The Wizard of Speed and Time

Just a bunch of things I think are interesting or funny.

Saturday, August 25, 2007

I'm Ok in OK

Well Nick and I made it to Tulsa. And after a nasty bout with some stomach flu which put me in the emergency room, things are getting to normal. Nick started school this week and seems to be responding nicely to Oklahoma. He likes his school and his teacher.

Work is going well. They're sort of keeping me under wraps until they make the announcment that the plant in California is coming to Tulsa. But I've been given a bunch of work to keep me busy until the announcment.

But Tulsa seems to be much like a smaller, cleaner and more polite Chicago. We have most of the same things here that we had in Berwyn. But there are some small differences. When they were building the highways here they decided that the proper amount of space needed for merging onto the highway is 5.75 feet.

We've been to the Air and Space museum. And while it is much smaller then the Adler, you can touch pretty much everything. Which includes climbing into the cockpit of a actual f-14. Pretty cool.

And the homebrew store is huge. I think I'll be staying here a while.

Friday, August 17, 2007

Star Trek Meets Monty Python

Very Silly indeed

Thursday, August 02, 2007

The value of beer

Last weekend I helped my in-laws move from Pottsville, PA to Niles, MI. For those who don't know, Pottsville is the home of Yuengling Beer, the oldest continiuosly operating brewery. In fact, for their first year there they lived basically across the street from the brewery. Another thing about Yuengling is that they distribute on the East Coast. And they don't distribute to Michigan, Illinois and/or Oklahoma. Everytime we went for a visit, I had to take the free tour and get some beer.

It's good beer.

So they are moving from the heart of Yuengling Country to a place where they can't get it at all. Well as insentive for getting me to help, I was promised beer. So we get there, we unload the truck, we bring it all inside and awaiting me is... a six pack?

Now, my in-laws are not drinkers. But come on. Heck, I got almost a whole case of great mircobrews from Phil when I helped him move. Yes, I did give him a list of brands, but he came through with the beer.