Now you have no excuse. You can (and should!) take Star Wars with you. Everywhere. This weekend saw the release of Star Wars: The Digital Movie Collection. Yep, for the first time ever, you can watch crazy ol’ Ben Kenobi and a womp-rat shooting Rebel named Luke take on the evil Empire in this galaxy’s finest film franchise ever. And it’s finally available on Digital HD! Okay, fine, it wouldn’t be fair if I didn’t …
I recently spent three long weeks in England training for a new job. I hung out with all sorts of different folks in the UK, traveling from Stafford to London to Manchester. Sure the accents changed a bit, but the overall warm, friendly personalities pervaded throughout. There were a number of key things, however, that took me by surprise. Things that are completely normal for Brits, but would have us Americans scratching our heads. I’m not just talking …
Winter. It’s cold, depressing and long. Especially for a sports fan like me. See, I’m a big football fan and when the Super Bowl finally hits, it’s always bittersweet. It’s a great day full of food, friends, family and well, obviously, football. But the day after ? Well, that’s when it really sinks in. No more football for a long time. And even worse, the baseball season doesn’t kick off until April. Yeah, I’m not …
I’ve shared my thoughts on Daylight Savings Time with you guys recently. Oddly enough, I flew out to England at the beginning of March, right during DST. Luckily for me, England hadn’t changed its clocks yet, which meant there was only a 4-hour difference back home. This weekend, the UK pushes its clocks an hour forward, so once again, the time/space continuum is back to normal with a 5-hour lag between us and Great Britain. …
I’m a trooper. That’s about the most perfect word to describe my day-long adventure yesterday here in Stafford, England. I’ve written about Iron Maiden’s Trooper beer before and have been waiting forever for it to cross the waters and march its way onto American store shelves. But alas, I still hadn’t found it. As luck would have it, I recently started a new job with a UK company. No, I won’t be commuting to England …
