Had a great sleep last night. 9 hours of sleep. Woke feeling like I was in the western hemesphere again. Still waiting for jetlag.. .

I had a jampacked day with meeting that began in the early morning. One bright spot of the day was a tour of the mask house at work with friends Jim and Amy.. I’ve walked by the building for years but never asked to go in.. Today I was helping out wiht some brainstorming so they took me on a tour.. very cool.. It’s been awhile since I had to suit up to be in manufacturing. I saw such amazing things (but nothing I can share here.. sorry 🙂

At the other end of my day I had a Jolts and Volts show for a cub scout troop in the very small town of  Monkton Vermont..   I had a bi of a disaster on my way there.. my electric go-cart (freind larry’s old wheel chair) .. shorted out before I left IBM.. I quickly loaded my gear on a hand pulled cart and made it there in time.. I’ll have to debug the cart tomorrow…

My show went well.. I love doing shows in small towns like Monkton..

 

 

ewwww my pickles went moldy !!!

 

Monkton has special meaning to me now because  it was the home of my friend Jim Monzell. Jim was a long time friend an co-member of the local IEEE chapter. Jim died last year just after giving me a grant to build my new tesla coil. Tonight was fittingly , my first use of that coil in my normal show.  I dedicated it to Jim in his home town tonight

 

OK.. here comes the jetlag.. more tomorrow..

Night all, nite sam

-me