Mike Engel

@mike-engel.com

Making websites and taking photos on the side.

That feeling when according to the syllabus you could have your first solo flight in three more missions, but then the CFI tells you you need 100 landings to do a solo flight, but you’re only at 45 😭

Flight training progress during my sabbatical: Monday: sick Tuesday: recovering Wednesday: IFR weather Here’s hoping Thursday and Friday are better 🥲

federal background check: check flight log: check knee board: check plane reservation app login: check medical exam: check headphones: check theoretical test: practical test:

federal background check: check flight log: check knee board: check plane reservation app login: check medical exam: scheduled headphones: almost theoretical test: practical test:

Finally got my background check for flying (Zuverlassungsüberprüfung), so now I just have to wait for the invite to the scheduling platform and my flight book and I can finally start flying in a real plane

I don’t think I’ve ever regretted investing in the kitchen. Small things like a timer (with three concurrent timers!) or mise en place dishes, medium things like a carbon steel pan, or large things like an induction cooktop all increase the joy of cooking

My new favorite activity is traveling to the erotic video rental shop to pick up a package UPS couldn’t deliver because I wasn’t home (I work from home)

Had an idea for a story where everyone on earth disappears as the new year rolls in and the clock hits midnight. People in the west slowly discover that people are disappearing thanks to the internet, and by the time it hits the US, people are saying goodbye. Only the 3 people on the ISS survive