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Jan.02.2010
I'll buy that we all enter this world naked, but penniless? No. A lucky few will never again be as cold, hungry, or alone as they are in those first moments. They live with every material need met in advance, and yes, many disgrace their family names in ways that seem to repeatedly prove the...
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Dec.23.2009
They call it Kydex. To me, it was just hard, tan plastic, but it must have some unique qualities to warrant having its own trademarked name like that. Anyway, the two-piece clamshell jacket was the only thing holding my back together for the next few weeks until the bone grafts set, and I had to...
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Dec.23.2009
They call it Kydex. To me, it was just hard, tan plastic, but it must have some unique qualities to warrant having its own trademarked name like that. Anyway, the two-piece clamshell jacket was the only thing holding my back together for the next few weeks until the bone grafts set, and I had to...
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About Nathan
Enamored with aviation from my first memories, I was taught to fly by my father, a professional educator and private pilot, from age eight. I became a private pilot in high school, then worked as a flight instructor while still a student at my alma mater, the...
Nathan’s Favorite Books
Illusions: the Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, The Bridges of Madison County