Luke AFB is west of Phoenix and is rapidly being surrounded by civilization that complains about the noise from the base and its planes, forgetting that it was there long before they were. A certain lieutenant colonel at Luke AFB deserves a big pat on the back. Apparently, an individual who lives somewhere near Luke AFB wrote the local paper complaining about a group of F-16s that disturbed his/her day at the mall.

When that individual read the response from a Luke AFB officer, it must Have stung quite a bit.

Facts a Billion:

This is too true to be funny.

The next time you hear a politician use the word ‘billion’ in a casual manner, think about whether you want the ‘politicians’ spending YOUR tax money.

A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of it’s releases.

A. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.

B. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.

Saturday morning I hatched a hair brained plan to institute the Crazy Coppess Challenge – later renamed by the kids who voted the “Crazy Kids Challenge.” The Crazy Kids Challenge consisted of 10 events some timed, some team, some completive, concluding with Judge Bob’s (Broc’s) obstacle course. We had a total of 6 participants, and had a ton of fun and laughs. The kids competed for medals, and the Grand Prize was some kind of hippo looking trophy. The event spanned from its early conception around 9:00am to getting stuff ready from about noon to 3:00pm to the actual competition starting at 4:00pm and concluding with a delicious hot dog and potato chip dinner around 7:00pm.

We, of course did not take enough pictures or video, but I am posting the individual event results, and my impressions.