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Ali

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About Me


I'm the angriest person alive!
Okay just kidding, I'm actually pretty laid-back and basically your average guy living an average life. I am also incredibly thankful to God for this :-)
I currently move a lot, but I have spent most of my life living in the Chicago suburbs. I love (in no particular order) life, laughing, music, flying, working out, God, movies, fighting mixed martial arts, good people, helping others, studying world religion and beliefs, traveling, etc.
I am a professional cargo pilot and also a certified flight instructor. I love my job because it can be tons of fun, and the view is incredible. I am also a graduate of Devry University, but never ended up utilizing my degree.
I am a simple guy, and live my life by the golden rule "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you". It seems to work, since I haven't been beaten up in years, and nobody has tried to kill me yet [update]- okay, that one guy in Philly tried to stab me a couple of months ago, but he totally didn't succeed! To revise, I haven't been beaten up in years and nobody has succeeded in killing me yet [laugh]!
So yeah, that's pretty much the abbreviated version of me!

My Interests

Movies, Working out, Music, Flying, Traveling, Volunteering
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You Have A Type A Personality
A You are hyper, energetic, and always on the mood You tend to succeed at everything you attempt And if you don't succeed at first, you quickly climb your way to the top!You could be called a workaholic, but you also make time for fun As long as it's high energy and competitive, you're interested You have the perfect personality for business and atheltic success Do You Have a Type A Personality?

Music:

I listen to a plethora of stuff...Rock, Metal, Country, Rap, Pop, etc. I can get down to pretty much anything with a catchy beat!
Bo Burnham - 3.14 Apple Pi - Watch more free videos

Books:

The Quran, The Bible, The Jeppesen Instrument/Commercial manual, Bas Rutten's Big Book of Combat

Heroes:

Prophet Job from the Bible

My Blog

Phoenix update

Just a quick update, I finished training last week, and Amber and I arrived safely into Phoenix a couple of days ago. I start flying my Phoenix to Lake Havasu run on Monday. Amber and I just...
Posted by Ali on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:20:00 PST

Gods love

This is perhaps the most touching video I have ever seen. It symbolically depicts God and Him being there for us, and how He wants us to seek closeness with Him and a happy life. It goes on to show ho...
Posted by Ali on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:00:00 PST

Freight Dogs defined

..> ..> FREIGHT DOGS..> On the other hand, some pilots just wear raggedy old clothes and hang around airport ramps at 2:00-3:00 o'clock in the morning. They are the young guys, freight dogs, tr...
Posted by Ali on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 08:04:00 PST

Chuck Norris the Aviator (hilarious)

*You may have to be a pilot or involved in aviation to truly appreciate this, but if you are, I guarantee that you will laugh out loud at more than a few of these... CHUCK NORRIS: The Aviato...
Posted by Ali on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:30:00 PST

The Airline Dream

Let me first start by saying that this blog is not meant to bitch, it is actually just an outlet for me to express myself and what I am feeling right now. That said, I am feeling a bit down, not becau...
Posted by Ali on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 10:23:00 PST

16 Reasons why airplanes are easier to live with than women

For the record, I didn't write these!1) Airplanes usually kill you quickly, a woman takes her time. 2) Airplanes can be turned on by a flick of a switch. 3) Airplanes don't get mad if you do a "touch ...
Posted by Ali on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 08:59:00 PST

Houston We Have a Problem

Let me start by saying, yes, I swear to God this blog is 100% true, and not one of my off-the-wall/sarcastic ones I have become known for. Well, I'm more of a sarcastic bulletin-type guy, but I digres...
Posted by Ali on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 11:28:00 PST

We don't know how blessed we are

Those of you who know me, also know I usually have 2 moods or styles in my writing : 1) Extremely sarcastic, offbeat, and funny. 2) Very serious, straightforward, and focused (us...
Posted by Ali on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 12:49:00 PST

Don't try to be a hero!

 So, here is the story of my first night in lovely Philadelphia, and as it goes I found myself in a bit of a predicament (yes, this story is 100% true!).   My first...
Posted by Ali on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 01:11:00 PST

Check out this group

Hey everyone, if you are interested, check out this myspace group that I created. Hopefully, it will combat the voices of extremism so prevalent within the Muslim world today. The main complaint ...
Posted by Ali on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 04:58:00 PST