"Joy and pleasure are as real as pain and sorrow and one must learn what they have to teach. . . ." -- Sean Russell, from Gatherer of Clouds

"If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right." -- Helyn D. Goldenberg

"I love you and I'm not afraid." -- Evanescence, "My Last Breath"

“If I hear ‘not allowed’ much oftener,” said Sam, “I’m going to get angry.” -- J.R.R. Tolkien, from Lord of the Rings

Monday, July 07, 2014

Near-Miss du Jour

In Barcelona. The UTair jet was cleared for landing, but apparently someone forgot to tell the pilot of the Aerolineas Argentinas plane to stop.


I live on the approach path to O'Hare International Airport, so this is kind of a thing for me -- I see the planes coming in over Lake Michigan at all hours of the day. It's actually sort of strange, with that Chicago kind of surreality: sitting in the park, I can see swallows, gulls, sometimes crows, and the occasional heron flying by -- and a couple of jets.

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