RC Video

I think anyone who watches this will appreciate it whether you are an aviation enthusiast or not.

Okay, we are back from Cabo San Lucas. We, Jeanne and I had a great 4 day 3 night vacation here. All we did yesterday was sit on the beach front and watch boats, waves and people. We sat there from 9:00 a.m. til 7:00 p.m. and ordered lunch and dinner on the beach. It was great.

Return to Quito

Well, I finally have been awarded a trip that I actually get to pilot back to my old mission stomping grounds. It has eluded me over the past several months. I leave tomorrow afternoon and arrive in Quito at about 9:45 p.m. I stay overnight and leave the following evening at 11:30 p.m. for the red-eye back to Atlanta. I will be able to go visit the Armas family that I taught and baptized when I was in Quito North. I have returned about 5 times to Ecuador since my mission but this will be the first time as a flight crew operating the flight. Pretty cool if you ask me. I remember sitting by the airport as a missionary wondering what it would be like to be a pilot and now another aspect of my fantasy will become reality. When I return on Tuesday morning I am hopping on a flight to Houston to have lunch with Ligia Diaz a lady I baptized and who is visiting her daughter in Houston.

Decline of Christianity vs Increase of Islam.

This is a youtube video that was emailed to me that seems astonishing. I had heard the numbers before but this is the first video I have seen. As always, research it for your own before making any decisions but this seems scary to me.

I suppose it seems scary to me because I am not Muslim. Had these numbers been in favor of my own belief system I would be thrilled! The difference is the end goal of each belief system and how each looks at the phrase, "The ends justifies the means".


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-3X5hIFXYU

New Name for Blog

I have renamed my Blog to "The Life of Brian" because I really didn´t ever have any deep thoughts to warrent the title "Deep Thoughts from Brian". Boy, what an eye-opener and humbling experience to finally realize after 48 1/2 years of existence on this floating piece space debris that we call Earth, that I have very few deep thoughts. So it is now under a more realistic title. Maybe a spin off of the Monty Python movie, "The Life of Brian".

Cancun Gran Melia

This is a very nice hotel/resort. The food is too expensive so I usually walk down the entrance and cross the street. There is a Papa John´s and a McDonalds there. The prices are about the same as in the states.

Lyrics vs Lyrics

In the Wortham blog Teresa asked about song lyrics. I have decided to post these two videos with the same lyrics of a 1970's hit by Castle to demonstrate my point. These lyrics are set to videos produced to be anti-Bush/Iraq war and Pro-Bush/Iraq war. Watch each and see what you think. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xR8rnUmtGU. The other is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCKQ1KfcyFg