ChasingBlueSky

Here is a chance for skydivers to do some good! Team Funnel is working with Make-A-Wish (they are doing all the hard work) to help this wish come true: Crystal’s Wish Crystal is a 13-year-old girl who lives in Dekalb County with her mom and sister. Her friends and family describe her as fun-loving, outgoing, bubbly and creative. She loves to eat pizza and cauliflower, but not at the same time! She enjoys reading, arts and crafts, jewelry making and rollerblading. Her favorite actor is Sean Connery and she loves watching Oprah! She also enjoys playing with her pet rabbit. Crystal was diagnosed in May of 2002 with Rhabdomyosarcoma, a fast-growing, highly malignant tumor which accounts for over half of the soft tissue sarcomas in children. Rhabdomyosarcoma often causes a noticeable lump on a child's body. She is currently done with treatment and is taking it easy. She has returned to school and is doing well. She lost her hair during treatment, but it is already starting to grow back. Crystals wish is to be in a movie! One of her favorite books is being made into a movie and she would like to be a part of that film. The name of the book is Ender’s Game. The movie is not in production yet, but Crystal wants to wait to see this dream become a reality! This amazing wish will be granted thanks to the Team Funnel and Skydive Chicago Memorial Boogie! If you want to help, just click the link below to purchase raffle tickets for a chance to win prizes and to help Crystal Our website has a list of prizes. www.TeamFunnel.com (click on the '04 Boogie Link on the homepage) Or, if you are close, stop by Skydive Chicago and be a part of the weekend! If you were there last year, you know what we do. If you weren't, here's a partial listing of what will be going on: Charity Raffle -- Our most popular Boogie event. Close to 100 prizes to be given away, from Pack Jobs to Massages, Weekend getaways to Clothing, Gear Discounts, Jewelry and more. Check out the Prizes we've collected so far. And while you're at it, check out the list of sponsors we've confirmed. Silent Auction -- Remember this? This is where we lay out a number of items, from used (but in good condition) gear to stereo equipment, Jewelry to Weekend getaways, to Fishing Cruises and Hunting trips. You buy a bidder's number and write your bid on the bidding form laying in front of the item. Check the sheet throughout the day, and if someone bids higher, it's your turn to out bid them. Who ever has the highest bid at the end of the auction, wins. We had some major items last year, and this year promises to be a repeat. We're even thinking of adding a "bidding agent" aspect to the process. Stay tuned for more on that as well. Look here to see some of the items up for auction. Dunk Tank -- The ever popular Get Somebody Wet tank. Yes, it'll be there again. You'll have your opportunity to dunk some of the most notable skydivers around. And don't forget the manifest staff. We'll do all we can to get some of them on the board as well. Last year Eric took a dunk, as did our favorite chef Tim. Who goes in this year? News Flash: Frenchie (Matt) and Loki have volunteered for this year's dunk tank. Anyone want to see them get dunked? Ahhhh, the things we do for charity. Cook Out -- Don't forget the Saturday night cook out on the docks. If you haven't been to Skydive Chicago and seen the docks around the pond, you just can't appreciate how beautiful this is. And this year, SDC has finished the Tiki Hut on the dock, so it will be that much better. With our very own Paul Wold doing the grilling again, what more could you ask for? Live Music -- Of course, our cook out just wouldn't be right without the live band. Can you guess who we're having this year? If you said Serilian, you're right. Some of the best music to come out of Chicago, and we've got 'em. They've become a tradition at our Memorial Boogie and we're happy to keep them coming back as long as YOU like them (and so far, you all do!) For Sunday night, we have a band new to us -- the Solar Rhythm Band, featuring SDC skydiver Jeremy. Check them out! Bake Sale -- So far, this hasn't been able to last for more than an hour. We sell out so fast, I have yet to try any of the bake goods! Thanks mostly to Rae and Gretchen and Melanie, we have some really gooooood stuff here (at least, that's what the lucky tell me). This year, I've been assured the product quantity will increase. But . . . get 'em while they're hot and don't miss out! TaterHead Competition -- Now this should be fun, and make for great video! The idea behind this is to put together a Mr. Potato Head in freefall. Sound interesting? Check out this page for the details. Record Attempt -- We'll be trying to set a TeamFunnel Record for a BigWay over the weekend as well. Come join in (if you have a number), or get your number on Saturday and join the jumps on Sunday! Or just come watch the fun and spectacle! Other Stuff -- There will also be an Event Booklet available, giving more details about Team Funnel, the Children we've helped and are helping, the Make A Wish Foundation, the events happening over the weekend, and some bonus articles exclusive to the Team Funnel Memorial Boogie to improve your skydiving! Don't miss out on your chance to get this one-of-a-kind resource, ONLY available at the Boogie! We'll also be putting together a video of the weekend. If you're there, there's a good chance you'll make the video! Check back on the site after the weekend for information on how to get a copy for yourself. Surprise Monday! -- We've just finalized preparations for something special! Monday we're doing something GUARANTEED to make the evening news! Want to know what it is? We're not going to tell you here! You have to show up to find out. I'll give you a hint -- It will warm your heart, bring a tear to your eye, and make you proud to be part of the skydiving community. Think you know what it is? I bet you don't. You can't possibly guess what this is! The only way to find out is to show up and be a part of it, or hear about it later (and wonder why you didn't take the opportunity to be a part!) If you've been to the Team Funnel Memorial Boogie before, you know there's tons of stuff I haven't mentioned here. It's all happening again this year. If you haven't been before, you'll just have to come out this year and find out for yourself. There's just too much to list here. Things like the Bonfires . . . Organizing by World Champions . . .Camping . . . Canoeing . . . Horseback Riding . . . Jello Shots . . . Heated Showers . . . Heated Bunkhouse . . . Fishing . . . Skydiving . . . etc . . . etc . . . _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

...And had one of the most stunningly beautiful Playboy pictorials in this month's issue... Wow...

I found this interesting: http://entertainment.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=158312 'Angel' Ends With Fans in Mourning May 13, 8:06 AM EST By Anthony Breznican AP Entertainment Just because the wry vampire drama "Angel" is over doesn't mean it's the end of the world ... even if the final episode does include an appearance by the Apocalypse. "Angel" creator Joss Whedon— whose efforts to remake the show this year boosted ratings and garnered continued critical acclaim, only to see it canceled by the WB network regardless — says the theme of the closing installment is "keep on fighting." That goes for the title hero himself, a youthful-looking 250-year-old vampire, played by David Boreanaz, who is trying to redeem past decades of undead wickedness by helping the hopeless amid the supernatural evildoers of Los Angeles. "Redemption is something you have to fight for in a very personal down dirty way," Whedon told The Associated Press. "Some of our characters lose that, some stray from that, and some regain it." "Keep on fighting" also applies, Whedon added, to the thousands of fervent fans who, in a desperate bid to keep "Angel" around for one more season, protested, petitioned, wrote letters and even mailed out free chocolate bars to anyone remotely associated with the fate of the program. They want more, more, more and are bitterly angry at the WB for dropping the show, which lagged in repeats. The WB, which in the meantime is exploring a different vampire drama with a remake of the supernatural soap opera "Dark Shadows," has responded to "Angel" fan lobbying by proposing a return to the show with occasional TV movies or a miniseries. Nothing is on the slate yet, according to Whedon. It's up to fans to maintain the pressure. "Part of me is still thinking about TV movies," he said. "The WB did propose the idea of doing something ... but it was kind of offhand. There was interest in that, but I haven't heard anybody really pursuing it." One of the people the fans will have to persuade is Boreanaz. "As far as returning to the show for a reunion, I could probably put that to bed now: I have no interest in doing that," he said, adding that he would, however, be open to a theatrical movie. "It would have to be a bigger challenge rather than going back to something." After the cancellation, there were some hurt feelings among the cast and crew that manifested itself in the finale. "We put a lot of that heartbreak into the script, into the show, so it would hurt as much to watch as it did to have it taken away from us," Whedon said. "I would not have been as brutal about the ending had we had another season." The last episode of "Angel," titled "Not Fade Away," is considerably less upbeat than the conclusion to its sister show, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," which ended last year with the heroine and her friends successfully closing a major gateway to Hell. "Angel" finishes with a less victorious tone, and the show's admirers may be surprised by its brutality. At least one major character meets a grisly death. Another decides fighting the good fight is no longer worth it. By the time the show is broadcast on May 19, fans may find there aren't enough survivors for a reunion special. The show's admirers developed a special relationship with the cast of supernatural-fightin g misfits: Wesley, a bookwormish occult expert whose comic-relief role devolved into tragedy and betrayal; Lorne (Andy Hallett), a green-skinned, two-horned do-gooder demon who can read minds by listening to a person sing; Gunn (J. August Richards), a streetfighter who sold some of his righteousness for mystical intelligence; and Spike (James Marsters) a rival vampire-with-a-soul whose bad attitude brought a welcome dose of pragmatism. Marsters, who was brought over in this fifth and final season after being a regular on "Buffy," said the closing scenes of "Angel" represent a dark moral: "Being a hero doesn't mean you succeed in saving the day. It just means you tried." Already this past season, they saw two major characters meet their deaths. Charisma Carpenter, who played Angel's sarcastic sometimes-love-interest Cordelia, returned from the dead in spirit form to guide her friends on a final quest. Then Fred, the winsome scientist played by Amy Acker, died when her body became possessed by an ancient malevolent spirit. There remain a lot of loose ends to tie up, but they all come down to one thing: the end of the world. All through the show, evil powers have conspired to manipulate Angel into triggering Armageddon, clearing the way for ghouls, ghosts and other creatures to reclaim the Earth. Angel's immortal soul — the thing that makes him ache over past wrongs, unlike his soulless vampire brethren — hangs in the balance, and he could find himself cursed through eternity. If his character survives the finale for a return to the "Angel" universe, Marsters said he'd be game to revisit the bloodsucker Spike. "I have no idea what's in the future — but what I do know is that I play a vampire and the clock is ticking on how long this face can be believably exactly the same as when we met him (seven years ago on `Buffy')," Marsters said, laughing. "If they want to do something, let's not wait too long." _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

http://www.e85fuel.com/news/051904_il_promo_release.htm While it is only a temp thing (they say E85 is $.10/gallon cheaper than regular), maybe it will kick start a new trend here. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

Did anyone else watch it? _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

OK, first off, you're quoting the Afghan numbers, not the numbers from the recent event. Second, you're leaving out the fact that there was intel saying this was an insurgent/terrorist safe house. Third, US ground forces took hostile fire. This doesn't sound much like a wedding to me. It sounds like an enemy waypoint that our troops leveled (yes, women and children can be enemies too - pack mules, ammo runners in battle, ambushers, etc). True, it could have been a terrorist hideout or waypoint. Or, this could the cover story the US Military and government is handing out. I doubt this war could handle another media backlash to match the one with all the photos. At the moment they have no credibility in the eyes of the world an no one will listen to what they say. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

117 wounded. 48 dead. Hmmm...wonder how many anti-american terrorists this will create? 20 years from now will will most likely face a new OBL-type due to events like this....no matter how much good we may do over there, events like this will forever overshadow this war. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

I said "decent" movie, not great. BTW - I thought the special FX were not that great. The sets were well done, however. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

That is an amazing picture - do you know what he used to take it? Any filters? _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

I believe this movie came out nearly 1 1/2 years ago in Japan. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

Decent flick, they removed almost all use of the gods and made Achilles into an introspective hero. In Greek mythology heros just "were" and played out their role. They've changed a few things about some of the characters, and IIRC, the Trojan Horse was actually in the Aeneid not the Odyssey. Most of Brad Pitt's character development was done by having him stand in front of the camera and showing off his body. When you realize that he has the majority of the screen time in a movie that is nearly 3 hours long, you get quite bored of that. Peter O'Toole steals the entire movie with just one scene. Eric Bana couldn't act his way out of a box and is following the Tom Cruise method of acting: stare at the camera and pretend you are constipated. I hope to never see him in a movie again. Orlando Bloom's Paris is a combination of Legolas (archer) and his love lorn ways of "Pirates." They do almost nothing with Helen the entire movie - the intorduce her and show her on screen maybe three more times. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

I finally saw that trailer on the big screen...I can't wait! _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

Ok...I'm confused...I thought that we had another record since the 39 by Airspeed in '99. I also see the French had an "inofficial" (sic on NSL) record of 42. So, someone want to tell me why these will not replace the 39? _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

http://www.basementtv.com/commercials/btv-com-002.html This has to be the worst morning after ever! If I hadn't met Clay, I would have guessed it was him _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

dude, that sucks - but hate to tell you this...that is very typical of radio and most PDs are asshats. I wish you luck in finding a bigger/better job. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

We had a T34 out at Skydive Chicago this weekend giving rides for the cost of gas! Oh - watch Meigs Field become Daley's location for the casino. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

If my USPA money was somehow being used to build something in Eloy, I would make a rather large stink about it. Even as a skydiver I have very little drive to go to Eloy....I'd first take a triip to Perris, Elisinore, The Ranch, Lost Prarie, Skydive Hawaii, etc... I've heard it's a great dz, but the location just isn't a draw. It's the same issue I have with the tunnel there, I'd much rather use the one in Orlando then go to Eloy to use one. But that's just me. I dated a travel agent for a year and never once did I hear of Eloy as a place she planned for anyone to go to. I'm sure Eloy gets just as many snowbirds as ZHills does (I've seen them in large crowds out there all this winter) and I still wouldn't support a museum there. As Quade pointed out, you may see thousands but Washington and a variety of other cities see millions. Eloy would get accidental tourists that just happened to be in the area and stopped by, whereas Washinton, New York, Chicago, Orlando, Hawaii all have a built in tourist industry that makes billions of dollars a year. That is a much better business model by default. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

And Eloy has about 0% attraction for a tourist spot to anyone not in the sport. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

0:6:0 1 RW coach jump with a new grad, 5 freefly jumps that included my first verticle compressed dock, first three way and four way headdown,4 intentional downwind landings, and I got to find out what full contact freeflying was all about!! _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

I'll be getting my money's worth......... You could mirror a porn site off that T1 and make back some cash! _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

www.startupmechanic.com clicky! _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

My Geek opinion agrees with Ivan. Monitoring software slows your system down. I have found over the years that Norton writes pretty crappy software that installs poor and never fully uninstalls - plus it always has too many processes running in the background. A combination of just the McAfee Virus software with ZoneLabs works the best, and is a cheap combination. Also - there is no need to have more than four or five things running next to your clock. The more you have in that bar, the slower your stuff is gonna run. Why? Everything in that bar is snagging some of your performance so it can stay open/running. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

Damnit! Beat me to it _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

Guess that means someone left you the key before they went home? _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

I found this long commercial funny: http://www.jerry.digisle.tv/room.html Click on "Uniform" For comic book fans: "The Problem with Superman " in Time Magazine: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040517-634695-1,00.html _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....