See, I’m with you there. I like to plane watch. Seattle is good for that, I’m good with any airport that has windows over the runways. I like to see what’s going on. The comings and goings. I’m officially the dork pointing out the Airbus A380 to my wife like a kid in a toy store at Christmas.

I’ve got to admit, I prefer some time between flights. For no other reason than it gives them time to complete the baggage transfer for my checked bags. Just last month I had a short time. So short I barely made it between gates, with a rest room stop, and bought a sandwich. Walked relatively quickly, the 10 min or so…

Honestly I’d heard the same where I am in West Texas when I first moved here in the early 2000's. People would discount it as a Bobcat. Those that saw it insisted it was a Mountain Lion. Well driving round the local lake sure enough, what walks out on to the dirt road. A pretty big, well fed Mountain Lion. I open the…

I can see it now. “I’m sorry but not to sound racist. Are you a Black Bear or a Grizzly? I want to get my response right” “Well Human, just for that I’ll eat you anyway!”