{"id":535,"date":"2007-04-12T07:52:01","date_gmt":"2007-04-12T12:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/04\/12\/preparing-to-fly\/"},"modified":"2007-04-12T07:57:08","modified_gmt":"2007-04-12T12:57:08","slug":"preparing-to-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/04\/12\/preparing-to-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing to fly"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }\n.flickr-yourcomment { }\n.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }\n.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"flickr-frame\">\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/456495899\/\" title=\"photo sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/254\/456495899_c8ea5df430.jpg?w=840\" class=\"flickr-photo\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n\t<span class=\"flickr-caption\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/456495899\/\">Preparing to fly<\/a>, originally uploaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/nicmcphee\/\">Unhindered by Talent<\/a>.<\/em><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\">\nI&#8217;m off to Owatanna today with a couple of students to attend a college fair hosted by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.federatedinsurance.com\/\">Federated Insurance<\/a>. We&#8217;ve never been to their event before, but it looks like it should be fun. I probably won&#8217;t be posting for a few days as a result, though.  Have fun without me!\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\">\nOh, and tomorrow (Friday, 13 April) is the annual Pride Week Drag Show.  This is a <em>total<\/em> hoot if you&#8217;ve never been, and this year there&#8217;s the added bonus that Sub-Evil and I have been asked to do a command performance of his excellent &#8220;Taco man&#8221;!  I had seriously hoped to do my part in a dress (WeatherGirl&#8217;s wedding dress in fact), but sadly none of them zip up on me, and with this Federated thing there&#8217;s really not time to explore lots of options.  Sigh.  So I think we&#8217;re just going to glam up some and go with that.  The whole beard thing makes the androgynous Ziggy Stardust deal a bit tough, though.<\/p>\nNo tag for this post.\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li>No related posts.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preparing to fly, originally uploaded by Unhindered by Talent. I&#8217;m off to Owatanna today with a couple of students to attend a college fair hosted by Federated Insurance. We&#8217;ve never been to their event before, but it looks like it should be fun. I probably won&#8217;t be posting for a few days as a result, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/04\/12\/preparing-to-fly\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Preparing to fly&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[4,17,11,2,20],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-8D","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":514,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/03\/13\/preparing-for-the-big-concert\/","url_meta":{"origin":535,"position":0},"title":"Preparing for the big concert","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"13 Mar 07","format":false,"excerpt":"Misty, originally uploaded by Unhindered by Talent. 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