I finally get around to adding the rest of my original blog content to this blog.

I started blogging back in October 2003. Back then, I used a blogging software program called iBlog that created blog pages in plain old HTML. It worked okay but I soon outgrew it and switched to WordPress.

The trouble is, I used iBlog for more than two years, accumulating hundreds of posts. Although I was able to export those posts to XML, getting them properly formatted with their images and importing them into WordPress was extremely tedious and time-consuming. I worked on it periodically for months. And then I gave up.

This week, I’m prepping for a new book based on a collection of my blog posts. I realized that the best way to make sure I didn’t miss any of them was to get them all online on An Eclectic Mind. So I sat down and completed the tedious chore of importing the last bunch of posts, all of which have lots of photos and date from January 2004 to June 2005.

Here’s a list of what I added:

• On Close Calls
  Why a control tower clearance is something to be taken with a grain of salt. October 9, 2004
• Through the Magic of Photoshop…
  I get a photographic image of a helicopter that hasn’t been built yet. November 7, 2004
• A Trip to California
  I take a trip to California with my family to see Zero-Mike-Lima. November 24, 2004
• People are Pigs
  A tenant moves out and I am amazed by the way some people live. December 2, 2004
• A Trip to Quartzsite
  I have a nice flight to Quartzsite and back with some pilot friends. January 17, 2005
• Air-to-Air
  An air-to-air photo shoot gives mixed results. January 24, 2005
• Exploring the Desert by Helicopter
  We wander through a mill site, fly over an open pit mine, get a hamburger in the middle of nowhere, and see the “land now” light four miles short of home. February 5, 2005
• A Trip to Phantom Ranch
  We take a mule ride to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, spend two nights, and return to civilization. March 5, 2005
• My Trip to Georgetown
  I take Zero-Mike-Lima on a long cross country trip to take care of business and visit some friends. May 8, 2005
• Red Mountain
  We “walk inside a mountain” near Flagstaff. June 1, 2005
• Could it be? A building at our place on Howard Mesa?
  Our soon-to-be cabin was finally delivered to Howard Mesa. June 5, 2005