84 beers and still not King?

Congrats on finally getting to visit Stardock!

There'll be more...but it'll be easier when I'm back in Oz...                                                                                             cool will be waiting

Canada declares beer shortage crisis.  Thinking of deporting "The man who would be king" Jafo.  US warned to beef up border crossings.  Only so much beer left in Canada for Hanker.

Just remember, you're gonna see a lot of clowns driving on the wrong side of the road... best you do the same if ya wanna avoid a prang or 3.

Jafo . . was nice seeing you!  Wish you could have gotten to HQ earlier so I could hve slacked off a bit.    Your lovely wife was . . . well . . lovely.  I like you more after meeting her!

^ Not only lovely, apparantly....but actually a healer. Has anyone noticed the striped ones' typing/spelling? Or maybe Jafo....Jafo'd him!

Enjoyed your visit at Stardock, Jafo?

I've got the impression that your presence there was appreciated. Larry told me he was sorry that he didn't have enough beer for you, though.

Have fun.

Day 19 ...got to Detroit....

...got cleverly lost...[my fault - Terry was right [this time]] ...got to SD HQ just on 5 pm.

....I mean...everything was stacked against us....wanker in the care-hire before us with his blue 'Stang...just HAD to check every inch of the car for scrapes. etc...just so when he totalled it in a missed fly-over he wouldn't be stung for ALL the mess...

....got lost...ended up on some backroad...lo and behold...goods-train shunting....life ebbing away...

...finally at the SD turn-in...."It's a Macca's driveway", says Terry....."no it ain't...I know where I am....now....seen the Googlemap"....says I.

OK, so I was late....and it was a mongrel of a trip, one way or another....that AM we were in Niagara....driving to Toronto...to catch the flight....and that arvo we were finally THERE!!!!!

AND....[not to labour the point]....hadn't had a beer....

So far this trip [read backwards for the hilights]....the other 3 had been asking "what's your highlight so far?"....and always it was..."walking out on that glacier" [quite a humbling thing to be on an ice floe that is deeper than the Eiffel Tower is high....

....but now, I have to say....it's "making it to Stardock"....and meeting all [most] of the guys ['guys' being generic].

Saw ALL the important things....Frogboy's Porsche [nice]...Frogboy's bees [subdued]....Frogboy's frogs...[he even caught one [probably staged... ]]...Frogboy's Groundhog [cute]...Frogboy's tortoises...[surprised even him]....and even Frogboy's employees/staff....[geeky, computer nerds, one and all]...

I knew most of the SD crew...after around 10 years doing whatever it is that I do here....but at last!!!....there they were....

There's more to post yet....but did make it to beer 87 by day's end......shall post more shortly...

It's day 20 ...and we're in Washington....beer 90....still more to come...

Washington?! OMG...you'll need 90 more veeery soon! No other way to stomach the place!

You will, however, absolutely love The Smithsonian.

I meant 'post'....[more beer is a given]...

We have a city in Oz like that... it's called Canberra.... full of kindy kids disguised as politicians.  Went there once... it's the porn capital of Oz... some of it out-lawed in other parts of the country, seems our pollies must like that sort of thing.

Still, didn't like the place... except for the (not as comprehensive as the Smisthsonian) National Museum.

It must have been great to finally meet the Stardock crowd after all these years.

Adding to day 19....

Went out to dinner with Brad and Kris [Frogboy and Nakor]....on the way dropped off to see Brad's new house-in-construction....lovely place it'll be...and is in a lovely setting....saw several deer [Brad said 7.... I counted 5].

At the Italian restaurant we discussed the rise and fall of various entities....SD paid for beers 85 and 86 [and dinner too, thankyou, Brad]...and Terry and I made it back to the Hotel without missing a beat....NO WRONG TURNS [it clearly pays to drink and drive]....

Seems people like to locate hotels under flightpaths....but it wasn't too noisy.

All in all it was an action-filled day....I survived 3 or 4 hours of driving on the wrong side of the road without hitting anything [substantial/that breathed/that could read my licence plate/hurt]...got from Niagara to Toronto to Detroit to Stardock to the Motel and to bed.

End of day 19....probably gonna be the best of the trip, really.

The SD crew are a great bunch of people [but I already knew that]....and they will have to 'endure' me yet again....'cos like Arnie...."I'll be baaark"....

Day 21....hop on and hop off tour....hopped off at the Lincoln Memorial....reading out the 'State of the Union' speech to Terry [she has poor eyesight] gave me a lump in the throat [and I'm not even American].....quite powerful words.

Washingon is an impressive place....and so far we made it through a few of the Smithsonian Museums...though the Aerospace one is tommorrow.

Beer 93 ....yep, not King....

Washingone more like it....forgot to ask....were you outfitted with 'waders'?  It comes pretty deep on that town.

You must be one of the first to make a pilgrimage to Stardock, at least from so far away. I bet it was exciting for them, too.

Day 22 ...still in Washington....beer 100 .....YAY!!!

Aerospace Museum......great....but the wrong place to see the 'real fun' planes....

...they are at Dulles Airport....darn and blast...and we're off to New York tomorrow....looks like I'll have to get back to DC again soon....

One of THE things I'd wanted to see was a Republic F105D Thunderchief .....and THAT was at Dulles.

Bugger!!!!!

I drew them eons ago...

Day 23....New York....beer 107....saw Steeleye Span at BB King's.....having fun....place sure doesn't sleep....

Too many people and too few beds!

Enjoy my home town, Jafo...tons to see and do! And Happy New Year to you and the family!