Evan Williams Egg Nog

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Evan Williams Egg Nog
Originally uploaded by AlphaHokie
This bottle (you can click on the bottle, just like all of my pictures, for a bigger picture) was a present from my father-in-law, Big Dick. It is okay, he said to call him Big Dick. Evan Williams Egg Nog (EWEN) saves you the trouble of mixing your egg nog at the Christmas season. Given the amount of discussion about how I mixed egg nog last year, this may be a great something to bring to a Christmas party. As the name implies, everything is all mixed together for you. No work at all. Although the premixing takes some of the fun out things, premixing will help eliminate discussion of the strength of drinks.

A minor disappointment EWEN is that it includes other liquors besides bourbon. Perhaps this will help give the drink a more mellow character.

I found EWEN to be an interesting and fun drink. Not something I would have all of the time, but certainly a treat around the Christmas season. It will certainly give you that warm holiday feeling inside.

I added an extra shot of Evan Williams Single Barrel, just to bring it up to standards.

Blade Runner and Bourbon

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This is one of those entries that get started something like this:

"Did you know Blade Runner is one of the greatest movies ever made?" and Mrs. Alphageek says "That's nice. Why don't you write about that on your web site? I have to go stick knitting needles in my ears now."

I could sit here and write a really ordinary article about the movie. I am not going to do that. If you are interested in that kind of approach, you should go google "Blade Runner" and get other opinions. I am here to give you unique content and what is better than my thoughts about a movie like Blade Runner?

You should really get the newest version of the movie, Blade Runner: Final Cut. The picture is of the version that I purchased. It comes in a special VK case with all the goodies packed inside. You probably don't need all of that, unless you are the Alphageek.

This version has all of the problems corrected. Again, you can use google of more information. The visuals are especial great on blu ray. A movie like this is why someone like me has a high definition tv, blu ray player and surround sound setup. All of these things make watching the movie a pleasure. Years of engineering experience really pay off when that experience comes together to watch a movie like this.

This movie is one of my all time favorites and it holds up timelessly. I you have ever gone back and watch Star Wars A New Hope and wondered why the light saber battles are better in the first three Star Wars movies than the second, or had to explain that discrepancy to your children, then you may be able to appreciate the timeless special effects of this movie. Because of the understated use of special effects, this movie ages very well and does not cause laughter when viewed all these years later. Besides, any movie set at night gets a point or two right out of the gate.

The main character, Deckard, sure drinks a lot in this movie. It seems to be maily dark brown liquids, so we will go with bourbon. I guess I would drink a lot too if it were my job to "retire" human that look and act like androids. I decided to watch the movie and count how many drinks the good Deckard has. I lost count very quickly. He drinks numerous amounts and his abode is full of bottle of various kinds of booze.

A final question: is Deckard a human or a replicant? The director made the movie thinking he was a replicant, but that has never worked for me. Being the Alphageek, I look at the question this way: why would someone make a replicant to hunt other replicants that keeps getting its butt kicked by the replicants it hunts? That is pretty bad engineering. The kind of engineering that gets you fired. Why not take the poll and let your voice be heard?

Touchdown, Virgina Tech

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Touchdown
Originally uploaded by AlphaHokie
Virginia Tech defeated a spirited UVA team in basketball yesterday. For the record, the Alphageek has never been to a game where Virginia Tech has beaten UVA in basketball.

This left me feeling slightly down, until Tech's team won yesterday. Since I don't have any good basketball pictures, this football picture will have to do.

I took this picture from my seat. It is heavily cropped because a person stuck their hand up. I was going to crop the picture so that you can see the ACC Champions sign in Lane Stadium, but the hand ruined the picture.

After the basketball game, I enjoyed a Wild Turkey Rare Breed. It sure tasted great.