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March 11, 2006
Zap
Ever been struck by lightning? I think I was last night . . . at least in a sense. We were flying through about 8,000 feet by my estimate on final approach to San Francisco Int'l Airport. I had my face figuratively glued to the window watching the little droplets of rain whiz by at 200 knots when I was jolted by a very-short, very-intense blast of light all around me. The light was gone by the time I could regain focus and it was replaced with a very loud, very low rumbling.
And then it was over. More rain, and then a hard landing followed by an even harder application of the brakes.
Step back an hour or two. I'm sitting up in First Class (yes, it's good to be a Platinum) and I'm listening to a home-spun podcast for learning Chinese. I wanted to scribble some things down while I was listening, just to help me along. Here's my weak attempt at learning a language from the back of a cocktail napkin. ;)
Posted by Derek at March 11, 2006 12:27 PM