We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/from_the_edge_o.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:37:47 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification [Coming to you via the Adjutant. – Bill] As I watched the moon rise just before sunset (my sunset – you guys will see it in saw it [grabsnabbing dust] six or seven or eight hours later), I thought it was just about perfect – almost full and at least 92% ambient illumination. With that much light, flying with NVGs is almost like cheating. So, we didn't fly with goggles. And we didn't fly with bare nekkid eyeballs. *sigh* We didn't fly at all. The monsoon clouds off to the east were moving south and the sky had been clearing... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/from_the_edge_o.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/from_the_edge_o.html Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:02:50 -0600 A *grilled* Tandoori Pizza? Intriguing. And probably crunchier than the local version. Even *without* the chicken bones... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/from_the_edge_o.html#comment-62823 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/from_the_edge_o.html#comment-62823 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 05:49:51 -0600 Tandoori chicken pizza? I love the pepper saturated chicken idea. We did a milder version of tandoor poultry with turkey. It was tender enough, but lacked a really good punch and I used cayenne. We marinated it in yogurt with a hit of lemon, salt and spices, but it didn't taste like a curry blend. It was not uuuummmm...the savory sweet heat of a curry. And I don't have a tandoor oven. I have a smoker. I likes it for fish, pork, jerky and other treats, but it doesn't get hot enough. BUT there is hope. 'Tis close to the end of summer and the grills go on sale. I have my eyeball on a charcoal/woodburning model. Pizza's on me. I will even practice grilling it. Be safe. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/from_the_edge_o.html#comment-62814 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/from_the_edge_o.html#comment-62814 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:36:46 -0600 http://www.peterswatersports.co.za/sales_rubber_ducks.htm Cheers]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/from_the_edge_o.html#comment-62755 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/from_the_edge_o.html#comment-62755 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:50:42 -0600 And not that I'm sensitive or anything, I don't need extenders on airplanes, either. That's surprising, since they're only seven feet long. Sooooo, percentage-wise, you went to -- what? -- .00235 of my age, Junior? Heh. Nice save from the Net Nanny on the Faber-Castel reference...]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/from_the_edge_o.html#comment-62719 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/from_the_edge_o.html#comment-62719 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:29:56 -0600 medieval siege weapons. Oh and harump, because I don't want to be the guy who didn't harump. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/from_the_edge_o.html#comment-62713 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/from_the_edge_o.html#comment-62713 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:58:38 -0600 Harumph! No seatbelt extenders needed, pencild***, er, neck. Of course, considering this is a chinese-built tractor (as were some of the US nameplated equivalents I looked at) this must have been made by Manchurian-sized Chinese... because really, no seatbelt extender was needed. And not that I'm sensitive or anything, I don't need extenders on airplanes, either. I just look like I do. So.there. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/from_the_edge_o.html#comment-62712 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/from_the_edge_o.html#comment-62712 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:26:13 -0600 Shameless Self-Promotion? Does this mean that TNR is gonna link to my stuff?]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/from_the_edge_o.html#comment-62708 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/from_the_edge_o.html#comment-62708 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:09:55 -0600 Only the *elite* read the comments, m'dear. The *public* sees the sidebar and then fixates on the Blog Nekkid link to SqueakySquirrel and never gets this far. Uhhhhh -- took me darn near a month to realize that there was actual *writing* going on in this place... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/from_the_edge_o.html#comment-62705 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/from_the_edge_o.html#comment-62705 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:44:15 -0600 Thanks for outing me in public, Bill. *trundles off to shop for the commander* http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/from_the_edge_o.html#comment-62701 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/from_the_edge_o.html#comment-62701 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:14:42 -0600 big honking front-end loader with seat-belt extenders...? *flourishing errol flynn's old "thief of baghdad" cape and vanishing into the swirling dust* ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/from_the_edge_o.html#comment-62699 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/from_the_edge_o.html#comment-62699 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:54:35 -0600