OK, let’s get this out of the way right off the bat: I have been neither the victim of kidnapping by Somali pirates, nor have I been in cryogenic suspension. Other things I have not been doing during the past six months include:
–striking intriguing poses
-playing ‘16.4 billion bottles of beer on the wall’
-alphabetizing my collection of disco-era smiley face memorabilia
-sleeping peacefully
-hand copying “Remembrance of Things Past”
-developing a reality TV show called (tentatively) “I Ate WHAT?”
-switching to decaf
-suffering from empty nest syndrome
-playing ‘six degrees of Lindsay Lohan’
-under-employing the CAPS LOCK key in the comments section of major news media
-‘manscaping’
-updating this blog
At this point, perhaps you are wondering what, then, I HAVE been doing with my time. Well, here are a few things:
-putting off dealing with BLOGGER’s decision to terminate FTP support
-becoming overly familiar with DJ Lance Rock (e.g. slow intellectual suicide-by-toddler)
-finally finishing the nagging to-do list of upgrades and repairs to our home
-plotting our relocation to sunny Wisconsin (brrrrr……)
-occasionally blackmailing canadian planemakers with photos from their mullet-sporting days
-kicking myself for not having followed through on my idea for bridal diapers
-spending as much time as possible getting to know my young children before they’re old enough to realize I’m a hopeless embarrassment, and that I’m ruining their lives.
So there it is – for better or worse, these are my excuses for not having lavished more attention on this blog.
Now – back to the topic at hand (tool). In the eye of the hurricane that is my home, I have also been in the lab (with a pen and a pad) working on some planes. I’ll try to sneak some details of a couple of new designs, and perhaps a prototype or three as well, into the blog in the coming weeks, but by way of a ‘teaser’ I offer these humble images of recently-completed and nearly-done planes from the workbench here. busy busy busy…
Steve C says
Raney, glad to hear you’re still above ground!!
New look of the site is cool, thanks for the update and glimpse at what you’ve been up to.
Cheers,
Steve
Andy says
Hi Raney, Thanks for the update! Glad you’re alive and well, and that you’ve had at least a little bit of time for planes. I’ve spent disappointingly little time in the shop recently too, but life is good.
Here’s to continued luck with planes, kids, and manscaping!
Andy
David W says
Really spectacular stuff, Raney. It gets better each time something new comes along.
I’m blown away by the miters. Inspiring.
Rob says
Konrad’s secret life is revealed… Mullets and Minivans. Quite a pair to draw to. Who Knew? but I digress.
It might be interesting to know what we all went through to get to here. Eh… But I digress again. I’d rather not re-live some of it, perhaps others may not either.
All this really is, is our personal definition of is. What we are up to now may be just as, well, you know. Like the minivan, only more evolved.
It’s better if we don’t think about it too much, and just enjoy the moments. Someday further up the road we will all look back on this and try to remember.
Enjoy the Kids. Their lives evolve at light speed in our memories. The planes look great! Keep up the nice work!
Bests, Rob