The Wizard of Speed and Time

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

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

The other red meat


At Ennis, I have become friends with the international sales director, Gerhardt. Recently he came back from a multi-country trip in Africa. And he brought back some biltong which is basically a type of jerky from South Africa, but made with native animals. This particular biltong was made with Kudu.
Apparently, I mentioned that I would basically try almost anything once. So, Gerhardt brought some Kudu biltong for me to enjoy. And naturally, I tried it.
It was delicious. Moister than most jerky, but with a nice spicy and peppery flavor. I ate the whole bag. It ruined my dinner. But quite nice.

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Beasts of Bourbon

I heard about this band on Sound Opinions. And while the video sucks, I can't get the tune out of my head.

Nick the Theologian

Every night when I tuck Nick into bed we say prayers. I read two from a prayer book for children, then Nick says the "Now I lay me" prayer. For those not familiar with the prayer it goes like this:

Now I lay me
down to sleep
I pray the Lord
My soul to keep

If I die
Before I wake
I pray the Lord
My soul to take

God bless everybody
Amen.

But recently he's taken the rote memory prayer and changed it. Usually he will switch the last words of the verses, making it:

Now I lay me
down to sleep
I pray the Lord
My soul to take

If I die
Before I wake
I pray the Lord
My soul to keep

God bless everybody
Amen.

Besides messing up the rhyme pattern, it unwittingly brings up an interesting point. Just when does your soul belong to God? By switching the words the first verse offers his soul to God and the second prays that God will not simply discard his soul upon death. Very deep.

Of course, this completely flies over his head. He's just doing it to mess with me.

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Nick learns a valuable lesson. It pays to stay during the rainout.

On Tuesday, a series of events happened which allowed Nick and me to go to the Sox game against the Yankees. One of my vendors at work had scheduled a training seminar at the Cell and included were tickets to the game. Our company had reserved 3 seats, but since we were busy and the weather was bad nobody went.

So at 4 o'clock I get a call. My vendor has a boatload of tickets. It seems that almost nobody came to the event. They were expecting 30 odd people and about 5 showed. To keep the night from being a complete loss, he invited my entire family. But since Sarah wasn't quite feeling well, we decided that she would stay home with Scooter. So after dinner, Nick and I ventured to the Cell.

But alas, there was no baseball played on that lightly rainy night. But everything we wanted to eat or drink was provided to us. Even though we saw no baseball, we had a nice time. And since I mentioned that this was Nick's first Major League game, they bought him a t-shirt and a jersey. A $95 dollar jersey!!! I don't have any shirts that are $95.

Most Average

Once again, Illinois comes in first at being in the middle. According to the AP, Illinois is the most average state. Click here for story. In other words we're more like everyone than anyone else. Not too smart, not too dumb, not too poor, not too rich. Just happy in the middle.

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Pug bowling

It may be cruel. It is funny.

Star Wars ! What really happened after the Deathstar blew up

Star Wars Help Desk

Funny.

Brainiac - Microwaves - Newton's Cradle

Neat

Mahnahmuhnah!

No reason

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Chris De Burgh - Don't Pay The Ferryman