Adieu GMD
0 Comments | Tagged in DyneticsToday was the last day I had to work for Boeing GMD. I’m not going to explain what is GMD to any non-government folk. It’s far too boring to talk about during work, nonetheless a Friday evening. Boeing had to make some serious staffing changes due to some serious budgets cuts, and in particular they couldn’t afford to contract me anymore. Fortunately I work for Dynetics, and starting Monday I’ll be working on a Lockheed Martin contract. Same pay. Shorter commute. More interesting work. I never thought getting my job cut would be so great.
The Hops Must Flow
5 Comments | Tagged in Beer Festivals, Pike, RandomI went to Founders Day last weekend. Did some work, did some car bombs, had some fun. No particularly outstanding stories, but a general good time had by all. I think I’ve grown to love car bombs. But car bombs are a sometimes food.
A car bomb at the bar: $7 - $12
A car bomb at home: Priceless… er, about $2
The Alabama senate passed the Gourment Beer Bill yesterday. Now we just need the governor’s signature, which is likely since he just signed a bill raising the ABV limit on wine. I’m looking forward to a much wider beer selection at next month’s Magic City Brewfest. I’m buying my tickets today, and Jenny and I are going to spend the night in Birmingham. Dark Lord Day taught me a 1 1/2 hour drive home after a beer festival is a long car ride.
I bought my tickets to the Music City Brewer’s Festival. Now that is going to be one heck of a brewfest.
Jenny’s aunt made us a set of glass coasters. I’m pretty sure they’re in a package I just picked up from the leasing office. Now Jenny’s going to make me use coasters. Nothing against coasters, but when you have a blue shell barreling down your ass the last thing on your mind is where to set down your friggin’ beer. And seriously, it takes one person to knock over a glass of beer to undo the cumulative effort of using coaster for like what? The entire year?
I finished the first five Harry Potter books, part of an insignificant goal I have. That gives me two months to read The Half-Blood Prince before the movie comes out. Yeah, I’m pretty sure I’ll make it.
How about that rain we’ve been having? I know, right?
DLD ‘09
0 Comments | Tagged in Beer FestivalsI went to Dark Lord Day 2009 last weekend. Yes, it was awesome. The golden ticket process was really efficient. We arrived around noon, an hour after the doors opened, and got our beers in under two hours - contrast that with last year when we arrived two hours early and had a four hour wait.
This year’s Dark Lord limit was four bottles per golden ticket, so I bought myself eight Dark Lords at $15 each, three Popskulls at $12 each, and a single Dreadnaught at a very reasonable $10 to fill up the case.
I told Jenny I’d bring her back a Three Floyds beer she likes, but the bottled beer for sale was rather limited (especially if you don’t like bitter beer or barleywine), so I’ll probably pick her up a Chateau Jiahu when I’m in Terre Haute for Founders Day.
I’m especially happy to still have six 2008 Dark Lords left, on top of my eight 2009 Dark Lords. Think of it them a fine wine; I only crack one open on special occasions, and the value appreciates over time. You can find 2009 Dark Lords selling on eBay for over $40 already, and I once saw an auction for a 2006, 2007, and 2008 Dark Lord trio selling for over $300. Not that I intend to sell any of mine, but it beats the hell out of the stock market.
The best surprise of the day was finding out each golden ticket gets you four Three Floyds beers on draft, not just the one beer the website advertised.
mooninites!
1 Comment | Tagged in RandomHe must have seen them, he was there!
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/20/ufo.conference/But we did still land on the moon, right? Jenny and I are in the middle of watching “From the Earth to the Moon” and I’d hate to think it’s all a waste of time.
Three years ago his astronaut status might have made his claims more credible, but then that crazy chick had to drive from Houston to Florida in 8 hours wearing a diaper, and she ruined it for the rest of them.
Pwnd!
0 Comments | Tagged in RandomI found some hilarious YouTube videos featuring pwn@ge:
The Jesus video is super funny, especially after drunken Mario Kart. Jenny and I watched it four or five times in a row on Friday night.
In other news, the best beer selection we’ve found in Huntsville is a BP station. Someone told us he thought he saw Magic Hat #9, which Jenny really likes, at the BP in Five Points. “BP? The gas station?” we asked. “Yep” he replied. We detoured through Five Points on our way back from a movie last Friday just to check it out, and it is flabbergasting. It’s like walking through the wardrobe to enter Narnia, except you walk into a rattly little gas station to find a refined package store. I had Sierra Nevada Stout and Dry Hopped Saint Rogue Red this weekend.