As a trial, Ive put a Skype button up so you can see if I'm hovering around at home with nothing to do, or not. If I am, the blue status button over there on the right, under the weather readout, will read "I'm online!". Click it, and you will be able to skype me. Its completely free.

This weekend is going to be busy - the company halloween party tomorrow night (which will no doubt be an interesting experience ... given that its halloween I'm guessing we are all going to sit around and eat pumpkins and stuff.. ) up in Yokohama, Sunday afternoon will be lunch/dinner with a co-worker and his family, and Monday will be my first Enkai with the staff down here. Some people get enkais rather regularly; this will be my first, so I am looking forward to it.

I know it has been over two months since I last flew an aircraft, but I still surprised myself today. Ive just downloaded the demo version of the newest Flight Simulator, and having arrived home from work a little earlier today, fired it up and had a bit of a gander at it.
Having no proper controls, I was forced to fly with the mouse- challenging at the best of times, but was suitably impressed by the program. It looks great.

Flew a circuit with a little powered hang glider - just coz I could - and then swapped to something slightly larger - a CRJ. All was going well until the landing... (well, I knew I was coming in rather fast, because I had had trouble getting the No 2 engine to stop putting out full power, until I was on base, but that was sorted, and I touched down just past the 1000-foot markers with both engines at idle, speed brakes on, wheel brakes on. Finally shuddering to a stop PAST the numbers at the far end of the runway (which, at over 2000 metres, was plenty long enough), I was a little concerned at what took me so long to stop. I dont think I could have gone much slower over the fence, unless I had..

lowered the flaps?
I forgot the flaps. Never even touched them. Completely forgot they even existed.
Thats not good. Not at all.