Absolutely amazing storytelling. Gripping yet hilarious at the same time.<p>Nothing to do with HN, but I'm so happy I got to read this. Now I'm going to read his other stuff, brb... :)
Patrick has been writing "Ask the Pilot" for years at Salon.<p>He's really interesting, and this is one of his best articles. If you fly a lot, I recommend looking up his Salon archives. He lives in Sommerville and used to host a yearly meetup to look at his photography- not sure if it's still alive...
Nothing to do with HN, but I was standing in a museum gift shop (waiting for my family to finish pawing over gewgaws and gimcracks) and strangers were staring at me because I was giggling uncontrollably at my phone.<p>How embarrassing. Thank you :-)
For a more tech-related, but less amusing column, try:<p><a href="https://www.boston.com/community/blogs/askthepilot/2013/04/hijacking_via_android_no_proba.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.boston.com/community/blogs/askthepilot/2013/04/h...</a><p>but I prefer the _Creature from the Blue Volcano_