Uisge Beatha

Well officially I guess tomorrow will be my first day at my new job. I say officially because I've kind of been doing a lot of it alrea...

Well we went to Boulder today to get all my final paperwork sqaured away. I had to pick up a computer as well to use temporarily in the fac...

Well, as expected everything came together at the last minute for our visa. So it looks like Monday I'll be officially starting the new...

Well this has been a great weekend off, I've caught up with my chores and still had some time to relax with the family. Today was a lit...

Well if anyone was wondering if it was possible to run 5 miles in 100 degree weather then the answer is yes. If anyone was wondering who wo...

Well starting this week I am officially on call. The system that keeps the magnet up and running is set up to contact me if something goes ...

Today the magnet reached the lambda point. For lower frequency systems, the magnet coils are cooled to superconducting temperature by liqui...

The video of the test quench of the 900 is online now. Check it out!

Friday night I broke into my new bottle of Ardbeg. I had been saving it just in case I got to celebrate a new job. It was all that I had b...

Well, I've been waiting a long time to be able to say this, but now I can. I got the job that I was going for! I will be running the f...

Well as this was originally a scotch blog I think it is fitting to announce that I have finally bought a bottle of Ardbeg 10 yo. This was ...

Well, I made it into Canada okay. I'll be off to get my passport tomorrow and then pretty much everything will be squared away. It...

I'm off to see my dad today. Although it means a trip to Canada, I'm still looking forward to it. Passport Canada really screwed m...

Finally! It's been a week and two days since my last run. Today I got home at a reasonable time and it did not thunderstorm so I was a...

I am a Thrust-ship . I am small and tricky - where you think I am, I probably am not. I can work very fast, but I tend to go about things in...

Well, I've been quiet lately on the blog front as I have been really busy at work. And today I had a job interview that I've been p...

Had a great run today for a little over an hour. It was hot, but I took it fairly easy and did alright. When I got back I had iced tea and...

Well the rain that I experienced this morning just got worse as the day went on. It was pouring until about 2 in the afternoon, then the su...

Well today I got up early and started getting ready to go running. We got a jogging stroller from some friends yesterday and I wanted to ta...