I laughed out loud today when I saw a friend posted this on facebook with the caption:
“This reminds me of Shannon Moon for some reason…“
My preliminary dissertation proposal has been accepted! If all goes well, come December 2015 I will be Dr. Shannon Moon, and I will have a nifty hardware and software based aeronautical engineering masterpiece to show for it. Now to scrounge for the $30K for the material, equipment, and gear I will need for the project….
Update May 30th 2012: A friend just commented: “Dr Moon? You do realize there is an evil Dr Moon in DC comics. “expert in gene therapy, psychological controlling and torture”… Hmmm, same person as the hulk comment today, lol.
My left arm hardware (sans the ‘lag’ screws that could not be safely removed). I wonder what this much surgical grade titanium is worth…
If you’re not into vintage drums, this probably won’t interest you. Last year I swapped my vintage ’69 Ludwig Club Date kit with a beautiful ’72 Slingerland kit in a White Tiger Pearl (WTP) wrap. I just love the old school 3-ply sound of the classic jazz and bop drummers! The only downside of the swap was it just had a 16″ floor tom and I prefer the smaller jazz size shells like a 14″ floor tom.
I was seriously injured in a hanglider accident on May 9th. I was airlifted to a trauma center and was hospitalized for almost two weeks. I am now out of the hospital and will be recovering at home for the next couple of months. I’m told it will be a long road (2-3 years to full recovery) as I have shattered both my arms with nerve damage. They are pinned together with dozens of titanium plates and screws. It will takes 3-12 months to learn if the left arm will be usable. I can move my right hand a little bit, though, and can get a little done on the computer with Dragon Dictate voice software.
As many people saw on the local news channels, Shannon was critically injured in a hangliding crash this last weekend and airlifted to a level one trauma center. Friends and family members can watch facebook for updates from the immediate family.
I’m migrating shan @ moonbase to a new content management system with a new look and feel. The template is a work in progress. The online gallery and downloads will be the last items to move, as they will require some gnarly scripting and SQL to import (no way will I try to move it manually!), as will the story archives older than 2008.