met Dan and Katie at Crossroads Community Church up near Norwood. I know a few people that attend this church, and just from looking on the outside I knew it was a big church. I wasn’t prepared for when I walked in the doors though. We all literally thought we were in a children’s museum, such as COSI. The lobby is... [read more]

    • on Church

  6. A note of appreciation

    Yesterday’s lesson was definitely a no go. First off, we were planning on just working on maneuvers, and winds were at 18 knots, gusting to 26 knots… those would have been rather difficult turns around a point. And on top of that we pushed over 90 degrees yesterday with lots of humidity… which means a high density altitude. I think the DA was at 3,900 feet when I phoned the ATIS before the lesson. We... [read more]

    • on Flying lessons

  7. Flight Lesson 12 - Is it time to panic yet?

    Quite the crazy lesson I had yesterday. We started out reviewing how to make flight plans and gathering weather information for about an hour and decided it was time to get up in the air. A slight change to the lesson this time was we went pretty far and I soloed. After leaving Lunken we got up to 3,000 feet with a heading of 047 and went up to Xenia. The ATIS said there was... [read more]

    • on Flying lessons

  8. Squirrels in the Road

    Have you ever wondered what other animals think about death? They must have some concept of death just due to natural instincts, they avoid danger, no? Or… do you think they know what pain is, don’t like it and avoid it? Death is just a result of pain sometimes, animals may have no concept of death. The reason I bring this up is because of something I saw on the way to work today… it... [read more]

    • on Nonsense

  9. A New ‘Magic Kingdom’

    So I have never been a huge fan of Harry Potter, but you must check this out… I think it will definitely call for a trip to Florida. Here’s my thoughts on Harry Potter… I think the story and the concept are brilliant!…(dare I say ‘bloody brilliant’?) It is every kid’s dream when growing up through younger years to have magical powers, to fly, to face and defeat evil. I as much as every other... [read more]

    • on Nonsense

  10. Flight Lesson 11

    So yesterday evening was my first time flying in nine days… it was almost like meeting up with an old friend. I got to Lunken about 17:30 and talked with Gary for about an hour in ground school sort of deal. We went over writing up a flight plan both on paper and on the computer (which is super easy). We also called the weather-briefing center. The guy I talked to was super nice and... [read more]

    • on Flying lessons