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Test your OBSERVATION SKILLS with this great little challenge from the Audubon Society. I needed unlimited time but I got them all.
My Nephew has built backyard luges for several years. Some are long and loopy. Some have interior rooms and tunnels the track runs through. This year he went for altitude! Check it out here.
My brother-in-law and good friend is an amazingly gifted man. Some time ago he got interested in a flight simulator. Since that time he has flown virtually every plane in existence on the simulator. This is not easy task. More recently he decided he wanted to learn to land the Space Shuttle. He practiced for months to get the technique down pat. His goal? To land, on the first attempt, at an unfamiliar airport.
This man, is out to get as close to the real experience as he can possibly get. Obviously, a pilot who is really landing the Shuttle practices too, but when he finally qualifies to do it for real, the stakes get very high. You only get one chance to get it right. SpiderWings, wanted to up the stakes for himself and so devised this plan. I know of the stress his plan put him under. He worked and worked on perfecting his ability. Even so, the success rate wasn’t where he wanted it. Finally, he felt the learning curve had stopped climbing and that the time had come.
I’d dearly love to have been able to look over his shoulder for this attempt, but the distraction and added pressure would have complicated things immeasurably. The sad part was that, on that euphoric moment of success, no one was there to celebrate the relief and satisfaction with him. Fortunately, his flight simulator program affords him the opportunity to record what transpired. He has made this amazing video of the experience.
To show how amazingly talented SpiderWings is, you’ll notice that he played the music for the video on his Native American Flute. Possibly, even one of his own design and manufacture - no small task in and of itself!
I hope that knowing a bit more about it will help you appreciate what this little video represents.
I have suffered from chronic Adultitis, off and on, for years now. I began to suspect the magnitude of the problem when I started reading Robert Fulghum. In one of his books he mentions visiting a Kindergarten class and asking how many could, sing, draw, dance, etc. To every question, the answer was a resounding, “I can!”, from each child. Then he asked the same question of a group of college freshmen. Most didn’t feel they could do any of those things. They clearly had already been smitten with Adultitis. I began right then on the road to recovery. It isn’t as hard as you might expect! But, I realized today that I had allowed this insideous malady to creep back up on me of late.
So, now, just in time for New Years resolutions, comes a recovery program! Actually, that is a gross oxymoron, for making New Years resolutions is indicative of Adultitis in its more advanced stages.
Without making any resolutions, plans or charts, I’m going to start right now to laugh more, play more, love more, read Fulghum more, and let my hair down more. Who knows I might even try stage rushing!
Enter at your own risk, this can be addicting. I mean it! No kidding! I made 20+ seconds, how about you!
