Because I’m the kind of guy who looks up the word “dictionary” in the dictionary, I decided to search for “Bing” (Microsoft’s newly named and much-lauded search enging) on Google.

Here is the second result in the list:

A blown transformer knocked out power to the entire building, which is home to theBing Travel servers. This is isolated to Bing Travel only, and there has …

Of course, the travel page is no longer down (I hadn’t even heard about the fire in Seattle), but Google did take the time to cache their “temporary unvailable page”.

Sorry, Bing Travel is currently unavailable

A fire occurred at Fisher Plaza in downtown Seattle just after midnight on Friday morning, July 3. A blown transformer knocked out power to the entire building, which is home to the Bing Travel servers. This is isolated to Bing Travel only, and there has been no impact to any other aspects of Bing. We’re hard at work to restore service following this unexpected event and appreciate your patience.

In the meantime, you may use Microsoft’s travel partner, Orbitz, for your travel needs.

So, maybe Google’s having a bit of fun by holding onto that bit of oopsydaisy at the top of their results, or, more likely, the Internet’s just doin what the Internet does and Google doesn’t really give a damn. Either way, I thought it was pretty cute.

PS When you searh “Google” on Bing, you just get 1 result:

Google Inc. is an American public corporation, earning revenue from advertising related to its Internet search, e-mail, online mapping…

And that’s it. I think these two are going to have fun poking each other.

In my life, I have flown hundreds of thousands of miles, and in all that time I have never once had a “go around”, where the pilot aborts the landing last-minute and tries it again. Well, that happened to me today – and not just once, but THREE times.

I was flying into Denver, coming from Portland, and the weather in the afternoon was particularly feisty. The plane was a rollercoaster all the way down to about 200ft when the pilot felt the winds shift drastically. He slammed on the throttles and pulled up. I had already been desperate to get on the ground as I hate landings that bumpy (and it was very, very bumpy). We first tried for runway 7, heading east. That didn’t work, so we turned 180o and tried for runway 26, heading west. That didn’t work either, so we approached heading north for runway 34L. Again, no dice. So we circled around and gave 34L one last shot. We finally touched down.

I was sweating bullets, my stomach was upside down and people were nervously trying to laugh with each other the whole time as we bounced violently around the Denver skies. Each time we got close, I kept praying we’d make it down all the way and not give up again. But, I’m glad the pilot was patient and prudent. Thanks to his excellent flying, we had a great ending. It’s amazing the kind of pressure those pilots work under, and I’m very greatful for their skill and ability to be cool under pressure. The pilot even came on after landing and told us he just set a career record for most attempted landings.

I think I’ll stay here on the ground for a little while. It’s good to be back in Denver.

Rain evaporating before it hits the ground close to Denver Int’l.

After several days on the road, Julie and I made it to our new home today, and boy are our arms tired.

What a horrible place, but no worries as we roll into our new home today. Yippee!