Well I did another one of those who/what are you tests. This one is what Disneyland Attraction am I. Well I knew I would be one of two attractions, the first being the Haunted Mansion and the second was correct.

I am: the Pirates of the Caribbean - I guess they saw me in my pirate shirt?

The Pirates of the Caribbean: A swashbuckling
adventure! Yo ho, a pirates life is indeed for
you, seeing as you are the classic Disney dark
ride that presents a time when New Orleans was
under attack from a band of treasure loving
bandits. You have a bit of an edge, and an
element of danger, and you can scare the
youngins, but for the most part you mean no
serious harm. You are youthful at heart,
strong and energetic, with a taste for the good
life, if not hard work. You have romantic
notions about the adventurous life on the sea
with no rules and no responsibilities except to
your ship, but you also weary and worrisome of
the fate that eventually gets all those who
those who live life on the lamb, stealing gold
for greed and burning down cities for your own
delight. You are what you are, and you're out
to enjoy the glamour of your wild days while
they last! Despite your rough surface, the
people know you have heart and they will always
come back.


What Disneyland attraction are you?
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This last weekend had been rather chaotic, but I made it through to today. Sunday My family and I went to the San Diego Wild Animal Park, it had been a while since my last visit in December, a lot had changed. The changes were very pleasant. The SDWAP had added a nicely themed carousel called the Conservation Carousel. All the animals appeared to be threatened or endangered species. The ride looked awesome with it's thached roof and wooden queue walls. Also the price was very good for an upcharge attraction at $2.00. Also new to the park is the upcoming helium Balloon ride that will raise passengers above the heart of the park, just in front of Lion Camp, giving them a 360 view of the valley. Counting the carousel, balloon ride, the I-werks simulator and the Wagasa Bushline, the park is ending up with a decent collection of rides to complement there collection of highly themed animal exhibits.

No that paragraph was not a plug for the Wild Animal Park, it was just that I was so impressed with the place.

Ahh what an relaxed picture, you can see how much I liked my time there.

Moving forward in time...
Monday, Tuesday, Today!
Those 3 days have been just one long solid day as we approach the beginning of the upcoming semester. Down in Machine Tech we have all been scurrying around like a bunch of chipmunks on too much caffeine. New machines from HAAS now in place and the surrounding partitions going up the classroom has never looked better. Also there has been lots of work done in the 2 computer labs to make sure the students have the most up to date software, and that there are no conflicts between any of them. For those who don't know CAD/CAM software is some of the most difficult software to install and configure.

There is still much to do but the bulk of it is done, but there is still more to do! No rest for me until Friday.

Friday was a busy day at work for me, infact I think that today being sunday I am finaly catching up. This had been a big deal between the School and Haas to have Haas donate 2 brand new machine to the school. Unfortunatly there was timing issues that caused much stress between the movers, electrictions, and other stuff. To give you an idea the machines arrived just moments after the electrictions had just finished disconnecting the other machines that needed moved out of the way. So let see the fun!


Your eyes are not deciving you, that is an flying fork lift. To be able to move the machines around inside the shop the movers had to lift a second forklift into the shop.


Sitting in the faculity parking lot our SL 20 lathe waits its turn to be put into the classroom. 


... and the VF2 mill is also waiting it's turn to get uplifted into the shop.


Because of the slope of the parking lot, the loading ramp and dock, it took the movers a lot of time and thought to accomplish the task of getting the machines into the classroom. These two guys did an incrdiable job!


Ta Da! The SL20 in place, aint it purdy. Even thought the machines are in place now there is still a lot to do before the semester starts to make the machines useable, but that something to worry about next week, er... tomorrow? Eeek!