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Reason or Interest
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| 1994 Fairchild Air Force Base B-52 crash |
A horrible tragedy that is often a target of vandalism, personal opinions and attacks
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| 410th Air Expeditionary Wing |
Air wing at K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base where I was stationed for 8 years
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| Acid jazz |
Genre pioneered by Chicago's own Liquid Soul, with whom I've been affiliated for 25 years
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| Antonov An-225 Mriya |
A miraculous aircraft which fell victim to a conflict it should have never been in
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| Audiovisual |
My hobby and profession
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| Base Realignment and Closure |
A very tumultuous program after the Cold War resulting in the gutting of the US Military, and closure of over 400 bases including K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base
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| Beechcraft Premier |
One of the coolest and most economical personal jet aircraft I have logged hours in
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| Boeing B-52 Stratofortress |
One of the coolest and most powerful military aircraft I have logged hours in at K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base
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| Boeing C-17 Globemaster III |
Successor to the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter and baby-brother grandson to the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy
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| Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker |
One of the coolest and most essential military aircraft I have logged hours in at K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base
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| Calumet Air Force Station |
Another Michigan Air Force Base I was stationed at
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| Cities: Skylines |
An awesome city-building simulator, successor to the old SimCity franchise
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| Clear and Present Danger (film) |
Having grown up and served during the Cold War I am a huge Tom Clancy fan
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| Counter rocket, artillery, and mortar |
One of the most awesome defensive military weapons of all time
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| DikuMUD |
I was playing MUDs long before The Internet was public. Long live JediMUD (page since deleted - boo hiss)
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| Double Door |
Was hands-down the best music venue in Chicago and gave birth to many amazing bands, as well as the Acid jazz genre in the United States
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| Eric Clapton |
Best guitarist ever, whom I have had the opportunity to see live with Phil Collins
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| FedRAMP |
A disastrously expensive and reckless effort by the federal government to locate all information services to hosted & cloud-based solutions
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| Fort Lewis (Washington) |
Next door to McChord Air Force Base where I was assigned for 3 years
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| Fort Sheridan, Illinois |
Another victim of Base Realignment and Closure which I spent time at
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| Genesis G80 |
An awesome car I used to own from South Korea that took the luxury import market to school and beat them at their own game
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| Genesis G90 |
An awesome car I currently own from South Korea that took the luxury import market to school and beat them at their own game
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| Genesis Motor |
The company who makes the Genesis vehicles listed above and is a subsidiary of Hyundai
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| Grand Forks Air Force Base |
Another Air Force Base I was stationed at
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| Gwinn, Michigan |
The peaceful town outside of K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base where I moved to for a while after leaving the United States Air Force
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| Heat (1995 film) |
A masterpiece film & remake of L.A. Takedown by Michael Mann
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| Honda Gold Wing |
The best touring motorcycle of all time, on which I have logged over 150,000 miles
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| Hyundai Genesis |
An awesome car from South Korea that took the luxury import market to school and beat them at their own game
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| Indiana University |
The university I attended in Bloomington, Indiana
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| Indiana University Bloomington |
The campus I attended for Indiana University
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| Jack Ryan (franchise) |
The entire ecosphere surrounding Tom Clancy's The Hunt for Red October
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| Jesse Itzler |
Everywhere I go fly girls will please me - east to west college girls are easy!
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| K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base |
My Strategic Air Command home for 8 years
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| K. I. Sawyer Heritage Air Museum |
Keeping the memories of KI Sawyer alive
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| KC-X |
The continually failing attempt by Boeing and the USAF to replace the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, which keeps falling on it's face
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| Kawasaki Ninja ZX-7R |
My 2nd sportbike
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| Klipsch Audio Technologies |
Good all-around home theatre speakers
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| Leah Remini |
Babe with attitude
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| Legacy Audio |
The best speakers you will ever hear in your lifetime
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| Linus Media Group |
Very good technology review company formed by Linus Sebastian
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| Linus Sebastian |
Founder of Linus Tech Tips and Linus Media Group, whose page is frequently vandalized
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| Liquid Soul |
Acid jazz pioneer from Chicago with whom I have been affiliated with for 25 years
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| List of Miami Vice episodes |
Is what it says - and is frequently a target of vandalism
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| List of Strategic Air Command bases |
List of bases from the greatest Air Force Command that has ever existed. Been to several of these
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| Live at Montreux |
Great music festival with many excellent concerts released over several years
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| Lockheed C-5 Galaxy |
Largest military cargo aircraft in the United States Air Force on which I have logged several hours
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| M-28 (Michigan highway) |
Stretch of road between Marquette, Michigan and Munising, Michigan which goes along the Lake Superior shoreline
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| M-35 (Michigan highway) |
Stretch of road between Menominee, Michigan and Negaunee, Michigan and goes through Escanaba, Michigan and Gwinn, Michigan
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| M-553 (Michigan highway) |
Stretch of road between Gwinn, Michigan and Marquette, Michigan, passing by K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base
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| M-94 (Michigan highway) |
Stretch of road through K.I. Sawyer AFB once known as Freedom Boulevard and Voodoo
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| Mackinac Bridge |
Longest bridge in the US, which I have crossed multiple times
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| Make Some Noise (Liquid Soul album) |
An awesome album by Grammy-nominated Liquid Soul
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| Marquette, Michigan |
Nearest shopping district to K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base which was severely impacted by the closure of the base in 1995
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| Mars Williams |
Friend and sax player for Liquid Soul, The Waitresses and the Psychedelic Furs
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| Martin Ferrero |
Hysterical actor from Miami Vice and Jurassic Park
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| Miami Vice |
The coolest TV show of the 80s for style, music, women and decadence
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| Miami Vice (film) |
A sadly failed attempt at modernizing the 80s TV show. It's a decent movie on its own - but it is not Miami Vice
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| Michael Mann |
The Mann responsible for Miami Vice
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| Michael Mann filmography |
List of shows and movies by Michael Mann
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| Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020 video game) |
Something to do when unable to get actual seat time
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| Military Airlift Command |
Cold War era military command mostly centered around logistics of military assets
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| Mixing console |
The most critical tool in Audiovisual
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| Northern Michigan University |
University in Marquette Michigan and home of the United States Olympic Training Center
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| Phil Collins |
An incredible drummer and eventual singer for Genesis (band) and also solo artist
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| Polk Audio |
A pretty good speaker manufacturer from back in the day, whose old stuff is much better than newer stuff
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| Reel-to-reel audio tape recording |
The most superior recording format
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| Sawyer International Airport |
What has become of the former K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base
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| Scott Russell (motorcyclist) |
My inspiration from when I was riding sportbikes. He also made the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-7R one of the most desirable sportbikes with multiple championships
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| Strategic Air Command |
The best USAF command ever. Bombers and tankers and nukes - oh my!
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| Tactical Air Command |
The 2nd best USAF command. They got the fighters
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| Telecommunications |
My hobby and profession
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| The Hunt for Red October (film) |
The Tom Clancy movie that started it all
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| The O.C. |
Cheesy early 2000's teen drama whose page is frequently abused and requires babysitting
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| The Sum of All Fears (film) |
Yet another Tom Clancy film - part of the Jack Ryan enterprise
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| Third Watch |
Cool TV show revolving around the drama of the Emergency Services agencies in New York City
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| Traffic message channel |
A cool technology that was implemented in consumer GPS units, car stereos and other mobile platforms
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| Vari-Lite |
The original intelligent lighting platform which revolutionized the entire performance lighting industry
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| WLUC-TV |
TV6 in Marquette, Michigan where I once worked in production
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| WarGames |
The original Cold War and Computer Geek movie. SHALL WE PLAY A GAME?
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